Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 4:44-49 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 4 in context

Scripture Focus

44And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

46On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

47And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

48From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

49And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Deuteronomy 4:44-49

Biblical Context

Moses presents the law and its testimonies, statutes, and judgments given after leaving Egypt, outlining the land east of the Jordan from Aroer to Pisgah. It marks the covenant's geographical scope and the boundaries of the Israelite community.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's words here: The 'law' is not a rule book handed to a people on stone, but a state of consciousness Moses can set before your inner Israel. The Jordan becomes your crossing from fear to clear assumption; the land of Sihon and Bashan are the loud thoughts that claim your attention, memories that say 'this is mine' in the waking world. When you read 'these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments,' hear them as inner dispositions you choose to inhabit. The land you possess on this side Jordan eastward is the kingdom of your awareness that you begin to inhabit by assumption, not by outward conquest. The arc from Aroer to Pisgah is your inner map: the bank of your Arnon must be crossed by the I AM you are, and Hermon and Mount Sion symbolize heights of perception you are invited to ascend in imagination. The outward geography becomes an inner covenant; by affirming that this law governs your consciousness now, you convert wandering into possession and the ordinary into the miraculous through feeling it real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In a quiet moment, assume you are already dwelling in the land of your covenant; feel the boundaries of your awareness widen, and quietly declare, 'I am the law of my life now,' then dwell in that feeling.