Neville Goddard on Exodus 27:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 27 in context

Scripture Focus

1And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

3And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

Exodus 27:1-3

Biblical Context

Exodus 27:1-3 describes a square wooden altar with four horns, brass overlay, and vessels for ashes and fire.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 27:1-3 invites you to see the altar as an inner construct: a square of inner substance built within your consciousness. The shittim wood stands for the pliable state you inhabit here and now, made firm by repeated attention. The brass overlay is the radiant I AM awareness that keeps heat on your intention, reflecting back every impulse until it meets the flame of discernment. The horns at the four corners are the fixed points of your will, reminding you that you stand by choice, not mere luck, while the drama of life plays out in awareness. The pans, shovels, basins, fleshhooks, and firepans are your mental tools: imagination, evaluation, purification, and handling of impressions. You receive the ashes of old outcomes, release them, and keep the flame alive for renewal. This is true worship: not external ritual, but the inner alignment with God, the I AM within, through which imagination creates reality. When you practice this, you become the altar that carries and transforms every energy you encounter.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and conjure the square inner altar in your chest; assume its reality and offer your current wish to the I AM within. Stay with the sensation that the past is being transmuted and your desire is now alive in you.