Neville Goddard on Numbers 7:87-88 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 7 in context

Scripture Focus

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 7:87-88

Biblical Context

Numbers 7:87-88 lists the animals and offerings for burnt, sin, and peace offerings, then notes the altar's dedication after anointing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the inner vision, Numbers 7:87-88 becomes a map of your inner states offered to the I AM. The various offerings correspond to aspects of your consciousness you tend with attention and feeling: the burnt offerings signal unwavering sacrifice of the old self; the sin offerings invite the clearing of mistake and guilt; the peace offerings mark harmony between desire and divine law within. When the altar is anointed, you recognize that your mind itself is sacred space, and dedication is the conscious setting apart of that space for God within. The numbers are not external counts but the rhythm of your faculties aligned in faithful response to the I AM you awaken. You are the priest, the altar, and the offerings, all within your inner awareness. By tending these states as real possibilities and choosing to remain in the greeting of I AM, you manifest a life that reflects your inner consecration.

Practice This Now

Act as if the altar of your mind is already dedicated to the I AM. Close your eyes and feel the state you want (peace, clarity, wholeness) being offered there until it becomes your immediate reality.