Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 9:17-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 9 in context

Scripture Focus

17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

18Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.

21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

1 Chronicles 9:17-22

Biblical Context

These verses name the porters and their leaders who guarded the tabernacle gates. They reveal an orderly, genealogical assignment of service among Levi and the Korahites, with Phinehas and Zechariah noted in oversight.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the gatekeepers not as men in a building but as the very disposition of your attention. Shallum at the gate eastward is your waking boundary, the point where awareness first touches the day. The two hundred and twelve named in their villages are the many states of consciousness you admit to entrance. When David and Samuel ordain them, you are acknowledging that your inner life has order and purpose, not chaos. Phinehas standing as ruler of old is the law within you that says, Let there be light in your thoughts; and Zechariah at the door guards the doorway of your tabernacle—what you admit determines what you carry into action. The LORD being with Phinehas implies that the Presence is with the observer, the I AM within you, always endorsing a right administration of your inner house. Your life is a tabernacle you build by attending to the moves of your mind; the gates keep out fear, habit, and inertia, and invite reverent worship. You are the steward of your own sanctuary, called to order and true worship in daily life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume you are Shallum standing at the gate. As you breathe, revise one limiting belief by declaring it as a 'gate' that you now close, and feel the presence of God entering mind.