10700. 'And Moses finished talking to them' means after the instructions regarding the primary truths which were to be represented in outward forms had been delivered. This is clear from what has been stated immediately above in 10699.

10699. 'And he commanded them all the things that Jehovah had told him on Mount Sinai' means a decree relating to the primary truths revealed from heaven that were to be represented. This is clear from the meaning of 'commanding', when Moses had been told things by Jehovah, as a decree (the fact that the decree was one that had to do with the primary truths that were to be represented is clear from the consideration that the things which were commanded, and which are contained in verses 12-28, were the main truths which were to be represented in order that the people might be accepted, see above in 10637); and from the meaning of 'which Jehovah had told him from Mount Sinai' as things which were revealed from heaven. For what has been told by Jehovah means that which has been revealed, and 'Mount Sinai' means heaven, from which Divine Truth comes, 9420.