Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 24:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 24 in context

Scripture Focus

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;

4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 24:3-4

Biblical Context

Plain sense: if a wife is sent away by a second husband or the second husband dies, the former husband may not take her back; such remarriage would defile the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

I see this decree as a map of inner law within the I AM. The 'latter husband' is a later state of consciousness that has turned from the old belief; the bill of divorcement is the moment I part from a limiting identification. When he may not take her again, after she is defiled, the inner implication is clear: I cannot return to a previous consciousness that would pollute my inner land with fear or lack. My land, my life, is sustained by the new state that yields harmony with God’s inheritance—the uninterrupted flow of awareness. To attempt to remarry the old self would corrupt the land I am given to govern. The command teaches inner fidelity: remain aligned with the state that serves wholeness, obedience, and purity, and do not oscillate back to past doubts. In such steadfastness, imagination becomes reality, and the land remains clean and fruitful.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a moment of stillness, declare, 'I am the I AM; I cannot remarry the old doubt.' Picture the old self dissolving, the land rising fresh with light; dwell in that state for a few breaths.