Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 25:8-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

8And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

10The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

11The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

12The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

13The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

14The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

15The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

16The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

17The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

18The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

19The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

20The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

21The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

22The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

23The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

26The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

27The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

28The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

29The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

30The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

31The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

1 Chronicles 25:8-31

Biblical Context

1 Chronicles 25:8–31 describes casting lots to allocate duties among the Levites and singers, showing an orderly, divine governance over worship. It frames each role as part of a larger, inclusive order where small and great are equally governed by God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Cast not your lots to fate, but to the I AM within. In this list of names and assignments lies not a history to be recalled, but a map of states waking to order. Each 'lot' is a function of consciousness, a department in the temple of your mind where a certain quality—Asaph, Gedaliah, Zaccur, Mattithiah, and the rest—becomes a shifted posture of attention. When you imagine that you, right now, are assigning the twelve for Asaph or for Shimei, you are not tracing names but identifying dispositions: worship, loyalty, discipline, community, and family harmony within yourself. The verse makes clear that the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar, are included in divine governance. The sovereignty you name God is not afar; it is the I AM you, choosing, by inner assumption, the roles that express steadfast devotion. By revising your inner cast and feeling it real, you align thoughts, feelings, and actions with a single, unchanging order, and your outer life begins to echo that inner sanctuary.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and picture your inner temple. Assign a current situation or mood—fear, doubt, energy—as one of the twelve roles, and revise it by declaring, 'I cast this role and align with the I AM.' Then feel the shift as your day begins to move in harmony with that chosen order.