Neville Goddard on Leviticus 2:1-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

2And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:

3And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

4And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

5And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

6Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.

7And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

8And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.

9And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

10And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

11No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.

12As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

13And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

14And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

15And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.

16And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Leviticus 2:1-16

Biblical Context

Leviticus 2:1-16 lays out grain offerings made of fine flour mixed with oil and frankincense, brought to the priests and burned as a pleasing sacrifice. It also details portions set apart as holy and warns against leaven and honey, emphasizing purity and covenant with God.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage the grain offering is not a ritual about animals or priests but a symbol of your state of consciousness. The fine flour is your clear, disciplined thought; the oil your life's vitality and anointing; the frankincense the scented remembrance of your desire to be true to the Presence within. When you 'bring it to Aaron's sons' you bring your attention to the inner authority of your awareness, and the priest burns the memorial upon the altar—your attention becomes the altar fire of transformation, and the fragrance is the sweet savour of attunement with God, i.e., with I AM. The rule that the remnant is holy and that no leaven or honey goes with it points to keeping your offering pure: no rising of ego, no sweetness of attachment that hides your truth. Salt is required—salt is covenant; it preserves your offering as a reminder that your consciousness is kept in the divine law. The firstfruits imagery invites you to offer the earliest awareness of your day, seasoned with discipline and gratitude, that it might be sanctified by your inner ritual, not outsourced to externals.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and offer your next action as a grain offering on your inner altar; fine flour, oil, and frankincense. Revise any doubt as leavened thought, sprinkle salt of the covenant, and feel the transformed moment burn with a sweet savour in your I AM.