7764. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verses 1-3 And Jehovah said to Moses, One more plague I will bring onto Pharaoh and onto Egypt; afterwards he will send you away from here. When he sends everything away he will surely drive you out from here. Say now in the ears of the people, and let them ask, a man from his companion and a woman from her companion, vessels of silver and vessels of gold. And Jehovah gave the people favour ¹ in the eyes of the Egyptians. Also the man Moses was exceedingly great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaoh's servants and in the eyes of the people.

'And Jehovah said to Moses' means instruction. 'One more plague I will bring onto Pharaoh and onto Egypt' means the final stage of vastation, which is damnation. 'Afterwards he will send you away from here' means that then they will be left alone. 'When he sends everything away he will surely drive you out from here' means that they will leave them completely, and will loathe and shun their presence. 'Say now in the ears of the people' means instructions and obedience. 'And let them ask, a man from his companion and a woman from her companion, vessels of silver and vessels of gold' means that factual knowledge of truth and of good must be removed from the evil who have belonged to the Church and be assigned to the good who belong to it. 'And Jehovah gave the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians' means fear, on account of the plagues, which those immersed in evils had of those who belonged to the spiritual Church. 'Also the man Moses was exceedingly great in the land of Egypt' means respect for God's truth now. 'In the eyes of the servants and in the eyes of the people' means with those who were in subordinate positions there.

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