Neville Goddard on Joshua 1:10-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 1 in context

Scripture Focus

10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

13Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.

14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

15Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

17According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

18Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

Joshua 1:10-18

Biblical Context

Joshua commands preparation to cross the Jordan in three days and claims the land as given by God. The people pledge to obey him, uniting in strength and courage to possess the promised rest.

Neville's Inner Vision

To read this as Neville would is to see the Jordan not as a geographic river but as your inner stream of circumstance. Joshua is the I AM awakening, the state of consciousness that commands, and the three days of preparation are your inner time to accept the decree that the land is already yours. The Lord's gift of rest and land is not a future event but an established possibility in awareness that you align with by assumption. The division of the camp—who stays with the land and who goes forth to assist—teaches that the new state requires acting from a center that supports the whole, while some old tendencies remain to guard what you once were. When the people answer, “All that thou commandest us we will do,” they enact the required alignment between the higher self and current thought. To rebel against the command is to reject your own creative decree; to stand strong and courageous is to hold firm in the faith that God is with you as he was with Moses. Rest in this inner alignment, and the land appears as your present experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, assume the state of 'I AM' that possesses the land—repeat, I am in the land of rest; God is with me now. Then act from that feeling-state today, as if the crossing has already occurred.