Neville Goddard on Exodus 27:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 27 in context

Scripture Focus

4And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

Exodus 27:4-5

Biblical Context

Exodus 27:4-5 describes a brass grate with four corner rings placed beneath the altar so the net sits even with the altar’s midpoint. Symbolically, it invites an inner arrangement of attention to keep worship centered in I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 27:4-5 offers an image of inner architecture: a net-like grate of brass with four rings, placed under the altar so the net lies even with its midpoint. In Neville’s key, this outward instruction mirrors the architecture of your consciousness. The brass represents reality shaped by repeated, heated imagination; the net keeps dispersed energies tied together, and the four rings are anchors—loyalty to your I AM, disciplined attention, faithful revision, and the willingness to see the altar as your center. When you place this inner grate under the compass of the altar, you are saying: my active thinking is to be aligned with the central point of awareness, not swayed by appearances. The Presence of God is not a distant event but the awareness that you, as I AM, live in this state. Hence, the covenant loyalty is kept by maintaining that center through daily, felt-imagining of the assumed state. The external arrangement is a mirror; the inner arrangement precedes and guides every outer event. So you can, now, build this lattice in consciousness, and your life will reflect that order.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM as your center; visualize placing four rings at the corners of your attention and a brass net settled under the altar to keep the midpoint even.