8832. And the priests also, who come near unto Jehovah shall sanctify themselves. That this signifies that those who are in spiritual good in which is the Divine are to be covered over, is evident from the signification of "priests," as being good (see n. 1728, 2015, 6145), here spiritual good, because by the sons of Israel, whose priests they were, were represented those who are of the spiritual church, thus who are in good by means of truth and in truth from good (see n. 7957, 8234); from the signification of "coming near unto Jehovah," when said of priests by whom good is signified, as being good in which is the Divine; and from the signification of "being sanctified," as being to be covered over as to the interiors (see n. 8788, 8806).