10703. 'He took the veil off until he was going to come out' means a state of enlightenment then. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking the veil off' as causing what is inward to appear; for when the veil was taken off, his face and the gleaming of its skin was evident, and 'the face' means interior things and 'the gleaming' the light from these within what is outward.

'The face' means interior things, see in the places referred to in 9546.

'The gleaming of the skin of Moses' face' means the shining forth or the light from the inward level of the Word within the outward, 10691.

It is called light because the light which enlightens a person inwardly is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. For more about this Truth as the light of heaven, consequently as the light by which angels and spirits see things, and also as the source of the perception and intelligence in the person who is enlightened, see in the places referred to in 9548, 9684. But though it is called light within the outward level of the Word coming from its inward level, this should be taken to mean light in the outward level of the human mind coming from its inward level when the person reads it. For the Word does not shine forth except before the eyes of one who sees things in light from an inner level; by itself the Word is merely something written down. From all this it is now evident why it was that the skin of Moses' face gleamed and what this means in the internal sense.

6648. 'And multiplied and became very very numerous' means that they increased enormously in truths from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'multiplying' as increasing in truths, dealt with in 43, 55, 913, 983, 2846, 2847; and from the meaning of 'became numerous' as further branching out, thus a constant increase in truth. The reason why it is an increase in truth from good is that the subject now is the Church when it has been established. For so far as the establishment of the Church with a person is concerned, it happens as follows: While it is being established the person is governed by truths, and through them good increases. But once the Church has been established with him he is governed by good, and from good by truths, which are then constantly increasing. Little increase takes place while he lives in the world, because in the world concerns about food and clothing and about other matters prevent it. But in the next life the increase is vast, and goes on for evermore; for there is no end to wisdom from the Divine. In this way the angels are constantly being made more perfect, and in that same way all entering the next life are made into angels; for every aspect of wisdom is capable of infinite expansion and the aspects of wisdom are infinite in number. From this it may be seen that wisdom can go on increasing for evermore and still not reach very far beyond the first degree, the reason for this being that the Divine is the Infinite, and what has its origin in the Infinite is inevitably like that.