7512. 'And of the livestock of the children of Israel not one died' means that no annihilation of faith took place among those who belonged to the spiritual Church. This is clear from the explanations just above in 7506, 7507.

5341. That were in the land of Egypt. That this signifies that was in the natural, is evident from the signification of the “land of Egypt,” as being the natural mind (n. 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5301), thus the natural.