Neville Goddard on Numbers 21:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 21 in context

Scripture Focus

1And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

2And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

3And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

Numbers 21:1-3

Biblical Context

Arad attacks Israel; the people vow to the LORD that if delivered they will destroy their enemies' cities. God hearkens to their vow and delivers them, leading to the naming of Hormah as a symbol of their victory.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider this as a parable of the inner man. Arad, the southern king, stands for the stubborn ego that opposes your present unfoldment. Israel is the I AM, the living awareness within you. The vow is a decision of consciousness: If deliverance comes, I will release the old territories of fear and limitation—its cities—within my mind. When the LORD hearkens to that voice, your inner reality answers to your unwavering consent; the imagined state of deliverance becomes your actual experience. Hormah marks the moment when the old pattern is named and left behind; not a historical place, but a symbol of a conquered belief. The mechanism is simple: assume the end, feel the victory, and keep that feeling until it saturates your thinking. Your deliverance is not earned by striving outside, but claimed by a renewed alignment with the I AM. So the vow is fulfilled as you persist in the inner state until the outer scene reflects your inner countryside in peace.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare the vow inwardly—'I am delivered now'—and feel the emotion of victory; breathe it in until the inner city of fear dissolves.