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1 καί-C οὗτος- D--NPN ὁ- A--NPN πρόσταγμα-N3M-NPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF κρίσις-N3I-NPF ὅς- --APF φυλάσσω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-V2--PAN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅς- --GSF κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM πατήρ-N3--GPM σύ- P--GP δίδωμι-V8--PAI3S σύ- P--DP ἐν-P κλῆρος-N2--DSM πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὅς- --APF σύ- P--NP ζάω-V3--PAI2P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

2 ἀπώλεια-N1A-DSF ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2P πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM τόπος-N2--APM ἐν-P ὅς- --DPM λατρεύω-VAI-AAI3P ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM ὅς- --APM σύ- P--NP κληρονομέω-V2--PAI2P αὐτός- D--APM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ὄρος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPN ὑψηλός-A1--GPN καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPM θίς-N3--GPM καί-C ὑποκάτω-P δένδρον-N2N-GSN δασύς-A3U-GSN

3 καί-C κατασκάπτω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--APM βωμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C συντρίβω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--APF στήλη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἄλσος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐκκόπτω-VF--FAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN γλυπτός-A1--APN ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM κατακαίω-VF--FAI2P πῦρ-N3--DSN καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM ἐκεῖνος- D--GSM

4 οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P οὕτως-D κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GP

5 ἀλλά-C ἤ-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X ἐκλέγω-VA--AMS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP ἐν-P εἷς-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPF φυλή-N1--GPF σύ- P--GP ἐπιὀνομάζω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκεῖ-D ἐπικαλέω-VC--APN καί-C ἐκζητέω-VF--FAI2P καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2P ἐκεῖ-D

6 καί-C φέρω-VF--FAI2P ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APN θυσίασμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἀπαρχή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF εὐχή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἑκούσιος-A1A-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρωτότοκος-A1B-APN ὁ- A--GPM βοῦς-N3--GPM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN σύ- P--GP

7 καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἐκεῖ-D ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP καί-C εὐφραίνω-VC--FPI2P ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--DPN οὗ-D ἄν-X ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐπιβάλλω-VB--AAS2P σύ- P--NP καί-C ὁ- A--NPM οἶκος-N2--NPM σύ- P--GP καθότι-D εὐλογέω-VA--AAI3S σύ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS

8 οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅς- --APN ἐγώ- P--NP ποιέω-V2--PAI1P ὧδε-D σήμερον-D ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASN ἀρεστός-A1--ASN ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GSM

9 οὐ-D γάρ-X ἥκω-V1--PAI2P ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κατάπαυσις-N3I-ASF καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κληρονομία-N1A-ASF ὅς- --ASF κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP δίδωμι-V8--PAI3S σύ- P--DP

10 καί-C διαβαίνω-VF--FMI2P ὁ- A--ASM *ἰορδάνης-N1M-ASM καί-C κατοικέω-VF--FAI2P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅς- --GSF κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP κατακληρονομέω-V2--PAI3S σύ- P--DP καί-C καταπαύω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AP ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἐχθρός-N2--GPM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--GPM κύκλος-N2--DSM καί-C κατοικέω-VF--FAI2P μετά-P ἀσφάλεια-N1A-GSF

11 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X ἐκλέγω-VA--AMS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP ἐπικαλέω-VC--APN ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκεῖ-D ἐκεῖ-D φέρω-VF--FAI2P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--NS ἐντέλλομαι-V1--PMI1S σύ- P--DP σήμερον-D ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APN θυσίασμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἐπιδέκατος-A1--APN σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἀπαρχή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APN δόμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASM ἐκλεκτός-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPN δῶρον-N2N-GPN σύ- P--GP ὅσος-A1--APN ἐάν-C εὔχομαι-VA--AMS2P ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GP

12 καί-C εὐφραίνω-VC--FPI2P ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP σύ- P--NP καί-C ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--NPF θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--NPF παιδίσκη-N1--NPF σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--NSM *λευίτης-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πύλη-N1--GPF σύ- P--GP ὅτι-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM μερίς-N3D-NSF οὐδέ-C κλῆρος-N2--NSM μετά-P σύ- P--GP

