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Shemot 13:1

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1 וידבר יהוה אל משה לאמר׃

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #8041

Studere hoc loco

  
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8041. 'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions given by the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' and 'saying', when Jehovah talks about things of the Church that are to be observed, as instructions, dealt with in 7769, 7793, 7825, and - since Jehovah is the speaker - as instructions given by the Divine; and from the representation of 'Moses' as God's truth, dealt with in 6771, 7014, 7382. So it is that 'Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions given by the Divine through Divine Truth.

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