Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8147

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8147. 'And took his people with him' means together with each and every falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'people' as truths and in the contrary sense as falsities, dealt with in 1259, 1260, 3295, 3581, in this instance falsities arising from evil, which are represented by 'Pharaoh' and 'the Egyptians'. When the phrase 'pharaoh and his servants' is used, or 'Pharaoh and his people', each and every person steeped in those falsities, also each and every falsity, is meant, 7396.


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