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Exodus 19:9

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9 The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to The Lord.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #8766

Studere hoc loco

  
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8766. 'And now, if you will indeed hear My voice' means the acceptance of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'hearing' as obedience, dealt with in 2542, 3869, 4652-4660, and since 'hearing' is obedience it is also acceptance, 5471, 5475, 7216; and from the meaning of 'the voice of Jehovah' as the Word, and so God's truth, dealt with in 219, 220, 6971, 7573.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.