Arcana Coelestia # 1454
1454. And he built an altar to Jehovah. That this signifies the external worship of His Father from that state, is evident from the signification of “an altar,” as being the principal representative of worship n. 921).
Judges 20:26-27
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Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
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The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,