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1 Mose 49:20

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20 Von Asser kommt sein fett Brot, und er wird den Königen zu Gefallen tun.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Apocalypse Explained #437

Studere hoc loco

  
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437. Verse 6. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. "Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand" signifies charity towards the neighbour, and that all who are in that are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand," signifies regeneration and temptation. "Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the goods of life thence; and that all these are in the second heaven, and come into that heaven.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 48:35

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35 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.