Neville Goddard on Numbers 14:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 14 in context

Scripture Focus

13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

Numbers 14:13-14

Biblical Context

Moses tells God that the Egyptians will hear of the deliverance, and that the people are known as God’s presence among them, seen face to face with a guiding cloud by day and fire by night.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Numbers 14:13-14, the outer scene of Moses arguing with God becomes a rehearsal of your inner life. The Egyptians and the inhabitants of the land symbolize the voices of memory and prognosis that would have you believe you are separated from the Power that leads you. Yet the text declares that the Lord is among this people, that you are seeing God Face to face, and that a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night go before you. In Neville's terms, God is not a distant deity but the I AM you awaken to in consciousness. When you entertain the firm conviction that the Power that brought you thus far is present now as your own awareness, you dissolve the sense of distance and time. The seen and unseen align as you revise the old tale of lack, and your life becomes a continuous procession of guidance, safety, and direction, since your imagination is the true pillar and fire that leads you through daily experience.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume I AM is present as your life now. Feel the guiding cloud by day and fire by night in your chest and let this inner visitation inform your next moment.