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1 καί-C οὗτος- D--NPN ὁ- A--NPN δικαίωμα-N3M-NPN ὅς- --APN παρατίθημι-VF--FAI2S ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM

2 ἐάν-C κτάομαι-VA--AMS2S παῖς-N3D-ASM *εβραῖος-N2--ASM ἕξ-M ἔτος-N3E-APN δουλεύω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--DSM δέ-X ἕβδομος-A1--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ἀποἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ἐλεύθερος-A1A-NSM δωρεά-N1A-ASF

3 ἐάν-C αὐτός- D--NSM μόνος-A1--NSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S καί-C μόνος-A1--NSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ἐάν-C δέ-X γυνή-N3K-NSF συν εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM

4 ἐάν-C δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM δίδωμι-VO--AAS3S αὐτός- D--DSM γυνή-N3K-ASF καί-C τίκτω-VB--AAS3S αὐτός- D--DSM υἱός-N2--APM ἤ-C θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPN παιδίον-N1A-NPN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NSM δέ-X μόνος-A1--NSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S

5 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM εἶπον-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM ἀγαπέω-VX--XAI1S ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--APN παιδίον-N1A-APN οὐ-D ἀποτρέχω-V1--PAI1S ἐλεύθερος-A1A-NSM

6 προςἄγω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASN κριτήριον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM καί-C τότε-D προςἄγω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF θύρα-N1A-ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM σταθμός-N2--ASM καί-C τρυπάω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASN οὖς-N3--ASN ὁ- A--DSN ὀπήτιον-N2N-DSN καί-C δουλεύω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM

7 ἐάν-C δέ-X τις- I--NSM ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AMS3S ὁ- A--ASF ἑαυτοῦ- D--GSM θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF οἰκέτις-N3D-ASF οὐ-D ἀποἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ὥσπερ-D ἀποτρέχω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPF δούλη-N1--NPF

8 ἐάν-C μή-D εὐαρεστέω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF ὅς- --ASF ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSM καταὁμολογέω-VAI-AMI3S ἀπολυτρόω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἔθνος-N3E-DSN δέ-X ἀλλότριος-A1A-DSN οὐ-D κύριος-N2--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πωλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--ASF ὅτι-C ἀθετέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF

9 ἐάν-C δέ-X ὁ- A--DSM υἱός-N2--DSM καταὁμολογέω-VA--AMS3S αὐτός- D--ASF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN δικαίωμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GPF θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF ποιέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--DSF

10 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἄλλος- D--ASF λαμβάνω-VB--AAS3S ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὁ- A--APN δέω-V2--PAPAPN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἱματισμός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ὁμιλία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF οὐ-D ἀποστερέω-VF--FAI3S

11 ἐάν-C δέ-X ὁ- A--APN τρεῖς-A3--APN οὗτος- D--APN μή-D ποιέω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--DSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S δωρεά-N1A-ASF ἄνευ-P ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN

12 ἐάν-C δέ-X πατάσσω-VA--AAS3S τίς- I--NSM τις- I--ASM καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS3S θάνατος-N2--DSM θανατόω-V4--PMD3S

13 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X οὐ-D ἑκών-A3P-NSM ἀλλά-C ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM παραδίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GSM δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS τόπος-N2--ASM οὗ-D φεύγω-VF--FMI3S ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--NSM φονεύω-VA--AAPNSM

14 ἐάν-C δέ-X τις- I--NSM ἐπιτίθημι-VE--AMS3S ὁ- A--DSM πλησίον-D ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM δόλος-N2--DSM καί-C καταφεύγω-VB--AAS3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--ASM θανατόω-VA--AAN

15 ὅς- --NSM τύπτω-V1--PAI3S πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἤ-C μήτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM θάνατος-N2--DSM θανατόω-V4--PMD3S

16 ὁ- A--NSM κακολογέω-V2--PAPNSM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἤ-C μήτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM τελευτάω-VF--FAI3S θάνατος-N2--DSM

17 ὅς- --NSM ἐάν-C κλέπτω-VA--AAS3S τίς- I--NSM τις- I--ASM ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C καταδυναστεύω-VA--AAPNSM αὐτός- D--ASM ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AMS3S καί-C εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM θάνατος-N2--DSM τελευτάω-V3--PAD3S