13 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM μή-D ἀναφέρω-VA--AAS2S ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM οὗ-D ἐάν-C ὁράω-VB--AAS2S

14 ἀλλά-C ἤ-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X ἐκλέγω-VA--AMS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P εἷς-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPF φυλή-N1--GPF σύ- P--GS ἐκεῖ-D ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐκεῖ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--NS ἐντέλλομαι-V1--PMI1S σύ- P--DS σήμερον-D

15 ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ἐπιθυμία-N1A-DSF σύ- P--GS θύω-VF--FAI2S καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S κρέας-N3--APN κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF εὐλογία-N1A-ASF κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ὅς- --ASF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--DS ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ὁ- A--NSM ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-NSM ἐν-P σύ- P--DS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM καθαρός-A1A-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN αὐτός- D--ASN ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--ASN ὡς-C δορκάς-N3D-ASF ἤ-C ἔλαφος-N2--ASM

16 πλήν-D ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐκχέω-VF2-FAI2P αὐτός- D--ASN ὡς-C ὕδωρ-N3--NSN

17 οὐ-D δύναμαι-VF--FMI2S ἐσθίω-VB--AAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πόλις-N3I-DPF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ἐπιδέκατος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSM σῖτος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSM οἶνος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSN ἔλαιον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN πρωτότοκος-A1B-APN ὁ- A--GPM βοῦς-N3--GPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN σύ- P--GS καί-C πᾶς-A1S-APF εὐχή-N1--APF ὅσος-A1--APF ἄν-X εὔχομαι-VA--AMS2P καί-C ὁ- A--APF ὁμολογία-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἀπαρχή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF σύ- P--GP

18 ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM ὅς- --DSM ἄν-X ἐκλέγω-VA--AMS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS αὐτός- D--DSM σύ- P--NS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSF θυγάτηρ-N3--NSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSF παιδίσκη-N1--NSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM προσήλυτος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πόλις-N3I-DPF σύ- P--GP καί-C εὐφραίνω-VC--FPI2S ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--APN οὗ-D ἄν-X ἐπιβάλλω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS

19 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM μή-D ἐν καταλείπω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASM *λευίτης-N1M-ASM πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM χρόνος-N2--ASM ὅσος-A1--ASM ἐάν-C ζάω-V3--PAS2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

20 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐνπλατύνω-V1--PAS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN ὅριον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS καθάπερ-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--DS καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ἐσθίω-VF--FMI1S κρέας-N3--APN ἐάν-C ἐπιθυμέω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF σύ- P--GS ὥστε-C ἐσθίω-VB--AAN κρέας-N3--APN ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ἐπιθυμία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S κρέας-N3--APN

21 ἐάν-C δέ-X μακρότερον-D ἀποἔχω-V1--PAS3S σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X ἐκλέγω-VA--AMS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ἐπικαλέω-VC--APN ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C θύω-VF--FAI2S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM βοῦς-N3--GPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN σύ- P--GS ὅς- --GPN ἄν-X δίδωμι-VO--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--DS ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI1S σύ- P--DS καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πόλις-N3I-DPF σύ- P--GS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἐπιθυμία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS

22 ὡς-C ἐσθίω-V1--PPI3S ὁ- A--NSF δορκάς-N3D-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἔλαφος-N2--NSF οὕτως-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--ASN ὁ- A--NSM ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-NSM ἐν-P σύ- P--DS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM καθαρός-A1A-NSM ὡσαύτως-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S

23 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S ἰσχυρῶς-D ὁ- A--GSN μή-D ἐσθίω-VB--AAN αἷμα-N3M-ASN ὅτι-C ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ψυχή-N1--NSF οὐ-D βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN

24 οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐκχέω-VF2-FAI2P αὐτός- D--ASN ὡς-C ὕδωρ-N3--NSN

25 οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--ASN ἵνα-C εὖ-D σύ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--AS ἐάν-C ποιέω-VA--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASN καλός-A1--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἀρεστός-A1--ASN ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

