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Exodus 16:35

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35 En de kinderen Israels aten Man veertig jaren, totdat zij in een bewoond land kwamen; zij aten Man, totdat zij kwamen aan de pale van het land Kanaan.

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Arcana Coelestia #8531

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8531. 'And put an omerful of man[na] in it' means good within it, as much as it can hold. This is clear from the meaning of 'an omerful' as, as much as it can hold; and from the meaning of 'man[na]' as spiritual good or the good of truth, dealt with in 8462, 8464.

  
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