10621. 'Bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin' means shifting evil and its falsity away in order that it may not be apparent. This is clear from the meaning of 'bearing' or taking away as moving or shifting something in order that it may not be apparent, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'iniquity, transgression, and sin' as evils. And since evils are meant, so are the falsities that go with them; for every evil is wedded to its own falsity. But as for what kind of evil is meant by 'iniquity', what kind by 'transgression', and what kind by 'sin', see 9156. The reason why 'bearing' evil or taking it away means shifting it in order that it may not be apparent is that evils present in a person cannot be taken away from him, only shifted in order that they may not be apparent; and when they have been shifted they are thought to have been taken away from that person. Therefore the literal sense of the Word speaks of their having been taken away and completely banished. For the fact that they are merely moved or shifted in order that they may not be apparent, see in the places referred to in 10057(end).