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出埃及记 30:33

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33 凡调和与此相似的,或将这膏膏在别身上的,这要从民中剪除。

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诗篇 141:2

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2 愿我的祷告如香陈列在你面前!愿我举手祈求,如献晚祭!

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Apocalypse Explained #1149

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1149. Verse 13. And cinnamon and incense, and ointment and frankincense, and wine and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts of burden and sheep; and horses and carriages, and slaves and souls of men.

"And cinnamon and incense," signify worship from celestial love, profaned; "and ointment and frankincense," worship from spiritual love, profaned; "and wine and oil," signify worship from truths and goods that are from a celestial origin, profaned; "and fine flour and wheat," signifies worship from truths and goods that are from a spiritual origin, profaned; "and beasts of burden and sheep," signify worship from truths and goods that are from a spiritual-natural origin, profaned; "and horses and carriages (rhedas)," worship from truths and goods that are from a rational origin, profaned; "and slaves and souls of men," signify worship from truths and goods that are from a natural-sensual origin, profaned.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.