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And Pharaoh heard this word, and he sought to kill Moses. And Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he dwelt by a well. And the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came, and drew, and filled the troughs, to give drink to their father’s flock. And the shepherds came, and drove them away; and Moses arose, and helped them; and he gave drink to their flock. And they came unto Reuel their father, and he said, Wherefore hasted ye to come today? And they said, An Egyptian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds; and also drawing he drew for us, and gave drink to the flock. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? Why is this that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was willing to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land.
Exodus 2:15-19
Arcana Colestia 6770. Verses 15-19. “And Pharaoh heard this word, and he sought to kill Moses,” signifies that false memory-knowledge, noticing this, willed to destroy the truth which is of the law from the Divine; “and Moses fled from before Pharaoh,” signifies that it was being separated from falsities; “and dwelt in the land of Midian,” signifies life in the church with those who are in simple good; “and he dwelt by a well,” signifies study there in the Word; “and the priest of Midian had seven daughters,” signifies the holy things of that church; “and they came, and drew,” signifies that they were instructed in truths from the Word; “and filled the troughs,” signifies that from this they enriched the doctrine of charity; “to give drink to their father’s flock,” signifies that thereby they who were in good were instructed; “and the shepherds came, and drove them away,” signifies that the teachers who were in evils set themselves in opposition; “and Moses arose and helped them,” signifies aid from the truths which are of the law from the Divine; “and he gave drink to their flock,” signifies that from this they who are in good were instructed; “and they came unto Reuel their father,” signifies conjunction with the good itself of that church; “and he said, Wherefore hasted ye to come today?” signifies perception that now conjunction was sure; “and they said, An Egyptian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,” signifies because true memory-knowledge, which is of the church, prevailed over the power of the doctrine of falsity from evil; “and also drawing he drew for us,” signifies that he instructed from the Word; “and gave drink to the flock,” signifies those who were of the church there.
6787. Verses 20-22. “And he said unto his daughters,” signifies thought concerning the holy things of the church; “and where is he? Why is this that ye have left the man?” signifies how without that truth could they be conjoined with the good of the church; “call him,” signifies that it must be conjoined; “that he may eat bread,” signifies confirmation in good; “and Moses was willing to dwell with the man,” signifies that they were in agreement; “and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter,” signifies that he adjoined to it the good of his church; “and she bare a son,” signifies truths thence; “and he called his name Gershom,” signifies their quality; “for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land,” signifies that he was instructed in truths in a church not his own.
Third Round posts are short audio clips taken from Round 3 comments offered in the online Logopraxis Life Group meetings. The aim is to keep the focus on understanding the Text in terms of its application to the inner life along with reinforcing any key LP principles that have been highlighted in the exchanges.
