Neville Goddard on Leviticus 4:3-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 4 in context

Scripture Focus

3If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

4And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

5And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

6And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

7And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

8And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

9And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,

10As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.

11And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

12Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

Leviticus 4:3-12

Biblical Context

Leviticus 4:3-12 describes the anointed priest sinning like the people and needing a blemish-free bull as a sin offering, with blood sprinkled and parts burned to signify purification, followed by the removal of the whole animal from the camp.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'priest that is anointed' is the high place of your own consciousness—the part that believes itself separate and prone to error. When he sins 'according to the sin of the people,' the remedy is not punishment from without but a reform within: the bullock stands for your lower nature—passions, fears, and unexamined impulses—that must be offered to the altar of awareness. The blood, sprinkled seven times before the LORD, represents the cleansing of belief by the awareness that you are the observer, the I AM that sees. The horns of the altar and the fat burned on the offer's altar signify lifting energy to the divine center, purifying motive and desire by alignment with truth. Carrying the whole bullock outside the camp mirrors your willingness to remove the old identity from the field of your life, letting go of what covers inward life. In this rite you learn forgiveness as an inner reintegration: your true I AM remains constant, and sin is misperception—a dream dissolved by awakened awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, align with I AM as the center of awareness, place the old self on an inner altar, and feel sevenfold cleansing as you revise the belief: 'I am forgiven and whole.' Then imagine the old self carried away, making space for renewal.