Neville Goddard on Exodus 33:7-8 - 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.

Exodus 33:7-8

Biblical Context

Moses pitched the tabernacle outside the camp, and all who sought the LORD went to that tent. This scene marks a shift from the crowd toward a sacred, inner encounter with God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 33:7-8 becomes a map of inner geography. The tabernacle is not a wooden tent in a desert, but a distinct state of consciousness set apart from the crowded claims of the camp. Moses pitches it afar off, signaling that true worship occurs when you withdraw allegiance from the outer world and attend to the I AM within. When the people seek the LORD and go to that tabernacle, they are choosing perception over circumstance, choosing faith over fear. In Neville's reading, the Presence is not elsewhere but within the crown of awareness that you are. The moment you imagine, believe, and feel the truth that ‘I am that I am,’ the tabernacle is erected in your mind. The events—people rising at their tent doors, watching Moses disappear into the tent—mirror your own turning away from surface appearances and your consent to a deeper contact with God. The covenant loyalty you seek is the steady practice of returning to that inner sanctuary, again and again, with trust that the divine presence has always been 'afar off' only so that you may discover it inside.