Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 1553

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1553. Verse 3 And he went in accordance with his journeys from the south and even to Bethel, even to the place where his tent had been at the start, between Bethel and Ai.

'He went in accordance with his journeys' means as accorded with order. 'From the south and even to Bethel' means from the light of intelligence into the light of wisdom. 'Even to the place where his tent had been before' means towards the holy things which were there before He had been endowed with cognitions. 'Between Bethel and Ai' means here, as previously, the celestial and the worldly aspects of cognitions.


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