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.

1/18/2023

Exodus 14:1-31 Pharaoh Pursues Israelites & Moses Through the Red Sea

 

Pharaoh Pursues Israelites & Moses Through the Red Sea

Exodus 14:1-31            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, [Tell] the children [people] of Israel, [so] that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite to Baal Zephon & you shall [camp] before it by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are [confused] by the land & the wilderness has shut them in.

I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, [so] that he will follow after them & I will [gain honor over] Pharaoh & his [army, so] the Egyptians [will] know that I am the Lord & they did so.

[When] it was told the king of Egypt, that the [Israelites] fled: the heart of Pharaoh & the hearts of his servants turned against the [Israelites] & they said, Why have we let Israel go & [no longer] serve us? 

[Pharaoh got] his chariot ready & took his people with him, [along with] 600 chosen chariots & all the chariots of Egypt [with] captains over every one of  them. The Lord hardened [Pharaoh’s] heart & he [& the Egyptians] pursued after the children of Israel [who] went out [of Egypt defiantly.] 

But the Egyptians, Pharaoh’s army, chariots & horsemen [found  the Israelites] were [camping] by the sea, beside Pi Hahiroth, [in front of] Baal Zephon. And when the [Israelites] saw when Pharaoh drew [near, as] the Egyptians marched after them, the [Israelites] were very afraid & cried [out] to the Lord. 

They said to Moses, [Weren’t there enough] graves in Egypt? Why did you take us away to die in the wilderness?  [What] have you [done to us, by bringing us] out of Egypt? [Didn’t we tell you] that it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness? 

Moses [replied,] Don’t be afraid. Stand still & see the salvation of the Lord, which He will [show] to you today: for you will see the Egyptians no more, forever. The Lord will fight for you & you shall hold your peace. 

The Lord said to Moses, [Why do you] cry [out] to Me? [Tell] the children of Israel to go forward, but lift up your rod & stretch your hand over the [Red] Sea & divide it & the children of Israel shall go [over] on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

And [watch,] I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians & they shall follow them & I will gain honor [over] Pharaoh & all his [army,] chariots & horsemen. [Then,] the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. The Angel of God went in the pillar of cloud [in front of] the [Israelites, moved & then] stood behind them.

[The pillar of the cloud] came  between the camp of the Egyptians & the camp of the [Israelites.] [Thus] it was a cloud & darkness to [the Egyptians] & it gave light by night to the [Israelites,] so that one didn’t come near the other all that night.

[Then,] Moses stretched out his hand over the [Red] Sea & the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night & made the sea [into] dry land & the waters were divided. 

The children [people] of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground & the waters were a wall to them on their right hand [side] & on their left. The Egyptians, Pharaoh’s horses, chariots & horsemen pursued & went in after them [into] the midst of the sea. 

It [happened] in the morning watch, the Lord looked [at] the Egyptian [army] through the pillar of fire & the cloud & troubled the [army] of the Egyptians. [The Lord God made] their chariot wheels [wobbly] & they drove them heavily. 

The Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord [fights] for them against the Egyptians. The Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the [Red] Sea, [so] that the waters may come [back] again upon the Egyptians, their chariots & their horsemen.

Moses stretched [out] his hand over the [Red] Sea & when morning appeared, the [Red] Sea returned to its full strength, while the Egyptians fled against it & the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 

And the waters returned & covered the chariots, horsemen & all of Pharaoh’s [army] that came into the sea after them. Not so much as 1 remained. But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea & the waters were a wall to them on their right hand & on their left. 

Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians & Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done upon the Egyptians [who] were dead on the sea shore, so the people feared [respected] & believed the Lord & His servant Moses.