7994. 'And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron' means instructions given by God's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'Jehovah said', when the statutes of the Church are the subject, as giving instructions, dealt with in 7186, 7267, 7304, 7380, 7517, 7769, 7793, 7825; and from the representation of 'Moses and Aaron' as God's truth, 'Moses' being internal truth and 'Aaron' external truth, dealt with in 7009, 7010, 7089, 7382.

4544. 'Remove the gods of the foreigner which are in the midst of you' means that falsities were to be cast aside. This is clear from the meaning of 'removing' as casting aside, and from the meaning of 'the gods of the foreigner' as falsities; for in the Word 'gods' means truths and in the contrary sense falsities, 4402. Those people were called 'foreigners' who were outside the Church and therefore those who were subject to falsities and evils, 2049, 2115; and this explains why 'the gods of the foreigner' means falsities.