'He removed from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel' means the Lord's fourth state when He was a boy, that is to say, 'being removed to the mountain on the east of Bethel' means an advance made in the celestial things of love. 'And he pitched his tent' means the holy things of faith. 'Bethel being towards the sea and Ai towards the east,^a means that His state was still obscure. 'And he built an altar to Jehovah' means external worship of His Father arising out of that state. 'And he called on the name of Jehovah' means internal worship of His Father arising out of that state.

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