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Exodus 13:15

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15 Nebo když se byl zatvrdil Farao, a nechtěl nás propustiti, pobil Hospodin všecko prvorozené v zemi Egyptské, od prvorozeného z lidí, až do prvorozeného z hovad; i tou příčinou já obětuji Hospodinu všecky samce otvírající život, ale všecko prvorozené z synů svých vyplacuji.

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Arcana Coelestia #8101

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8101. Verse 19 And Moses took Joseph's bones with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear solemnly, saying, God will certainly visit you, and you shall cause my bones to go up from here with you.

'And Moses took Joseph's bones with him' means a representative of the Church which existed among them. 'For he had made the children of Israel swear solemnly, saying' means an obligation. 'God will certainly visit you' means since the end of one period of the Church and the beginning of the next is about to come. 'And you shall cause my bones to go up from here with you' means, as above, a representative of the Church among them but not a Church which also exists on an internal level.

  
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