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2 Mosebok 9:7

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7 Og Farao sendte bud, og da var det ikke død et eneste liv av Israels fe; men Faraos hjerte blev hårdt, og han lot ikke folket fare.

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Arcana Coelestia #7561

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7561. 'The hail will come down on them and they will die' means that it - what belongs to the Church - will be completely destroyed by falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hail' as falsity arising from evil, and consequently the laying waste of goodness and truth by means of falsities, dealt with in 7553; and from the meaning of 'dying' as ceasing to exist, dealt with in 494, 6587, 6593, and since it is used in connection with the laying waste of goodness and truth, being destroyed is meant.

  
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