7661. 'We shall go with our children and with our old people' means the simple and the wise. This is clear from the meaning of 'children', when they are linked with 'old people', as the simple; for 'old people' are the wise, 3183, 6524, 6890.

6890. 'Go and gather the elders of Israel' means those with intelligence in the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'the elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom and intelligence, dealt with in 6524, 6525, thus those with intelligence; and from the representation of 'Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 4286, 6426.