Neville Goddard on Exodus 38:9-14 - 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.

12And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

13And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

14The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Exodus 38:9-14

Biblical Context

Exodus 38:9-14 describes the court that surrounds the tabernacle, with linen hangings, pillars and sockets, and silver fillets marking each join. The arrangement creates a sacred boundary and a path to the inner Presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me, these lines become a map of interior reality. The hundred-cubit lengths on the south and north describe the broad field of attention I allow myself—large enough for vision, precise enough for order. The fifty-cubit stretches on the east and west mark the boundaries where perception meets stillness, where stories pause and the true is remembered. Twenty pillars stand as steadfast habits of focus; twenty sockets hold them safely, braced by the brass ground and fillets of silver that signify refinement of vibration. The silver lines are remembrance that my thoughts are not random but arranged as a court where I worship in spirit and truth. The entry gate, fifteen cubits wide, is my ready doorway into the sacred field; by stepping through, I claim that the Presence of God is not distant but resident in the I AM, the awareness that holds and shapes all experience. If I reverently imagine this court as my inner sanctuary, the boundaries become protective walls and invitation, and Presence becomes my natural state.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively stand inside the outer court, feel the linen hangings, behold the silver fillets and sturdy pillars. Then step through the fifteen-cubit gate and sense the Presence within your awareness, as the I AM.