Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 47:13-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

13Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

14And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

15And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

17And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

18And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

19And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

20The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

22And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

23And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 47:13-23

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 47:13-23 describes borders for inheritance among the twelve tribes, including strangers who dwell among them, to be allotted by lot.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Ezekiel speaks not of geographic lines alone but of the lines you draw in consciousness. The land is the field of your being where every quality of life is allotted by your state of awareness. The border you call the north, the south, the east, the west, and even the 'stranger among you' are all aspects within you—your faculties, your beliefs, your hidden desires. When you lift your hand in the imagination, you vow to the Father within you that this land is to be inherited by the twelve tribes of your being. Joseph having two portions signals the doubled manifesting power of your mind: one portion for active action, one for quiet reflection, both under the same I AM. The stranger who sojourns among you becomes a child of your own country when you acknowledge him as a part of you, not an enemy. Thus, the border of your life is not fixed by outward circumstance but by the state you affirm inwardly. When you accept the inheritance now, your outer scenes must follow.