Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 25:9-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

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 25:9-31

Biblical Context

The text lists 24 divisions, each assigned twelve, signaling orderly worship. It expresses a communal, obedient, faithful service arranged by divine pattern.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your imagination, these verses are not external names but stages of your own consciousness. The twelve in each line is not a number but a testament to wholeness already resident in you; a state of awareness that serves a single purpose: true worship. When you read 'the first lot came forth,' you hear your own assumption arising into view: I am now aligned with a divine order. The repeated twelve speaks of the faithfulness of your inner law—as you persist in this inner arrangement, your days are ordered by a quiet, constant rhythm. The personnel—Asaph, Gedaliah, Zaccur, and so on—become inner faculties and inspirations circulating within your mind, each with its own breath, yet all united in service to God the I AM. Your work and vocation are not burdens from without but psychological positions you occupy by choice, maintained by obedience to the inner pattern. As you dwell in this consciousness, the sense of separation dissolves; unity is your atmosphere, and worship becomes natural action. The outer stream of events then flows in harmony with this inner order, manifesting as peace, cooperation, and consistent faithfulness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine an inner scroll listing the twenty-four lots. Revise your state by affirming, 'I am in perfect order now,' and feel the unity as present.