7052. Verses 27-31 And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go to meet Moses, to the wilderness. And he went, and he came to meet him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all Jehovah's words with which He had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him. And Moses and Aaron went, and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. And Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken to Moses, and did the signs before the eyes of the people. And the people believed, and heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction; and they bowed, and bowed down.

'And Jehovah said to Aaron' means the truth presented by doctrinal teachings and perception from the Divine within it. 'Go to meet Moses' means that it was to be joined to truth going forth directly from the Divine. 'To the wilderness' means a situation prior to that in which no such thing exists. 'And he went, and he came to meet him in the mountain of God' means a joining together within the good of love there. 'And kissed him' means the affection belonging to the joining together. 'And Moses told Aaron all Jehovah's words' means an influx of truth going forth directly from the Lord's Divine into truth that goes forth in an indirect way, and instruction in specific doctrinal teachings. 'With which He had sent him' means which go forth. 'And all the signs which He had commanded him' means enlightenment together with corroboration as a result of that enlightenment. 'And Moses and Aaron went' means the life of both when joined together. 'And gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel' means the chief characteristics of wisdom that the spiritual Church possessed. 'And Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken to Moses' means doctrinal teachings received thereby from the Divine. 'And did the signs before the eyes of the people' means a corroboration suited to the ability to grasp things. 'And the people believed, and heard' means faith and hope. 'That Jehovah had visited the children of Israel' means those who belonged to the spiritual Church - [their faith and hope] that they would be delivered and saved by the Lord's Coming. 'And that He had seen their affliction' means after such great temptations. 'And they bowed, and bowed down' means humility.

8571. 'To cause me, and my children, and my livestock to die of thirst?' means, in order for everything constituting spiritual life to perish, owing to the lack of truth? This is clear from the meaning of 'dying' as perishing, at this point so far as spiritual life is concerned; from the meaning of 'me, my children, and my livestock' as everything constituting spiritual life, since 'me' - or a person (homo) belonging to the Church - means the good of charity and faith, 'children' or 'sons' interior truths of faith, and 'livestock' exterior truths leading to good, thus everything constituting spiritual life (spiritual life consists of the good of charity and faith, and of the truth of faith, internal and external; for the meaning of 'person' or 'man' (homo) as good, see 4287; 'children' or 'sons' as the truths of faith, 489, 491, 533, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704; and 'livestock' as truths leading to good, 6016, 6045, 6049); and from the meaning of 'thirst' as the lack of truth, dealt with just above in 8568 (end).