9547. Verses 31-39. And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold; solid shall the lampstand be made, its shaft, and its reed, its cups, its pomegranates, and its flowers, shall be out of it; and there shall be six reeds going out of the sides thereof; three reeds of the lampstand out of the one side thereof, and three reeds of the lampstand out of the other side thereof; three almond-shaped cups in one reed, a pomegranate and a flower; and three almond-shaped cups in one reed, a pomegranate and a flower; so for the six reeds, going out of the lampstand; and in the lampstand four almond-shaped cups, its pomegranates, and its flowers; and a pomegranate under two reeds out of it, and a pomegranate under two reeds out of it, and a pomegranate under two reeds out of it, for the six reeds going out of the lampstand. Their pomegranates and their reeds shall be out of it, all of them, one solid of pure gold. And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven; and it shall make its lamps go up, to give light over against the faces of it. And the tongs thereof, and the basins thereof shall be of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels. “And thou shalt make a lampstand” signifies the spiritual heaven; “of pure gold” signifies that it is from celestial good; “solid shall the lampstand be made,” signifies that all is from good; “its shaft, and its reed, its cups,” signifies spiritual things in the natural; “its pomegranates,” signifies the memory-knowledges of good; “and its flowers,” signifies the memory-knowledges of truth; “shall be out of it,” signifies that they shall be from the spiritual which is from celestial good; “and there shall be six reeds going out of the sides thereof,” signifies all things of truth from good in the complex; “three reeds of the lampstand out of the one side thereof, and three reeds of the lampstand out of the other side thereof,” signifies full in respect to good and truth; “three almond-shaped cups,” signifies full in respect to memory-knowledges from good; “in one reed,” signifies the power of truth from good; “a pomegranate and a flower,” signifies the memory-knowledge of good and the memory-knowledge of truth; “and three almond-shaped cups in the other reed, a pomegranate and a flower,” signifies the like things; “so for the six reeds going out of the lampstand,” signifies the power of truth from good in respect to all things in the spiritual heaven; “and in the lampstand,” signifies the middle of it through which there is conjunction, and from which are powers; “four almond-shaped cups,” signifies the memory-knowledges of truth from good; “its pomegranates, and its flowers,” signifies the memory-knowledges of good and of truth; “and a pomegranate under two reeds out of it, and a pomegranate under two reeds out of it, and a pomegranate under two reeds out of it,” signifies the memory-knowledge of good for all the several truths; “for the six reeds going out of the lampstand,” signifies the power of truth from good in respect to all things in the spiritual heaven; “their pomegranates and their reeds shall be out of it; all of it,” signifies that the memory-knowledges of good and the powers shall be from the Divine spiritual which is from the Lord; “one solid of pure gold,” signifies entire and perfect because from the same good; “and thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven,” signifies holy spiritual things from thence; “and it shall make its lamps go up,” signifies the light of the spiritual heaven; “and it shall give light over against the faces of it,” signifies from the Divine good of the Divine Human of the Lord; “and the tongs thereof, and the basins thereof,” signifies the purifiers and evacuators in the natural; “shall be of pure gold,” signifies also from good; “of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels,” signifies celestial good from which is spiritual good together with its memory-knowledges.

3798. That Jacob came near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth. That this signifies that the Lord from natural good uncovered the Word as to things interior, is evident from the representation of Jacob, as being the Lord’s Divine natural, as before shown, here, in respect to the good therein; and from the signification of “rolling the stone from the well’s mouth,” as being to uncover the Word in respect to its interiors (n. 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789). The reason why the supreme internal sense here is that the Lord from natural good uncovered the Word as to its interiors, is that Jacob here represents good in the natural; for Jacob puts on the representation of good, because now truth was to be adjoined thereto by means of the affection which Rachel represents (see just above, n. 3775, 3793); and because it is from good that the Word is uncovered in respect to its interiors (n. 3773).

[2] That it is from good that the Word is uncovered is very manifest, because it is from the love in which each man is that he sees the things which are of that love, and that which he sees he calls truths, because they are in agreement with that love. There is in each man’s love the light of his life, for love is like a flame from which light issues; such therefore as is the love or flame, such is the man’s light of truth. They who are in the love of good can see that which is of this love, consequently the truths that are in the Word, and this in accordance with the amount and the quality of their love of good; for in this case light or intelligence flows in from heaven, that is, through heaven from the Lord. For this reason it is that as before said no one can see and acknowledge the interiors of the Word unless he is in good as to life.