7584. 'And broke every tree of the field' means that they also destroyed all the Church's cognitions of goodness and truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'tree' as perceptions of goodness and truth, dealt with in 107, 2163, 2682, and also as cognitions of goodness and truth, 2722 (end), 2972.

7215. 'And Moses spoke in this way to the children of Israel' means an exhortation from the law of God to those who belonged to the Lord's spiritual kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' as an exhortation, for he spoke to them what Jehovah had commanded him; from the representation of 'Moses' as the law of God, dealt with in 6723, 6752; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as the Lord's spiritual kingdom, dealt with in 6426, 6637.