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.

7010. 'And you will be for him as a god' means Divine Truth that goes forth directly from the Lord. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, dealt with in 6752. Its being the Divine Truth which goes forth directly from the Lord is what is meant by the declaration that he was to be for Aaron as a god. For in the Word 'God' is used to mean the Lord with regard to Divine Truth, and 'Jehovah' to mean the Lord with regard to Divine Good.

In the Word the Lord is called 'God' when the subject is truth, but 'Jehovah' when the subject is good, see 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921 (end), 4402.

Angels are called 'gods' because of the truths from the Lord which guide them, 4402.

And in the contrary sense 'the gods of the nations' are falsities, 4402 (end), 4544.