Neville Goddard on Numbers 7:36-41 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

36On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:

37His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

38One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

39One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

40One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

41And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 7:36-41

Biblical Context

The passage describes Shelumiel presenting a complete set of offerings on the fifth day: silver vessels, flour with oil, incense, burnt offerings, a sin offering, and peace offerings as a full act of worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the fifth day is the moment you decide to be fully conscious of your state. Shelumiel emerges as the I AM, presenting a complete array of offerings—a symbolic feast your imagination can receive. The charger and bowl symbolize the vessel of awareness; flour mingled with oil is the nourishing thought that sustains life; incense is the prayer of attention; the bullock, ram, and lamb call for a wholehearted burn of the old self; the goat offers the correction of misalignment; the peace offerings seal communion with the divine within. These are not external rites, but inner movements, shifts of consciousness you must imagine into reality. If you attend to them with the feeling of the wish fulfilled, you align your inner world with God and invite presence to dwell in your everyday experiences. Your worship then becomes practical: you revise your sense of lack, assume abundance, and finally allow the inner peace to settle into your life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and imagine Shelumiel presenting the full set of inner offerings to your I AM. Now feel the reality of abundance and harmony already yours, and rest in that state for several minutes.