Neville Goddard on Joshua 21:27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 21 in context

Scripture Focus

27And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

Joshua 21:27

Biblical Context

In Joshua 21:27, two Levite cities, Golan and Beeshterah, are designated as refuges for the slayer, illustrating a built-in system of mercy and justice.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joshua 21:27 reveals that the true territories are not geographical lands, but states of consciousness. The Golan and Beeshterah of the Gershonites are the two inner refuges you carry in awareness, where the impulse to retaliate or dwell in guilt is paused. The law in the verse is not external punishment but the inner discipline that separates the 'slayer' from the 'I AM.' The slayer is any thought, fear, or grievance pursuing you; the refuge is the calm certainty of I AM presence, where you can observe without being driven. When you identify with I AM, you erect the walls of mercy and justice within, letting compassion govern response. The cities show that true righteousness is a state of mind that balances severity with mercy, firmness with love. This inner sanctuary is your salvation, a present realization that you are safe in awareness, and that what you judge outwardly is healed inwardly by the vitality of I AM.