7271. 'To Send the children of Israel away' means that they should depart from molestation. This is clear from the representation of Pharaoh, to whom these things were to be said, as those who molest by means of falsities, dealt with in 7107, 7110, 7126, 7142; from the meaning of 'sending away' as that they should depart; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, as in 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223.

7062. 'And gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel' means the chief characteristics of wisdom which the spiritual Church possessed. This is clear from the meaning of 'the elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus things that accord with good, dealt with in 6524; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6426, 6637.