Neville Goddard on Exodus 38:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 38 in context

Scripture Focus

9And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

10Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

11And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Exodus 38:9-11

Biblical Context

The text describes a surrounding court for the tabernacle, with hangings on the south and north, pillars, sockets, and silver hooks, signaling a defined boundary for holy space. It speaks of order, boundary, and a space set apart for the divine presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the spirit of the text, the court’s south and north hangings mark surrounding states of awareness. The 100 cubits of fine twined linen are the delicate but strong weave of belief you choose to carry around your inner temple. The twenty pillars and sockets - brass on one side, silver on the other - show how your fixed attitudes, grounded in metal of purpose, hold the space, while the hooks and fillets of silver bind the structure with fidelity and grace. In Neville’s psychology, the outer boundary is an invitation to turn within; as you attend to the court, you are not building a place apart from God but erecting the stage upon which your I AM presence can stand. The presence of God is not elsewhere; it is the awareness that fills this bounded field when you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled. By imagining this court around your inner life, you align your conscious state with holiness, separation from lack, and the unity that is always here.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine standing inside the inner court of your being, surrounded by the linen of disciplined thought. Then declare, I am the Presence of God here and now, and feel the boundary between lack and fullness dissolving.