8933. 'You shall not make [them] for yourselves' means that utmost care must be taken to avoid them. This is clear from the consideration that this is a reiteration of what they must not do. A reiteration or repetition implies thoroughness, that is, that utmost care must be taken to avoid the thing.

10333. 'And in the cutting of stones for filling' means in order to represent all matters of faith that are of service to the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the cutting of stones' as that which is representative of all matters of faith springing from love, for by 'the cutting of stones' the cutting of those in the breastplate, which were the Urim and Thummim, should be understood, and these stones represented all matters of faith and love, see 3858, 6335, 6640, 9823, 9863, 9865, 9868, 9873, 9905; and from the meaning of 'filling' as being of service to the good of love from which they spring, for the stones were set in the gold there, and 'gold' means the good of love, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9881, 9874.