Neville Goddard on Exodus 22:26-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 22 in context

Scripture Focus

26If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Exodus 22:26-27

Biblical Context

Taking a neighbor's cloak as pledge must be returned by sundown, for it is their only covering. When they cry, God hears, for He is gracious.

Neville's Inner Vision

View this scene as a picture of your inner economy. The cloak is not cloth but a belief you have temporarily assigned to another's security—your pledge that I must be prepared or I must hold on until a later time. Sunset represents the moment you stop clinging to the sense of lack and trust the inner law of supply. The cry at evening is the conscious mind awakening to the truth that the I AM within hears every need and responds with grace. To Neville is to realize that God is not external mercy but the I AM you inhabit—the very awareness that can clothe any soul at the moment it asks. The command to return the pledge by sundown invites you to shift identity: be the provider of your own reality by feeling the truth that your neighbor's need is your own opportunity to demonstrate abundance. When you live from this inner posture, you are not withholding; you are aligning with the divine flow that provides.

Practice This Now

Assume now that the I AM is delivering the sun-lit provision within you; revise lack by declaring, I am the one who covers and am covered by grace. Sit with that interior confidence for a minute and let it inform how you respond to another's need today.