We now begin the allegorical and symbolic interpretation of the book of Leviticus. This is the third book of the Pentateuch which has been traditionally attributed to Moses. Leviticus which derives from Levi the tribe which was named by the Lord as priests. In the Aramaic or original Hebrew of the Old testament, it was called Kahney, which means, The Priesthood.

The Book of Leviticus is chiefly devoted to rules and regulations for the Israelites, living in the desert perhaps 25 centuries ago. It includes admonitions for personal conduct and religious practices. Many feel that it is outmoded and no longer meaningful for our present condition. However, since we have some of the keys to unlocking its inner meaning, we may find useful information that is relevant to us today.

The first few chapters of Leviticus are devoted to Meat offerings, Sin offerings and sacrifices of Peace.

Chapter 1: Burnt Offerings. The Lord called to Moses from out of the tabernacle and told him that offerings should be made. These offerings were to be of unblemished male cattle, sheep or goats. They were to be made voluntarily and at the door of the tabernacle, before the Lord. These offerings, properly done would be accepted for atonement.

Sacrifice is a fundamental part of all spiritual advancement. It has to do with giving up those things which we value highly, in this case the animals. which were trappings of wealth. Ths first type of sacrifice has to do with the self-centered, animal nature. The offering of male animals refers to the creative or generative function. it is the lifting up of the lower, animal lusts and passions. it is the same lesson as the lifting of the serpents on the Moses' rod which saved the lives of the Israelites in the wilderness.

We must bring this aspect of ourselves to its highest and best. this is the meaning of bringing the offering to the altar to be burned, this fire on the altar, placed by the priest, is the spiritual fire which can only be accomplished by the Higher Self or Aaron, the priest. It must be burned in this spiritual fire, or become spiritualized, before it can be a clean or pure part of the spiritualized being.

To be meaningful, all sacrifice must be made willingly or voluntarily. If we change or make sacrifices at the behest of another, we will find ourselves looking back, as did Lot's wife and become a pillar of salt. To make our sacrifices or offerings at the "door of the tabernacle" means that they must be made for the right reason - for our spiritual growth and attainment. When done properly, following these instructions, we will find true atonement which is greater peace and understanding which comes from having changed our lower nature to a higher and better use.

Aaron, The Priest was to initiate the fire upon the altar. The offering animal was to be killed, cut into pieces, certain parts washed in water, (which in the desert was scarce.) and placed on the altar to be burned. The offering could also be a fowl. It also was killed, and its feathers plucked before it was placed on the altar. Of each of these offerings it was said that it was, "of a sweet savour unto the Lord."

The cleansing preparations indicate that these aspects of ourselves must be clean before they are ready to be purified in the spiritual fire. Preparation is required. This may require a lengthy period of time and hard work to finally succeed in eliminating these negative appetites.

This second type of sacrifice is that of doves or fowls. Fowl symbolize ideas and the mind. Here too, we must be willing to make sacrifices of our old ways of thinking, of old ideas. We must open ourselves to the changing of our belief systems, if we are to grow. We must change our perception of reality and what it means. we must change our perception of who we are. This may be very difficult, for many people believe that they are their minds and body. It takes a while to realize that the mind and the body are just tools for our use.

Chapter 2. Offerings of Cakes or Cadeys. The instructions continue. Offerings made of flour and baked or fried in oil must be prepared from fine flour and unleavened, which is without yeast. They were to be presented to the priest, who was to take from them a memorial to be burned upon the altar. The remainder was to be distributed among the priests. The offering was to include salt but not leavening or honey.

Offerings of meal or cakes represent physical sustenance. This does not mean that we must give up all physical needs. It means that they must not be the most important things in our lives. Jesus said,

"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all else shall be added unto you." and "Whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."

Salt symbolizes desire. In order to accomplish this work of transmuting, changing or sacrificing we must have a clear desire for the outcome. The desire which may also be called will is of paramount importance in Spiritual Attainment. Perhaps the admonition to exclude leavening and honey is to remind us that the way to this goal is a difficult one. Leavening has to do with air, fluff. There is little fluff in the spiritual life. Honey has to do with sweetness and that also is not to be expected. As in the Passover, the bread is eaten with bitter herbs.

