Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 19:17-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 19 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Deuteronomy 19:17-19

Biblical Context

Two disputing parties stand before the LORD, with the priests and judges present; a diligent inquiry exposes a false witness, and the community is instructed to remove the evil from among them.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner meaning, the two men are two states of consciousness contesting a claim in the mind. The LORD is your I AM awareness, and the priests and judges are the inner faculties that discern truth. When you entertain a dispute, you are entertaining a belief that must be tested; the diligent inquisition is the careful psychological examination you undertake with imagination. If the witness testifies falsely against another, that witness is a false assumption born of fear, envy, or habit. The command to do unto him is the law of correspondence: you enact in your life the very outcome you have believed about another. Therefore you are called to remove the evil from among you—not as punishment from without, but as the revision of your inner state. When you revise the testimony to truth and declare I am free from false judgments; I choose wellbeing, your perception shifts and the situation dissolves in your experience. The kingdom is within; by clearing the inner court, you reveal the reality you desire.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, stand in the inner court before your I AM, and allow the false witness to be seen for what it is. Revise: this testimony is not mine; I replace it with truth, and I remove the evil from my mind. Then feel the relief as the scene shifts.