Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 26:12-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 26 in context

Scripture Focus

12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

13Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

Deuteronomy 26:12-14

Biblical Context

After you finish tithing all the increase in the third year, you give to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. Then you declare before the Lord that you have kept the commandments and used the holy things rightly.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the Law becomes your inner discipline. The 'tithing' is not a tax but a naming of your inner abundance—an act that shifts your state of consciousness. The Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow are the inner faculties and lacks you serve: the priest within, the unknown, the parts of you needing care, the losses you've held. When you complete the third year, you symbolically release a portion of your inner wealth to these aspects, so they may eat within your gates and be filled. This is not charity to an outside God but a renewal of the inner economy, a way of saying to the I AM: I have not allowed fear, mourning, or unclean thoughts to consume my treasure. I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God and kept faith with the commandments. In your imagination, see the mind clearing its sacred storehouse, the gates of awareness opening, and nourishment flowing to all parts of you. The result is not more rule but a transformed inner climate that manifests as steady peace and right action.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume you have completed your inner tithe. Visualize placing a portion of your inner wealth into the inner temple and feel nourishment flowing to every part of you, as the gates open.