Neville Goddard on Leviticus 11:7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 11 in context

Scripture Focus

7And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:7

Biblical Context

Leviticus 11:7 marks the pig as unclean despite its cloven hooves, signaling that true purity arises from inner alignment with holiness rather than outer ritual. Outer form without inner digestion cannot become inner life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Do you see the swine as a creature with outward order yet inward unreceptiveness? In this reading, the verse shows the swine divides the hoof and is cloven-footed, yet does not chew the cud; therefore it is unclean. This is a vivid image of a mind that wears the garb of obedience, yet refuses to digest truth at the level of consciousness. Purity is not a ritual externalized; it is an inner state, a steady alignment with the I AM. When I speak of chewing the cud, I mean continually turning truth in your imagination, allowing it to become part of your belief and feeling. If you skip that inner digestion, you remain unclean in your inner life, even as you keep outward laws. The swine becomes the symbol of a habit of thought that divides form from essence: an externally neat structure that has not absorbed divine life. The moment you acknowledge I AM as your true self, you re-assign every sensation, belief, and impulse to the one Presence. You begin to feel clean, whole, and holy because your consciousness is now in unity with God.