Neville Goddard on Exodus 29:15-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 29 in context

Scripture Focus

15Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

16And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

17And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

18And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

19And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

20Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

21And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

22Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

23And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:

24And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

25And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

26And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.

27And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

28And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.

Exodus 29:15-28

Biblical Context

Aaron and his sons place hands on two rams, slay them, and perform a sequence of blood, washing, and offering rites. The operation sanctifies the priesthood and garments, establishing a lasting holy service before the Lord.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the rite as a mirror of your inner life. The ram stands for your ordinary self, not rejected but purified under the watchful I AM. When you place hands on the ram, you are consenting to the higher authority within, the I AM that knows what to kill and what to nourish in you. The act of slaying the ram is the moment you relinquish attachment to ego-narratives, allowing life to pass through the altar of awareness instead of through the ego’s seeking. The blood sprinkled around the altar and on the ear, hand, and foot signifies directing perception, speech, and action in alignment with divine purpose. Washing the inward parts and limbs represents cleansing thought and habit by the light of consciousness, then reassembling your life as suited to sacred use. The oil and garments symbolize the anointing and clothing of mind with holy presence. The wave and heave offerings are your gifts returning to the One within, yielding a stable pattern of worship: a life lived from I AM rather than from lack. Thus this ordinance becomes a timeless practice, a state of consciousness you renew as a habit of consecration.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, place your hands on your chest as if laying them on your inner ram, and declare, 'I am consecrated to the I AM.' Visualize the life-blood clearing your senses, and see your offerings rising before the altar of awareness.