8824. 'Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice' means through the influx of the truth from God, having the Divine Himself within it. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as the truth from God, dealt with in 8760, 8787, 8805; from the meaning of 'speaking' as influx, dealt with in 5797, 7270, 8128; and from the meaning of 'answering by a voice' as Divine Truth, which is the source. The reason why these things are meant is that God's answer consists in truths that have the Divine within them.

5797. 'Let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears means a pleading to be received and heard. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking a word' as an influx, dealt with in 2951, 5481, and as it is an influx reception on the part of the other is meant, 5743; and from the meaning of 'ears' as obedience, dealt with in 4551, 4653, in this case a sympathetic listening or hearing, since an inferior is speaking to one superior to himself. From this it is evident that 'let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears' means a pleading to be received and heard.