'And six years you shall sow your land' means the first state, when a member of the Church receives instruction in the truths and forms of the good of faith. 'And gather in its produce' means forms of the good of truth that result from it. 'And in the seventh you shall let it rest, and let it lie fallow' means the second state, when the member of the Church is governed by good, and so enjoys peace and serenity. 'And the needy of your people will eat' means being joined through the good of charity to those who possess few truths and still have a desire to receive instruction. 'And whatever is left by them let the wild animal of the field eat' means being joined through them to those immersed in the delights that go with external truth. 'In like manner you shall do with your vineyard, with your olive grove' means that this is to be so with spiritual good and with celestial good. 'Six days you shall do your work' means a state of labour and conflict, when a person is governed by external delights that must be joined to things that are internal. 'And on the seventh day you shall cease' means a state of good, when the person is governed by internal things, and his peace and serenity then. 'In order that your ox and your ass may rest' means the peace and serenity that external forms of good and truths enjoy at the same time. 'And your female slave's son and the sojourner may draw breath' means the state of life of those governed by truths and forms of good outside the Church. 'And all that I have said to you you shall keep' means that they should carry out the commandments, judgements, and statutes. 'And you shall not mention the name of other gods' means that they should not base their thinking on teachings that present what is false. 'It shall not be heard on your lips' means that they should not obey them or in any way affirm them.

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