8181. That they set forward. That this signifies what follows on continuously even until they are prepared, is evident from the signification of “setting forward,” as being what is successive and continuous (see n. 4375, 4554, 4585, 5996); for thereby is signified that they were not to cry out, that is, to supplicate, but that the journey was to be continued to the sea Suph, and afterward through it to the wilderness, thus through hell, which they should pass through safely, to temptations in successive continuation, even until they should be prepared. (That by the “sea Suph” is signified hell, see n. 8099, 8137, 8148, and by the “wilderness” a state of undergoing temptations, n. 8098)

4375. And he said, Let us journey, and go. That this signifies what is successive (namely, of the conjunction of good with truth), is evident from the signification of “to journey,” and “to go,” which plainly involve progression to further things; for progression and what is successive are contained in the internal sense of the things which now follow.