Neville Goddard on Joshua 10:26-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 10 in context

Scripture Focus

26And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

27And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

Joshua 10:26-27

Biblical Context

Joshua defeats five kings, hangs them on trees, and, at sunset, casts them into the cave they hid in, then seals the cave mouth with great stones.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, see the scene not as history but as a parable of your own consciousness. The five kings are five restless beliefs; the trees are the supports by which fear has stood and whispered its claims. Joshua represents the I AM, the steadfast awareness that cuts through illusion and declares what is real. The act of hanging the kings on trees is the moment you acknowledge their reality while refusing to keep them alive in your inner world. The phrase 'until the evening' marks a boundary you set for the old creed, allowing the light within you to pass. Casting them into the cave mirrors moving obsession to the hidden place of belief, and laying great stones in the cave's mouth is the practical sealing of that belief with a new inner formation. When you consent to this inner act, you awaken a new order: the Kingdom within becomes your lived rule, not a distant promised land.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the I AM has already accomplished this inner work; in your mind, watch the five doubts be led to the trees until sunset, then cast into the cave and seal the mouth with stones. Feel the inner dawn sweep through you as the Kingdom reveals itself.