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.

3/20/2023

Numbers 8:1-26 The Levites Are Purified

 

The Levites Are Purified

Numbers 8:1-26     The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron & say to him, When you light the lamps, [all] 7 lamps shall give light [next to] the candlestick [lampstand.] Aaron did [this] & lit the lamps, so the light [shone next to the lampstand,] as the Lord commanded Moses. 

The [lampstand] was [made] of [hammered] gold, [from its base to its flowers,] [all hammered] work, according to the pattern the Lord had [shown] Moses. He made the candlestick [like that.] [Exodus 25:40 And look that you make them [according] to their pattern, which was [shown] to you in Mount [Sinai a.k.a. Horeb.] 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, Take the Levites from among the children [people] of Israel & cleanse them. To cleanse them, you shall sprinkle purifying water on them & have them shave all their [body] & wash their clothes, [to cleanse] themselves. Then, let them take a young [bull] with [its meat/grain] offering [of] fine flour mingled with oil. Take another young [bull] for a sin offering.

You shall bring the Levites & gather the whole assembly of the children [people] of Israel [to] the tabernacle of the congregation. You shall bring the Levites before the Lord & the [people] of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites. 

Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord for an offering of the [people] of Israel, [so] they may [carry out] the service of the Lord. The Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the [bulls] & you shall offer 1 for a sin offering & the other for a burnt offering, to the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites. 

You shall [bring] the Levites before Aaron & his sons & offer them [as] an offering to the Lord. [Like this,] you shall separate the Levites from the [other people] of Israel & the Levites shall be Mine. 

After that, the Levites shall go in & do the service [in] the tabernacle of the congregation. You shall [purify] them & [present] them for an offering. For they shall be [totally dedicated] to Me from the [people] of Israel. I have taken them for [Myself,] instead of the first born of all the children of Israel. 

On the day that I [struck] the first born of the land of Egypt, I sanctified the firstborn of both man or beast of the [people] of Israel for Myself. I have taken the Levites [instead of] the first born of the children of Israel. 

I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron & his sons from among the children [people] of Israel, to [assist in doing] the service in the tabernacle of the congregation, [for the people] of Israel & to make atonement for the children of Israel, [so] there [isn’t any] plague among the [people] of Israel, when [they] come near the sanctuary. 

Moses, Aaron & all the congregation of the [people] of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that the Lord commanded Moses & the [people] of Israel concerning them. The Levites were purified & they washed their clothes & Aaron [presented] them as an offering before the Lord & made an atonement for them, to cleanse them.

After that, the Levites went to [serve] in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron & his sons & [they did to] the 

Levites, as the Lord commanded Moses. The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, This is the [duty] of the Levites: from 25 years & [older.] They shall [assist in serving] the tabernacle of the congregation.

From the age of 50 years, they shall cease [their] service & [no longer do it.] But they shall minister with their brethren, [to supervise,] in the tabernacle of the congregation, [but] shall [not work.] You shall do [this] to the Levites [related to their responsibilities.]