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.

1/25/2023

Exodus 21:1-36 Laws About Violence & About Animals

 

Laws About Violence & About Animals

Exodus 21:1-36            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

[The Lord God has Moses tell these to the Israelites:] These are the judgments you shall set before them. If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve 6 years & shall go out free in the 7th year & [owe] nothing. If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he [was] married, his wife shall go out with him.

If the master [has] given him a wife & she has bore him sons or daughters, he shall go out by himself & his wife & the children shall be her master’s. But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, wife & children & I will not go out free, then his master shall bring him to the judges & also bring him to the door or doorpost. 

The master will [pierce] his ear with an awl & he shall serve him forever. If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

If she doesn’t please her master, who [has chosen to marry her,] then he shall let her be redeemed & has no [right] to sell her to a [foreign] nation, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. If he [has arranged for her to marry] his son, he shall deal with her [according] to the [custom] of daughters.

If he takes another wife [for himself,] he shall [continue to give her the same amount of:] food, clothing,] and her [marriage rights] shall not be [reduced.] If he doesn’t do all three of these [for] her, she shall go out free without [owing] money. He who [strikes] a man & so that he [dies,] shall surely be put to death.

If he didn’t lie in wait [for him,] but God delivered [the man] into his hand, then I will appoint a place where he shall flee. But if a man [makes plans in advance] to [kill] his neighbor [& slyly kills him,] you shall take him from My altar, [so] that he may die. The [man who strikes] his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

He who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. The [person who kidnaps] a man & [sells] him or if the [kidnaped person] is found [with him,] the [kidnapper] shall surely be put to death. He [who] curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

If men [quarrel with each other] & one [strikes] the other with a stone or his fist & he does not die, but is [confined to] bed, the man who struck him shall be [acquitted] if he rises again & walks [outside] with his staff & only pay for the loss of the [injured man’s] time & shall [pay] for him to be thoroughly healed.

If a man [strikes] his servant or maid, with a rod & he [dies] under his hand, he shall surely be punished. [However,] if the [the servant recovers after] a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money. 

If men [fight] & hurt a [pregnant] woman, so that she [gives birth prematurely,] [but] no [harm] follows, he shall surely be punished according as the woman’s husband [demands from] him & he shall pay as the judges determine. 

But if any [harm follows,] then you [shall] give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for [whip] stripe. If a man [strikes] the eye of his servant or maid & [destroys it,] he shall let him go free for the sake [of] his eye.

If he [knocks] out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his [tooth.] If an ox [gores] a man or a woman [to death,] the ox shall surely be stoned & its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox is [acquitted.] 

If the ox had a [tendency] to push with his horn in [the] past & the owner [knew it] & didn’t keep [it confined] & [has] killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned & the owner shall be put to death. If a sum of money is [demanded of] him, then to [redeem] his life, he shall [whatever amount is required of] him.

Whether [the ox] gored a son or a daughter, according to this judgment, it shall be done to him. If the ox [pushes] a male servant or maid servant, he shall give their master 30 shekels of silver & the ox shall be stoned. 

If a man shall open a pit, or if a man [digs] an open pit & doesn’t cover it & an ox or a [donkey] falls in it, the owner of the pit shall make it good & give money to [their] owner, but the dead [animal] shall be the [pit owner’s.] If one man’s ox [kills] another man’s ox, they shall sell the live ox & divide the money [from] it & divide the dead ox. 

If it is known that the ox [tended] to push [his horn] in the past, but his owner [didn’t keep him confined,] he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead [animal] shall be his.