Neville Goddard on Exodus 9:7-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 9 in context

Scripture Focus

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 9:7-12

Biblical Context

Pharaoh's heart remains hardened even as the plague of boils comes. He refuses to release the people, signaling a stubborn state of consciousness rather than a distant king.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this telling the outer events are your inner weather. Pharaoh’s hardening is not a history lesson about a king but a working image in your own mind—an I that clings to the old story and resists release. The ashes sprinkled toward heaven symbolize turning your attention from the surface scene to the inner atmosphere where vision is formed. When the boils appear, they disclose the undercurrent of fear, pride, and self-importance masquerading as life. The Lord hardening Pharaoh’s heart is the moment your own deeper law refuses to serve a faded image; it is not punishment but a correction of consciousness. The magicians failing before Moses shows that once you claim a higher operation, the old self cannot stand. Deliverance comes when you acknowledge that you have the power to let go, to revise the scene, and to imagine a new state in which the people are free. Your present tension invites a change of mind, and that change, rightly held, becomes your outward freedom.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare 'I AM' the ruler of your mind. Revise a moment of stubborn resistance, feel it dissolve, and picture the inner scene of liberation.