Neville Goddard on Judges 18:14-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 18 in context

Scripture Focus

14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

15And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

16And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

17And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

Judges 18:14-17

Biblical Context

Five spies surveying Laish discover idols—an ephod, teraphim, a graven image, and a molten image—in Micah’s house and decide what to do. The Danite company of six hundred men stays at the gate as the spies enter and seize the images, while the Levite-priest remains at the threshold.

Neville's Inner Vision

From a Neville view, this chapter maps inner states of consciousness rather than a geography. The five spies are facets of your awareness that survey the mind and notice idols—ephod, teraphim, graven and molten images—symbols you have allowed to govern your life. The house of Micah is your sanctuary of beliefs; the images are attachments that define you as separate from the living I AM. The six hundred warriors at the gate symbolize persistent thoughts and defenses that guard those identifications. The priest at the gate represents the ritual mind still going through motions while the idols stand in for true worship. When the spies bring the images into view, you are called to recognize that you do not worship through these external forms. The act of taking the images becomes a moment of inner revision: you claim the living I AM and withdraw allegiance from the idol. The path is obedience to the inward truth—worship of the one life within, not the carved symbols. In this manner, the narrative becomes a map for reconstituting true worship from imagination to reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM presence right now. Revise any belief that a symbol or ritual holds you; replace it with the living assurance of I AM.