Neville Goddard on Exodus 25:8-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 25 in context

Scripture Focus

8And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

9According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

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.

Exodus 25:8-22

Biblical Context

The passage commands a sanctuary to be built so God may dwell among the people; the ark and mercy seat symbolize intimate, ongoing communion with the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the sanctuary is not a place but a state of consciousness awaiting the right assumption. When the imagery speaks of the ark overlaid in gold and the mercy seat between cherubim, it teaches that your awareness must be crowned with value and guarded by practiced attention. The staves and rings are the disciplines by which consciousness is carried, never detached from the I AM. Put into the ark the testimony you accept as law, and keep the mercy seat where communion occurs above it. The cherubim looking toward one another signify the unity of your focus: longing and receptivity aligned, eyes fixed on the divine rule that issues from above. When you choose to dwell in that inner room, God comes forth as awareness meeting you at the level of your I AM, speaking as present reality. The pattern is not a distant temple but the ongoing conversation between awakened consciousness and the truth you hold as law.

Practice This Now

Impose the revision: 'I am now dwelling in the sanctuary of God within me.' Feel it as real by imagining the ark as your heart, the mercy seat as quiet confidence, and the divine contact as immediate.