Exodus Inner Ransom Practice
Exodus 30:11-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 30 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
When counted, each Israelite must give a ransom for his soul to the LORD; the offering of a half-shekel is meant to keep plague away during the census.
Neville's Inner Vision
Think of the census as an inner counting of your states of consciousness. The ransom for the soul is not metal, but a deliberate shift of attention: you assign value to the I AM within you and acknowledge its dominion. The LORD in this text is your own awareness; when you 'number' yourself, you choose to invest a portion of your mental currency into the sanctuary of God-state. The half-shekel becomes a token that you willingly offer—just enough to certify your covenant, not to appease a distant judge. By yielding that small, steady token, you declare that fear, guilt, and limitation are not your reality but a thought you can revise. Feel it: the moment you assume, 'I am the thing itself,' the plague dissolves into quiet presence. The ritual invites consistency: a daily, personal tax paid in imagination until the imagined state of wholeness is real in you.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, count your thoughts, and offer a half-shekel of attention to the LORD within you; declare I AM present and whole, until the feeling of wholeness wells up. Do this daily when you wake or before sleep.
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