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1 Mose 19:4

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4 Noch hatten sie sich nicht niedergelegt, da umringten die Männer der Stadt, die Männer von Sodom, das Haus, vom Jüngling bis zum Greise, das ganze Volk insgesamt.

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Arcana Coelestia #2393

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2393. That the “place” is a state of evil, is evident from the signification of “place,” as being state (see above, n. 1273 to 1275, 1377), here a state of evil, because it was Sodom, by which is signified evil in general (n. 2220, 2246, 2322).

  
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