Verse 8. And the regenerating soul passes through a state of anxiety in the natural mind when the acquisition of truth ceases to be its ruling motive, and use and love predominate, and fears the loss of truth; but as the new state approaches in which spiritual things are seen in more clearness the anxiety passes away.

8366. Verse 27 And they came to Elim, and here there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there beside the waters.

'And they came to Elim' means a state of enlightenment and affection, and so a state of comfort after temptation. 'And here there were twelve springs of water' means that in that state they had truths in full abundance. 'And seventy palm trees' means forms of the good of truth in like measure. 'And they encamped there beside the waters' means that after temptation the truths of faith were arranged into order by the good of love.