In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason for this is pretty obvious, but it also holds when people, for instance, remove a stone from the mouth of a well, which represents gaining access to spiritual ideas. The mouth is used for eating as well as speaking, of course. In those circumstances, it represents our first, most external perception of a new spiritual idea or desire. This also makes sense, mirroring the way tasting food in the mouth gives us an instant impression of the quality of the food.

3795. ‘Quia pastor illa’ seu pascens illa: quod significet quod affectio veri interioris quod in Verbo, doceat, constat ex significatione ‘pastoris seu pascentis’ quod sit qui ducit et docet, de qua n. 343; et ex repraesentatione ‘Rachelis’, quae hic est ‘illa’, quod sit affectio veri interioris, de qua mox supra, n. 3793; quod ex Verbo, est quia ad puteum cum grege ivit; ‘puteus’ quod sit Verbum, videatur n. 3765; et praeterea affectio veri interioris est quae docet, ex illa enim affectione Ecclesia est Ecclesia, et pastor est pastor. Quod ‘pastor et pascens’ in Verbo significet illos qui ducunt et docent, est quia ‘grex’ significat illos qui ducuntur et docentur, proinde Ecclesias et quoque doctrinas quae sunt Ecclesiae, n. 3767, 3768, 3783; quod pastor et grex illa significent, in Christiano orbe notissimum est, ita enim vocantur illi qui docent et discunt ¹ , quapropter illa ex Verbo confirmare supersedetur.

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