Neville Goddard on Judges 19:22-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

22Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

23And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

24Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

25But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

26Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

27And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

29And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

30And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

Judges 19:22-30

Biblical Context

A violent mob surrounds a guest at a house and demands him. The host pleads against wickedness, yet offers his daughter and concubine to appease them, the concubine is abused and dies, and the man dismembers her, sending the pieces across Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

All outward events are states of consciousness. The house is your inner sanctuary; the assault of the mob mirrors the eruption of ungoverned thoughts when you forget that you are the I AM, the one awareness that governs all. The master of the house is your conscious will trying to maintain order, stepping out to plead, then offering energy (the daughter and concubine) in a desperate attempt to appease the crowd. The abuse and the breaking of life into pieces signify how, when you yield to base impulses, your faculties scatter and your sense of unity collapses. The dawn reveals the cost of such fragmentation—the energy of life is shredded and sent abroad as witness to your inner conflict. Yet the inner law remains: awaken the I AM to govern, revise the scene in imagination, and see the kingdom as within; assume it is now established by your choosing, and feel it real in the blood, bone, and nerve. When you align with the I AM, justice, mercy, and peace replace conflict.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare, I AM the ruler of this house; envision the crowd dissolving and the door closing softly as the I AM governs every impulse. Then revise the inner scene into harmony and wholeness, letting justice and unity take root within.