Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 14:4-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 14 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Deuteronomy 14:4-8

Biblical Context

These verses name which beasts are clean to eat and which are unclean, using physical signs (hoof and cud) as the criteria. They set boundaries for ritual behavior and covenant loyalty in daily life.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this portion, the beasts you may eat are not animals in a pen, but states of consciousness you harbor within. The signs—hoof split, cud-chewing—become inner criteria by which you decide what thoughts you nourish and what loyalties you keep. Clean meat is fidelity to the I AM, the awareness that governs appetite and action with quiet obedience. Unclean is the recall of fear, doubt, envy, and separation from divine flow. When you inhabit the clean state, you do not merely follow a rule; you align your imagination with covenant loyalty, letting truth govern choice and feeling. The verse invites you to audit your inner menus, to choose thoughts that bless and to refrain from those that erode your peace. Remember: this is not about geography or diet; it is about the inner kingdom you affirm as already yours. By perceiving these distinctions as movements of consciousness, you can revise any moment you feel unclean by returning to the I AM and tasting what is pure.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are the clean beast now; feel the cud of truth chewing within, and declare, I AM the one clean, obedient to divine law. Then quietly revise any unclean thought by returning to that I AM state until it feels real.