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Exodus 16:4

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4 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens -- and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day -- so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;

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Arcana Coelestia # 8474

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8474. 'And no large number had more than enough and no few had less' means that the proportion was right for each in particular and in general. This is clear from the meaning of 'not having more than enough' and also 'not having less' as using the right amount; and from the meaning of 'large number' and 'few' as differences in capacity, dealt with above in 8472 (end), at this point according to each one's capacity in particular and in general.

  
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