Neville Goddard on Joshua 3:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

3And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

5And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

6And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

Joshua 3:1-6

Biblical Context

Joshua leads the people; they prepare and follow the ark across the Jordan. They keep a measured distance until guidance is to be followed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the narrative as a map of your inner rising. The ark is not a box in the desert but the I AM that you are conscious of, carried by your inner faculties of thought and feeling (the priests). When the people 'see' the ark and move after it, you are being told to align every sense with the conscious assumption that you already stand in the promised land of your new state. The space of two thousand cubits is the necessary margin between old identifications and the new awareness, an invitation to not crowd the presence of God with stale ideas. The three days of waiting are your interior preparation—calibrating your mind to the truth of your unity with the divine. Sanctify yourselves means purify belief and emotion, letting go of doubt so that tomorrow the LORD—your deepest I AM—will do wonders within you. The priests bearing the ark ahead of the people symbolizes your inner faculties moving your behavior into alignment with the new state. When you act from that awareness, the crossing becomes inevitable, and the wonders reveal themselves as you continue.