10111. 'To sanctify them' means in order that they may be in possession of truths from good which come from the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'being sanctified' as representing the Lord and the holy things which come from Him, dealt with in 9956, 9988, and so in the spiritual sense as being led by the Lord, since the Lord alone is holy and He is the source of everything holy, 8806, 9229, 9479, 9688, 9818, 9820. From this it is evident that receiving truths through good from the Lord, thus receiving faith through love derived from Him and shown towards Him, is meant by being sanctified. Not that the person regarded in himself is therefore holy; only the Lord present with Him is holy. For faith and love constitute the Lord's presence with a person, since He is the one to whom unceasingly they owe their existence.

6336. “说, 你们要聚在一起” 表总体上它们全部的共存。这从 “聚” 的含义清楚可知, “聚” 是指一种共存的呼召, 在此是指对雅各的十二个儿子所表示的全部信之真理和爱之良善的呼召 (参看6335节)。

493. “日子” 与 “年” 表时间和状态, 这一点无需费太多心思. 只是有一点必须在此说明, 在尘世, 用到数字的时间与度量是必不可少的, 因为它们处于自然的终端. 但每当运用它们时, 日子, 年以及度量所用的数字均意味着完全不同于时间和度量的事物, 该事物是由所用数字的意义决定的, 如前文所探讨的有关六日劳作, 第七日为圣的陈述; 每四十九年宣布为一个禧年, 庆祝第五十年的陈述; 以色列支派有十二个, 主的使徒也是十二个; 有七十个长老, 主的门徒也是七十个. 还有很多其它例子, 其中数字表示某种特有性质, 与它们应用到的人或物完全不同. 当彼此完全剥离时, 剩下的就是数字所表示的状态了.