Neville Goddard on Joshua 13:15-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 13 in context

Scripture Focus

15And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

16And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

17Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

18And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

19And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,

20And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

23And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

Joshua 13:15-23

Biblical Context

Moses assigns Reuben an inheritance along the Jordan, detailing cities and borders. The text presents territory as a covenant map that speaks to inner belonging and communal unity.

Neville's Inner Vision

That map Moses draws for Reuben is your map. The borders from Aroer to the Jordan are not real estate on earth but the inner dispositions you currently accept as true about yourself. The plain, the hill country, the cities Dibon Heshbon Bethpeor become your streams of feeling, habits of thought, and relationships that you have settled into as your identity. In Neville terms, the land you inhabit is a state of consciousness, and the covenant you serve is the I AM within you. The Amorite king Sihon and the dukes who reigned there symbolize the stubborn beliefs and fears you have smitten away by the sword of awareness, while Balaam's mention reminds you of temptations to doubt your own blessing. When you read this as an inheritance after your families, you are reminded that your sense of self is an integration of all your inner factions, unified by loyalty to the covenant of love and unity. Providence comes not from outward events but from your capacity to imagine and feel your already given dominion. Your boundary is not a prison but a doorway into a larger, peaceful nation of consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine your inner map: the Jordan dissolves old borders, the cities become states of being you already possess. Say, I am inheriting this consciousness now, and feel it real.