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Genesis 12:8

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8 A odtud podal se k hoře, kteráž leží na východ od Bethel, kdežto rozbil stan svůj, tak že mu Bethel byl na západ, Hai pak na východ; i vzdělal tam oltář Hospodinu, a vzýval jméno Hospodinovo.

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Arcana Coelestia #1448

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1448. 'And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him' means initial worship of His Father from the celestial, which essentially is love. This is clear from the meaning of 'an altar' as the chief representative in worship, 921.

  
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