Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9722

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9722. 'And you shall overlay it with bronze' means a representative sign of the good. This is clear from the meaning of 'bronze' as natural or external good, dealt with in 425, 1551. The fact that overlaying and covering with bronze is a representative sign of that good is self-evident.


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