Verse 25. And in this way shall reconciliation between the internal and external man be effected by good from the Lord as to the whole of man's powers, and full remission shall follow, because it was through inadvertence, and acknowledgement has been made from natural good conjoined with that which is spiritual and celestial and confession and remission have followed.

6267. 'And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand to Israel's left' means truth belonging to the understanding, to occupy the second place, 'and Manasseh in his left to Israel's right' means good belonging to the will, to occupy the first place. This is clear from the representation of 'Ephraim' as truth belonging to the understanding, and from the representation of 'Manasseh' as good belonging to the will, dealt with in 5354, 6222; and from the meaning of 'the right' as occupying the first place, and of 'the left' as occupying the second place, as is evident from what is the normal practice in life. The implications of all this will be discussed in what follows below.