Neville Goddard on Exodus 25:31-40 - 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.

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.

40And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Exodus 25:31-40

Biblical Context

Exodus details a single, beaten-gold candlestick with a precise pattern. It is fashioned with unity so that light may shine within a sacred space.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 25:31-40 presents a single craft of beatings and bowls, yet Neville would tell you the pattern is the map of your consciousness. The candlestick of pure gold is your awareness made tangible; its shaft and branches are the avenues of attention you hold in mind. The six branches and the seven lamps are not external devices but the seven faculties of consciousness lighting the space of your life. Each knop, each flower, each beading round its stem signifies a movement of inner life that must agree in one, beaten form—unity under one vision. The instruction to look that thou make them after their pattern is the reminder that Gods presence is not a distant place but the I AM you awaken to in an assumed state. When you imagine this lamp as already lit, you are aligning your inner world to a pattern revealed on the mount of your own experience. The light shines outward only as you accept that the light is yours to keep, not a borrowed flame. The sacred tools—the tongs, the snuffers—become your mental discipline, keeping the flame clean and directed. In short: live as the pattern you were shown, and the sanctuary is wherever you ardently behold your own consciousness.