Bibliorum

 

Numbers 1:10

Study

       

10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Commentarius

 

Thirteen years

  

'The thirteenth year' in Genesis 14:4 signifies the beginning of the Lord's temptations in childhood.

In Genesis 17:25, this signifies a state of holy remains.

(Notae: Arcana Coelestia 2109)