18 ἐάν-C δέ-X λοιδορέω-V2--PMS3P δύο-M ἀνήρ-N3--NPM καί-C πατάσσω-VA--AAS3S τις- I--NSM ὁ- A--ASM πλησίον-D λίθος-N2--DSM ἤ-C πυγμή-N1--DSF καί-C μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS3S κατακλίνω-VC--APS3S δέ-X ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF κοίτη-N1--ASF

19 ἐάν-C ἐκ ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM περιπατέω-VA--AAS3S ἔξω-D ἐπί-P ῥάβδος-N2--GSF ἀθῷος-A1--NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM πατάσσω-VA--AAPNSM πλήν-D ὁ- A--GSF ἀργία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποτίνω-VF--FAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἰατρεῖον-N2N-APN

20 ἐάν-C δέ-X τις- I--NSM πατάσσω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ῥάβδος-N2--DSF καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS3S ὑπό-P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GSM δίκη-N1--DSF ἐκδικέω-VC--APD3S

21 ἐάν-C δέ-X διαβιόω-VF--FMI2S ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF εἷς-A1A-ASF ἤ-C δύο-M οὐ-D ἐκδικέω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN γάρ-X ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

22 ἐάν-C δέ-X μάχομαι-V1--PMS3P δύο-M ἀνήρ-N3--NPM καί-C πατάσσω-VA--AAS3P γυνή-N3K-ASF ἐν-P γαστήρ-N3--DSF ἔχω-V1--PAPASF καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSN παιδίον-N2N-NSN αὐτός- D--GSF μή-D ἐκεἰκονίζω-VT--XPPNSN ἐπιζήμιον-N2N-ASN ζημιόω-VC--FPI3S καθότι-D ἄν-X ἐπιβάλλω-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γυνή-N3K-GSF δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S μετά-P ἀξίωμα-N3M-GSN

23 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐκεἰκονίζω-VT--XPPNSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S ψυχή-N1--ASF ἀντί-P ψυχή-N1--GSF

24 ὀφθαλμός-N2--ASM ἀντί-P ὀφθαλμός-N2--GSM ὀδούς-N3--ASM ἀντί-P ὀδούς-N3--GSM χείρ-N3--ASF ἀντί-P χείρ-N3--GSF πούς-N3D-ASM ἀντί-P πούς-N3D-GSM

25 κατάκαυμα-N3M-ASN ἀντί-P κατάκαυμα-N3M-GSN τραῦμα-N3M-ASN ἀντί-P τραῦμα-N3M-GSN μώλωψ-N3P-ASM ἀντί-P μώλωψ-N3P-GSM

26 ἐάν-C δέ-X τις- I--NSM πατάσσω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--ASM ὀφθαλμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM οἰκέτης-N1M-GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--ASM ὀφθαλμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF θεράπαινα-N1S-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκτυφλόω-VA--AAS3S ἐλεύθερος-A1A-APM ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GPM

27 ἐάν-C δέ-X ὁ- A--ASM ὀδούς-N3--ASM ὁ- A--GSM οἰκέτης-N1M-GSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--ASM ὀδούς-N3--ASM ὁ- A--GSF θεράπαινα-N1S-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκκόπτω-VA--AAS3S ἐλεύθερος-A1A-APM ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSM ὀδούς-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GPM

28 ἐάν-C δέ-X κερατίζω-VA--AAS3S ταῦρος-N2--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ἤ-C γυνή-N3K-ASF καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS3S λίθος-N2--DPM λιθοβολέω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSM ταῦρος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NPN κρέας-N3--NPN αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM ταῦρος-N2--GSM ἀθῷος-A1--NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

29 ἐάν-C δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM ταῦρος-N2--NSM κερατιστής-N1M-NSM εἰμί-V9--PAS3S πρό-P ὁ- A--GSF χθές-D καί-C πρό-P ὁ- A--GSF τρίτος-A1--GSF καί-C διαμαρτύρομαι-V1--PMS3P ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C μή-D ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἀναἔρχομαι-VD--APS3S δέ-X ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ἤ-C γυνή-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--NSM ταῦρος-N2--NSM λιθοβολέω-VC--FPI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM προσ ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI3S

30 ἐάν-C δέ-X λύτρον-N2N-NPN ἐπιβάλλω-VC--APS3S αὐτός- D--DSM δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S λύτρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅσος-A1--APN ἐάν-C ἐπιβάλλω-VB--AAS3P αὐτός- D--DSM

