Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 48:8-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 48 in context

Scripture Focus

8And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

9The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

10And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

11It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

12And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

13And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

Ezekiel 48:8-13

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 48:8-13 frames a sacred boundary with a central sanctuary, priests dedicated to holiness, and a disciplined Levite line surrounding the holy oblation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Ezekiel’s vision, the land’s boundaries are not borders on a map but the limits of your own awareness. The sanctuary placed at the center is the I AM, the indwelling Presence you call God when you turn your attention inward. The measures of offering you read are the precise movements of attention you permit to pass through your consciousness, forming a living enclosure around your core. The priests of Zadok—sanctified, faithful to the charge—are the disciplined faculties of your mind that remain loyal to truth when distraction whispers otherwise. The oblation offered unto the LORD, defined as holy by the border of the Levites, is the quality and purity you sustain in every feeling and thought that enters the field of your awareness. This entire arrangement, with sanctuary at the heart and bounds set by consciousness, is not a future event but a present condition. Holiness is established by steadfast use of attention, by choosing to keep the center, by refusing to let the outer world redraw your inner temple. The vision invites you to dwell in the truth that your awareness is the territory and the I AM its indwelling king.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'The sanctuary is in the center of my being; the boundary around me is my present I AM.' Breathe into that center and feel the boundary hold every holy thought and feeling you allow into awareness.