Angels with a flamingsword were set as sentries at the gates of Paradise to bar our return.
天命们手执直冒火焰的利剑,被派去守卫天堂的大门,不许我们重返乐园。
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Then, suddenly, the Baal Shem Tov sees before him 'a flamingsword, turning this way and that,' and decides to turn back.
可是,突然,巴尔·谢姆·托夫看到他身前有“一把燃着火焰的宝剑,转动挥舞着”,于是决定掉头回去。
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And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flamingsword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.