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Genesis 31:52

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52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

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Arcana Coelestia #4204

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4204. 'This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness' means confirmation. This is clear from the meaning of 'a witness' as confirmation - of good by means of truth, meant by' the pillar', and of truth derived from good, meant by 'the heap', dealt with above in 4197.

  
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