AC 10214, 10218, 10219 - numbering

AC 10214
. . . numbering involves survey,
and that which is surveyed by the Lord
is also set in order and disposed.

AC 10218 [2]
It was forbidden to number the sons of Israel
because by "numbering"
was signified to set in order and dispose,
and by the "sons of Israel"
and by the "tribes" into which they were divided,
were signified all the truths and goods
of faith and love in the complex;
and as the setting in order and the disposing of these
was of the Lord alone and not of man,
therefore to number them was a trespass,
such as is made by those who claim for themselves
the truths which are of faith and the goods which are of love,
and the setting in order and disposing of these . . ..
For they are such as justify themselves
by claiming for themselves as merit
all things of faith and love,
and consequently believe themselves
to have of themselves
merited heaven by virtue of their faith and works.
This evil was involved in the numbering of the people by David . . ..

AC 10219 [3]
But so long as a person believes
that he does all things of himself,
both goods and evils,
so long goods do not affect him,
and evils adhere to him;
but the moment that he acknowledges and believes
that goods flow in from the Lord, and not from himself,
and that evils are from hell,
then goods affect him and evils do not adhere to him;
and, moreover, insofar as goods affect him,
so far evils are removed,
thus he is purified and liberated from them.
But so long as the state of a person is such
that he cannot perceive and be sensible of
the influx of goods from the Lord,
so long he does goods as from himself,
and yet ought to acknowledge and believe
that they are from the Lord.
When this is the case,
he also is liberated from evils;
but in order that he may be liberated from evils
this acknowledgment must be
the confession of the heart itself,
and not of the lips only.