A memorial was also to be taken from the offering of the first fruits which was placed upon the altar to be burned. "It is an offering made by fire unto the Lord."

The offering of first fruits refers to the first return or result of our labors; what we actually do. It is a way of saying that everything that we do should be done with our spiritual goal in mind. We must be willing to sacrifice our physical needs or greed in order that our Higher needs are satisfied. The spiritual is here emphasized by reference to the offering made by fire.

Chapter 3. Peace Offerings. Peace offerings were to be male and female animals, again without blemish. In each case the kidneys were to be placed, with the accompanying fat, on the altar to be burned. the chapter closes with, "It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

Peace offerings have to do with the elevation of feelings; male or female to indicate that they may arise from the mind or the emotions. Just as the kidneys have a detoxifying effect on the blood, so must we detoxify our emotions, or cleanse them from all malice, hatred, jealousy, anger and so forth. For until our emotions are do transmuted, we will find no peace.

Fat indicates a storage of that which we have in abundance. Blood is the life essence. We are admonished to eat neither, perhaps meaning that what has already been given us is enough. In its literal meaning, this would have been a good practice since they were living in the desert with no means of preserving meat.
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We continue with the allegorical and symbolic interpretation of the book Leviticus.

Chapter 4. Sin Offerings. Detailed instructions are given here for a sin offering. It shall be a bullock, killed, with the blood sprinkled seven times before the Lord on the edge of the sanctuary, and some of the blood is put on the horns of the altar. The fat, kidneys and some other parts are to be burned. After each of these sin offerings, "the priest shall make an atonement for his sin and it shall be forgiven him."

Again the offering of a bull has to do with the sacrifice of our carnal appetites and emotions. This is very significant for a sin offering which indicates that we have something to sacrifice. The blood or life essence is sprinkled seven times around the sanctuary . If we do not sacrifice the "life essence" or basis of the sin, we are doomed to repeat it. The number seven, as you may recall, symbolizes a completed spiritual process. We are being told that we must take this process to completion if we have done so, we will receive atonement. Atonement, according to Webster's Dictionary, means satisfaction, given for wrongdoing. There must be an exchange.

Chapter 5. Trespass Offerings. Trespass offerings are much the same as sin offerings. Lambs, kids, turtledoves, pigeons and even cakes made of flour were appropriate offerings. It is made clear that even sins committed in ignorance must be atoned for through an offering. And again, the sins will be atoned.

Notice that sin offerings require the sacrifice of animals which symbolize the carnal, physical man. Now we come to trespasses which may be atoned by the sacrifice of lambs, kids, and fowl. These sacrifices symbolize mental conditions which also must be transmuted or elevated into the spiritual.

In order for us to grow and progress spiritually, we must cleanse ourselves physically and mentally. So it requires sacrifice and atonement of both the body and the mind.

Chapters 6 & 7. More Trespasses, the Eternal Fire and the Priests' Share. The lord continued to give Moses instructions as to how to judge the Israelites. He listed such sins or trespasses as lying unto our neighbor, taking something by violence, deceiving our neighbor, finding something lost and lying about it, and swearing falsely. All of these are sins which can be atoned for or forgiven. One must return the ill-gotten gain together with an additional 20%, and make the proper animal offering with the appropriate ceremony.

The fire is not to be put out. The priest is to replenish the fire daily, ‘The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go our." The Lord also tells Moses that Aaron and his sons, the Priests, are to eat the remains of the offerings, The flesh of the offerings were to be consumed that same day. Other offerings were to be eaten by the next day and burned in the fire on the third day.

The priest, or soul, shall keep the fire burning. This fire is the fire of the Soul, the indwelling Spirit of God and once discovered and fanned bright, it must be continually replenished in order for our spiritual consciousness to grow. We must never let it go out.

The offerings of the body and mind which have been sacrificed for the spiritual being are then consumed by the Soul to be used as fuel for the spiritual fires.

There are also admonitions against the eating of fat or blood, especially from animals which died from natural causes or other accidents.

This is a very practical law for people who have no good means for storing such foods.

Chapter 8. Moses Consecrated Aaron. Moses called Aaron and the elders and began a seven day ritual of cleansing, purification, sacrifice and atonement. First, Moses washed Aaron and his sons and dressed them in the ceremonial costumes of the priests which were defined by the Lord.

