10207. 'And you shall not pour a drink offering on it' means that nothing representative of regeneration by means of the truths and forms of good belonging to spiritual love should be there. This is clear from the meaning of 'a drink offering' as that which is representative of regeneration by means of the truths and forms of the good of faith and charity, dealt with in 10137, which are the truths and forms of good belonging to spiritual love. For love to the Lord is called celestial love, whereas charity towards the neighbour is called spiritual love; celestial love reigns in the inmost heaven, whereas spiritual love reigns in the middle and the lowest ones, see the places referred to in 9277, 9596, 9684.

3766. 'In the field' means provided for the Churches. This is clear from the meaning of 'the field' as the Church as regards good, dealt with in 2971. In the Word the Church is meant by the expressions 'land', 'ground', and 'the field', though each has a different shade of meaning. The reason 'the field' means the Church is that like a field it receives the seeds of goodness and truth; for the Church has the Word, the source of those seeds. This also is why everything included in the field means some aspect of the Church, such as that which is sown, that which is harvested, standing grain, wheat, barley, and everything else. And each of these too has a different shade of meaning.