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Genesis 32

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1 ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D καταφιλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εὐλογέω-VA--AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VD--APPNSM *λαβαν-N---NSM ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

2 καί-C *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ἑαυτοῦ- D--GSM ὁδός-N2--ASF καί-C ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S παρεμβολή-N1--ASF θεός-N2--GSM παρα ἐνβάλλω-VX--XAPASF καί-C συνἀντάω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NPM ἄγγελος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM

3 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἡνίκα-D ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM *παρεμβολή-N1--NSF θεός-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--NSF καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM ἐκεῖνος- D--GSM *παρεμβολή-N1--NPF

4 ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἄγγελος-N2--APM ἔμπροσθεν-P αὐτός- D--GSM πρός-P *ησαυ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *σηιρ-N----S εἰς-P χώρα-N1A-ASF *εδωμ-N----S

5 καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM οὕτως-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI2P ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ησαυ-N---DSM οὕτως-D λέγω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM σύ- P--GS *ἰακώβ-N---NSM μετά-P *λαβαν-N---GSM παραοἰκέω-VAI-AAI1S καί-C χρονίζω-VAI-AAI1S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D

6 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P ἐγώ- P--DS βοῦς-N3--NPM καί-C ὄνος-N2--NPM καί-C πρόβατον-N2N-NPN καί-C παῖς-N3D-NPM καί-C παιδίσκη-N1--NPF καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI1S ἀναἀγγέλλω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ησαυ-N---DSM ἵνα-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM σύ- P--GS χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS

7 καί-C ἀναστρέφω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἄγγελος-N2--NPM πρός-P *ἰακώβ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS *ησαυ-N---ASM καί-C ἰδού-I αὐτός- D--NSM ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF σύ- P--DS καί-C τετρακόσιοι-A1A-NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM

8 φοβέω-VCI-API3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM σφόδρα-D καί-C ἀπορέω-V2I-IMI3S καί-C διααἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APM βοῦς-N3--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN εἰς-P δύο-M παρεμβολή-N1--APF

9 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἐάν-C ἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S *ησαυ-N---NSM εἰς-P παρεμβολή-N1--ASF εἷς-A1A-ASF καί-C ἐκκόπτω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF παρεμβολή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF δεύτερος-A1A-NSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN σώζω-V1--PMN

10 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS *αβρααμ-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ισαακ-N---GSM κύριος-N2--VSM ὁ- A--NSM εἶπον-VAI-AAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS ἀποτρέχω-V1--PAD2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSF γένεσις-N3I-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C εὖ-D σύ- P--AS ποιέω-VF--FAI1S

11 ἱκανόω-V4--PMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--GSF καί-C ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GSF ἀλήθεια-N1A-GSF ὅς- --GSF ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--DSM παῖς-N3D-DSM σύ- P--GS ἐν-P γάρ-X ὁ- A--DSF ῥάβδος-N2--DSF ἐγώ- P--GS διαβαίνω-VZI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM *ἰορδάνης-N1M-ASM οὗτος- D--ASM νῦν-D δέ-X γίγνομαι-VX--XAI1S εἰς-P δύο-M παρεμβολή-N1--APF

12 ἐκαἱρέω-VB--AMD2S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF ὁ- A--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ησαυ-N---GSM ὅτι-C φοβέω-V2--PMI1S ἐγώ- P--NS αὐτός- D--ASM μήποτε-D ἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSM πατάσσω-VA--AAS3S ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C μήτηρ-N3--ASF ἐπί-P τέκνον-N2N-DPN

13 σύ- P--NS δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI2S καλῶς-D εὖ-D σύ- P--AS ποιέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN σπέρμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS ὡς-C ὁ- A--ASF ἄμμος-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF ὅς- --NSF οὐ-D ἀριθμέω-VC--FPI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN πλῆθος-N3E-GSN

