Neville Goddard on Exodus 5:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

3And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Exodus 5:1-3

Biblical Context

Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh to request release of Israel so they may hold a feast to the LORD in the wilderness; Pharaoh resists, asking who the LORD is, and they answer that the God of Hebrews met with them and that they seek a three days journey to sacrifice.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville's eye, Exodus 5:1-3 becomes a tale of states of consciousness. Moses and Aaron speak not to a distant king, but to your stubborn ego clinging to bondage. The LORD God of Israel is your I AM, the self-aware presence that would release a portion of your mind so you may celebrate a wilderness feast of true worship. Pharaoh represents resistance: Who is the LORD? It is the old question of identity, the fear that the I AM does not command your life. When they say the God of the Hebrews met with us and that a three days journey into the desert is needed to sacrifice unto the LORD, the inner meaning appears: a temporary withdrawal from habitual thought creates room for a higher allegiance to life. The three days are a symbolic period of inner discipline, not a geographical trip. The pestilence or sword threaten only if you resist this shift, reminding you of the cost of clinging to the old story. The key is to feel the reality of the I AM here and now, and to let your mind offer its own feast to the Divine.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and assume the I AM has already released you from bondage. Revise the old story that binds you and feel the wilderness feast of freedom arising now.