7262. This explains why those same names occur in the Word, and why they mean people who are such in a spiritual sense. Essentially the Word consists of nothing other than teachings about love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, as the Lord also teaches,
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. The second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments the Law and the Prophets depend. Matt 22:37-40.
The Law and the Prophets are the whole Word.
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