Neville Goddard on Exodus 9:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 9 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Exodus 9:4-6

Biblical Context

Exodus 9:4-6 records that the Lord will separate Israel's cattle from Egypt's, sparing Israel's while allowing Egypt's to die, at a divinely appointed time.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within every man there is an I AM, and the outer plagues of life mirror the inner state that prevails. Exodus 9:4-6 translates the physical separation of cattle into a spiritual truth: your awareness can sever one pattern of life from another. The cattle of Israel, protected and untouched, symbolize the living, enduring states of consciousness that belong to the children of God—awareness that does not die when circumstances fall away. The cattle of Egypt represent the dying, reactive conditions that perish when you refuse to identify with them. The Lord’s set time is a moment of decision in your own imagination, a decree you give to your inner world: Tomorrow this thing shall be accomplished in your land. When you accept that the I AM is acting now, the same event unfolds: the outer world marks the death of the old condition while your true self remains intact. The miracle is not in the external plague, but in your realization of divine order—the severance between two states of being is accomplished by your attention and belief.