Neville Goddard on Joshua 13:9-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 13 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Joshua 13:9-12

Biblical Context

The passage lists the lands allotted to Israel and notes the defeat of the giants, illustrating a movement from outward conquest to inner possession.

Neville's Inner Vision

I place Joshua 13 as the map of my own consciousness, not a border of geography. The Arnon river and the plain of Medeba are currents and ground of feeling within me; the cities of Sihon, which reigned in Heshbon, stand for habitual thoughts that have ruled my mind. Gilead, the Geshurites and Maachathites, and Mount Hermon mark regions of my inner climate, and Bashan unto Salcah shows the breadth of my mental terrain. The kingdom of Og in Bashan—remnants of giants—are stubborn beliefs I have allowed to linger. But Moses, the inner I AM, smites and casts them out; victory comes not from seeking elsewhere but from awakening to possession now. When I rest in the truth that I am the ruler of this inner land, borders dissolve and higher mountains rise within. Providence guides me as I revise my sense of self, letting imagination reveal the kingdom already mine. The land is not coming to me; I am coming to it—by the awareness that I am, and by the practice of welcoming the end I desire into my present experience.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the end: you already possess the land now. Feel the ground beneath you as certainty, and declare I am the possessor of this state, letting that feeling settle into your day.