Neville Goddard on Joshua 13:6-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 13 in context

Scripture Focus

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,

8With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

9From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

10And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

12All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

Joshua 13:6-13

Biblical Context

God promises to drive out the inhabitants and to allocate the land as an inheritance. The record also notes lingering peoples among the Israelites, signaling the gap between promise and complete conquest.

Neville's Inner Vision

The passage reveals that the true land is your state of consciousness, not a mere geography. The promise to drive out the inhabitants is a call to expel limiting thoughts and memories from your inner hill country. Dividing the land by lot into an inheritance mirrors the deliberate assignment of every facet of your being—reason, imagination, will, feeling—to dwell as though already possessed. The nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh represent the totality of your faculties, each allocated to a present, realized possession. The Reubenites and Gadites east of Jordan remind you that transition can place parts of you in motion toward inward promise. Yet the text also notes that some remnants—the Geshurites and Maachathites—dwell among you, indicating lingering habits and identifications that must be purged by conscious assumption. The giants Og, Edrei, and the like symbolize fear, to be cast out by the conviction that you are I AM and that the land is already yours in imagination.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and affirm, I AM the owner of this land already. Then mentally assign each part of your life a throne in that land and feel the reality of possession until it is unmistakably present.