Neville Goddard on Judges 20:41-48 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 20 in context

Scripture Focus

41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

43Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

44And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

45And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

46So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

47But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

48And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

Judges 20:41-48

Biblical Context

Israel turns back and Benjamin is overwhelmed. The pursuit ends with the destruction of many warriors and the burning of cities.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 20:41-48 becomes a map of inner life: the men of Israel are states of consciousness, and Benjamin is a stubborn belief seeking to rule. The surrounding battle mirrors the mind's attempt to cut away old identifications and stories, while the wilderness and the rock Rimmon symbolize fixed attitudes resisting change. The edge of the sword is your willingness to revise and release fear, uprooting the narratives that claim reality. The remnant that escapes to Rimmon stands for a core self that persists and awaits transformation after the storm. In Neville's method, you are the I AM observing the scene, not a victim of it; by assuming a new state—justice, order, and clarity already present—you dissolve conflict and feel the victorious state as your current fact. When the inner fight is acknowledged as imagination, the outer turmoil loses its grip and a higher standard of living emerges.

Practice This Now

Close the eyes, assume the observer of the scene, and revise it by stating, 'It is finished; I am whole.' Then dwell in the feeling of inner order and justice already established.