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.

3/11/2023

Leviticus 26:1-46 Blessings if You Follow the Lord & Consequences for Not

 

The Blessings If You Follow the Lord & Consequences If You Choose Not To

Leviticus 26:1-46          The Third Book of Moses Called Leviticus

[The LordGod continued to tell Moses:] You shall [not ]make [any] idols, [carved] images, & neither rear up. A. standing image, or set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.

You shall keep My Sabbaths & [respect] My sanctuary. I am the Lord. If you walk in My [mandates] & keep My commandments & do them, then I will give you rain in due season. The land shall yield [its] produce & the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Your threshing [of grains] shall [last until] the time of vintage & the vintage shall [last until] the time of sowing & you shall eat your bread [until you’re] full & dwell in your land safely. I will give peace in the land & you shall lie down & none shall make you afraid.

I will rid the land of [wild animals] & the sword shall [not] go through your land. You shall chase your enemies & they shall fall before you, by the sword. Five of you will chase 100 & 100 of you shall put 10,000 to flight & your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

For I will have respect [for] you & make you fruitful & multiply you & establish My covenant [contract] with you. You shall eat the old [harvest stored] & [clear out] the old, because of the new [harvest.] I will set My tabernacle among you & My soul shall not [loathe] you.

I will walk among you & will be your God & you shall be My people. I am the Lord your God, [Who] brought you out of the land of Egypt, [so] you [would no longer] be their [slaves.] I have broken the bands of your yoke & I made you [walk with your head held high.]

But if you [don’t listen] to Me & do all these commandments & you despise My [mandates,] or your soul [loathes] My judgments, so that you will not do all My commandments & break My covenant [contract,] I will appoint terror over you, [Tuberculosis] & burning [fever,] which shall consume the eyes & cause sorrow to your heart. 

You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. I will set My face against you & you shall be slain before your enemies. [Those who] hate you shall [rule] over you & you shall flee when no one [is pursuing] you. [After] all this, if you [don’t listen] to Me, then I will punish you 7 times more for your sins. 

I will break the pride of your power & I will make your [sky above like] iron & your [ground like] brass. Your strength shall be [used] in vain, for your land [won’t] yield [its] increase [of produce] & neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 

[Then,] if you [follow] contrary to Me & [you won’t listen] to Me, I will bring 7 times more plagues on you, according to your sins. I will also send wild [animals] among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your [livestock] & make you [so] few in number [that] your highways shall be [deserted.]

And if you aren’t reformed by Me [through] these things, but [still follow] contrary to Me; then I will also walk contrary to you & will punish you [another] 7 times for your sins. 

I will bring a sword upon you, to avenge [your] quarrel [over] My covenant [contract] & when you are gathered together in your cities, I will send pestilence among you. You shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

When I have [cut off your supply] of bread & 10 women shall bake your bread in 1 oven. They shall deliver your bread again by weight & you shall eat it & not be satisfied. 

If you [still won’t listen] to Me [after] all this & [follow] contrary to Me, then in [My anger] I will walk contrary to you I will [punish] you 7 [more] times for your sins. 

You shall eat the flesh of your sons & daughters. I will destroy your high places & will cut down your images & cast your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols & My soul shall [loathe] you. 

I will make your cities [into a] waste [land] & bring your sanctuaries [to] desolation. I won’t smell the [scent] of your sweet [aroma.] I will bring the land to desolation & your enemies [who] dwell in [it] shall be astonished [by] it. 

v33 I will scatter you among the heathen & will draw out the sword after you & your land & cities shall be wasted & [deserted.] Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies [deserted] & you [are] in your enemies’ land.

Then shall the land rest for the time it didn’t rest on your Sabbaths, when you dwelt in it. For those of you who are left & alive, I will [make their hearts fearful,] in the lands of your enemies, [so] they will flee from the sound of a shaken leaf, [like] fleeing from [someone with] a sword & they will fall when no one is [chasing them.] 

They shall [stumble over] one another, as if [they] were before [someone with] a sword [when no one is chasing them] & you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 

You shall perish among the heathen [nations who worship idols] & the land of your enemies shall eat you up. Those of you who are left shall [regret] their iniquity & their [forefathers’] iniquity [as you waste away in] your enemies’ lands.

[But] if they confess their iniquity & the iniquity of their [forefathers] & their [unfaithful offenses] against Me & how they [also turned their back on] Me, [so] that I also [turned My back on them] & brought them into the land of their enemies. 

If [they] humble their uncircumcised hearts & accept the guilt of their iniquities, then I will remember My covenant [contract] with Jacob [aka Israel,] Isaac & Abraham & will remember the land. 

The land shall also be left [to rest without] them & it will enjoy [its] Sabbaths while it [lies] desolate without them. [But] if they will accept their punishment of their [iniquities,] because they despised My judgments & their souls [hated] My statutes.

Yet, when they are in the land of their enemies, I won’t cast them away, neither shall I [despise] them to utterly destroy them & break My covenant [contract]  with them: for I am the Lord their God. 

But for their sakes, I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I [the Lord your God] brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the [nations who worship idols,] [so] that I might be their God. 

I am the Lord. These are the statutes, judgments & laws which the Lord made between [Himself] & the children [people] of Israel on Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.