Neville Goddard on Exodus 16:23-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 16 in context

Scripture Focus

23And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

25And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.

26Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

27And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

29See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

30So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 16:23-30

Biblical Context

On six days the manna is gathered and stored; on the seventh day there is none and the people rest. The message centers obedience to the Sabbath as a holy, separating practice.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 16:23-30 appears as a night and day of inner law. The Sabbath is not a day apart from you, but a state of consciousness you enter when you stop running to the field for bread and remember that the I AM provides. The bread baked today and the bread saved for tomorrow symbolize the power of your present assumption to sustain you tomorrow. When you keep the commandment by resting in place on the seventh, you are declaring that your supply is already available in the now; you do not seek outside reality, you dwell in the inner rest of God within you. The question, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments? becomes a personal inquiry: How long will you resist the inner law that rest is your natural state? The miracle of no worms or stink in the saved bread assures you that a consciousness kept in the Sabbath cannot decay. So the practice is simple: align with the I AM, assume your needs are met, and let the rest follow as a natural expression of your inward rest.

Practice This Now

Assume the Sabbath now by sitting quietly and declaring, I rest in the I AM that I am and my needs are supplied today. Feel it real, and treat today as if two days' bread are already baked into your life.