Neville Goddard on Exodus 37:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 37 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

2And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

3And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.

4And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Exodus 37:1-4

Biblical Context

Bezalel makes the ark from shittim wood, overlaid with gold, with rings and staves. It is a vessel for the Presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Exodus 37:1-4, the ark is not merely a chest of ancient materials; it is a map of consciousness. The shittim wood represents your stable, embodied awareness; gold within and without signifies the radiance of your I AM, the unshakable awareness that covers, sustains, and beautifies every touch of life. The crown of gold around it marks the wholeness you crown your state with—holiness as a continuous, living boundary, not a rule to fear. The four gold rings and the two staves show that your state must be carried into action and relationship, yet kept by the discipline of inner contact—four corners grounding your experience in the present. When you imagine you are the ark, you invite the Presence into every room you enter; faith becomes the lid you keep in place by attention. Practice aligns with covenant loyalty: you remain true to the I AM, choosing to regard every event as already completed in awareness. The vessel is your consciousness; God, your I AM, is your constant companion.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the ark now; in quiet, feel the I AM shining as gold within and around you. Revise any sense of distance from the Presence until it is real.