7556. 'And now send, assemble your livestock' means that the truth of good should be gathered. This is clear from the meaning of 'assembling' as gathering; and from the meaning of 'livestock' as the good of truth, and also the truth of good, dealt with in 6016, 6045. What the truth of good and the good of truth are, see 2063, 3295, 3332, 3669, 3688, 3882, 4337, 4353, 4390, 5526, 5733. The subject in this and the next two verses is the goodness and truth which the Lord places in safe keeping even within the evil. For goodness and truth which have not been linked to evils and falsities are not laid waste but are stored away interiorly by the Lord and at a later time brought out for use. The goodness and truth placed in safe keeping within a person by the Lord are meant in the Word by 'the remnant', regarding which, see 468, 530, 560, 561, 576, 661, 798, 1738, 1906, 2284, 5135, 5342, 5344, 5897-5899, 6156.

6046. 'And their flocks and their herds, and all that they have, they have made to come' means that interior good and exterior good, and whatever is dependent on them, are present. This is clear from the meaning of 'flock' as interior good, and from the meaning of 'herd' as exterior good, both dealt with in 5913; from the meaning of 'all that they have' as whatever is dependent on them, as in 5914; and from the meaning of 'they have made to come' as being present.