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2 Mose 13:17

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17 Da nun Pharao das Volk gelassen hatte, führete sie Gott nicht auf die Straße durch der Philister Land, die am nächsten war; denn Gott gedachte, es möchte das Volk gereuen, wenn sie den Streit sahen, und wieder nach Ägypten umkehren.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #8040

Studere hoc loco

  
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8040. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verses 1-2 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Sanctify to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb 1 among the children of Israel, of man and of beast; it is Mine.

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1. literally, The opening of every womb

'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions given by the Divine. 'Sanctify to Me all the firstborn' means faith - that it comes from the Lord. 'Whatever opens the womb' means which springs from charity. 'Among the children of Israel' means in the spiritual Church. 'Of man and of beast' means interior and exterior good of faith. 'It is Mine' means that it is the Lord's.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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