Neville Goddard on Numbers 35:16-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 35 in context

Scripture Focus

16And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

17And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

18Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

19The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

20But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

21Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

Numbers 35:16-21

Biblical Context

The passage declares that killing in various ways makes the killer a murderer who faces death; the avenger of blood is to meet and execute the murderer. It also covers killings done out of hatred or ambush, which are equally murder and subject to the same judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the scenes in Numbers 35:16-21 are not external crimes to be punished, but inner movements of consciousness. The 'murderer' is the belief that life is divided, that one must strike out, a state of fear and condemnation. The 'revenger of blood' is the inner fact that shifts you back to realization that you, the I AM, are the source of life and order. When I assume the state of perfect justice in me—calm, compassionate, unwavering—I revise the memory that violence or blame determine me. By feeling it real that I am the architect of my world, I awaken to a new immediate awareness: there is no other judge but the I AM, no other murderer but the old thought I cast off. In this shift, the inner law kills off the old belief and the outer scene rearranges to reflect a single, harmonious order.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, replay a minor conflict in your mind, and revise it by declaring, I am the I AM, the life in all. Feel it real that you govern the scene with perfect justice, and observe the outer image soften to reflect inner harmony.