9339. Verses 31-33 And I will set your boundary from the Sea Suph even to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness even to the River; ¹ for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out ² from before you. You shall not make a covenant with them and their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest perhaps they cause you to sin against Me when you serve their gods; for it will be a snare to you.

'And I will set your boundary from the Sea Suph even to the Sea of the Philistines' means the full range of truths from factual ones to interior truths of faith. 'And from the wilderness even to the River' means from delight belonging to the sensory level even to good and truth belonging to the rational level. 'For I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand' means dominion over evils. 'And you will drive them out from before you' means the removal of them. 'You shall not make a covenant with them and their gods' means no contact with evils and falsities. 'They shall not dwell in your land' means that evils must not exist together with the Church's forms of good. 'Lest perhaps they cause you to sin against Me' means lest evils turn away forms of good from the Lord. 'When you serve their gods' means if worship is kindled by falsities. 'For it will be a snare to you' means owing to evils that are enticing and deceptive.

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334. Verses 11, 12. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, the animals, and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands; saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

"And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, the animals, and the elders," signifies acknowledgment, and thence glorification of the Lord by the angels of the lower heavens; "and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands," signifies that those are innumerable who are in truths, and innumerable those who are in goods; "saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain," signifies acknowledgment from the heart that everything Divine is from the Lord's Divine Human not acknowledged, and by many denied; "to receive power, and riches, and wisdom," signifies that to Him belong omnipotence, omniscience, and Divine providence; "and honour, and glory," signifies that to Him belong Divine good and Divine truth; "and blessing," signifies the acknowledgment and glorification of the Lord on that account, and thanksgiving that from Him are all good and truth, and thence heaven and eternal happiness to those who receive them.