Neville Goddard on Leviticus 22:4-7 - 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.

7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

Leviticus 22:4-7

Biblical Context

The passage states that a priest is unclean if he is leprous, has a running issue, or touches anything unclean, and may not eat holy foods until he washes and the sun sets; cleanliness is required to partake in the sacred nourishment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Leviticus shows a ritual boundary, yet the true meaning is inner: you are constantly choosing what you permit yourself to eat—the thoughts you feed on. A state of 'uncleanness' arises whenever you believe you are separate from your I AM; this belief blocks the sacred eating, the nourishment of your real nature. When you wash with water, you are not performing a wash to become clean; you are signaling to your consciousness that you do not identify with the unclean thought. The sun setting is your cue that the old perception ends; in that silence you may eat again, for the 'holy things' are the experiences by which you know yourself as the I AM. Your discipline is not to fear uncleanness but to revise it: declare, 'I am clean now; I am the presence that eats of the sacred life.' The moment you hold this, the world rearranges to match your inner state.

Practice This Now

Assume the state: I am clean now. Close your eyes, imagine the sun setting on a lingering fear, and wash your mind with the water of awareness; then eat of the holy life by dwelling in the I AM.