10158. 'I am Jehovah their God' means the source of all the good of love and truth of faith. This is clear from the consideration that 'Jehovah' means the Divine Being (Esse), and the Divine Being is Divine Love, thus Divine Good, whereas 'God' means the Divine Manifestation (Existere), and the Divine Manifestation is the Divine that constitutes faith, thus is Divine Truth. For all truth is a manifestation of good since truth is the outward form that good takes. From all this it is evident that when the Lord is called 'Jehovah God' all the good of love and truth of faith is meant, and when the words 'Jehovah God in the midst of the children of Israel' are used perception that the Lord is the source of all the good which belongs to love and the truth which constitutes faith is meant, as above in 10155.

7010. 'And you will be for him as a god' means Divine Truth that goes forth directly from the Lord. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, dealt with in 6752. Its being the Divine Truth which goes forth directly from the Lord is what is meant by the declaration that he was to be for Aaron as a god. For in the Word 'God' is used to mean the Lord with regard to Divine Truth, and 'Jehovah' to mean the Lord with regard to Divine Good.

In the Word the Lord is called 'God' when the subject is truth, but 'Jehovah' when the subject is good, see 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921 (end), 4402.

Angels are called 'gods' because of the truths from the Lord which guide them, 4402.

And in the contrary sense 'the gods of the nations' are falsities, 4402 (end), 4544.