3191. 'And went after the man' means under the guidance of natural Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'going after' or following in the internal sense here, as under the leading or guidance of, and from the meaning of 'man' as truth, dealt with in 3134, here natural Divine Truth, as above in 3184.

A 'thousand' means much, many, a countless number, a whole era of time, an abundance. When used in reference to the Lord, it actually means a number greater than that: In those cases it means what is infinite, what is truly without end.