Neville Goddard on Numbers 11:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 11 in context

Scripture Focus

1And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

Numbers 11:1-2

Biblical Context

Numbers 11:1-2 portrays a community’s complaint provoking a fiery consequence, followed by intercession that quenches the flame.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that in Numbers 11:1-2, the 'LORD' is not a distant judge but the I AM within you, the awareness that witnesses every thought. The people who complain are a state of consciousness clinging to lack, a griping attitude that stirs a heat of resistance. Their fire in the camp is the inner movement of fear and separation. When they cry to Moses, you hear the inner petition—the image of prayer within you. Moses is the symbolic voice of intercession, the part of you that pleads with the One who can revise the scene. As you entertain the feeling of the end you desire, that inner voice speaks again and again, and the heat slackens; the fire is quenched by a different charge of awareness. The truth remains that no punishment is in God; a new state is born as you accept the I AM as your own consciousness. By assuming the end as real, you convert the external camp into a calm demonstration of your inner state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, recall the scene, and silently assume: I am the one who prays; I dwell in the I AM; feel the flame shrink and be quenched, then rest in the new calm.