Arcana Coelestia # 8537
8537. 'And the children of Israel ate the man[na] forty years' means making the good of truth their own in the state involving all temptations. This is clear from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198; from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 3168, 3513(end), 3596, 4745; from the meaning of 'the man[na]' as the good of truth, dealt with in 8464; and from the meaning of 'forty years' as states involving temptations, 'years' meaning states, see 482, 487, 488, 493, 893, and 'forty' meaning temptations, 730, 862, 2272, 2273, 8098.
Arcana Coelestia # 3169
3169. 'He and the men who were with him' means the things which were in the natural man. This is clear from the representation of 'the servant', to whom 'he' refers here, as the natural man, dealt with in 3019, 3020, and from the meaning of 'the men who were with him' as all things that existed in the natural man, dealt with in 3148.