Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 24:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 24 in context

Scripture Focus

1When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.

3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

Deuteronomy 24:1-3

Biblical Context

Deuteronomy 24:1–3 describes a husband who may divorce a wife for some fault and the wife’s right to remarry, with provisions about the second marriage and its ending. It outlines a formal path for ending one relationship and beginning another.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as a map of the inner man, Deuteronomy 24:1–3 is not about a legal ceremony but about states of consciousness. The 'husband' is your attention; the 'wife' is a living image you have taken to be real. When you 'find uncleanness' in that image, the instruction to write a bill of divorcement and send it forth becomes the inward act of releasing that thought form from your kingdom. The 'latter husband' represents a new image you permit into your life; if that image hates or dies, you are not condemned, you are invited to renew your focus and choose another image. In Neville’s terms, the law shows that separation and remarriage occur within the I AM, not in the external world. The inner man may declare, 'I am free to shift my valuation; I am free to replace limitation with a more expansive image.' The outer events will follow as your inner acceptance of a new state grows: your life becomes a reflection of your most steady conviction. So the passage becomes a practice: revise your inner image, feel it real, and watch the world align to that new consciousness.

Practice This Now

Take a moment now: write a 'bill of divorcement' for a stubborn belief you no longer wish to live by; then close your eyes and feel the new image as if it already is true, while affirming I AM.