Neville Goddard on Exodus 36:8-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 36 in context

Scripture Focus

8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

9The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

10And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

11And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

12Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

13And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

Exodus 36:8-13

Biblical Context

The text shows skilled craftsmen making ten equal curtains of linen in blue, purple, and scarlet with cherubim work. Five curtains are joined to five, tied by loops and gold clasps, so the tabernacle becomes one.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here in Exodus 36:8-13, the tabernacle is not a tent in the desert but the sanctuary of your awareness. The ten curtains are ten streams of feeling and belief you entertain in consciousness, woven with blue, purple, and scarlet as signs of faith, royalty, and vitality. The ceremonial cherubim workmanship points to the imaginative act that gives form to formless potential. When the five curtains are coupled to the five, inner unity is achieved not by denying difference but by embracing it under a single assumption. The loops of blue and the gold taches teach you how attention and conviction bind disparate experiences into a single picture of you. As you dwell in the I AM—the Awareness that you are—this composite becomes one tabernacle, a sacred space in which the ordinary events of life are rearranged to reflect Presence. Holiness and separation arise as you keep faith with the imagined unity, and covenant loyalty becomes fidelity to the inner vision that already holds you as one. Your job is to revise your sense of separation by assuming the unity and feeling it as real here and now.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close eyes, and assume the mind already contains one tabernacle. Visualize the ten curtains leaning into unity—five joined to five—feel the blue loops and golden ties binding them, and rest in the feeling, 'I am present here as one.'