9669. Verses 31-33. And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and crimson, and scarlet double-dyed, and fine twined linen; with the work of a thinker* shall he make it, with cherubs. And thou shalt bestow it upon four pillars of shittim overlaid with gold, and their hooks of gold, upon four bases of silver. And thou shalt bestow the veil under the hooks, and shalt bring in thither from within the veil the ark of the Testimony; and the veil shall divide for you between the holy and the holy of holies. "And thou shalt make a veil," signifies the intermediate which unites this heaven and the inmost heaven, thus spiritual good with celestial good; "of blue, and crimson, and scarlet double-dyed, and fine twined linen," signifies the goods of love and of faith conjoined; "with the work of a thinker* shall he make it," signifies the understanding; "with cherubs," signifies a guard lest they should be commingled; "and thou shalt bestow it upon four pillars of shittim," signifies the good of merit, which belongs to the Lord alone, conjoining and supporting; "overlaid with gold," signifies the representative there; "and their hooks of gold," signifies the methods of conjunction by means of good; "upon four bases of silver," signifies the power of conjunction by means of truth; "and thou shalt bestow the veil under the hooks," signifies the capability of conjunction and the consequent actuality; "and shalt bring in thither from within the veil the ark of the Testimony," signifies the coming-forth of the inmost heaven within this uniting medium; "and the veil shall divide for you between the holy and the holy of holies," signifies between spiritual good which is the good of charity toward the neighbor and the good of faith in the Lord, and celestial good which is the good of love to the Lord and the good of mutual love.
* skilled craftsman