Arcana Coelestia # 9689
9689. And thou shalt make for the covering five pillars of shittim. That this signifies the support of the uniting intermediate, as far as is sufficient, through the good of merit that belongs to the Lord’s Divine Human, is evident from the signification of “the covering for the door of the Tent,” as being the intermediate that unites the second or middle heaven with the first or ultimate heaven (of which ab ove, n. 9686); from the signification of “five,” as being some part, or somewhat (n. 4638), and also as much as is sufficient; from the signification of “pillars,” as being support (n. 9674); and from the signification of “shittim wood,” as being the good of merit that belongs to the Lord alone (n. 9472, 9486), thus His Divine Human, because to this belongs merit (n. 9486).
Exodus 26:13
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The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.