Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 5:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 5 in context

Scripture Focus

12Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

13Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

14But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

15And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Biblical Context

God commands the Sabbath, a day set apart for rest from work. It binds master and servant, beast and stranger, to a shared holy rhythm and memory of deliverance.

Neville's Inner Vision

The Sabbath in Deuteronomy is not a mere day but a state of consciousness. The six days of labor symbolize the restless activity of the ego and its endless plans, while the seventh day invites the mind to rest in the I AM, the one true awareness within you. In this inner sanctuary, you are invited to cease from outward doing and dwell in the divine stillness that accompanies the I AM. Remembering Egypt represents remembering a false identity as a slave to fear and limitation; deliverance comes with the realization you are always one with the creative life within. Keeping the Sabbath becomes a continuous covenant with inner law—rest, trust, and alignment with the I AM—so that every part of your being rests in that sacred state. This is loyalty to the inner truth: you are never separate from the divine current that moves you.

Practice This Now

In a quiet moment, assume the seventh-day state now: say softly, I AM at rest; I rest in this awareness. Then sit, feel the stillness, and let any busy thought revise itself into, All is well in the I AM.