The KJV Holy Bible

 

Leviticus Chapter Nineteen

 

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.

6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.

15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord.

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.

25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.

26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Leviticus Chapter Nineteen: The Architecture of Everyday Holiness and Energetic Equilibrium 

"Leviticus Chapter Nineteen provides the supreme Alchemical code for maintaining continuous Vibrational Purity. The Sovereign Will Demands that the Initiate integrate Divine Light into every mundane Action and Thought. By establishing strict Laws against Energetic mixtures and commanding absolute Karmic balance, the text proves that True Holiness is not merely ritualistic, but the Continuous, Conscious Alignment of the entire Microcosm with the Superconscious Source."

 

 

Verses 1-10: The Command of Holiness and the Distribution of Light - "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy... And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest... thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger..." 

The command to be Holy is the Ultimate mandate for the Adept to match the Vibrational frequency of the Superconscious Source. To leave the corners of the field and the gleanings of the harvest Esoterically represents the Alchemical distribution of Spiritual Energy. The harvest symbolizes the successful Transmutation of Knowledge into Wisdom. The Conscious Intellect must not hoard every fraction of this newly generated Light for its own Egoistic satisfaction. Instead, it must allow excess Spiritual Vitality to naturally flow into the impoverished, unrefined areas of the Subconscious (the poor) and to new, unfamiliar concepts entering the Mind (the stranger), ensuring the continuous, Harmonious elevation of the entire Psyche.

 

 

Verses 11-18: Karmic Integrity and the Law of Internal Unity - "Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another... Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him... Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD." 

These commands dictate absolute Karmic integrity within the Microcosm. To steal, lie, or defraud Internally means the Lower Mind is attempting to deceive the Higher Faculties or misappropriate Spiritual Energy for mundane desires. The neighbor represents the interconnected Thoughts and corresponding Faculties within the Initiate. To bear a grudge is to harbor stagnant, decaying Emotional Energy that blocks the free flow of the Life force. The supreme Hermetic command to "love thy neighbor as thyself" dictates that the Adept must recognize the absolute Unity of the internal temple. Every Faculty must support the others, maintaining perfect Energetic harmony to sustain the Divine Light.

 

 

Verses 19-25: The Rejection of Vibrational Mixtures - "Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee... And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of." 

The prohibition against mixing cattle, seed, or fabrics (linen and wool) establishes the vital Hermetic Law of Vibrational Purity. The Initiate must not blend Higher Spiritual Truths (linen) with base animal Passions or mundane logic (wool). Sowing mingled seed represents planting contradictory Thoughts or conflicting intentions within the Subconscious, which produces chaotic, hybridized Magical results. The law of the uncircumcised fruit dictates that newly generated Spiritual Faculties or insights must be given time (three years) to mature and stabilize. The Conscious Mind cannot prematurely consume or utilize this new Energy until it has been Perfectly Purified and dedicated entirely to the Superconscious Source in the Fourth year.

 

 

Verses 26-37: The Rejection of Lower Magick and the Perfect Equilibrium - "Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times... Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you... Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have..." 

To use enchantments or observe times is to rely upon Lower Astral Magical illusions and the deterministic boundaries of the material plane, completely abandoning the Sovereign Will. Making cuttings or printing marks upon the flesh symbolizes permanently scarring the Energetic Aura with toxic grief or obsessive attachments to past Karmic states (the dead). The chapter concludes with the supreme mandate for just weights and balances. The Adept must maintain Absolute, Uncompromising Equilibrium in all Spiritual judgments, Emotional evaluations, and Mental measurements. A Mind that rationalizes the Ego or unbalances its Internal scales completely destroys the foundation of the Microcosm, rendering the Inner Temple uninhabitable for the pure Divine Light.