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Ezekiel 5:1

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1 You, son of man, take a sharp sword; You shall take it as a barber's razor to you, and shall cause it to pass on your head and on your beard: then take balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Commentary

 

Pollution

  

In Leviticus 22:6, this signifies a state of being in falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 1666)

In Hosea 9:3, this signifies appropriating things impure and profane derived from reasoning. (Arcana Coelestia 4581[10], Apocalypse Explained 654[56]) 'Pollution' denotes the truth of faith defiled.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4504)