Neville Goddard on Leviticus 20:9-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 20 in context

Scripture Focus

9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

10And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

11And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

12And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

Leviticus 20:9-12

Biblical Context

The passage prescribes severe penalties for cursing parents and for certain sexual unions, indicating a strict sense of moral order and accountability. It treats these acts as breaches of a sacred family and social order.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this text the outer penalties are but a reflection of inner states. Cursing a father or mother points to a rebellion against inner authority—the I AM within that keeps the life ordered. Adultery, and the other unions, symbolize a misalignment within the psyche’s feminine and masculine aspects, a breaking of the unity that the inner law seeks to sustain. The life-ending consequence is not a historical punishment but the collapse of vitality when one forgets the sovereign reality of I AM. Neville would teach that these laws invite you to return to the single, indivisible consciousness where no split exists between will and action. See the moral code as a call to revise your inner world until your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions harmonize with the divine order you claim as your own. When you acknowledge the I AM as the source and limit of your life, the “death” of former patterns gives way to a renewed, creative vitality that reflects that inner law.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and affirm, 'I am the I AM, the ordered life within me now'; then visualize blessing the parents-like authorities within your mind and aligning your desires with their divine order, feeling a renewed vitality as if the law has become your living habit.