Neville Goddard on Numbers 6:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 6 in context

Scripture Focus

6All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.

7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

8All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.

Numbers 6:6-8

Biblical Context

The passage describes a Nazirite who separates unto the LORD, avoiding contact with dead bodies and keeping his consecration on his head so that, all the days of separation, he remains holy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the inner economy of consciousness, Numbers 6:6-8 reveals a state of unwavering consecration. The man who 'separateth himself unto the LORD' refuses all contact with the 'dead body' of fear, doubt, or any death-thought, for his identity is not touched by what dies outside him; the 'consecration of his God is upon his head'—the crown of I AM awareness that stamps every thought and feeling. This is not a ritual to keep clean externals, but a discipline of inner alignment: by choosing the I AM as the president of his mind, he remains holy unto the LORD all the days of separation. The alive business of life continues, yet the inner frame remains untouched by decay; every event is interpreted through the truth that the self is the living temple in which God dwells. When you perceive yourself as the one who separates from death and keeps a sacred posture, you awaken to the fact that holiness is a state of consciousness, not a condition that merely lasts outwardly.

Practice This Now

Assume the state now: declare 'I am separated unto the LORD,' and feel a crown of holy light resting on the top of the head; whenever death-thoughts arise, revise to I AM and remain holy.