Neville Goddard on Numbers 19:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 19 in context

Scripture Focus

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 19:5-6

Biblical Context

The passage describes a burnt heifer ritual where the sacrifice is consumed and cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet are cast into the fire, signaling purification. It points to purification as an inner act, not merely a ritual.

Neville's Inner Vision

Numbers 19:5–6 is a guide to purification through the inner fire of awareness. The heifer, burned in sight, represents the old self and its stubborn beliefs about limitation being burned away by the light you are. The priest is your I AM—the witnessing consciousness that performs the cleansing. The cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet are inner instruments: cedar stands for steadfast faith in your unseen reality; hyssop symbolizes cleansing of the mental climate; scarlet carries the vitality of truth entering your imagination. As you cast these symbols into the sacred fire of your awareness, you declare the old condition consumed and a purer state of consciousness to rise. The ritual thus points to a simple, practical fact: purification is an inner act of acknowledgment and imaginative assent, not a distant ritual. When you inhabit the feeling of the purified self, you experience reality as a new state of I AM presence, where what you imagined aligns with what you live.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine yourself as the priest of your inner temple. Place cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet into the fire of awareness and feel the old self burn away, leaving you in the I AM state of purity.