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.

2/13/2023

Exodus 40:1-37 Putting the Tabernacle of the Lord Together According to the Lord’s Plan

 

Putting the Tabernacle of the Lord Together According to the Lord’s Plan

Exodus 40:1-37            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

The Lord said to Moses, saying, On the 1st day of the 1st month, you shall set up the Tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. You shall put the Ark of the Testimony [in it] & cover the Ark with a [veil] & bring in the table & [put] in order the things that are to be set upon it. 

You shall bring in the candlestick & light [its] lamps. You shall set the altar of gold for the incense [in front of] the Ark of the Testimony & put [up] the hanging [screen for] the door to the Tabernacle. [Then,] you shall set the altar of the burnt offering [in front of] the door of the Tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

You shall set the [basin & its base] between the tent of the congregation & the altar & put water [in it] & set up [all around] the [courtyard] & hang up the hanging [screen] at the [courtyard] gate. 

And you shall take the anointing oil & anoint the Tabernacle & all that is [in it] & shall hallow it & all [its] vessels [utensils] & it shall be holy. You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering & all [its] vessels [utensils] & sanctify the altar. The altar shall be most holy.

You shall anoint the [basin] & [its base] & sanctify it. You shall bring Aaron & his sons to the door of the Tabernacle of the congregation & wash them with water. You shall put on Aaron the holy garments & anoint & sanctify him, [so] that he may minister to Me in the priest’s office. 

You shall bring [Aaron’s] sons & clothe them with coats & you shall anoint them, as you [anointed] their father, that they may minister to Me in the priest’s office; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. 

[This] Moses did; according to all that the Lord commanded him & he did so. It came to pass in the 1st month of the 2nd year, on the 1st day of the month, that the Tabernacle was [raised] up. So Moses [raised] up the Tabernacle, fastened [its] sockets, set up [its] boards, put in [its] bars & raised up [its] pillars. 

And [Moses] spread [out] the tent over the Tabernacle & put the covering of the tent [on top of] it, as the Lord commanded Moses. [Moses] put the Testimony into the Ark & [inserted] the [poles] through the rings of the Ark & put the mercy seat [on top] of the Ark.

He brought the Ark into the Tabernacle & set up the [veil] of the covering & covered the Ark of the Testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. He put the table in the tent of the congregation on the [north] side of the Tabernacle [outside] the [veil.] 

He set the bread in order upon [the table] before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses. He put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table on the [south side] of the Tabernacle. He [lit] the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

He put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation [in front of] the [veil] & he burned sweet incense [on it,] as the Lord had commanded Moses. He set up the hanging [screen] at the door of the Tabernacle.

He put the altar of burnt offering at the door of the Tabernacle, of the tent of the congregation & offered upon it the burnt offering & meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

And he set the [basin] & [its base] between the tent of the congregation & the altar & put water there [for washing] & Moses, Aaron & his sons washed their hands & feet with water [there.] 

[Whenever] they went into the Tabernacle of the congregation & when they came [near] the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses. He [raised] up the [courtyard all around] the Tabernacle & the altar & set up the hanging [screen] of the [courtyard] gate. So Moses finished the work. 

Then, a cloud covered the tent of the congregation & the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. Moses wasn’t able to enter the tent of the congregation, because the cloud [rested above it] & the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. 

[Whenever] the cloud was taken up from over the Tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in their journeys. But if the cloud was not taken up, then they didn’t journey till the day that it was taken up. 

For the cloud of the Lord was upon the Tabernacle by day & fire was [over it] by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.