Moses instructed Aaron to make the first sacrifice of a bullock for himself. Then followed the sacrifices of rams and unleavened bread. After the sacrifices were made, Moses, Aaron and his sons ate the remaining sacrifice and burned the leftovers. They remained at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night for seven days. All of this according to the instructions given to Moses by the Lord.

In essence, all the sacrifices are made for Aaron, since he represents the spiritual side of us or our Soul. They remained at the tabernacle or in this spiritual level of consciousness for seven days, again the completion of a spiritual process.

Chapter 9. The Descent of the Fire. After making all the appropriate offerings, "...There came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces."

When we have truly offered up our sins and trespasses and sacrificed them to the spirit, the fire, which is of the Soul, will come to consume the offering. It is an indescribable experience and truly, we (all the people) will be amazed.

Chapter 10. Strange Fire. Two of Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu offered "strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not." And fire from the Lord devoured them and they died. Then Aaron and his two remaining sons were told not to rend their clothes or shave their heads in mourning for their departed brothers.

This warning is often times repeated in a veiled manner in the Bible. It is a warning against the inappropriate use of the spiritual fires. The indication is that we must follow the proper procedures and not divert these energies into unknown directions.

Chapter 11. Dietary Laws. The text here gives many rules for eating. Some animals may be eaten - those with a cloven hoof which also chew the cud - while others are unclean, - just about every animal that doesn't do both. Thus the flesh of all carnivorous animals is not to be eaten. It covers seafood, eliminating shellfish but including all finned and scaled fish.

Finally, it lists certain fowl that are not to be eaten including eagles, owls, vultures, swans, pelicans and ravens. Then there are rules about cleanliness and not letting water or dishes touch any unclean meat.

These dietary laws were essential in a land where water was scarce and sanitary conditions unknown. These laws helped the Israelites to survive in a hostile environment after years of living in the civilized and cultivated land of Egypt.

Chapter 12. Laws of Parturition. This covers the period of time immediately after childbirth. It says that the new mother will be unclean for about two months depending on the sex of the infant.

This was probably one way of eliminating her wifely responsibilities long enough for her to heal and be less likely to suffer from infection.
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We continue to find hidden meaning in the writings of the Old testament. The Book of Leviticus is called the Book of Law and contains chapter upon chapter of detailed rules of behavior. Besides the very practical necessity for the "letter" of these laws in the time of the roaming Israelites, we find symbolized many spiritual truths as well.

Chapter 13 and 14. Leprosy. These two chapters deal in detail with the proper identification of leprosy, the quarantine placed on those who were so identified and the proper offerings to be made in the Temple.

Leprosy symbolizes substance separated from the Source or God, to the extent that it has lost vitality. This results from the use of the vital or sexual forces for the pleasure of the senses only. The result is a leprous or impure condition. These carnal passions must be removed from the other thoughts and feelings (quarantined) until they have been cleansed and sacrificed on the altar in the Temple within.We are speaking here of the symbolism involved. Please do not think that the illness has the same or similar implications. There is no connection that I am aware of.

Chapter 15. The Running Issue. This chapter contains rules relating to running issues of the flesh. It also specifically mentions the seed of copulation and a woman's blood issue. It states that if any of these conditions exist, the clothing and skin must be washed in water.

The indication here, beyond the practical, literal need for cleanliness, is that all of our life is sacred. Any of it, be it blood or the seed of copulation, relates to our Life essence and is not to be wasted or misused.

Chapter 16. The Offering of the Goat and the Scapegoat. God told Moses that Aaron, his brother, must prepare himself with bathing and fine linen and bring two goats to be offered to the Lord. Aaron was to cast two lots upon the two goats, one for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat. The goat upon which the Lord's lot fell was offered for a sin offering. The goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat was let go into the wilderness.

Metaphysically the goat symbolizes resistance or opposition. These two goats, or the spiritual aspect of life; the resistance to others or loving relationships with others. Both must be denied and eliminated. The first through the fire of experience, to allow us to find a relationship with God. The second, the scapegoat, is turned into the wilderness of forgotten thoughts. This is the scapegoat that carries with it the negative, destructive thoughts that keep us isolated from the love of others. These beliefs or ideas must be turned out into the limbo of forgotten things.

