Deuteronomija 15:23

Verse 23. Only you shall not in this case confound them with the truths derived from the Lord's Divine Humanity, which are to be received in the natural mind as coming direct by influx from heaven. [Note.—Or, by translating the word "blood" in the evil instead of the good sense, this verse may be rendered, Only you shall not appropriate therefrom any principle which does violence to the truths, proceeding from the Lord's Divine Humanity; you shall reject it as a heresy of the external man. See chap. xii., verses 23-25. Blood signifies the very essence of a thing, specially as to truth; thus to drink the blood of the Lord (John 6:53-56), or to be washed, and to overcome evil with the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 7:14, 12:11), signifies to be vivified, and purified by the influx of the Divine Life. The same is signified by the wine of the sacrament, which is the Divine Life as to Truth; whereas the bread signifies the Divine Life as to Good. The Church of Rome unconsciously bears witness to the law of correspondences, by withholding the cup from the laity, and also withholding the Word and checking the free search after truth among the people. See AC Index, " Blood," "Supper."]