9373. Come up unto Jehovah. That this signifies conjunction with the Lord, is evident from the signification of “coming up,” as being to be raised toward interior things (see n. 3084, 4539, 4969, 5406, 5817, 6007), consequently also to be conjoined (n. 8760). That it denotes conjunction with the Lord, is because by “Jehovah” in the Word is meant the the Lord, (n. 1343, 1736, 1793, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2025, 2921, 3023, 3035, 5663, 6280, 6303, 6905, 8274, 8864, 9315). A secret which also lies hidden in the internal sense of these words, is that the sons of Jacob, over whom Moses was the head, were not called and chosen; but they themselves insisted that Divine worship should be instituted among them (according to wh at has been said in n. 4290, 4293); and therefore it is here said, “and He said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah,” as if not Jehovah, but another, had said that he should come up. For the same reason in what follows it is said that “the people should not go up” (verse 2); and that “Jehovah sent not His hand unto the sons of Israel who were set apart” (verse 11); and that “the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel” (verse 17); and lastly that Moses, being called the seventh day, “entered into the midst of the cloud.” For by “the cloud” is meant the Word in the letter (n. 5922, 6343, 6752, 6832, 8106, 8443, 8781); and with the sons of Jacob the Word was separated from its internal sense, because they were in external worship without internal, as can be clearly seen from the fact that now, as before, they said, “all the words which Jehovah hath spoken we will do” (verse 3); and yet scarcely forty days afterward they worshiped a golden calf instead of Jehovah; which shows that this was hidden in their hearts while they were saying with their lips that they would serve Jehovah alone. But nevertheless those who are meant by “the called and the chosen” are those who are in internal worship, and who from internal worship are in external; that is, those who are in love to and faith in the Lord, and from this in love toward the neighbor.

8562. And there was no water for the people to drink. That this signifies a lack of truth and of the consequent refreshment, is evident from the signification of “water,” as being the truth of faith (see n. 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668); and from the signification of “drinking,” as being to be instructed in the truths of faith and to receive them (n. 3069, 3772, 4017, 4018), here, to be refreshed; for as water and drink refresh the natural life, so truths and the knowledges of truth refresh the spiritual life. For he who is in spiritual life longs for the sustenance thereof from such things as are called heavenly food and drink, which are the goods and truths of faith; in like manner as he who is in natural life longs for sustenance from such things as are natural food and drink.

[2] That temptation as to truth is now treated of, is because temptation as to good was treated of just before, after which temptation they received the manna, by which is signified good. For when man is endowed with good by the Lord, he comes into a longing for truth, and this longing is kindled according to the lack of truth, because good continually strives after truth. All the genuine affection of truth is from good. The case herein is like food, which without drink cannot nourish the natural life; and it is also like it in that food longs for drink, with which it may be conjoined so as to serve for use. This then is the reason why temptation as to truth follows immediately after temptation as to good. Temptation attacks that which a man loves and longs for (n. 4274, 4299).

7230. Verses 14-25 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Enoch ¹ and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of Levi's life were one hundred and thirty-seven years. The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, according to their families. And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of Kohath's life were one hundred and thirty-three years. And the sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their births. And Amram took Jochebed his father's sister as wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram's life were one hundred and thirty-seven years. And the sons of Izhar were Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri. And the sons of Uzziel were Mishael and Elzaphan, and Sithri. And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. And the sons of Korah were Assir and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

[2] 'These are the heads of their fathers' houses' means the chief aspects of the Church. 'The sons of Reuben were Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi' means aspects of faith present in the understanding. 'These are the families of Reuben' means the truths of faith. 'And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar' means aspects of faith expressed in action. 'And Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman' means aspects of truth expressed in action outside the Church. 'These are the families of Simeon' means the truths and forms of the good belonging to that faith. 'And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari' means aspects of charity. 'And the years of Levi's life were one hundred and thirty-seven years' means the essential nature and state.

[3] 'The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, according to their families' means the first group of the forms of goodness and truth that derive from charity. 'And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel' means the second group of the forms of goodness and truth that derive from charity. 'And the years of Kohath's life were one hundred and thirty-three years' means the essential nature and state. 'And the sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi' means the third group of the forms of goodness and truth that derive from charity. 'These are the families of Levi according to their births' means that these are the forms of good and of truth that spring from charity. 'And Amram took Jochebed his father's sister as wife' means good derived from charity joined to kindred truth. 'And she bore him Aaron and Moses' means that from this union the teachings of the Church and the law from God came to them. 'And the years of Amram's life were one hundred and thirty-seven years' means the essential nature and state.

[4] 'And the sons of Izhar were Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri' means the good, and the truth from that good, which belong to one part of the next generation descending from the second group. 'And the sons of Uzziel were Mishael and Elzaphan, and Sithri' means the good within truth belonging to another part of the next generation descending from the same group. 'And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as wife' means the teachings of the Church and the way in which goodness and truth were joined together within them. 'And she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar' means forms of faith and charity descending from that group and their essential nature.

[5] 'And the sons of Korah were Assir and Elkanah, and Abiasaph' means yet another generation descending from the second group. 'These are the families of the Korahites' means the essential nature of forms of goodness and truth. 'And Eleazar, Aaron's son' means religious teachings derived from the primary doctrine of charity. 'Took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife' means goodness and truth joined together within those teachings. 'And she bore him Phinehas' means what derived from that union. 'These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families' means the chief aspects within the Church of charity and of faith that stems from it.

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