Chapter 17. The Mystery of the Blood. This chapter deals with the consuming of blood.

"And whatsoever man there be...that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul...and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls..."

We all understand on the practical level, the importance of the blood. People can die from lack of blood as quickly as from lack of breath. But, we are interested in the spiritual message, if any, in this passage. The blood is the physical carrier of the life forces. Blood is closely related to water, and symbolically includes the feminine or heart aspect of our being. - The Unconscious.

In addition, as the great Alchemist Jacob Boehme said, "There would be no blood if the Tincture of Fire and Light were not in water." Fire and Light symbolize the Spirit, the masculine or intellectual aspect of our being. - The Conscious. Thus the whole spiritual life, as well as the physical life is in the blood.

Blood is the most powerful agent in the regeneration of the body. The development of the Spiritual is always closely connected with the proper blending of Fire and Water.

Scientifically, we have come to realize that the blood contains a tremendous amount of very personalized information relating to its owner. There is so much information available that we are continually finding new pieces of the puzzle. As in all other matters, there is a spiritual counter part. We have only begun to understand the Spiritual information contained in the blood or the power of understanding it.

Surely, this mystery is part of what gives the power and significance to the Christian Communion which, in part, represents the blood of Christ. This mystery is one which must be unraveled by each Spiritual Venturer within their own temple.

Chapter 18. Social Prohibitions. The lord continued to instruct Moses in the law. This chapter covers prohibitions against certain nakedness, homosexuality and beastiality. "And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech..."

Though the literal interpretation is clear, there is a spiritual one as well. All of these admonitions relate to the misuse of the sexual function. The sexual forces are those which enable us to be co-creators with God. They are the most important part of our spiritual body as they also may seem to be of our physical.

The reference to Molech had a particular meaning to the Israelites. Molech was the national god of the Ammonites. Children were sacrificed in fire as an offering to him. He was a god of lust whose fiery passions consumed life itself. The analogy to the misuse of the sexual function is clear.

All of the references to rods and serpents (and they are numerous) in the Bible are references to these forces. It is through their misuse that our Souls may be lost, which is the sin that leads to death. It is through their elevation or "lifting up" that we are "saved" and give birth to the eternal body which alone rises from the grave.

Chapter 19. The Law of Holiness. The next chapter opens with:

"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."

It goes on to recite laws which repeat the essence of the Ten Commandments but add additional explanation and detail. It ends with:

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

Notice that he doesn't say believe in His statutes; but DO THEM. As James 1:22 says, "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."

Metaphysically, this problem is that of the intellectual who studies the ideas and learns all the inner most teachings but fails to apply them. This is the reason that mind alone cannot achieve the ultimate spiritual attainment.

The chapter closes with an admonition to judge righteously. This thought is also repeated in the New Testament when Jesus says, "Judge ye with righteous judgement."

Perhaps it means to judge things to be good.
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This is a continuing series, looking at the text of the Holy Bible with emphasis on the symbols, allegories and metaphors which it contains. This is only a beginning, there are those who have spent their lives finding hidden meanings in these works. We hope to introduce the idea and some of the meanings. We hope that the reader will be inspired to look even further.

The Book of Leviticus is called the Book of Law and contains chapter upon chapter of detailed rules of behavior. Besides the very practical necessity for the "letter" of these laws in the time of the wandering Israelites, we find many spiritual truths symbolized as well.

Chapter 19, continued. This nineteenth chapter of Leviticus and the seven following chapters have been called The Law of Holiness. They reiterate the earlier commandments and restate them on a higher level, reaching above the material and foreshadowing the emphasis on Love in the New Testament.

The people are told not to defraud or rob their neighbors; not to be vengeful or bear a grudge; to leave some of the fruits in the fields for the poor; to use just weights and measures; and to give hospitality to strangers.

We cannot do justice to the meaning of this chapter if we do not include Verse 18: "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of they people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord."

This is the same commandment which Jesus later said was one of the two most important of all the commandments. The Aramaic word used here is khobba, which implies a reciprocal love. In other words, a love that is owed; a debt. From both a metaphysical standpoint and a psychological one we know that to truly love others, we must first love ourselves.

