Neville Goddard on Leviticus 5:4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 5 in context

Scripture Focus

4Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Leviticus 5:4

Biblical Context

Leviticus 5:4 teaches that uttering an oath to do good or evil creates an inner vow. Guilt arises when the person becomes aware of that vow.

Neville's Inner Vision

Leviticus measures not punishment but the state of your consciousness. The oath is a spoken vow that projects a future action into your inner weather. When you swear to do evil or good, you plant a seed in your mind—an inner commitment that pretends to command the outer world. The moment you become aware of that seed, you are 'guilty' only to the extent that you have allowed the belief to govern your sense of self. The remedy is not to fear judgment but to return to the I AM, to revise the vow by dissolving it in awareness. See that you are the one who imagines; you are not the servant of a hidden contract. You can cancel the vow by affirming: I am not bound by oaths; I am the I AM, the awareness that creates and sustains reality, and I choose only what aligns with love and truth. In this realization, the inner movement shifts, and the apparent necessity of guilt dissolves.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the vow by saying: 'I am the I AM; I do not bind myself to oaths, nor to the outcome of any imagined future.' Feel a cool release in your chest as you accept this truth.