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.

1/16/2023

Exodus 12:1-51 Things to Do for Passover

 

Things to Do for Passover

Exodus 12:1-51            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

The Lord said to Moses & Aaron in the land of Egypt, This month shall be the beginning of months [for] you. It shall be the first month of the year to you & [tell] all the congregation of Israel, saying, [On] the 10th of this month. every man is to take for [himself] a male lamb, without blemish that is 1 year old for [each household] of his [forefathers.]

It may be taken from the sheep or the goats, according to the house of his [forefathers.] If a household is too little for the lamb, let him & his neighbor next to his house [share a lamb] according to the number of [people] & according [to how much each person needs.] 

You shall keep it up until the 14th day of the same month & the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it [the lamb] that evening. They shall take [some] of the blood & [put] it on the 2 side posts & the upper door post [lintel] of the houses [where] they shall eat it.

They will eat the [meat] that night, that [had been roasted] with fire & [they] shall eat it with unleavened bread & bitter herbs. [The whole lamb & all that pertains to it] shall be roasted with fire & not raw or [boiled] in water & they shall not let any of it remain until morning.

[If any] remains until morning, you shall burn it with fire. You shall eat it [fully dressed,] have your belt fastened, shoes on your feet & your staff in your hand & you shall eat it in [a hurry.]

It is the Lord’s Passover, for I [the Lord God] will pass through the land of Egypt this night & smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man & beast & against all the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgment. I am the Lord. 

[Exodus 11:4-5 And Moses said, The Lord says [this,] About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt. And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, [who] sits upon his throne, even to the firstborn of the [female] servant [who works] behind the mill & all the firstborn of [animals.]

The blood on your houses will be a [sign, so that] when I see the blood, I will pass over you & the plague will not be on you to destroy you when I [strike] the land of Egypt. You shall [continue] to keep this day as a memorial throughout your generations, as a feast to the Lord by an [rule] forever.

You shall eat unleavened bread for 7 days & shall put away leaven [yeast] out of your houses, [because those] who eat leavened bread from the 1st day to the 7th day shall be cut off from Israel. 

[On both] the 1st and the 7th day there shall be holy convocation to you & no [type] of work shall be done [on] them, [but only the preparation of food] which every man must eat. You shall observe the feast of the Unleavened Bread on the [same] day that I [the Lord] brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. 

Therefore, you shall [continue] to observe this day [throughout] your generations as an [rule] forever. In the 1st month on the 14th day of the month at [evening,] you shall eat unleavened bread until the [evening] of the 21st day of the month.

[For] 7 days no leaven shall be found in your houses; [the person who] eats [what] is leavened, shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger, or born in the land. You shall eat nothing leavened in all the places you [dwell,] you shall eat unleavened bread. 

Then, Moses called all the elders of Israel & [explained, Take] out the lamb, according to the [size] of your families & kill the Passover [lamb.] You [are to] take a bunch of hyssop & dip it in the blood in the [basin] & strike the lintel & the 2 side posts with the blood & none of you shall go out the door of his house until the morning. 

For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; & when He sees the blood on the lintel & on the 2 side posts. The Lord will pass over the door & will not [allow] the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you. You are to observe this as a [rule] to you & your sons forever. 

It shall come to pass, when you come [in] to the land which the Lord will give you according as He has promised, you shall keep this service. It shall come to pass, when your children say, What is the [meaning of] this service?

You will say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians & [He] delivered our [households.] The people bowed [their heads] & worshiped [the Lord God.] 

Then the [Israelites] went away & did as the Lord had commanded Moses & Aaron [to tell them.] It came to pass, at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh [who] sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the captive in the dungeon & all the firstborn [livestock.]

Pharaoh, his servants & all the Egyptians rose that night & there was a great [out] cry in Egypt for there wasn’t a house where there wasn’t one dead. [Pharaoh] called for Moses & Aaron [at] night & said, Rise up & [get yourselves out] from among my people, both you & the children of Israel, go & serve the Lord, as you have said.

Also, take your flocks & herds as you have said & be gone & bless me, also. The Egyptians urgently [wanted] the [Israelites to leave] the land in haste; for they said, We [are] all dead men. 

The [Israelites] took their dough before it was leavened, [having] their kneading [bowls] bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.

The [Israelites] did according to the word of Moses & they borrowed [from] the Egyptians [jewelry] of silver & gold & [clothing.] The Lord gave [the Israelites] favor in the sight of the Egyptians, [who] lent them the things they [requested,] thus they [plundered] the Egyptians. 

The children of Israel, 600,000 men on foot besides, children & a  mixed multitude went up with them & [livestock] journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. Also, a mixed multitude went up with them & flocks, herds, even very much cattle. 

And they baked the unleavened cakes of dough which they [had] brought when they were [driven] out of Egypt, for it wasn’t leavened [with yeast;] because they were thrust out of Egypt & they couldn’t [wait.] Neither had they prepared [food] for themselves.

Now, [the amount of time] the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was 430 years. And it [happened] at the end of the 430 years, [on the very same] day, the [armies] of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. It is a night to be [greatly] observed to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt: 

This night of the Lord is to be observed [by] all of the children of Israel [throughout] their generations. And the Lord told Moses & Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover: no stranger, foreigner, or hired servant shall eat [of it.]

But every man’s servant that is bought for money, [after he has been circumcised] shall eat of the Passover. *It shall be eaten inside one house & the [meat] should not be [carried outside] the house, neither shall you break [any] of the bones & all the congregation of Israel shall keep it [the Passover.]

When a stranger shall [stay with you temporarily & wants] to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised & let him come & keep it & he shall be [like someone, who] is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat [of it.] 

[There shall be one law for both those who are] home born & strangers [who] dwell among you. All the children of Israel did [this,] as the Lord commanded Moses & Aaron. It [happened, on] that very same day, the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt [according] to their armies.