Bibliorum

 

Exodus 22:7

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7 If a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief shall be found, let him pay double.

Commentarius

 

Smith, smootheth with the hammer

  

In Genesis 27:11, this signifies the respective quality of natural truth. (Arcana Coelestia 3527)

In Psalm 55:21, this signifies false as self-love. (Arcana Coelestia 3527)

In Luke 3:5, this signifies the removal of states of temptation with regeneration, and the transformation of falsities of ignorance into truths. (Arcana Coelestia 3527[3])

In Isaiah 41:7, 'Smith' relates to evil, and 'smootheth with the hammer,' to what is false.