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And Godsaid, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
852. 'The seventh month' means that which is holy. This is abundantly clear from what has been shown already in 84-87, 395, 716. This holiness corresponds here to what was said at Chapter 2:3 about the celestial man, that 'the seventh day was made holy because God rested on that day'.
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