91. 3483. 'Just now I heard Moses lamenting, when he saw what was just written [WE 3481-82], and saying something which it is not permitted to bring in here. Meanwhile, after his lamentation, and after an entreaty to God the Messiah, I noticed that he had been snatched away from those in whose company he was at that time. This was, as he also said, in order that the words we read in Deut. Chap. 34 might be fulfilled - but in their deepest meaning - that "Jehovah buried him," that is, hid him away, as well as those words which follow in the same verse, 6 - but, as I said, in their deepest meaning - that he was removed from the company of those who wickedly wished to set him up as their Messiah. This is what is said also in the same Chapter verse 5, namely, that "he died according to the mouth of Jehovah." He says he does not remember having been present with the Messiah together with Elias on the mountain, about which event the Evangelists speak [Matt. 17:3, Mark 9:4, Luke 9:30], because no one can ever recall anything of the past to remembrance, unless this is granted, and the memory imparted, by God the Messiah. [Moses] [See also WE 3484, concluding the explanation of Exod. 5:20 to 6:9 in general.]
3499. The accounts commencing with [Exod.] Chap. 6 verse 10 to the end of the Chapter, then commencing with Chap. 7, verses 1 to 7, are nothing but a summary of events up to this point. In a way, they also include things yet to take place, for starting with verse 8, the signs themselves begin. Here there is only description, such as a summing up of what Jehovah had spoken and had commanded Moses and Aaron to do, as well as of what Moses and Aaron had replied. Further, there is a description of the progeny of Reuben, Simeon and Levi down to Moses, who is described last.
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