Neville Goddard on Joshua 24:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 24 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

6And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

7And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

10But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

11And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

12And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

13And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

Joshua 24:1-13

Biblical Context

Joshua recalls how God delivered Israel—from Abraham onward, through Egypt and the wilderness—culminating in a land they did not labor to possess. The speech frames covenant faithfulness as a shared history and invitation to loyalty.

Neville's Inner Vision

If you read Joshua 24:1-13 as spoken to you by the I AM within, the 'fathers' and 'gods' are merely old states of consciousness you have inhabited. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob symbolize your abiding ideas; Egypt and the Red Sea represent bondage you once believed was real and then released from by inner action. The conquests of the Amorites, the hornet, and the land flowing with vineyards become your present experiences when you assume a new state of being. The warning not to rely on sword or bow teaches that victory arises not from external force but from the clarity of awareness. Your deliverances occur as you shift in consciousness, recognizing that all those miracles are already within you, awaiting your present I AM recognition. By viewing the biblical acts as inner movements, you understand that your life’s promised land is ready for your immediate claim through inner faith and steadfast perception.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, assume you are the I AM, and feel as though you are already dwelling in your promised land. Recall a past deliverance and revise it into the present tense: I AM delivering me now, and let the feeling of abundance be real.