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Genesis 19:1

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1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

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Arcana Coelestia #2365

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2365. 'Only do nothing to those men' means that they were to do no violence to the Lord's Divine Human and His Holy proceeding. This is clear from the meaning of 'the men' or angels, dealt with above.

  
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