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Amos 4:11

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11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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Isaiah 45:6

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6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

解説

 

Heifer

  

'Heifer,' or 'cow' in a negative sense denotes falsities.

'The heifer whereby labor has not been done,' as mentioned in Deuteronomy 21:3, signifies the innocence of the external self in ignorance.

'The red heifer,' as mentioned in Numbers 19, signifies unclean truth of the natural principle which is cleaned by burnings.

In Numbers 19:2, this signifies the good of the natural man. (Apocalypse Explained 364[6])

(参照: Arcana Coelestia 4503 [1-11], Genesis 9, 15, 15:9)