7266. THE INTERNAL SENSE.

Verses 1-7. And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee, and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, and let him send the sons of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh will not hear you; and I will give My hand upon the Egyptians, and lead forth My armies, My people, the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt with great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth My hand upon the Egyptians, and lead forth the sons of Israel from the midst of them. And Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so did they. And Moses was a son of eighty years, and Aaron a son of three and eighty years, when they spoke unto Pharaoh. “And Jehovah said unto Moses,” signifies instruction; “See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh,” signifies the law Divine and its power over those who are in falsities; “and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet,” signifies the doctrine thence derived; “thou shalt speak all that I command thee,” signifies reception of the influx of the Divine, and communication; “and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh,” signifies the reception of the influx thence, and its communication with those who are in falsities; “and let him send the sons of Israel out of his land,” signifies that they should desist from infestation; “and I will harden Pharaoh’s heart,” signifies obstinacy from the evil of falsity; “and multiply My signs and My wonders,” signifies warnings of every kind, nor shall anything be wanting; “in the land of Egypt,” signifies where are they who infest; “and Pharaoh will not hear you,” signifies that they who are in falsities will not receive; “and I will give My hand upon the Egyptians,” signifies that therefore they shall be driven by the Divine power; “and lead forth My armies, My people, the sons of Israel,” signifies that they would be liberated who are in goods and truths; “out of the land of Egypt,” signifies from infestations; “with great judgments,” signifies according to the laws of order; “and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah,” signifies that they shall be in fear of the Divine; “when I stretch forth My hand upon the Egyptians,” signifies when they observe the Divine power in themselves; “and lead forth the sons of Israel from the midst of them,” signifies and when they shall see those liberated who are of the spiritual church; “and Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so did they,” signifies that what things were said were also done; “and Moses was a son of eighty years,” signifies the state and quality of the law from the Divine; “and Aaron a son of three and eighty years,” signifies the state and quality of doctrine; “when they spoke unto Pharaoh,” signifies when these things were commanded.