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Esekiel 14:7

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7 For hver den av Israels hus og av de fremmede som bor i Israel, som skiller sig fra mig og gir sine motbydelige avguder rum i sitt hjerte og setter det som er ham et anstøt til misgjerning, for sine øine og så kommer til profeten for å spørre mig for sig, ham vil jeg, Herren, selv svare på min vis.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Nine Questions #9

  
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9. QUESTION 9.

If there was no man named Noah, why is it said in Ezekiel 14:14, 'Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job...'? I am not much bothered by these details, Mr. Hartley says, but I should like to put the question.

ANSWER

Noah is named in Ezekiel 14:14 because of his having been named in Genesis, and the meaning is therefore the same in the prophet as it is in Moses. This man with his three sons was significative of the subsequent church. See the discussion of this subject in the ARCANA COELESTIA.

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