Neville Goddard on Judges 13:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 13 in context

Scripture Focus

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 13:5-7

Biblical Context

Judges 13:5-7 describes a child conceived with a Nazirite vow from birth, set apart for God. He is destined to begin Israel's deliverance from the Philistines.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's language: The 'son' is not a boy but a state of consciousness empowered by a Nazirite vow—a disciplined, consecrated mode of awareness, dedicated to God, your I AM. From the womb to the day of death, this vow marks the entire life of that state, refusing to let the hair be razed—an image for not trimming away the sacred energy of imagination. The 'man of God' with an angelic countenance represents your highest self appearing to the inner self; the appearance signals that a shift in consciousness is imminent. The deliverance of Israel from the Philistines is the liberation of your inner nation from fear, limitation, and habit. When you hear that a child shall conceive and bear, you hear that something new is born in you—an unwavering discipline that holds purity and integrity as its standard. The instruction to abstain from wine and unclean things becomes the rule of life: keep your attention untarnished by lower states and appetites, guarding the sacred imagination from compromise. The moment you assume this vow and inhabit it with feeling, your inner deliverer begins to move; you become the I AM delivering the kingdom within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the Nazarite now—consecrated to the I AM. Feel this vow as a living reality and imagine a light moving through you, delivering your inner Israel from fear and limitation.