8537.“以色列人吃吗哪共四十年”表在所有试探的状态下将真理之良善变成他们自己的。这从“以色列人”代表，以及“吃”、“吗哪”和“四十年”的含义清楚可知：“以色列人”是指那些属于属灵教会的人（参看6426，6637，6862，6868，7035，7062，7198节）；“吃”是指变成人自己的（3168，3513，3596，4745节）；“吗哪”是指真理之良善（8464节）；“四十年”是指试探的状态，“年”表示状态（参看482，487，488，493，893节），“四十”表示试探（730，862，2272，2273，8098节）。
Potts(1905-1910) 8537
8537. And the sons of Israel did eat the manna forty years. That this signifies the appropriation of the good of truth in the state of all temptations, is evident from the representation of the sons of Israel, as being those who are of the spiritual church (see n. 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198); from the signification of "eating," as being appropriation (n. 3168, 3513, 3596, 4745); from the signification of "the manna," as being the good of truth (n. 8464); and from the signification of "forty years," as being states of temptations. (That "years" denote states, see n. 482, 487, 488, 493, 893; and that "forty" denotes temptations, n. 730, 862, 2272, 2273, 8098.)
Elliott(1983-1999) 8537
8537. 'And the children of Israel ate the man[na] forty years' means making the good of truth their own in the state involving all temptations. This is clear from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198; from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 3168, 3513(end), 3596, 4745; from the meaning of 'the man[na]' as the good of truth, dealt with in 8464; and from the meaning of 'forty years' as states involving temptations, 'years' meaning states, see 482, 487, 488, 493, 893, and 'forty' meaning temptations, 730, 862, 2272, 2273, 8098.
Latin(1748-1756) 8537
8537. `Et filii Israelis comederunt man quadraginta annis': quod significet appropriationem boni veri in statu omnium tentationum, constat ex repraesentatione `filiorum Israelis' quod sint qui ab Ecclesia spirituali, de qua n. 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, ex significatione `comedere' quod sit appropriatio, de qua n. 3168, 3513 fin., 3596, 4745, ex significatione `man' quod sit bonum veri, de qua n. 8464, et ex significatione `quadraginta annorum' quod sint status tentationum; quod `anni' sint status, videatur n. 482, 487, 488, 493, 893, et quod `quadraginta' sint tentationes, n. 730, 862, 2272, 2273, 8098.