Neville Goddard on Exodus 38:21-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 38 in context

Scripture Focus

21This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

22And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

23And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

24All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

25And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

26A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

27And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

28And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

29And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

30And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

31And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Exodus 38:21-31

Biblical Context

It enumerates the workers, artisans, and offerings designated to construct the tabernacle under Moses. It shows a coordinated, divinely commanded effort toward a sacred end.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this reading, the tabernacle is not a distant temple but the house of your own consciousness. The names and crafts stand for inner faculties at work within you: Bezaleel as imagination, Aholiab as skilled execution, Ithamar as orderly service. The gold, silver, and brass symbolize layers of awareness you invest in your life, purified by discipline and intention. The counting and the precise measures echo a mind that tracks its thoughts, energies, and offerings with care. When Moses’ command and the assembly of workers are understood as a spiritual directive, you move from building a structure outward to establishing a sanctuary inward. This is the transition from construction to dedication: you are not pleasing an external deity but inviting the divine I AM to dwell in the sanctuary of your mind. A covenant loyalty grows as you commit your attention to truth; holiness and separation emerge as you set boundaries around restless thoughts; obedience and faithfulness appear as you act in accord with the inner command. The tabernacle thus becomes your living, breathing state of awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and assume you are Bezaleel shaping your inner tabernacle. Revise a limiting belief by declaring, 'The I AM dwells here now,' and feel the sanctuary as real for a minute.