Arcana Coelestia #8619
8619. 'And Jehovah said to Moses' means instruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', which includes what comes after it; and since this consists of instructions telling Moses what he had to do, instruction is what is meant by 'saying'.
Revelation 17:8
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The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.