Arcana Coelestia #9955
9955. 'And fill their hand' means a representative sign of the Lord in respect of the truth of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'filling the hand' of Aaron and his sons as consecrating to serve as a representative sign of the Lord in respect of Divine Truth that constitutes faith. For 'the hand' means the power that truth from good possesses, and therefore the hand is spoken of in reference to truth, see 3091, 3387, 4931-4937, 7518, 8281, 9025. Consequently, then, just as anointing served to represent the Lord in respect of Divine Good, so the filling of hands represented the Lord in respect of Divine Truth. For everything throughout creation has connection with goodness or truth, or both if it is to have any real existence. In the Word therefore wherever the subject has to do with good, it has to do also with truth, see the places referred to in 9263, 9314. In what way the filling of hands was carried out is described in the next chapter; therefore what needs to be said about it will in the Lord's Divine mercy appear there.
Psalms 89:25-29
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I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
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He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!'
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I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
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I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.