7654. 'Send the men away, and let them serve Jehovah their God' means that it is advisable to leave them, in order that they may worship the Lord their God. This is clear from the meaning of 'sending away' as leaving; and from the meaning of 'serving Jehovah' as worshipping the Lord their God, as before in 7500, 7540, 7641.

7642. 'For if you refuse to send them away' means should they fail to leave . . . This is clear from the meaning of 'sending away' as leaving, as often before, so that 'refusing to send away' is being unwilling to leave.