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.

1/29/2023

Exodus 25:1-40 The Lord God Tells Moses Which Things Are to be Made for the Tabernacle

 

The Lord God Tells Moses Which Things Are to be Made for the Tabernacle

Exodus 25:1-40            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel, [so] every man [who brings] Me an offering: [from those who] give it willingly [of] his heart.

This is the offering which you shall take [from] them: gold, silver, brass; blue, purple & scarlet [thread]; fine linen & goat’s hair, ram skins dyed red, [badger] skins & shittim wood; oil for the light & spices for the anointing oil & for sweet incense; 

… onyx stones & stones to be set in the ephod [decorative vestment for the high priest] & in the breastplate. Let them make Me a sanctuary, [so] that I may dwell among them. You shall make the tabernacle & all [its instruments] according to the pattern that I will show you. 

They shall make an ark of shittim wood 2 1⁄2 cubits [long] x 1 1⁄2 cubits [wide] x 1½ cubits [high] & you shall overlay it with pure gold [inside & outside] & make gold [moulding] all around. 

You shall cast 4 gold rings to put [1 in each corner] & you will make [poles] of shittim wood, [overlaid] with gold. And you shall [insert the poles] into the rings [on] the sides of the ark, [so] that the ark might be [carried by] them. 

The [poles] shall [stay] in the rings of the ark & shall not be taken from it. You shall put into the ark, the Testimony [2 tablets with 10 commandments & laws,] which I shall give you. You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold 2 ½ [long] x 1 1⁄2 cubits [wide] & shall make 2 cherubim [angels] of [hammered] gold & put them on [opposite] ends of the mercy seat, [facing each other.]

The cherubim shall stretch their wings [out] on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings. [After] you put the Testimony that I give you, in the ark, the mercy seat [goes on top] of the ark. I will meet with you there & I will [speak] with you from above the mercy seat, between the 2 cherubims,

…which are on the Ark of the Testimony, [with] all the things & commandments I will give you [for] the children of Israel. You shall also make a table of shittim wood: 2 cubits [long] x 1 cubit [wide] x 1 1⁄2 cubits [high, overlaid] with pure gold & a gold [moulding around it.] You shall make the border a hand [wide] with a gold [moulding] on the border. 

You shall make 4 rings of gold for the [poles] to [carry] the table & put the rings in the 4 corners [by] the 4 [legs of the table.] The [poles to carry] the table shall be made of shittim wood & [overlaid] with gold. [Its] dishes, spoons, covers & [sacrificial] bowls to cover them, shall be made of pure gold. 

You shall set the [showbread] on the table before Me always. You shall make a pure gold candlestick of 1 piece of [hammered] work & [its] shaft, branches, bowls, knops [decorations like almonds] & flowers, shall be [made] of the same. 

And 6 branches shall [extend] out of [its] sides, 3 branches of the candlestick on 1 side & 3 branches of the candlestick on the other side, [each with] 3 bowls made like almonds, a knop & a flower [on] 1 branch & 3 bowls made like almonds, a knop & a flower [for] each of the 6 branches that [extend] out of the candlestick. 

And [on] the candlestick, shall be four bowls made [similar to] almonds, with their knops & their flowers. There shall be a knop, under each [pair of identical] branches, a knop under the [2nd pair of] branches & a knop under the [3rd pair of] branches, that [extend] out of the candlestick. 

Their knops & branches [of the candlestick] shall [all be 1 piece with it] of the pure gold, [hammered] work. You shall make 7 lamps [for it] & they shall light the lamps [for the lampstand, so] they give light, over [next] to it. 

Its tongs & snuff dishes [for it] shall be of pure gold. [With] a talent of gold, he shall make it, with all these vessels. Look that you make them [according] to their pattern, [that] was [shown] to you on the mountain. 

[Exodus 39:43 And Moses [looked] upon all the work & [saw,] they had done it, [like] the Lord had commanded & had even done so & Moses blessed them.]