Neville Goddard on Leviticus 17:3-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 17 in context

Scripture Focus

3What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

4And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

5To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.

6And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

7And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

Leviticus 17:3-7

Biblical Context

Leviticus 17:3-7 instructs that offerings must be brought to the door of the tabernacle and offered to the LORD; if not, blood guilt rests on the offender. The ritual culminates with the priest sprinkling blood on the altar and burning the fat as a sweet savour, reinforcing loyalty to the LORD and rejecting devils.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the people of Israel symbolize your many thoughts and desires. The camp is your outward life; the door of the tabernacle is the awakened awareness that stands at the boundary between sense and reality. When you 'kill' an act of fear or craving, you must carry the intention to the inner sanctuary rather than to mere external ritual. The blood you shed is the life-force you invest in any chosen image; to have 'blood imputed' means to acknowledge the consequence of your belief in the form you offer. By bringing the offering to the LORD, you invite the priest—the higher I AM within you—to sprinkle the blood on the altar and burn the fat, transmuting emotion into a sweet savour of divine order. This is the perpetual statute: turn away from worship of devils, old stories, or appearances; devote every act to the I AM within. When you suspend the outer world long enough to revise in imagination, you reclaim the power to shape life from consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, I AM the priest within. Bring a current wish or fear to the inner door of your tabernacle and place it on the altar of awareness, then feel the I AM sprinkling life and transforming the image into peace.