Neville Goddard on Joshua 21:7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 21 in context

Scripture Focus

7The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Joshua 21:7

Biblical Context

The Merari descendants, organized by families, are allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the Merari line is not a distant record but a present discipline: a steady vocational posture within consciousness that keeps the temple of your life in order. 'By their families' signals that inner states arrange themselves into close-knit households under a unified aim. The twelve cities symbolize a complete map of your inner kingdom—twelve stations of awareness where the I AM can dwell. Each city points to a quality you must claim: courage and initiative (Reuben), movement and enterprise (Gad), and prudent steadiness (Zebulun). When you treat these cities as divinely appointed, the Presence of God rests there. The practice is not outward geography but inner geography: an arrangement in which holiness and separation protect sacred states from profanation. Your work and vocation flourish as you inhabit these cities with the I AM—awareness that you are already attended by divinity, here, now, within your own consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already dwelling in one inner city; feel its atmosphere and the quality it guards (courage, vocation, holiness), and hold that sensation until it becomes real in your consciousness.