6805. And God saw the sons of Israel. That this signifies that He endowed the church with faith, is evident from the signification of “seeing,” as being to have faith (see n. 897, 2325, 280, 3863, 3869, 4403-4421, 5400); hence “God saw” denotes to endow with faith, for faith is from God; and from the signification of the “sons of Israel,” as being the church (n. 6637).
Exodus 32:15-16
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Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.
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The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.
