Neville Goddard on Exodus 17:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 17 in context

Scripture Focus

12But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Exodus 17:12

Biblical Context

Moses grows weary and needs support. Aaron and Hur hold up his arms until sunset, illustrating communal effort sustaining effort in battle.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the arms are the focus of attention; when they tire, the story invites you to reframe the scene within. The stone under Moses is a fixed idea you accept as real, a rock of faith on which you lean. Aaron and Hur represent the supportive states of consciousness—trust, cooperation, and persistence—that hold your attention steady in the heat of struggle. The sun going down marks the length of your inner vigil; victory comes not from forcing effort, but from maintaining a stable, inner posture until the perception shifts. In this inner drama, God is not distant but the I AM already present as awareness. Your imagination is the instrument that steadies the thought and supplies the energy; imagine your desired outcome as already true and let the feel of that truth carry you through the day. You do not battle alone; you align with inner allies and accept a steadier mind until the old scene drops away.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume the feeling 'My hands are steady because I am held by divine support.' Visualize Aaron and Hur as inner states lifting your arms and keep that sense until it feels real.