Neville Goddard on Leviticus 8:14-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 8 in context

Scripture Focus

14And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

15And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

16And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.

17But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.

18And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

19And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

20And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

21And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

22And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

23And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

24And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

Leviticus 8:14-24

Biblical Context

The passage describes Aaron and his sons laying hands on the offerings, the purification of the altar with blood, and the consecration of themselves and the altar, culminating in the burnt offerings as acts of holiness and true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's voice, the bullock and ram represent your lower states, which you consciously identify with by laying hands on them in imagination. The blood on the horns of the altar is an inner boundary, a cleansing awareness that reconciles your mind to a higher possibility. Burning the fat and disposing of the animal’s waste signify abandoning the old self and its preferences, while the ram of consecration marks a rising state of consciousness where every thought, feeling, and action is offered to a higher purpose. The blood placed on Aaron’s ear, hand, and foot symbolizes listening to divine guidance, acting in harmony with that guidance, and walking in the newly chosen state. The whole burnt offering, wrought to a sweet savour, declares that inner worship, when sincerely imagined, pleases the inner God I AM within. Thus, the rite is not distant ritual but an invitation to purify, dedicate, and live from a heightened awareness here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, place a hand on your chest, and declare, 'I am the burnt offering of my life; my mind is purified by my I AM.' Feel the inner altar bathed in a warm, clear light and let any old guilt revise into holiness.