8709. And do thou see out of all the people. That this signifies the choosing of ministering truths, is evident from the signification of “seeing,” as here being to choose; and from the signification of “the people,” as being predicated of truths (see n. 1259, 1260, 3581, 4619), here of truths that minister to the truth immediately from the Divine which is represented by Moses (n. 7010); for the princes whom he was to choose were to be ministrant to him. (That “princes” denote ministrant truths, will be seen below.)