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.

3/07/2023

Leviticus 22:1-33 Those Allowed to Eat the Holy Things Dedicated to the Lord God

 

Those Allowed to Eat the Holy Things Dedicated to the Lord God

Leviticus 22:1-33          The Third Book of Moses Called Leviticus

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron & his sons, [so] they separate themselves from the holy things of the children [people] of Israel. and that they [don’t] profane My holy Name [by] those things they [sanctify] to Me. 

[Numbers 18:31-32 and you shall eat it in every place, you and your households. for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle [from] the congregation. And you shall bear no sin, [because] of it, when you have heaved from it, the best of it. Neither shall you [defile] the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.]  

Say to them, [Whoever] of all your [offspring] among your generations, [who] goes to the holy things, [who has any] uncleanness shall be cut off from My presence, if he goes to the holy things, [that] that the [people] of Israel [sanctified] to Me. I am the Lord. 

[Leviticus 7:20 But the [person who] eats of the [meat] of the sacrifice of Peace Offerings, that [pertains] to the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that [person] shall be cut off from his people.] [Whatever] man of [Aaron’s lineage who:] is a leper, or has a [discharge,] shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean.

[Anyone who] touches anything that is unclean by: the dead, or a man [who has emitted semen] or any creeping [creatures that] made [him] unclean, or a man of whom may [pass on whatever] uncleanness he has; [he] shall be unclean until [evening] & shall not eat of the holy things, unless he [washes] his [body] with water. He shall be clean at [sundown] & afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his food.

He shall not eat [an animal] that has died of itself, or is torn [by] beasts & defile himself with [them.] I am the Lord. They shall keep My [rules,] lest they bear the [guilt] for it & die, if they profane it. I, the Lord, do sanctify them. 

No stranger, hired servant, or stranger [who lodges with] the priest shall eat the holy [things.] If a [person] is born in the [priest’s] house or he [buys] a [person, they] may eat of his [meat/food.] If the priest’s daughter is married to a stranger, she may not eat of the offering of the holy things. 

But if the priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced & has no child & [has] returned to her father’s house [like when she was young,] she may eat of her father’s [meat/food,] but no stranger [may] eat [of it.] If a man eats of the holy [things without realizing it,] then, he shall add 1/5 [more] to it & give it to the priest with the holy thing. 

They shall not profane the holy [things which] the [people] of Israel offer to the Lord, or they will bear [their guilt for their sin,] when they eat the holy things. For I, the Lord, do sanctify them. 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, his sons & all the children [people] of Israel & say to them, [Whoever] is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, [who] offers for his vows [any offering] & all his freewill offerings which they offer to the Lord for a burnt offering; he shall offer [it] of his own will, or a sacrifice of a Peace Offering to accomplish his vow, shall offer a male without blemish of: [beef,] sheep or goats. It shall be perfect. There shall be no blemish [in it.] 

But it [won’t] be acceptable for you to offer [any animal] that has a blemish, is blind, broken, [injured,] or [has an ulcer, or discharge,] scurvy, or [scab, it] shall not be [offered] to the Lord, nor make an offering by fire [with] them upon the altar to the Lord.

You may [use a bull] or a lamb that has [a limb that is too long or too short,] or [deformed,] or lacking any of [its] parts, for a freewill offering, but it [won’t] be acceptable for a vow. 

[Neither] shall you offer to the Lord [what] is bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. Neither shall you make any offering [of these] in your land. Neither from a stranger’s hand, shall you  offer the bread of your God [for] any of these, because their corruption & blemishes [are] in them. They shall not be [acceptable] for you.  

The Lord [spoke] to Moses saying, When a [bull,] sheep, or goat is brought [out,] it [shall be with its mother] 7 days. From the 8th day [on,] it shall be [acceptable] for an offering made by fire to the Lord. Whether it’s a cow or a [female sheep,] you shall not kill it and her young [offspring on the same] day. 

When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it [of] your own free will. It shall be [totally] eaten on the 1st day & leave none of it to the next day]: I am the Lord. Therefore, you shall keep My commandments & do them. 

I am the Lord. Neither shall you [defile] My Holy Name, but I will be [holy] among the [people] of Israel: I am the Lord [who sanctifies] you & [Who] brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.