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So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
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So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
The meaning of "scatter" in the Bible is relatively literal, but it is used in regard to spiritual things, not natural ones. So to "scatter" a group of people represents breaking up a system of ideas represented by that group and thus to weaken and ultimately destroy it.
(Referencias: Arcana Coelestia 1309, 1328, 2547, 6361, 7130, 7520, 8226 [2]; The Apocalypse Explained 863 [8])