Neville Goddard on Exodus 9:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

3Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

4And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.

5And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

6And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

7And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

8And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

12And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

Exodus 9:1-12

Biblical Context

God commands Pharaoh to release Israel so they may serve Him. A sequence of signs, beginning with the death of Egypt's cattle and culminating in the boils, marks the separation between Israel and Egypt and shows Pharaoh's heart remains hardened.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold, the Lord is speaking to the inner I AM. Pharaoh represents the stubborn habit of the mind, holding onto a false sense of self; yet the command is simple: let my people go that they may serve me. The plagues are not punishment but the purging of mistaken identifications. The death of the Egyptian cattle signals the shedding of every belief that is not of your true self, while Israel’s cattle remain untouched—an inner discernment that you can recognize in your own imagination: what belongs to your true nature stays alive, what is not dies away. The set time marks a decisive moment in imagination when you assent to a new state; the ashes sprinkled toward heaven symbolize scattering old thoughts into the atmosphere of your awareness. Boils and the magicians’ collapse show that external powers cannot sustain a state that is not your own. The heart is hardened when you resist; true transformation arises from within, through the I AM. Your deliverance is already accomplished by alignment with that self. Decide now to identify with Israel, and the Egypt of fear dissolves as you awaken to freedom.

Practice This Now

Stand now as the liberated Israel within you; declare, 'Let my people go,' and feel the separation of what belongs to your true self from what no longer serves. Visualize the land of your consciousness watching the cattle of fear die away, while your life remains untouched, and live from that realized state.