Inner Kingship Of The Tribes

Neville's Inner Vision

The verse speaks of rulers over the tribes, yet in Neville’s octave those rulers are inner functions of consciousness. Eliezer, son of Zichri, and Shephatiah, son of Maachah, symbolize distinct faculties within your mind—the disciplined governor and the prudent counselor—being placed under the sovereign I AM. The assignment of leadership is not a historical fact about external peoples; it is a symbol of how your awareness appoints order within. When you hold Eliezer as ruler of Reuben, you align that tribe’s impulse with conscious direction; when you set Shephatiah over Simeon, you authorize restraint and discernment to guide its energies. This is a teaching that your inner kingdoms require unity through righteous governance: the I AM stands as the sole ruler, and the various dispositions become well-ordered citizens within the same government. Thus, the page becomes a map of inner administration: your life prospers as you recognize and affirm that the inner rulers—appointed by awareness—keep the mind in harmony with its own kingship.