Neville Goddard on Judges 17:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 17 in context

Scripture Focus

2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

Judges 17:2-3

Biblical Context

A son confesses that he took his mother's eleven hundred shekels and returns them. The mother blesses him and says she had dedicated the silver to the LORD to fashion idols, and now she will restore it.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 17:2-3 can be read as a map of inner states. The eleven hundred shekels are your accumulated thoughts about wealth, taken from the inner storehouse of your awareness. When you say the silver is with you and that you took it, you are naming a state of separation from your own source. The mother's blessing after restitution points to the natural harmony that returns when you cease worshiping an external image and instead acknowledge the inner Lord, the I AM. The plan to fashion a graven and molten image reveals how easily the mind projects value onto external forms. True worship is recognizing that all form, all image, is but appearance within the single consciousness. Restoring the coin to your inner source restores the alignment between wealth and worship, so that wealth becomes provision through the I AM rather than through external idols. Wealth no longer stands apart but shines as the living I AM within you, guiding and sustaining your life as you dwell in that sacred state. The practical truth is to shift attention from externals to the inner I AM and let abundance follow as a natural expression.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the silver is already with you in the inner LORD, the I AM blessing you. Then feel gratitude and dwell in the consciousness of abundance as your provision.