Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 16:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 16 in context

Scripture Focus

1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

2Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.

3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

4And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

Deuteronomy 16:1-4

Biblical Context

Verse 16:1-4 directs observing the spring Passover, sacrificing in the place the Lord chooses, and eating unleavened bread for seven days to remember delivery from Egypt while keeping leaven out.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe the inner month of Abib, for the Lord thy God is consciousness, and the exodus of Israel is the movement of awareness from bondage to freedom. The Passover is the moment you turn your attention to the I AM within, the place where God places His name in your heart. You enact the sacrifice not in time and space, but in imagination, declaring that you are already whole and free, aligning with the inner temple of your being. The seven days of unleavened bread are a discipline of clearing the mind of residual leaven—old identifications, inherited fears, pictures of lack—so the bread you eat is “the bread of affliction” transformed into living truth. Remember the day you came forth out of Egypt, not as a distant memory but as a fresh realization that the deliverance is presently complete in your consciousness. Keep the feast in your inner room, and let your awareness keep guard against leaven in thought, until the old night is past and dawn is here in you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and assume you are already in the inner Passover, with the leaven of old beliefs dissolved. Feel the I AM fully present in your temple now.