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Exodus 12:40

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40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

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Arcana Coelestia #7948

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7948. 'That Jehovah struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt' means the damnation of faith separated from charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'striking as damnation, as in 7871; and from the meaning of 'the firstborn in the land of Egypt' as faith separated from charity, dealt with in 7039, 7766, 7778.

  
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