Neville Goddard on Numbers 10:31-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 10 in context

Scripture Focus

31And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

32And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

Numbers 10:31-32

Biblical Context

Moses asks Hobab to stay on with them as the eyes to guide their encampment in the wilderness; if he travels with them, they vow to share the LORD's blessings, and act faithfully toward him.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here Numbers 10:31-32 is read as a statement about inner sight. Hobab is not a person to be hired but an image of the faculty of perception—the inner eyes—by which you see through confusion. Moses, the I AM in action, invites this inner faculty to stay with the journey through the wilderness of the mind. The covenant word: what the LORD does for us, we will do for you, becomes a law of psychological reciprocity: when you invite your imaginative faculty to accompany your prevailing state, the divine goodness expresses itself as experienced certainty, and you respond with faithful application of its guidance. The wilderness stands for unformed thought; the journey is the mind aligning with the divine presence. The invitation 'go with us' is an invitation to trust that your inner guide is essential to navigation. The two-way covenant is you and your inner guide walking as one, so that God’s blessings unfold in perception and action as you move in harmony with that companionship.

Practice This Now

Assume the role of the inner guide accompanying you now; close your eyes and declare, 'I invite my inner eyes to walk with me.' Then pose one situation and listen for guidance, acting on that impression.