Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 3:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

2And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

3So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

4And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

5All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

Deuteronomy 3:1-6

Biblical Context

Moses leads Israel to Bashan; God commands them to fear not and promises deliverance. They conquer Og and possess his cities.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the level of consciousness, Bashan and Og symbolize the stubborn conditions you meet within. The command Fear him not is not a command to those soldiers, but to your I AM, the awareness that cannot fail. The conquest is a practice of imagination: deliverance promised in the text becomes a mental fact you assume until it becomes your experience. When the text speaks of destroying the cities, remember: you are removing the beliefs and memories that kept those walls up. The land is the inner state of wholeness, authority, and peace you occupy in imagination, and the outer events will follow as your inner picture holds. This is providence in action: God moves in response to your steady assumption. The victory over Og is the victory over fear within, and the story becomes a map for how your own consciousness can extend dominion over every 'city' of limitation. The core is that you are always delivered by the power you already are.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state of deliverance is already yours. Revise every lingering fear by stating, 'I AM delivers me now,' and feel the imagined walls dissolving into light.