Neville Goddard on Exodus 5:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 5 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Exodus 5:17-18

Biblical Context

Pharaoh brands the people as idle and commands them to continue labor without straw, while insisting their worship must wait. The scene tests the consciousness behind true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that Pharaoh’s accusation 'you are idle' is not a verdict on their outer labor but a mental posture of lack in the mind. In Neville’s terms, the whole Exodus chapter is an inner drama: kingdoms of thought contending with your decision to worship from within. The Israelites’ request to go and sacrifice points to a desire to align your outer action with the inner command of I AM. The ‘no straw’ decree mirrors the effect of clinging to a thought of limitation; if you believe you must obtain something from the world to become complete, your inner supply appears withdrawn. Yet your true supply is your awareness itself—the I AM that feels, imagines, and creates. To triumph, you do not fight the external order but revise the inner assumption: I am free, I am sufficient, and I am already sacrificing in the act of being awake to God within. This is how perseverance becomes worship in spirit and truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the I AM.' Then imagine a limitless stream of supply arising from within, instantly satisfying the demand without straw, and proceed with your tasks in the certainty of inner abundance.