Names of Your Inner Tribes

Numbers 1:5-15 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Numbers 1 in context

Scripture Focus

5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
9Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
14Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers 1:5-15

Biblical Context

The passage lists the tribal leaders who stand with Moses, giving order to the camp and appointing leaders for each tribe.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you stands a council of powers. Numbers 1:5-15 speaks not of distant men but of inner states of consciousness that stand with you as you move. Each tribe is a facet of your being—Elizur of Reuben's bold initiative, Shelumiel of Simeon’s steadiness, Nahshon of Judah’s leadership, Nethaneel of Issachar’s discernment, Eliab of Zebulun’s cooperation, and the rest—arrayed to support your aims. When you acknowledge and 'stand with' these facets, energy ceases to scatter and forms a disciplined order under the I AM, the living awareness within. As you imagine these leaders present and active, you reclaim unity; the outer world reflects that inner camp. Your work, family, and vocation become expressions of a single, harmonized consciousness that assumes, revises, and feels itself already victorious. The practice is inner, not outer: invite the council to govern and let the feeling of ownership arise in you now.

Practice This Now

Close the eyes and name two or three tribes as inner states you wish to embody (for example, Judah for perseverance, Issachar for discernment). Then revise your day by saying, 'I am led by my inner council now,' and feel the truth as if it is already so.

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