Neville Goddard on Leviticus 16:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 16 in context

Scripture Focus

3Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

5And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

Leviticus 16:3-5

Biblical Context

The passage describes Aaron entering the holy place with offerings—the sin offering and the burnt offering—while donning holy garments and performing purification, with two goats and a ram as offerings.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your consciousness, the holy place is the state of present awareness. Aaron's entrance with offerings signifies you stepping into the temples of mind where a sin of limitation and a burn of old self-identity are acknowledged, not punished. The linen garments represent purified thinking—thoughts washed in water—garments of holiness you consciously wear as you enter. The goats and ram are not animals but inner forces you name and release: two aspects you offer for atonement and a larger ideal you lift toward fulfillment. The act of washing is a ritual of letting go belief patterns that you have clung to; the entire procession is a discipline of separation from unclean states and alignment with divine I AM. When you assume this stance in imagination, you are not pleading for mercy but becoming the very authority of life, the God within recognizing itself. The altar is your center of being, the congregation your totality, and the high priest a symbol of your awakened awareness. This is the psychological truth behind the law: you are the one who honors, purifies, and atones within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume you have already entered your inner sanctuary. Feel the linen of pure thought, wash away a fear or fault, and present two 'goats'—aspects you release—into the offering for atonement; dwell in the feeling of holiness here and now.