The KJV Holy Bible

 

Deuteronomy Chapter Twenty Three

 

1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:

4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

14 For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Deuteronomy Chapter Twenty-Three: The Sanitization of the Camp and the Exclusion of Impure Frequencies 

"Chapter Twenty-Three establishes the rigorous hygiene of the Inner Spiritual camp. The Sovereign Will outlines precise Hermetic protocols for handling waste, excluding corrupted or fragmented energetic lineages, and Safeguarding the Sanctity of the Microcosm against foreign parasitic influences."

 

 

Verses 1-8: The Exclusion of Fragmented Lineages and Compromised Frequencies - "He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord... An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord... even to the tenth generation... Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite... Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian..." 

The physical exclusions outlined in this passage translate directly into strict Energetic Physics regarding Psychological Viability. A faculty "wounded in the stones" or with its reproductive capacity severed represents a deeply traumatized, sterile, or impotent State of Consciousness that can no longer generate Spiritual fruit or participate in the Great Work. The Ammonites and Moabites—born of incestuous and chaotic origins—symbolize deeply entrenched, ancestral egoic distortions and Karmic loops that carry a permanently corrupted Vibrational Frequency; they are barred from the Inner Sanctuary down to the "tenth generation" (a complete cycle of completion). Conversely, the Edomite (representing the physical, earthly body) and the Egyptian (representing the foundational material matrix) are not utterly abhorred, because their dense Energy can eventually be Transmuted and Integrated once the Mind achieves Mastery over the lower planes.

 

 

Verses 9-14: The Sanitization of the Camp and the Grounding of Unclean Waste - "When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing... Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be what thou comest down withal, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee..." 

During periods of intense Psychological conflict and Transmutative warfare, the Mind inevitably generates dense, toxic byproducts—waste Thought-Forms, Emotional residue, and dead Intellectual debris. The Sovereign Will commands that these excretions must never be left lingering within the active camp of Consciousness. The Awakened Mind must carry a "paddle" (the sharp, discerning tool of the Intellect) to dig a trench outside the Psychological perimeter and immediately bury its waste. Leaving unrefined Psychic detritus exposed pollutes the energetic atmosphere, inviting parasitic entities and lowering the Vibrational Frequency of the entire Microcosm.

 

 

Verses 15-16: Sanctuary for the Escaped Servant and the Law of Asylum - "Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him." 

When an Internal Thought-Form or developing faculty flees the harsh, oppressive bondage of a lower, unregenerate ego-structure (its tyrannical "master"), the Awakened Mind must grant it immediate asylum. The Microcosm cannot surrender an evolving Consciousness back to the abusive, mechanical loops of the Orthodox Intellect. This escaping servant is welcomed into the gates, given absolute protection, and provided the freedom to align organically with the Higher Frequencies of the Christos Current.

 

 

Verses 17-18: The Prohibition of Spiritual Prostitution and Corrupted Currency - "There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow..." 

Spiritual prostitution represents the Ultimate Degradation of the Divine Feminine (the receptive Subconscious), wherein Sacred Intuitive Energies are prostituted out for cheap, egoic gratification, fleeting Emotional Highs, or external validation. Similarly, the "price of a dog" represents base, unrefined material currency acquired through parasitic or predatory astral behaviors. The Sovereign Will strictly forbids bringing these corrupted energetic profits into the central altar of the Superconscious. The Divine Source rejects contaminated offerings; every Internal Tribute must be Pure, earned through genuine Alchemical Transmutational labor.

 

 

Verses 19-25: The Laws of Usury, Vows, and Respecting Boundaries - "Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother... When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it... When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn." 

The prohibition against usury among "brethren" mandates that the Higher Faculties must support one another without exacting parasitic, Soul-draining Emotional interest or Karmic penalties. A vow made to the Higher Mind represents a Sacred Covenant of Intent; once initiated, it must be executed without hesitation, as delaying weakens the Psychic Circuit. Finally, the allowance to pluck a neighbor's standing corn with the hand—while strictly forbidding the use of a destructive "sickle"—illustrates the delicate balance of Energetic sharing within the Microcosm. The Awakened Mind may freely draw immediate, passing inspiration from adjacent streams of Thought, but it must never attempt to harvest, uproot, or exploit another faculty's core structural achievements without permission.