Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 22:22-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 22 in context

Scripture Focus

22If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

23If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

24Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

25But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

27For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

Deuteronomy 22:22-29

Biblical Context

These verses set a severe standard for sexual offenses and command a cleansing of evil from Israel. They frame violation as a breach of holy order that calls for community accountability.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scenes not as external laws but as the inner movement of your own consciousness. The man, the woman, even the gate and the field are your inner places; the punishments are the dramatization of a mind pressed by the belief in separation. When you feel threatened by passion or by a perceived violation, your inner state is the true arena; the 'death' of the outer man and woman mirrors the death of old convictions, not people. The line that the damsel cries and is not to be blamed points to innocence within you that cannot be condemned by an external judge. The clause that the damsel in the field cries out for rescue hints that in your present moment you may feel isolated, yet your awareness is the rescuer. The important revelation: there is no sin worthy of death in the inner field when you approach life from the I AM, the steady awareness that never punishes but reveals. So the remedy is internal: revise your sense of guilt by affirming you are the I AM, intact and unassailable, and let your imagination align your world with wholeness.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM as your constant state; revise by declaring, 'I am whole, I am free, and there is no judgment in me.' Then feel it real for a minute, letting the sense of oneness flow through your days.