8004. 'You shall not bring any of the flesh outside the house' means that this good must not be intermingled with another's good. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing something outside the house' as giving it to another to eat, thus intermingling it with a variety of good different from that of their own community; and from the meaning of 'the flesh' as good, dealt with in 6968, 7850. The communities in heaven are all distinct from one another, in keeping with the functions performed by all the members and organs of the body, as was shown at the ends of quite a number of chapters. Through correspondence the function that each member or organ performs has connection with one particular variety of good that is distinct from another. From this it is evident that the varieties of good are manifold, and that they must never be intermingled if they are to give rise to distinct forms which, taken together, will constitute the absolutely perfect form of heaven. For if they were intermingled the distinctness of each would be destroyed. This is what is meant by their being forbidden to bring any of the flesh outside their house.