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.

1/21/2023

Exodus 17:1-16 The Lord had Moses Bring Water from the Rock for the Israelites

 

The Lord had Moses Bring Water from the Rock for the Israelites

Exodus 17:1-16            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

All the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the Lord’s commandment & camped in Rephidim & there was no water for the people to drink, so they [complained to] Moses & said, Give us water [so] that we may drink. 

Moses said to them, Why do you [complain to] me? Why do you tempt the Lord? The people thirsted there for water & murmured  against Moses & said, [Why] have you brought us out of Egypt to kill us, our children & [livestock] with thirst?

Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? They [are] almost ready to stone me? The Lord said to Moses, Go before the people & take some of the elders with you of Israel. [Take] your rod, you used to [strike] the [Red Sea] & take [it] in your hand & go.

Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb & you shall [strike] the rock & water shall come out of it, [so] that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 

He [Moses] called the place Massah & Meribah, because of the [complaining] of the [Israelites] & because they tempted the Lord saying, Is the Lord among us or not? Then came Amelek & fought with Israel in Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, Choose some men to go out [for] us & fight against Amalek & he did so. 

Tomorrow, I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. When they fought with Amalek, Aaron & Hur went to the top of the hill. [It was] when Moses held up his hand [with the rod], Israel prevailed, but when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Moses’ hands [became] heavy, [so] they took [a large] stone & put it under him & he [Moses] sat on it while Aaron & Hur [on either side] kept his hands steady until [sundown]. Joshua [defeated] Amalek & his people with the edge of his sword. 

The Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book & [share it where] Joshua [can hear it]: for I [the Lord God] will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. Moses built an altar & called it: Jehovah Nissi: The-Lord-Is My-Banner, because the Lord has sworn that He will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.