8174. 'For the Egyptians whom you see [today] you will see again no more for ever' means that falsities which are moved aside once will remain moved aside even into eternity. This is clear from the meaning of 'the Egyptians' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, dealt with in 8132, 8135, 8146, 8148, thus also the falsities themselves that arise from evil; and from the meaning of 'seeing no more', when falsities are spoken of, as their being moved aside, for the falsities residing with a person are not banished but moved aside (a person is held back from evils and the falsities arising from them, and maintained in good by the Lord, 1581, 2256, 2269, 2406, 4564); and from the meaning of 'for ever' as into eternity.