6764. 'And behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling' means a discernment that within the Church people were in conflict with one another. This is clear from the meaning of 'behold' or seeing, as a discernment, dealt with in 2150, 3764, 4567, 4723, 5400; from the meaning of Hebrew men' as people belonging to the Church, dealt with above in 6758 (end); and from the meaning of quarrelling' as being in conflict.

6758. 'And he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man' means alienated factual knowledge trying to destroy the Church's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'an Egyptian man' as factual knowledge alienated from truth, dealt with in 6692; from the meaning of 'striking' as destroying, here trying to destroy, since falsities are unable to destroy truths; and from the meaning of 'a Hebrew man' as the Church's truth, 'a man' meaning truth, 3134, and 'Hebrew' the Church, 6675, 6684.