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Ezekiel 20:7

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7 Then said I to them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

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Ezekiel 20:31

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31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2185

Studere hoc loco

  
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2185. 'And set it before them' means that He so prepared Himself to receive. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'setting before them' in the internal sense, where the subject is the preparing of the rational to receive perception from the Divine, and so is clear without further explanation.

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