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.

1/13/2023

Exodus 9:1-35 The Lord Had the Egyptian Livestock Die

 

The Lord Had the Egyptian Livestock Die When Pharaoh Wouldn’t Let Israel Go

Exodus 9:1-35            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

Then, the Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh & tell him, The Lord God of the Hebrews says [this,], Let My people go, [so] they can serve Me. For if you refuse to let them go & still hold them, [watch,] the hand of the Lord will be on your cattle, horses, [donkeys,] camels, oxen & sheep in the field & there will be a [severe] pestilence [on them.]

The Lord will [keep apart] the [livestock] of Israel & the [livestock] of Egypt & none of the livestock of Israel will die. The Lord appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow, the Lord shall do this thing.  And the Lord did [it the next day] & all the [livestock] of Egypt died, but none of [livestock] of the [Israelites] died.

And Pharaoh sent & [saw] there [were't any] dead of the [livestock] of the [Israelites.] Pharaoh’s heart was hardened & he did not let the people go. The Lord told Moses & Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes [from] the furnace & let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 

It shall become [fine] dust in all the land of Egypt & it [will cause boils & sores to break out] on man & beast throughout all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes [from] the furnace & stood [in front of] Pharaoh. And Moses sprinkled the ashes toward heaven [& boils & sores began to break out] on man & beast.

The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses, because the boils were on [them] & all the Egyptians, [but] the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart & he [didn’t pay attention to] them, as the Lord had [told] Moses.

The Lord [told] Moses, Rise up early & stand before Pharaoh & [tell] him, The Lord God of the Hebrews says [this,] Let My people go, [so] that they can serve Me. For this time, I will send all My plagues upon your heart & on your servants & your people, [so] that you will know there is none like Me in all the earth.

For now, I will stretch out My hand & [so] that I may [strike] you & your people with pestilence & you shall be cut off from the earth. For this cause, I have [elevated] you, to show My power [through] you, [so] that My name may be declared throughout all [the] earth. 

[Do] you [still] exalt yourself against My people, that you won’t let them go? [Look,] tomorrow I will cause [very heavy] hail to rain down [that has] not been in Egypt since [its] foundation until now. Therefore now, gather your [livestock] & all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man & animal that is found in the field & they shall die.

[Those] servants of Pharaoh [who respected] the Word of the Lord, made his servants & livestock flee into the houses, but [those who didn’t] regard  the Word of the Lord, left [their] servants & [livestock] in the field.

And the Lord said to Moses stretch [out] your hand toward heaven, [so] that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt & upon every man, [animal] & herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

And Moses stretched [out] his rod toward heaven & the Lord sent thunder & hail & fire [darted] on the ground [lightning,] very grievous & there was [nothing] like it since Egypt became a nation. 

The hail [struck] throughout all the land of Egypt & all that was in the field, both man & [animal] & every herb of the field & broke every tree of the field. [There was] no hail in the land of Goshen where the children of Israel were. 

Pharaoh sent for Moses & Aaron & said, I have sinned this time & the Lord is righteous & my people & I are wicked. [Ask] the Lord that there not be [any] more mighty [thundering] & hail & I will let you go & you shall stay no longer. 

Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread [out] my hands to the Lord & the thunder & hail shall cease, [so] that you may know the earth is the Lord’s. But as for you & your servants, I know you will not yet fear[respect] the Lord God.

The flax & the barley [had been struck,] because the barley [was ripening] & the flax [was in bloom,] but the wheat & [rye] were not smitten, for they [are late crops] & hadn’t grown up, yet. [After] Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh & spread [out] his hands to the Lord, the hail, thunder & rain ceased.

When Pharaoh saw that [they] ceased, he sinned even more & hardened his heart & the hearts of his servants & would not let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.