In Exodus 4:18, this signifies the continuation of the previous life. (Arcana Coelestia 7014)

In Exodus 13:17, this signifies to fall into falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 8097)

In John 13:3, this signifies to be conceived and to exist from the Divine in Himself, and to be united to Him as soul to body. (Arcana Coelestia 852[9])

848. Who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or on their hands. That this symbolically means, who did not acknowledge or accept the doctrine of faith alone, is apparent from the explanation in no. 634 above, where similar words occur.