9900. 'And Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel' means the preservation of good and truth, of their entire essential nature imparted to them by the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'carrying' - when it refers to 'the breastplate', by which all the forms of good and the truths belonging to heaven are meant, 9879, 9887 - as preserving, for what is carried on the breast is preserved ('carrying' also means, when it refers to the Divine, holding in a state of goodness and truth, see 9500, 9737); from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, dealt with in 9806; and from the meaning of 'the names of the sons of Israel' as the forms of good and the truths that belong to heaven and the Church, the entire essential nature of them, dealt with in 9842.

9737. 'When it is carried' means bringing into being and keeping in being. This is clear from the meaning of 'carrying' as holding in a state of goodness and truth, thus bringing into being and keeping in being, dealt with in 9500. 'Carrying' has a similar meaning in Isaiah,

Hearken to Me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel who have been carried from the womb. Even to [your] old age I am the Same, and even to grey hair I will carry [you]; I have made, and I will carry, and I will bear. Isaiah 46:3-4.

Here 'making' stands for, that it may come into being; 'carrying', that it may continue in being; and 'bearing', that it may unceasingly go on coming into being.