10324. The Word in the letter cannot be understood without the aid of the teachings which the enlightened person derives from the Word; for the literal sense is suited to the apprehension even of simple people. Therefore teachings derived from the Word must serve them as a lamp.

10352. 'According to all the things which I have commanded you they shall do' means in keeping with Divine Truths derived from the Word, which are to be represented in outward objects, as above in 10337.

It has been shown previously what meaning each of these objects has, that is, the objects which, it was decreed, should be made by Bezalel and Aholiab, and therefore since merely a list of them appears here they are not explained more fully.