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.

3/28/2023

Numbers 16:1-50 Korah Rebels Against Moses & Aaron

 

Korah Rebels Against Moses & Aaron

Numbers 16:1-50                The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, [who was] the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan & Abiram [Eliab’s] sons, and On, [Peleth’s] son, [of] the sons of Reuben, took 250 princes of the assembly, [who were] famous men of renown, in the congregation, with some of the children [people] of Israel & they rose u before Moses.

They gathered themselves together against Moses & Aaron & said to them, You take too much upon [yourselves, since] everyone of the congregation [is] holy & the Lord is among them. [Why do] you, then lift yourselves up above the congregation of the Lord? 

When Moses heard it, he fell upon his face & [spoke] to Korah & all his company, saying, Even tomorrow, the Lord will [show] you who are His & who is holy & will cause the one He has chosen to come near to Him. 

Do this; take  [your] censers, Korah & all his company & put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom the Lord [chooses] shall be holy. You take too much upon [yourselves,] you sons of Levi.

Moses said to Korah, I pray [that] you hear, you sons of Levi. [Does it seem] like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to [Him] to do the service [for] the tabernacle of the Lord & to stand before the congregation to minister before them? 

[The Lord God] has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you. [Do] you also seek the priesthood also? For [what reason are] both you & all your company gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that you should grumble] against him?

Moses sent & [called] for Dathan & Abiram [Eliab’s] sons, [who] said, We will not come up. Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk & honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except [that] you [totally] make [yourself] prince over us? 

[Also,] you haven’t brought us into a land that flows with milk & honey, or given us [an] inheritance of fields & vineyards. Will you put the eyes out of all these men? We will not come up. Moses was very [angry] & said to the Lord, [Don’t] respect their offering. 

I haven’t taken 1 [donkey] from them, nor have I hurt 1 of them. Moses said to Korah, You & your company & Aaron [will] appear before the Lord tomorrow. Every man [is] to take his censer & put incense in them & bring them before the Lord. Every man with his censer, 250 censers. Also, you & Aaron, each of you [with] his censer.

Every man took his censer & put fire in them & laid incense [in it] & stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses & Aaron. Korah gathered all [those] of the congregation [who] were against [Moses & Aaron] to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. The glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation. 

The Lord [God spoke] to Moses & Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, [so] I may [destroy] them in a moment. [Moses & Aaron] fell on their faces & said, O God, the God of the [lives of people,] shall one man sin & will You be [angry] with the [whole] congregation? 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the congregation saying, [Get away from the tents] of Korah, Dathan & Abiram. Moses rose up & went to Dathan & Abiram & the elders followed him. 

[Moses said] to the congregation, I pray [that] you depart from the tents of these wicked men & don’t touch [anything] of theirs, lest you be [destroyed] in all their sins. So, they got up from all [sides] of the [tent] of Korah, Dathan & Abiram.

Dathan & Abiram, their wives, sons  & children came out & stood in the door of their tents. Moses said, [Now] you shall know that the Lord [God] has sent me to do all these [things.]

For I haven’t done them [on my] own. If these men die the [normal death] of all men, or they [are] visited with [a plague that affects] all men, then the Lord [God hasn’t] sent me. 

But if the Lord [makes some new consequence] & the earth opens [up its] mouth & swallows them up, with all [who] pertain to them go down [alive] into the pit. Then, you shall [know] these men have provoked the Lord [God.]

It [happened,] as [Moses finished] speaking, the ground [caved in] under them & the earth opened [its] mouth & swallowed them them up & all [who pertained to Korah,] their houses, their [belongings,] went down alive into the pit & the earth closed [up] upon them. 

They perished from among the congregation. At their cry, all the [Israelites] fled & said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. A fire came out from the Lord & consumed the 250 men [who] offered incense. 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, [so] he [collects] the censers [from] the burning [fire] & scatter [its remains some distance away,] for they are [holy.] 

Let the censers of these [sinful] men [who lost their lives] be made into broad plates of [brass] for a covering [for] the altar, [since] they offered them before the Lord. Therefore, they are [holy] & they shall be a sign to the children [people] of Israel. 

Eleazar, the priest, [took] the [brass] censers [from] where they had been burnt & offered & they were made into broad plates for a covering [for] the altar. 

As the Lord said to [Aaron] by the hand of Moses: [They are] to be a memorial to the children [people] of Israel, [so] no stranger, [who] isn’t of [Aaron’s descendants should] come near to offer incense before the Lord, [so he doesn’t end up like] Korah & his company.

But [the next day,] all the congregation of the [people] of Israel [grumbled] against Moses & Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the Lord.

It [happened] when the congregation gathered against Moses & Aaron, that they looked & a cloud covered the tabernacle of the congregation.  And behold, the glory of the Lord appeared & Moses & Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Get [yourself] up from among this congregation, [so] that I may [destroy] them [now] & they fell [down] on their faces. Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer & put fire [in it] from off the altar & [put in] incense & go quickly to the congregation & make atonement for them. 

For the [anger] of the Lord has gone out & the plague [has] begun. Aaron [did what] Moses commanded & ran into [the middle] of the congregation & the plague [had started] among the people. And [Aaron] put [in the] incense & made an atonement for the people.f

[Aaron] stood between the dead & the living & the plague was [stopped.] There were 14,700 [who] died, [besides those who] died about the matter of Korah. Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation & the plague [stopped.]