476. That 'male and female' means the marriage of faith and love has been stated and shown already. That is to say, 'male' or man (vir) means the understanding and what belongs to the understanding, and so what belongs to faith, while 'female' means the will, or what belongs to the will, and so what belongs to love. This also is why she was called Eve, from a word meaning life, which belongs to love alone. 'Female' therefore also means the Church, as also shown already, and 'male' the man (vir) of the Church. At present the subject is the state of the Church at the time it was spiritual and shortly to become celestial, which is why the word 'male' comes first, as it does also in 1:26-27. Furthermore the expression 'to create' has regard to the spiritual man. As soon however as that marriage has taken place, that is, the Church has become celestial, it is no longer called 'male and female' but 'Man' (Homo) who by virtue of the marriage means both. Consequently 'and He called their name Man', which means the Church, follows next.

8063. 'Within all your borders' means within the range of truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'borders' as the range of truth springing from good. For every truth has its own range, which is sometimes manifested in a sphere; and because it has its own range it has its own 'borders'. The sphere belonging to the range of truth is subject to the nature and amount of good, for good is like a flame and truth like the light from it. In the spiritual world a sphere extends to communities round about, and its range determines the range of communication there, see 6598-6613. Everyone in heaven has intelligence and wisdom, also happiness, in proportion to that extending sphere, that is, in proportion to the strength and at the same time the character of it. From this one may see what 'in all the borders' means in the spiritual sense, here that good must have nothing false within it. For false ideas lie outside the sphere; they begin where the truths leave off. But if they enter the sphere they are assimilated. The idea that they must not enter is meant by the words 'nothing made with yeast shall be seen among you' nor 'yeast within all your borders'.