Neville Goddard on Exodus 10:4-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 10 in context

Scripture Focus

4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

6And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

7And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Exodus 10:4-7

Biblical Context

In Exodus 10:4-7, Pharaoh is warned that refusing to release the people will invite a plague of locusts that devastates crops and homes, and even the servants lament the snare.

Neville's Inner Vision

To me, this passage becomes a psychological drama. Pharaoh is a state of consciousness resisting the I AM within. The warning of the locusts is not a future plague but a symbol of intrusive thoughts that descend when we refuse to release the inner people - the desires, talents, and powers that belong to our true self. Egypt stands for the old pattern of belief - the habit, fear, and doubt that have ruled the inner landscape. The locusts sweeping the land represent relentless mental movements that devour the harvest of imagination when we cling to limitation. The servants' cry, 'let the men go,' is a turning point: an invitation to awaken and surrender the old order to the Lord of Life within. My practice is simple: assume the I AM here and now, revise the scene by feeling that the inner people are free, and let the belief in liberation replace resistance. When I hold that conviction, external circumstances begin to loosen, and the inner vision of a fruitful life emerges.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, 'I AM free now; the inner people go forth in release.' Then, dwell in the feeling that the imagined locusts dissolve before the light of your restored I AM.