Neville Goddard on Numbers 25:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 25 in context

Scripture Focus

6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

Numbers 25:6-9

Biblical Context

In Numbers 25:6–9, a man from Israel brings a Midianitish woman into the camp, Phinehas kills them, and the plague is stayed, though 24,000 die.

Neville's Inner Vision

These verses reveal the soul's inner climate rather than a historical episode. The man of Israel who brings the Midianitish woman symbolizes a state of consciousness clinging to two loyalties, a belief that one can entertain another desire while mourning externally. The weeping crowd at the door of the tabernacle represents outward remorse without inner change. Phinehas embodies fearless inner discernment—the moment the I AM asserts sovereignty over the divided mind—and the javelin stands for the decisive belief that pierces the illusion of duality. When the tent is pierced, the mental plague is stayed because the consciousness has chosen a single truth. The 24,000 who die illustrate the old pattern released when the heart finally refuses to corroborate separation. The message is that inner order, not punishment, ends the plague: a steadfast acknowledgment of one state—the one I AM—releases the mind from toxic mixtures and restores wholeness to life.

Practice This Now

Assume you are Phinehas within your own consciousness and have the I AM pierce the illusion of dual loyalties. Then feel the inner plague dissolve as your mind aligns with one true state of consciousness.