Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 1:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 1 in context

Scripture Focus

1These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

4After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

5On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

Deuteronomy 1:1-5

Biblical Context

Moses speaks to all Israel on this side of the Jordan, declaring the law given by the LORD. The scene recalls their long journey and the victories that established the context for a covenantal instruction.

Neville's Inner Vision

These verses are not a distant record but a movement within you. The 'words Moses spake' become the inner command your I AM is delivering to your consciousness. You are not reading about an ancient nation; you are hearing the law in the form of an inner decree that orders your mind toward alignment with your true desire. 'This side Jordan' marks the boundary you cross from confusion into settled awareness—the old wandering state yields to a final decision. The fortieth year signifies a mature season in which the inner man can declare what has already been ordained by your inner LORD. The battles with Sihon and Og stand for the resistances that once blocked your realization; now, hearing the commandment, you begin to declare and live by a law that requires nothing external, only an inner alignment with the I AM. In Moab, on this side Jordan, you establish the covenant in your heart by assuming the truth as present fact. The text invites you to transform memory and history into a fresh present-spectrum where faithfulness and truth are your immediate experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, imagine Moses speaking the law to you, and feel the certainty that the decree is already true in your heart. Then revise a current limitation by affirming it is dissolved by the inner covenant and replace it with the felt reality of the promised land within.