Neville Goddard on Exodus 25:23-39 - 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.

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.

31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

32And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

33Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

34And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

35And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

38And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

39Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

Exodus 25:23-39

Biblical Context

The passage describes a table for showbread and a golden lampstand, symbols of ordered worship and divine presence. It illustrates how inner nourishment and illumination arise from refined, intentional consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

These furnishings are not distant artifacts but states of your mind. The table of shittim wood overlaid with gold is your steady, nourished consciousness, with bread laid before the I AM as daily thoughts aligned with divine intention. The border, crown, rings, and staves signify order and refinement, showing you how to surround and support your beliefs as you bear them with ease. The seven lamps represent lights of awareness within you, each branch a facet of self—clarity, faith, love, courage, discipline, receptivity, and joy—illuminated by the same gold of divine truth. To call the gold a beaten work is to acknowledge that your inner temple is formed through persistent imaginative acts rather than external ritual. The injunction to set bread before God alway marks a constant state of worship: you live in the presence of God, your I AM, here and now, guiding every choice and feeling.

Practice This Now

Assume you are in the inner sanctuary: see the table with nourishing bread before you and the seven lamps burning within. Rest in the conviction of I AM, feeling the presence of God illuminating your entire being today.