Neville Goddard on Exodus 24:1-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 24 in context

Scripture Focus

1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

12And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

16And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24:1-18

Biblical Context

Moses and the elders worship from afar; the people vow obedience, a covenant is sealed with offerings and blood, and Moses ascends with Joshua to meet God on the mountain, where they behold God and receive the law.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 24 becomes a drama of inner ascent. The mountain is your state of consciousness, and the elders represent the inner authorities you allow to witness your decision. The blood and the altar mark a decisive act of fidelity—an inner covenant you write with your own word and feeling. When the people say, 'All that the LORD hath said will we do,' you are being shown that obedience is not blind submission but consistent alignment of imagination and action with your higher self. The sight of God upon the sapphire underfoot is your awareness of the divine nature in your own being; to see is to acknowledge that God is your I AM, always present in your thinking. The invitation to come up higher is the call to sustain the mood of revelation, to remain in the cloud of mystery as you deepen in consciousness for forty days and nights—an inner period of attunement, not a distant time. Your book of the covenant is your living principles; your blood sprinkled on the people is the felt truth that your faith is an active force in daily life.

Practice This Now

Assume you are Moses, climbing the inner mount in your imagination; declare to yourself, 'I am willing to obey the highest call,' and feel the ascent. See a cloud gather around your mind and rest there, signaling deepened consciousness, and know you live by the covenant in every moment.