8706.. 'And you are to teach them the statutes and the laws' means that truth coming directly from the Lord is the source of external and internal aspects of goodness and truth in the Church. This is clear from the representation of Moses, who it is said was 'to teach', as truth coming forth directly from the Lord, dealt with in 7010, 7382; from the meaning of 'the statutes' as outward aspects of goodness and truth in the Church, dealt with in 3382, 8363; and from the meaning of 'the laws' as inward aspects of goodness and truth in the Church, dealt with in 8695.