8659. Verses 6, 7 And he said to Moses, I your father-in-law Jethro come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her. And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down, and kissed him; and they asked, a man his companion, as regards peace;a and they came into the tent.
'And he said to Moses' means influx and resulting perception. 'I your father-in-law Jethro come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her' means levels of God's good in their order. 'And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law' means God's truth being brought to Divine Good. 'And bowed down' means being brought into contact with it. 'And kissed him' means being joined to it. 'And they asked, a man his companion, as regards peace' means the mutual, Divine celestial state. 'And they came into the tent' means the holiness of union.
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