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Exodus 17:16

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16 He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'"

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Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses

  

Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, in Exodus 18:1, represents divine good, from which proceeds ordering. He also signifies the good of the church amongst people who were in the truth of simple good.

Sometimes Jethro is named 'Reuel', too. He was a priest and denotes the good of the church.

(Notae: Arcana Coelestia 8641)