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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Exodus 5:12
Arcana Coelestia # 7115
7115. 'They must go and gather straw for themselves' means in order that they may acquire that basest kind of factual knowledge for themselves. This is clear from the meaning of 'gathering' as acquiring; and from the meaning of 'straw' as the basest kind of factual knowledge, dealt with just above in 7112.
