The Bible

Hosea 6:8

⁸ Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

Commentary

Arms

In Numbers 31:5, Numbers 32:17, this signifies prepared to accept knowledges of truth. (Apocalypse Explained 430[11])

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2162; Daniel 10:6)