7911. Verses 21-24 And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out and take for yourselves a member of the flock according to Your families, and slaughter the Passover. And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and you are to dip it in the blood that is in the basin and strikea the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And you shall not go out, no one out of the door of his house until the morning. And Jehovah will go through to inflict the plague on Egypt; and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Jehovah will pass by the door and not allow the destroyer to come to your houses to inflict the plague. And you shall keep this customb as a statute for yourself and your children for evermore.
'And Moses called all the elders of Israel' means the enlightenment of the understanding of those belonging to the spiritual Church through the influx and presence of God's truth. 'And said to them' means perception. 'Draw out' means that they should compel themselves. 'And take for yourselves a member of the flock' means to receive the good of innocence. 'According to Your families' means in keeping with the good of each truth. 'And slaughter the Passover' means preparation for the Lord's presence, and consequent deliverance. 'And you shall take a bunch of hyssop' means the outward means by which purification is effected. 'And you shall dip it in the blood' means holy truth belonging to the good of innocence. 'That is in the basin' means contained in the good of the natural. 'And strike the lintel and the two doorposts' means the forms of good and the truths of the natural. 'With the blood that is in the basin' means the holy truth belonging to the good of innocence in the natural. 'And you shall not go out, no one out of the door of his house' means that they must remain governed by good that is not to be viewed from truth. 'Until the morning' means until a state of enlightenment arrives. 'And Jehovah will go through' means the presence of the Divine. 'To inflict the plague on Egypt' means as a result of which damnation comes to those belonging to the Church who have been governed by faith separated from charity. 'And He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts' means a discernment of the holy truth belonging to the good of innocence in the natural. 'And Jehovah will pass by the door' means that damnation will stay away from there. 'And not allow the destroyer to come to your houses' means that falsity and evil from the hells will not at all come near the will. To inflict the plague means damnation which they bring on themselves. And you shall keep this custom as a statute for yourself and your children for evermore' means that all this will be in keeping with Divine order as it will apply from now on to those belonging to the spiritual Church.
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