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Genesis 19:9

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9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2415

Studere hoc loco

  
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2415. And it came to pass when they were leading them forth abroad. That this signifies the state when they were being withheld from falsity and evil, is evident from what was said just above (n. 2413 n. 2388, 2411).

  
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