8044. 'Among the children of Israel' means in the spiritual Church. This is clear from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 4286, 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223.
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