Neville Goddard on Exodus 34:11-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 34 in context

Scripture Focus

11Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Exodus 34:11-17

Biblical Context

God commands to drive out the inhabitants, lest a covenant with them become a snare. He orders the destruction of their altars, images, and groves so you worship only the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me the land is my consciousness; the Amorite, Canaanite, and other peoples are beliefs I have tolerated. When the I AM drives them out, I am clearing space for a singular worship. A covenant with the inhabitants becomes a snare whenever I attach to familiar pictures or fears. I destroy the altars, images, and groves of past conditioned responses; I worship the LORD, the I AM, alone. The word jealousy is not a threat but a declaration of inner loyalty: I refuse to share my attention with other gods. If I join with the inner inhabitants, I go a whoring after their gods and feed their sacrifices. I will not make molten gods; I am not bound to fixed pictures of God outside my inner life. This is purification, a separation of the inner life so that the One I AM is my sole ruler.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state: I am the I AM; I drive out every inner idol and snare, and I worship the I AM within alone. Stay in that feeling until it is your felt reality.