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.

4/12/2023

Numbers 31:1-54 The Israelites Warred Against the Midianites

 

The Israelites Warred Against the Midianites

Numbers 31:1-54          The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, [Get revenge on] the Midianites [for what they did] to the children [people] of Israel. Afterward, you shall be gathered to your people [in death.]

Moses [spoke] to the people & [said,] Some of you arm yourselves [for] war & go against the Midianites to avenge the Lord [related to] Midian.

You shall send 1,000 [from] every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel to the war. Out of the thousands of [Israelites,] 1,000 [were] delivered [from each of the 12] tribes, 12,000 armed for war. Moses sent to [battle] 1,000 [from] every tribe & Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the priest, with holy [articles] & the trumpets in his hand to blow.

They [fought] against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses & they [killed] all the males. [In addition to the rest of those killed] they [killed Midian’s] kings: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, Reba, 5 kings of Midian & Balaam [Beor’s] son, they [struck down] with the sword.

The children [people] of Israel took all the [Midianite] women & their little ones captive. They took the spoil of their cattle, all their flocks & all their goods. They burnt all their cities where they [lived] & all their [large] castles, with fire. 

They took all the spoil [of] people & [animals.] They brought the captives, [spoils & plunder] to the camp [in] the plains in Moab, by [the] Jordan [River] near Jericho, to Moses & Eleazar, the priest & the congregation of the [people] of Israel. 

Moses & Eleazar, the priest, & all the [congregation’s] princes, went to meet them [outside] the camp. Moses was [angry] with the officers of the [army] & captains over 1,000’s & over 100’s, [who] came from battle. Moses [said] to them, Have you [kept] all the women alive? 

[look,] these [women] caused the children [people] of Israel to commit [sin] against the Lord, [by Balaam’s] counsel in the matter of Peor & there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 

[Numbers 25:1-3 and Israel [stayed] in Shittim & the people began to commit. [unfaithful harlotry] with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods & the people did eat & bowed down to their gods. and Israel joined [itself] to Baal Peor & the anger of the Lord [grew] against Israel.] 

Therefore, now kill every male [child] among the little ones & every woman [who has been intimate with] a man. But keep alive all the [female] children for yourselves, [who haven’t been intimate with] a man.

[Anyone who] has killed [or] touched [those] slain, shall [stay outside] the camp 7 days & purify yourselves & your captives on the 3rd & the 7th days. [Also] purify your [clothing] & [everything] made of skins, goat’s hair, or wood. 

Eleazar, the priest, said to the men of war [who] went to the battle, This is the [rule] of the Law which the Lord commanded Moses. You [must] make gold, silver, brass, iron, tin, lead & everything that [can withstand] fire, go through fire & it shall be clean. [Still] it shall be purified with the water of [purification.]

All that [can’t withstand] the fire, shall [be made to] go through the water. You shall wash your clothes on the 7th day & you shall be clean. Afterward, you shall come into the camp. 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, You & Eleazar, the priest & the chief fathers of the congregation, take the [total] of the [plunder captured] of both man & [animals.] 

Divide the [plunder] into 2 parts; between [those who] went out to battle & all the congregation. [Set a tax for] the Lord [from] the men of war [who] went to battle: 1 of [every] 500 [whether it’s of people, cattle, mules] & sheep. 

Take it [from] their 1/2 & give it to Eleazar, the priest, as a heave offering [to] the Lord. [From] the [people] of Israel’s 1/2, you shall take 1 of [every] 50 [whether it’s of people, cattle, mules, sheep] & [all types] of [animals] & give them to the Levites [who are in] charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. 

Moses & Eleazar, the priest, did as the Lord commanded Moses. [After removing these,] the rest of the [plunder that] the men of war [captured] was 675,000 sheep, 72,000 [cattle,] 61,000 [mules,] 32,000 women [who had not been intimate] with [a] man.

The 1/2 that was the portion of [the men who] went to war was 337,500 sheep & the Lord’s [portion] of the sheep was 675 sheep. [Of] the 36,000 [cattle,] the Lord’s [portion] was 72 [cattle.] [Of] the 30,500 [mules,] the Lord’s [portion] was 61 [mules.] [Of] the people were 16,000 & the Lord’s [portion] was 32 [people.] 

And Moses gave the tribute [tax that] was the Lord’s heave offering to Eleazar, the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.  Of the children [people] of Israel’s ½, [that] Moses divided from the men [who went to war,] (now the 1/2 [that] pertained to the congregation of Israel was 337,500 sheep, 36,000 [cattle,] 30,500 [mules] 16,000 [people.] 

Moses took 1 [portion] of 50 [of] both man & [animals] of the [people] of Israel’s 1/2 & gave them to the Levites [who were in charge] of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 

The officers over 1,000’s of the [army,] the captains [over] 1,000’s, captains [over] 100’s, came near to Moses & said to [him,] Your servants have [counted the total] of the men of war under our [command] & [none are missing.] 

Therefore, we have brought [as] an [offering] for the Lord [all that] every man has gotten of: jewels [in] gold, chains, bracelets, rings, earrings & [necklaces,] to make atonement for us before the Lord.

Moses & Eleazar, the priest, took the gold & all the [jeweled items from] them. All the gold that was offered to the Lord [from] the captains of 1,000’s & captains of 100’s was 16,750 shekels [of gold,] ([because all] the men of war had taken [plunder] for [themselves.])

And Moses & Eleazar, the priest, took the gold [from] the captains of 1,000’s & captains of 100’s & brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation for a memorial for the children [people] of Israel before the Lord.