Chapter 20. Laws of Morality. The text continues with prohibitions relating to sexual relations with relatives, adultery, and beastiality.

The admonition in both Chapter 18 and again in Chapter 20 is against "passing they seed through the fire of Molech" or giving of the seed unto Molech." Molech was the national god of the Ammonites. Children were sacrificed to him in fire. Fire represents the creative forces of the body; the sexual forces.

When these forces are misused, it is "offering life to Molech." This is the same lesson which Moses taught with the lifting of the snake in the wilderness - the snake also represents the creative or sexual forces.

Chapter 21. Laws for the Priests. The Lord continued with specifically for the priests, the sons of Aaron. They were admonished not to defile themselves on the death of a relative, not to shave their heads or cut their flesh. These kinds of outward show of grief were the custom among the people. He then stated that the priests were not to choose wives which were whores, profane or had been put away from their husbands. For in all things the priest must be sanctified, "for he offereth the bread of they God."

The word used here for "Put away from her husband," means deserted or separated and would indicate that she has no bill of divorcement. A woman with a bill of divorcement is allowed to remarry.

Symbolically, Priests or Levites represent thoughts (children) of Love. They include our tendencies to religion. We are here being told to hold them high and not allow them to become associated with impure thoughts.

Chapter 22. Laws Regarding That Which Is Unclean. There are here given detailed rules prohibiting contact with things deemed to be unclean. These include sick people who have runny issues, animals which die naturally or by accident and dead people. If one should have such contact, he is required to wash his hands with water.

The practical reason for these instructions is clear. The whole family usually lived in the same tent and under the same roof with those who were ill. Since water was scarce on the desert, bathing was unusual.

Chapter 23. The Feast Days of the Lord. This chapter establishes memorial feasts, still celebrated by the Jewish people. The first feast day is the fourteenth day of the first month. It is the Lord's Passover. The second is called the Feast of Weeks, seven weeks plus a day later. The third is the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths. It begins with The Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.

The Spring Equinox was the time of the celebration of the Passover, the commemoration of the Israelites passing out of Egypt, (the material). It is celebrated by Christians as Easter and the Resurrection. It symbolizes the passing out of the first born consciousness, the material, and into the more elevated spiritual consciousness. It corresponds to the baptism by water.

The Feast of Weeks, seven weeks plus a day after Passover, became known as Pentecost. It originally coincided with the Summer Solstice. It was for this feast day that the disciples of Jesus were gathered at Pentecost. For the Israelites, it commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments. For Christians it commemorates the disciples receiving the Holy Ghost. It symbolizes the baptism by fire.

The third festival, The Feast of Tabernacles, occurs at the Autumn Equinox. It is a festival of ingathering, similar to Thanksgiving. Later, it also came to commemorate the entrance of the Israelites into the promised land after forty years of wandering. They were to dwell in small booths or tabernacles to remember that they had lived in booths and tents for forty years. It is another passing over from one level of consciousness to another.

Later, the Israelites added a festival during the month of December, at the time of the Winter Solstice, called The Festival of Lights. It commemorates the rededication of the Temple, when oil which should have lasted one day, lasted for seven days. It begins with the lighting of one candle on the menorah, and on each successive day, an additional candle is lit. This symbolizes the growing light of the Sun as it moves again northward. For Christians it commemorates the birth of the Light of the World.

Each of the Four Sacred Seasons commemorate major stages in spiritual development; from the beginning of faith to the final Illumination or indwelling Holy Ghost.

Chapter 24. Instructions for the Festival. They were told to bring pure olive oil for the light which was to burn continually. And they were to take fine flour and bake twelve cakes. Upon each cake, they were to place frankincense as a memorial.

The light which they were to keep continually is fed with the pureness of their thoughts and deeds. The twelve cakes symbolize the soul's experience through all of the possibilities of life. The number twelve is the completed cycle. It also is the total of the astrological signs and therefore includes the 360 degrees of the entire zodiac.

The frankincense on each cake represents the wisdom and soul growth from the completion of each of the lessons or experiences of the twelve cakes.
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We will continue to interpret the Book of Leviticus using allegory, symbols and metaphor to indicate the deep underlying meanings which have made these books the object of scrutiny and debate for centuries.

