Neville Goddard on Leviticus 4:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 4 in context

Scripture Focus

22When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

23Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:

Leviticus 4:22-23

Biblical Context

Leviticus 4:22-23 speaks of a ruler who sins unknowingly and, when the sin is known, must bring a blemish-free goat as atonement. The act signals the inner procedure of cleansing through right alignment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Book of Leviticus, the ruler stands as a state of mind: authority, control, decision. When this inner ruler errs through ignorance of the divine law, guilt arises as a parable of separation. Yet the moment awareness comes, the outer scene is not changed by ritual alone, but by a shift in consciousness. The offering—a kid without blemish—becomes a symbol for a fresh, untainted state of consciousness you present to God, your I AM. The law requires you to replace the old thought with a new one that bears no mark of the former error. In Neville’s sense, you do not appease external decree; you revise the state you are living from. So, imagine that your mind offers a pure, unblemished thought, and accept that forgiveness is your natural condition. The sinner and the sinned are dissolved in your recognizing that you are the I AM, the one inner ruler who governs by persistent life and love. By feeling the reality of that new state, the atonement is accomplished in consciousness.