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Exodus 12:28

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28 καί-C ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καθά-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-DSM καί-C *ααρων-N---DSM οὕτως-D ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P

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Arcana Coelestia #8000

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8000. 'When you have circumcised him' means on being purified from filthy kinds of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'being circumcised' as being purified from self-love and love of the world, thus from filthy kinds of love, dealt with in 2039, 2056, 2632, 3412, 3413, 4462, 7045.

  
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