Neville Goddard on Leviticus 10:12-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 10 in context

Scripture Focus

12And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

13And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

14And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

15The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

16And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

17Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

18Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

19And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

20And when Moses heard that, he was content.

Leviticus 10:12-20

Biblical Context

Moses commands Aaron and his sons to eat the remaining meat offering in the holy place as its due; the wave breast and the shoulder are to be eaten in a clean place. He then questions Eleazar and Ithamar about the sin offering, and, after Aaron's defense, Moses is content.

Neville's Inner Vision

Leviticus 10:12-20 becomes a portrait of your inner feast. The 'meat offering' eaten beside the altar is not food for the body but the nourishment of right belief—unleavened, free of pretending leaven, eaten in your holy place where awareness abides. The 'due' of Aaron and his sons mirrors your own rightful claim to the sacred diet of disciplined thought and faithful action in your inner temple. The wave breast and the heave shoulder represent moves you make to offer a portion of your energy back to the divine within, not as a ritual to satisfy others, but as a voluntary wave before God in a clean place. When Moses seeks the goat of the sin offering and finds it burnt, it is a symbolic energy you have allowed to burn up when you permit thoughts and guilt to rule your inner field. The quarrel about eating the sin offering becomes a moment to watch your inner judge—your Moses—calmly listening to the defense of Eleazar and Ithamar, and finding peace when alignment between meaning and feeling is acknowledged. The essence: you are free to eat the holy portion in awareness, to honor your own 'due' and to let the wasted energy be consumed by consciousness. In that acceptance, your life lines up with the inner law.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly, assume the feeling of eating the holy offering in your own holy place. Say to yourself: 'I am fed by right consciousness; I release guilt and offer my energy back to the I AM, and I stand in the holy place as the one who chooses holiness.'