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모세의 장인이 모세가 백성에게 행하는 모든 일을 보고 가로되 `그대가 이 백성에게 행하는 이 일이 어찜이뇨 ? 어찌하여 그대는 홀로 앉았고 백성은 아침부터 저녁까지 그대의 곁에 섰느뇨 ?'
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Arcana Coelestia # 8692
8692. 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God' means that nothing else governs their will and actions than that which the Word has declared to be so. This is clear from the representation of Moses as God's truth, and so the Word, dealt with in 5922, 6723, 6752; and from the meaning of 'the people coming to him to inquire of God' as coming for advice about what the Divine prescribes, and so about what their will and actions ought to be.
