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1 Mosebok 4:3

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3 Och efter någon tid hände sig att Kain av markens frukt bar fram en offergåva åt HERREN.

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Arcana Coelestia #376

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376. From this it follows that the “crying of bloods” signifies the accusation of guilt; for those who use violence are held guilty. As in David:

Evil shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the righteous shall be guilty (Psalms 34:21).

In Ezekiel:

Thou city art become guilty by the blood which thou hast shed (Ezekiel 22:4).

  
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