Verses 1, 2 And you, cause Aaron your brother to come near to you, and his sons with him, from the midst of the children of Israel, so that they may serve Me in the priestly office - Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron. And you shall make holy garments^a for Aaron your brother, for glorious adornment.^b

'And you, cause Aaron your brother to come near to you' means the joining of Divine Truth to Divine Good within the Lord's Divine Human. 'And his sons' means Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good. 'From the midst of the children of Israel' means in heaven and in the Church. 'So that they may serve Me in the priestly office' means that which is representative of the Lord. 'Aaron' means in respect of the Divine Celestial. 'Nadab and Abihu' means in respect of the Divine Spiritual that springs from it. 'Eleazar and Ithamar' means in respect of the Divine Natural. 'The sons of Aaron' means things which emanate from the Divine Celestial. 'And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother' means a representative sign of the spiritual kingdom lying adjacent to the celestial kingdom. 'For glorious adornment' means in order to display Divine Truth as it exists in its inward form and its outward form in the spiritual kingdom lying adjacent to the celestial kingdom.

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