Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 7:25-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 7 in context

Scripture Focus

25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

Deuteronomy 7:25-26

Biblical Context

The passage commands burning the idols' images and warns not to desire their silver or gold, for they are an abomination; keep the sacred house free from cursed things.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the command not as external commandments but as a summons of your own mind to be the discerner of images. The graven images are the pictures your attention has worshipped—money, status, fear, the belief that you must prop up a separate self by the symbols of the world. When you burn them with fire, you are not destroying matter but clearing the inner room where you have allowed projected gods to rule. The abomination is not the gold itself; it is the belief that the symbol outranks the Source. In the I AM you are the landlord of your inner house; you may invite or eject any tenant at will. To bring such abominations into your house is to invite a curse; to utterly detest them is to align with holiness, which is simply awareness unconditioned by idols. See that your true wealth is the state of consciousness that remains constant when appearances oscillate. Your task is to refuse to barter your peace for any outer thing, and to dwell in the realized presence that makes all images harmless.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state: 'I am free of idols; I utterly detest all images that pretend to govern me.' Then imagine the inner temple burning away the idols, and feel the release of your true I AM.