Well
'A well,' or 'pit,' as in Luke 14:5, signifies falsity and the evil of falsity. 'A well,' as in Numbers 21:17-18, signifies the Word of the ancient church.
(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 3124; Numbers 21:17, 21:18)
Numbers 21:18
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the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles." From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;
