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Judges 1:7

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7 and Adoni-Bezek saith, `Seventy kings -- their thumbs and their great toes cut off -- have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;' and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there.

Commentary

 

Donkeys

  

Donkeys signify things relating to the intelligence of the sensual man; and camels, the things of intelligence in the natural man. (Isaiah 30:6, 7)

In Genesis 12:16, donkeys signify earthly knowledge. (Arcana Coelestia 1486)

In 1 Samuel 9:3, donkeys signify the Lord's preparation for His natural life on Earth. (Arcana Coelestia 2781[5])

In Luke 19:28, 41, a donkey and the foal of an donkey signify the natural man as to good and truth.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 654)

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Isaiah 30:6

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6 The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.