31 ἐάν-C δέ-X υἱός-N2--ASM ἤ-C θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF κερατίζω-VA--AAS3S κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN δικαίωμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM

32 ἐάν-C δέ-X παῖς-N3D-ASM κερατίζω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM ταῦρος-N2--NSM ἤ-C παιδίσκη-N1--ASF ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN τριάκοντα-M δίδραγμον-N2N-APN δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ταῦρος-N2--NSM λιθοβολέω-VC--FPI3S

33 ἐάν-C δέ-X τις- I--NSM ἀναοἴγω-VA--AAS3S λάκκος-N2--ASM ἤ-C λατομέω-VA--AAS3S λάκκος-N2--ASM καί-C μή-D καλύπτω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ἐνπίπτω-VB--AAS3S ἐκεῖ-D μόσχος-N2--NSM ἤ-C ὄνος-N2--NSM

34 ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM λάκκος-N2--GSM ἀποτίνω-VF--FAI3S ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--NSN δέ-X τελευτάω-VX--XAPNSN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

35 ἐάν-C δέ-X κερατίζω-VA--AAS3S τις- I--GSM ταῦρος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ταῦρος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D καί-C τελευτάω-VA--AAS3S ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--ASM ταῦρος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ζάω-V3--PAPASM καί-C διααἱρέω-VF2-FMI3P ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ταῦρος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM θνήσκω-VX--XAPASM διααἱρέω-VF2-FMI3P

36 ἐάν-C δέ-X γνωρίζω-V1--PMS3S ὁ- A--NSM ταῦρος-N2--NSM ὅτι-C κερατιστής-N1M-NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πρό-P ὁ- A--GSF χθές-D καί-C πρό-P ὁ- A--GSF τρίτος-A1--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C διαμαρτυρέω-VM--XMPNPM εἰμί-V9--PAS3P ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C μή-D ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἀποτίνω-VF--FAI3S ταῦρος-N2--ASM ἀντί-P ταῦρος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X τελευτάω-VX--XAPNSM αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

37 ἐάν-C δέ-X τις- I--NSM κλέπτω-VA--AAS3S μόσχος-N2--ASM ἤ-C πρόβατον-N2N-ASN καί-C σφάζω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASN ἤ-C ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AMS3S πέντε-M μόσχος-N2--APM ἀποτίνω-VF--FAI3S ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSM μόσχος-N2--GSM καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSN πρόβατον-N2N-GSN

   

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8906. 'You shall not steal' means that no one's spiritual goods or possessions must be taken away from him, and that things which are the Lord's must not be attributed to self. This is clear from the meaning of 'stealing' as taking spiritual goods or possessions away from someone. The reason why 'stealing' has these meanings is that wealth and riches in the spiritual sense are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, in general everything that composes the faith and charity, that is, the spiritual life a person has. Therefore taking these away from someone is what 'stealing' means in the spiritual sense. And since all spiritual goods or possessions, that is, everything composing faith and charity, come wholly from the Lord and not at all from man, 'stealing' also means attributing to self things which are the Lord's. People who do this are also called 'thieves' and 'robbers' in John,

Truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who is entering by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. I am the door of the sheep. All who were before Me were thieves and were robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me he will be saved, and will go in and out, and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come in order that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. John 10:1-13.

'Entering by the door into the sheepfold' doing so through the Lord, for the Lord is 'the door', as He Himself says. 'The sheep' are those who have charity and consequently faith, and they enter the fold through the Lord when they acknowledge that He is the source of everything composing faith and charity; for then these flow in from Him. But to attribute them to others, especially to self, is to take them away, which is 'to kill and destroy' them. People who attribute entirely to themselves those things which are the Lord's also assume that merit lies in works and consider themselves righteous; such people are dealt with in 1110, 1877, 2027, 2273, 2340, 2373, 2400, 3816, 4007 (end), 4174, 4943, 6388-6390, 6392, 6393, 6478. This then is 'stealing' in the spiritual sense, and it is what comes to mind with angels in heaven when a person reads in the Word about 'stealing'; for angels understand the Word wholly on a spiritual level.

[2] 'Stealing' has a like meaning in Hosea,

When I healed Israel the iniquity of Ephraim was revealed, and the evils of Samaria; for they practiced a lie, and a thief came, a band [of robbers] encircles the house. 1 Now their own works surround them before My face; they make a king glad through their wickedness, and princes through their lies. Hosea 7:1-3.

