Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7869

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7869. 'And I will go through the land of Egypt' means presence among those who have engaged in molestation. This is clear from the meaning of 'going through' - when it is a going 'through the land', and done by Jehovah - as presence; and from the meaning of 'the Egyptians' as the ones who have molested those belonging to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6692, 7097. 'The land of Egypt' here stands for those molesters.


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