Neville Goddard on Numbers 32:28-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 32 in context

Scripture Focus

28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

29And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

30But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

32We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

Numbers 32:28-32

Biblical Context

Moses commands the leaders to allocate land based on Gad and Reuben's commitment to cross the Jordan with the army; they agree to move so their inheritance on this side of the Jordan will be secured.

Neville's Inner Vision

To whom is this sequence addressed? It is to the I AM within you, who hears your vow and marks your territory. The two tribes, Gad and Reuben, request a parcel on this side Jordan if they go forth with the others; this is your inner decision to carry a particular state of consciousness into the next chapter. When Moses says, If you pass over with the army before the LORD then land shall be subdued before you, the invitation is not to a geographic conquest but to a condition of mind conquered by imagination. The land of Gilead represents a possession belonging to a determined state of awareness, while staying among your present Canaan would mean remaining in the old story. Their answer, 'As the LORD hath said... so will we do,' is the discipline of loyalty to your word to your I AM. You choose endurance, you choose obedience, you pass over armed with faith, and you take the land because your inner covenant is ratified through imagination.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and imagine standing with your inner leaders at the river, declare 'I cross now' and feel the new land as already mine.