Neville Goddard on Leviticus 10:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 10 in context

Scripture Focus

9Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

11And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

Leviticus 10:9-11

Biblical Context

These verses warn not to drink wine or strong drink before entering the tabernacle of the congregation. They establish the ongoing statute to distinguish between holy and unholy, clean and unclean, and to teach all the statutes.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the tabernacle is the sanctuary of awareness within, and wine is the dulling of perception. The prohibition on drink calls you to steward your consciousness with clarity before you enter the sacred chamber of I AM. The 'lest ye die' speaks not of bodily death alone, but the death of vitality when one moves inside with conflicting thoughts, with emotional intoxication, or with neglect of the inner law. The statute forever is a conditioning of the mind, a habit of discernment that never expires: to observe the difference between holy and unholy, between clean and unclean as you stand in imagination, before any outward act of teaching. You are commissioned to teach by your inner example, not by external ritual, so your inner speech must align with purity and order. The practical reality is that you can train yourself to hold the inner atmosphere until it feels natural to remain awake, to differentiate the states, and to express that order in your daily life.

Practice This Now

Before meditation, assume you enter your inner temple with a sober mind and declare, 'I am clean and holy now.' Revise any thought that dims awareness, and feel-it-real that you teach your inner children by embodying discernment.