9733. 'Poles of shittim wood' means the good of righteousness, and the power derived from this good. This is clear from the meaning of 'poles' as power, as above in 9732; and from the meaning of 'shittim wood' as the good of merit, or the good of righteousness, dealt with in 9472, 9486. This good is the good of love belonging to the Lord's Divine Human, see 9715.