Neville Goddard on Numbers 32:6-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 32 in context

Scripture Focus

6And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

10And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

12Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

13And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

Numbers 32:6-15

Biblical Context

Moses questions Gad and Reuben for staying behind while others go to war for the land the LORD promised; their wavering invites divine anger and a warning that not fully following leads to exile. Only Caleb and Joshua, who wholly followed the LORD, are spared as the others wander forty years.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this chapter, Gad and Reuben symbolize a mind that desires comfort and fears the leap into greater consciousness, choosing to camp in familiarity while the rest of your being moves toward the land promised by the LORD—the I AM awareness. Moses’ rebuke is a cue that your inner state must not discourage the heart of your Israel from crossing into the realized state. The ‘land’ is not a distant territory but your present sense of being fully awake to the LORD, the feeling of I AM as your reality. When the mind surveys with doubt, you rob yourself of royal identity and experience wandering—delays, repetitions, and the fear of lack. Caleb and Joshua embody the portions of you that wholly follow the LORD, aligning with your true kingly consciousness. If you cling to old conditions, the LORD’s inner anger becomes resistance, and you wander until you learn to identify with the I AM. The consequence is a psychic postponement, not external punishment, delaying the recognition of your inner kingdom.

Practice This Now

Imagine stepping onto the inner land now and say to yourself, I am the LORD of my inner land. Feel the certainty of possession and dwell there for several breaths.