Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 2:14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 2 in context

Scripture Focus

14And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

Deuteronomy 2:14

Biblical Context

The space from Kadesh-barnea to the brook Zered spans 38 years, during which the generation of the men of war perished, as the LORD swore.

Neville's Inner Vision

That line about thirty-eight years is not a calendar, but a condition of consciousness. The wanderings of Israel signify the mind’s stubborn refusal to move from a desert-state into a river-state of living awareness. Kadesh-barnea is the impulse to define yourself by limitation, a place where you ask, 'Can I really cross?' The brook Zered represents a crossing, a shift from belief in separation and struggle to a rhythm of truth already present within, where every sensation speaks, 'I am.' The old generation—the men of war—are the aged thoughts, attitudes, and plans that insist on fighting for survival rather than listening to the inner law. The LORD's oath is the immutable decree of your own I AM: you have the authority to end the inner civil war, to let the old fears die, and to awaken to a new order of being. In this view, the thirty-eight years are a discipline of mind, a long season in which you learn to trust the unseen, until your present awareness recognizes the promised land within as your living now.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already across the brook Zered, the inner crossing finished. Revise the memory of 38 years as a completed inner event, and feel the ease and certainty of your new self in the now.