432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed.

5. "Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven n. 433; "of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven and come into heaven n. 434; "of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed," signifies the consequent good of life (n. 435, 436).

4869. 'For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law' means that it did not see it as the truth of the representative Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'a daughter-in-law' as the truth of the Church linked to its good, dealt with in 4843. The reason the truth of the representative Church is meant is that Tamar, to whom 'his daughter-in-law' refers here, represents the Church that was representative of spiritual and celestial things, 4829, 4831. Regarding these matters, see what has been shown above in 4865, 4866, 4868.