Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 15:16-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 15 in context

Scripture Focus

16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

17Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

Deuteronomy 15:16-18

Biblical Context

The passage says that if a servant loves his master and the household and wishes to stay, a symbolic act marks him as a lifelong servant; the maidservant is treated likewise. After six years, the servant may be sent free, and God blesses all the master does.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this text the 'servant' is a fixed pattern of thought within your consciousness that has proven useful. When he says, I will not go away, because he loves thee, you are witnessing the moment your inner I AM commits to a state of being—an inner loyalty that will not abandon the life it has created. The aul through the ear is a symbolic seal: a decisive boundary you place in imagination that this truth remains rooted at the door of your heart, not a punishment but a permanent alignment with your covenant of inner life. The six years represent cycles of effort in the outer world; remaining loyal to a productive state blesses all you do, for the Lord thy God blesses the labor of the consciousness that chooses to stay with its truth. This is deliverance: you are released from the tyranny of continual change when you honor the stable, life-affirming state you have welcomed as your own. Your inner master blesses your acts because you have chosen to dwell in that state as your own I AM.

Practice This Now

Choose a specific beneficial state (peace, confidence, abundance) and affirm, 'I will remain in this state; I am the I AM that loves and sustains this life.' Feel it real for a few minutes, then observe how your surrounding conditions begin reflecting that steadfast inner loyalty.