Neville Goddard on Exodus 9:8-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 9 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Exodus 9:8-11

Biblical Context

Moses and Aaron sprinkle ashes toward heaven, and boils break out across Egypt, afflicting people and beasts; even the magicians cannot stand before Moses, illustrating a decisive act of judgment and separation. This scene marks a spiritual turning, inviting inner reorientation toward truth rather than external power.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 9:8-11 unfolds as a map of the inner life. The furnace ashes are not only matter; they symbolize a mind burned by belief, reduced to dust when lifted toward the heavens by the I AM. Moses sprinkling the ash upward is your deliberate attention turning from surface appearances to the higher reality inside you, the state you already are as God’s image. The boils are the eruptions of unrevised thought and fixed identifications when life presses you to realize a different consciousness; they appear as trouble only when you cling to a story of lack. The magistrates and magicians failing before Moses show that outward skill cannot withstand the inner truth proclaimed by your own awareness; power resides in the I AM, not in clever techniques. Providence becomes guidance in the form of inner correction: judgment clears the self from false beliefs, separation dissolves as alignment returns, and suffering loosens its grip as you accept your true nature. In this moment, the plague is a door inward— a summons to revise, to awaken, and to establish the kingdom within your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and declare: I AM the Lord of my consciousness. See the old belief crumble to dust as you lift your attention to the heaven of awareness; revise the situation to reflect its inner reality, and feel it real by breathing into the state until it dominates perception.