7309. 'And the rod which was turned into a serpent, take in your hand' means the same power as before. This is clear from the meaning of 'the rod' as power, dealt with in 4013, 4015, 4876, 4976, 7026 - the same power as before being meant by its saying that he was to take 'the rod which was turned into a serpent'; and from the meaning of 'hand' also as power, but spiritual power, from which natural power, which is 'the rod', springs. Both kinds of power are dealt with in 6947, 7011.

In general, digging in the Bible means applying your own mind, your own faculties to find or create spiritual things. This is reflected in our everyday language; we often speak of investigators “digging for the truth.” In most cases, the idea of digging is connected with wells, and to dig a well means to investigate the Lord’s Word and draw ideas from it. In a more negative sense, a pit – which is like a well but with no water – represents falsity, so to dig a pit represents using your intellect to fabricate falsities. Finally, there is the idea of digging through walls in order to steal from others, which represents doing evil in a cunning and concealed way, invading someone’s life and attacking their desires for good and concepts of truth.

In Genesis 26:18, to dig signifies to open.