Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 14:1-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 14 in context

Scripture Focus

1Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

2For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

4These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

5The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

6And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

7Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

8And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

9These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

10And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

11Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

13And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

14And every raven after his kind,

15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

16The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

17And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

18And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

19And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

20But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

22Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

23And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

24And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

25Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

26And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

27And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

28At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

29And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Deuteronomy 14:1-29

Biblical Context

Deuteronomy 14:1-29 presents holiness as Israel's identity and daily life, detailing clean/unclean foods, offerings, and tithes that cultivate reverence, purity, and care for the vulnerable. The outward acts mirror inner discipline and dependence on God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, this passage is not a catalog of foods but a map of consciousness. The distinctions between clean and unclean, the tithes, and the pilgrimages are symbols guiding you to guard the temple of your mind. You are the holy people, chosen in your I AM, and every choice about nourishment and giving becomes a practice that shapes your inner weather. When you refuse to eat what does not serve your highest self, you are pruning belief patterns that would distract you from your divine nature. The tithe is a steady retreat of energy back to your source, training your attention to seek what feeds your soul, not merely your senses. The place where God’s name is set is the center of awareness within you; when you turn the wealth of your days into intention, you enter a joyful inner feast that blesses you and those you touch—the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, the widow within as well as without. Thus, the law becomes a practice of aligning inner states with the abundance you claim by imagination.

Practice This Now

Imagine: I am the holy people of the Lord, and I pour a tithe of my attention into the inner sanctuary today. Feel it real by sensing gratitude and allowing your inner Levite to bless your household as you choose nourishing thoughts over old habits.