Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9899

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9899. 'And the breastplate will not come away from upon the ephod' means that all things in heaven are inseparable from the outermost parts of the spiritual kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of 'not coming away from' as not being separated; from the meaning of 'the breastplate' as a representative sign of all things composing heaven, dealt with in 9879, 9887; and from the meaning of 'the ephod' as the whole outermost part of the spiritual kingdom, dealt with in 9824, 9896.


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