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And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
'Sons of the stranger' signify counterfeit truths, or falsities. 'Our sons' signify the doctrines of truth, and 'our daughters,' the doctrines of good, as in Psalm 144:11-12.
(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 489; Psalms 144:11)
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I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.