Neville Goddard on Joshua 8:35 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 8 in context

Scripture Focus

35There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

Joshua 8:35

Biblical Context

Joshua publicly reads all that Moses commanded before the entire congregation, symbolizing that every facet of the self is instructed by divine law. The act emphasizes unity, leaving nothing of the inner life outside the law's reach.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joshua 8:35 offers a picture of the entire inner man gathered to hear the divine commandments spoken aloud. Moses' commands are not external rules; they are the immutable principles written in your consciousness. Joshua is your I AM, the settled awareness that reads these laws to every department of your being—the sentries of thought, the feelings you call fear, the memories that haunt, the breath of instinct, the humbled ones and the stranger within who fears change. When all parts are present to hear the law, there is no word left unsaid; there is complete alignment. The reading before the whole assembly is your inner completeness: nothing is excluded; no impulse remains outside the circumference of the command. This is the moment you acknowledge that the kingdom is within, that obedience is faithfulness in awareness. Practically, it is the decision that your outer life will reflect the inner law you have freely accepted. Do not seek outside for cues; hear the voice of the I AM declaring the law and feel the oneness that follows as lived reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, imagine yourself as Joshua, the I AM, reading Moses' commandments to every part of your being—the mind, emotions, memories, and body. Revise any resistance, and feel it real that the entire self is under the one law.