Neville Goddard on Exodus 10:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 10 in context

Scripture Focus

12And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 10:12-15

Biblical Context

The passage shows Moses stretching out his rod, the east wind bringing locusts that cover all Egypt, devouring every herb and fruit, leaving the land dark and barren.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inward Egypt is a state of consciousness that has long fed on relics of the hail, on dried certainties and fear-based crops. The Lord here is the I AM, the living awareness within you. Stretch out the hand over the land—extend your attention to the entire landscape of your mind—and invite a new wind to move through it. The east wind is not punishment but a diagnostic wave that reveals what your old assumptions still feed. The locusts are inner thoughts, habits, and expectations that have leached vitality from your crops, leaving you with a barren field. They cover the face of the land, darkening the sky of your ordinary perception, showing you the bankruptcy of the old harvest. Yet this destruction clears the ground for a fresh seeding. As you yield to the movement, you discover you are not at the mercy of these pests but the authority that commands their departure. In the silence that follows, providence guides you to plant new beliefs—abundance, peace, wholeness—born of awareness that you are the I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In quiet, declare 'I AM the Lord of my inner land; I command the old crops to yield to new growth.' Then visualize a warm east wind sweeping through your mind, consuming fear and old limitation, and see fresh green shoots rising in place of the former crops.