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요셉이 또 이스라엘 자손에게 맹세시켜 이르기를 `하나님이 정녕 너희를 권고하시리니 너희는 여기서 내 해골을 메고 올라가겠다 하라' 하였더라
6503. 'To embalm his father' means to prevent it from being ruined by any corruption. This is clear from the meaning of 'embalming' as a means of preservation from corruption; and from the representation of Israel, as the good of the spiritual Church, dealt with above in 6499. From this it is evident that 'to embalm his father' means a means of preservation to prevent the good of the spiritual Church from being ruined by any corruption. The reason why 'embalming' means a means of preservation from corruption is that embalmings took place so that the body might be preserved from putrefaction. Reference is also made in what follows immediately below to the means by which spiritual good is preserved from corruption.