8528. 'When I brought you out of the land of Egypt' means after their deliverance from molestations. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing out' as delivering; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as molestations, dealt with in 7278. The reason why 'the land of Egypt' means molestations is that 'the Egyptians' and 'Pharaoh' mean those who molested the upright in the next life, and who also engage in molestation at the present day, 7097, 7220, 7228, 7317, 8148.

7278. 'Out of the land of Egypt' means from molestations. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the place where those steeped in falsities who engage in molestation are, dealt with in 7240, 7274, thus molestations also. For 'the land' means the actual nation; and the nation in the internal sense means that which is associated with the nation, and therefore means molestation in this instance.