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Genesis 26:9

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9 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

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Arcana Coelestia #3457

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3457. And they did eat and drink. That this signifies communication, is evident from the signification of “eating,” as being to be communicated in respect to the things that are of good (n. 2187, 2343, 3168); and from the signification of “drinking,” as being to be communicated in respect to the things that are of truth (n. 3089, 3168).

  
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Leviticus 22:4-7

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4 "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;

5 or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

6 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.

7 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.