Inner Return Of The Remnant

Ezra 2:21-35 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ezra 2 in context

Scripture Focus

21The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
22The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
24The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
25The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
26The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
27The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
29The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
30The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
31The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
32The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
35The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Ezra 2:21-35

Biblical Context

Ezra 2:21-35 lists the returned families and towns, a census of the remnant as they come back from exile to rebuild. The passage translates geography into a map of inner states awaiting renewal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Ezra's census, the inner remnant awakens. Each named place is not a geography but a state of consciousness; Bethlehem as the birthplace of belief, Netophah as quiet recall, Anathoth as sacred boundary, Kirjatharim as covenant with inner law, Senaah as the harvest of understanding. The exile and return echo the mind's shifts from confusion to fidelity under Providence. The counting is not for gain but a creative movement of the I AM: awareness enumerating possibilities, aligning with a new covenant, and moving from disorder into wholeness. In Neville's terms, what is counted becomes your internal geography you inhabit. The secret is to feel that this census is already finished in your inner I AM; you are not seeking outside but revising your inner agreement, re-visioning exile as forgetting who you are, and returning to the sanctuary where guidance abides. The practice is to dwell in the sense of inner remnant as you would a named city within you, trusting Providence to guide each inner movement toward restoration.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the remnant returning to your inner Jerusalem; name a single inner state (Bethlehem, for example) and feel it real as the census settles within you.

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