Neville Goddard on Joshua 6:17-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 6 in context

Scripture Focus

17And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

18And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

22But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

Joshua 6:17-22

Biblical Context

Jericho is pronounced accursed, except Rahab and her house because she hid the spies. The silver and gold are consecrated to the LORD, the walls fall, and the city is destroyed while Rahab’s household is saved.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Jericho not as a place, but as the fixed state of your own consciousness. The city being accursed is your belief in separation, limitation, and fear; Rahab’s faith is the inner recognition of your I AM, the part of you that hid the messengers and spoke truth in the moment of threat. The ban on the accursed thing is your decision to withhold every thought, feeling, or image that keeps your camp from the divine mixture; when you cling to those thoughts you make your camp a curse. The consecration of silver and gold is the inner value you dedicate to the LORD—the energy you redeem and redirect toward divine purpose. The trumpet and the shout represent your imaginative acts that call forth the desired state; when you persist in the feeling of the wish fulfilled, the walls of limitation yield and you ascend, taking the city in your own inner sense. Rahab’s household saved is your own mercy extended to what you have formerly rejected—grace following faith.

Practice This Now

Assume the state that the walls have fallen and you now inhabit the promised land of your desire. Feel it real in your chest, and revise any lingering 'accursed' thought by blessing it into the treasury of the LORD.