Neville Goddard on Exodus 2:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

6And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

7Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

9And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Exodus 2:1-10

Biblical Context

A Levite woman bears a son, hides him for three months, then places him in an ark among the reeds by the river. Pharaoh’s daughter finds the ark, has the child nursed by his mother, and he grows to become her son, Moses.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 2:1-10 reveals that the savior is not a boy of flesh but a state of consciousness you entertain. The goodly child Moses is the awakened I AM made real in your inner life. The mother who hides him is the discipline of your imagination, quietly assuming that your essence cannot be hidden or harmed by any Pharaoh of circumstance. The ark of bulrushes, daubed with slime and pitch, is the form your assumption takes within the river of life—humble and strong, washed by faith yet protected by grace. The river is not a threat but a flow that carries you to a greater self-consciousness, where inner sight sees compassion arise as the daughter of Pharaoh turning toward you with recognition. The sister watching is your inner plan of guidance; the nurse she calls is the sustaining belief you keep. The child growing and being brought to the daughter signifies your idea maturing into manifestation, named Moses—drawn out of the water by I AM. Salvation is the inner recognition of your union with God within, your present experience of being already rescued by your own consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already Moses: feel the I AM drawing you forth from limitation. Close your eyes, repeat, 'I am drawn out of water by the I AM,' and dwell in the scene where your life unfolds as grace-made manifest.