Neville Goddard on Joshua 13:9-13 - 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.

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 13:9-13

Biblical Context

These verses enumerate lands allotted east of the Jordan and note that some Geshurites and Maachathites remained living among Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider these verses as a map of your inner country. The Arnon bank and the plains are edges and fields of your awareness, and the cities of Sihon mark fixed beliefs you have accepted as real. Gilead and Mount Hermon symbolize the heights of your thinking you reach in moments of clarity. The note that Geshurites and Maachathites dwell within Israel shows how some thoughts and habits refuse to be expelled, living quietly within the self you call mine. The giants Og and his remnant stand for yesterday's magnitudes that still threaten you; yet Moses’ smiting is memory of you casting them out in imagination. The essential truth is this: land is won by inner governance—by the assumed state you dwell in, not by outward battles alone. To possess the Kingdom of God within, you must align your boundaries with the I AM, the awareness that you are. When you revise and assume a higher inner occupancy, the old tenants depart and you inhabit a more luminous, powerful self.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner ruler state: I am the ruler of my inner land; I have expelled the Geshurites and Maachathites and now dwell in the Kingdom within. Feel it real by repeating the assertion until it resonates in every thought.