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1 Mose 19:20

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20 Siehe doch, diese Stadt ist nahe, um dahin zu fliehen, und sie ist klein; laß mich doch dahin mich retten (ist sie nicht klein?), damit meine Seele am Leben bleibe.

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Arcana Coelestia #2453

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2453. Verse 26. And his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. “His wife looked back behind him,” signifies that truth turned itself away from good, and looked to doctrinal things; “and she became a pillar of salt,” signifies that all the good of truth was vastated.

  
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