Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 15:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 15 in context

Scripture Focus

12And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

Deuteronomy 15:12-15

Biblical Context

During six years of service, a Hebrew servant must be freed in the seventh. When released, he should not go empty-handed but be furnished from your blessings, remembering you were once a bondman in Egypt.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the decree not as a social policy but as a psychological law. Bondage and release are states of consciousness you inhabit. Six years of service represent a mental pattern you have tolerated; the seventh year is your decisive turning when you assume a freer state. When you remember Egypt—the bondage of lack, fear, or limitation—you do not honor a distant history; you honor your own possibility to be redeemed by the I AM within you. The redemption is not coming from outside; it is your realization that you are always free when you align your inner sight with abundance. To let the freed servant go not empty is to let your imagination pour forth blessing from your inner stores; furnishing him from your flock and winepress is simply acting from realized wealth, not scarcity. The command to remember your bondage and your redemption is a command to keep faith with your true nature. Love of neighbor is the outward sign that you live in a reconciled state where all are brothers, and every act of generosity seals your inner liberation.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the freed state now, feeling the abundance that follows release. Then bless someone with generosity in your mind or in action, as a symbol that your inner Egypt has become a land of plenty.