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.

3/17/2023

Numbers 5:1-31 Committing Sins and Marital Unfaithfulness

 

Committing Sins and Marital Unfaithfulness

Numbers 5:1-31             The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers              

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Command the children [people] of Israel, [so] they put [outside] the camp every male & female leper & everyone [who] has a [discharge] & whoever is defiled by the dead, [so] their camps where I [the Lord God] dwell [aren’t defiled.] The children [people] of Israel did so & put them [outside] the camp, as the Lord [spoke] to Moses.

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel, When a man or woman commits [any sin] that [people] commit & [sins] against the Lord, that person is guilty; then they shall confess their [sin/s] which they have done. And he shall [make full restitution plus 1/5 of it] for his [sin] & give it to [the person] whom he has [wronged.] 

If [the wronged] man [is deceased &] has no [relative to repay for] the [sin,] [then,] let the [restitution] be [given] to the priest, of the Lord, [with] the ram of atonement & atonement will be made for him.

Every offering of all the holy things the [people] of Israel bring to the priest, shall be his. Every man’s [holy] things shall be his. [But whatever] any man gives to the priest, shall [belong to the priest.]

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the [people] of Israel & [say,] If any man’s wife goes [astray & sins] against him & [another] man [lies intimately] with her & [it's hidden] from the eyes of her husband & she [is] defiled, [but hasn’t been caught, because] there [isn’t any] witness against her.

And the spirit of jealousy comes upon the [husband] & he's jealous of his wife & she has been defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him & he is jealous of her, [but] she isn't defiled: then the man shall bring his wife to the priest.

The [husband] shall bring an offering for her: 1/10 ephah of barley meal. He shall pour  no oil, nor frankincense upon it. [It’s] a jealousy offering, a memorial offering, to bring [any] iniquity [to light.] 

The priest shall bring her near & set her before the Lord. The priest shall take the holy water in a [clay] vessel & [put some] of the dust from the tabernacle floor [into] the water.

[When] the woman [is] before the Lord, the priest [uncovers her] head & [puts] the memorial offering in her hands, which is the jealousy offering. And the priest shall have the bitter water that causes the curse in his [hands.]

The priest shall [put] the woman [under oath] & say to [her,] If no man has lain with you & you haven't gone [astray] with another [man] instead of your husband, then be free of this bitter water that causes the curse.

But if you have gone [astray] to another, instead of your husband & if you are defiled & some man lain with you, beside your husband, then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of [the curse] & say to the woman, [May] the Lord make you a curse & an oath among your people & make your thigh rot & your belly swell. 

This water that causes the curse, shall go into your bowels & make your belly swell & your thigh rot. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. The priest shall write these curses in a book & he shall [wash them off into] the bitter water.

The [priest] shall [make] the woman drink the bitter water that causes the curse & the water shall enter her & become bitter. Then, the priest shall take the jealousy offering [from] the woman’s [hands] & shall wave the offering before the Lord & offer it upon the altar. The priest shall take a [memorial] handful [of it] & burn it on the altar & have the woman drink the water afterward.

[After he has] her drink the water, if she [is] defiled & [sinned] against her husband, [when] the water that causes a curse [enters] her & becomes bitter & her belly [swells] & her thigh [rots,] the woman shall [become] a curse among her people. If the woman [isn’t] defiled & [is] clean, then she shall be free & shall [be able to become pregnant.]

This is the law of [jealousy,] when a wife [goes astray] to another instead of her husband & is defiled; or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon him & he [is] jealous over his wife & [puts] the woman before the Lord & the priest shall [carry out this entire] law on her. Then the man shall be [innocent] & the woman shall bear her [guilt.]