4938. The ones who in the Grand Man correspond to the feet, soles, and heels are those who are natural, which is why in the Word natural things are meant by 'the feet', 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280. By 'the soles' lower natural things are meant, and by 'the heels' lowest natural, 259. In the Grand Man celestial things constitute the head, spiritual ones the body, and natural ones the feet; they exist in this consecutive order. In addition, celestial things, which are the highest, are ringed about by spiritual ones, which are in the middle; and spiritual things are ringed about by natural, which are lowest ones.

10241. 'Their hands and their feet' means the person's interiors and exteriors. This is clear from the meaning of 'hands' as a person's interiors, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'feet' as a person's exteriors, thus his natural things since these are exterior; for natural things, thus those belonging to the exterior man, are meant by 'feet', see 2162, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, 9406. But the reason why interior things are meant by 'hands' is that the higher parts of the body extend into the hands and come to an end in them, so that whatever exists with a person, also the power he possesses, is meant by 'hands', see the places referred to in 10019. But when both hands and feet are spoken of, whatever exists in the internal man and also in the external man, or spiritual things and natural things, is meant. This explains why 'lifting up the hand' means power in the spiritual, while 'lifting up the foot' means power in the natural, 5327, 5328. Furthermore the extremities of a person mean everything within him, 10044, and the hands and feet are extremities. From all this it becomes clear why it was that Aaron and his sons had to wash their hands and feet whenever they went into the tent of meeting or approached the altar to minister.