Neville Goddard on Joshua 17:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 17 in context

Scripture Focus

17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

18But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

Joshua 17:17-18

Biblical Context

Joshua 17:17-18 speaks to Ephraim and Manasseh, affirming their great power and promising they will not share one lot but will possess the mountain by cutting down its forest and driving out the Canaanites. In Neville's terms, this is a call to see inner obstacles as conquerable within consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joshua's words are not history; they are an invitation to claim sovereignty within your own consciousness. The house of Joseph—Ephraim and Manasseh—are the twin faculties of awareness, the motive power of your imagination. You are a great people with great power, and the promise is that the mountain of limitation can be yours when you refuse to concede to old beliefs of powerlessness. The mountain represents inner terrain, the wood a resource you can harvest by changing your assumption, and the outgoings are the openings you walk through with confidence. The Canaanites with iron chariots symbolize entrenched fear and habit; they yield to the creator who knows I AM. Your work is to assume the end in mind, feel it as present, and act from the realization that the land is already yours in consciousness. When you align with that inner conquest, the outer life rearranges itself to reflect your inner sovereignty.