9456. THE INTERNAL SENSE.

Verses 1-2. And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and let them take for Me a collection; from every man whom his heart hath moved willingly ye shall take My collection. “And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying,” signifies instruction concerning the holy things of heaven that were to be represented; “Speak unto the sons of Israel,” signifies the representative church; “and let them take for Me a collection,” signifies the interior things of worship that were to be represented, and that are the things required; “from every man whom his heart hath moved willingly,” signifies that all things should be from love and thus from freedom; “ye shall take My collection,” signifies the things required for worship.