Neville Goddard on Joshua 9:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 9 in context

Scripture Focus

22And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Joshua 9:22-23

Biblical Context

Joshua confronts the deceivers; because they lied to appear far while living among them, they are pronounced cursed to bondmen and to labor for the house of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard's style: The story shows you that the word cursed is a state of mind you have inherited—an inner verdict that you are distant from your own I AM. The Gibeonites’ deception mirrors a belief you once accepted: that you must barter your freedom for appearances. Joshua’s condemnation is the public effect of that belief, a decree you have consented to insofar as you identify with separation. But the I AM within you is not bound by appearances. The “house of God” stands as your inner temple of consciousness; the work of wood and water is your daily service to the temple, not a punishment but an act of loyalty to truth. The healing comes by a simple assumption: I am the I AM, and right now this moment is the house of God. In imaginative stillness, renew your loyalty to that truth and feel your freedom as already real, dissolving the decree in the light of consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine Joshua calling your inner council to account, then revise the decree by declaring I am free now. Feel your service to the house of God as joyous alignment, not punishment.