8047. Verses 3-10. And Moses said to the people, Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slaves; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from there. And nothing made with yeast shall be eaten. Today you are going out, in the month of Abib. And it shall be when Jehovah brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to Jehovah. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and nothing made with yeast shall be seen among you, and no yeast shall be seen among you within all your borders. And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, [This is done] because of what Jehovah did for me when I came out of Egypt. And it shall be for you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, in order that the law of Jehovah may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Jehovah has brought you out of Egypt. And you shall keep this statute at the appointed time from year to year.

'And Moses said to the people' means instruction through God's truth. 'Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slaves' means that especially should they call to mind that state which was theirs when they were delivered from spiritual captivity by the Lord. 'For by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from there' means that they were delivered by the Lord's Divine power. 'And nothing made with yeast shall be eaten' means that they shall not make anything that has been falsified their own. 'Today you are going out' means deliverance for evermore. 'In the month of Abib' means the beginning of a new state. 'And it shall be when Jehovah brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite' means into the region of heaven occupied by those steeped in evil and falsity. 'Which He swore to your fathers to give you' means which the Divine promised to those governed by goodness and truth. 'A land flowing with milk and honey' means where there is gladness and joy. 'That you shall keep this service in this month' means everlasting worship of the Lord because of His deliverance. 'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread' means purification from falsities. 'And on the seventh day there shall be a feast to Jehovah' means holy worship of the Lord. 'Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days' means that they are to be purified thoroughly from falsities. 'And nothing made with yeast shall be seen among you' means that on no account shall anything falsified be accepted. 'And no yeast shall be seen among you' means that nor shall any falsity at all be accepted. 'Within all your borders' means within the range of truth that springs from good. 'And you shall tell your son on that day, saying' means the inward perception of truth that belongs to conscience. 'Because of what Jehovah did for me when I came out of Egypt' means that they were delivered by the Lord from spiritual captivity and from damnation. 'And it shall be for you as a sign on your hand' means that it shall be constantly in their will. 'And as a memorial between your eyes' means that it shall be constantly in their understanding. 'That the law of Jehovah may be in your mouth' means in order that Divine Truth may be in everything coming from there. 'For with a strong hand Jehovah has brought you out of Egypt' means that they were delivered by Divine power. 'And you shall keep this statute at the appointed time from year to year' means that this law of order shall always hold for that state.

6325. It is an eternal truth that the Lord rules over heaven and earth, also that no one apart from the Lord is self-existent, consequently that all life flows in - life filled with goodness flowing in from the Lord, life filled with evil flowing in from hell. This is what they believe in the heavens; and when a person shares their belief, which he is able to do when he is governed by good, evil cannot be attached to him or be accepted by him as his own because he knows that it does not originate in himself but in hell. When this is a person's state peace can be granted to him, for he trusts solely in the Lord. Nor can peace be granted to anyone else but those who have that faith springing from charity; for others constantly plunge themselves into anxious cares and evil desires that give rise to feelings of unease. Spirits who wish to govern themselves imagine that that state would amount to a loss of their own will, thus of their freedom, consequently of all delight, thus of all life and its sweetness. They say and imagine this because they do not know the real truth of the matter, which is that one who is led by the Lord enjoys true freedom, and so true delight and bliss. Forms of good and truths are assigned to him as his own; an affection and desire to do good are imparted to him, in which case nothing gives him greater happiness than the performance of useful services; a perception of what is good is imparted to him, also a sensation of it; and intelligence and wisdom are imparted to him. And all these things that he is given feel as though they are his own. For when led by the Lord he is a recipient of the Lord's life. It is well known in the world of learning that a principal cause and an instrumental cause act together as a single cause. Now since man is a form receptive of the Lord's life, he is the instrumental cause, whereas the life from the Lord is the principal cause. This life is felt by the instrumental cause to be its own, when in fact it is not its own.