Neville Goddard on Exodus 5:12-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 5 in context

Scripture Focus

12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

Exodus 5:12-19

Biblical Context

The Israelites are scattered and pressed to gather stubble instead of straw, with taskmasters beating those who fall short; Pharaoh’s decree intensifies their burden.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 5:12-19 is not a history lesson but a map of your inner state. The people and their bricks represent your thoughts and their building blocks; the straw denied becomes the cut-off supply of inspiration when you believe you are separate from the I AM. The taskmasters are habitual patterns of fear hurrying your effort, and the beating of the officers is the inner consequence when you accept lack as real. When Pharaoh says, you are idle, he voices the ego’s verdict that your present consciousness is unable to express the fullness of your inner truth. The cry to Pharaoh is your consciousness asking for relief through blame; yet the command returns: work, but there shall be no straw. The lesson is not external suffering but the opportunity to revise your assumption from lack to abundance, to claim that the supply you seek is the expression of the I AM within. By quieting the mind and assuming the feeling of already having what you desire, you align with a new brick-and-straw logic: you create from within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already receiving straw from your inner I AM. Feel the supply flowing into each brick of your life as you breathe, and declare, I AM the source of all abundance.