Neville Goddard on Joshua 19:17-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 19 in context

Scripture Focus

17And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

19And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

20And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

21And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;

22And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Joshua 19:17-23

Biblical Context

The fourth lot falls to Issachar, gifting them sixteen cities along their border from Jezreel to the Jordan. This defines their tribal inheritance by family lines.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the inner world, Joshua 19:17-23 reveals Issachar’s sixteen cities as borders of consciousness, not land. See each city as a state of being: family, marriage, community, covenant loyalty, and the Presence of God. The border toward Jezreel marks the seed of awareness awakening, while the coast to Jordan shows life’s current carrying your choices into action. The inheritances are the soul’s recognition that you are the I AM, the consciousness that allocates meaning and place. When you assume you already possess this inner country, your relationships rearrange, loyalties align, and unity with God within deepens. Your imagination becomes the gate through which life flows from possibility to experience, and feeling-it-real seals the reality. Recognize that territory is yours to claim by quiet, deliberate assumption, revision of lack into fullness, and the steady feel of completion in the chest.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and name one area—e.g., family harmony—as a city within your inner map. Close your eyes, imagine the border lines being drawn around it, and feel the presence of God filling that territory as you declare, 'I am unity and covenant loyalty here.'