Neville Goddard on Exodus 28:22-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 28 in context

Scripture Focus

22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

25And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.

27And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

Exodus 28:22-28

Biblical Context

Exodus 28:22-28 commands fashioning the breastplate and binding it to the ephod with gold chains, rings, and blue lace so it stays fastened. The binding symbolizes faithful, continuous presence before God in true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your scripture is not an event of history; it is a state of consciousness described with outer form. The breastplate here stands for your inner heart-state—the truth you carry as loyalty to the I AM. The gold chains and the rings are the fixed points of attention that keep that state attached to the ephod, which in Neville’s language is your higher sense of self, your present awareness. When you imagine the blue lace binding the breastplate to the girdle, you practice alignment: your thoughts, feelings, and commitments are tethered to a single source—God within. No ornament is hollow when it is recognized as your own awareness. The binding is not a mechanical strap but the inner assurance that you cannot be separated from your divine nature when you acknowledge it now. If you sense looseness or fear breaking loyalty, you revise the sense of separation by returning to the assumption that you ARE the consciousness that binds and is bound. Worship, then, becomes the steady feeling of oneness that persists, a covenant loyalty lived in present awareness, rather than distant ritual.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine a golden breastplate resting over your heart, tied by a blue lace to your I AM presence. Assume, now, that you are bound to God in every moment and feel that unity as real.