Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 25:7-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 25 in context

Scripture Focus

7And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

9Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

10And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

Deuteronomy 25:7-10

Biblical Context

The text mandates the duty to raise up a name for the brother. It enacts public accountability when one refuses, ending in a symbolic label for the offender.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's framework, Deuteronomy 25:7-10 becomes a map of inner states. The 'man who will not take his brother's wife' is a state that resists the inner duty to extend your spiritual lineage, to 'build up' the house of your consciousness. The elders are your inner authorities, the steady, discerning thoughts that call you to responsible action. When you resist, you stand before the awareness that you have loosened your own footing—symbolized by the shoe—the mind's surety is replaced by exposure and potential ridicule; yet the external rite is only the mirror of your inner rejection. The name thus spoken is the identity you are choosing to wear in your own consciousness: a life built through obedience to your inner law, or a life erased from the inner ledger. The teaching is that your present state, not external judgment, is what will be called into Israel of your soul. Therefore, you must imagine and feel as though you have already given birth to the promised name, and allow that feeling to dissolve reluctance and reestablish secure footing in your I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In your mind, stand at the gate of awareness and declare, 'I embrace my inner duty to build up my house,' feeling the commitment steady underfoot. Then revise any reluctance by accepting the vision as real now, sinking it into your I AM.