Arcana Coelestia 8395. The preceding chapter treated of the second temptation of those who were of the spiritual church, which was from truth being perceived as undelightful. In this chapter in the internal sense a third temptation is treated of, which is from the lack of good. By the lack of bread and of flesh, at which the sons of Israel murmured, is signified a lack of good. Consolation after temptation is signified and described by the manna which they received, and by the quail. Manna denotes spiritual good. That this was given to them by the Lord continually, and without any care and aid of theirs, is signified by their receiving the manna daily, and by the worm breeding in it if they gathered more.

8396. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verse 1 And they travelled on from Elim, and all the assembly of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai on the fifteenth day of the second month after their coming out ¹ of the land of Egypt.

'And they travelled on from Elim' means a further stage. 'And all the assembly of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin' means arriving at another state of temptation. 'Which is between Elim and Sinai' means a continuation and the essential nature. 'On the fifteenth day of the second month' means this state considered in relation ... 'After their coming out of the land of Egypt' means, to their state when they were first delivered from molestations.

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