“In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;”
Then he opens the ears of men and seals his instruction by means of their fear, depicting how divine dreams and visions function to open humans' perception and establish divine instruction through the emotion of fear or awe. The opening of ears suggests enhanced perception in sleep. The sealing of instruction suggests that the lesson becomes indelible. The fear suggests awe-filled reception. The verse describes the mechanism of divine communication through dreams.
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