Arcana Coelestia 8258. In the internal sense of this chapter the Lord is celebrated, in that after He had glorified His Human, He cast down into the hells the evil who were infesting the good in the other life; and raised into heaven the good who had been infested. These are the things which are contained in this prophetic song in the internal sense.

Arcana Coelestia 8259. Afterward the second temptation of those who were of the spiritual church is treated of in the internal sense, which is described by the murmuring of the people at Marah, where the waters were bitter; and after this, consolation is treated of, which is signified by the encampment at Elim, where were twelve springs and seventy palm trees.

8260. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verses 1-2 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Jehovah, and said - they said, I will sing to Jehovah, for He has highly exalted [Himself]; the horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea. My strength and song is Jah, and He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will establish a dwelling-place for Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

'Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Jehovah' means that those belonging to the spiritual Church ascribed glory to the Lord because of their deliverance. 'And said - they said' means as a result of influx. 'I will sing to Jehovah' means that glory belongs to the Lord alone. 'For He has highly exalted [Himself]' means that He has displayed His Divinity within His Humanity. 'The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea' means in that as a result simply of His presence falsities arising from evil have been damned and cast into hell. 'My strength' means that the source of the whole of power is the Lord Himself. 'And song is Jah' means that the source of the whole of faith and of the glory resulting from it is Divine Truth which originates in Him. 'And He has become my salvation' means that from this comes salvation. '[This is my God,] and I will establish a dwelling-place for Him' means that when He is within good, which originates in Himself, He will be as if in His heaven. 'My father's God' means that there was no other Deity in the ancient Churches. 'And I will exalt Him' means that now also will Divine worship be offered to Him.