Neville Goddard on Numbers 7:48-53 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

48On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:

49His 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:

50One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

51One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

52One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

53And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

Numbers 7:48-53

Biblical Context

On the seventh day, Elishama, Ephraim's prince, brings a rich array of offerings: silver vessels, flour with oil, incense, burnt and sin offerings, and peace offerings. The passage records a formal pattern of worship and consecration.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the surface, Numbers 7:48-53 records an external rite; beneath it, Neville senses a pristine inner ceremony. The seven days point to a cadence of consciousness, and Elishama’s offerings symbolize the harmonization of your inner faculties. The silver charger and bowl stand for fixed attention—carefully weighing your thoughts in the light of I AM awareness. The fine flour mingled with oil is the living energy you bake into your daily acts, a practical witness of desire truly aligning with divine law. The incense is your prayers rising into consciousness, the burnt offering a surrender of self-will, and the sin offering the release of misbelief that blocks fulfillment. The peace offerings signify a state where inner harmony and external life reflect your inner unity. By assuming that you are the I AM and that you choose these inner movements, your outer conditions begin to answer from within. The seventh day of the pattern invites rest not in sleep but in the awareness that you already possess what you seek.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the inner role of Elishama; picture your attention as the silver charger and your thoughts weighed in the I AM. Then repeat, I am the I AM; I offer these beliefs, I release what blocks me, and I rest in the harmony of my true self, letting a quiet, expansive feeling settle in as if your inner temple is complete.