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.

2/11/2023

Exodus 38:1-31 Making the Bronze Altar According to the Lord’s Intelligent Design

 

Making the Bronze Altar According to the Lord’s Intelligent Design

Exodus 38:1-31            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

[Bezaleel, the artisan] made the square altar [for the] burnt offerings of shittim wood 5 cubits [long] x 5 cubits [wide] x 3 cubits [high]. He made 4 horns, 1 for each corner which were of [1 piece with the altar] & he overlaid it with brass. He made all the vessels [utensils] for the altar: the pots, shovels, [basins,] flesh hooks [forks,] firepans; all made of brass.

He made a grate of brass network for the altar, under [its rim, midway from the bottom.] He cast 4 rings for the 4 [corners] of the brass [grating as holders] for the [poles] that he made of shittim wood & overlaid them with brass. [Then,] he put the [poles] into the rings on the side of the altar to [carry] it. 

He made the altar hollow with boards. He made the [basin] & [its base] of brass, from the brass [mirrors] of the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. He made for the [courtyard:] on [both] the south & north [sides,] hangings of fine [woven] linen hangings [each a] 100 cubits [long.] 

[Each of those 2 sides had] 20 pillars for them & their 20 brass sockets. The hooks of the pillars & [its bands] were silver. The east & west sides each had hangings of 50 cubits with 10 pillars & 10 sockets. The hooks of the pillars & their [bands] were of silver. 

The hangings for the west side of the [courtyard] were 50 cubits [long] & their 10 pillars & their 10 sockets & the [pillars’] hooks & their [bands were] of silver. And 50 cubits for the east side. The hangings of 1 side of the gate were 15 cubits, [with] their 3 pillars & 3 sockets. And for the other side of the [courtyard] gate, on the [right & the left] hand [sides], were hangings of 15 cubits, their 3 pillars & their 3 sockets. All the hangings of the [courtyard] were of fine [woven] linen. The sockets for the pillars were of bass. The [pillars’] hooks & their [bands] were silver & [its] [capitals] & the [bands] of the pillars [were overlaid with] silver. 

The hanging [screen] for the gate of the [courtyard] was needlework of blue, purple & scarlet [thread] & fine [woven] linen 20 cubits [long] x 5 cubits [wide, corresponding] to the hangings of the [courtyard.] And their 4 pillars & their 4 brass sockets, their hooks [were] of silver & their [capitals] & their [bands were overlaid with] silver.

And all the [pegs] of the Tabernacle & the [courtyard all around] were brass. This is the [total inventory] of the Tabernacle, even of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, was counted according to the commandment of Moses for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, [Aaron’]s son, [who was] the priest. 

Bezaleel, the son of Uri, [who] was the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord [had] commanded Moses. And with him, Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver & [designer & an] embroiderer [of] blue, purple & scarlet [thread] & of fine linen.

All the gold [offered] that was [used] in the work of the Holy Place, even the gold of the offering, was 29 talents, and  730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 

The silver [counted from those who] were of the congregation was 100 talents, and 1,775 shekels, [according to] the shekel of the sanctuary. [This was from] every man from 20 years old & above of 603,550 men [who gave] a bekah each which is ½ a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 

[From] the 100 talents of silver, 100 sockets were cast: the sockets of the sanctuary & the sockets of the [veil.] One talent of silver was used for each socket, [totalling] 100 talents. [From] the 1,775 shekels [of silver,] he made hooks for the pillars & overlaid the hooks & [capitals with silver] & made [silver] [bands] for them. 

The offering of brass was 70 talents, and 2,400 shekels [which were used to make] the sockets [for] the door of the Tabernacle of the congregation, the brass altar, the brass [grating] for it & all the vessels [utensils] for the altar & the sockets for the [courtyard all around,] the sockets [for the courtyard] gate & all the [pegs] for [both] the Tabernacle & the [courtyard all around.]