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And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
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And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
'To pursue,' as in Genesis 14:16, signifies a state of purification, because 'to pursue enemies' is the expulsion of evils and falsities which were with goods and truths and so appeared like goods and truths, and then delivery and purification of those goods and truths.
(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 1710)