Neville Goddard on Exodus 17:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 17 in context

Scripture Focus

1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

Exodus 17:1-3

Biblical Context

In Exodus 17:1-3 the Israelites travel to Rephidim and find no water. They murmur against Moses, crying for drink and questioning why they were brought out of Egypt to die of thirst.

Neville's Inner Vision

Thirst is not a physical fact but a state of consciousness that you have imagined into your world. In the scene, the wilderness and the lack of water symbolize your unawakened mind, the 'Sin' and 'Rephidim' of mind where you have temporarily forgotten the I AM that provides. The murmuring against Moses is your internal critique of the old self and its commands. Moses becomes the voice of your chosen self, the I AM, that asks you to stop looking outward and to listen inward. The water you crave is the living truth already present in your awareness; by the habit of attention, you can revise lack into abundance. Practically, you rise above the outer evidence by assuming the feeling of being supplied, and you let that inner water refresh every part of your consciousness. When you stop accusing the desert and start acknowledging the I AM within, you are no longer led by thirst but guided by an inner fountain that never runs dry.