'Levi' signifies the affection of truth originating in good, and consequently, intelligence. 'Levi' signifies truth in practice, which is the good of life. in a negative sense, this signifies the evil of falsity which is opposite to the good of charity. (See Genesis 49:5-7, and Luke 10:29-37) 'Levi,' in the highest sense, signifies love and mercy, in a spiritual sense, he signifies charity in practice, which is good of life, and in a natural sense, association and conjunction.

In Malachi 2:5, 'Levi' represents the Lord regarding divine good.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 17; Deuteronomy 21:5; Luke 10; Malachi 2)

6794. 'And she bore a son' means the truths from that union. This is clear from the meaning of 'bearing', which is used in reference to the things belonging to the Church, that is, faith and charity (these births are products of the heavenly marriage, which is the marriage of goodness and truth and is represented by marriages on earth); and from the meaning of 'a son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 2623, 3373.