Neville Goddard on Numbers 17:5-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 17 in context

Scripture Focus

5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

7And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Numbers 17:5-8

Biblical Context

God identifies Aaron's rod as the chosen sign, places it among the twelve rods, and it budded to prove divine selection and to quiet the murmuring.

Neville's Inner Vision

Numbers 17:5-8 becomes a map of the inner life. The twelve rods are the many states of consciousness I entertain; the Lord's choosing is my decision to settle on a single, authoritative I AM-state. The murmuring that fills the camp is the chorus of doubt that would deny my goal; when I silently designate a state as mine, that doubt loses its place. Laying the rods in the tabernacle of witness is my act of giving a sanctuary to the selected state, a place where it can be watered by attention and feeling. The next morning, the rod of Aaron budding confirms what my imagination has affirmed—that the state I have chosen is now alive in me. The blossoming, bearing almonds, is not a miracle apart from me but a demonstration that my consciousness creates form by assent. When I claim, I am the chosen one now; I am the presence that animates this life; I experience freedom from murmuring and walk in the reality my inner I AM declares. This is Providence guided by loyalty to the covenant I sustain with my own awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in quiet and declare, 'I am the chosen rod,' then visualize Aaron’s rod in the tabernacle budding and bearing almonds, while you feel the certainty that this is your present reality.