Neville Goddard on Leviticus 22:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 22 in context

Scripture Focus

4What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

5Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

6The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

Leviticus 22:4-6

Biblical Context

Leviticus 22:4-6 says that a person who is unclean cannot eat holy things until they are clean, emphasizing ritual cleanliness tied to a wash. The verses frame uncleanness as a condition requiring purification before access to sacred food.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, this law speaks not of dirt but of your present state of consciousness. The leper, the running issue, and the one who touches death are symbols of thoughts that claim separation from God and from your own holiness. The constraint that such a person shall not eat of the holy things until he be clean becomes a moment-to-moment invitation: pause the old self-definition, refuse the impulse to identify with lack, and allow the I AM to reframe you as whole. The washing with water is the internal act of renewal—imagine water as your awareness itself, washing away fear, doubt, and habit-bound identity. To touch a creeping thing or to surrender to thoughts of death mirrors choosing again to dwell in the holy, within you. The decree that you may eat the holy foods only after this inner cleansing points to the fact that holiness is a relation of consciousness, not a pile of external ritual. When you live from the I AM and imagine this purification now, the sensation of being unclean dissolves, and you are free to partake of your truer, divine nature.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, anchor in I AM, and imagine a stream of living water washing you clean right now. Rest in that feeling and declare, I am the I AM, whole and holy.