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Genesis 1:13

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13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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Arcana Coelestia #61

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61. Everything that has to do with cognitions of faith is called spiritual, and everything that has to do with love to the Lord and towards the neighbour is called celestial. The former belong to man's understanding, the latter to his will.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

Commentary

 

Two and a half

  

In Exodus 25:10, this signifies much and full; when predicated of the Divine it signifies all. Its meaning is similar to that of five and ten.