Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 9:3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 9 in context

Scripture Focus

3And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

1 Chronicles 9:3

Biblical Context

Verse 9:3 notes that Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh dwelt in Jerusalem, showing a city where several tribes share one space. It highlights community, loyalty to a shared life, and the presence of God within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 9:3 invites you to see Jerusalem not as a place in time, but as the inner city of your consciousness where the tribes of your being live together. Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh are your feelings, memories, talents, and doubts, each claiming a corner of the mind. When you acknowledge they are all within the same enclosure, you are practicing unity—an inner covenant loyalty to the I AM that you are. The dwelling of these tribes in one city is a metaphor for a state of awareness where no part is banished or neglected; presence is not earned but remembered. Neville’s key is assumption: assume you are the city, that every facet of you has a home under the same roof of consciousness. As you feel the reality of this inner dwelling, the sense of separation dissolves, and your life begins to reflect a harmonious community. The more you dwell in that awareness, the more your external world reveals a unity among people and things because you have reaffirmed your inner state.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, breathe, and silently declare, 'I am Jerusalem—my whole being dwells in harmony.' Then revise any sense of division by imagining each part bowing to the shared I AM and feel the unity.