Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10039

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10039. 'It is a sin [offering]' means that which has been purified in this manner from evils and falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'sin', when this word is used to mean a sacrifice, as purification from evils and falsities. For in the original language, when sacrifices are the subject, sin is used to mean a sacrifice for sin; and by sacrifice purification from evils and falsities is meant, 9990, 9991. The fact that in the Word a sacrifice for sin is called a sin [offering], see Lev 4:3,8,14,20,21,24,25,29,33,34; 5:6,8,9; 6:17,25,26,30, and elsewhere.


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