14 καί-C κοιμάω-VCI-API3S ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF ἐκεῖνος- D--ASF καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὅς- --GPM φέρω-V1I-IAI3S δῶρον-N2N-APN καί-C ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S *ησαυ-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἀδελφός-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM

15 αἴξ-N3G-APF διακόσιοι-A1A-APF τράγος-N2--APM εἴκοσι-M πρόβατον-N2N-APN διακόσιοι-A1A-APN κριός-N2--APM εἴκοσι-M

16 κάμηλος-N2--APF θηλάζω-V1--PAPAPF καί-C ὁ- A--APN παιδίον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM τριάκοντα-M βοῦς-N3--APM τεσσαράκοντα-M ταῦρος-N2--APM δέκα-M ὄνος-N2--APM εἴκοσι-M καί-C πῶλος-N2--APM δέκα-M

17 καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S διά-P χείρ-N3--GSF ὁ- A--DPM παῖς-N3D-DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ποίμνιον-N2N-ASN κατά-P μόνος-A1--APF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--DPM παῖς-N3D-DPM αὐτός- D--GSM προπορεύομαι-V1--PMD2P ἔμπροσθεν-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C διάστημα-N3M-ASN ποιέω-V2--PAI2P ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ποίμνη-N1--GSF καί-C ποίμνη-N1--GSF

18 καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM πρῶτος-A1--DSMS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ἐάν-C σύ- P--DS συνἀντάω-VA--AAS3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐρωτάω-V3--PAI3S σύ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM τίς- I--GSM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S καί-C ποῦ-D πορεύομαι-V1--PAS3S καί-C τίς- I--GSN οὗτος- D--NPN ὁ- A--NPN προπορεύομαι-V1--PMPAPN σύ- P--GS

19 εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ὁ- A--GSM παῖς-N3D-GSM σύ- P--GS *ἰακώβ-N---GSM δῶρον-N2N-APN ἀποστέλλω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ησαυ-N---GSM καί-C ἰδού-I αὐτός- D--NSM ὀπίσω-P ἐγώ- P--GP

20 καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM πρῶτος-A1--DSMS καί-C ὁ- A--DSM δεύτερος-A1A-DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM τρίτος-A1--DSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM προπορεύομαι-V1--PMPDPM ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPN ποίμνιον-N2N-GPN οὗτος- D--GPN λέγω-V1--PAPNSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN λαλέω-VA--AAD2P *ησαυ-N---DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εὑρίσκω-VB--AAN σύ- P--AP αὐτός- D--ASM

21 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2P ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM σύ- P--GS *ἰακώβ-N---NSM παραγίγνομαι-V1--PMI3S ὀπίσω-P ἐγώ- P--GP εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S γάρ-X ἐκἱλάσκομαι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN δῶρον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--DPN προπορεύομαι-V1--PMPDPN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὁράω-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἴσως-D γάρ-X προςδέχομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS

22 καί-C παραπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--APN δῶρον-N2N-APN κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NSM δέ-X κοιμάω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF ἐκεῖνος- D--ASF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF παρεμβολή-N1--DSF

23 ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM δέ-X ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF ἐκεῖνος- D--ASF λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APF δύο-M γυνή-N3K-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APF δύο-M παιδίσκη-N1--APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἕνδεκα-M παιδίον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C διαβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF διάβασις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSM *ιαβοκ-N---GSM

24 καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C διαβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM χειμάρρους-N2--ASM καί-C διαβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN αὐτός- D--GSM

25 ὑπολείπω-VVI-API3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM μόνος-A1--NSM καί-C παλαίω-VBI-AAI3S ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἕως-P πρωΐ-D

26 ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὅτι-C οὐ-D δύναμαι-V6--PMI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ἅπτομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--GSN πλάτος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSM μηρός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ναρκάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN πλάτος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSM μηρός-N2--GSM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN παλαίω-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM

27 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--AS ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM ὄρθρος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D σύ- P--AS ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C μή-D ἐγώ- P--AS εὐλογέω-VA--AAS2S

