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BaMidbar 15:7

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7 ויין לנסך שלשית ההין תקריב ריח־ניחח ליהוה׃

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Life #78

Studere hoc loco

  
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78. We can tell from what the Lord says in Matthew that adultery also means lecherous behavior, lewd conversation, and filthy thoughts:

You have heard that it was said by the ancients, "You are not to commit adultery;" but I tell you that anyone who has looked at someone else's wife in order to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matthew 5:27-28)

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

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Matthew 12:39

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39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.