Neville Goddard on Exodus 38:4-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 38 in context

Scripture Focus

4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

6And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Exodus 38:4-7

Biblical Context

Exodus 38:4-7 describes making a brass grate for the altar, placing rings for the staves, and constructing hollow boards to bear the altar.

Neville's Inner Vision

To me, Exodus 38:4-7 reads as a blueprint of the inner temple. The brass grate under the compass is the fixed pattern of my awareness, a grid that holds the flame of my life. The four rings and the staves are not metal and wood out there, but the four corners of attention and the living idea I carry with me. By placing the staves into the rings I acknowledge that I bear the altar within, and by hollowing it with boards I recognize that form is the container through which Spirit manifests. The altar’s purpose is true worship—heart aligned with the I AM—where covenant loyalty means I am faithful to my own inner state. When I adjust my inner setting—assume the presence, revise limitation, feel it real—I become the bearer of the holy presence, and the outer world follows the inner pattern.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already the altar; visualize the four rings at your attention’s corners and the brass staves in your hands, bearing the presence within you now.