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Jeremiah 39:23

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23 καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN πρόσταγμα-N3M-DPN σύ- P--GS οὐ-D πορεύομαι-VCI-API3P ἅπας-A3--APN ὅς- --APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI2S αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S συνβαίνω-VZ--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN κακός-A1--APN οὗτος- D--APN

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Apocalypse Explained #432

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432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

"Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the good of life thence.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Isaiah 43:6

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6 I will tell the north, 'Give them up!' and tell the south, 'Don't hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth--