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.

4/11/2023

Numbers 30:1-16 Vows and Voiding Them

 

Vows and Voiding Them

Numbers 30:1-16           The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

Moses [spoke] to the [12] heads of the tribes [about] the children [people] of Israel, saying, This is [what] the Lord [has] commanded. If a man [makes] a vow to the Lord, or [swears] an oath to bind [himself with a pledge,] he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. 

If a [young] woman [who lives with her father] also [makes] a vow to the Lord & [binds] herself [with her pledge] & her father [hears] her vow & her father [holds] his peace, then all her vows shall stand.

But if her father [overruled] her [vow on] the day he [heard it;] not any of her vows or [her pledges] shall stand & the Lord shall forgive her, because her father [overruled] her.

If she had a husband, at all when she [made] the [vow] or uttered it [from] her lips & bound [herself by it] & he holds his peace [on] the day he heard it, then her vows [& her pledge with which] she bound [herself] shall stand. 

But if her husband [overruled] her on the day that he heard it, then he makes her vow & [what] she uttered [from] her lips, [then that pledge that] she bound [herself, shall] be of [no] effect & the Lord will forgive her. 

But every vow of a widow, or divorced [woman, that] they have bound [themselves,] shall stand.

If [a woman makes a] vow in her husband’s house, or bound [herself with a pledge] with an oath & her husband heard it & held his peace & [didn’t overrule it,] her vow & [pledge] shall stand. 

But if her husband has [totally] made them void on the day he heard them, then [whatever comes from] her lips [about] her vows, or [the pledge she uttered &] bound her soul, shall not stand, [because] her husband made them void & the Lord shall forgive her. 

Every vow & binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it or may make it void. But if her husband [totally holds] his peace [to] her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows,which are upo her & he confirms them, because he held his peace [to] her [on] the day he heard them.

But if he in any [way makes] her [vow & pledge] void after he had heard them, then he shall bear her [guilt.]

These are the [mandates,] which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man & his wife, between a father & his daughter, [still living in his] house.