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And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying : Save thy life : look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but Save thyself in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.
86. The love of self, especially of ruling, and still thinking from the Word is adultery such as there was at Sodom; which is why they demanded the angels from Lot's house.
Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.