Neville Goddard on Joshua 21:38-40 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 21 in context

Scripture Focus

38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

Joshua 21:38-40

Biblical Context

Ramoth in Gilead with suburbs, Mahanaim with suburbs, Heshbon with suburbs, and Jazer with suburbs are listed as four cities of refuge; these, with the rest of the Merari Levites, total twelve cities by lot.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Joshua 21:38-40 lies a map for the psyche. The city of refuge is not a place of stone but a state of consciousness. Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs become a fortress in awareness where the impulse to react is checked by the recognition that you are the witness, the I AM that ordains order in the mind. The suburbs around Ramoth are the extending rings of calm that shield the heart from the immediate heat of fear. Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer, with their suburbs, point to the distinct faculties—perhaps memory, judgment, and desire—each needing its own sanctuary, yet all governed by one law: you choose the state you inhabit. The twelve cities by lot speak of completeness; when every facet of your being has a dwelling place of peace, your inner kingdom remains intact. This is not external law but internal alignment—the awareness that sets the terms by which you act and are accountable to yourself.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you already reside in a city of refuge within your mind; feel the fear and guilt dissolving as you affirm, I AM the law of my awareness. Then revise any troubling memory to align with that state, and feel it real now.