Neville Goddard on Judges 21:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 21 in context

Scripture Focus

5And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

Judges 21:5

Biblical Context

Judges 21:5 describes how the Israelites tally those who did not join the assembly at Mizpeh and vow that the offender shall be put to death, enforcing a harsh communal law.

Neville's Inner Vision

From Neville Goddard’s vantage, this scene is a projection of a fixed inner state rather than a historical decree. The absentee is a symbol of a part of consciousness felt absent from the LORD within. The 'great oath' represents a rigid belief that reality is governed by external punishment, a boundary drawn between 'us' and 'them' in the theater of the mind. When such a decree is accepted, one identifies with a consciousness that sees punishment as intrinsic to existence, failing to recognize the I AM—the presence of God within. The remedy is inward revision: assume you are always in the LORD’s presence, dissolving the unilateral oath and softening the perceived law of death. By feeling the inner unity as already real, the instinct to judge dissolves and mercy emerges as the natural law of consciousness. Thus, the 'death' sentence becomes an invitation to heal separation, restoring harmony within the self that is God-aware.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are already present to the LORD in every part of your being; revise the oath as, 'There is no death of a state in me.' Then feel the mercy flowing through your awareness as the true outcome.