10537. 'And Jehovah said to Moses' means instruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', when Jehovah is the speaker, as instruction, dealt with in the places referred to in 10280, at this point instruction showing that Divine Truth did not reside with the actual nation, which is meant by the command to them to take off their finery, dealt with below.

10280. 'And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying' means instruction given to those who belong to the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'the children of Israel' as the Church, dealt with in the places referred to in 9340; and from the meaning of 'speaking' and 'saying', when what is said comes from Jehovah, as instruction, dealt with in 6879, 6881, 6883, 6891, 7186, 7226, 7241, 7267, 7304, 7380, 7517, 8127.