Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 5:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

2The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

3The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

5(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

Deuteronomy 5:1-5

Biblical Context

Moses summons all Israel to hear and keep the statutes, declaring the covenant is made with the living generation present, while God spoke face to face on the mount and the people, in fear, did not ascend.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the covenant is not a parchment but a state of consciousness. Moses speaks the words that awaken the hearer to an inner law already written in the heart. The statutes and judgments become conditions of your awareness; when you assume them, you do not merely obey outward rules, you align with the I AM that you are. The Lord speaks face to face, not to a distant nation, but to the inner you that stands before the fire of imagination and chooses; the fire reveals what you truly believe about yourself. When you read 'I stood between the LORD and you,' see that as your imagination standing between old fear and your new reality, guiding a decisive act of attention. The people feared and remained at the base of the mountain; your old self may similarly hesitate to ascend into a new state. But the covenant's power is constant: if you accept it now, you enact a living contract within that transforms perception, behavior, and outcomes. The covenant is with you alive this day because you have never been separate from the I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state that the covenant represents; silently declare, 'I AM.' See the mount of your awareness lit with a flame of clarity, and feel you already keeping its judgments by inner alignment.