Neville Goddard on Numbers 20:20-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 20 in context

Scripture Focus

20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Numbers 20:20-21

Biblical Context

Israel is blocked by Edom and forced to turn away, illustrating a detour on the journey through the wilderness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Numbers 20:20-21 becomes a map of your inner landscape. Edom's strong hand of refusal is the stubborn state of separation you harbor, the belief that you cannot advance through the border of your current consciousness. Israel's turning away is the moment you yield to that belief and stop at the border. Yet the journey itself remains intact; the border exists only as a state of awareness. Neville Goddard teaches that God is the I AM within, and movement occurs wherever you hold the true image of yourself. By insisting on passage—by affirming that your life and its good flow are already yours—you dissolve the wall of limitation. Obedience and love are not compliance with outer rules but fidelity to the inner truth that you are always where you intend to be. When you align with the feeling of completion, the 'detour' becomes a mere revision in consciousness, and the external scene rearranges to match the inner conviction of passage.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume you have already passed the border; feel the freedom and walk through in your imagination, sustaining that reality for a minute and letting it color your next actions.