Neville Goddard on Exodus 40:29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 40 in context

Scripture Focus

29And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:29

Biblical Context

Exodus 40:29 places the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle and records the burnt and meat offerings given as commanded. It portrays obedience to a divinely prescribed ritual at the sanctuary’s threshold.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this verse, the altar placed at the threshold of the sanctuary is not a stone and wood but a state of consciousness. The door you stand before is the boundary of your awareness, the place where attention meets intention. To offer a burnt offering is to surrender a portion of the lower self—fear, ego, habit—to the fire of inner truth. The meat offering nourishes life not as a ritual feast but as disciplined energy—your sustained, mindful use of breath, attention, and feeling. When the LORD commands Moses, He is inviting you to align with your inner law, your I AM, the unchanging awareness that perceives. The act is not about external compliance but about consenting to live from the inner vision you now assume. Each breath becomes an act of consecration; each feeling, properly observed, is a small offering that feeds the sanctuary of your being. In that heat, your sense of separation dissolves, and you find yourself stepping inside the tabernacle, already present, already fulfilled.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and place an inner altar at the threshold of your awareness. Offer the burnt offering of a limitation, feel it consumed by the fire, and step into the sanctuary as the I AM.