9084. And when a man shall open a pit. That this signifies if anyone shall receive falsity from another, is evident from the signification of “a pit,” as being falsity (see n. 4728, 4744, 5038); and from the signification of “opening,” when said of falsity, as being to receive, here from another, because the words follow, “or when a man shall dig a pit,” the meaning of which is, to receive, or to devise of oneself.