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Ezekiel 41:19

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19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.

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Exodus 30:1

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1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

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Arcana Coelestia #577

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577. Twelve means faith, or those things in their entirety that belong to love and faith deriving from it. Many details from the Word may confirm this - the twelve sons of Jacob and their names, the twelve tribes of Israel, and the Lord's twelve disciples. These matters however will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with later on, in particular in Genesis 29, 30.

  
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