Neville Goddard on Exodus 25:10-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

10And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

11And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

17And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

23Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

25And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

28And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

Exodus 25:10-30

Biblical Context

Exodus 25:10-30 lays out the ark with its mercy seat and cherubim, the gold, rings, and staves, and the place where God would meet Israel from above the mercy seat. The inner pattern is about your consciousness meeting itself.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the ark is not a chest of ancient furniture but the chamber of your I AM, the living awareness you carry between your breath and your beliefs. Shittim wood overlaid with gold shows how your honest self, when gilded by imagination, becomes translucent—inside and out, a private reality you guard and reveal. The four rings and the staves symbolize the habits by which you bear your life; they must remain fixed to the ark and not be pulled away from its center. The mercy seat, pure gold, is the focal point of attention where you commune with your own consciousness. The cherubim, with wings stretched high, guard the seat and invite your faces to look toward it, not away. When you place the Testimony into the ark, you set your remembered truth—the awareness of I AM—inside your being; there you are met and spoken to from above the mercy seat. The design teaches: holiness is inner alignment; separation from doubt is the discipline; presence follows the steadfast act of imagining the I AM as now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine an ark within your chest, gilded with golden light. Then, set the 'Testimony' of your I AM inside, and choose in this moment to meet God there, fully and now.