The KJV Holy Bible

 

Deuteronomy Chapter Nineteen

 

1 When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

8 And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Deuteronomy Chapter Nineteen: The Cities of Refuge and the Architecture of Karmic Justice 

"Chapter Nineteen establishes the Vital Spiritual failsafes required when navigating the complex Transmutational landscape of the Psyche. The Sovereign Will provides structural sanctuaries for Internal Faculties that experience accidental, unmalicious Spiritual fractures, while setting unyielding boundaries against false witness and deliberate egoic malice."

 

 

Verses 1-13: The Cities of Refuge and Unintentional Karmic Error - "When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations... Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land... that every slayer may flee thither... Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past... he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live..." 

The establishment of the three cities of refuge represents the Profound Mercy of the Hermetic framework. During the Intense Alchemical work of dismantling old ego structures, an Internal Faculty may inadvertently cause Spiritual damage or "slay" a developing Thought-Form without deliberate malice ("ignorantly, whom he hated not"). If left unprotected, the strict, immediate Karmic backlash of the lower Astral plane would instantly crush that developing aspect of the Mind. The Sovereign Will mandates that these accidental errors can immediately flee to a designated City of Refuge—an Elevated, Protected node of Consciousness. Here, the faculty is shielded until the High-priest (the Centralized Christos Frequency) cycles out of its active phase, ensuring that unintentional mistakes do not permanently fracture the Microcosm.

 

 

Verses 14: The Boundary Stone and the Integrity of Inheritance - "Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance... " 

The "landmark" is the Absolute Energetic boundary established by the foundational Spiritual Principles of the Higher Mind. The Orthodox Intellect is strictly forbidden from shifting these boundaries or encroaching upon established sacred territory for personal convenience. To move the landmark is to blur the distinct lines between the Refined Spiritual Faculties and the chaotic lower Astral plane, instantly inviting confusion and structural collapse into the Internal Architecture.

 

 

Verses 15-21: The Single Witness and the Law of Strict Retribution - "One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin... at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established... If a false witness rise up against any man... Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother..." 

Truth within the Microcosm can never be established by a single, isolated subjective Impression or fleeting Emotional whim. The Hermetic Law requires the confirmation of "two or three witnesses"—the Harmonious agreement of Intellect, Emotion, and Intuition—to validate any Psychological direction. Furthermore, the chapter outlines the strict Law of Energetic mirroring regarding deceit. If a false, malicious Thought-Form attempts to bear witness against the emerging Christos Frequency, that exact destructive frequency rebounds instantly onto the instigator. The false ego is subjected to the very destruction it plotted, Ensuring Absolute Energetic Justice and Purity Within the Inner Sanctuary.