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出エジプト記 10:19

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19 は、はなはだ強い西に変らせ、いなごを吹き上げて、これを紅に追いやられたので、エジプト全土には一つのいなごも残らなかった。

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Cattle

  
Cattle in a pasture.

Animals in the Bible generally refer to spiritual activity, the things we actually do on a spiritual level. "Cattle," as typically used in the Bible, mean a collection of domesticated animals owned by one person or group (including other animals along with cows). It makes sense, then, that cattle would represent the spiritual activities we "own" and have "domesticated."

What are the good things we like to see in ourselves and encourage? What true ideas do we keep in mind, ponder, and use in our decision-making? These can come in great varieties and from many different sources, just as a variety of animals could be part of "cattle," but the key is that we own them, care for them and use them.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 415, 3786, 4105, 4106, 4391, 4440)

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Arcana Coelestia # 7728

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7728. 'And our livestock also must go with us' means that this - that is to say, worship - must be from the good of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'livestock' as the good of truth, dealt with in 6016, 6045. The fact that 'going with us' means in order that this good may be the source of that worship - worship in the form of sacrifices and burnt offerings - is self-evident.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.