Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8396

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8396. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verse 1 And they travelled on from Elim, and all the assembly of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai on the fifteenth day of the second month after their coming outa of the land of Egypt.

'And they travelled on from Elim' means a further stage. 'And all the assembly of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin' means arriving at another state of temptation. 'Which is between Elim and Sinai' means a continuation and the essential nature. 'On the fifteenth day of the second month' means this state considered in relation ... 'After their coming out of the land of Egypt' means, to their state when they were first delivered from molestations.

Notes

a lit. on the fifteenth day, to the second month, at their coming out


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