The Bible

 

Genesis 1:6

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6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Commentary

 

Badger's skin

  

In Numbers 4:6, 8, this signifies goods spiritual and natural. (Arcana Coelestia 296)

In Exodus 25, this signifies outward goods by which they are preserved. (Arcana Coelestia 9471)

In Exodus 26:14, this signifies a circuit from the truths which are from outward good. (Arcana Coelestia 9632)

In Ezekiel 16:10, this signifies to instruct in knowledges of good from the letter of the Word. (Apocalypse Explained 375[27])

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #9630

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9630. 'And you shall make a covering for the tent' means a mantle [around that heaven]. This is clear without explanation, for the covering made from the skins of red rams made a mantle over and around the tent.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.