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Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 4:7
Arcana Coelestia # 8154
8154. 'And the Egyptians pursued them' means action resulting from the attempt of those steeped in falsities arising from evil to bring them under their control. This is clear from the meaning of 'pursuing' as the attempt to bring under their control, as above in 8152, at this point action resulting from the attempt, since the word is being used a second time; and from the meaning of 'the Egyptians' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, often dealt with already.
