Neville Goddard on Leviticus 16:32-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 16 in context

Scripture Focus

32And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

33And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

34And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 16:32-34

Biblical Context

Leviticus 16:32-34 describes a priest anointing and atoning for the sanctuary, tabernacle, altar, priests, and the people, yearly. It presents atonement as a ritual ensuring holiness and continued covenant loyalty.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM lens, the Leviticus ritual is not about geography but the inner state. The priest stands for your central I AM taking responsibility for the cleanliness of your mental temple. Anointing and consecration symbolize the assumption that you are already aligned with divine purposes; putting on holy garments is choosing certain dispositions of mind—truth, purity, and order. Atonement for the holy sanctuary, the tabernacle, the altar, and the people is the process of sweeping imagined clutter from your mind so that nothing profane remains in your awareness. The 'everlasting statute' becomes your daily discipline of renewal: you refresh your inner altar each day, restoring unity between adjacent states of consciousness. When you accept this duty inwardly, you experience that the cleansing does not come from some external agent but from the I AM you already are. The verse invites you to treat your entire inner world as sacred and continuously reconciled to divine order.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the role of the inner priest, affirming, 'I AM clean; I am at one with the I AM.' Visualize a linen robe of light, feel the release of renewed holiness, and rest in that holy awareness for several breaths.