7284. And Moses was a son of eighty years. That this signifies the state and quality of the law from the Divine, is evident from the representation of Moses, as being the law from the Divine (see n. 6771, 6827); and from the signification of “eighty years,” as being the state and quality of the law from the Divine, namely, with those who are of the spiritual church at the first time of visitation. What “eighty” specifically signifies cannot be told, because it involves every state and quality of the law from the Divine then with them. That “eighty” denotes states of temptation, see n. 1963, but in this case “eighty” involves the same as “forty;” but as it is also composed of ten and eight multiplied together, the signification of this number must be sought from this fact also. (What “ten” signifies, see n. 576, 1906, 1988, 2284, 3107, 4638; and what “eight,” n. 2044, 2866; in general that all numbers signify things, and in fact the state and quality of these, n. 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175)