Neville Goddard on Exodus 35:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 35 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

Exodus 35:1-3

Biblical Context

Moses gathers the people and repeats the LORD's command: work six days, and on the seventh day rest as a holy rest to the LORD. No work may be done, and no fire may be kindled in your dwellings.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the outward cadence as a mirror of your inner state. The six days of work correspond to the restless activities of thought and striving in your mind; the seventh day is the inner Sabbath, the I AM awareness that is untouched by images or fear. When you hear 'kindle no fire,' imagine tempering the impulsive fires of desire and judgment so that you allow quiet to govern creation. The threat of death in the verse is not a punishment from a judge but the natural end of a life clinging to the old self; in embracing the Sabbath, you shed that old identity. The command becomes a discipline of consciousness: you align your daily activities with a universal rest, your covenant loyalty becoming fidelity to the inner law rather than to external demands. In this reading, the law is a school of the mind teaching you to return to the I AM and to act from luminous stillness rather than from compelled effort.

Practice This Now

Assume you are in a Sabbath state now; feel the I AM resting within you as you breathe. For the next few minutes, revise any thought of lack or force; let your next action arise from inner stillness and the awareness of the I AM.