'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means perception as a result of enlightenment from the Lord through the Word. 'And you shall make a laver of bronze' means the good within the natural degree in a person, in which purification takes place. 'And its pedestal from bronze' means good on the last level of the natural, which is that of the senses. 'For washing' means purification from evils and falsities. 'And you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar' means in order that truth and good may be joined together. 'And put water in it' means the truths of faith by means of which purification in the natural is accomplished. 'And Aaron and his sons shall wash in it' means a representative sign of the purification and regeneration of a person by the Lord. 'Their hands and their feet' means the person's interiors and exteriors. 'When they go into the tent of meeting' means worship springing from the good of faith. 'They shall wash with water' means purification effected by means of the truths of faith. 'That they may not die' means so that what is representative may not be lost. 'Or when they approach the altar to minister, to burn a fire offering to Jehovah' means worship springing from the good of love. 'And they shall wash their hands and their feet' means purification of the person's interiors and exteriors. 'That they may not die' means so that what is representative may not be lost. 'And it shall be the statute of an age to them' means an eternal law of order. 'For him and his seed [throughout] their generations' means all who receive the things which emanate from the Lord, thus who are being regenerated by Him.

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