8798. 'Let no hand touch it' means those who have enough arrogant self-confidence to force their way through. This is clear from the meaning of 'touching' - touching the mountain - as forcing one's way through to Divine celestial good, dealt with immediately above in 8797; and from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 6292, 6947, 7188, 7189, 7518, 7673, 8050, 8153, 8281, from which also arrogant self-confidence is meant, 878, 5544.

5327. 'And without you shall no man lift up his hand' means that all power in the spiritual was received from the celestial of the spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5296. Consequently 'no man lifting up his hand without you' means that they had no power at all except from this, thus that all power rested with this, that is to say, with the celestial of the spiritual. As regards power in the spiritual being meant by 'hand', this will be seen in the next paragraph.

5296. 'Under the hand of Pharaoh' means for when there is need and the consequent power of disposal in the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3387, 4931-4937, and therefore 'under the hand of' means at the disposal of when any need arises, since that which is within anyone's power is at his disposal; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the natural, dealt with already.