Neville Goddard on Numbers 23:18-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 23 in context

Scripture Focus

18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Numbers 23:18-24

Biblical Context

Balak's parable proclaims that God does not lie and that the blessing pronounced over Jacob/Israel cannot be reversed; the Lord is with Israel, giving them strength and a kingly shout.

Neville's Inner Vision

God is not a man; this is the keynote of the inner life. In this reading, the blessing described in Numbers 23:18-24 is not a past event but an ongoing state of consciousness you awaken to. When you align with the I AM—the inner God within you—the decree cannot be reversed by any appearance. Jacob/Israel stands in your inner life as the truth that the divine with-you cannot be shaken; the shout of a king among them is the inner authority you claim when you refuse to be moved by fear or enchantment. No external enchantment or divination can alter the settled reality of your inner blessing, because what God has spoken remains true in consciousness. The line 'What hath God wrought!' becomes a present-tense declaration of your own created reality: your assumed state manifests as outer events when you persist in faithfulness to the inner decree. The lion imagery is not about conquest of others, but the radiant vitality of your I AM rising to feed on doubt and limitation. Practice: hold the conviction that you are blessed now, and let that truth fill your imagination until the outer world reflects it.