1474. .'And they will slay me and let you live' means that they would have no interest in the celestial things, only in the mere cognitions, [which they would carry away]. This is clear from what has just been stated.
[1474a] Verse 13 Say, now, you are my sister, so that it may go well for me for your sake, and my soul may live because of you.
'Say, now, you are my sister' means intellectual truth, which is 'a sister'. 'So that it may go well for me for your sake' means in this way the celestial could not have any violence done to it. 'And my soul may live because of you' means that in this way the celestial could be saved.
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