432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed.

5. "Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven n. 433; "of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven and come into heaven n. 434; "of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed," signifies the consequent good of life (n. 435, 436).

3929. Verses 9-11 And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her servant-girl, and gave her to Jacob as his wife. And Zilpah, Leah's servant-girl, bore Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop comes! And she called his name Gad.

'Leah saw that she had stopped bearing' means that no other external truths had been acknowledged. 'And she took Zilpah her servant-girl' means an affirmative means through which [the external man and the internal] could be joined together. 'And gave her to Jacob as his wife' means that this means joined the two together. 'And Zilpah, Leah's servant-girl, bore Jacob a son' means acknowledgement. 'And Leah said, A troop comes!' in the highest sense means Omnipotence and Omniscience, in the internal sense the good of faith, and in the external sense works. 'And she called his name Gad' means the essential nature of it.