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.

1/22/2023

Exodus 18:1-27 Jethro, Moses’ Father-in-Law, Suggests He Appoint Judges to Share the Load

 

Jethro, Moses’ Father-in-Law, Suggests He Appoint Judges to Share the Load

Exodus 18:1-27            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses & for Israel, His people & that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. Jethro [took care of] Moses’ wife, Zipporah & his 2 sons, [when Moses] sent her back. One of her 2 sons was Gershom [which means: I have been an alien in a strange land.] 

The name of the other was Eliezer [which means:] The God of my father, said He, was [my] help & delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons & wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he [camped] at the mount of God. 

He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, [with] your wife & 2 sons.  Moses went out to meet his father-in-law & [bowed] & kissed him & they asked [about each other’s well-being] & they went into the tent.

Moses told [Jethro] all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh & the Egyptians, for Israel’s sake & how the Lord had delivered them from all the [hardships] on the way. Jethro rejoiced & blessed the Lord for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel & delivered [them] out of the hand of the Egyptians. 

Jethro said, Blessed [is] the Lord, Who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians & out of the hand of Pharaoh, Who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, [because God] [rescued Israel from their proud enemies] & He was [over] them. Jethro took a burnt offering & sacrifices for God. And Aaron & the elders of Israel came to eat bread with [Jethro] before God. 

[The next day,] Moses sat to judge the people [of Israel] [who] stood from morning until evening. Moses’ father-in-law saw all of this & said, What is [this that you do] to the people? Why [do you sit] alone & all the people stand by you from morning to evening?

Moses said to [Jethro,] The people come to me to [inquire] of God & when they have a matter, they come to me & I judge between 1 & another & make them know the statutes of God & His laws. [Jethro] said to [Moses,] The thing you [do isn’t] good. 

You will surely [get worn out] & the people with you, for this is [too heavy a burden] for you & you aren’t able to perform [this] by [yourself] alone. [Listen] & I will give you [my advice] & God [shall be with you, so] you may bring the causes to God: 

You shall teach them the ordinances & laws & shall show them the way they must [follow] & the work they must do. You shall [also select] able men of truth, [who] hate [envy] & [who] fear [respect] God & place them [as leaders] over the [Israelites] rulers of: 1,000’s, 100’s, 50’s & 10’s.

Let them judge the smaller matters of the people at all [times & only] bring to you every [large] matter, but every small matter they shall judge. So, it shall be easier for you & [the appointed judges] will help bear the burden with you. If you shall do this thing & God commands you [to do] so, you shall be able to endure & all [these] people shall go to their place in peace.

So, Moses [listened] to his father-in-law’s voice & did all that he said. Moses chose able men out of all of Israel & made them [leaders] over the people, rulers of: 1,000’s, 100’s, 50’s, & 10’s. 

And they judged the people [through all seasons] & brought the hard [matters] to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. And Moses let his father-in-law depart & he went [on] his way to his own land.