And in Joel,

The day of Jehovah comes. Fire devours before him, and behind him a flame burns; like the garden of Eden is the land before him, but behind him there is a desert waste. Its appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen, so they run. Like the noise of chariots over the peaks of mountains [they leap]. They run about the city, they run on the wall, they climb up into the houses, they go in through the windows like a thief. The earth quaked before him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars withdrew their shining. Joel 2:1-10.

This refers to the desolation of the Church, when falsities break in and destroy truths. These falsities are 'the thieves that climb up houses and go in through the windows'. Will anyone fail to wonder why it says that the day of Jehovah will be 'like the appearance of horses', and that at this time 'like horsemen, so they will run', 'they will run about the city, run on the wall, climb up into the houses, and go in through the windows', and 'the earth will quake, the heavens will tremble, the sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars will withdraw their shining'? The person who does not know anything about the internal sense and in his heart calls into doubt the holiness of the Word will say that these are simply words without anything of God concealed in them; and he will perhaps call the sayings meaningless. But the person who believes that the Word is most holy because it is Divine, and furthermore knows that there is an internal sense, in which the Church, heaven, and the Lord Himself are the subject, will profess that every word there carries weight. Therefore let a brief explanation be given of what the words and sayings there mean.

[3] 'The day of Jehovah' is the final state or final period of the Church, when there is no longer truth but falsity instead. 'The fire' which devours before him is the desire for evil, and 'the fire' which burns after him is the resulting desire for falsity. 'The appearance of horses' is intellectual powers that reason from falsity as if from truth; 'the horsemen' who run are reasoners; 'chariots' are matters of doctrine that uphold falsity; 'the city' is doctrine itself; 'the wall' on which they run is a false essential; 'the houses' which they will climb up are a person's will; 'the windows' which they will go in through are intellectual concepts; 'a thief' is falsity which takes away truth; 'the earth' which will quake before him is the Church, and so are 'the heavens' which will tremble; 'the sun' is love to the Lord, 'the moon' faith in Him, which are said 'to be darkened' when they are no longer apparent; 'the stars' are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth which will no longer possess light from faith and love, thus from heaven, meant by 'withdrawing their shining'. From all this one may recognize what these words in general imply, and also in what sense that day or final state of the Church is called 'a thief' who will climb up houses and go in through the windows - falsity which will at that time take possession of the entire person, of both his will and his understanding, and so will take away all truth and goodness. 'A thief' has a like meaning in Obadiah,

The Lord Jehovih said to Edom, If thieves come to you, if those who overturn in the night - how you will have been cut off! - will they not steal that which is enough for themselves? Obad. verses 1, 5.

'A thief' or 'one who steals' has a like meaning in Zechariah 5:1-4; Psalms 50:18-20; Matthew 6:19-20.

[4] As all the regulations which the Lord commanded the children of Israel were founded on the laws of order which exist in heaven, that is, they sprang from the spiritual world and derived their essential nature from there, this was no less so with the laws laid down regarding thefts, such as the law,

Anyone who has stolen an ox and sells it shall repay five, or four if one of the flock. Exodus 21:37. 2

Also these laws,

If a thief has been struck while breaking in, no blood [is required] for him; but if the sun has risen, blood [is required]. A thief must pay compensation or be sold. If [what he has stolen] is found in his hand he shall restore double. Exodus 22:2-4.

Anyone who steals a man and sells him - and he is found in his hand - shall surely die. Exodus 21:16.

If there is found a man who has stolen a soul from his brothers, from the children of Israel, and has made profit on him, when he has sold him, that thief shall be killed, so that you remove evil from the midst of you. Deuteronomy 24:7.

'Men from the children of Israel' in the internal sense are those who are governed by the truths and forms of the good of faith. Accordingly in the abstract sense they are the truths and forms of good themselves, 5414, 5879, 5951, so that 'stealing a man from the children of Israel' means taking these away, and 'selling him' means alienating them and also reducing them to a state of servitude. For since truths and forms of the good of faith come from the Lord they exist in a state of freedom, and are subservient to none except the Lord alone; but when they are alienated they come into a state of servitude since they are subservient to some evil of self-love or love of the world, thus to some bodily desire. This is how that law [in Deuteronomy 24:7] was derived and what it corresponds to; and since from being in freedom the Church's truth and good is reduced to subservience, and so from being living is made dead, the punishment, which is the outcome, is death.

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1. lit a troop spreads itself out of doors

2Exodus 22:1 in English Bibles

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