Neville Goddard on Exodus 12:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 12 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

4And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

7And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

11And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.

12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:1-13

Biblical Context

God instructs a new calendar and a spotless lamb for each household. The blood on the doorposts marks protection as the judgment passes over the homes.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus is not a tale about distant lands but about the inner climate of your consciousness. The instruction to begin the year anew marks a shift of state: you decide that this moment is the first month of your life. The lamb stands for the clean, unblemished idea you accept as true about yourself. Take that thought and let it mature until the fourteenth day, when it is slain in your awareness and released as form in your world. The blood on the doorposts is the I AM presence you consciously place around your house of experience; when you see that blood, the inner plague cannot touch you because you have drawn a boundary with awareness. Eat the flesh that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread, which represents truth without additives—discernment over sentiment. Do not leave anything to waste by morning; let nothing of fear remain. Wear the posture of readiness: gird your loins, shoes on, staff in hand, and eat in haste, for the Lord passes over the house of your soul when you dwell in the truth you have chosen.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the state of being already protected and picture your doorposts marked with the I AM blood. Feel the new month beginning in you and dwell in that truth for a few breaths.