Neville Goddard on Joshua 7:13-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 7 in context

Scripture Focus

13Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

14In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

15And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

16So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

17And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

18And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

Joshua 7:13-19

Biblical Context

The passage commands Israel to sanctify themselves because a hidden 'accursed' thing among them jeopardizes their stand against enemies; through sorting, family by family, confession must follow.

Neville's Inner Vision

Thus we see in Joshua 7:13-19 a blueprint for awakening: the 'accursed thing' is not metal but a belief fallen into the mind, a strand of consciousness that claims separation from the God within. The march of the tribes mirrors the inner movements of thought; until the mind purges the blockage, the whole army cannot meet the life of its true purpose. The light of awareness—call it the I AM—must illuminate every chamber until nothing is kept in secret from it. When Joshua calls for confession, he hands the individual back to his own divine director; in Neville's language, the self recognizes a mis-taken alignment and revises it, releasing the 'folly' that binds Israel to limitation. The detection process is not punishment but purification: bring every thought into the light, identify the miscreant belief, and dissolve it by acknowledging your oneness with God. The result is a conquering peace: the camp stands because consciousness is clean, and the inner weaponry learns to fulfill its true purpose.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close the eyes, and declare: I AM pure, the holiness of God fills this mind. Now revise: there is no hidden accursed thing within me; imagine a light removing a dark object from your consciousness and feel the release as the inner camp stands whole.