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Genesis 1:18

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18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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Arcana Coelestia #10045

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10045. 'And you shall slaughter the ram' means preparation for purification of the internal man. This is clear from the meaning of 'slaughtering', when the subject is a sacrifice or a burnt offering, as preparation for purification, dealt with in 10024; and from the meaning of 'the ram' as in respect of the internal man, dealt with above in 10042.

  
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Isaiah 44:6

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6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: "I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.