Neville Goddard on Exodus 11:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 11 in context

Scripture Focus

5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

6And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

Exodus 11:5-7

Biblical Context

Exodus 11:5-7 describes the death of the firstborn in Egypt, a great cry, and the Lord’s differentiation between Egypt and Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville's ear, Exodus 11:5-7 is a map of inner states. The firstborn are not killed by a distant wrath; they symbolize the seed of your present consciousness—the identities and fears you have long believed were you. When Egypt cries out, it is the outer drama of a mind clinging to form. But Israel, the Lord's 'I AM' within, is untouched, a foretaste of the differentiated awareness that knows itself as the witness rather than the event. The Lord's differentiation between Egypt and Israel is the assurance that in the inner kingdom there is room for a new life while the old dies away. This is not punishment but the law of consciousness: one state passes, another remains. When you inhabit the I AM—feeling it as your true self—you displace the old, you permit a fresh image, and the external world reflects that inward change. Thus the cry becomes proof of transformation rather than doom, and deliverance becomes your immediate experience as you persist in the inner distinction.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and repeat, 'I am the I AM; the old self dies away to reveal the new.' Then feel the freedom of the new state as if it already exists.