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Thou are spent with foolish labour, both thou and this people that is with thee: the business is above thy strength, thou alone canst not bear it.
Exodus 18:18
Arcana Coelestia #8713
8713. 'Rulers of hundreds' means first and foremost truths in the second degree. This is clear from the meaning of 'rulers' as first and foremost truths, dealt with immediately above in 8712; and from the meaning of 'hundreds' as many people or many things, but in the second degree since 'thousands' exist in the first. For the meaning of 'hundred' as much or many, see 4400.
