Neville Goddard on Joshua 12:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 12 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

4And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 12:1-6

Biblical Context

These verses recount Israel’s defeat of eastern kings and their lands, culminating in Moses allotting those territories to Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. It marks a boundary and a beginning of possession, a shift from wandering to owning.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the kings as stubborn states of consciousness occupying your inner map: fear, appetite, stubborn habit. The land east of the Jordan represents a portion of your mind claimed by those states. When you 'smite' them in inner prayer and 'possess' the land, you are not conquering a person but redefining your inner geography. The names Sihon and Og are facets of the ego that once ruled with a tyrant's hand; naming them makes them know their place in the new order. The river Arnon and the sea of Chinneroth are flows of feeling you either guide or be swept by; you decide to orient them toward the rising sun of the I AM. Moses, the LORD's servant, becomes your disciplined attention, the inner steward who distributes possession to the loyal tribes of your better nature. The result is deliverance, liberation, and the establishment of the kingdom within. Your outer possessions mirror this inner victory; the land you claim becomes the home of covenant loyalty to your true self.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit, breathe, and affirm I AM the possessor of this inner land. Visualize the inner tribes being given stewardship and feel the land already mine.