8128. 'Speak to the children of Israel' means the influx of God's truth among those belonging to the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' as influx, dealt with in 2951, 5481, 5797, 7270; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223. The reason why 'speaking' means influx is that in the internal representative sense 'Moses' is Divine Truth, and Divine Truth enters a person's perception and thought through influx. Thought as a result of perception is inward speech, to which outward speech corresponds; and for that reason the former kind of speaking is meant in the internal sense by the latter.

7198. 'And also I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel' means their distress arising from conflict. This is clear from the meaning of 'the groaning' as distress arising from conflict; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church, who are molested by falsities and therefore involved in conflict.