Neville Goddard on Exodus 25:23-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 25 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Exodus 25:23-28

Biblical Context

The passage prescribes a wooden table, gilded and bordered, with rings and staves to bear it, set for the showbread before the Lord. It speaks of order, beauty, and the holy container of bread.

Neville's Inner Vision

Now imagine: the table of shittim wood overlaid with gold is not a mere piece of furniture, but your inner state prepared for daily bread—the nourishment of thoughts and God-consciousness. The gold crown around its edge and the border are the disciplined boundaries you set around your awareness, keeping the holy ideas from spilling into dull habit. The four rings and the four feet are the ways your attention is anchored and carried through life—your assumptions that transport your inner condition from moment to moment. The staves, overlaid with gold, symbolize the means by which you bear this state—your imagination itself, the very staff by which you move the table of thoughts into action. When you stand in this attitude, the showbread is no longer external ritual but inner provisions, available as you align with the I AM within. The Presence is not elsewhere; it is the sustained awareness that makes bread for the soul appear. You are asked to maintain a table of consciousness ready to be fed by inspired thoughts, and to carry it with grace, knowing supply is constant when you dwell in this state.