Neville Goddard on Exodus 30:13-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 30 in context

Scripture Focus

13This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

14Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.

15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Exodus 30:13-15

Biblical Context

Everyone numbered must give a half-shekel to the LORD. The amount is the same for rich and poor, offered to make an atonement for souls.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you the census is taken, not of bodies but of states of consciousness. The 'people numbered' are the thoughts you entertain, and the coins you count are the attention you devote to the I AM. The command that the rich shall not give more nor the poor less expresses a timeless truth: your spiritual offering is not wealth but surrender to your divine state. The half-shekel becomes a symbol for the exact portion of your senses you give to the sacred, a currency of gratitude that buys a shift from doubt to trust. When you offer, you are not paying a debt; you are renewing your covenant loyalty to the One. You choose to think as God thinks, to feel as God feels, to act from unity rather than separation. Atonement here is the restoration of conscious alignment with the I AM—the awareness that you are one with the source you worship. The outer rite thus reveals an inner discipline, showing your willingness to keep faith with your divine self.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quiet, and assume you are the I AM. See yourself offering a half of your present sense of separation, and feel the oneness return as the offering is received within you.