Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 22:5-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 22 in context

Scripture Focus

5The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

6If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

7But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

9Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

10Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

11Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

Deuteronomy 22:5-11

Biblical Context

The verses establish clear boundaries: avoid mixing contrary categories (dress, seeds, fabrics), show mercy to life (the dam and young), build safety (a battlement), and keep daily work free from conflicting mixtures.

Neville's Inner Vision

All these laws are sketches of the inner order your imagination must sustain. The 'divers sorts' of fabrics, the 'divers seeds', the mixed plow, the dam and her young—these are inner states and choices. To clothe yourself in two natures is to fracture your imagining and invite conflict into your days. To sow mixed seeds or pair unlike beasts is to mix conflicting ideas and motives, producing a harvest you did not intend. The bird's nest episode invites mercy and discipline: in your mind, let the dam go and keep the young, so your life may rise in abundance without destroying what sustains it. The battlement on the roof is your mental guardrail, a boundary that prevents accidental 'fall' from stable awareness. You are not commanded to fear separation but to honor the integrity of your inner field; each part kept in its proper place so the whole operates as one will. When you embody this inner order by assumption, seeing yourself as already aligned, protected, and fruitful, you embody the verse and your days lengthen in proportion to your inner clarity.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and repeat: I am the I AM, the boundary and the field; I choose one coherent purpose today. Visualize a house with a single roof line and a battlement around your thoughts; when impulses clash, revise by returning to that single I AM.