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Exodus 20:5

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5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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Arcana Coelestia #8896

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8896. Verse 12 Honour your father and your mother, in order that your days may be prolonged on the land which Jehovah your God gives you.

'Honour your father and your mother' means love for goodness and truth, in the highest sense for the Lord and His kingdom. 'In order that your days may be prolonged on the land' means the resulting state of life in heaven. 'Which Jehovah your God gives you' means where the Divine is, and influx from Him.

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