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Exodus 20:5

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5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

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Statutes and judgments

  

In Deuteronomy 11:1, 'statutes' signify the external parts of the Word, such as rituals, and representations of the internal sense. 'Judgments' signify the internal parts of the Word relevant to life and doctrine.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3382)