LEVITICUS 26
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Leviticus Chapter 26

Summary of the Spiritual Sense

1. Man is commanded not to devote himself to any selfish or to any worldly affection, but above all things to worship the Lord from celestial love, because if he is obedient, he will enjoy every spiritual blessing including states of peace and tranquillity, and protection in all his temptations. For the Lord will dwell with His people, and the active life of uses will prevail, since He has accomplished the work of redemption, vers. 1-13.
2. But, on the contrary, if the man of the Spiritual Church is disobedient and rejects the Lord and His Divine laws, then he will suffer from all kinds of calamities, which are described in order, vers. 14-39.
3. And yet all who, in their degraded state, confess their wickedness, and sincerely repent, will again be received by the Lord, since He has effected the work of redemption, and has, by means of the Word, supplied man with an abundance of truths adapted to every state of his life, vers. 40-46.

1.  Not making any idols denotes that the spiritual man must not devote himself in worship to any selfish affection, 8869; not making a graven image denotes not worshiping any falsity thence derived, 8869; not rearing up a pillar or figured stone in the land to bow down to it denotes not to worship evil and falsity, and to become a slave thereto, 10643, 8873; idols and graven images have relation to the internal man, and pillars and figured stones to the external, 8106; and "for I am the Lord your God" denotes that the Lord alone ought to be worshiped, 2001.

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2.  Keeping the Lord's sabbaths and reverencing His sanctuary, denotes that, therefore, above all things, the Lord is to be worshiped from celestial love, by means of the truth thence proceeding which is holy; for love to the Lord is the essential of all worship, 87, 3210, 2001.

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3.  Walking in the Lord's statutes, keeping His commandments, and doing them, denotes that if the man of the church lives both outwardly and inwardly according to the laws of Divine Order, 8420, 3382, 4258.

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4.  Giving rains in their seasons denotes receiving from the Lord the influx of Divine Truths according to the state, 8416; the land yielding her increase denotes that truths will be multiplied from good, 2571, 4981; and the field yielding her fruit denotes that good again is rendered fruitful by truths, 983, 3310.

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5.  The threshing reaching to the vintage denotes that the realization of good, through regeneration, will be co-extensive with the reception of Divine Truths, 6377⁴, 4482; the vintage reaching to the sowing time denotes that the reception of Divine Truths is co-extensive with the insemination of truth in good, 6377⁴, 4482, 9272; eating your bread to the full denotes the appropriation of good in fullness, 2187, 2165, 2177; and dwelling in the land safely denotes that the state of the heavenly life will be secure from the encroachments of evil or error, 10160.

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6.  Giving peace in the land denotes that peace will pervade the mind, 3696; lying down, and none making afraid, denotes that tranquillity will prevail in the life, and that evil and falsity will not give anxiety, 3696; causing the evil beasts to cease out of the land denotes that evil passions will be entirely removed, 3696; and the sword not going through the land denotes that destructive falsities will no more cause vastation in the church, 3696, 2799.

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7.  Chasing your enemies and their falling before you by the sword denotes that when temptations do arise, the love of good will disperse evils, and the love of truth exterminate falsities, 2851, 9259, 2799.

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8.  Five of you chasing a hundred denotes that the smallest remains of truth will be more powerful than abundance of falsities, 5291², 2686; a hundred chasing ten thousand denotes that the smallest realization of good is capable of resisting the whole force of evil, 576, 2575, 2686, 683; and your enemies falling before you by the sword denotes that Divine Truth shall prove victorious against every opposing natural affection unregenerate, 2851, 9259, 2799.

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9.  The Lord having respect to you denotes that Divine Good will fill the soul internally, 2001, 10420; making fruitful denotes the manifestation of good externally, 983; multiplying you denotes that truths will be thereby abundant, 983; and the Lord establishing His covenant with you denotes that man will have conjunction with the Lord, 665.

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10.  Eating the old store long kept denotes that good shall be appropriated from remains long stored up, 2187, 5299, 5370, 1854; and bringing forth the old because of the new denotes that truth shall be enjoyed in fullness through constant and never failing renewal, 1854, 8400, 3768, 5244.

