Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 4:1-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 4 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

4But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Deuteronomy 4:1-8

Biblical Context

Israel is told to listen to and keep the statutes so they may live and possess the land. Obedience becomes wisdom that shines before the nations.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this text, the 'statutes and judgments' are not distant rites but the inner laws of your own consciousness. You are Israel here, and the land you go to possess is the state you dwell in when you align with the I AM that you are. Baalpeor represents a dream of separation, a brief forgetfulness of your true nature; yet those who cleave to the LORD remain alive because they have not left the circle of your inner God. The commandment 'keep them' becomes the practice of living by a steady inner orientation: refuse definitions that deny your wholeness, and trust the clear discernment that time and events are movements of consciousness. In this light, the nation hearing your statutes is the world perceiving a life governed by unity and righteousness—the fruit of an inner state radiating outward. The law is not external to be followed but an expression of your awareness, which makes all things present. When you accept this as true now, you possess your land—the experiences you pray for—because you have become the law you keep.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the inner law is alive in you now; for five minutes, feel as if you are already inhabiting the land. Quietly repeat, 'I am the law, I am the life,' letting the sense of ownership fill your consciousness.