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Arcana Coelestia #7834

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7834. 'And if the household is too small for a member of the flock' means if the individual type of good is insufficient for innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'the household' as an individual type of good, dealt with immediately above in 7833; from the meaning of 'being too small' as being insufficient; and from the meaning of 'a member of the flock' as innocence, also dealt with just above, in 7832.

  
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The Bible

 

Leviticus 4:31

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31 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.