10020. Verses 10-14 And you shall bring ¹ the young bull, before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the young bull. And you shall slaughter the young bull before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. And you shall take some of the blood of the young bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. And you shall take all the fat covering the intestines, and the omentum over the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them; and you shall burn [them on] the altar. And the flesh of the young bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin [offering].

'And you shall bring the young bull' means a state in which the natural or external man, as this is in its infancy, applies itself. 'Before the tent of meeting' means to purification, the reception of truth from heaven, and the joining of it to good. 'And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the young bull' means a representative sign of the reception of goodness and truth in the natural or external man. 'And you shall slaughter the young bull before Jehovah' means preparation for the purification of goodness and truth from God in the external or natural man. 'At the door of the tent of meeting' means in order that they may be joined together. 'And you shall take some of the blood of the young bull' means Divine Truth accommodated in the natural or external man. 'And put it on the horns of the altar with your finger' means power that is Divine and the Lord's, originating in Himself. 'And shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar' means the whole of Divine Truth present on the level of sensory perception, which is the lowest level of life in a person. 'And you shall take all the fat' means the accommodated good. 'Covering the intestines' means which exists on last or lowest levels. 'And the omentum over the liver' means the more internal good of the external or natural man. 'And the two kidneys and the fat on them' means the more internal truth of the external or natural man, and the good of that truth. 'And you shall burn [them on] the altar' means springing from the Lord's Divine Love. 'And the flesh of the young bull' means the evil of the earlier loves which are present there. 'And its skin' means falsity on lowest levels. 'And its dung' means all other unclean things. 'You shall burn with fire outside the camp' means that those things must be banished to hell and be consumed by the evils of self-love. 'It is a sin [offering]' means that which has been purified in this manner from evils [and falsities].

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4933. The reason why the hands, arms, and shoulders correspond to power in the Grand Man is that the strength and powers of the whole body and of all its internal organs are linked to them, in that the body employs the arms and hands to exercise its strength and powers. This also is the reason why in the Word powers are meant by 'the hands', 'the arms', and 'the shoulders'. As regards 'the hands' having this meaning, see 878, 3387, and as regards 'the arms' meaning the same, this is evident from many places, such as the following,

Be their arm every morning. Isaiah 33:2.

The Lord Jehovih is coming with might, and His arm will exercise dominion for Him. Isaiah 40:10.

He works it by means of His arm of strength. Isaiah 44:12.

My arms will judge the peoples. Isaiah 51:5.

Put on strength, O arm of Jehovah. Isaiah 51:9.

I looked around, and there was no helper, therefore My own arm brought salvation to Me. Isaiah 63:5.

Cursed is he who trusts in man (homo) and makes flesh his arm. Jeremiah 17:5.

I have made the earth, man, and beast, by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 27:5; 32:17.

The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken. Jeremiah 48:25.

I am breaking the arms of the king of Egypt, but I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babel. Ezekiel 30:22, 24-25.

O Jehovah, break the arm of the wicked. Psalms 10:15.

According to the greatness of Your arm preserve those who are appointed to die. ¹ Psalms 79:11.

They were brought out of Egypt by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Deuteronomy 7:19; 11:2-3; 26:8; Jeremiah 32:21; Psalms 136:12.

From these places it may also be recognized that by the right hand in the Word superior power is meant, and by 'sitting on the right hand of Jehovah' almighty power, Matthew 26:63-64; Luke 22:69; Mark 14:61-62; 16:19.

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