Neville Goddard on Exodus 35:5-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 35 in context

Scripture Focus

5Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,

6And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

7And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

8And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

9And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

Exodus 35:5-9

Biblical Context

Exodus 35:5–9 invites offerings from a willing heart to support the sanctuary; the act expresses devotion, generosity, and loyalty to the covenant. The listed materials symbolize inner attributes offered to God within, not merely material wealth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 5–9 speaks not of a cash treasury alone but of the temple you carry within. 'Take ye from among you an offering' is your invitation to supply the inner sanctuary with items your consciousness is able to bring. The command, 'whosoever is of a willing heart,' points to a state of inner assent—the I AM aware, in you, choosing to invest attention, feeling, and belief in the Divine Presence. The riches listed—gold, silver, brass; blue, purple, scarlet; fine linen, skins, wood, oil, spices, stones—these are symbols for the elements of your being: sincerity (gold and silver), depth of feeling (scarlet and purple), clarity and structure (linen and wood), illumination (oil for the light), and sacred memory (stones). When you assume the reality of the temple in your mind, you are not paying tribute to distant gods but building your own awareness. The inner temple awakens as you claim, with feeling, that the I AM is present now, and your life rearranges to reflect the worship of attention rightly given. A willing heart lights the whole house.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in stillness and, with feeling, assume you are placing your willing heart into the inner sanctuary. Visualize offering your inner gold, oil, and stones to the I AM and feel the temple awaken within.