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Joshua 10:39

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39 And he captured it and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and he smote them with the mouth of the sword; and he doomed every soul who was therein; he left no survivor; as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; and as he had done to Libnah and her king.


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Mouth

  

In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason for this is pretty obvious, but it also holds when people, for instance, remove a stone from the mouth of a well, which represents gaining access to spiritual ideas. The mouth is used for eating as well as speaking, of course. In those circumstances, it represents our first, most external perception of a new spiritual idea or desire. This also makes sense, mirroring the way tasting food in the mouth gives us an instant impression of the quality of the food.