139. * who now as before, are being answered, as has usually been the case - * that the people do not say, "all the words which Moses has spoken," but "which Jehovah has spoken." In everything which Jehovah speaks, there is order, from the very innermost elements toward the outward ones, so that one element cannot exist without the other. As to how the people understood the words, see above [WE 4399-4400, 119-20], where the Law is discussed; for the people heard and saw when the Law was being decreed - which cannot take place without an understanding of inward matters, as you may see confirmed in the passages just referred to.* [See also the rest of WE 4635, concluding the explanation of verse 3.]
[See WE 4646, explaining Exod. 24:11.] * From this it can be learned that they indeed "saw" the God of Israel with their eyes, but with eyes that had been opened, that is, opened from most deeply within, so that they could see when others could not, just as takes place when the eyes are opened, meaning when all the sight comes from most deeply within. Then to the eyes it is dark in respect to worldly objects, and the person sees only things which are more inward. This may be clear from many * In the original, this paragraph is emphasized by the symbol "NB." written twice in the margin.
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