Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6792

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6792. 'And Moses was willing to dwell with the man' means that they were in agreement. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' here as true factual knowledge, dealt with above in 6784; from the meaning of 'dwelling' as living, dealt with in 1293, 3384, 3613, and 'dwelling with someone' as living together, 4451, and therefore being in agreement; and from the meaning of 'the man' as the truth that went with the good of that Church. For the meaning of 'the man' as truth, see 3134,


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