8425. 'And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel' means instructions given by God's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', when it refers to the things Jehovah commanded those belonging to the spiritual Church, as instructions, dealt with also in 7769, 7793, 7825, 8041; from the representation of 'Moses and Aaron' as God's truth, 'Moses' inward truth and 'Aaron' outward truth, dealt with in 7009, 7089, 7382; and 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, 7201, 7215, 7223.

7009. 'And it will happen, that he will be for you as a mouth' means the truth contained in doctrinal teachings, which also goes forth from the Lord in an indirect way. This is clear from the representation of Aaron, who 'will be for Moses as a mouth', as doctrinal teachings, dealt with in 6998; and from the meaning of 'being for Moses as a mouth' as the utterance or declaration of it, dealt with in 6987. The reason why the words of explanation are 'the truth contained in doctrinal teachings, which also goes forth from the Lord in an indirect way' is that the truth contained in doctrinal teachings, which 'Aaron' represents, is the kind of truth that can be heard and discerned by angels and by men. Such truth is what goes forth in an indirect way from the Lord. But the kind of truth that is represented by 'Moses' goes forth directly from the Lord, and cannot be heard or discerned by men, nor even by angels, see 6982, 6985, 6996, 7004.