8824. 'Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice' means through the influx of the truth from God, having the Divine Himself within it. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as the truth from God, dealt with in 8760, 8787, 8805; from the meaning of 'speaking' as influx, dealt with in 5797, 7270, 8128; and from the meaning of 'answering by a voice' as Divine Truth, which is the source. The reason why these things are meant is that God's answer consists in truths that have the Divine within them.