9956. And shalt sanctify them. That this signifies thus a representative of the Lord as to the Divine Human, is evident from the signification of “sanctifying,” as being to represent holiness itself, which is the Lord as to the Divine Human, for it is this alone which is holy, and from which is all holiness in the heavens and on earth. Everyone is able to know that the oil did not sanctify; but that it induced a representative of holiness. The case herein is this. The Lord Himself is above the heavens, for He is the Sun of the angelic heaven. The Divine which thence proceeds from Him in the heavens is what is called “holy.” The Divine of the Lord above the heavens could not be represented, because it is infinite; but only the Divine of the Lord in the heavens, for this is accommodated to the reception of the angels there, who are finite. In their perception this Divine is the Lord’s Divine Human, which alone is holy, and which was represented. From this it is evident what is signified by being “sanctified,” and why after the anointing it was said, as in Moses, “Thou shalt anoint the altar, and sanctify it” (Exodus 29:36); “thou shalt anoint the Tent of meeting, and all things therein, and shalt sanctify them” (Exodus 30:26-29); “thou shalt anoint Aaron and sanctify him” (Exodus 40:13); “Moses anointed Aaron and his garments, his sons and their garments, and sanctified them” (Leviticus 8:13, 30); besides other passages. (That the Lord alone is holy, and that everything holy is from Him, and that all sanctification represented Him, see n. 9229, 9680; also that the Lord in the heavens is “the sanctuary,” and therefore also heaven, n. 9479; and that the Holy Spirit is the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, n. 9818, 9820)

4849. Verses 12-14. And the days were multiplied, and Shua’s daughter died, the wife of Judah; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto the shearers of his flock, he and his companion Hirah the Adullamite, to Timnah. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his flock. And she put off from upon her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself in a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of the fountains which is upon the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given to him for a woman. “And the days were multiplied,” signifies a change of state; “and Shua’s daughter died,” signifies as to evil from falsity; “the wife of Judah,” signifies the religiosity with the nation descended from Jacob, specifically that from Judah; “and Judah was comforted,” signifies rest; “and went up unto the shearers of his flock,” signifies some elevation to take counsel for the church; “he and his companion Hirah the Adullamite,” signifies that it was still in falsity; “to Timnah,” signifies the state; “and it was told Tamar, saying,” signifies some communication with a church representative of spiritual and celestial things; “Behold thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his flock,” signifies that the Jewish Church wished to take counsel for itself; “and she put off from upon her the garments of her widowhood,” signifies a simulation of the truth that is from good; “and covered herself in a veil,” signifies truth obscured; “and wrapped herself,” signifies thus not acknowledged; “and sat in the gate of the fountains which is upon the way to Timnah,” signifies what is intermediate to the truths of the church and to falsities; “for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given to him for a woman,” signifies discernment that it could not otherwise be conjoined with the religiosity in which was the posterity of Jacob, specifically that from Judah.