Neville Goddard on Ezra 2:42-54 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 2 in context

Scripture Focus

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,

44The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

45The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,

46The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,

47The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

48The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,

49The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,

50The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,

51The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

52The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

53The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,

54The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

Ezra 2:42-54

Biblical Context

Ezra 2:42-54 lists the families of temple workers—the porters and the Nethinims—highlighting orderly return and communal duties.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, this Ezra list is not genealogical record but a map of consciousness. The porters at the gates guard your attention; the Nethinims attend to the temple’s needs. The exile is the moment you forgot you are the I AM; the return is your decision to acknowledge that you are always at home in the inner sanctuary. Each name corresponds to a quality you entertain: discipline, hospitality, humility, service, unity. When you dwell on their order, you are rehearsing the certainty that your inner life has structure and purpose. The temple’s work is your mental vocation: you are both the keeper of the gates and the attendants who keep the temple clean and ready for revelation. By imagining this inner staff as real, you fuse imagination with sight and begin the feeling that 'I am there' now. The count is a reminder that you can select which aspects serve the whole; you are not moving through time but choosing states of consciousness that compose your reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you stand at the inner gate, declaring, 'I am the keeper of my temple.' Feel the invited qualities organize your day as you dwell in the feeling of the wish fulfilled.