Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 1:26-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 1 in context

Scripture Focus

26Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

Deuteronomy 1:26-28

Biblical Context

The passage describes the Israelites' refusal to enter the land, citing fear and a belief that God hates them, leading to murmuring and discouragement.

Neville's Inner Vision

Through Neville's lens, Deuteronomy 1:26-28 is about inner states rather than external foes. The commandment of the LORD your God is the inner word of truth your I AM speaks, inviting you to advance into a reality aligned with your higher nature. Their claim that 'the LORD hated us' misreads circumstance as attack, a habit of fear. The giants and walled cities symbolize persistent thoughts of lack and limitation—the Anakims of doubt. The question 'Whither shall we go up?' is the mind's retreat from a higher consciousness. Your obedience, in Neville's sense, is alignment with the inner command, not rebellion. To change the scene, revise the assumption: you already carry the land within you, that conditions bend to your I AM presence, and courage is your natural state. Stay with that inner image; let faith be a living certainty that transforms experience into realization. The path up is the practice of imagination becoming your lived reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and repeat the revised inner verdict: 'I am the one who goes up; I already possess the land.' Feel that certainty until it is real in your chest.