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1 Mosebok 15:18

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18 Den dag gjorde Herren en pakt med Abram og sa: Din ætt gir jeg dette land, fra Egyptens elv like til den store elv, elven Frat,

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Arcana Coelestia #1827

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1827. That “a turtle-dove” signifies the representatives of exterior spiritual things, and “a young pigeon” the representatives of interior spiritual things, may be seen from what has been said respecting celestial things, of which the exterior were signified by the “heifer,” the interior by the “she-goat,” and the intermediate by the “ram.”

  
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