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2 Mose 9:24

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24 Und es kam Hagel, und Feuer, mitten im Hagel sich ineinander schlingend, (Eig. zusammengeballtes Feuer mitten im Hagel) sehr schwer, desgleichen im ganzen Lande Ägypten nicht gewesen war, seitdem es eine Nation geworden ist.

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Arcana Coelestia #7614

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7614. 'And he continued to sin' means a departure still further away. This is clear from the meaning of 'continuing' as even more and further still; and from the meaning of 'sinning' as a cutting off, departure, and separation from goodness and truth, dealt with in 5229, 5474, 5841, 7589.

  
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