Neville Goddard on Joshua 9:6-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 9 in context

Scripture Focus

6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

10And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

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 9:6-13

Biblical Context

The Hivites attempt to secure a covenant with Israel by appearing from a distant land and presenting worn tokens; Joshua tests them, revealing how appearances can sway judgment and covenant loyalty.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s light, the far country is a belief that arises from a sense of separation. The dry bread and rent wineskins are not mere signs of travel but symbols your mind uses to persuade you that a thing is real because it looks old and authoritative. The claim We are thy servants echoes a thought-form trying to bind your awareness to a remembered outcome. When Joshua asks, Who are ye? and From whence come ye? your inner I AM is invited to discern the source of the belief. The league represents a covenant with limitation masquerading as loyalty to the LORD by name. Yet the living truth remains: God is the I AM, not a contract with a memory. If you stand in the consciousness that you are one with the divine presence, the signs of decay reveal themselves as inert images dissolving back into awareness. The true covenant is with wisdom and faithfulness to your own being, not with appearances that pretend to control your fate. In that realization, discernment becomes ease, and truth prevails in present awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and affirm: I am the I AM; I accept no covenant but with truth. Revise the scene by seeing the old tokens dissolve and the far country vanish, leaving only present divine awareness.