26 πλήν-D ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN σύ- P--GS ἐάν-C γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S σύ- P--DS καί-C ὁ- A--APF εὐχή-N1--APF σύ- P--GS λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM ἥκω-VF--FAI2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X ἐκλέγω-VA--AMS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ἐπικαλέω-VC--APN ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκεῖ-D

27 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN κρέας-N3--APN ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN δέ-X αἷμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GPF θυσία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GS προςχέω-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF βάσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-GSN κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN δέ-X κρέας-N3--APN ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S

28 φυλάσσω-V1--PMD2S καί-C ἀκούω-V1--PAD2S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὅς- --APM ἐγώ- P--NS ἐντέλλομαι-V1--PMI1S σύ- P--DS ἵνα-C εὖ-D σύ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS διά-P αἰών-N3W-GSM ἐάν-C ποιέω-VA--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASN καλός-A1--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἀρεστός-A1--ASN ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

29 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VA--AAS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN εἰς-P ὅς- --APM σύ- P--NS εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMI2S ἐκεῖ-D κληρονομέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS καί-C κατακληρονομέω-VA--AAS2S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C καταοἰκέω-VA--AAS2S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GPM

30 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM μή-D ἐκζητέω-VA--AAS2S ἐπιἀκολουθέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VC--APN αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS οὐ-D μή-D ἐκζητέω-VA--AAS2S ὁ- A--APM θεός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM πῶς-D ποιέω-V2--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN οὗτος- D--NPN ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM ποιέω-VF--FAI1S καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS

31 οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S οὕτως-D κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN γάρ-X βδέλυγμα-N3M-APN ὅς- --APN κύριος-N2--NSM μισέω-VAI-AAI3S ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM ὅτι-C ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GPM κατακαίω-V1--PAI3P ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3727

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3727. In regard to the signification of a “pillar,” as being a holy boundary, thus the ultimate of order, this comes from the fact that in the most ancient times stones were placed at the boundaries, which marked the possession or inheritance of one person from that of another, and were for a sign and a witness that the boundaries were at that place. The most ancient people, who in every object, and in every pillar, thought of something celestial and spiritual (n. 1977, 2995), in these stones also which they set up, thought from them concerning the ultimates in man, and thus concerning the ultimate of order, which is truth in the natural man. The ancients who were after the flood received this from the most ancient people who were before the flood (n. 920, 1409, 2179, 2896, 2897), and began to account those stones holy which were set up in the boundaries, because as before said, they signified holy truth which is in the ultimate of order. They also called those stones “pillars;” and thus it came to pass that pillars were introduced into worship, and that they erected them in the places where they had their groves, and afterwards where they had their temples, and also that they anointed them with oil, concerning which something shall be said in what follows. For the worship of the Ancient Church consisted in the perceptives and significatives of the most ancient people who were before the flood, as is manifest from the sections just cited. As the most ancient people spoke with angels and were together with them while on earth, they were instructed from heaven that stones signify truth, and that wood signifies good (see above, n. 3720). This is the reason why “pillars” signify a holy boundary, thus the truth which is the ultimate of order in man; for the good that inflows through the internal man from the Lord is terminated in the external man, in the truth therein. Man’s thought, speech, and action, which are the ultimates of order, are nothing else than truths from good, being the images or forms of good; for they belong to man’s intellectual part, while the good which is in them, and from which they are, belongs to his will part.

[2] That pillars were erected for a sign and for a witness, and also for worship; and that in the internal sense they signify a holy boundary, or the truth in man’s natural which is the ultimate of order, may be seen from other passages in the Word-as from the following, concerning the covenant between Laban and Jacob:

Come now, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee; this heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap to me, and this pillar, for evil (Genesis 31:44-45, 51-52).

That in this passage a “pillar” signifies truth, will be seen in the explication of the passage.

[3] In Isaiah:

In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak with the lips of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah Zebaoth. In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the boundary thereof to Jehovah; which shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah Zebaoth in the land of Egypt (Isaiah 19:18-20);

“Egypt” denotes the memory-knowledges that belong to the natural man; an “altar,” Divine worship in general, for in the second Ancient Church, which began from Eber, the altar was made the primary representative of worship (n. 921, 1343, 2777, 2811); the “midst of the land of Egypt” denotes what is primary and inmost of worship (n. 2940, 2973, 3436); a “pillar,” the truth which is the ultimate of order in the natural. That this is in the boundary for a sign and for a witness is manifest.

