Neville Goddard on Exodus 33:7-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 33 in context

Scripture Focus

7And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

8And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

9And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.

10And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

Exodus 33:7-10

Biblical Context

Exodus 33:7-10 shows Moses erecting a tabernacle outside the camp where those seeking the LORD gather; when Moses enters, the cloudy pillar descends and God speaks with him, while the people worship from their tents.

Neville's Inner Vision

Once the people looked to Moses as he walked to the tabernacle, their tent doors marking the threshold of attention. In this story, Moses is not a man separate from you but your own rising awareness—the I AM that moves toward inner space. The tabernacle set apart from the camp mirrors the division you make in consciousness between outer action and inner listening. When the cloudy pillar descends and God speaks to Moses, the moment reveals that contact with the divine is a thing of imagination made manifest by belief. Your inner sanctuary becomes the place where a conversation with God occurs; it begins with intention, but true communication arrives when you accept that God is the I AM within you, not an external sky. The people’s reverent silence at their doors shows that worship is not mere feeling but alignment: turning your entire being toward the presence you seek. Practice this by temporarily stepping away from the crowd of distractions and affirming, 'I am the tabernacle; I am the presence that hears me.'

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and step into your inner sanctuary. Imagine a tabernacle within you, set apart from the noise; state, 'I am the tabernacle; I am the presence that hears me,' and feel the cloud of awareness descend as God speaks within.