10223. The half of a shekel an uplifting ¹ to Jehovah. That this signifies that all things of truth from good are of the Lord alone, is evident from the signification of “half a shekel,” as being all things of truth from good (of which above, n. 10221); and from the signification of “an uplifting to Jehovah,” as being that which is of the Lord alone (n. 10093).

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