9786. 'Aaron and his sons shall tend it' means an everlasting influx from the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'tending' - when it has regard to the Lord, who was represented by Aaron - as influx. For all communication of Divine Good and Divine Truth from the Lord, and all joining to Him is accomplished by influx, angels and men being the forms that receive it. The reason why an everlasting influx is meant is that tending the lamps from evening until morning, which means unceasingly and everlastingly, is the subject. The reason why from the Lord is meant is that Aaron represented the Lord's Divine Goodness, while his sons represented the Lord's Divine Truth; these representations are the subject in the chapters that follow.