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Arcana Coelestia #491

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491. The same things are signified by “sons” and “daughters” in this chapter (verses 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 26, 30), but such as is the church, such are the “sons and daughters” that is, such are the goods and truths; the truths and goods here spoken of are such as were distinctly perceived, because they are predicated of the Most Ancient Church, the principal and parent of all the other and succeeding churches.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #9504

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9504. 'Which I shall give you' means its representative. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses', the one to whom it was going to be given, as the Lord in respect of Divine truth, dealt with in 9372.

  
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