Neville Goddard on Exodus 34:15-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 34 in context

Scripture Focus

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 34:15-17

Biblical Context

Exodus 34:15-17 warns against forming covenants with the land's inhabitants lest you worship their gods. It also cautions that such ties lead your children to imitate those gods and to worship molten images.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your being, the ‘inhabitants of the land’ are the prevailing ideas and desires that seize your attention. When you pledge yourself to these currents, you invite a whoring after their gods, for you bow to images of power, fear, or desire that pretend to govern your life. The command, “thou shalt make thee no molten gods,” becomes a call to guard against fixed pictures—idols that lock your consciousness into a single form. The covenant spoken of is not with distant people, but with the I AM within you—the unwavering awareness that you are the eternal presence here and now. To remain loyal is to practice separation in the sense of keeping your inner sanctuary clear of counterfeit powers. When you recognize that all outward gods are mere states of consciousness arising within you, you reclaim sovereignty and let your life be governed by the one true awareness that you already are.

Practice This Now

Practice: pause whenever a foreign belief or lure arises and assume, 'I am the I AM; no external power governs me.' Feel-it-real by breathing into your center and repeating, 'This idol is only a passing image; I remain the I AM.'