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Genesis 19:8

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8 εισιν δε μοι δυο θυγατερες αι ουκ εγνωσαν ανδρα εξαξω αυτας προς υμας και χρησασθε αυταις καθα αν αρεσκη υμιν μονον εις τους ανδρας τουτους μη ποιησητε μηδεν αδικον ου εινεκεν εισηλθον υπο την σκεπην των δοκων μου

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2365

Studere hoc loco

  
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2365. 'Only do nothing to those men' means that they were to do no violence to the Lord's Divine Human and His Holy proceeding. This is clear from the meaning of 'the men' or angels, dealt with above.

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