Neville Goddard on Judges 7:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

13And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

14And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

15And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

16And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.

Judges 7:12-17

Biblical Context

In Judges 7:12-17, a vast enemy host is met with a whispered sign, Gideon worships, and a daring, symbolic plan turns inner faith into outer deliverance.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard perspective, the Midianites are not a distant army but the scattered thoughts of fear in your mind. The valley represents your current state of consciousness; the multitude is the belief that you are small before a problem. The dream about barley bread smashing a tent is the inner picture that a new idea has already toppled the fortress of limitation. When Gideon hears the interpretation and worships, you also turn to gratitude, acknowledging that the I AM within you has already delivered the situation. The ‘sword of Gideon’ and the statement that God has delivered the host point to the inner instrument through which reality bends: your awareness, your faith, your decisive act. Dividing the men into three groups with trumpets, jars, and lamps is a symbolic technique: you call forth your thoughts, reveal the light of your imagination, and ring the sound of faith. The outside camp then follows the inner pattern—Arise—because the inner certainty has already accomplished the work.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and declare, 'The Lord hath delivered into my hand the host of my fear.' Visualize yourself outside the camp with light within jars and a trumpet in hand, acting now as the victor your inner pattern has declared.