[4] In Moses:

Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning and builded an altar near Mount Sinai, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel (Exodus 24:4); where in like manner an “altar” was representative of all worship, and indeed of good in worship; while the twelve pillars were a representative of the truth which is from good in worship. (That “twelve” denotes all things of truth in one complex may be seen above, n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272; and that the “twelve tribes” in like manner signify all things of the truth of the church, will of the Lord’s Divine mercy be shown in the following chapter.)

[5] Inasmuch as altars were representative of all the good of worship, and as the Jewish Church was instituted in order that it might represent the celestial church which acknowledged no other truth than that which is from good, which is called celestial truth-for it was not in the least willing to separate truth from good, insomuch that it was not willing to mention anything of faith or truth unless it was thinking of good, and this from good, n. 202, 337, 2069, 2715, 2718, 3246—therefore there was a representative of truth by means of the stones of the altar, and it was forbidden to represent it by pillars, lest thereby truth should be separated from good, and should be representatively worshiped instead of good. For this reason it is written in Moses:

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God which thou shalt make thee; and thou shalt not set thee up a pillar, which Jehovah thy God hateth (Deuteronomy 16:21-22);

for to worship truth separate from good, or faith separate from charity, is contrary to the Divine, because contrary to order, and this is signified by the prohibition, “thou shalt not set thee up a pillar, which Jehovah thy God hateth.”

[6] Nevertheless that they did set up pillars, and thereby represented those things which are contrary to order, is evident in Hosea:

Israel according to the multiplying of his fruit, multiplies his altars; according to the good of their land they make goodly pillars; but He shall overturn their altars; He shall lay waste their pillars (Hos. 10:1-2).

In the first book of Kings:

Judah did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah; they also built them high places, and pillars, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree (1 Kings 14:22-23).

In the second book of Kings:

The sons of Israel set them up pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree (2 Kings 17:10).

Hezekiah removed the high places, and he brake the pillars and cut down the grove and ground to pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made, for they did burn incense to it (2 Kings 18:4).

[7] Inasmuch as the Gentiles also had by tradition the belief that the holy of worship was represented by altars and by pillars, and yet were in evil and falsity, therefore by “altars” among the gentiles are signified evils of worship, and by “pillars,” falsities; for which reason it was commanded that they should be destroyed. As in Moses:

Ye shall overthrow their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves (Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3).

Thou shalt not bow to their gods, nor worship them, nor do after their works; because destroying thou shalt destroy them, and breaking thou shalt break in pieces their pillars (Exodus 23:24).

The “gods” of the nations denote falsities; their “works,” evils; to “break in pieces their pillars” denotes to destroy worship from falsity.

[8] In Jeremiah:

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon shall break in pieces the pillars of the house of the sun that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire (Jeremiah 43:13).

In Ezekiel:

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon with the hoofs of his horses shall tread down all thy streets; he shall slay the people with the sword, and shall cause the pillars of thy strength to go down to the earth (Ezekiel 26:11);

speaking of Tyre. “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon” denotes that which causes vastation (n. 1327); the “hoofs of the horses” denote the lowest intellectual things, such as are memory-knowledges from mere things of sense; that “hoofs” are the lowest things will of the Lord’s Divine mercy be confirmed elsewhere; “horses” denote intellectual things (n. 2760-2762); “streets,” truths, and in the opposite sense, falsities (n. 2336); to “tread them down” is to destroy the knowledges of truth, which are signified by “Tyre” (that “Tyre,” which is the subject here referred to, signifies the knowledges of truth, may be seen above, n. 1201); to “slay the people with the sword” denotes to destroy truths by that which is false. (That “people” is predicated of truth, may be seen above, n. 1259, 1260,(3295),3581; and that a “sword” signifies falsity combating, n. 2799.) From all this we see what is meant by “causing the pillars of strength to come down to the earth.” That “strength” is predicated of what is true and of what is false, is also evident from the Word.

  
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