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3 Mose 3:5

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5 Und die Söhne Aarons sollen es auf dem Altar räuchern, auf dem Brandopfer, welches auf dem Holze über dem Feuer ist: es ist ein Feueropfer lieblichen Geruchs dem Jehova.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #10073

Studere hoc loco

  
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10073. 'And the omentum on the liver' means the more internal, purified good of the natural man. This is clear from the meaning of 'the omentum on the liver' as the more internal good of the external or natural man, dealt with in 10031. The reason why purified good is meant is that the liver is a purifying organ, 10031; and since purified truth is meant by 'the kidneys', 10032, it is also stated in Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15, that the omentum near by the kidneys must be removed.

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