Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones -- and ultimately from the Lord, who is in a sense the most internal spiritual level of all. This is generally called "influx" and "perception" in the Writings, meaning they are thoughts and feelings that flow in in a complete way from the Lord, rather than being things we have to think about and figure out. On a number of occasions "speak" and "say" are used together; in these cases "speak" refers more to intellectual instruction in matters of thought and "say" refers more to feelings and affections that flow in directly.

2934. Verse 9 And let him give me the cave of Machpelah which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the full price ¹ let him give it to me in the midst of you, as a possession for a grave.

'Let him give me the cave of Machpelah which is his' means the obscurity of faith that was theirs. 'Which is at the end of his field' means where little of the Church exists. 'For the full price' means redemption by means of truth. 'Let him give it to me in the midst of you as a possession for a grave' means possession gained thus through regeneration.

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