Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 1:13-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 1 in context

Scripture Focus

13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

18And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

Deuteronomy 1:13-18

Biblical Context

The passage presents appointing wise, known leaders to judge the people, with instructions to judge righteously, impartially, and to bring hard matters to God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the outer scene of Deuteronomy 1:13-18, the book describes a people choosing rulers and establishing courts. Neville teaches you to see this as an inner arrangement of consciousness: the 'wise' and 'understanding' are faculties of discernment and justice you summon within. The crowd and strangers signify the situations and thoughts that arise in awareness. When you declare that 'the judgment is God' you are naming your own I AM as the ultimate authority, the steady ground on which all decisions rest. To 'not respect persons' and to hear the small as well as the great means your inner court must give equal attention to every impulse, fear, and belief—no bias, no defensiveness. The hard cases are the stubborn beliefs you still defend; bring them to your inner judge and let a new divine order be imagined. The act of judging becomes an act of aligning your mental atmosphere with truth rather than coercion. When you practice this inner court, you awaken a state where harmony, clarity, and right action spontaneously follow from your awakened awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine a council of wise judges within your mind. Then assume their fair verdict on a current issue, feel the truth that the judgment is God's, and let peace take the place of resistance.