Neville Goddard on Leviticus 13:29-44 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 13 in context

Scripture Focus

29If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

30Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.

31And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:

32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;

33He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

34And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

35But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;

36Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

37But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

39Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

40And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

41And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.

42And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.

43Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;

44He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

Leviticus 13:29-44

Biblical Context

The verses describe the priest examining head or beard lesions; if a lesion is deeper than the skin with yellow hair, the person is unclean as leprosy. If it is surface-level and lacks yellow hair, after seven days and inspection the person may be pronounced clean if the lesion does not spread, followed by cleansing.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard frame, the 'plague' is a state of consciousness rather than a physical curse. The priest represents the I AM, the witnessing awareness that tests a thought-world. A lesion with yellow hair flags a belief that has deepened into fear and self-definition, a pattern deemed unclean by the inner decree. When the malady remains only skin-deep and lacks such hair, seven days of observation symbolize a disciplined revision—an opportunity to loosen attachment to the old story, to shed identifications (the shaving) and wash anew in intention. If, after this inner season, the pattern does not spread and even produces new vitality (a regression to vitality signified by dark hair growth), the inner minister proclaims healing and cleanliness. Should the belief flare into spread or white-reddish soreness, the old state is deemed unclean. Thus cleanliness is a function of consciousness—when you align with I AM and imagine yourself whole, your outward world reflects that truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and assume the state, 'I am clean now.' Visualize the inner priest approving your mind, and when a lingering fear arises, acknowledge it as superficial and release it, letting the feeling of wholeness fill you.