9958. Verses 42-43 And make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh; from the loins even to the thighs they shall be. And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, that they may not bear iniquity and die. It shall be the statute of an age ¹ for him and his seed after him.

'And make for them linen undergarments' means an external level of conjugial love. 'To cover their naked flesh' means to prevent inner desires of that love from appearing when they are foul and hellish. 'From the loins even to the thighs they shall be' means the range of those things [composing that external level]. 'And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons' means safety from the hells. 'When they go into the tent of meeting' means in worship representative of all things of heaven and the Church. 'Or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place' means in worship representative of the Lord Himself. 'That they may not bear iniquity and die' means the elimination of the whole of worship. 'It shall be the statute of an age for him and his seed after him' means laws of order in the representative Church.

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3877. 'Therefore she called his name Levi' means the essential nature of it. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' or 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with above in 3872. That nature is what is contained in the words, 'Now this time my husband will cling to me, for I have borne him three sons', dealt with immediately above in 3875, 3876. This nature is what is meant by 'Levi', and also by the tribe named after him; and it is the third universal attribute of the Church, or the third development when a person is being regenerated or is becoming the Church. It is also charity. The situation with charity is that it contains the will for truth within itself, and through the will for truth contains the understanding of truth. For one in whom charity is present possesses those abilities to will truth and to understand it. But before a person arrives at charity he must pass through an external stage, that is to say, of understanding truth, then of willing truth, until at last he has an affection for truth, which is charity. And when charity is present in that person he looks to the Lord, who is meant in the highest sense by 'Judah', Jacob's fourth son.