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11.  The Lord setting His tabernacle among you; and His soul not abhorring you, denotes that the Lord will dwell with His people; nor shall any want of correspondence hinder the full perception of heavenly truths, 9668, 9784, 7327.

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12.  The Lord walking among you, being your God, and you being His people, denotes that the active life of uses will prevail, with the reciprocal enjoyment of heavenly blessings, 519, 2001, 1259, 2004.

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13.  "I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt," denotes that the Lord by His glorification has redeemed the spiritual man to eternity from the bondage of the merely natural man, so that he should not be a slave thereto, 2001, 8866; and breaking the bars of your yoke and making you go upright denotes that no impediment remains to human regeneration in order that he who is at first merely natural may afterwards become truly spiritual, 1664², 9496, 892, 6952.

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14.  Not hearkening to the Lord and not doing His commandments, denotes to become disobedient not only outwardly but inwardly also, 2542, 3382.

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15.  Rejecting the Lord's statutes denotes to neglect external worship, and abhorring His judgements denotes to despise the study of interior truths, 8357; not doing all the commandments denotes that disobedience prevails internally, 3382; and breaking the covenant denotes that conjunction with the Lord is broken, 665.

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16.  " I also will do this to you," denotes that the spiritual man will surfer the consequences, 696; appointing terror over you, even consumption and fever, denotes that he will bring upon himself the dread of Divine realities, even vastation as to truth, and the force of fiery passions destroying good, 986, 8364; consuming the eyes, and making the soul pine away, denotes the taking away of all truths, and depriving man gradually of every principle of good, 3820, 1436, 7795; and sowing your seed in vain because your enemies shall eat it, denotes that man will no longer advance from truth to good, because evils of life will destroy spiritual growth, 9272, 2851, 5149.

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17.  The Lord setting his face against you denotes that man will then no longer apprehend internal good and truth, 222, 358; being

    smitten before your enemies denotes that he will suffer the punishment which evils carry with them, 7871, 2851; they that hate you denotes that the selfish love of dominion will prevail, 2851, 10814; and fleeing when none pursues you denotes the intense fear of suffering arising from ignorance of Divine Truths, 1689, 270.

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18.  "And if you will not yet for these thing's hearken to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins," denotes that, indeed, if the spiritual man will persist in his disobedience, then he will bring upon himself the conjunction of evil and falsity and complete vastation, 2542, 696, 433, 10360.

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19.  Breaking the pride of your power denotes that through the pride of self-derived intelligence he will be deprived of all truths, 8678, 10481; and making your heaven as iron and your earth as brass denotes that as to the internal man unmixed falsities will reign, and as to the external, merely natural delight, 4535, 425, because here iron and brass are to be taken in the opposite sense.

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20.  Strength being spent in vain denotes that falsity cannot be productive of what is good and true, 3727 end; the land not yielding her increase denotes that it is impossible for evil to produce good, 2571, 4981; and the trees of the land not yielding their fruit, denotes that it is impossible for falsities grounded in evil to produce truths,. 7690, because a tree denotes perceptions and knowledges of good and truth, but here, in the opposite sense, the perceptions and knowledges of what is evil and false.

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21.  Walking contrary to the Lord and not hearkening to Him, denotes persistence in living contrary to the laws of Divine Order, and in disobedience to those laws as set forth from the Divine Love, and as expressed in the Word which is Divine Truth, 519, 2001, 2542; and the Lord bringing seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins denotes that complete vastation will overtake the spiritual man according to the degree of his depravity, 696, 433, 10361.

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22.  Sending the evil beast among you denotes that abominable evil affections will take possession of the spiritual man, 3696; their robbing you of your children denotes depriving him of all innocence, 5342², 430; destroying your cattle denotes depriving him of all good natural affections, 9135²; making you few in number denotes depriving him of all power to act from truths, 2227; and your ways becoming desolate, denotes that neither shall there be with him any doctrine of the church, which is true, 2234, 411.

