Neville Goddard on Leviticus 13:3-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 13 in context

Scripture Focus

3And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

4If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

5And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:

6And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

7But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:

8And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

9When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;

10And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;

11It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.

12And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;

13Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.

14But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

15And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.

16Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

17And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.

Leviticus 13:3-17

Biblical Context

The priest inspects a skin lesion; if hair turns white and the plague is deeper than the skin, it is unclean. If the spot is shallow and not spreading, it is kept for seven days, then cleansed if it remains non-spreading; if the scab spreads, the person is unclean; if the entire skin turns white, the result is clean; raw flesh marks uncleanness until it changes to white.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your body in Leviticus is a map of the mind. The priest is not a man in a robe but your own awareness looking at a belief that has taken form as flesh. The 'plague' and its white hair are thoughts that have hardened into fixed identity; when the rising is deep and the hair white, the mind has accepted a false sense of self, and you call it leprosy. The seven days of inspection are the pauses of attention, the times you refuse to feed the belief, letting your awareness rest upon I AM rather than the appearance. If the scab spreads, the mind has allowed the story to spread; if the entire skin turns white, mind has witnessed enough, and the old self falls away as a realized state of pure being and you are declared clean. The criterion of cleanliness is not the skin but the alignment of your consciousness with the I AM. Through watchful revision, you can erase the impression from your inner sight and return to wholeness.

Practice This Now

Choose the belief you label as plague and assume the end: I am clean now. Feel it real—your awareness (the priest) observing, revising, and declaring the plague healed.