7555. Verses 19-21 And now send, assemble your livestock and all that you have in the field; every man and beast that will be found in the field and will not be gathered home,a the hail will come down on them and they will die. And he that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh caused his servants and his livestock to flee to the houses. And he that did not take the word of Jehovah to heart left his servants and his livestock in the field.
'And now send, assemble your livestock' means that the truth of good should be gathered. 'And all that you have in the field' means what belongs to the Church. 'Every man and beast' means interior and exterior good. 'That is found in the field' means which belongs to the Church. 'And will not be gathered home' means which is not in safe keeping. 'The hail will come down on them and they will die' means that it will be completely destroyed by falsity. 'And he that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh' means those things in the natural mind which were the Lord's. 'Caused his servants and his livestock to flee to the houses' means that they were stored away and placed in safe keeping interiorly. 'And he that did not take the word of Jehovah to heart' means the things which were not from the Lord. 'Left his servants and his livestock in the field' means that they were not stored away and placed in safekeeping.
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