Neville Goddard on Leviticus 9:8-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Leviticus 9 in context

Scripture Focus

8Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

9And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

10But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.

11And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.

12And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.

13And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.

14And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.

15And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

16And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.

17And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.

Leviticus 9:8-17

Biblical Context

Aaron and his sons perform the sin and burnt offerings, along with the people's, to cleanse and consecrate the community. It centers on purification, holiness, and the separation of sacred from common.

Neville's Inner Vision

Leviticus invites me to see the altar as the chamber of my own awareness. I, as the high priest of my mind, slay the old self—the sin offering—in consciousness. The blood brought to the horns of the altar is my I AM—my focused attention poured into the center of intent—binding the past to the present only in memory, not in result. The fat and the kidneys burnt on the altar symbolize releasing attachments that drain energy; the flesh and hide burnt outside the camp signify discarding the old story of myself from active life. When the people’s goat for sin is offered, I recognize the collective thoughts and fears of my world being offered to the fire of awareness, transmuted into clarity. The burnt offering, the meat offering—these are steps of inner discipline: washing the inwards, facing energy, and presenting the head of my day upon the altar of imagination. The essence: true worship is a state of consciousness I assume and dwell in, until the world conforms to that reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already purified; picture yourself placing the old self on the altar, feeling the I AM energize the space, and dwell in that state until your next moment proves it. Let the sense of completion settle in, then act from that revised state.