432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed.

5. "Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven n. 433; "of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand sealed," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven and come into heaven n. 434; "of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed," signifies the consequent good of life (n. 435, 436).

8569. 'And the people grumbled against Moses' means a greater degree of grief. This is clear from the meaning of 'grumbling' as grief caused by the bitterness of the temptation, dealt with in 8351. The fact that a greater degree of grief is meant is evident from Moses' words when he cried out to Jehovah, Yet a little, and they stone me, verse 4.