X. The Commandments in General

The commandments of the Decalogue are called the ten words or ten
commandments, because "ten" signifies all; consequently the ten words
mean all things of the Word, and thus all things of the church in brief.
All things of the Word and all things of the church in brief are meant,
because there are in each commandment three interior senses, each sense
for its own heaven, for there are three heavens. The first sense is the
spiritual moral sense; this is for the first or outmost heaven; the
second sense is the celestial spiritual sense, which is for the second
or middle heaven; and the third sense is the Divine celestial, which is
for the third or inmost heaven. There are thus three internal senses in
every least particular of the Word. For from the Lord, who is in things
highest, the Word has been sent down in succession through the three
heavens even to the earth, and thus has been accommodated to each
heaven; and therefore the Word is in each heaven and I may say in each
angel in its own sense, and is read by them daily; and there are
preachings from it, as on the earth.

For the Word is Divine truth itself, thus Divine wisdom, going forth
from the Lord as a sun, and appearing in the heavens as light. Divine
truth is the Divine that is called the Holy Spirit, for it not only goes
forth from the Lord but it also enlightens man and teaches him, as is
said of the Holy Spirit. As the Word in its descent from the Lord has
been adapted to the three heavens, and the three heavens are joined
together as inmosts are with outmosts through intermediates, so, too,
are the three senses of the Word; which shows that the Word is given
that by it there may be a conjunction of the heavens with each other,
and a conjunction of the heavens with the human race, for whom the sense
of the letter is given, which is merely natural and thus the basis of