Neville Goddard on Judges 12:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 12 in context

Scripture Focus

4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

Judges 12:4-5

Biblical Context

Jephthah gathers all the men of Gilead to fight Ephraim. The Gileadites block the Jordan crossings and test escaped Ephraimites at the river.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jephthah's gathering and the Jordan crossings mark an inner drama of my own consciousness. The Gileadites are a state of mind that believes it must defend its territory, while Ephraim represents a part I deem other or less mine. The Jordan crossings are thresholds in awareness, the points where I decide whether a thought or feeling may pass from one mood to another. When the Gileadites block those passages, it is a vivid image of me clinging to separation, fear clothed as justice, pride masquerading as protection. But there is only one Self, one I AM, and that I AM is always crossing every river of belief. In truth, the enemy dissolves when I identify with the only reality—my indivisible consciousness. The test of identity Are you an Ephraimite? becomes the moment I revise: I am not divided; I am the Jordan, the crossing, and the travelers all at once. Allow every boundary to dissolve into unity. When I affirm I AM, the inner battle ends, and harmony flows through the mind like the river that joins all shores.