62. The stages and states of the regeneration of man - both of mankind and of the individual person - divide into six and are called the days of his creation. Gradually from being no man at all, he first becomes something, though only little, then something more, until the sixth day is reached, when he becomes 'an image'.

6780. 'And Moses rose up and helped them' means aid brought by truths which the law from God possesses. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as truth which the law from God possesses, dealt with above in 6771; and from the meaning of 'helping' as bringing aid.