Neville Goddard on Leviticus 14:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 14 in context

Scripture Focus

8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

9But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

Leviticus 14:8-9

Biblical Context

Leviticus 14:8-9 outlines a cleansing ritual of washing clothes and body, plus shaving, followed by a seven-day period and a final shaving before becoming clean.

Neville's Inner Vision

All that is described is not a matter of dirt and tents, but of the mind. The washing of clothes and the body are not hygiene rituals but the discipline of changing conditions in my inner atmosphere. Hair, being the symbol of remembrance and identity, is shaved away to signify the relinquishing of fixed images I have clung to. The seven days of separation are the slow period of purification in consciousness, a last withdrawal from the old 'camp' of thought before returning to daily life with a fresh sense of divine presence. On the seventh day, complete shaving indicates a total release of old patterns; washing again is the reaffirmation of a clean, awake state. By this inner act, I demonstrate that 'God'—the I AM awareness—is not external to me but the very living I. Purity comes not from outward rites but from a clear, renewed sense of being, entering the world as a conscious, holy self.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and visualize water washing your clothes and body, then imagine shaving away every trace of old identity. Affirm, 'I am clean now and enter this day as the I AM present.'