Neville Goddard on Numbers 15:34-36 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 15 in context

Scripture Focus

34And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

35And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

36And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 15:34-36

Biblical Context

The text records a man found gathering sticks on the Sabbath and is judged by the assembly; he is taken outside the camp and stoned to death in obedience to the LORD's command.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Numbers 15:34-36 the scene is not a condemnation of a person but a revelation of a state of consciousness. The man represents a habit that breaches the inner Sabbath of peace; the 'camp' is your center of awareness, and the act of stoning outside the camp signifies removing a stale belief from your mind. The 'congregation' is the chorus of your thoughts judging a lack of alignment, while the 'LORD' (the I AM within you) issues the command that ends the old thought. When you read this as a parable of inner law, you realize judgment is an inward refinement, not a punishment meted to another. The mind that condemns an outside action is simply confirming what you allow in your own sense of self. By acknowledging that you are the authority over your inner state, you can cast out the thought that no longer serves your rest, restoring the true Sabbath—quiet, creative I AM awareness—here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, affirm 'I AM the law of my consciousness' and revise by casting out the old habit from the camp of my mind; breathe into the feeling of rest and wholeness replacing the former thought.