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Exodus 23:28

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28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

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Arcana Coelestia #9292

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9292. 'For in it you came out of Egypt' means deliverance from molestation by falsities. This is clear from the things stated and shown regarding the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in 7107, 7110, 7126, 7142, 7220, 7228, 7240, 7278, 7317, 8866, 9197. In these places it may be seen that the time spent by the children of Israel in Egypt meant the molestation by those from hell of the spiritual, that is, of those who belonged to the Lord's spiritual Church, and their protection by the Lord, and that their departure from Egypt meant deliverance from that molestation, on account of which the Passover, which is 'the feast of unleavened bread', was established, see 7093 (end), 7867, 7995.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #7142

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7142. 'And cried out to Pharaoh' means resentment expressed to those who were molesting. This is clear from the meaning here of 'crying out' as expressing resentment - resentment at having been beaten, that is, at having suffered harm from the falsities which were introduced, and at being given no straw to make bricks, that is, at having to receive and introduce nothing but fabrications and falsities; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who molest, dealt with in 6651, 6679, 6683, 7126.

  
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