Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 13:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 13 in context

Scripture Focus

1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

2And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

4Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

7Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

8Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

9But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

10And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 13:1-10

Biblical Context

The passage warns that a prophet may perform signs, but if the message tempts you to worship other gods, you must not listen. The inner teaching is to test your love for the Lord by aligning your heart and soul with the one God within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville’s frame, the prophet is a state of consciousness offering a future built on separation. If a dream or sign urges you toward other gods—attachments, fears, opinions—you are shown where your trust remains outside the I AM. The Lord your God is the awareness you are; the test is your fidelity to that awareness with every heartbeat. To walk after the Lord and cleave to Him becomes a daily practice: attend to your inner life, reject the counterfeit sign, and dissolve the belief that power lies outside the God-state. The punitive imagery is symbolic: cast out the belief in other powers from your mind, cleanse the inner temple of idols. When you know yourself as God’s I AM, the so-called evil dissolves and you naturally walk in harmony with the one infinite reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: when a sign or dream arises, pause, close your eyes, and revise, 'I AM God, and I choose to walk with the Lord my God alone.' Feel the certainty as if it were real.