Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2964

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2964. 'And Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver' means redemption. This is clear from the meaning of 'weighing out the silver' as buying, and in the spiritual sense as redeeming. 'Silver' here has the same meaning as four hundred shekels, which, as shown above in 2959, mean the price of redemption.


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