Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 638

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638. Verse 14 Make yourself an ark of planks of gopher; you shall make the ark with rooms and cover ita inside and out with bitumen.

'The ark' means the member of this Church. 'Planks of gopher' means his lusts. 'Rooms' means the two parts of man - that of the will and that of the understanding. 'Bitumening it inside and out with bitumena means preservation from the deluge of evil desires.

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a lit. bitumen it


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