Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8057

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8057. 'That you shall keep this service in this month' means everlasting worship of the Lord because of His deliverance. This is clear from the meaning of 'service' as worship, as in 7934; and from the meaning of 'month' as the end of the previous state and the beginning of the new one, and of 'the month of Abib' as the beginning from which all following states ensue, dealt with in 8053. Therefore also 'month' means that which is everlasting.


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