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Exodus 21:20

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20 And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #9183

Studere hoc loco

  
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9183. 'And lies with her' means a wrongful joining together. This is clear from the meaning of 'lying with a virgin who has [not] been betrothed' as a wrongful joining together. For 'being betrothed' means a joining of the internal man, whereas 'lying with' means a joining of the external man, dealt with immediately above in 9182.

  
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