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Genesi 35:1

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1 Iddio disse a Giacobbe: "Lèvati, vattene a Bethel, dimora quivi, e fa’ un altare all’Iddio che ti apparve, quando fuggivi dinanzi al tuo fratello Esaù".

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Arcana Coelestia #4401

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4401. 'And he set up an altar there' means interior worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'setting up an altar' as worship, for the altar was the chief representative of the Lord, 921, 2777, 2811, and therefore the chief feature of worship. By worship here is meant interior worship originating in the Divine Spiritual, dealt with in the paragraph following this.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Numbers 23:22-23

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22 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.

23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!