Neville Goddard on Judges 13:2-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 13 in context

Scripture Focus

2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

3And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

4Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

7But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

Judges 13:2-7

Biblical Context

A barren couple receives a divine promise of a son who will be Nazirite from the womb and begin delivering Israel from Philistine oppression. The mother and father are instructed to observe purity and consecration to prepare the inner birth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 13 reveals an inward birth: not a child of the flesh, but a divine idea awakening within consciousness. The angel—an inner messenger of awareness—announces that the womb of your being will conceive a Nazirite, set apart for God, from the moment of conception. The Nazarite vow—no wine, no unclean thing, no shaved head—illustrates a disciplined state of mind that sustains a sacred idea with purity and unwavering attention. This newborn is charged to begin delivering Israel from Philistine oppression, which in your life translates to freeing yourself from fear, doubt, and limitation by the power of a consecrated imagination. The I AM, the living presence within you, witnesses the birth and confirms that realization precedes form. The birth precedes outward result; the instruction comes before any event in form, teaching that realization always precedes expression. So the deliverance you seek arises from inner discipline and fidelity to the idea—hair kept, vows kept in thought and feeling—until it manifests. When you acknowledge this inner movement as real, you set the stage for outer fruit to follow.

Practice This Now

Assume now that a divine idea is conceived in your consciousness and feel its reality as already true. Guard it with purity and unwavering attention until outward conditions reflect the inner deliverance.