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23.  Not being reformed by these things, but walking contrary to the Lord, denotes further opposition to the Divine laws, and outward disobedience, 696, 519, 2001.

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24.  Walking contrary to you denotes bringing upon himself more intense vastation, 696, 519; smiting you denotes that he will suffer torment from the Divine sphere, since his falsities are opposed to Divine Good and Divine Truth, 696, 10510; and seven times for your sins denotes complete vastation causing a dread of all that is holy and pure and peaceable, 433, 10361.

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25.  Bringing a sword upon you that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant denotes that falsities from evil will prevail with the spiritual man, which will destroy all possibility of conjunction with the Lord, 2799, 665, 8223; being gathered together within your cities denotes that he will be bound by the external barriers of falsity, 6463, 402; sending the pestilence among you denotes that remains will entirely perish with him, 10219; and being delivered into the hand of the enemy denotes that evil will have full power over him, 2851, 878.

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26.  Breaking the staff of bread denotes complete vastation as to good affections, 9163, 9323; ten women baking your bread in one oven denotes that falsities in fullness will alone provide nourishment for him from the heat of selfish love, 9716, 409, 8496, 9323, 7356; delivering your bread again by weight denotes according to the quality of evil affections, 3104; and eating and not being satisfied denotes that the appropriation of such evils will not satisfy the continual cravings of infernal loves, 2187, 8410.

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27.  For all this, not hearkening to the Lord, but walking contrary to Him denotes that, again, if the spiritual man refuses to be obedient and will continue to oppose the Divine laws, 2542, 519.

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28.  Walking contrary to man in fury; and chastising him seven times for his sins, denotes that then the effect of such opposition will-be greatly intensified; for vastation as to all good will be the result of such a life, 519, 696, 10618, 433, 10361.

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29.  Eating the flesh of your sons and also the flesh of your daughters, denotes that evil will consume itself both as to the understanding and will, or as to thought and affection, 5149, 8408, 568.

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30.  Destroying your high places denotes that all semblance of worship from the understanding will be destroyed, 2722; cutting down your sun-images denotes as well as all worship from the will, 2441;; casting your carcases upon the carcases of your idols denotes that only the dead forms of life will remain without the spirit, 3900¹⁰; and "my soul shall abhor you," denotes a state of aversion, 3605, 693, 694.

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31.  Making your cities a waste denotes that pretended orderly arrangements of truths will be fully exposed as real vastation, 402, 411; bringing your sanctuaries into desolation denotes that all pretences of worship will be abandoned, 9457, 411; and not smelling the savour of your sweet odours denotes that neither will there be any more false appearances of rest, and of what is grateful in worship, 10054.

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32.  Bringing the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein being astonished at it, denotes that desolation shall be so complete as to all good affections as to cause astonishment even among the wicked themselves, 620, 411, 2851.

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33.  Scattering you among the nations denotes that thus perverted and corrupted spiritual men will be entirely given up to evils and falsities, 6361, 1259; drawing out the sword after you denotes that falsities will pursue them continually, 2799; your land being a desolation denotes that every good affection will be desolated, 620, 411; and your cities becoming a waste denotes that all knowledge of true doctrine will be vastated as to good, 402, 411.

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34.  The land enjoying her sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, and you be in your enemies' land, denotes that then the true spiritual man, by the suppression of all evil, will enjoy the perfect heavenly state of celestial love, 620, 87, 411, 2851; and "even then the land resting and enjoying her sabbaths," denotes that this will be true externally as well as internally, or as to the understanding as well as the will, 683.

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35.  "As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when you dwelt upon it," denotes that the suppression of all evil will bring peace, even that peace which the church could not have, by external worship separated from internal with the corrupted spiritual man, 411, 620, 87, vers. 14-15.

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36.  "As for them that are left of you" denotes that as for the wicked who continue in the slightest degree to infest the true church, 7564-5; sending a faintness into their heart in the land of their enemies denotes the loss of all power through being rejected among evils and consequent falsities, 6111, 7272; the sound of a driven leaf chasing them denotes that even the smallest vestige of faith will cause aversion, 216, 884, 4555; and fleeing as one flees from the sword, and falling when none pursues, denotes that they will be glad to escape from the truth as if it were destructive, and from good as if it were productive of misery, 1689, 2799, 696.

