6676. If it be a son, then ye shall kill him. That this signifies, if it is truth, that they should destroy it in any way they could, is evident from the signification of “son,” as being truth (see n. 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373); and from the signification of “killing,” as being to destroy, for it is said of truth. But they were to destroy “in any way they could,” for the evil are not able to destroy truths with the good.