Neville Goddard on Joshua 13:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 13 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

4From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Joshua 13:1-7

Biblical Context

The passage depicts Joshua's aging and a future land to possess; the command is to allocate it as an inheritance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joshua, in this reading, is your own awareness grown steady in years, and the vast land that remains is the still-formed states of consciousness awaiting your identification. In Neville's light, the Lord is the I AM within you, the aware self that governs, not a distant sky-sent general. The portion yet to be possessed becomes what you have not yet claimed with feeling and assumption: belief that every corner of your life is governed by your sovereign mind. The nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh symbolize the many aspects of yourself—memory, desire, fear, courage, perception, imagination—each to be allotted its rightful place under the law of your consciousness. When God says divide by lot, He is instructing you to reallocate attention and belief so that no part remains idle or ruled by old habit. The driving out of the inhabitants is the clearing of limiting thoughts and stubborn habitudes that resist your kingdom. The instruction is not conquest of land in time, but the practical rearrangement of your inner kingdom so that the land of Promise is your present experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, assume the land is already yours, and state with feeling, 'My I AM claims this entire inheritance now.' Then spend a minute feeling the sovereignty of your mind as you imagine dividing attention to its parts.