Neville Goddard on Numbers 28:12-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 28 in context

Scripture Focus

12And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;

13And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

14And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

Numbers 28:12-14

Biblical Context

The verses prescribe monthly offerings of flour mixed with oil for a bullock, ram, and lamb, plus corresponding drink offerings, presented as a burnt offering to the LORD. They emphasize a structured ritual that sanctifies the month and the worshiper alike.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the quiet chart of Numbers, the three kinds of flour offerings, with oil, and the tiered drink offerings, stand not as external ritual alone but as the mood of your inner state. The bullock, ram, and lamb mirror stages of consciousness you entertain: bustling thinking (flour in oil) for strength; softer, reverent impulse for devotion; and the lighter, burnished trust that releases into sweet savor. The monthly cadence signals a regular revision of your inner temple: the repeated act of offering trains attention, sanctifies desire, and seals your awareness with fragrance. The oil is the breath of life that anoints your thoughts; the flour is the substance of your ideas; the drink offering is the emotional fuel you pour into the present moment. When you view this as a psychology of worship, the burnt offering is not extinction but translation—your inner state lifted to a fragrant atmosphere pleasing to the I AM, your awareness itself.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly and imagine you are the temple. Weigh your daily thoughts as flour, anoint them with oil, and offer them to your higher self; then feel the sweet savor of peace rising within you as if it were real.