Neville Goddard on Exodus 22:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 22 in context

Scripture Focus

1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

Exodus 22:1-4

Biblical Context

The verses set rules for thieves: restore what was taken (often more than was stolen) and face consequences that ensure full restitution.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Exodus 22:1–4 as a mirror for your inner state. The thief is any belief of lack that steals your peace; the ox and sheep are the faculties you yearn to have fully alive within you. To restore five for an ox or four for a sheep is not a social demand but a symbolic decree of inner balance: wherever you have treated yourself as diminished, you restore more vitality than was taken. When the sun rises upon him and there shall be blood shed, read it as the moment consciousness awakens to responsibility—the blame game dissolves as you choose a complete restitution in imagination. If the thief has nothing, sold for his theft, points to releasing old illusions; yet when the theft is found in his hand alive, he shall restore double—so you double your faith and invest again in the good you seek. I AM the witness and the creator; through imagination you can enact the law of inner economy: nothing you have given away is lost to you, for what you assume in awareness returns multiplied.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the state, 'I have restored all that was lost, and more.' Feel the fullness of that restitution as if it already is your current experience.