7769. 'Say now in the ears of the people' means instructions and obedience. This is clear from the meaning here of 'saying' as instructions, for Jehovah here says what the children of Israel are to do when they are about to depart from Egypt. Obedience is meant by 'saying in the ears', for the ears correspond to obedience and consequently serve to mean it, 2542, 3869, 4551, 4652-4660.