Explanation of Numbers 7:87
Ni Henry MacLagan
Verse 87. Completeness as to all natural affections, as to all spiritual affections, and as to all celestial affections internal and external, and as to Faith in the Lord for the remission, of evil in the worship of the Lord by entire consecration.
Arcana Coelestia # 9388
9388. 'And built an altar under the mountain' means a representative sign of the Lord's Divine Human in respect of Divine Good from Him. This is clear from the meaning of 'an altar' as a representative sign of the Lord's Divine Human, dealt with in 921, 2777, 2811, 4489, and therefore the chief representative of worship of the Lord, 4541, 8935, 8940; and from the meaning of 'the mountain' as the good of love, dealt with in 4210, 6435, 8327, 8658, 8758, in this instance the Divine Good of love which emanates from the Lord, since it was Mount Sinai, where the Lord was then. 'Mount Sinai' means Divine Good united to Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, see 8805.