Neville Goddard on Numbers 5:24-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 5 in context

Scripture Focus

24And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

25Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

26And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

28And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

Numbers 5:24-28

Biblical Context

Numbers 5:24-28 presents a ritual where a woman drinks bitter water to reveal defilement, and if she is clean, she is freed to conceive; the act functions as a symbolic test of truth within the community.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner view, the woman stands for a state of consciousness within you. The bitter water is the sensation that arises when a thought of guilt enters your awareness, and the jealousy offering is the discipline through which you place memory on the altar of attention. The result—shrunken vitality or the sense of a curse—exposes how you identify with fear as a rule of life. Yet the state can be clean; when you align with your true identity, you are free to conceive fresh conditions. The priest’s acts are your inner minister, transforming charged thoughts into a memorial offered to the I AM and returning you a drink that is not punishment but revelation. In Neville’s terms, you drink what you imagine; revise the scene to assert innocence and the oneness with the I AM, and the bitter water sweetens, confirming that your world is a reflection of your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM within; declare softly that you are pure and united with the divine. Reimagine the bitter water as a cleared thought, and let the memory of accusation dissolve into clarity and creative possibility.