Inner Towns of Benjamin
Nehemiah 11:31-35 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Nehemiah 11 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Nehemiah lists the Benjaminite towns as the returnees re-establish their community. The places imply a renewed, structured life of family, craft, and neighborhood in the homeland.
Neville's Inner Vision
The names and towns in Nehemiah 11:31-35 are not mere geography but a map of your inner landscape. The children of Benjamin signify states of consciousness that have found a home in the I AM. Michmash, Aija, Bethel and their villages are patterns of thought where you anchor attention. Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah represent the nobility of your judgments and the authorities of your mind. Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim denote the gates through which beliefs enter your life. Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat indicate streams of feeling and discipline that flow through memory when imagining the future. Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen, point to the workshop of imagination where you craft reality with deliberate intention. The overall return to a homeland signals the awakening of your single consciousness to its rightful state; exile of doubt is reversed by the remembered I AM, allowing unity, family, and community to arise in your experience.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume you have relocated the inner towns into a single harmonious state of awareness; feel the certainty that the outer world reflects this settlement. Repeat: "I AM home within; my life now reflects the unity of my inner cities."
The Bible Through Neville
Neville Bible Sparks
