Neville Goddard on Leviticus 18:24-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 18 in context

Scripture Focus

24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

28That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

30Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 18:24-30

Biblical Context

Leviticus 18:24–30 warns that by engaging in abominations, both person and land become defiled, and only by keeping God's statutes can the covenant remain intact; otherwise the land will spit out those who defile it.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the God-idea, the nations you read about are not distant nations but states of consciousness you harbor. Defilement is a belief, a habit of thought that says, 'I am separated from the good I desire.' When you act from such an assumption, the land of your inner life grows foul; your feelings turn to nausea, and circumstances you call luck or misfortune begin to spit out their inhabitants—the old identities that no longer serve your highest state. The Lord your God, the I AM, is never external to you; He is your own awareness claiming sovereignty over every moment. To keep my statutes and judgments is to align with a higher pattern of living, to refuse the abominations born of fear, lust, envy, or hate. The warning that the land shall spit you out is the natural consequence of persisting in inner defilement: your reality reorganizes itself to reflect your current state. Yet the door is open: you can revise, return to the inner obedience, and allow the holy order to reclaim your life. When you consciously choose a new state, you are not punished but re-created.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state of the I AM as your own awareness. Silently declare, 'I keep Your statutes,' and feel the inner land being renewed, old defilements dissolving into nothingness.