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Exodus 21:26

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26 `And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

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Arcana Coelestia # 9070

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9070. But if the ox were wont to strike with his horn from yesterday the day before yesterday. That this signifies if the affection of evil has existed for a long time, is evident from the signification of “an ox wont to strike with the horn,” as being the affection of evil (see n. 9065); and from the signification of “yesterday the day before yesterday,” as being a preceding state and time (n. 6983, 7114), thus what has been previously, and for a long time.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 5913

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5913. And thy flocks, and thy herds. That this signifies natural good interior and exterior, is evident from the signification of “flock,” as being interior good (see n. 2566), here interior natural good, because they were the flocks of Israel, by whom is represented spiritual good from the natural (n. 5906); and from the signification of “herd,” as being exterior natural good. That by “herd” is signified exterior good, and by “flocks” interior good, is because the beasts which constituted the herd, as oxen and bullocks, in the sacrifices signified the external goods of charity, also the goods of the external man; but those which constituted the flocks, as lambs, sheep, and goats, signified the internal goods of charity, also the goods of the internal man; and therefore they who are in these latter goods are called in the Word by the one word “flock,” and he who leads them is called the “shepherd.”

  
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