10115. 'You shall burn what is left with fire' means dispensing with them. This is clear from the meaning of 'anything of the flesh and bread that is left' as that which has not been made their own, as above in 10114; and from the meaning of 'burning with fire' as dispensing with, at this point by means of the loves that belong to the human self, thus by means of the evils which go with those loves. For love in both senses is meant by 'fire'; here the love belonging to the self is meant, which is self-love.

Self-love is meant by 'fire', see 1297, 2446, 5071, 5215, 6314, 6832, 7575.

The human self is nothing other than evil, 210, 215, 694, 874-876, 987, 1023, 1044, 3812(end), 5660.

Love belonging to the self is meant here because 'what is left until the morning' means what has not been joined to good, 10114, and what cannot be joined comes not from the Divine but from the self. The fact that this was unclean, and so was evil, is clear in Moses,

Whoever eats what is left till morning shall bear his iniquity; and that soul shall be cut off from his people. Leviticus 19:7-8.

In the same author,

If any of the flesh of the eucharistic sacrifice is eaten at all on the third day, the one offering it will not be accepted, nor will it be imputed to him. It will be an abomination, and the soul that eats of it will bear his iniquity. Leviticus 7:16-18.

The same thing is likewise clear from the statement that what was left of the manna produced worms and became putrid, Exodus 16:20.

4900. Verses 24-26 And so it was about three months later, that it was pointed out to Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has committed whoredom, and also, behold, she is pregnant owing to acts of whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt. She was brought out; and she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong I am pregnant. And she said, Acknowledge now to whom these belong, the seal and the cord and the rod. And Judah acknowledged them and said, She is more righteous than I am, seeing that I have not given her to Shelah my son. And he did not know her ever again.

'So it was about three months later' means a new state. 'That it was pointed out to Judah' means communication. 'Saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has committed whoredom' means a perception at this point that to say anything of marriage exists between them is a falsity. 'And also, behold, she is pregnant owing to acts of whoredom' means, or to say anything can be brought forth from this. 'And Judah said' means the verdict of the semblance of religion existing among the Jewish nation. 'Bring her out, and let her be burnt' means that it should be exterminated. 'She was brought out' means near to being carried out. 'And she sent to her father-in-law' means an intimation. 'Saying, By the man to whom these belong I am pregnant' means that this characteristic was contained in their semblance of religion. 'And she said, Acknowledge now to whom these belong, the seal and the cord and the rod' means that one could recognize it from the pledges. 'And Judah acknowledged them' means that because these were theirs they affirmed that they were. 'And said, She is more righteous than I am' means that no joining of what was external to what was internal existed, only what was internal to what was external. 'Seeing that I have not given her to Shelah my son' means because what was external was of such a nature. 'And he did not know her ever again' means that there was no further joining together.