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Genesis 19:1

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1 And there came two angels to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot seeing them, rose to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face towards the ground;

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Arcana Coelestia #2392

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2392. That “whomsoever thou hast in the city,” denotes whatever derives anything from truth, is evident from the signification of a “city,” as being what is doctrinal, thus truth in its complex (see n. 402, 2268).

  
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