Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6149

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6149. 'For the priests had a fixed Portion from Pharaoh' means that this had therefore been decreed by the natural, which was under the as the natural in general, dealt with in 5160, 5799, 6015. And since that decree made in the natural originated in the internal, the description 'under the control of the internal' is added, which control was also represented by Joseph's being lord over the whole of Egypt, and over Pharaoh's house too, see 6145.


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