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A peine ont-ils cessé de boire Qu'ils se livrent à la prostitution; Leurs chefs sont avides d'ignominie.
Osée 4:18
Judah and his tribe
In the highest sense 'Judah and his tribe' symbolizes the Lord in relation to celestial love, in the spiritual sense, the Lord's celestial kingdom and the Word, and in the natural sense, the doctrine of a celestial church drawn from the Word. 'Judah' symbolizes in its opposite sense the love of self.
(Reference: Apocalypse Explained 119; Apocalypse Revealed 350)
Leviticus 16:11-13
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And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
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And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
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And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
