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Exodus 23:3

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3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

Commentary

 

Oxen and cows

  

'Oxen and cows' signify natural goods. 'Oxen' or 'calves' also signify the affections of the natural mind.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2179)

Commentary

 

Hittite

  

'Hittites' can also signify what is false, and 'Amorites' what is evil, as in Ezekiel 16:45.

'Hittites, Perizzites, and Rephaim,' as mentioned in Genesis 15:20, signify persuasions of false ideas.

'A Hittite' in a good sense, signifies the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. The Hittites were among the upright Gentiles in the land of Canaan.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2913, 3470)