Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4613

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4613. 'To Mamre, Kiriath Arba' means its state. This is clear from the meaning of 'Mamre' as the nature and extent of that to which it is allied, dealt with in 2970, and from the meaning of 'Kiriath Arba' as the Church as regards truth, dealt with in 2909, and so means truth. Hence 'Mamre, Kiriath Arba' means the state of the natural as regards truth, and 'Hebron' its state as regards good, dealt with immediately below.


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