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Ezra 2:36-43 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ezra 2 in context

Scripture Focus

36The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
37The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
38The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
39The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
41The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
42The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
43The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
Ezra 2:36-43

Biblical Context

Ezra 2:36-43 records the return of temple functionaries—priests, Levites, singers, porters, and Nethinims—showing the restoration of temple life. It marks the formal reconstitution of worship and communal order.

Neville's Inner Vision

Seen through the I AM within, these names are not merely genealogies or outward offices. They are inner faculties pledged to a restored worship of consciousness. The priests, Jedaiah, Immer, Pashur, Harim, and the house of Jeshua, symbolize the consecrated mind—the disciplined attention that holds the image of reality in faith. The Levites, Jeshua and Kadmiel, Hodaviah’s line, represent service and guardianship of inner movement, the stewarding energy that moves ideas into form. The singers of Asaph stand for praise and alignment—the ability to sustain a vision through harmonized feeling. The porters become the gates of belief, and the Nethinims—humble workers—do the unseen tasks of grounding the imagined state into present fact. The numbers whisper that every function is needed to compose the inner temple; unity arises when each part accepts its place under the House of Jeshua—the conscious will of the Lord within. The story is not history only; it is your present invitation: to restore order within, to gather the scattered faculties, and to worship from a single, unwavering awareness that you are I AM, and thus the world is your dream taking form.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the temple is restored within you; in feeling, align priestly faith, Levite service, and singer praise; dwell in the one I AM. As you breathe, revise any sense of lack by declaring 'I am the temple and I am restored.'

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