Neville Goddard on Numbers 24:20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 24 in context

Scripture Focus

20And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

Numbers 24:20

Biblical Context

Numbers 24:20 presents Amalek as the first of the nations, yet the oracle foretells his end. In plain sense, it points to a stubborn inner impulse of separation that must perish when confronted by the I AM within.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear the oracle of Numbers speaking not of an external foe, but of a state of mind. Amalek, 'the first of the nations,' is the earliest pattern of separation—an 'I against God' belief that arises when I forget who I am. The latter end—'perish forever'—is not a threat to a tribe but a prophecy about any consciousness fed by fear, accusation, or control. When I identify with that fear-state, I become its subject, and my life reflects endless tribal battles. But the verse invites a reversal: I, the awareness, turn my gaze inward and declare that the old impulse has no power here. In imagination I stand in the seat of the I AM and watch that Amalek arise as a thought-form, then vanish as I do not feed it with attention. The moment I assume the living I AM as my only reality, the first-nation impulse dies of neglect, and the promised end becomes present here and now: the peace, unity, and dominion of the inner kingdom.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM as your conscious center; revise the Amalek impulse by declaring its end. Then sit in quiet and feel the inner kingdom rising where the old foe no longer governs your life.