Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 19:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 19 in context

Scripture Focus

4And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

5As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Deuteronomy 19:4-6

Biblical Context

This passage defines the slayer who must flee to a city of refuge to live, distinguishing an accidental killing from murder.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the scene as a map of consciousness. The 'slayer' is a moment in you that harmed another, perhaps ignorantly, not as a person but as a stubborn pattern of fear. The 'city of refuge' is an inner stance of awareness where you refuse to die by your old beliefs and allow a new life to begin. The 'avenger of blood' is the conscience that pursues the old program, driven by a hot heart and the sense of time stretched out; yet the way is long only until you decide differently. If hatred did not dwell in you in the time past, you are not condemned by automatic verdicts but invited into a higher state. When you mentally dwell in that refuge and feel the truth that you can revise, the imagined act dissolves in present reality. The law of your inner world is not retribution but resurrection: the moment you align with I AM, the memory loses its sting and your life becomes a single, merciful flow.

Practice This Now

Assume you are now living in a city of refuge within your mind; feel the relief as you affirm, 'I am innocent now in the light of I AM,' and let the sense of pursuit dissolve. Hold the feeling until the image of safety feels real.