Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8292

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8292. 'I will divide the spoil' means servitude. This is clear from the meaning of 'spoil' as those who have been placed in subjection, so that 'dividing the spoil' means sharing out among themselves those reduced to being slaves, and so means servitude.


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