10260. 'According to the shekel of holiness' means the valuation of truth and good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the shekel of holiness', which is the price or valuation of the quality and amount of truth and good, dealt with in 2959, 10221.

1262. From this it now becomes clear that 'the earth' here also means the Church; for when the earth is mentioned, one's only perception is of the nation or people there, and when a nation or people is envisaged one's only perception is of their character. Consequently 'the earth' means nothing other than the Church, as shown already in 662, 1066.