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Genesis 28:18

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18 And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.

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Arcana Coelestia #1993

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1993. 'Walk before Me' means the truth of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'walking' as living according to the truth of faith, dealt with in 519, and also from the meaning of 'the way' - in that walking may be used in reference to 'the way'- as truth, dealt with in 627.

  
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