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.

4/06/2023

Numbers 25:1-18 Israel’s Plague for Worshiping Idols

 

Israel’s Plague for Worshiping Idols

Numbers 25:1-18        The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

Israel [stayed] in Shittim & the people began to commit [unfaithful harlotry] with the daughters of Moab. They called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. [Exodus 20:3-4 You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make [for yourselves] anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.] 

And the people [of Israel] did eat & bowed down to their gods.

Israel joined themselves with Baal Peor & the anger of the Lord [grew] against Israel. [Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them. For I, the Lord, your God, Am a jealous God, visiting the [sin] of the fathers upon the children [until] the 4th generation of [those who] hate Me.]

The Lord said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people & hang them up [in] the sun before the Lord, [so] the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. [Deuteronomy 4:3-4 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did, because of Baal Peor. For all the men [who] followed Baal Peor, the Lord your God has destroyed them from among you. But everyone of you [who held tight] to the Lord, your God, are alive [today.]

And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Everyone, [kill] his men [who] were joined to Baal Peor. 

And [look, an Israelite] came & brought a [Midianite] woman in the sight of Moses & the congregation of the children [people] of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

When Phinehas, [Eleazar’s] son, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation & took a [spear] in his hand. [Phinehas] went after the man of Israel into the tent & thrust [it] through both the man of Israel & through the [woman’s stomach.] 

So, the plague was [stopped] from the children [people] of Israel. [There] were 24,000 [who] died of the plague. [Psalm 106:30-31 Then, Phinehas stood up & [carried out] judgment & so the plague was [stopped.] And that was [considered] to [Phinehas] for righteousness to all generations for evermore.]

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Phinehas, [Eleazar’s] son, the son of Aaron, the priest, was zealous for My sake & has turned away My [anger] from the [people] of Israel, [so] I [didn’t] consume them in My jealousy. 

[Therefore,] say, [Look,] I give to him My covenant [contract] of peace. And he & his [descendants] after him, shall have it [as a] covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God & made atonement for the [people] of Israel.

The Israelite [man who] was slain was [named] Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a [leader] among the Simeonites. And the name of the [Midianite] woman [wh was [killed] was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, [who was] a [in charge] over a people & of a chief house in Midian. The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, [Harass] the Midianites & [attack] them.

For they [harassed] you with their [enticements] & [deceived] you in the matter of Baal of Peor. And in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite prince, their sister [who] was [killed on] the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.