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Exodus 13:15

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15 For when Pharao was hardened, and would not let us go, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

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Exodus 12:41

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41 Which being expired, the same day all the army of the Lord went forth out of the land of Egypt.

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Arcana Coelestia # 8089

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8089. 'And all the firstborn of my sons I redeem' means that the truths of faith are not to be ascribed to the Lord, but forms of the good of faith. This is clear from the explanation above in 8080, where similar words occur.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.