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Deuteronomy 1:3

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3 And it was in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on◦ the first◦ of the month, that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, according to all which Jehovah had commanded to them,

Commentarius in hunc versum  

By Alexander Payne

Verse 3. It comes to pass in this state, when the period of temptations which precedes the commencement of the regenerate life is nearly completed [Note.—The number forty signifies temptations. (See AC Index, "Numbers.")], and when a new order of things is being planted in the soul, that the minds of those regenerating receive these instructions by means of Divine truth from the Lord out of heaven.



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