4401. 'And he set up an altar there' means interior worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'setting up an altar' as worship, for the altar was the chief representative of the Lord, 921, 2777, 2811, and therefore the chief feature of worship. By worship here is meant interior worship originating in the Divine Spiritual, dealt with in the paragraph following this.

2260. 'Jehovah said' means perception. This is clear from the meaning in the historical sense of 'Jehovah saying' as something representative of the Lord's perception from the Divine, and as a kind of thought resulting from perception and a kind of reply. Regarding the phrase 'Jehovah said', see above in 2238.