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Ezekiel 20:40

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40 In my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel serve me; all of them I say, in the land in which they shall please me, and there will I require your firstfruits, and the chief of your tithes with all your sanctifications.

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Stretch out the earth and heavens

  

This is a common phrase in the prophets when discussing spiritual regeneration.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 25; Isaiah 44:24)

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Numbers 20:13

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13 This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.