AC 6998
And He said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite?
(Exodus 7:20)
That this signifies the doctrine of good and truth,
is evident from the representation of Aaron,
as being the Lord
as to Divine good or the priesthood;
but here, before he was initiated into the priesthood,
the doctrine of good and truth:
and therefore also it is said that
"he should be to Moses for a mouth,
and Moses to him for God;"
for by Moses is represented the Lord
as to the Divine truth
which proceeds immediately from the Lord;
consequently by Aaron,
the Divine truth
which proceeds mediately from the Lord,
and which is the doctrine of good and truth.
That truth which Moses here represents
is truth which cannot be heard or perceived by man;
but the truth which Aaron represents
is truth which can be
both heard and perceived by man;
hence Aaron is called the "mouth,"
and Moses his "God;"
and so Aaron is called a "Levite,"
for by a "Levite" is signified
the doctrine of good and truth of the church,
which ministers to and serves the priesthood.
AC 7003
. . . in doctrine there is
truth Divine proceeding from the Lord,
and in truth Divine proceeding from the Lord
there is love,
thus what is pleasant and enjoyable.
AC 7022
. . . the wife of Moses
represents good conjoined with truth,
even in the supreme sense,
in which the Lord is treated of;
in like manner
as does Sarah the wife of Abraham;
and also Rebecca the wife of Isaac.
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