nifies the beginning of a new state. "And it shall be when Jehovah shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite " signifies into the region of heaven occupied by those who are in evil and falsity; "which He sware unto thy fathers to give thee" signifies which was promised by the Divine to those who are in good and truth ; "a land flowing with milk and honey" signifies where are gladness and joy; "that thou shalt keep this service in this month signifies perennial worship of the Lord on account of liberation. "Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread" signifies purification from falsities; "and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah " signifies the holy worship of the Lord. "Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days" signifies that they were altogether to be purified from falsities; "and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee" signifies that what is falsified shall not be at all admitted; "neither shall there be leaven seen with thee" signifies that neither shall any falsity be admitted; "in all thy border" signifies so far as truth which is from good extends itself. "And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying" signifies interior perception of truth which perception is of conscience; "It is because of that which Jehovah did for me, in my coming forth out of Egypt" signifies that by the Lord they were liberated from spiritual captivity and from damnation. "And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand" signifies that it shall be perpetually in the will; "and for a memorial between thine eyes" signifies that it shall be perpetually in the understanding; "that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth" signifies that the Divine truth may be in every thing which proceeds thence; "for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt" signifies that they were liberated by Divine power. "Thou shalt therefore keep this statute in its season from year to year" signifies that that law of order should be in that state continually.

8048. And Moses said unto the people. That this signifies instruction by truth Divine, is evident from the signification of saying, when by truth Divine concerning things to be observed in the church, as instruction (see n. 7186, 7267, 7304, 7380, 7517); and from the representation of Moses, as truth Divine of which above (n. 8041).

8049. Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondmen. That this signifies that that state was especially to be recalled to mind in which they were when liberated from spiritual captivity by the Lord, is evident from the signification of remember, as that it was to be recalled to mind; from the signification of day, as state (see n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785, 4850, 5672, 5962, 7680); from the signification of coming out, as being liberated, for by the coming out of the sons of Israel is signified the liberation of those who are of the spiritual church by the Lord concerning which liberation see above (n. 6854, 6914, 7091, 7828, 7932, 8018); and from the signification of Egypt and the house of bondmen, as spiritual captivity; for by Pharaoh and the Egyptians are signified those who in the other life have infested the spiritual with falsities (n. 7097, 7107, 7110, 7126, 7142, 7220, 7228, 7317). Hence by the land of Egypt is signified infestation (n. 7278); nor is infestation. by falsities anything else than spiritual captivity; for when infested they are held as it were captive in falsities, from which they continually labor to be liberated; and so also in the Word they are said to be bound in a pit (n. 6854). This spiritual captivity is also signified by the house of bondmen. That servitude is an assault from falsities, or infestation, may be seen above (n. 7120, 7129).

8050. For by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place. That this signifies that they were liberated by the Divine power of the Lord, is evident from the signification of strength of hand, as power, and when it is said of Jehovah, as omnipotence that strength means

power is plain, as also that hand means power (see n. 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6947, 7188, 7189, 7518, 7673); and from the signification of bringing out, as liberating. That Jehovah is the Lord, may be seen above (n. 8046).

8051. There shall no leavened bread be eaten. That this signifies that there shall not be appropriated anything falsified, is evident from the signification of eating, as appropriating (see n. 3168, 3513, 3596, 4745); and from the signification of leaven, as falsity (n. 2342, 7906); therefore what is leavened means what is falsified. As regards the appropriation of falsity and of what is falsified, it is to be known that falsity and what is falsified cannot be appropriated as such to any one who is in good and therefore desires to be in truth, but to him who is in evil and therefore does not desire to be in truth. Falsity as falsity is not appropriated to him who is in good and therefore desires to be in truth, because he thinks well concerning God, the kingdom of God, and spiritual life, and therefore he applies falsity so as not to be against these things, but in some way to be in accord with them; thus he softens it, and the asperity and hardness of it does not come into the idea. Unless this were the case, scarce any one could be saved, for falsities are more prevalent than truths. But it is to be known that they who are in good are also in the love of truth. When therefore in the other life they are instructed by angels, they reject falsities and accept truths, and this according to the degree of the love of truth which they had in the world.

8052. This day ye go forth. That this signifies liberation to eternity, is evident from the signification of this day, or to-day, as eternity (see n. 2838, 3998, 4304, 6165, 6984) ; and from the signification of going forth, as being liberated (n. 8049).

8053. In the month Abib. That this signifies the beginning of a new state, is evident from the signification of

month, as the end of a former state and the beginning of a subsequent state, thus also a new state (see n. 3814). That the month Abib is the beginning from which are all following states, is plain from what is said of this month in the foregoing chapter, second verse "This month shall be unto you the beginning (head) of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you" (see n. 7827, 7828).

8054. And it shall be when Jehovah shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. That this signifies the region of heaven occupied by those who are in evil and falsity, is evident from the signification of the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as heaven, here the region of heaven occupied by those who are in evil and falsity. That the land of Canaan is the Lord's kingdom in heaven and earth, or the church, may be seen above (n. 1413, 1437, 1585, 1607, 1866, 3038, 3481, 3686, 3705, 4116, 4240, 4447, 4454, 4516, 4517, 5136, 5757, 6516). Evils and falsities are signified by the nations here named, evil from the falsity of evil by the Canaanite (n. 4818), falsity from which is evil by the Hittite (n. 2913), evil and the falsity thence by the Amorite (n. 1857, 6306), idolatry in which is something of good by the Hivite (n. 6860), and idolatry in which there is something of truth by the Jebusite (n. 6860). That the region of heaven into which. they were to come who were of the spiritual church, was before the coming of the Lord occupied by evils and falsities, may be seen above (n. 6858). As to what further 2 concerns this subject, it is to be known that before the Lord's coming, heaven was not distinguished into three heavens, the inmost or third, the middle or second, and the lowest or first, as after the Lord's coming, but was one. The spiritual heaven was not yet formed. The region where the spiritual heaven was to be, was occupied by those who were in falsity and evil, but who could be kept in some

truth and good by external means, especially by ideas of eminence and dignity, just as is the case in the world, where they who are in evil and falsity are still obliged as it were to think and speak truths, and as it were to will and do goods, by external means, which are honors and gains. That region of heaven was then occupied by such, because the good were wanting and they who were of the spiritual church were not as yet prepared, and yet it had everywhere to be filled by spirits, that there might be a continuity from the Lord even to man, for without continuity man would have perished. There are also at this day some regions of heaven occupied by such, but they who are there are withheld by a strong force from doing evil. Immediately above the head are they who deceive and seduce by means of innocence, but above them are the celestial from the Most Ancient Church who keep them in bonds with such force that they cannot in any wise do harm to any one. Behind the hinder part of the head there is also at this day a region, which had been a region of heaven, occupied by the evil and likewise in front 3 toward the left. There is also a continual endeavor on the part of the evil to invade the places where the good are, and they actually do invade them as soon as they are not filled by the good, which endeavor it has been often granted me to observe. Those regions are thus occupied when in the world the evil are increased and the good are diminished, for in this case evil spirits come near to man, and good spirits recede from him, and so far as these recede, so far the regions nearest to man are occupied by the evil. When this condition becomes general, the inhabitants of those regions are changed. Such is the case when the church is near its end, for then evil and falsity prevail. But about the end of the church the evil are cast down, and the regions they had occupied are given to good spirits, who in the mean time have been prepared for heaven. This is meant by these words in John: And there was war