9371. THE INTERNAL SENSE.

Verses 1-2. And He said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and bow yourselves afar off; and Moses, he alone, shall come near unto Jehovah; and they shall not come near; and the people shall not come up with him. “And He said unto Moses,” signifies that which concerns the Word in general; “come up unto Jehovah,” signifies conjunction with the Lord; “thou and Aaron,” signifies the Word in the internal sense and the external sense; “Nadab and Abihu,” signifies doctrine from both senses; “and seventy of the elders of Israel,” signifies the chief truths of the church which are of the Word, or of doctrine, and which agree with good; “and bow yourselves afar off,” signifies humiliation and adoration from the heart, and then the influx of the Lord; “and Moses, he alone, shall come near unto Jehovah,” signifies the conjunction and presence of the Lord through the Word in general; “and they shall not come near,” signifies no separate conjunction and presence; “and the people shall not come up with him,” signifies no conjunction whatever with the external apart from the internal.

2802. Isaac said unto Abraham his father; and he said, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. That this signifies the Lord conference from love—of the Divine Truth with the Divine Good-is evident from the signification of “Isaac the son,” as being the Divine Truth; and from the signification of “Abraham the father,” as being the Divine Good; which are treated of in what presently follows; and from the affection that is in these words, as being from love on both sides. Hence it is manifest that it is a conference of the Lord with His Father. That more arcana lie hid in these words than can come to human perception, is evident from the fact that the words “he said” occur four times in this verse. It is usual in the Word, when any new thing is begun, to say, “and he said” (see n. 2061, 2238, 2260). The same is evident from the fact that the words are words of love; and when such come to the perception of the celestial angels who are in the inmost sense, they form for themselves from them most celestial ideas; for they form for themselves luminous ideas from the affections in the Word, whereas the spiritual angels do so from the significations of the words and of the things (n. 2157, 2275); and thus from these words, in which there are four distinct periods and affections of love, the celestial angels form such things as can in no wise come down to human apprehension, nor can be put into words; and this with ineffable abundance and variety. Hence we can see what the quality of the Word is in its internal sense, even where it appears simple in the letter, as in this verse.

8280. Verses 6-10 Your right hand, O Jehovah, has been magnified in strength; with Your right hand, O Jehovah, You break the enemy in pieces. And in the greatness of Your excellence You destroy those rising up against You; You send out Your wrath, it eats them up like stubble. And with the wind of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up, the floods stood as a heap; the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul will be filled with them. I will unsheathe my sword, my hand will drive them out. You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them over; they sought a deep place like lead in the mighty waters. 'Your right hand, O Jehovah, has been magnified in strength' means that the Lord's almighty power has been displayed. 'With Your right hand, O Jehovah, You break the enemy in pieces' means the effect almighty power has on evils and resulting falsities, whose power is eliminated. 'And in the greatness of Your excellence You destroy those rising up against You' means that things opposed to the Divine are cast aside by Him as worthless. 'You send out Your wrath' means the furious desires of the evil and their attempt to do violence. 'It eats them up like stubble' means consequent devastation and damnation, for which they themselves are responsible. 'And with the wind of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up' means falsities gathered together through heaven's presence. 'The floods stood as a heap' means that those constantly attempting what was evil could not engage in any molestation whatever. 'The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea' means that utter falsities arising from evil belonging to the desires of self-love could not rise to the surface. 'The enemy said' means the thought of those ruled by evils and the falsities arising from them, before the Lord's Coming. 'I will pursue' means molestation. 'I will overtake' means placing in subjection. 'I will divide the spoil' means servitude. 'My soul will be filled' means delight. 'I will unsheathe the sword' means unceasing conflict on the part of falsity arising from evil. 'My hand will drive them out' means that by its power heaven will be destroyed. 'You blew with Your wind' means the Lord's presence with the angels. 'The sea covered them over' means that all the falsity they possessed hemmed them in. 'They sought a deep place like lead' means that evils drew them down to lower levels like heavy objects in the world. 'In the mighty waters' means surrounded by a vast quantity of falsities.