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37.  Stumbling one upon another, as it were, before the swords when none pursues, denotes that the wicked, in vastation, are not able to distinguish between truth and falsity, 9163², 2799, 696; and not having power to stand before your enemies denotes that they do not at all apprehend the difference between good and evil, 7530, 4926⁵, 2851.

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38.  Perishing among the nations; and the land of your enemies eating you up, denotes that evils are destructive the one of the other; and that falsities by conflict with falsities are utterly consumed, 1849, 7655, 620, 2851, 5149.

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39.  They that are left of you pining away in their enemies' land denotes that the slightest remnants of good will be entirely dissipated through confirmed evil, 7564, 1460² (Lam 4:9), 620, 2581; and pining away also in the iniquities of their fathers denotes that confirmation in falsity from evil will disperse all truth, 7564, 1460² (Lam 4:9), 9156, 3703²⁰.

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40.  Confessing their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers denotes that the good in this corrupted state of the Spiritual Church will acknowledge that they are in falsities from the falsities of those in evil, 9156, 3703²⁰; their trespasses which they trespassed against me denotes that they have erred through ignorance of the truth, owing to such falsities which are opposed to Divine Truth, 9156; and walking contrary to the Lord denotes that, because of their actual evils, they have lived contrary to the truth, 519.

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41.  The Lord walking contrary to them, and bringing them into the land of their enemies, denotes that therefore the truth has appeared to be their enemy and has inflicted evil upon them, 2001, 620, 2851; their uncircumcised heart being then humbled denotes their confession that evil punishes itself, 7272, 7225, 7418³; and accepting the punishment of their iniquity denotes their confession that of themselves they are nothing but impurity, 7225, 3994.

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42.  Remembering the covenant with Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham; and remembering the land denotes that then will they be capable of conjunction with the Lord first through their natural state as to the reception of good from Him; secondly as to their spiritual state; and thirdly as to their celestial state; and that they will then be furnished with truths leading to good, 840, 665, 6098, 620.

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43.  The land being left of them denotes that all who are in evil will be separated from the true church, 5812; enjoying her sabbaths while she lies desolate without them denotes the protection of the church in its state of good, when separated from evil, 87, 620, 411; accepting the punishment of their iniquity denotes living and enduring the consequences of their evil, 9937 end; and rejecting the Lord's judgements, and abhorring His statutes denotes rejecting Divine Truths internally, and refusing even to offer external worship separated from internal, 9257, 8357.

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44.  Their not being rejected in the land of their enemies denotes that, nevertheless, the Lord, when the wicked are vastated, does not cease to protect them, 1875, 620, 2851; not abhorring them to destroy them utterly denotes that neither does He permit them to be utterly destroyed for the want of protection, 3605, 693, 694, 696; not breaking the covenant with them denotes that He is still conjoined with them through the higher degrees of their life, which are not open, and that because of this conjunction they must continue to live to eternity, 9163, 665, 4364³, 4525; and " I am the Lord their God," denotes that the Lord is conjoined with the wicked because they were created capable of good and also perfect in those higher degrees, 4525, 2001.

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45.  The Lord, for their sakes, remembering the covenant of their ancestors, denotes that the Lord on account of this conjunction, permits the wicked to live, 4525, 2001; bringing their ancestors out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations that He might be their God, denotes that by the redemption of mankind from the absolute bondage of evil, He is able to protect them, 8866, 10152, 2706; and " I am the Lord," denotes that from Him they have their life still to eternity, 2001.

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46.  These being the statutes and judgements and laws, which the Lord made between Him and the children of Israel, in Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses, denotes that these are the laws of order for the spiritual man as to externals, as to interiors, and as to internals, by which conjunction is maintained between the Lord and the human race, from His Divine Love by means of His Divine Truth, 8357, 7995, 3654, 8399, 7010.

