9788. It shall be a statute of an age. That this signifies the Divine order, is evident from the signification of “a statute,” as being Divine order (see n. 7884, 7995, 8357); and from the signification of “age,” as being what is eternal; moreover, what is Divine is eternal.

8357. There He set for him a statute and a judgment. That this signifies the truth of order then revealed, is evident from the signification of “a statute,” as being the external truth of the church; and from the signification of “a judgment,” as being the internal truth of the church; consequently “to set for some one a statute and a judgment” denotes to set in order according to truths, consequently to reveal them. That “a statute” denotes the external truth of order, is because every external thing of the church was called “a statute,” and every internal truth of order was called “a judgment.”