10561. 'And You have not made known to me whom You will send with me' means that without Divine direction that thing cannot be accomplished. This is clear from the meaning of 'sending with Moses and that nation', when done by Jehovah, as the Divine who will be their guide, dealt with below. For Moses knew that he was indeed able to lead the people into the land of Canaan, but that if he did so without Divine guidance and direction they would not enter into possession of it, which implies and means that the Church would not be established among that nation, in keeping with what has been brought forward above in 10559, 10560. From this it is evident that '[You say to me,] Cause this people to go up but You have not made known to me whom You will send with me' means that without Divine direction the Church could not be established among that nation. This is what angels see in these words, irrespective of what men see in them; for angels see all things in the Word according to its internal sense, whereas men see them according to its external sense, which however has the internal within it. The reason why 'sending with them', when done by Jehovah, means the Divine who will be their guide is that 'being sent by Jehovah' means the Divine acting as guide, as well as meaning the Divine going forth. This is why in the original language 'angels' are so called from the idea of being sent, and why the Lord said so frequently that He had been sent by the Father, meaning that He was the Divine going forth, see 4710, 6831. All this shows what 'will send with me' is used to mean in the internal sense.

4710. 'Go, and I will send you to them' means that it would teach Divine spiritual forms of good. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph' as the Lord's Divine Spiritual, dealt with in 4669, 4708. When this Spiritual is said 'to be sent', the teaching of Divine spiritual forms of good is meant. In the internal sense 'being sent' means coming out and going forth, 2397, and also at the same time means teaching; here therefore Divine spiritual forms of good which go forth from the Lord's Divine Spiritual are meant Divine spiritual forms of good are attributes of love and charity, whereas Divine spiritual truths are attributes of faith derived from love and charity. Anyone who teaches those forms of good also teaches these truths, for these truths derive from and have reference to those forms of good. The fact that 'being sent' means going forth and teaching may be seen from many places in the Word. It may be seen in the phrase used many times, that the Lord 'was sent from the Father', meaning that He came forth from Him, that is, from Divine Good. It may also be seen in references to the Lord sending the Paraclete or the Spirit of truth, meaning that holy truth goes forth from Him. The prophets too 'were sent', and by this is meant that they were to teach that which goes forth from the Lord. Anyone may confirm these matters from the Word, for they occur frequently there.