Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 10:31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 10 in context

Scripture Focus

31And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

Nehemiah 10:31

Biblical Context

Nehemiah 10:31 commands keeping the Sabbath holy by not buying or selling on the sacred day, and it directs leaving the seventh year debts unexacted. It invites us to learn the rhythm of rest and release within consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this chapter, I read Nehemiah's injunction as a discipline of consciousness. The 'people of the land' offering wares is the outward world pressing for quick gain; the declaration 'we would not buy it' becomes a decision of the mind: on the Sabbath, I do not bargain with lack. The command to 'leave the seventh year' translates to forgiving old debts in my inner ledger—letting go of stories of limitation and the sense that time runs out. 'The exaction of every debt' is the stubborn belief that I owe something I am not yet enjoying; I release that belief now by acknowledging that my true sustenance flows from the I AM, the I AM within. Covenant loyalty is my faithfulness to this inner ruler; rest becomes the soil in which imagination can work, and the laws become living principles rather than external rules. If I enter this rhythm, I begin to see my desires form in the day-to-day.

Practice This Now

Assume the state: I AM at rest, unsupported by the need to bargain with lack. On the sacred day, revise any sense of obligation by forgiving past debts in your inner ledger and feel it real.