About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

1/05/2023

Exodus 1:1-22 Pharaoh Wants Midwives to Kill Hebrew Male Babies

Pharaoh Wants the Midwives to Kill the Hebrew Male Babies

Exodus 1:1-22            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

Now, these are the names of the children of Israel [a.k.a. Jacob who] came with Jacob & their households to Egypt: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad & Asher. 

[All these 70] were the sons Jacob [fathered] & their families: for Joseph was in Egypt already. Joseph, his [brothers] & all that generation died. The children of Israel were fruitful & multiplied & increased abundantly & [grew] exceedingly mighty & the land was filled with them.

Now there arose a new king over Egypt [who] didn't know Joseph. He said to his people, Behold, people of the children of Israel are more & mightier than we [are.] Come let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply & when [a war breaks out] they join our enemies & fight against us, [so they can leave] the land. 

Therefore they set task masters over the [Israelites] to afflict them with their burdens. They built treasure cities Pithom & Raamses for the Pharaoh. The more they afflicted the [Israelites,] the more they multiplied & grew. 

The [Egyptians] were grieved because of the [Israelites] & made them serve with rigor & made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, brick & all [types] of service in the field, with rigor. 

Then [Egypt's] king, [Pharaoh,] spoke to the Hebrew midwives: Shiphrah & Puah & told them, As a midwife, when you see the Hebrew women on the [birthing] stools & it is a son, you should kill him, but let the daughters live. 

The midwives feared [respected the Lord] God & [didn’t do] what the king commanded [of] them, but saved the [male] children alive. The king of Egypt called for the midwives & said, Why have you done this thing & saved the [male] babies alive? 

[They told the] Pharaoh, The Hebrew women are [more] lively [than] the Egyptian women & have [already given birth before they get] to them. Therefore the Lord God dealt well with the midwives & the [Israelites] multiplied & [grew] very mighty. It [happened,] because the midwives feared [respected] God, that He made them houses. The Pharaoh [commanded] all his people saying, Every [Hebrew] son [who] is born shall be cast into the river & every daughter shall [stay] alive.