Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8709

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8709. 'And you are to see out of all the people' means the choice of subservient truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' here as choosing; and from the meaning of 'the people' as that which has reference to truths, dealt with in 1259, 1260, 3581, 4619, at this point truths subservient to the truth going forth directly from God, represented by 'Moses', 7010, since the rulers he was to choose were to be subservient to him. For the meaning of 'the rulers' as subservient truths, see below.


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