Neville Goddard on Joshua 16:1-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 16 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

2And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

3And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

6And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

7And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

8The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

Joshua 16:1-8

Biblical Context

The text records the territorial inheritance given to Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, with borders mapped from Jordan to Jericho and beyond. It is a census of land that symbolizes ordered allocation within a community.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville's eye, this is not geography but the inner distribution of your states of consciousness. The Jordan marks the threshold between what you believe you are and what you can become; Jericho waters are past feelings that held you, and Bethel, Luz, Archi, Ataroth are the distinct stations of awareness you pass through as you rise in imagination. The inheritance of Ephraim and Manasseh is the living, united faculty of perception and action that you claim when you stand in the I AM and accept responsibility for your inner territory. The borders east to west, north to sea, are not boundary lines of land but decisions of focus: where you allocate energy, how you define your day, what you permit to come into your life. The unity of Ephraim and Manasseh reminds you that two halves of yourself may appear separate but are, in truth, one kingdom when governed by covenant loyalty to the I AM. This is a workbook in inner stewardship: you map, you tend, you claim, and your outward life follows from the inward settling of your identity.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, assume the entire inheritance is already yours in the I AM. Feel your inner borders soften as you declare, I AM the land, and dwell there for a moment, letting it shape your waking life.