6461. The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the sons of Heth. That this signifies the redemption of those who receive truth, and through truth good, is evident from the signification of a “purchase,” as being redemption (see n. 6458); from the signification of a “field,” as being the church (n. 2971, 3766), thus the man of the church, for he is a church; from the signification of a “cave,” as being what is obscure (n. 2935, 6453); and from the representation of the sons of Heth, as being the spiritual church which was from the Ancient Church (n. 2913, 2986); and because the “sons of Heth” denote the spiritual church from the Ancient Church, they denote those who receive truth and through truth good, for from this is the spiritual church. From all this it is evident that by the “purchase of the field and of the cave which is in it was from the sons of Heth,” is signified the redemption of those who, being in the church and as yet in obscurity, receive truth and through truth good.