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Numbers 23:20

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20 Behold, a blessing I have received, and He has blessed; and not turned· it ·back.


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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In Genesis 4:23, this signifies to extinguish faith. (Arcana Coelestia 427)

'The slain of Jehovah' signify people who turn truths into falsities, which causes them to perish.

'The slain,' in Lamentations 2:12 signify people who do not know what the truths of faith mean.

'The slain' when referring to the Lord in Revelation 5 means the separation of everything from the divine. In denial of His divinity, He is spiritually slain to people and this denial causes a state of separation from Him.

(Referenties: Lamentations 2; The Apocalypse Explained 828)