Neville Goddard on Leviticus 4:27-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 4 in context

Scripture Focus

27And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

28Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

29And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

30And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

31And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 4:27-31

Biblical Context

When a common person sins unknowingly, they bring a female goat as a sin offering, lay hands on its head, and the priest conducts the rite to secure atonement and forgiveness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the sinner here is not a distant trespasser judged by heaven, but a state of consciousness that believed itself guilty because it forgot its true nature. The goat offered is not to appease a deity outside you, but a symbol of entering a new state of awareness. When you lay your hand on the head, you are affirming identification with your own I AM, and by slaying the offering you release the old belief that the self is defined by misdeed. The priest touching the blood on the horns represents applying the truth to the boundaries of your mind, so that every outward effect of the old fault is drained away to the base of the altar. The fat burnt upon the altar signifies sending away the excess, the attachment to sin, and inviting the sweet savour of right concept into the brain of your mind. In this inner act, forgiveness is the restoration of harmony between your present awareness and the ideal you are discovering, not a past event but a present realization. The atonement is accomplished in the moment you awaken to I AM as the only reality.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already forgiven now. In imagination, lay the old belief on the 'head' of the offering and declare it dead, then feel the new consciousness of I AM rise within you.