Bibliorum

 

5 Mose 11:22

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22 Denn wo ihr diese Gebote alle werdet halten, die ich euch gebiete, daß ihr danach tut, daß ihr den HERRN, euren Gott, liebet und wandelt in allen seinen Wegen und ihm anhanget,

Commentarius

 

Herb

  

'Herb bearing seed,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:29, signifies truth in terms of its use. (Arcana Coelestia 57) Every herb in the Bible signifies some type of knowledge.

'Green herbs,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:30, mean food for the natural man.

'Eating the herb of the field,' as mentioned in Genesis 3:18, signifies that a person should live as a beast.

'Herb of the field' signifies spiritual truth.

(Notae: Arcana Coelestia 7626)


Bibliorum

 

Genesis 1:30

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30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.