9929. Verses 36-38 And you shall make a plate of [pure] gold, and engrave on it, [like] the engraving of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah. And you shall place it on a cord of violet, and it shall be on the turban; before the face of the turbana it shall be. And it shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel shall sanctify, even in all their gifts of holy things; and it shall be on his forehead continually, so that they may be pleasingb before Jehovah.
'And you shall make a plate of pure gold' means enlightenment received from the Lord's Divine Good. 'And engrave on it, [like] the engraving of a signet' means what is everlasting and has been imprinted on their hearts in accord with a heavenly sphere. 'Holiness to Jehovah' means the Lord's Divine Human, and all celestial and spiritual good from there. 'And you shall place it on a cord of violet' means an influx into the truth of celestial love. 'And it shall be on the turban' means from infinite wisdom. 'Before the face of the turban it shall be' means to eternity. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. 'And Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things' means a consequent removal or shifting away of falsities and evils with those who are governed by good derived from the Lord. 'Which the children of Israel shall sanctify, even in all their gifts of holy things' means acts of worship representative of removal from sins. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead continually' means a representative sign of the Lord's love to eternity. 'So that they may be pleasing before Jehovah' means what is Divine and the Lord's in them.
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