Neville Goddard on Joshua 6:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 6 in context

Scripture Focus

15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

Joshua 6:15-16

Biblical Context

On the seventh day, Israel circled Jericho seven times. At the seventh circuit, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua told the people to shout, for the LORD had given them the city.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Jericho's walls as the stubborn objections of your own thinking. The seventh day and the seven circuits symbolize seven states of consciousness you inhabit by attention. You circle the city not to move God, but to move your own awareness into the state that already has the city. Each pass quiets a layer of doubt; each circuit is a deliberate rekindling of feeling, until the trumpet within sounds the end of lack. When Joshua cries, 'Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city,' he is teaching you to shout from the already realized state, to feel the truth as present reality. The city is not future; it is your inner condition made visible by persistence in imagination and feeling. If you remain faithful to the end, the walls dissolve as your awareness embraces the end you have assumed.

Practice This Now

Assume the city is yours now and walk Jericho in your imagination for seven circuits; on the seventh circuit, declare 'The city is mine' with the felt sense of victory.