Inner Purity Through Red Heifer

Numbers 19:2-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Numbers 19 in context

Scripture Focus

2This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
3And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
4And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
6And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Numbers 19:2-6

Biblical Context

Numbers 19:2-6 details a ritual for purity: a blemish-free red heifer is slain, its blood sprinkled before the tabernacle seven times, and then burned with its ashes. The act embodies separation from impurity and consecration to holiness.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's register, the red heifer is not a barnyard animal but a symbol of your inner state. The requirement of 'without spot' and 'never came yoke' becomes the declaration that your awareness, I AM, must stand unblemished by past identifications and burdens. The 'camp' outside the camp marks the action of stepping out of habitual self-consciousness into the field of awareness where choices are made. The priest's blood sprinkled seven times before the tabernacle is the discipline of repeatedly applying attention to the center of your being—the tabernacle of consciousness—until every trace of guilt is washed away by the certainty of identity with I AM. The burning of the heifer with its skin, flesh, blood, and dung is the transformation of old mental material into ash by the fire of awareness; cedar, hyssop, and scarlet cast into the fire symbolize the cleansing elements of truth—humility, cleansing, and renewed vision. This ritual invites you to accept a present state: you are pure, free of the yoke, and aligned with the divine I AM within.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the I AM, unblemished and free. In your imagination, stand before the tabernacle of consciousness, apply the sevenfold awareness of purification, and let the old self burn away.

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