2166. 'That you may refresh yourselves' means insofar as it is in keeping. This is not so clear from the proximate meaning of these words in the internal sense, though it is nevertheless clear from the whole train of thought. The subject here is Divine perception - that it might draw nearer to the perception possessed by the Lord's human as it was at that time, and that it might bring itself down nearer to His intellectual concepts, by taking on something natural, and also something heavenly or celestial to go with that something natural, insofar as it is in keeping, meant by 'refreshing oneself'. In the proximate sense 'refreshing oneself by means of bread' means being revived, and so enjoying what little of the celestial is in keeping.

923. 'And he offered burnt offerings on the altar' means all worship stemming from those goods and truths. This is evident from what has been stated up to now. Burnt offerings were the chief features of the worship of the representative Church, as at a later time were sacrifices. These will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with later on. That burnt offerings taken as a whole mean representative worship is also clear from the Prophets, as in David,

Jehovah will send your help from the Sanctuary, and give you support from Zion. He will remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt offering as fat. Psalms 20:2-3.

And in Isaiah,

Whoever keeps the sabbath from profaning it, I will bring them to My holy mountain. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar. Isaiah 56:6-7.

Here 'burnt offerings and sacrifices' stands for all worship, 'burnt offerings' for worship stemming from love, 'sacrifices' for worship stemming from faith derived from love. As is common in the Prophets, internal things are here being described by those that are external.