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and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 3:17
Arcana Coelestia # 6881
6881. 'And He said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel' means the instruction that is provided second. This is clear from the meaning of 'God said', when it is used a second time, as a new phase of perception, dealt with in 2061, 2238, 2260, the new phase of perception being here the instruction that is given second; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, for whose benefit that instruction was provided.
Arcana Coelestia # 2238
2238. That 'Jehovah said' means perception is clear from the meaning in the historical sense of 'saying' as perceiving, dealt with frequently already. When 'Jehovah said' occurs in the historical descriptions of the Word it means perception, which is not altogether a continuation of the perception that went before it, but a subsequent perception and sometimes a new one. See also 2061.
