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Exodus 7:16

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16 En gij zult tot hem zeggen: de HEERE, de God der Hebreen, heeft mij tot u gezonden, zeggende: Laat Mijn volk trekken, dat het Mij diene in de woestijn; doch zie, gij hebt tot nu toe niet gehoord.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7323

Studere hoc loco

  
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7323. 'Over their rivers, over their streams' means against teachings that consist of falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'rivers' and 'streams' as teachings. For 'water' means falsities, see above in 7307, and therefore 'rivers' and 'streams', which are gatherings of them, are teachings, here teachings consisting of falsity. 'Rivers' are attributes of intelligence, and so are matters of truth, see 2702, 30511 and therefore in the contrary sense they are the opposite of intelligence, and so are matters of falsity.

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