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Weal Well Being N Red Swollen Mark Left Skin

Word weal (not well-being)
Definition n. A red, swollen mark left on the skin by a blow.
Sentence And I saw the blood coming from weals from the scourging, and in my vision it ran so abundantly that it seemed to me that if at that moment it had been natural blood, the whole bed would have been blood-soaked and even the floor around.
Source Revelations of Divine Love, the Short Text section 8, p. 12

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