Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7845

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7845. Verses 7-11 And they shall take some of the blood and put it onto the two doorposts and onto the lintel, on the houses in which they will eat it. And they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted with fire, and [with] unleavened bread on bitter herbs, they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw, nor boiled at all in water, but roasted indeed with fire, its head over its legs and over its middle. And you shall not leave any of it until the morning; and what does remain of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. And thus you shall eat it: Your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your rod in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste; it is a Passover to Jehovah.

'And they shall take some of the blood' means holy truth belonging to the good of innocence. 'And put it onto the two doorposts and onto the lintel' means the truths and forms of good of the natural. 'On the houses' means the desires composing a will that seeks what is good. 'In which they will eat it' means enjoyment. 'And they shall eat the flesh' means enjoyment of what is good. 'On that night' means when the damnation of the evil takes place. 'Roasted with fire' means good that is the product of love. 'And unleavened bread' means what has been purified from all falsity. 'On bitter herbs' means through the unpleasant experiences of temptation. 'They shall eat it' means enjoyment. 'Do not eat any of it raw' means that it must not be devoid of love. 'Nor boiled at all in water' means that it must not come out of truth. 'But roasted indeed with fire' means that it must be a product of love. 'Its head over its legs and over its middle' means from what is inmost to what is external. 'And you shall not leave any of it until the morning' means the duration of this state before the state of enlightenment in heaven. 'And what does remain of it until the morning you shall burn with fire' means the state leading up to the end arrived at through temptations. 'And thus you shall eat it' means enjoyment in a state of separation from the evil who have been molesters, and preservation at that time. 'Your loins girded' means in respect of their interiors. 'Your shoes on your feet' means in respect of their exteriors. 'And your rod in your hand' means in respect of means. 'And you shall eat it in haste' means their feeling in their state of separation. 'It is a Passover to Jehovah' means the Lord's presence, and deliverance by Him.


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