Neville Goddard on Leviticus 1:2-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 1 in context

Scripture Focus

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

3If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

5And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

6And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

7And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

8And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

9But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

10And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

11And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

12And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

13But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

14And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

15And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

16And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

17And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 1:2-17

Biblical Context

Leviticus 1:2-17 describes offerings where a person brings an animal, places their hand on its head, and the animal is sacrificed and burned as an offering. The act is described as cleansing and enabling atonement before the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here we have the law written not in stones but in the conditions of your own mind. The offering is your ready acceptance of a new state of being, the hand laid on the head signifying your consent to identify with that state. When the bullock or bird is slain and burned, what is burned is the old limitation that says you must remain as you are. The priests are the aspects of your own consciousness—the discipline, the imagination, the feeling—who attend the altar and perform the work of turning energy into form. The altar itself is the place in your mind where you feed the fire of belief; the sweet savour is the felt result when you have imagined and felt the state as already true. Atonement arises not from ritual to an external deity, but from your conscious act of consenting to a higher self. Your willingness becomes the blood that sprinkles the altar of life, making present the reality you have assumed.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you present to the door of your mind an offering of your desired state; place your hand on the head of that state, feel the altar fire within, and declare I am this now.