[See WE 3589-91, treating in general of Exod. 8:20-32.] 3592. But these harmful flies, or fantasies, can only come up in earthly people, meant by the Egyptians, not in spiritual people, or children of Israel. For the latter are not weakened by such pangs of conscience [WE 3591], but rather strengthened. Such pangs are beneficial in causing one to know oneself and to admit one's faults, which God the Messiah then heals from most deeply within, like wounds that have first been opened up. This is the reason why it is first said here that this swarm of harmful flies would not appear in Goshen, where the children of Israel were, but only in Egypt, verse 22,* and this for the plain reason that God the Messiah shall bring them help and heal them. This is meant in verse 23,** where we read, "For I will set a redemption between My people, and your people." What is redemption without a redeemer? Man is redeemed by God the Messiah Alone. Thus no power to hurt them is granted, according to what was written below, at the end [of this tome] at the sign @ @,*** where * In the Schmidius Bible, this is verse 18. ** In the Schmidius Bible, this is verse 19. *** Each symbol is a curvey "h."