AE 717a - "precious stones" signify divine truths; AE 717d - the truths of the Word

AE 717a [2]
. . . "precious stones" signify Divine truths.
They mean Divine truths in the ultimate of order,
which are the truths of the sense of the letter of the Word,
because these are transparent, having in them a spiritual sense,
and in that sense there is the light of heaven,
which makes all things of the sense of the letter of the Word
to be translucently clear, and to be variegated also
according to the series of things in the spiritual sense
from which arise modifications of heavenly light,
that present such colors as appear in the heavens,
and so in precious stones of various kinds.

AE 717d [15,18]
. . . with the evil, the same as with the good,
the Word is still the Word
and its truths are truths in themselves;
and when the evil pervert and falsity the truths of the Word
it yet does not change their essence.

. . . the truths of the Word do not change their essence
when they are with the evil.