Neville Goddard on Numbers 5:27-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 5 in context

Scripture Focus

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 5:27-28

Biblical Context

Plainly, the verses describe a ritual where the outcome hinges on whether she is defiled or clean: defilement yields a curse, cleanliness yields freedom to conceive. Taken spiritually, it mirrors inner states and how our beliefs about ourselves determine what seems to arise in life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene not as an ancient rite but as a symbol of your own consciousness. The 'woman' is your state of awareness; the 'husband' is the inner alignment of your I AM with truth. When she is said to drink the water that causes the curse, the verses describe the moment your mind accepts the belief that you are defiled and separated from your divine source. The bitter drink is the personal conclusion that your thoughts define you; the swelling of the belly and the rot of the thigh are the bodily echoes of such concluded states. Yet this is not punishment laid upon you from outside; it is the reflex of a mind whose imaginative power has identified with limitation. To reverse it, you do not fight the body but revise the state of consciousness. Assume that you are clean now, that your inner house is in order, and that you conceive seed—new creation—through imagination. By refusing the belief in defilement and affirming your oneness with the I AM, you dissolve the 'curse' and awaken to your natural vitality.

Practice This Now

Practice: In a quiet moment, breathe, and say 'I am clean' until that feeling of rightness rests in your chest. Then, imagine your desired seed already conceived in that clean state, watching it unfold as your inner truth becomes outward form.