Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 16:9-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 16 in context

Scripture Focus

9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

11And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Deuteronomy 16:9-12

Biblical Context

The passage commands counting seven weeks, offering a freewill gift, rejoicing with the community, and remembering you were once in bondage in Egypt.

Neville's Inner Vision

All these commands are not external rules but invitations to your inner state. Seven weeks becomes seven cycles of consciousness, each week refining your thoughts, feelings, and the story you tell about your world. The feast is an I AM ceremony of gratitude, a freewill offering of your inner wealth, given according to how you perceive your blessedness. When you call the son, the daughter, the servant, the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow into your awareness, you are gathering every facet of your mind at the dwelling place of God within you—the innermost I AM. To rejoice before the Lord thy God is to rest in the certainty that your awareness is God, and joy is the normal state of your consciousness. Remembering that you were a bondman in Egypt is the memory of limitation you now choose to dissolve; by blessing that memory with your present abundance, you make bondage obsolete. Observe these statutes not as dry rules, but as inner laws by which you align feeling with the truth of your freedom.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already at the seven-week feast, blessed and generous. Feel the joy now as your inner abundance is offered freely, and let that sensation reconfigure your days.