Neville Goddard on Leviticus 25:47-55 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 25 in context

Scripture Focus

47And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

48After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

49Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.

50And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

52And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

54And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

55For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:47-55

Biblical Context

A poor or wandering person who sells himself can be redeemed by a kin or by himself, and he is to be counted until the Year of Jubilee; if not redeemed, he and his children go out at Jubilee, for the Lord regards Israel as His servants.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe the sojourner and the hungry thought that tags itself as 'I am poor' as an inner circumstance, not a fixed fact. The redemption is not outside of you; it lives in the kinship of your inner faculties—the 'brethren' who can buy back your awareness from the belief in lack. When you assume the identity that you are already redeemed, the 'price' you pay is simply your present state of consciousness, counted from the moment you recognize that the year of Jubilee is your natural condition. If many years remain, you balance the accounts by re-sensing abundance according to the years’ measure; if few years remain, you forgive yourself and release the sense of debt. You shall not be ruled with rigour; you shall walk as a free man in your own mind. The children of Israel are the Lord's servants only by awareness of God, not by external circumstance. In this light, the entire narrative becomes a diagram of your inner release.