9601. And the breadth four cubits. That this signifies the marriage of truth with good, is evident from the signification of “breadth,” as being truth (see n. 1613, 3433, 3434, 4482, 9487); and from the signification of “four,” as being conjunction, thus marriage, for the conjunction of truth and good is called the heavenly marriage (n. 2173, 2618, 2728, 2729, 2803). “Four” denotes conjunction or marriage because this number arises from two multiplied by itself, and “two” denotes conjunction (n. 5194, 8423); and because multiplied numbers have a similar signification to that of the simple numbers of which they are compounded (as was said just above, n. 9600 That all numbers in the Word signify real things, may be seen in the passages cited in n. 9488)