8397. 'And they travelled on from Elim' means a further stage. This is clear from the meaning of 'travelling on' as a further stage and a continuation, dealt with in 4375, 4554, 4585, 5996, 8181, 8345; and from the meaning of 'Elim' as a state of comfort after temptation, dealt with in 8367. So it is that 'they travelled on from Elim' means a further stage in life so far as states involving temptations are concerned; for when those belonging to the spiritual Church undergo temptations they are led on from one temptation into another. This further stage is what 'travelling on' means here. The reason why 'travelling on' means a further stage in life is that extents of space, like periods of time, do not exist in the next life, but states instead, 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 4321, 4882, 5605, 7381. Consequently movements are not meant by 'movements', nor travellings on by 'travellings on', but changes of states and further stages.

8345. 'And Moses caused Israel to travel on from the Sea Suph' means a further stage in accordance with the order as made known by God's truth, after they had passed through a region of hell. This is clear from the meaning of 'travelling on' as a further stage and a continuation so far as life and the proper order of it are concerned, dealt with in 4375, 4554, 4585, 5996, 8181; from the representation of 'Moses' as God's truth, dealt with in 7010, 7014, 7382, so that 'Moses caused them to travel on' means a further stage in accordance with the order made known by God's truth; from the representation of 'Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church who had been held back on the lower earth until the Lord's Coming, when they were delivered, dealt with in 6854, 6914, 7828, 7932, 8018, 8321; and from the meaning of 'the Sea Suph' as the hell where those belonging to the Church were who had upheld faith separated from charity and led a life of evil, dealt with in 8099, 8137, 8148. For the fact that when those represented by 'Israel' had been delivered they were led through the hell meant by 'the Sea Suph', see 8099.