Arcana Coelestia#10220
10220. 'This is what everyone passing over to those who have been numbered shall give' means the attribution to the Lord of all that constitutes faith and love. This is clear from the meaning of 'giving' - that is to say, giving the expiation for the soul, which was half a shekel - as deliverance from evils through the acknowledgement that all of faith and love comes from the Lord and none at all from man, dealt with above in 10218. Consequently 'everyone passing over to those who have been numbered' means any truth and good whatever that is arranged and set in order by the Lord. For 'everyone passing over' implies every one of the children of Israel, and all spiritual forms of good and truths are meant by 'the children of Israel', 5414, 5801, 5803, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833, 5879, 5951, 7957, 8234, 8805; and by 'those who have been numbered' things which have been arranged and set in order by the Lord are meant, 10218.
Arcana Coelestia#5819
5819. 'And our father said' means perception received from spiritual good. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in the historical narratives of the Word as perception, dealt with often, and from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as spiritual good, dealt with in 3654, 4186, 4598.