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Genesis 13:13

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13 and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

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Arcana Coelestia #1559

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1559. Unto the place of the altar. That this signifies the holy things of worship, is evident from the signification of an “altar,” as being the principal representative of worship (concerning which, see n. 921).

  
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