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.

2/03/2023

Exodus 30:1-38 The Holy Incense & Anointing Oil Instructions- by the Lord’s Intelligent Design

 

The Holy Incense & Anointing Oil Instructions- by the Lord’s Intelligent Design

Exodus 30:1-38            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

[The Lord God told Moses:] You shall make a [square] altar out of shittim wood to burn incense on, 1 cubit [long] x 1 cubit [wide] x 2 cubits [high.] The horns [of it,] shall [all] be of the same [piece.] And you shall overlay all of it & its horns with pure gold & make a [moulding] of gold [all around.] 

You shall make 2 golden [rings for] it which shall be placed on its 2 rings on [opposite corners] on each of 2 sides, under the [moulding,] which will be [holders] for the [poles] to [carry] it. The [poles] are to be made with shittim wood, [overlaid] with gold. 

You should put [the incense altar in front of] the veil that is by the Ark of Testimony, before the mercy seat, that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you. Aaron shall burn [on it] sweet incense every morning. [Luke 1:9 According to the custom of the priest’s office, his [job] was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.] 

When Aaron [prepares] the lamps, he shall burn incense upon [the incense altar. And when Aaron lights the lamps at [twilight,] he shall burn incense upon it, [as] a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. You shall [not] offer strange incense [on it,] nor [a] burnt sacrifice, nor a meat offering. Neither shall you pour a drink offering [on it.] 

Aaron shall make an atonement upon [its] horns once [a] year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements. Once [a] year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.

Then, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, When you take the [census] of the children [people] of Israel [for] their number, then every man shall give a ransom for [himself] to the Lord, when you [number] them, [so] there [won’t] be [any] plague among them.

Everyone from 20 years & above [who goes] among them & is numbered [in the census] should give: ½ a shekel, [according to] the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is 20 gerahs). The ½ shekel shall be an offering to the Lord. 

The rich shall not give more & the poor shall not give less than ½ a shekel, when they give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. You shall take the atonement money of the children [people] of Israel & [it] shall [be] appointed for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

[So,] that it may be a memorial [for] the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, You shall also make a [basin] & a base both of brass [for washing.] 

You shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation & the altar & you shall put water in it, [so] Aaron & his sons [can] wash their hands & feet [there] & shall wash with water when they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, [so] that they [won’t] die, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made of fire to the Lord.

It shall be a statute forever to them, to him [Aaron] & his [descendants] throughout their generations. [Also,] the Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying: Take for [yourselves quality] spices: 500 shekels of pure myrrh, 1/2 [that amount,] even 250 shekels of sweet cinnamon, 250 shekels sweet [sugar cane,] 500 shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary & a hin of olive oil. 

You shall make [from these] a holy anointing oil, an ointment compound according to the art of the apothecary, [who makes compounds.] It shall be a holy anointing oil & you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation & the Ark of the Testimony, the table & all [its] vessels & the candlestick & [its] vessels & the altar of incense.

The altar of burnt offering with all [its] vessels & the [basin] & [its] [base.] You shall sanctify them, [so] they may be most holy & [whatever] touches them [must] be holy. You shall anoint Aaron & his sons & consecrate them, [so] they may [serve] Me in the priest’s office. 

You shall [tell] the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. It shall not be poured on man’s flesh, nor shall you make any other like it & [its] composition of [ingredients] for it is holy & it shall be holy to you.

Whoever [makes] any [compounds] like it or [puts] any of it on a stranger, shall [be] cut off from his people. The Lord said to Moses: Take sweet spices: stacte & onycha, galbanum & pure frankincense with these sweet spices. Each shall be of [equal] weight.

You shall make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, [sprinkled] together, pure & holy. And you shall beat some of it very small & put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation where I will meet with you. 

It shall be most holy. [But] as for the perfume [that] you shall make, you shall not make [any for] yourselves, according to [its] composition. To you, it shall be holy for the Lord. [Whoever makes any] like [it,] to smell [it,] shall be cut off from his people.