7955. 'And he called Moses and Aaron by night' means the afflux of truth from God in that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'he called' as presence and influx (or flowing into), dealt with in 6177, 6840, 7790, 7451, 7721, at this point an afflux (or flowing towards) since it is speaking about those in a state of damnation, that is, in a state of nothing but falsity arising from evil (these people are unable to receive into themselves inwardly any influx of truth and good; they receive it only outwardly, which is afflux); representation of 'Moses and from the Aaron' as the truth from God, dealt with in 6771, 6827 (the expression 'the truth from God' is used, not 'God's truth', because it has reference to those lost in damnation); and from the meaning of 'by night' as a state of damnation, dealt with above in 7851, 7870.

7721. 'And Pharaoh called Moses' means the presence of the law of God. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling to oneself' as presence, dealt with in 6177, 7390, 7451; and from the representation of 'Moses' as the law of God, dealt with in 6727, 6752, 7014, 7382. The presence of the law of God with the molesters should not be taken to mean that they perceived where the plagues came from, at this point where the very dense falsity arising from evil, meant by 'thick darkness', came from. When the evil undergo vastation in the next life they are often allowed to perceive the origin of the miseries they suffer when they are punished, in order that they may know that the cause lies not in the Divine but in themselves. Experiences like this also happen quite often to those in hell, though only when they are in a quiescent state. It happens to them for a number of reasons, mainly in order that they may remember the evil deeds they performed in the world.