Neville Goddard on Leviticus 12:4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 12 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Leviticus 12:4

Biblical Context

Leviticus 12:4 describes a 33-day purification period after childbirth during which the woman touches no sacred thing and may not enter the sanctuary until purification is complete. In Neville's view, this is an inner discipline—an inward purification before the inner sanctuary can be accessed.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the Neville reader, Leviticus 12:4 speaks of an inner birth and the discipline it requires. The blood of her purifying is the living energy washing the mind, clearing old images and attachments that keep you outside the sanctuary of awareness. The command to touch no hallowed thing until purification is fulfilled is the mind consenting to refrain from acting from a contaminated state, allowing a new state of consciousness to settle. In this view, holiness is not an external place but a shift in the I AM's attention; the sanctuary is the presence of God within, opened when the inner field is cleansed. The 33 days become a symbolic season for practicing exclusivity of focus until your consciousness declares, I AM purified. Then you may enter from within, carrying that purity into every outward encounter.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the state 'I AM pure and present' and dwell in it for 33 moments each day, feeling the purification as already finished. When this feeling holds, step into your inner sanctuary and act from that holy presence.