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Wo ihr aber nicht willigen wollet, euch zu beschneiden, so wollen wir unsere Tochter nehmen und davonziehen.
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Wo ihr aber nicht willigen wollet, euch zu beschneiden, so wollen wir unsere Tochter nehmen und davonziehen.
4507. And whatever was in the city, and whatever was in the field, they took. That this signifies all the truth and good of the church, is evident from the signification of a “city,” as being doctrine, thus the truth of the church (see n. 402, 2268, 2449, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493); and from the signification of a “field,” as being the church as to good, thus the good of the church (n. 2971, 3310, 3766, 4440, 4443); so that “whatever was in the city, and whatever was in the field” denotes all the truth and good of the church.