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There are evidently three general thoughts in the portion of the Word we have now to reconsider; and these are the advantages of a consistent life of obedience to the Lord and to the laws of Divine Order as contained in the Word; the miseries that man brings upon himself by disobedience; and that in no condition of a corrupted church, or of a corrupted state of the individual, is the opportunity of repentance and regeneration wanting.

But observe that the short introduction is significant and implies a tendency in man to the worship of himself, and of worldly things, while at the same time he has power to worship the Lord and love his neighbour in every state. And this has been so from the beginning, that is, it has always been so; for man was created free to choose between evil and good; and the first created man could not have had this choice without a perception that it was wrong to do certain things, and only right to do certain other things. And since they were not created in the state of regeneration, but only in the capacity for it, 18, 95, 125; and since there is no angel in heaven who has not been regenerated, and thus who does not acknowledge that, of himself, he is nothing but evil, 286, 868, it follows that the first created human beings, whoever they were, and although they were of the celestial order as distinguished from the spiritual, did fall into evil, and transmitted their evil to their posterity. Hence, then, even now every person has the capacity for regeneration, and can be regenerated if he chooses.

And as a commentary on the two sections which follow, it ought to be observed that, in the literal sense, the appeal is apparently made to the selfish principle of man, certain good things being promised to those who are obedient, and certain severe punishments threatened for the wicked; and this is as it should be, since all are first in the merely natural state, which renders it necessary that each should feel and think and act as from himself, and in the order of time consider first how he may provide for himself, and how he may avoid those calamities which are so apt continually to fall upon mankind. For if we cannot provide for ourselves and for our families, so that neither we nor they shall become a burden upon society, how can we perform the higher uses, which regard the welfare of others, and the promotion of the Lord's kingdom among men? It is not at all necessary, however, to act from selfish motives in providing for ourselves, although, with great diligence, we may take care of our property, and see that it is used as it should be, and that it is not wasted. For it is remarkable that even the Lord Himself enjoined such prudence when He said upon a particular occasion, ''Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" (John 6:12). But the internal sense of our first section shows us how we may do this, and yet have higher motives as governing motives. For what is represented by the refreshing rain, the fruit of the trees, and the corn and the wine, are just those very principles which can alone render man unselfish, since heavenly truth from the Lord, and all the various kinds of good actions made useful in the natural life, together with the bread of life which nourishes the soul, and the wine of the kingdom of God, which gives energy and sterling force of character, are all unselfish things, which do not regard our own welfare simply but the love of the Lord, and of the neighbour in all their forms. It is a fact that selfish people, indeed, may apply even these things to selfish purposes, but all the while the very truth and goodness they abuse condemn them, and from their very nature are calculated to teach and urge them on to better things. And now notice particularly the next point, with its inevitable corollary, that, notwithstanding so many appearances to the contrary, good and truth are co-extensive, and always bring peace and safety and a secure dwelling-place in the highest and best sense of those terms.

And now, before leaving this section, we have to reflect on the power of the truth in overcoming evil; on the implantation of remains and their appropriation; of the true worship of the Lord; and of the reason why we are able to worship Him truly. It is the dictate of common sense that the Divine Being is omnipotent, and few will deny this truth. But it is not as well understood in what omnipotence consists, and there are not a few who, while believing that the Lord can do anything, forget that this means anything that is consistent with Divine Love. It is impossible, therefore, for Him to do many things, because there are so many which are contrary to His character as Divine Love, and thus He cannot destroy a human soul; He cannot act towards that human soul otherwise than with love; and even the worst of evil spirits owe their continuance in life to His never-failing love. And, besides this, the Lord cannot do anything that is wrong, because what is wrong is contrary to His Divine Laws, which are all from Divine Wisdom. We see, therefore, that the omnipotence of our heavenly Father does not mean the power of doing everything, but lies in the fact that He is the origin of all power, because He is the origin of all life, and there can be no such thing as power without life. To which, if we add that He is Divine Order as well as Divine Love, it is still more manifest that He cannot act contrary to His Order. But being the origin of all power, as is now evident, we see that the good man or the angel has power from Him; and also that the wicked have no power, therefore, against the good; and these considerations illustrate the first of the four points just above named.

