Neville Goddard on Joshua 15:21-62 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

22And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

23And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

25And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

27And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,

28And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

29Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

30And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

33And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

34And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

36And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:

37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,

38And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

40And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

41And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

43And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:

45Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

46From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:

47Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

48And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

49And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,

50And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

51And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:

52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

53And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,

54And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

58Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,

59And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:

60Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

61In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

Joshua 15:21-62

Biblical Context

It lists the cities and villages of Judah's southern territory, marking the breadth of land allocated. It is a geographic tally rather than a narrative about battles or kings.

Neville's Inner Vision

I read this long roll of towns as a map of the mind. Each city is a state of consciousness, every village a habit or pattern that grows within the I AM you call God. The uttermost coast speaks of shedding the ego’s outer froth; loyalty to the Presence of God lies at the heart of the inner boundary. Ekron to Engedi mark the far reaches of awareness, from power to stillness, while the mountains and valleys chart the alternating moves of belief and doubt that run through your inner country. As you contemplate this inner geography, you are invited to own every city, to redraw its lines by means of assertion rather than wish. The land you see externally is the effect of an inward state. The promise is inward: you are the sovereign of this interior Judah, and God dwells within. Your imagination is the mapmaker of reality; when you assume the feeling of already possessing these cities, life rearranges itself to reflect that inner territory.

Practice This Now

Act: Sit with eyes closed, walk the inner map, choose a city (e.g., Hebron for unity), and revise your current state to match it. Then declare, 'I am the presence of God within this land' while sustaining the feeling.