Neville Goddard on Leviticus 22:14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 22 in context

Scripture Focus

14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

Leviticus 22:14

Biblical Context

If one eats the holy thing unwittingly, one must add a fifth part and give it to the priest along with the holy thing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Leviticus 22:14 is a parable of your inner law. The holy thing is your awareness, and to eat it unwittingly is to act as if possession and ignorance are one. The fifth part is not a punishment but a precise adjustment of the state you are in; it is the correction you give back to the priest—the part of your consciousness that maintains order in the temple of the mind. When you assume that you are always the I AM, and that you are the one who owns and uses the sacred, you must pay back any untimely consumption by returning a portion to your inner priest with the sacred thing. This act clears the misalignment and reclaims purity within your imagination. The interpretation invites you to treat every act of perception as voluntary, by choosing now to regard awareness as inviolate and the boundary as sacred. Restitution becomes a mental revision: you acknowledge, you amend, you reaffirm your faithfulness to the truth of I AM.

Practice This Now

Assume the state: I am the I AM, and the holy thing remains sacred within my consciousness. Now give back the fifth part to the inner priest and feel the inner harmony restored.