491. The same things are signified by “sons” and “daughters” in this chapter (verses 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 26, 30), but such as is the church, such are the “sons and daughters” that is, such are the goods and truths; the truths and goods here spoken of are such as were distinctly perceived, because they are predicated of the Most Ancient Church, the principal and parent of all the other and succeeding churches.

8014. Verses 50-51 And all the children of Israel did as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron - so they did. And so it was on this same day, that Jehovah brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

'And all the children of Israel did as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron' means an act of obedience in accordance with God's truth. 'So they did' means an act initiated by the will. 'And so it was on this same day' means a state of the Lord's presence. 'That Jehovah brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt' means that the Lord delivered those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good from damnation. 'By their hosts' means those people made distinct from one another by the specific character of their good, which is derived from truth.