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그들이 가로되 `히브리인의 하나님이 우리에게 나타나셨은즉 우리가 사흘길쯤 광야에 가서 우리 하나님 여호와께 희생을 드리려 하오니 가기를 허락하소서 여호와께서 온역이나 칼로 우리를 치실까 두려워하나이다'
출애굽기 5:3
Arcana Coelestia # 7116
7116. 'And the tally of bricks which they were making yesterday and the day before shall you impose on them' means that fabrications and falsities are to be introduced in the same abundance as in the previous state. This is clear from the meaning of 'the tally' as an abundance, here the same abundance; from the meaning of 'bricks' as fabrications and falsities, dealt with just above in 7113; from the meaning of 'yesterday and the day before' as a previous state, also dealt with just above, in 7114; and from the meaning of 'imposing on them' as introducing, since it has reference to fabrications and falsities. From all these meanings it is evident that 'the tally of bricks which they were making yesterday and the day before shall you impose on them' means that fabrications and falsities are to be introduced in the same abundance as in the previous state.
