8079. And if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. That this signifies that if the truth of innocence is not therein, it must be separated and cast out, is evident from the signification of “not redeeming,” as being not to ascribe to the Lord, but to give something else in its place (as just above, n. 8078); and from the signification of “breaking the neck,” as being to separate and cast out. “Breaking the neck” has this signification because the “neck” signifies the conjunction of the interiors with the exteriors (see n. 3542, 3603, 3695, 3725, 5320, 5328, 5926, 6033), thus the breaking of the neck signifies separation and casting out, namely, of faith merely natural, if the truth of innocence is not therein.

5320. And put a necklace of gold upon his neck. That this signifies a significative of the conjunction of interior things with exterior, effected by good, is evident from the signification of the “neck,” as being the influx and also the communication of higher things with lower things, or what is the same, of interior things with exterior (see n. 3542); hence a “necklace,” because it encircles the neck, is a significative of the conjunction of these things. A “necklace of gold” signifies conjunction through good, or effected by good, because “gold” signifies good (n. 113, 1551, 1552). A mark of the conjunction of interior with exterior truth is signified by a “necklace upon the throat” in Ezekiel:

I decked thee with ornament, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a necklace upon thy throat (Ezekiel 16:11).