Neville Goddard on Numbers 35:19-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 35 in context

Scripture Focus

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 35:19-21

Biblical Context

The passage prescribes that the avenger of blood must slay the murderer when they meet; if the death arises from hatred, ambush, or enmity, the killer is still considered a murderer.

Neville's Inner Vision

Numbers 35:19–21 invites you to see the 'revenger of blood' as a symbol of your own trailing impulses, the inborn appetite for retribution that plays in the theater of your mind. The murderer is the man you have identified with in a moment of fear or anger; the law decrees that when you meet that thought-face, the 'revenger' must slay it. But in the inner kingdom there is a wiser verdict: if the deed arises from hatred, or a hidden plot, or enmity, the 'slayer' is still the murderer only if you imagine you are it. Your true self—your I AM awareness—meets the impulse, recognizes it as a disowned part of your dream, and slays it by not acting from it. The apparent outward law mirrors your inward law: every violent sway is resolved when you stand in the witness of I AM and revoke the identification. Practically, the verse asks you to let the thought-born murderer die in the arm of consciousness, so that the life you live is unarmed by vengeance and filled with lucid, creative choice.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the feeling 'I AM' now and, when a thought of harm arises, imagine meeting it as a separate figure and declare, 'You are not real; I am awareness.' Feel the impulse dissolve as you hold that state.