7008. 'And he will speak for you to the people' means that he will be the teaching presented to the spiritual Church. This is clear from the representation of 'Aaron', of whom it is said that he will speak for Moses to the people, as teaching that presents what is good and true, dealt with in 6998; from the meaning of 'speaking' as confession and declaration, dealt with in 6999; and from the representation of the children of Israel, to whom 'the people' refers here, as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6426.