Neville Goddard on Joshua 20:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 20 in context

Scripture Focus

9These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Joshua 20:9

Biblical Context

These verses establish cities of refuge for all, including the stranger among them, so that anyone who kills unintentionally may flee. They are spared until judged by the congregation.

Neville's Inner Vision

The land here is not a geographical map but a map of consciousness. The cities of refuge are states you enter by one act of consciousness: the assumption that you are already aligned with your I AM, the living law that holds you harmless and whole. The stranger among them represents the unfamiliar or unacknowledged parts of yourself dwelling within your awareness. When you act unawares, an impulse can flow that would harm life; the remedy is to turn inward to the inner city you imagine as your own, not to escape it. The avenger of blood is the conscience that would condemn, but in the inner city you stand under mercy, awaiting the verdict of your true I AM in the congregation—the inner assembly of your higher self. As you stand there, danger dissolves and right action returns, for you have remembered who you are and where you dwell: in God, in I AM, in the peaceful shelter of inner law.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine entering the city of refuge within you; feel the shelter of your I AM, and revise any unintentional act as already resolved there.