10117. 'Because it is holy' means what is Divine, to which it must not be joined, because that would result in profanation. This is clear from the meaning of 'holy' as that which is Divine, dealt with above in 10111. The reason why it must not be joined to what is Divine is that 'any of the flesh and bread that is left' means that which has not been joined, 10114, and so also that which must not be joined. That which must not be joined is the human self, which is nothing other than evil, see above in 10115; and if what is Divine is joined to the human self, and so to what is evil, it is rendered profane, 6348, 9298. This is why it says, in Leviticus 19:7-8, that whoever eats what is left till morning profanes Jehovah's holy offering, and that that soul shall be cut off from his people; and also, in Leviticus 7:19, that the flesh of a sacrifice that touches any unclean thing shall be burned with fire. From this it is now evident that profaning that which is holy is meant by eating the flesh and bread of the sacrifice on the following day.

593. 'Whom I have created from upon the face ¹ of the ground' means mankind among the descendants of the Most Ancient Church. This is clear not only from the use of the word 'created' in the phrase 'man whom He created', that is, whom He regenerated, and subsequently from the use of the word 'made' in the phrase 'whom He made', that is, whom He perfected or regenerated to the point of his becoming celestial; but also from the use of the expression 'from upon the face ¹ of the ground'. The ground is where the Church is, as shown already. It is additionally clear from the fact that the subject is the people who immersed doctrinal matters concerning faith in their own evil desires. Those however who had no doctrine of faith were unable to act in this fashion. For people outside of the Church have no knowledge of truth and good, and those who do not have that knowledge can have a type of innocence even when they say or do something that is contrary to the truths and goods of faith. For they can be inspired with zeal for the system of worship which they have been brought up in since early childhood, and which they therefore suppose to be true and good. But in the case of people who do possess a doctrine of faith the matter is altogether different, for they are capable of mixing truths with falsities, and sacred things with profane. For this reason their lot in the next life is far worse than that of those called gentiles, who in the Lord's Divine mercy will be considered later on.

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