Neville Goddard on Numbers 15:27-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 15 in context

Scripture Focus

27And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

28And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

29Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

Numbers 15:27-29

Biblical Context

If someone sins unknowingly, they offer a first-year she-goat as a sin offering. The priest makes atonement, and forgiveness follows, with one law for both native and stranger.

Neville's Inner Vision

Sin here is not a deed done to a distant deity, but a misalignment in your own consciousness. The goat offered in ignorance is the symbol of a belief you release—your attention placed on a limited self instead of the I AM. The priest who makes atonement is the inner governor, the awareness that revises the scene and says, 'Let this be forgiven' by your greater self. When you acknowledge the I AM within, the other person and the self you judged dissolve into one, because there is only one law in God and that law is consciousness itself. The same grace applies to the one born among you and the stranger who sojourns with you—no exception in the field of awareness. Your forgiveness is not earned; it is recognized as already present when you stop identifying with limitation and rest in the I AM that forgives.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, 'I am the I AM; through me, all ignorance is forgiven.' Then revise the scene by mentally returning the stray thought to that awareness and feel the peace as if it already occurred.