47. That these words contain arcana concerning regeneration becomes additionally clear from the fact that verse 24 above spoke of the earth bringing forth 'living creatures, beasts, and wild animals of the earth', while in the verse that followed the order was different, namely that God made the wild animals of the earth first and then the beasts. Indeed a person does first produce things so to speak from himself, and continues to do so until he becomes celestial. And so regeneration begins with the external man and moves on to the internal. This is why there is a different order here, with external things coming first.

7241. 'That Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instruction from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'Jehovah speaking' as instruction once again, dealt with in 7226; and from the representation of 'Moses' as the law from God, dealt with in 6771, 6827.