28 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM τίς- I--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM

29 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM οὐ-D καλέω-VC--FPI3S ἔτι-D ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἀλλά-C *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS ὅτι-C ἐνἰσχύω-VA--AAPNSM μετά-P θεός-N2--GSM καί-C μετά-P ἄνθρωπος-N2--GPM δυνατός-A1--NSM

30 ἐρωτάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἀναἀγγέλλω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ἐρωτάω-V3--PAI2S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εὐλογέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐκεῖ-D

31 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM ἐκεῖνος- D--GSM *εἶδος-N3E-NSN θεός-N2--GSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S γάρ-X θεός-N2--ASM πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN πρός-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN καί-C σώζω-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF

32 ἀνατέλλω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM ἡνίκα-D παραἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN *εἶδος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--NSM δέ-X ἐπισκάζω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--DSM μηρός-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM

33 ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSM οὐ-D μή-D ἐσθίω-VB--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASN νεῦρον-N2N-ASN ὅς- --ASN ναρκάω-VAI-AAI3S ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN πλάτος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSM μηρός-N2--GSM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF οὗτος- D--GSF ὅτι-C ἅπτομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--GSN πλάτος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSM μηρός-N2--GSM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSN νεῦρον-N2N-GSN καί-C ναρκάω-VAI-AAI3S

   

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4261. And he passed the night there in that night. That this signifies in that obscure state, is evident from the signification of “passing the night,” and also of “night,” as being an obscure state (see n. 1712, 3693).

  
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3693. And passed the night there, for the sun was set. That this signifies life in what is obscure, is evident from the signification of “night,” as being a state of shade (n. 1712); thus “passing the night” signifies living in this state; and from the signification of the “sun being set,” as being to be in what is obscure; for it is then “evening,” and that “evening” signifies that which is obscure, may be seen above (n. 3056). By that which is obscure is here meant obscurity of intelligence in respect to truth, and obscurity of wisdom in respect to good; for the light which the angels have from the Lord has within it intelligence and wisdom, and is also thence derived (see n. 1521, 1524, 1529, 1530, 3138, 3167, 3195, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3637, 3643); and therefore insofar as they are in light, so far they are also in intelligence and wisdom; but insofar as they are not in light, thus insofar as they are in shade, so far they are not in intelligence and wisdom (n. 2776, 3190, 3337). It is for this reason that in common speech “light” is predicated of the things of the understanding. Man is not aware of this reason, and therefore believes that these terms are used merely by way of comparison. Men use many other forms of expression that flow from a perception of such things as exist in the other life, in which they are as to their spirits, and that have been received in conversation because they are interiorly acknowledged, but are blotted out of notice by the things of the body, which are of such a nature as to extinguish the things of perception in which man’s interior man is.

[2] That in the Word the “setting of the sun” signifies the falsity and evil in which they are who have no charity and faith; thus that it signifies also the last time of the church, may be seen above (n. 1837); and also that it signifies obscurity in respect to those things which are of good and truth, such as exists with those who are in a degree more remote from Divine doctrinal things, may be seen above (n. 3691). That the “setting of the sun,” or the “sun being set,” has these significations, may be seen from the following passages in the Word.

In Micah:

Night unto you instead of vision; and darkness unto you instead of divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them (Micah 3:6);

“the sun shall go down upon the prophets” signifies that they have no longer any truth and understanding of truth; “prophets” denote those who teach the truths of doctrine (see n. 2534).

In Amos:

It shall come to pass in that day that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the day of light; and I will turn your feast into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation (Amos 8:9-10);

“to cause the sun to go down at noon” denotes obscurity as to truth with those who are in the knowledges of good and truth (that “noon” signifies a state of light, or of the knowledges of truth, see above, n. 1458, 3195).

