Chiefs of the people (Numbers 21:18) signify inferior truths such as those that are contained in the literal sense of the Word.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3424)

'Pouring out the vials upon the earth, which contained the plagues,' in Revelation 16:1, signifies influx of the reformed into the church, or into people who study and receive the doctrine of justification by faith alone.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 16; Apocalypse Revealed 676)