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maastamuutto 32:1

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1 Mutta kun kansa näki, että Mooses viipyi eikä tullut alas vuorelta, kokoontui kansa Aaronin ympärille ja sanoi hänelle: "Nouse, tee meille jumala, joka käy meidän edellämme. Sillä me emme tiedä, mitä on tapahtunut Moosekselle, tälle miehelle, joka johdatti meidät Egyptin maasta."

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Arcana Coelestia #10512

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10512. 'Which Aaron made' means that it exists as a result of the external things which alone they love. This is clear from the representation of 'Aaron' as the external side of the Word, the Church, and worship, dealt with in 10397, 10468, 10480. When the external alone is loved the external is said to make that [idol]; but the nation which loves external things alone should be understood by this.

  
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Exodus 32:25

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25 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),