[3] In Isaiah:

Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light (Isaiah 60:20); where the Lord’s kingdom is treated of; the “sun shall no more go down” denotes that they shall be in the life of good and in wisdom, because in the Lord’s celestial love and light; “the moon shall not withdraw itself” denotes that they shall be in the life of truth, and in intelligence, because in the Lord’s spiritual love and light. (That in the other life the Lord is a sun to the celestial angels, and a moon to the spiritual angels, and that hence they have wisdom and intelligence, see above, n. 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643.) From this it is evident what is meant in the internal sense of the Word by the rising” and “setting” of the sun.

[4] In David:

O Jehovah my God Thou art very great; Thou hast put on glory and honor; who covereth Himself with light as with a garment; He stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain; he made the moon for appointed festivals; He knoweth the going down of the sun. Thou disposest the darkness that it may become night (Psalms 104:1-2, 19-20);

here in like manner the “moon” denotes intelligence, and the “sun” wisdom, from the Lord; the “going down of the sun” denotes the obscurity of each; “to dispose the darkness that it may become night,” signifies the moderating of a state of obscurity. That the angels have changes of state between the highest degree of light and a less degree, or between the highest degree of wisdom and a less degree, and that these changes of state are as the morning when the sun rises, and as midday when it is in its greatest altitude, and as the evening when it sets, and afterwards as morning again, will of the Lord’s Divine mercy be shown elsewhere.

[5] In Joshua:

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border (Josh. 1:4); where there is described the extension of the land of Canaan, by which is signified in the internal sense the Lord’s kingdom (see n. 1607, 3038, 3481); (that the “river Euphrates” is one border of it, that is, of things spiritual and celestial, see above, n. 1866; and that the great sea” and the “going down of the sun” is another, by which is represented the ultimate, which is relatively obscure; also that all the borders and all the places in that land are representative, n. 1585).

[6] In Moses:

If in taking a pledge thou shalt take for a pledge thy neighbor’s garment, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down; for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin, wherein he shall sleep (Exodus 22:26-27).

And again

If he be a poor man, thou shalt not lie down upon his pledge; thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge before the sun goeth down, and he shall bless thee, and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God (Deuteronomy 24:12-13).

That in this law, as in all the rest, there is what is representative and significative of the Divine law, which is that of good and truth in the Lord’s kingdom, from which this law comes, is manifest from its particulars. That it contains as the very ground of the law that a man’s companions ought not to be deprived of external truths, which are the doctrinal things according to which they live, and their rituals; and that such truths are the “garment,” may be seen above (n. 297, 1073, 2576). “Restoring the pledge before the sun “went down,” denotes before truth perishes with him; and because this truth is external, it is said that “the garment is for his skin in which he shall sleep.”

[7] Again:

The soul that hath touched what is unclean shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but when he has bathed his flesh in water, and the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterwards he shall eat of the holy things (Leviticus 22:6-7).

And again:

He that is not clean, toward evening shall bathe himself in waters; and when the sun is down, he shall enter into the midst of the camp (Deuteronomy 23:10-11).

That this law also has its origin in the laws of good and truth, or the laws of order in the Lord’s kingdom, is evident; otherwise it would never have been commanded that the unclean person should be unclean until the evening, and should then wash himself with waters, and after the sun was down should be clean. The law of order in the Lord’s kingdom from which the above law comes, is that when good and angelic spirits lapse into a state of the love of self, and thereby into a state of falsity, they are then remitted a little into their natural or lower state, and are there imbued with knowledges of good and truth that bear upon the matter in question, which is signified by “washing themselves with waters in the evening.” (That “washing with waters” denotes to be purified from falsities, may be seen above, n. 3147, 3148; and that “waters” are the knowledges of truth, n. 28, 680, 739, 2702, 3058.) And after they have been in that obscure state which is signified by the “going down of the sun,” they return into their former state, which is signified by their “being clean,” and “entering into the midst of the camp,” on which subject of the Lord’s Divine mercy something shall be said elsewhere from experience. From what has been said it is now evident that when mentioned in the Word the “going down of the sun” with the good signifies an obscure state as to truth; and with the evil a state of falsity.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.