Neville Goddard on Exodus 23:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 23 in context

Scripture Focus

12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Exodus 23:12

Biblical Context

Exodus 23:12 commands six days of work and a seventh day of rest, extending rest to animals and strangers so all may be refreshed.

Neville's Inner Vision

You are reading a law that speaks to your inner life. Six days of outward activity represent the busy thoughts and images you project; the seventh day is not a calendar but a state of consciousness in which you surrender to the I AM, the awareness that you truly are. When you dwell in that rest, the lower nature—the ox and the ass—is allowed to settle, and the mind’s demands calm. The stranger and the servant within you, all the characters across your inner landscape, likewise refresh when you rest in awareness. This is not idleness, but a strategic shift: you imagine from the end already achieved, and you feel the truth of provision. The commandment teaches that true rest renews every facet of life by aligning them with the I AM, so your world mirrors the quiet stillness of your deepest self.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I rest in the I AM now.' Sit in quiet for a few breaths, then imagine the day’s activities dissolving into a peaceful, refreshed sense of being.