Neville Goddard on Numbers 21:10-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 21 in context

Scripture Focus

10And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

11And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

12From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

13From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

15And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

16And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

18The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

19And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

Numbers 21:10-20

Biblical Context

Israel travels through a sequence of wilderness camps, moving from Oboth toward the sunrise and crossing borders. The episode culminates with the well at Beer and the people singing, directed by the lawgiver.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard perspective, the journey in Numbers 21:10–20 is your inner itinerary. The places they camp—Oboth, Ijeabarim, Zared, Arnon, Beer, Mattanah, Nahaliel, Bamoth, Pisgah—are states of consciousness, not spots on a map. The wilderness is the mind’s bareness, the Arnon border marks thresholds you cross when old pictures of limitation are dissolved by a new assumption. The well at Beer is the living water of Spirit that springs up when your imagination meets the divine word, gathering the people together and receiving water becomes an inner invitation: gather your attention and supply appears. The song Spring up O well is the audible symbol of consciousness stirring itself to life, as your own inner lawgiver directs the digging of meaning with the staff of attention. As you move from wilderness to Pisgah, you are not leaving a place but changing your point of view; you are choosing a ground of perception where Providence is not external but the I AM that you are. Your journeys of prayer and desire are the same movement: you create the stream by the persistent, felt truth that you are fullness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the needed well now: I am supplied; this very moment the water flows. Feel the cool stream in your mouth, the sense of abundance, and maintain the feeling until it becomes your reality.