Arcana Coelestia # 8425
8425. 'And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel' means instructions given by God's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', when it refers to the things Jehovah commanded those belonging to the spiritual Church, as instructions, dealt with also in 7769, 7793, 7825, 8041; from the representation of 'Moses and Aaron' as God's truth, 'Moses' inward truth and 'Aaron' outward truth, dealt with in 7009, 7089, 7382; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual church, dealt with in 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223.
Arcana Coelestia # 7769
7769. 'Say now in the ears of the people' means instructions and obedience. This is clear from the meaning here of 'saying' as instructions, for Jehovah here says what the children of Israel are to do when they are about to depart from Egypt. Obedience is meant by 'saying in the ears', for the ears correspond to obedience and consequently serve to mean it, 2542, 3869, 4551, 4652-4660.