Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 21:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 21 in context

Scripture Focus

3And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

Deuteronomy 21:3-4

Biblical Context

Plainly, the elders take a heifer that has never been worked and bring it to a rough, unplowed valley. There they strike the animal's neck, completing the ritual.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville manner, this passage becomes a study of inner purification. The city near the slain man represents your outward, conditioned self that has been touched by a sense of loss. The elders are the calm, discerning presence of awareness validating what you accept as true. The unworked heifer stands for a state of pure potential, not yet bound by old yokes of belief. Leading it to a rough valley—a space that is neither tilled nor sown—places your mind in a liminal field where old patterns can die without residue. When the elders strike off the heifer's neck, envision the release of a limiting idea from your consciousness. The ritual is not punishment but separation from a notion that has been ruling you. The true sacrifice is the old identity you permit to die, so the I AM, your present awareness, may live unbounded and whole.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the I AM as your only reality. Picture the elders of awareness guiding a pure, unyoked heifer into a rough valley and sever the old belief, feeling the new state arise.