Neville Goddard on Joshua 13:2-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 13 in context

Scripture Focus

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 13:2-7

Biblical Context

This passage lists the remaining land and commands its division among nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh, with the promise to drive out the inhabitants.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the borders Joshua names as the contours of your inner life. The land that yet remaineth is the unclaimed territory of your consciousness, awaiting your conscious command. The 'five lords of the Philistines' and the other nations symbolize thoughts, fears, and habits that have settled in your mind; to drive them out is to dislodge belief-patterns that block your instincts to create. By lot, and only by command of the I AM, you appoint the nine tribes and the half tribe to govern parts of yourself—memory, imagination, will, faith, perception, feeling, and more—recognizing that your powers are not scattered but organized by your inner decree. When you decide and act from the state you desire, the land becomes your inheritance; the boundary lines align with faith and obedience. The blessing is that this inheritance is prepared and waiting within, and your present awareness is the act of possession.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In this moment, assume the entire land is mine; feel it real by imagining the nine faculties granted to me and the half-tribe of Manasseh running as cooperative stewards. Then revise any sense of lack by resting in that state for a few breaths.