Chapter 24, Continued. Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth. This chapter begins by describing the preparation of cakes for a memorial offering to the Lord. It then abruptly changes to the story of an argument. It seems that during an argument, the son of an Israelitish woman blasphemed the name of the Lord and cursed. He was taken to Moses who asked the Lord for instructions. The Lord spoke and told them that the son must be stoned to death by the community.

The symbolism of the cakes was discussed in the last issue. The son, as other children in the Bible represent thoughts which result from consciousness or the parent. In this case, the mother or feminine is the source of the misguided thinking. The feminine represents the emotions. There were in the emotional consciousness ideas which were antagonistic to God. Blasphemy means speaking evil, slandering. These ideas of thoughts must be eradicated. In the times of the Bible, the only method used by the Israelites for executing was stoning.

"Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth." This was the law and it applied to the stranger as well as to one of their own country. So he that had spoken evil was brought out of camp and stoned "as the Lord commanded Moses."

This is a statement indicating the ultimate justice of Divine Law or God. This statement is accompanied in the story by an example that appears, in the literal interpretation, to be unjust. For is it really justice to execute someone for what he says? It is as though we are being told that a literal interpretation here is inappropriate. For the justice only appears when we look at the deeper meaning.

And so, though literally it sounds rather harsh, this blasphemous thought was destroyed, to make way for more elevated and spiritual thought.

Chapter 25. Seven Year Sabbath. In this chapter the Lord directs that every seven years, the land is to be left idle. After seven of these Seven Year Sabbaths, in the 50th year, they were to celebrate a jubilee. During this jubilee, every inhabitant in the land was to be liberated.

The number seven means perfection of the natural man. It is the number of the fullness in the material plane. Land as other geographical references in the Bible means differing states of consciousness. This admonition would therefore indicate that as we reach a level of fullness or perfection in our material consciousness, we should rest. When we have perfected all of our senses (the physical plane), the seven times seven, we should celebrate.

The land is not to be sold forever. and here follows elaborate rules for the purchase and sale of the rights to use the land and how it will be redeemed by the original owner.

Since land is our consciousness, it makes sense that we would not want to sell or give it away. We are being told to maintain our personal integrity; not to allow others to enslave our minds or have undue influence. We must think for ourselves.

"And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him..."

People in the Bible represent thoughts or other areas of consciousness. Though we are being told to care for one another in need, symbolically we are being told to be open to our different levels of consciousness. Do not deny or turn away from painful ideas, or pain itself. For it is only when we take-in and embrace our pain, fear, anger or other negative or needy feelings and thoughts that we may begin to heal them.

Chapter 26. Rewards and Punishments. The Lord continued to instruct Moses. He told the Israelites that if they keep His Sabbaths, reverence His sanctuary, walk in His statutes and keep His commandments then the Lord will give them peace in the land, bounteous harvests, power over their enemies and security. "And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people."

We are here being told that the wages of righteousness are peace, bounty, power and security. Keeping the Sabbaths means to attain a state of mind in which we withdraw from material thinking and spend time in spiritual thinking, entering into the stillness within. In that sanctuary only will we walk with God and our thoughts (people) will be God's thoughts, (in harmony with Love.)

However, if the Israelites don't do these things then God will punish them seven times for their sins. "I will make your cities waste...and I will bring the land into desolation...and I will scatter you among the heathen. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob...Isaac...and Abraham."

"The wages of sin are death." If we do not take the time to enter into the spiritual thinking, our consciousness will become a wasteland or be devoid of creative ideas and we will be scattered or lost in material thinking. But God remembers the covenant, and we may always redeem ourselves if we change our thinking and actions appropriately. In other words, "as ye sow, so shall ye reap."

Chapter 27. The Redemption of Vows. The Book of Leviticus ends with an entire chapter devoted to the payment of money to the priests to redeem vows, tithes and firstlings. There are precise amounts dictated according to the age and sex of the penitent.

Next time we start with the Book of Numbers.

Source:

The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary Unity
New Age Bible Interpretation: Old Testament Vol.I by Corine Heline
Old Testament Light by George M. Lamsa
The science of the Soul by R.Swinburne Clymer
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