Arcana Coelestia #23
23. Nothing is more common in the Word than for the word 'day' to be used to mean the particular time at which events take place, as in Isaiah,
The day of Jehovah is near. Behold, the day of Jehovah comes. I will make heaven tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, on the day of My fierce anger. Its time is close at hand, and its days will not be prolonged. Isaiah 13:6, 9, 13, 22.
And in the same prophet,
Her antiquity is in the days of antiquity. On that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. Isaiah 23:7, 15.
Since 'day' stands for the particular time it also stands for the state associated with that particular time, as in Jeremiah, Woe to us, for the day has declined, for the shadows of evening have lengthened! Jeremiah 6:4
And in the same prophet,
If you break My covenant that is for the day and My covenant that is for the night, so that there is neither daytime nor night at their appointed time. Jeremiah 33:20, 25.
Also,
Renew our days as of old. Lamentations 5:21.
Leviticus 18:6-24
6
"'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
7
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
8
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
9
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.
10
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.
11
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
12
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.
13
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
14
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
15
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
16
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
17
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18
"'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
19
"'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
20
"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
21
"'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
22
"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
23
"'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
24
"'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
