Neville Goddard on Numbers 7:84-88 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 7 in context

Scripture Focus

84This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

85Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

86The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.

87All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

88And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.

Numbers 7:84-88

Biblical Context

Numbers 7:84-88 describes the altar's dedication with silver and gold vessels and animals, set apart for holy service. It marks a formal moment of covenant and worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

I see that Numbers 7:84-88 is not a distant ritual but a map of the inner life. The princes of Israel are the inner governors who choose what I consecrate; the twelve chargers and bowls are fixed stations of attention I maintain; the gold spoons filled with incense are my imaginal prayers, sending fragrance into the field of awareness. The repeated number twelve signals wholeness, a completed cycle of devotion turning into a constant inner altar. The anointing marks my awakening to I AM, the presence that remains when appearances drop away. The burnt offerings and peace offerings mirror the movements of desire and gratitude, consumed by the living reality that I am. When I imagine this dedication as real now, I am not recalling a ceremony; I am revising my state of consciousness to harmonize with God within.