Nazarite Hair, Fire Within
Numbers 6:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Numbers 6 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Numbers 6:18 describes the Nazarite shaving the hair of his separation at the tabernacle door and burning it in the fire under the peace offerings. The act marks the cleansing of the vow through a visible, symbolic sacrifice.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the inner sense, the Nazarite's hair is the symbol of a declared separation from ordinary life in devotion. The shaving is not a punishment but a decisive letting go of the old self, and placing the hair in the fire is the inner acceptance that that separation is now consumed by a higher law. When you stand at the door of your own tabernacle—the moment you affirm, I AM, here and now—you permit the inner fire to purify consciousness. The hair cast into that flame becomes your past identity burned away, so that what remains is fidelity to the divine Presence. This is faith in action: obedience to the inner command that you are not two lives but one, and trust that the sacrifice is a refining rite rather than a loss. You awaken to inner purity and integrity as you release attachments to the old self, letting separation dissolve into unity with the I AM.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine standing at the door of your inner tabernacle. Say, I release the old self to the fire of I AM, and feel the weight of separation dissolve as you rise into oneness.
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