Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 24:10-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 24 in context

Scripture Focus

10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 24:10-13

Biblical Context

Verse 24:10-13 instructs not to enter the borrower's house to fetch a pledge. The pledge is brought out and returned by sundown so the borrower can sleep with dignity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this decree lies a doorway into your own relationship with lack and provision. The pledge is not a thing, but a symbol of your own assumption - the security you grant to a neighbor is the faith you grant to yourself. When you stand at the threshold and let the pledge be brought out, you are learning to honor the other as an expression of your I AM. If the recipient is poor, you refrain from coercion; you let the sun go down on the pledge so the borrower rests and your mind rests too. Thus righteousness is not a rule imposed from without, but a harmonizing of your inner states so that the sense of scarcity dissolves into abundance. To reinterpret it now, imagine you are the lender of your own life, and the pledge is any belief you fear to release. By returning it in your awareness by sundown, you bless the entire dream and awaken to the truth that the kingdom begins within.

Practice This Now

Assume the pledge has already been returned in your awareness by sunset; feel the relief as if the borrower is resting in his own raiment. Practice this revision today and watch your outer life reflect the inner righteousness.