Neville Goddard on Joshua 14:1-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 14 in context

Scripture Focus

1And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

2By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

3For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

5As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

6Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

7Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.

8Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

9And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

10And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

11As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

12Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

Joshua 14:1-15

Biblical Context

These verses show the land allotted to the tribes by lot. Caleb, at eighty-five, recalls Moses’ oath that the land his feet had trodden would be his because he wholly followed the LORD; he asks for Hebron and receives it, the land resting from war.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let the outer distribution of lands teach you that the apparent world is a map of inner states. The Lord is the I AM, and the land is the state your heart has settled into when you follow the inner directive wholly. Caleb's declaration—'the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance'—becomes your reminder that faith is not a memory but a practiced state of readiness. Forty-five years of wandering did not dethrone his conviction; in your mind, long delay is no obstacle to the now. The mountain Hebron stands for rest, or settled certainty, that your life is governed by divine timing when you align with the purpose you have chosen. The nine and a half tribes of outer distribution are the many roles you play, while the Levites' lack of land yet cities signify that the inner priesthood dwells within, governing with wisdom. When you reverence the I AM and act as if you already possess your prize, the Anakims—fear, doubt, fatigue—lose their grip, and your present strength becomes the instrument by which you drive them out.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine standing on Hebron, Caleb's strength returning. Declaring, 'The LORD is with me; I wholly follow the LORD my God, and I now own this mountain of consciousness,' dwell there for a minute.