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Exodus 23:16

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16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

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Arcana Coelestia #9291

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9291. 'At the appointed time of the month Abib' means from the beginning of a new state. This is clear from the meaning of 'the month Abib' as the beginning of a new state, dealt with in 8053.

  
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