Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 19:11-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 19 in context

Scripture Focus

11But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

17Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deuteronomy 19:11-21

Biblical Context

It describes handling murder, false testimony, and boundary issues in a way that protects life and maintains order. It also calls for clear witnesses and strict consequences for false witnesses.

Neville's Inner Vision

All Deuteronomy 19:11-21 is a parable told by your own consciousness about how you settle with the senses of judgment in your inner court. The criminal, the avenger, the city elders—all are inner states of awareness acting out a drama in your mind. When you hate your neighbor and plot against him in the hidden chambers of thought, you are merely awaking an old belief that danger is real, and the mind then gives it form as consequence. The command 'two or three witnesses' becomes the inner audit: in you there must be enough consistent signs that a thing is true before you permit it to manifest. If a false witness rises within, the judges of your soul must rigorously inquire, and you disarm the false claim by repeating a higher truth until you feel it as now. 'Put away the evil' means releasing any belief that harms your life. The law to not pity the guilty but to let life be life is your invitation to stop identifying with fear and to embody life as your true state. When you align with that life, the entire land you possess—your inner world—flourishes without blame or punishment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit in stillness and declare, I am the I AM, the witness of truth; imagine two or three steady signs confirming your present reality, then revoke the old fear and feel life as already established.