Neville Goddard on Joshua 9:11-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 9 in context

Scripture Focus

11Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

12This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

Joshua 9:11-13

Biblical Context

Joshua 9:11-13 describes the people presenting outward signs and requesting a treaty; it shows how appearances can mislead and highlights the need for discernment in forming a true inner covenant.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville lens, Joshua 9:11-13 is a primer in inner covenant, not a treaty among strangers. The bread dried, the wine rent, the worn garments are symbols the senses offer to prove time and distance, yet you know time is a function of consciousness. The 'league' spoken to the people is your decision to make an inner agreement with a desired state—unity, wisdom, loving your neighbor within—so that you no longer serve old stories but the I AM that you truly are. When you feel the need to justify limits, revise the feeling: imagine you are already in harmony with the very thing you seek, and observe how the signs shift to support your new assumption. The I AM does not negotiate with lack; it creates by assumption. So, stand in the covenant now: I and my neighbor are one; I am joined with the good I seek. Your imagination then becomes the evidence, not the other way round.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Make the inner league by declaring, 'I am one with the good I seek and with my neighbor within.' Then feel-it-real by mentally reframing outward signs as proof of your present unity.