And then there are the remains about which so much is said in the Word, and consequently in the Writings of the church. From infancy to the end of life the Lord is continually storing up these remains in man; and whether he makes a good use of them or not, it is provided that they shall not be absolutely destroyed or lost, although with the infernals this is the case as far as their consciousness goes. They consist of every good and true influence and impression, every holy affection, and every pious thought which people have during their lives; these are stored up and are reserved by the Lord; they are those things in him who is to be regenerated upon which the spirit of the Lord operates; they are symbolized by water (Gen 1:2; John 3:5); and our chapter teaches that when man is regenerated, they are manifested or implanted in his external man and become a part of his actual life, enriching it and exalting it. And this appropriation it is which is described by eating of the old store long kept, and by bringing forth the old because of the new. But what, then, is the result? It is that the tabernacle of God is with men, and that worship is genuine and holy and pure through the complete deliverance from all evil, which, it is well known, is signified by the deliverance of the Israelites from their oppressive Egyptian bondage.

The next section, which is comparatively a long one, and speaks of many points in connection with a corrupted church, and the states through which it passes even to its consummation, need not, however, detain us long, considering that all the particulars are explained in the foregoing notes. But it is necessary to remember, in reflecting on those things, that the Lord brings evil and punishment upon no man; and that the dreadful sufferings which do really occur, and are represented by the various calamities named, are the natural results of evil states, and thus are brought upon the wicked by themselves. And the reason why the various punishments are ascribed to the Lord, or why the Lord says that He will Himself do these things, is to show that He controls all things in the universe both natural and spiritual, and because bad men, and evil spirits, being in falsities and evils, by which their minds are weakened and darkened, are apt to think that the Lord actually punishes them, and that He is the cause of their sufferings. And careful reflection will show that it is better for them that they should thus think, according to their condition and circumstances. For thus they may be led, while yet in this world, to a state of external repentance, which may afterwards become genuine. And if they are in the other life, having confirmed themselves in evil, the persuasion that God inflicts torments upon them, or permits, or directs that they shall suffer severely, on account of some violations of order, may greatly contribute to restrain them, and bring them into obedience to the laws of order in their own particular sphere, so as to render them willing to perform certain uses of which they are capable. For every one must, finally, become some form of use, this being the end of the Divine Government under any circumstances or conditions.

But the last section now requires careful thought, because it not only shows that those in good, at the end of the church, have the opportunity of repentance, but also that the wicked even in their states of confirmed evil, are still protected by the Lord, even against themselves, and are preserved in their life by Him, that they may become of some use. And this is the reason why the section is naturally divided into two parts, the first including verses 40-42, and the second verses 43-45, while verse 46 is, evidently, a general statement. The whole of the six verses, however, are included in one section, because they unitedly show that the Divine attitude is one of love and mercy both to the good and the evil in their final states.

The reason, moreover, for the interpretation here given may be seen from the consideration that those who confessed their iniquity clearly denote those who do the work of repentance, and thus those who are in good at the end of the church, ver. 40; while those by whom the land was left, while she enjoyed her sabbaths without them, as clearly denote those who separated themselves from the church on account of a confirmed state of evil, ver. 43; and this being so, all the other terms must be applied accordingly. And therefore, for example, accepting "the punishment of their iniquity," signifies, in one place, the confession that of themselves they are nothing but impurity, and in another living and enduring the consequences of their evil; and also, the interpretation of what is said concerning the wicked in verses 44-45, is according to their character, as described in the latter part of verse 43, the expression "because, even because" involving in the internal sense confirmation in their state as to the will and understanding together, and also internally and externally, since judgements have relation to what is internal and statutes to what is external.

Hence, then, we see how a comparison of the two parts of this section illustrates the subject; and enables us to perceive, and, in some measure, to realize, how the love and mercy of the Lord are extended and continued for ever even to the worst of human beings (Luke 13:34-35).

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