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).

6336. 'And said, Gather together' means the existence together of all in general. This is clear from the meaning of 'gathering together' as a call to exist together, in this case a call to all the truths of faith and forms of the good of love that are meant by the twelve sons of Jacob, see immediately above in 6335.