Neville Goddard on Exodus 37:1-5 - 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.

5And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

Exodus 37:1-5

Biblical Context

Bezaleel crafts the Ark with the specified dimensions, overlaying it with gold and adding rings and staves to bear it. The passage presents the Ark as a sacred container for the covenant presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold the Ark not as a box of wood and gold, but as your own state of consciousness carrying the Presence. In this reading, Bezaleel's craft is your imagination at work: the wood represents the rooted self in daily life, the gold is the shining nature of awareness overlaying every facet of experience. The four rings and the two staves signify the four corners of your mind and the means by which your consciousness travels within the field of God. The act of placing the staves into the rings is the deliberate alignment of your attention with the I AM, ensuring that the Presence is not external but carried by your inner being. As you imagine this Ark within, you commit to the Covenant—loyalty to the awareness that God is, in you, as you. This is holiness not as separation from the world, but as sanctification of your inner space, a private temple that stands within and around you, bearing the weight of divine life. The key is to accept that you are the bearer of the Ark, to pretend it is so until feeling it real becomes your normal state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and envision the Ark already resting within your chest, gold-lit and ringed, carried by your steady attention. Say softly, I am the Presence I seek; I carry this Ark wherever I go.