Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 13:10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 13 in context

Scripture Focus

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 13:10

Biblical Context

The verse depicts removing an influence that would pull you away from the LORD. It guards the covenant by eradicating the inner idol that would lead you from true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Do not take the stone literally; read it as a practice of mind. The 'stone' is the decisive act of the I AM in you to cast out a thought that seeks to separate you from God within. The command to stone him with stones is the inner command to end the movement that would drive you from the Lord thy God, from the awareness that brought you out of bondage. The 'which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage' recalls the bondage you once knew in mind, the old state of fear and limitation. Now you stand in the exodus of consciousness; you are no longer ruled by that old memory. The verse invites you to identify the counterfeit worship the mind projects when it fears loss, scarcity or separation, and to refuse it with the unwavering certainty of your original nature, the I AM. By this inner act you are reinstated into true worship, where God is not distant but here as awareness. The inner law of faith works: the moment you reject the counterfeit, the true reality of God in you rises.

Practice This Now

In a quiet moment, revise a limiting belief by declaring, 'This thought is dead to me.' Imagine placing it under a stone and watching it dissolve, as the I AM awakens to freedom within you.