Neville Goddard on Numbers 13:28-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 13 in context

Scripture Focus

28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Numbers 13:28-29

Biblical Context

The spies report a strong land with fortified cities and many formidable peoples; the passage frames the land as a formidable obstacle in the minds of the Israelites.

Neville's Inner Vision

Numbers 13:28-29 speaks of a land filled with strength, walls, and giants; yet that landscape is a map of the mind. The spies who recount “we saw” are not travelers but states of consciousness returning from a chosen belief. The Amalekites, Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, and Canaanites symbolize inner dispositions—doubt, fear, habit, and attachment to the past. The “land” they describe is the land I am presently inhabiting, a pattern of thoughts and feelings about what I can or cannot have. When I fix my attention on the wall, the height of the cities, or the size of the Anak, I am declaring my present limitation. The true message is a call to revise: I am the I AM, and I can choose a new state of being. By shifting my assumption, by feeling it real that I already possess what I seek, the imagined giants fade, and the promised land becomes my current experience. Covenant loyalty is awareness itself choosing to dwell in a different inner weather, regardless of outward appearances.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume you are already in the land you seek—feel the walls as non-threatening, the people as friendly, and your own heart at rest. Dwell there for a few minutes until the new feeling of possession becomes your habitual state.