Neville Goddard on Judges 21:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 21 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

3And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

Judges 21:1-3

Biblical Context

The men of Israel swore not to give their daughter to Benjamin; they gather at the house of God, weep, and wonder why one tribe is lacking in Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the inner man, Judges 21:1-3 is a scene of a collective decision born of lack, followed by a turn toward the inner sanctuary where God—the I AM—dwells. The vow not to wed Benjamin is a stance of separation, a state of consciousness sustained by fear until circumstance forces confrontation. When 'the people came to the house of God' and 'lifted up their voices,' they reveal a longing for wholeness beyond a single tribe. In Neville’s terms this isn’t a historical misfortune but a drama of the mind: a belief that part of you is absent or blocked. The required remedy is not more decree from without, but a revision of the inner state through imagination and feeling. See your own I AM as the I AM within; address it with gratitude and assurance that unity already exists in spirit. By imagining the tribe as one, by feeling the completeness of Israel in your own being, the sense of lacking dissolves, and the outward scene shifts toward harmony. This is how you convert a national lament into a personal triumph of consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the inner vow to 'We are complete.' Then imagine you stand inside the house of God within you, lifting your inner voice in gratitude until the sense of lack dissolves.