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ولما كالوا بالعمر لم يفضل المكثر والمقلل لم ينقص. كانوا قد التقطوا كل واحد على حسب اكله.
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ولما كالوا بالعمر لم يفضل المكثر والمقلل لم ينقص. كانوا قد التقطوا كل واحد على حسب اكله.
8538. 'Until they came to an inhabited land' means before they reached heaven, where good resides everywhere. This is clear from the meaning of 'land', at this point the land of Canaan, as the Lord's kingdom, thus heaven, dealt with in 1607, 3038, 3481, 3686, 3705, 4240, 4447, 5136. Heaven is called 'an inhabited land' because of the good present there, for 'inhabited' means having life as a result of the existence of good, 2268, 2451, 2712, 3613, 8269, 8309.