Neville Goddard on Exodus 5:8-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 5 in context

Scripture Focus

8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

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.

Exodus 5:8-17

Biblical Context

Pharaoh's decree strips the people of straw and imposes hard labor, while labeling them idle; outward suffering mirrors an inner state of constraint and lack.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the tale speaks not merely of bricks and straw, but of your inner economy. The Egyptians are the voices of limitation that say you must toil for safety, while the decree 'I will not give you straw' is the mind’s stubborn absence of support when you cling to old pictures. The accusation 'ye are idle' is not history; it is your inner self-talk that you are lacking, unprovided, incomplete. In truth the supply is never outside; it is the I AM awareness within you, the imagination that fashions form. When you accept the inner decree that you lack straw, you awaken to the need to revise your state. Do not seek Pharaoh's favor; instead affirm the end: you are free, fully supplied, and able to complete your 'bricks' in perfect alignment with your goal. The exodus is an inward movement from fear to faith, from complaint to the quiet authority of consciousness. Let the outer scene play its part, while you rest in the I AM and claim right-now possession of your imagined reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise: I AM the supply; all things are made manifest in me now. Then imagine going about your daily labor with ease, noticing the inner sense of sufficiency and the external evidence beginning to align.