9373. Come up unto Jehovah. That this signifies conjunction with the Lord, is evident from the signification of “coming up,” as being to be raised toward interior things (see n. 3084, 4539, 4969, 5406, 5817, 6007), consequently also to be conjoined (n. 8760). That it denotes conjunction with the Lord, is because by “Jehovah” in the Word is meant the the Lord, (n. 1343, 1736, 1793, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2025, 2921, 3023, 3035, 5663, 6280, 6303, 6905, 8274, 8864, 9315). A secret which also lies hidden in the internal sense of these words, is that the sons of Jacob, over whom Moses was the head, were not called and chosen; but they themselves insisted that Divine worship should be instituted among them (according to wh at has been said in n. 4290, 4293); and therefore it is here said, “and He said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah,” as if not Jehovah, but another, had said that he should come up. For the same reason in what follows it is said that “the people should not go up” (verse 2); and that “Jehovah sent not His hand unto the sons of Israel who were set apart” (verse 11); and that “the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel” (verse 17); and lastly that Moses, being called the seventh day, “entered into the midst of the cloud.” For by “the cloud” is meant the Word in the letter (n. 5922, 6343, 6752, 6832, 8106, 8443, 8781); and with the sons of Jacob the Word was separated from its internal sense, because they were in external worship without internal, as can be clearly seen from the fact that now, as before, they said, “all the words which Jehovah hath spoken we will do” (verse 3); and yet scarcely forty days afterward they worshiped a golden calf instead of Jehovah; which shows that this was hidden in their hearts while they were saying with their lips that they would serve Jehovah alone. But nevertheless those who are meant by “the called and the chosen” are those who are in internal worship, and who from internal worship are in external; that is, those who are in love to and faith in the Lord, and from this in love toward the neighbor.

171. That the Human of the Lord is Divine is clear from this also that it is stated in John that it was the Word by which all things were made and created, and that the eternal is called God (John 1:1, 2). It is also said this was made flesh, consequently that God Who is the Word was made flesh, that is, Man. Hence it follows that the Human of the Lord is Divine.

8863. Verses 2-7. I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants. Thou shalt have no other gods before My faces. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or that which is in the earth beneath, or that which is in the waters under the earth; thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a zealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, upon the thirds and upon the fourths of them that hate Me; and doing mercy to thousands of them that love Me and keep My commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

“I am Jehovah thy God,” signifies the Lord as to the Divine Human universally reigning in each and all things of good and truth; “who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants,” signifies liberation by Him from hell; “Thou shalt have no other gods before My faces,” signifies that truths must not be thought of from any other source than the Lord; “Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image,” signifies not from self-intelligence; “nor any likeness,” signifies a semblance of those things which are from the Divine; “of that which is in the heavens above, or that which is in the earth beneath,” signifies of those things which are in spiritual light, or of those which are in natural light; “or that which is in the waters under the earth,” signifies of those which are in the sensuous corporeal; “thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them,” signifies no Divine worship is to be paid them; “for I Jehovah thy God,” signifies the Divine from the Lord in each and all things; “am a zealous God,” signifies that falsity and evil are therefrom; “visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons,” signifies the consequent prolification of falsity derived from evil; “upon the thirds and upon the fourths,” signifies in a long series, and the conjunction of them; “of them that hate Me,” signifies who absolutely reject the Divine of the Lord; “and doing mercy unto thousands,” signifies good and truth unto them forever; “of them that love Me,” signifies who receive the good of love; “and keep My commandments,” signifies who receive the truths of faith; “Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain,” signifies profanings and blasphemings of the truth and good of faith; “for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain,” signifies that these things cannot be forgiven.