Neville Goddard on Leviticus 12:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 12 in context

Scripture Focus

2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

4And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

5But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

Leviticus 12:2-5

Biblical Context

Leviticus 12:2-5 states that a woman bearing a male child is unclean for seven days, with a longer period for a maid child. After the purification period she may touch no holy thing or enter the sanctuary until the days are fulfilled.

Neville's Inner Vision

Leviticus speaks in clocks and days, but I hear a heartbeat of the I AM. A birth in the body is a symbol of a birth in consciousness: a new state arising, which earlier believed itself unclean for a season. The seven days or fourteen or longer are the inner time needed to release the old thought and to let the new awareness take root. The eighth-day circumcision is not a ritual upon flesh alone; it is the decisive cutting away of a fading belief—an old identity that says you are separate from your own divine life. The purifying blood that follows is the mind’s renewed attention to the I AM, a period of letting your focus dwell with the new state until it manifests as life. The sanctuary and the hallowed things represent nothing outside you; they are your inner center and the choices you refrain from, until you are consistent in the truth that you are purity itself. Whether the symbol bears a son or a daughter, the law speaks of cycles, not punishments—cycles by which your consciousness evolves into wholeness.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes, assume the feeling of the I AM now; imagine the moment of birth as the birth of a new state and feel it real for a few breaths. If a thought arises of lack or impurity, revise it by silently declaring 'I am pure; I am the temple of God' and continue until the sensation of purification settles.