Neville Goddard on Ezra 10:3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 10 in context

Scripture Focus

3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

Ezra 10:3

Biblical Context

The passage describes a covenant to separate from foreign wives and children born of them, following the leaders' counsel and the divine law to be observed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra’s decree speaks not to a distant ritual but to your inner decision. The 'counsel of my lord' is the inner instructor, the I AM that weighs thoughts and binds them to truth. To 'put away the wives, and such as are born of them' is to release those habits of mind and feeling formed under fear, doubt, or esteem of appearances. These are the attachments born of past conditions—old judgments, familiar resentments, the part of you that trembles at any command that goes beyond surface comfort. The commandment of God is your inner law, the eternal standard that does not bend with circumstances. When you assent to the covenant and align with the law, you are not destroying anything; you are cleansing your state of consciousness so that your outer world follows the inner decree. The act invites reverence for the inner law and a steady faith that you, as the I AM, govern your life. By deliberately choosing this reform within, you renew your sense of self, and your life is rearranged to match that invisible covenant you have just signed with God within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and declare: I am the I AM; I covenant with God within to release all attachments born of fear and to live by the divine law. See yourself already free, walking in inner harmony, with thoughts and desires aligned to the order of God, and feel this reform as real in your body.