Neville Goddard on Exodus 28:9-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 28 in context

Scripture Focus

9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

10Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

12And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

13And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

14And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

Exodus 28:9-21

Biblical Context

Two onyx stones are engraved with the names of the twelve tribes and worn on Aaron's shoulders as a memorial before the LORD, while a breastplate of judgment bears twelve stones in four rows.

Neville's Inner Vision

Visualize the two onyx stones as your inner tribes, engraved on the altar of your awareness. Each name is not a memory of external history but a state of consciousness you must acknowledge and allow to stand before your I AM. When you imagine Aaron bearing these stones on his shoulders, you are imagining how you carry your faculties and memories upon the weight of attention. To engrave a name is to fix inwardly a truth with the permanence of a signet, sealing it in gold through the power of imagination. The four rows on the breastplate symbolize four planes of perception—gold for sovereign being, blue for faith, purple for vitality, scarlet for life—so that every tribe is placed in balance. The stones themselves are the twelve tribes of your life, arranged so that recognition and discernment dwell together in you. Holiness is not away from you but the clear alignment of consciousness with its God the I AM. You are the high priest of your own consciousness, and reality follows your inner decree.

Practice This Now

Assume you are bearing these names on your shoulders now; feel their weight as a living memorial in your awareness. Then revise any doubt by affirming that the I AM has already inscribed these tribes within you and that this covenant is real in your life.