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Bereshit 19:27

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27 וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר אֶל־הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר־עָמַד שָׁם אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה׃

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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' means that truth turned away from good and looked towards matters of doctrine. 'And she became a pillar of salt' means that all good accompanying truth was vastated.

  
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