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.

1/12/2023

Exodus 8:1-32 Pharaoh Doesn't Let Israelites Go & God Sent Frogs

 

Pharaoh Didn’t Let the Children of Israel Go, So God Sent Frogs

Exodus 8:1-32            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, Go to Pharaoh & tell him, The Lord says [this,], Let My people go, [so] that they may serve Me. If you refuse to let them go, I will smite all your borders with frogs. 

The river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which  shall come into your house, your [bedroom,] on your bed & into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens & into your kneading [bowls.] The frogs shall come upon you, your people & your servants.

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch [out] your hand with your rod over the streams, rivers & ponds & cause the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt. Aaron stretched [out] his hand over the waters of Egypt & the frogs came up & covered the land of Egypt. The magicians of Egypt did [the same] with their enchantments & brought up frogs on the land of Egypt. 

Then, Pharaoh called for Moses & Aaron & said, [Ask] the Lord to take away the frogs from me & my people & I will let the people go & sacrifice to the Lord. And Moses said to Pharaoh, [Do you glorify me now,] when shall I [ask] to destroy the frogs from you & your houses, [so] that they may remain only in the rivers, for you & your servants & for your people? And [Pharaoh] said, Tomorrow.

And [Moses] said, It will be according to [what you said, so] that you may know that there is [no one] like the Lord our God. And the frogs shall [leave] from you, your houses, your servants & your people. They shall remain only in the river.

[After] Moses & Aaron [left] from Pharaoh, Moses cried [out] to the Lord, because of the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh. The Lord did according to the words of Moses & all the frogs died out of the houses, villages & fields.

And they gathered them together [in] heaps & the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw there was [relief from the frogs,] he hardened his heart & [did not listen to them,] as the Lord had said.

The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod & [strike] the dust of the land, [so] that it may become lice throughout the land of Egypt & they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod & [struck] the [dirt of the ground] & the dust of the land became lice on man & [animals,] throughout all the land of Egypt. 

The [Egyptian] magicians [tried to do the same] with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they couldn’t, so there [was] lice on man & [animals.] Then, the magicians [told] Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened & he did not [pay attention to] them, as the Lord had said. 

The Lord told Moses, Rise up early & stand before Pharaoh when he goes to the water & say to him, The Lord says [this,] Let My people go, [so] that they may serve Me, [or] else if you won’t let My people go, [watch], I will send swarms of flies on you, your servants, your people & into your houses & also the ground [where] they are.

[On] that day I will [set apart] the land of Goshen where My people dwell, [so] that no flies shall be there; [so] you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth & I will make a division between My people & your people. This sign shall be tomorrow. 

And the Lord did so & [thick] swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh, his servant’s houses & into all the land of Egypt & the land was corrupted, [because] of the swarms of flies. 

Pharaoh called for Moses & Aaron & said, Go & sacrifice to your God in the land. [But] Moses said, It isn't [right] to do so, for we [would be sacrificing] the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord, our God. [If we did this in front of the eyes of the Egyptians, wouldn't] they stone us?

We will go [a] 3 [day] journey into the wilderness & sacrifice to the Lord, our God, as He commanded us. 

And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, [so] that you may sacrifice to the Lord, your God in the wilderness, but they shouldn’t go very far away & [ask God] for me. 

And Moses said, [Look,] I go out from you & I will [ask] the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, his servants & his people tomorrow, but Pharaoh, [don't] deal deceitfully anymore [by] not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord. 

And Moses went out from Pharaoh & [asked] the Lord. And the Lord did according to the word of Moses & He removed all the flies from Pharaoh, his servants & his people & there remained not one. And Pharaoh hardened his heart [again] & would not let the people go.