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A night of watchings it [is] to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it [is] this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.
Exodus 12:42
Arcana Coelestia # 7881
7881. 'And that day shall be to you for a memorial' means the essential nature of that state in worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'day' as state, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 2788, 3462, 3785, 4850, 5672, 5962, 6110; and from the meaning of 'memorial' as essential nature in worship, dealt with in 6888.
