Neville Goddard on Exodus 30:34-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 30 in context

Scripture Focus

34And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

36And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

Exodus 30:34-38

Biblical Context

The passage commands a specific, holy incense to be used only before the LORD, kept separate from personal use; it warns that imitation is forbidden and would separate one from the people.

Neville's Inner Vision

The command here is not about perfume but about states of consciousness. The spices symbolize qualities you fuse into a single, concentrated focus of awareness—the sweetness of gratitude, the clarity of truth, and the strength of intention—tempered by purity. When it is said to be most holy, it reveals that your inner relationship with God must be kept sacred and exclusive to the I AM within you. The tabernacle is your current consciousness, and the 'testimony' is your living affirmation of truth meeting the divine. Beating the mixture very small speaks to refining thought until it becomes precise and uncontaminated by doubt or distraction. If you attempt to reproduce this outwardly, you miss the meaning: the fragrance is for the LORD of your being, not for personal possession. Therefore, cultivate a single, holy assumption of I AM and permit no competing sense of self. In that singular fragrance, God encounters you, and your ordinary world falls away in presence.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly and declare I AM as your sole presence. In imagination, blend equal weights of gratitude, integrity, and faith into a perfume of consciousness, and place it before your inner testimony, feeling God meet you there and sustaining that holy state.