'And I will go through the land of Egypt' means presence among those who have engaged in molestation. 'On that night' means their state - a state of evil. 'And will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt' means the damnation of those governed by faith separated from charity. 'From man even to beast' means their evil desires, interior and exterior. 'And on all the gods of Egypt I will make judgements' means their falsities which are to be damned. 'I am Jehovah' means that the Lord is the only God. 'And the blood will be' means truth belonging to the good of innocence. 'A sign for you on the houses where you are' means that it bears witness to a will that seeks what is good. 'And I will see the blood' means the discernment of that truth by those who inflict damnation. 'And pass you by' means that it will stay away from there. 'And the plague will not be on you for the destroyer' means that damnation from hell will not enter in. 'When I strike the land of Egypt' means when those governed by faith separated from charity are damned. 'And that day shall be to you for a memorial' means the essential nature of that state in worship. 'You shall keep it as a feast to Jehovah' means worship of the Lord because of deliverance from damnation. 'Throughout your generations' means in those things that belong to faith and charity. 'You shall keep it as a feast by an eternal statute' means worship of the Lord in keeping with the order of heaven for those belonging to the spiritual Church. 'Seven days' means what is holy. 'You shall eat unleavened bread' means purification from falsities. 'Even on the first day you shall remove yeast from your houses' means that there must be no falsity whatever in good. 'For anyone eating anything made with yeast' means whoever makes falsity his own. 'That soul shall be cut off from Israel' means that he will be separated from those belonging to the spiritual Church, and that he will be damned. 'From the first day until the seventh day' means a holy and complete state. 'And on the first day there shall be a holy convocation' means that at the beginning all must be together. 'On the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you' means so must they be together at the end of the state. 'No work shall be done on them' means abstention during that time from earthly and worldly pursuits. 'Only what must be eaten by every soul' means when spiritual and celestial good is made their own. 'This alone shall be done' means that they must apply themselves at this time to these things only.

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