Neville Goddard on Joshua 16:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 16 in context

Scripture Focus

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;

Joshua 16:5

Biblical Context

Verse 16:5 describes Ephraim's eastern border of inheritance, traced by families. It uses geographic language to symbolize inner boundaries and possession.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 16:5 invites us to see borders as interior conditions, not lines on a map. Ephraim's inheritance becomes the border of your own consciousness—the eastern boundary that marks where your thought-forms extend and your I AM voice claims territory. The movement from Atarothaddar to Bethhoron the upper signals a shift from limited awareness to a higher vantage. Atarothaddar can represent a place of readiness to listen inside, a pause before a greater realization. Bethhoron the upper stands for the elevated state you enter when you know you are the I AM and your imagination fashions the life you deem yours. The places named are inner dispositions: they map the geography of your mind. When you dwell there, your thoughts no longer rule you from fear; you become the ruler of your own lands by aligned awareness. The border is not a wall but a doorway into abundance; your inner inheritance follows your states of consciousness you affirm inwardly.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume you are the boundary line of your own inheritance, and revise your self-image to, 'I AM the I AM; this land is mine now.' Feel it as already real, stepping from Atarothaddar toward Bethhoron the upper.