Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 26:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 26 in context

Scripture Focus

5And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Deuteronomy 26:5-6

Biblical Context

The speech recalls a father who left Syria for Egypt, grew into a nation, and then endured harsh bondage at the hands of the Egyptians. It frames deliverance as a move from oppression to liberty.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville's lens, this passage is not a record of geography but a map of inner states. The 'Syrian ready to perish' stands for a consciousness convinced of lack; Egypt represents a dream of limitation that grips the mind when it forgets its oneness with God. The journey from a few to a mighty nation signals a shift in identity inside the self when one refuses to identify with bondage. The accusation that the Egyptians entreated us and laid on hard bondage are the natural results of believing in separation and lack. Yet the law here is inward: as the awareness of I AM expands, so does the inner nation—an abundance of vitality, protection, and order that arises from within. The exodus described is an awakening, not a departure from a land but a return to the truth that the Lord thy God is the I AM within. When you speak to that inner God with confidence, the sense of oppression dissolves and the memory of bondage yields to liberty, prosperity, and creative power. The old script yields to a new imagination that has already claimed freedom.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and picture your ancestral line walking out of bondage into a radiant inner nation. Then repeat the phrase I AM as a living fact of your awareness and feel freedom flooding your consciousness.