Neville Goddard on Joshua 15:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 15 in context

Scripture Focus

1This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

2And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

3And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

4From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

5And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

6And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

7And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

9And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

11And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

12And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

Joshua 15:1-12

Biblical Context

The text lays out Judah's territorial borders, detailing the tribe's southern, eastern, northern, and western limits and the cities marking those boundaries.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner Joshua stands within you as your I AM. The chapter does not describe lands on parchment alone; it maps states of consciousness. The south coast is the grounding shore of your awareness, the salt sea of feeling, the place where fear and desire meet. The wandering border by Zin, Kadeshbarnea, Bethhogla, and Jerusalem are the movements of imagination—those shifts by which you consent to one or another identity. When you envision the border lines, you are not measuring terrain but the limits of belief you presently hold about yourself. To possess the land is to assume that you are already the action, the decision, the city, and the sea. The borders drawn around Judah are the boundaries of your loyalty to your covenant with God, the I AM, within. See that every border is a choice of attention, a decree that this thought, this feeling, this habit, stops at this point and no farther. Rehearse in consciousness what you want to experience as done.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume you already possess the land within your awareness; repeat, I am the I AM that fills all, and feel the borders melt as you inhabit the whole territory.