The KJV Holy Bible

 

Numbers Chapter Nineteen

 

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Numbers Chapter Nine... wait, Chapter Nineteen: The Water of Separation and the Alchemical Ashes 

"Numbers Chapter Nineteenth establishes the mandatory Alchemical solvent for spiritual cleansing. It reveals that accidental or unavoidable contact with dense material decay and death consciousness requires a specialized, highly refined red energetic compound to neutralize psychic contamination before the Conscious Mind can approach the Superconscious Source."

 

 

Verses 1-10: The Red Heifer and the Synthesis of Unblemished Vitality - "And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke..." 

The red heifer represents a rare, completely unblemished concentration of vital, active Solar energy (red) generated by the Psyche. The absolute requirement that it has never worn a "yoke" signifies that this energy is entirely untainted by the forced, heavy burdens of material servitude or lower Egoic labor. It is pure, wild, and potent Spiritual Vitality. When sacrificed and burned down to fine ash, this material form is completely dissolved into a concentrated Alchemical essence, proving that the dense structures of the lower nature must be entirely annihilated to produce the necessary spiritual antidote for psychological decay.

 

 

Verses 11-13: The Contamination of Death and Karmic Stagnation - "He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean... whosoever toucheth the dead body of a man that is dead, and purifies not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD..." 

In Hermetic symbolism, a dead body represents the necrotic, crystallized Thought-forms of past paradigms, outdated beliefs, and deadened intellectual habits. The Microcosm inevitably brushes against these stagnant remnants while navigating the material plane. This "death consciousness" immediately lowers the vibrational frequency of the Psyche. The seven-day purification period and the specific sprinkling on the third and seventh days represent complete, methodical Alchemical cycles required to thoroughly purge this toxic energetic residue and restore the soul to a clean state.

 

 

Verses 17-19: The Living Water and the Ashes of Separation - "And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels... and upon the person that touched a bone, or any slain..." 

The creation of the "water of separation" is a profound Alchemical formula. The dry, calcined ashes of the red heifer (crystallized Spiritual sacrifice) are combined with "running water" (the pure, flowing, uncorrupted stream of the Superconscious Source). Hyssop, an aromatic herb known in antiquity for its cleansing properties, acts as the spiritual applicator. Sprinkling this mixture over the tents, vessels, and contaminated faculties represents the deliberate, energetic washing of every layer of the Conscious Mind, dissolving all lingering attachments to material decay and restoring absolute inner clarity.

 

 

Verses 20-22: The Absolute Law of Purity - "But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD... and whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean..." 

This enforces the rigid Hermetic boundary of the inner sanctuary. The Sovereign Will cannot tolerate spiritual contamination. If an internal Faculty harbors unpurified death consciousness and refuses to undergo the necessary Alchemical cleansing, it acts as a psychic contagion, polluting everything it touches. The consequence—being "cut off from among the congregation"—is the immediate severing of that compromised Faculty from the living flow of the Great Work, ensuring that the core temple of the Microcosm remains eternally preserved against energetic corruption.