Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 21:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 21 in context

Scripture Focus

22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Biblical Context

The text commands that a condemned man be buried that day so the land isn't defiled by exposure to death. It ties the concept of holiness to how life is cared for after judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the verse as a map of consciousness: the hanging body is a stubborn thought of separation, and the tree is the outward condition it shapes. The land represents your inner atmosphere—your mental inheritance from God. The command to bury him that day becomes a practice: end the death-state belief immediately, before attention anchors it. When you refuse to feed that belief and instead re-claim the land as sacred, the sense of being accursed loses its grip. Your true inheritance is the I AM, the divine Life within, which remains undefiled when you align with oneness with God. Treat the law as a discipline of consciousness: you judge nothing in the world, but you awaken to your unity with the I AM and let that realization govern your life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In a quiet moment, assume the old fear has been buried today and feel the relief as the mind’s land clears. Then declare, 'I AM the I AM, and this land is holy unto me.'