Neville Goddard on Exodus 25:31-37 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 25 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Exodus 25:31-37

Biblical Context

Exodus 25:31-37 commands a pure gold candlestick with six branches and seven lamps, all of one beaten gold, to light and illuminate the space before the altar.

Neville's Inner Vision

This candlestick stands for your inner life, a single light formed by beaten experience, refined through trials. The seven lamps correspond to aspects of awareness—perception, faith, love, will, memory, imagination, and intellect—united in one golden I AM. The instruction that it be pure gold and a beaten work points to the perfection that comes not from outward pomp but from the refinement of consciousness. Lighting the lamps is not a ritual done to please an external deity; it is the act of awakening your inner radiance, revealing that the divine Presence is the I AM within. The branches extending to the sides suggest that many faculties can pour their light outward, yet all are derived from the same source. To inhabit this image is to know that God’s Presence is not distant but present as your awareness, and that your world responds to the tone of that light. When you dwell in the imagined glow, you revise the sense of self from lack to a shining center that orders and clarifies experience. The outer becomes a mirror of the inner luminosity you choose to employ.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume you are the candlestick, and feel the seven lamps within you all lit. Sit in stillness and let the inner glow illuminate your day.