'And Moses stood in the gate of the camp' means where the opening to hell is situated. 'And said, Whoever is for Jehovah, [come] to me' means those whose concern for external things springs from what is internal. 'And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him' means those in possession of truths springing from good. 'And he said to them' means exhortation. 'Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel' means from the Lord. ['Put everyone his sword on his thigh' means truth springing from good engaged in conflict against falsity arising from evil.] 'Go to and fro from gate to gate in the camp' means wherever anything lies open from what is internal into what is external. 'And kill [every] man his brother, and [every] man his companion, and [every] man his neighbour' means a shutting off to prevent any reception and transmission of inflowing goodness and truth, and of the things touching on them. 'And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses' means put into effect by those in possession of truths springing from good. 'And there fell of the people on that day up to three thousand men' means a complete shutting off of what is internal. 'And Moses said, Fill your hand today to Jehovah' means the transmission and the reception of Divine Truth in the heavens. 'For [every] man has been against his son and against his brother' means when the internal has been shut off to prevent the entrance into the external of truth and good from heaven. 'So that He may bestow a blessing on you today' means the reception of Divine Truth from the Word, and being joined thereby to the Lord.

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