7907. 'For anyone eating anything made with yeast, that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel' means that whoever links falsity to his good is damned. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 2343, 3168, 3513 (end), 3596, 4745, and so linking, 2187, for one who makes something his own links it to himself; from the meaning of 'that made with yeast' as falsity, dealt with immediately above in 7906; from the meaning of 'being cut off' as being separated and damned, dealt with in 7889; from the meaning of 'soul' as a person; and from the meaning of 'the assembly of Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 7870, 7843. From these meanings it is evident that 'anyone eating anything made with yeast, that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel' means that whoever links falsity to his good will be separated from the spiritual Church and will be damned.

3168. 'And they ate and drank' means making one's own the good and truth introduced in this way. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated and joined together, thus being made one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, and more specifically (since 'eating' has reference to bread and 'bread' means good, 276, 680, 2165, 2177, 2187) making good one's own; and from the meaning of 'drinking' as being communicated and joined together, thus being made one's own, dealt with in 3089, and more specifically (since 'drinking' has reference to wine and 'wine' means truth, 1071, 1798) making truth one's own. The situation is as stated above in 3167, namely that when truth is introduced into good in the rational, more so when it is joined to it, the good and truth of the spiritual man, that is, spiritual things, become made over to the natural as its own.