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Shemot 12:20

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20 כָּל־מַחְמֶצֶת לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ בְּכֹל מֹושְׁבֹתֵיכֶם תֹּאכְלוּ מַצֹּות׃ ף

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7885

Studere hoc loco

  
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7885. 'Seven days' means what is holy. This is clear from the meaning of 'seven' as a number that implies holiness, and of 'seven days' as that which is holy. For 'seven' as a number implying holiness, see 395, 433, 716, 881, 5265, 5268.

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