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Exodus 40:4

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4 And thou shalt bring·​·in the table, and shalt arrange its arrangement; and thou shalt bring·​·in the lampstand, and shalt cause the flame of its lamps to go·​·up*.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Commentary

 

Wall, rampart, gates, and bars

  

In Lamentations 2:8-9, the 'wall,' 'rampart,' 'gates,' and 'bars' signify doctrines.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 402; Lamentations 2, 2:8, 2:9)

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Lamentations 2:13

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13 What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?

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