8075. 'And all offspring opening it among the beasts' means all charity belonging to the new birth. This is clear from the meaning of 'whatever opens the womb' as faith springing from charity, which belongs to the new birth, dealt with in 8043; and from the meaning of offspring of the beasts' as the affection for good, dealt with in 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 1823, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198, thus the good of charity.

713. Verse 2 Of every clean beast you shall take for yourself seven and seven of each, male and its mate, ¹ and of beasts that are not clean, pairs of each, male and its mate. ¹

'Every clean beast' means affections for good. 'Sevens of each' means that they are holy. 'Male and mate' ¹ means that truths were joined to goods. 'The beast that is not clean' means evil affections. 'Two of each' means that in relation to goods they are unholy. 'Male and mate' ¹ means falsities joined to evils.

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