7048. And He ceased from him. That this signifies that it was permitted that they should represent, is evident from the signification of “ceasing from him,” namely, from killing him, as being permission that they should represent; for that “Jehovah sought to kill him,” signified that a representative church could not be instituted with that nation (see n. 7043); and therefore when it is now said that “He ceased from him,” it signifies that it was permitted that they should represent, that is, that there should be instituted with that nation the representative of a church, but not a church. That it is one thing to represent a church, and another to be a church, is evident from the fact that even the evil can represent a church, but none except the good can be a church; for to represent a church is merely external (n. 3670, 4208, 4281).

10450. 'And Moses looked back and went down from the mountain' means the Word sent down from heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'looking back and going down', when it has reference to the Word, as being sent down; from the representation of 'Moses' as the Word, dealt with in the places referred to in 9372; and from the meaning of 'Mount Sinai' as heaven, from which Divine Truth comes, dealt with in 9420.