Neville Goddard on Numbers 32:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 32 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Numbers 32:8-9

Biblical Context

The passage recalls how the fathers, upon surveying the land, discouraged the people and prevented entry into the LORD's promised possession. It shows that outer inspection and inner doubt can block present action.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember that in this scripture the land represents your present state of consciousness, not a distant territory. The fathers' act of going up to Kadeshbarnea and Eshcol mirrors your earlier attempts to observe and measure the promise with the old mind. When they saw the land and allowed fear to fill the heart, they taught the people to doubt the gift already given by the LORD. In Neville's psychology, such 'seeing' is a state of consciousness: you either dwell in the end you desire or you linger in lack. The LORD's promise is not a future event; it is an awareness you can assume now. To enter the land, you must revise your inner speech and assume the feeling of already possessing it. Stop letting the valley's inspection replay old stories; instead, declare, 'I am the land, the land is mine now,' and feel the reality of that end in your chest. The I AM within you is the governor of this land—allow it to replace fear with faith, turning hope into present certainty.