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.

1/11/2023

Exodus 7:1-25 Moses Turns Water to Blood & the Fish Die

 

Moses Turns Water to Blood & the Fish Die

Exodus 7:1-25           The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

The Lord said to Moses: See, I have made you [like] a god to Pharaoh & your brother, Aaron, shall be [your] prophet. You shall speak all that I command you & [Aaron] shall [tell] Pharaoh that he shall send the children of Israel out of his land.

I will harden Pharaoh’s heart & multiply My signs & wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh [won’t pay attention to] you, [so] that I may lay My hand on Egypt & bring My armies & My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch [out] My hand on Egypt & bring out the children of Israel from among them. And Moses & Aaron did as the Lord had commanded them. Moses was 80 & Aaron was 83 years old when they [spoke] to Pharaoh. 

The Lord spoke to Moses & Aaron, saying, When Pharaoh says to you, Shew a miracle for [us,] then you shall say to Aaron, Take your rod & cast it before Pharaoh & it shall become a serpent. And Moses & Aaron did as the Lord commanded & Aaron [threw] down his rod before Pharaoh & his servants & it became a serpent.

Then, Pharaoh called the wise men, sorcerers & magicians of Egypt [who did the same thing] with their enchantments. For they [all] cast down [their] rods & they became serpents, but [the serpent of] Aaron’s rod swallowed up the [serpents] of their rods.

The Pharaoh’s heart became hardened & he didn’t [pay attention] to them as the Lord had said. The Lord [told] Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened & he [refuses] to let the people go. 

Go [with your] rod in your hand [that] was turned into a serpent, to Pharaoh in the morning; [for] he goes into the water& you shall stand by the river’s [edge] & say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews [has] sent me to you, saying, Let My people go, [so] that they may serve Me in the wilderness, [but up to now,] you wouldn’t hear.

The Lord says [this,], [By] this you shall know I am the Lord. [Look,] I will [strike] the waters in the river with the rod in my hand & they shall be turned to blood & the fish in the river will die & the river will stink & the Egyptians will [hate] to drink the water of the river. 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod & stretch out your hand over the waters, streams, rivers, ponds & pools of water in Egypt, [so] that they will become blood & there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt & both buckets of wood & pitchers of stone [that had held water.]

And Moses & Aaron did as the Lord [had] commanded & he lifted up the rod & [struck] the waters in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh & his servants & all the water in the rivers turned to blood. 

The fish in the river died & the river stank & all the Egyptians couldn’t drink the water of the river & there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. [Egypt's] magicians did [the same] with their enchantments.

And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened & [he didn’t pay attention to them,] as the Lord had said. And Pharaoh turned & went into his house. Neither did he [concern] his heart [about] this.  

The Egyptians [dug] around the river to get water to drink, [because] they couldn’t drink the water of the river. 7 days [passed] since the Lord had [struck] the river.