9740. Verses 9-19. And thou shalt make the court of the Habitation at the corner of the south southward; the hangings for the court shall be of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits the length at the one corner; and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their bases twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And so at the corner of the north in length, there shall be hangings a hundred cubits in length, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their bases twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And the breadth of the court at the corner of the sea shall be hangings of fifty cubits; the pillars thereof ten, and their bases ten. And the breadth of the court at the corner of the east eastward shall be fifty cubits. And the hangings for the one wing shall be fifteen cubits; the pillars thereof three, and their bases three. And for the other wing shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; the pillars thereof three, and their bases three. And for the gate of the court a covering of twenty cubits, of blue, and crimson, and scarlet double dyed, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; its pillars four, and their bases four. All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with fillets of silver; their hooks of silver, and their bases of brass. The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty by fifty; and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their bases of brass. And as for all the vessels of the Habitation in all the service thereof, all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of brass. “And thou shalt make the court of the Habitation,” signifies the ultimate heaven; “at the corner of the south southward,” signifies that is in the light of truth; “the hangings for the court,” signifies the truths of this heaven; “shall be of fine twined linen,” signifies from the understanding; “a hundred cubits the length,” signifies full of good from the Lord; “at the one corner,” signifies where truths are in light; “and the pillars thereof shall be twenty,” signifies the goods of truth fully supporting; “and their bases twenty, of brass,” signifies truths from good also fully supporting; “the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver,” signifies the methods of conjunction by means of truth; “and so at the corner of the north in length,” signifies where the good of truth is in obscurity; “there shall be hangings a hundred cubits in length,” signifies also full of truths from good; “and the pillars thereof twenty,” signifies the goods of truth fully supporting; “and their bases twenty, of brass,” signifies truths from good also fully supporting; “the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver,” signifies the methods of conjunction by means of truth; “and the breadth of the court at the corner of the sea,” signifies the state of this heaven in respect to memory-truths; “shall be hangings of fifty cubits,” signifies truths sufficient for uses; “the pillars thereof ten, and their bases ten,” signifies the supporting goods and derivative truths also sufficient for uses; “and the breadth of the court at the corner of the east eastward,” signifies the state of truth of this heaven, where goods are; “shall be fifty cubits,” signifies sufficient for uses; “and the hangings for the one wing shall be fifteen cubits,” signifies truths in light, as many as are sufficient; “the pillars thereof three, and their bases three,” signifies goods and the derivative truths fully supporting; “and for the other wing shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, the pillars thereof three, and their bases three,” signifies similar things where truths are in obscurity; “and for the gate of the court a covering,” signifies introduction into this heaven, and a guard lest it should be entered by any except those who are prepared; “of twenty cubits,” signifies to the full; “of blue, and crimson, and scarlet double-dyed, and fine twined linen,” signifies the goods of charity and of faith; “the work of the embroiderer,” signifies which are in memory-knowledge; “its pillars four, and their bases four,” signifies goods and the derivative truths supporting the conjunction; “all the pillars of the court round about,” signifies all the good that supports heaven; “shall be filleted with fillets of silver, and their hooks of silver,” signifies all the methods of conjunction by means of truth; “and their bases of brass,” signifies the supports by means of good; “the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits,” signifies the good of this heaven to the full; “and the breadth fifty by fifty,” signifies truth as much as is sufficient; and the height five cubits,” signifies the degrees of good and truth, also as much as is sufficient; “of fine twined linen,” signifies from the understanding; “and their bases of brass,” signifies the support of all things by means of good; “and as for all the vessels of the habitation in all the service thereof,” signifies the memory-truths and goods that belong to the external man; “all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of brass,” signifies all things conjoining and strengthening each heaven, the middle and the ultimate, by means of good.

6306. Which I took out of the hand of the Amorite. That this signifies by victory over evil, is evident from the representation of the Amorite, as being evil (see n. 1857); and from the signification of “taking out of the hand,” as being to acquire through victory. As regards the Amorites, be it known that by them is signified evil, and also by the Canaanites; and by the rest of the nations in that land which are mentioned in the Word are signified various kinds of evil and also of falsity. Such things were represented by the nations when the sons of Israel came into possession of the land of Canaan, for the reason that, while the sons of Israel represented heavenly things, those nations represented infernal things, and in this way the land of Canaan represented every state of the other life; and because the nations represented infernal things, they were given to the curse, and it was forbidden to enter into a covenant with those which remained.

[2] That the sons of Israel seized and inhabited the land of those who represented the hells was a representative that about the time of the Lord’s coming the infernals would have occupied a large part of heaven; and that by coming into the world and making the Human in Himself Divine the Lord would expel them and cast them down into the hells, and thus deliver heaven from them, and give it for an inheritance to those who would be of His spiritual kingdom.

[3] That by the Amorite nation was represented evil in general, is plain from the passages where it is mentioned, as in Ezekiel:

Jerusalem, thy tradings and thy generations were from the land of the Canaanite; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite (Ezekiel 16:3, 45);

as in the internal sense “father” signifies the good of the church, but in the opposite sense evil; and “mother” signifies the truth of the church, but in the opposite sense falsity, therefore it is said “thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.”

[4] And in Amos:

I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was sturdy as the oak. I led you in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite (Amos 2:9-10);

here also the “Amorite” denotes evil, for the evil of the love of self is described by the “height of the cedars and the sturdiness of the oak.” That the “Amorite” is evil in general, is because the whole land of Canaan was called “the land of the Amorite;” for it is said, “I led you in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.” Again in the second book of Kings:

Manasseh king of Judah hath done evil above all the evil that the Amorites did, who were before him (2 Kings 21:11).

[5] That “with my sword” signifies by means of truth combating, is evident from the signification of “sword,” as being truth combating (see n. 2799, 4499). And that “with my bow” signifies by means of doctrine, is evident from the signification of “bow,” as being doctrine (n. 2686, 2709).

[6] That the words “the portion which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow” were spoken by Israel on account of the internal sense, is very manifest, because Jacob did not take that portion from the Amorite with his sword nor with his bow, but bought it of the sons of Hamor, as is plain from the words in Genesis:

Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came thither from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. And he bought the portion of the field, where he had spread his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred kesitah (Genesis 33:18-19).

That this field was the portion which he gave to Joseph, is evident from these words in Joshua:

The bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah; and they were for an inheritance to the sons of Joseph (Josh. 24:32).

From this it is plain that that portion was bought, and that it was what was given to Joseph.

[7] That the city of Shechem was not meant, which was near there, where Simeon and Leviticus slew every male, and which they took with the sword (Genesis 34), may be seen from the fact that Jacob abhorred that deed, and on that account cursed Simeon and Levi, and utterly put away from himself that deed, saying:

Let not my soul come into their secret; in their assembly let not my glory be united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their good pleasure they unstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it was vehement; and their wrath, for it was hard: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel” (Genesis 49:5-7).

From all this it is now evident that these words, “one portion which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow,” were said by him when he was in the prophetic spirit, for the sake of the internal sense.