'Levi' signifies the affection of truth originating in good, and consequently, intelligence. 'Levi' signifies truth in practice, which is the good of life. in a negative sense, this signifies the evil of falsity which is opposite to the good of charity. (See Genesis 49:5-7, and Luke 10:29-37) 'Levi,' in the highest sense, signifies love and mercy, in a spiritual sense, he signifies charity in practice, which is good of life, and in a natural sense, association and conjunction.

In Malachi 2:5, 'Levi' represents the Lord regarding divine good.

(Notae: Apocalypse Revealed 17; Deuteronomy 21:5; Luke 10; Malachi 2)

6759. 'One of his brothers' means the truths to which he was to be joined. This is clear from the meaning of 'brothers' as the Church's truths, dealt with above in 6756. Since he was himself guided by these truths, and the Church's truths, meant by 'brothers', were what he was to be joined to, that joining together is meant here because of the train of thought in the internal sense.