Neville Goddard on Exodus 9:20-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 9 in context

Scripture Focus

20He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

21And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

22And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

Exodus 9:20-26

Biblical Context

The passage contrasts a division: those who heed the LORD's word move to safety, while those who ignore it remain exposed to the hail; Goshen represents inner refuge.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 9:20-26 reads as a map of consciousness. Pharaoh’s anxious crowd mirrors a mind bound to external storms; those who fear the word of the LORD seek shelter and bring their households indoors, signaling an alignment of inner state with reality. Those who disregard the word leave their servants and cattle out in the field, illustrating how attention to the outer scenario keeps a mind vulnerable to every gust. When the command comes to stretch forth the hand toward heaven, this is your call to lift awareness beyond appearance. The hail and fire represent thoughts that break apart old beliefs; the Lord’s rain upon Egypt is the refining purge that reveals the inner order already present in Goshen. Your I AM steadies itself, unaffected by the tempest, and this is the moment of deliverance: not a distant miracle, but a hypothetical recasting of perception. If you believe you are governed by a separate world, you suffer; if you know you are the I AM, you dwell in a sanctuary where judgment clarifies rather than harms. The miracle is inner recognition: the storm diminishes as your awareness finds its own shelter.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, affirm I AM as the steady observer; revise the scene by declaring the inner Goshen is your home and projecting light that dissolves the storm.