4082. 'And it happened, when the flock came on heat' means an intense desire to be joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming on heat' as an intense desire and the effect produced from this, dealt with in 4018, 4019, and so that those goods and truths should be joined together.

4019. 'And the flocks came on heat at the rods' means the effect produced by His own power. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming on heat' here as the effect, that is to say, that produced by the affection 4018; and from the meaning of 'the rods' as His own power, dealt with above in 4013, 4015.