Deuteronomy 32:14

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14 Cream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.


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Napsal(a) Alexander Payne

Verse 14. With celestial things derived from external or natural good, and spiritual things derived from internal good. [Note. — The character is made celestial by conforming the external or natural life to it, and spiritual truth is acquired and embraced by means of the internal good given from the Lord.] The innocence derived from the faith of charity (fat of lambs). [Note. — "Lambs in the original tongue are expressed by various names, and thereby are expressed various degrees of innocence; they are here expressed by a word whereby sheep also are expressed, and it is the innocence of the faith of charity which is here signified" (Arcana Coelestia 3994).] Celestial-spiritual affections (rams of Bashan). "The celestial exterior principle Is an affection of good; nay, it is also a pleasure which is derived from the affection of good. So far as the good of love and charity is in the affection of good and the pleasure thence derived, so far such an affection and pleasure are celestial and so far also they are happy. But the celestial-spiritual principle is every affection of truth in which is the affection of good" (Arcana Coelestia 1824). Bashan denotes the good of the natural principle (AC Index). And faith (goats) with the celestial things of love and charity (the fat of kidneys of wheat). [Note. — "Inasmuch as fat denotes good it is adjoined to such things as are not fat in themselves but still signify good, thus fat and good are, as it were, the same thing" (Arcana Coelestia 5943). This is for the sake of the internal sense.] And you did imbibe the pure truths proceeding from the Divine love (the pure blood of the grape). (Apocalypse Explained 314, 374.)