Inner Stones of Covenant
Exodus 39:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 39 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Exodus 39:6-7 describes onyx stones engraved with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and worn on the ephod as a memorial. It marks a covenant memory that names the people and their God.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through Neville's lens, the stones are not external ornaments but states of consciousness you carry. Each name graven on them is a facet of your true I AM—an awareness you choose to remember and inhabit. To place the stones on the ephod's shoulders is to assume responsibility for your inner people, the memories and loyalties that define your life. The signet-like engraving echoes covenant loyalty: you align with God by remembering who you are rather than who you fear to be. When you imagine the weight of those gold-inlaid stones, feel the certainty that you are already supported by a Presence that never leaves you. This is not superstition but a revision of your inner weather—the moving of attention to the assumed reality of your awakened self. In such inner worship, you re-create your circumstances by the act of remembrance, letting the memorial become the present state rather than a distant past.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume you wear the ephod, and imagine the names of your true traits engraved on onyx stones resting on your shoulders. Breathe and feel the weight as real, and state inwardly: I AM here, I remember, I worship.
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