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Éxodo 21:20

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20 Y si alguno hiriere a su siervo o a su sierva con palo, y muriere bajo su mano, será castigado;

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Arcana Coelestia #9091

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9091. 'And it dies' means so severely that the good affection perishes. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying' as perishing; and from the meaning of 'the ox that has died from the blow struck by the other ox' as a good affection, dealt with immediately above in 9090.

  
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