6045. 'For they are keepers of livestock' means that they possess good deriving from truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'livestock' as the good of truth, which is good deriving from truths, dealt with in 6016. The description here has reference to the sons of Israel, by whom spiritual truths within the natural are represented, 5414, 5879, and so has reference to truths, here to the fact that they lead to good, regarding which see immediately above in 6044.

5414. 'And the sons of Israel came to buy in the midst of others who came' means the wish to acquire spiritual truths, like all other truths, through factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sons of Israel' as spiritual truths (for 'sons' are truths, see above in 5403, and 'Israel' is the celestial-spiritual man coming out of the natural, 4286, 4570, 4598, so that 'the sons of Israel' are spiritual truths within the natural); from the meaning of 'buying' as being acquired; and from the meaning of 'in the midst of others who came' as like all other truths, that is to say, ones acquired through factual knowledge.