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])

9767. 'Its pillars four, and the bases of these, four' means the forms of good, and the truths springing from them, which support the linking together. This is clear from the meaning of 'pillars' and 'bases' as the forms of good, and the truths springing from them, which provide support, as above in 9761; and from the meaning of 'four' as a linking or joining together, dealt with in 8877, 9601, 9674.