7832. 'They shall take for themselves each one a member of the flock' means in respect of innocence. This is clear from the meaning of a lamb or she-goat, to which 'a member of the flock' refers here, as innocence, 'a lamb' innocence in the interior man, 'a she-goat' innocence in the exterior man, 3519.

992. 'Into Your hands let them be given' means possession of them by the internal man within the external. This is clear from what has been stated already and from the meaning of 'hand', dealt with already in 878. The phrase 'into your hands let them be given' is used because that is what seems to happen.