8909. Verse 17 You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, nor his male slave nor his female slave, nor his ox nor his ass, nor anything that is your neighbour's means that one must be on one's guard against self-love and love of the world, and so one must take care to prevent the evils contained in the preceding commandments from becoming present in the will and consequently going out of it.
Matthew 5:27-30
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Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
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And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Arcana Coelestia # 2931
2931. 'To let me bury my dead from before me' means that they wished to emerge from night and rise again. This is clear from the meaning of 'burying' as rising again, and of 'one who is dead' as night as regards the goods and truths of faith, dealt with above in 2923, 2925, where the same words occur.
