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Genesis 1:6

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6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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In Genesis 9:23, this signifies that they did not attend to errors and perversions. (Arcana Coelestia 1086, 1088)

In Luke 9:62, this signifies that one who is in good should not betake himself to doctrinal matters. (Arcana Coelestia 5895[5])

In Genesis 49:17, this signifies departure from truth, or from understanding the Word. (Arcana Coelestia 6401)

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Arcana Coelestia #9630

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9630. 'And you shall make a covering for the tent' means a mantle [around that heaven]. This is clear without explanation, for the covering made from the skins of red rams made a mantle over and around the tent.

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