53. Verse 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. 'Image' is mentioned twice here for the reason that faith, which resides in the understanding, is called 'His own image', while love, which resides in the will, is called 'the image of God'. The latter comes second in a spiritual man but first in a celestial man.

2006. 'Multitude' means truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a multitude' as truth, dealt with already in 1941, and from the meaning of 'being multiplied' as having reference to truth, dealt with in 43, 55, 913, 983