Neville Goddard on Numbers 24:21-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 24 in context

Scripture Focus

21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

Numbers 24:21-22

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of a people who dwell securely in a rock-like fortress, yet are destined to be wasted and carried away into captivity.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the Neville reader, Numbers 24:21-22 is a map of the inner mind. The Kenites’ strong dwelling and nest in a rock symbolize a state of consciousness that insists on security by form—mental fortresses built from certainty, identity, and memory. Yet the oracle speaks of waste and captivity, not as external fate but as inner movement: the sense of 'I' clinging to a fixed anchor must yield to a larger exodus of awareness. Asshur, the great conqueror, represents a compelling life-movement that carries you away from a stuck image toward a wider kingdom within. Therefore, your task is not to resist but to shift your imagination. If you can imagine yourself already free, if you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled—the liberty of a mind that dwells not on rock but on expansive awareness—then the external 'captivity' dissolves. The verse invites you to see that security built on form is temporary; true security is the I AM, the living present that moves beyond any nest.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and picture your mind as a rock-solid nest; then revise the image by fading the rock into a luminous space and declare, 'I am free now' until the feeling of release fills you.