Neville Goddard on Exodus 12:43-51 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 12 in context

Scripture Focus

43And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

44But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

45A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

46In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

48And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

50Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

51And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Exodus 12:43-51

Biblical Context

God's Passover ordinance marks a boundary: no stranger may eat the meal; only the circumcised may partake within one house. All Israel keeps it, and a single law applies to both homeborn and the stranger who joins them.

Neville's Inner Vision

See this not as a historical ritual but as a mapping of your inner kingdom. The 'stranger' in the text is any state of consciousness not yet aligned with your I AM. The circumcision is not a physical rite for you to perform, but a willingness to cut away the dream of separation, to end the sense of being outside the gate. When that 'stranger' chooses to keep the Passover by your side, he becomes as one born in the land, for the house is prepared, and the inner law holds for all who abide there. The 'One Law' speaks to coherence in your mind: a consistent recognition of your divine identity, whether you feel rooted or a wanderer in the moment. The Exodus is therefore an inner translation from bondage to freedom, accomplished by aligning every part of your life with the I AM. As you dwell in this inner covenant, outward circumstances bend to reflect the established order. You awaken to the truth that you have delivered yourself from Egypt—the moment you persist in the one lawful consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume: 'No uncircumcised thought may partake at my Passover.' Revise any sense of exclusion until you feel the boundary dissolving. Then rest in the certainty that your inner one-law consciousness is delivering your life.