Neville Goddard on Exodus 38:24-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 38 in context

Scripture Focus

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 38:24-31

Biblical Context

The verse inventories metals offered by the people—gold, silver, brass—counted and cast into the sanctuary's sockets, altar, and court.

Neville's Inner Vision

I, too, am counting the gold of my inner temple, knowing that the numbers are not a ledger of coins but a tally of my commitments to the sanctuary within. In the realm of imagination, every act of giving becomes a movement of consciousness toward the I AM that I am. The gold tokens speak of concentrated attention poured into the holy work; silver tokens reflect the energy of unity and durable truth, cast into sockets and arches of my inner chamber; brass tokens stand for sturdiness and practical courage, the altar and its grate built by a decision in awareness. The census—how many go to the number?—is a reminder that all resources are sacred, not for external show but for covenant loyalty to the divine image within. When I treat my life as a temple affair, my offerings are not merely what I possess, but what I align myself with as I stand at the door of my tabernacle. The walls rise as my intention deepens; the sanctuary becomes a felt reality I inhabit here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and place a resource you value—a hour, a talent, or a thought—on the altar of your inner tabernacle and declare, 'I give this to the I AM.' Feel it as settled and real, and observe how your sense of presence shifts accordingly.