Neville Goddard on Numbers 13:18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 13 in context

Scripture Focus

18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

Numbers 13:18

Biblical Context

The spies are told to look over the land and its inhabitants, judging whether they are strong or weak, few or many. It frames an outward appraisal as the first step in understanding the territory before them.

Neville's Inner Vision

Look upon Numbers 13:18 not as a report about a distant land, but as a portrait of your own consciousness. The land you survey is the realm of your I AM—your awareness in which images are formed. The people you see are the beliefs and dispositions you entertain within. When you ask, are they strong or weak, few or many, you are not asking about a map; you are fact-finding about your own inner climate. Strength and weakness, abundance and scarcity, cling to your state of mind. If you guard your attention with doubt, you will see giants; if you fix your gaze on abundance and trust, the land yields its gifts. Providence is not external fate but your inner alignment with a sufficient I AM. The moment you cease measuring by outer appearances and start assuming the end from the end, you shift the inner energy that creates outcomes. Your discernment should reveal inner possibilities, not bolster fear. The land’s reality is you; your trust is the doorway; your imagination is the instrument by which you possess it.

Practice This Now

Take a moment to survey the land as the landscape of your consciousness. Revise any sense of lack by affirming abundance; feel it real as you already own the land.