26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Go to Anathoth, unto thy fields; for thou◦art a man◦ of death; but I will· not ·put· thee ·to··death on◦this day, for thou didst bear the ark of the LordJehovih*beforeDavid my father, and because◦ thou wast afflicted in all wherein◦ my father was afflicted.
L'explication
Par Henry MacLagan
Verse 26. After which follows the rejection of the evil of external worship separated from internal, which appertains to imperfect spiritual states, and does not agree with the celestial state; yet it is not to be destroyed, because it is a means leading to good, and contributes to the support of the spiritual church in states of temptation.
Étude de la signification intérieure
Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.