Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 17:8-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 17 in context

Scripture Focus

8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

9And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

10And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

11According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Deuteronomy 17:8-11

Biblical Context

When a matter is too hard to judge, go to the place chosen by the LORD within you, consult the inner priest and judge, and follow the sentence they reveal. Do not diverge to the right or left, but observe the law as your own state of consciousness dictates.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your life presents a question that seems hard to judge, yet Deuteronomy invites you to ascend to the inner place your God chooses. The place the LORD thy God shall choose is the state of awareness you designate as your sanctuary. The priests and the judge are not distant officials but faculties of your mind: intuition, discernment, and reason empowered by faith. When a matter is hard between blood and blood, between plea and plea, your task is to enquire within and allow the inner tribunal to speak. The sentence they show is a conviction of the state you must assume to resolve the dispute. To follow that sentence is to act from that inner state, not from fear or opinion. Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; stay aligned with the verdict you have learned to inhabit. By assuming the state of the judge, you convert external conflict into inner clarity, and life begins to move in harmony with the inner verdict, as surely as dawn follows night.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, enter your inner sanctuary, and declare that the inner judge has spoken a clear sentence for your situation. Then live by that verdict as already true in your day.