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.

4/13/2023

Numbers 32:1-42 2 1/2 Tribes Requested Lands for Their Livestock

 

2 1/2 Tribes Requested Lands for Their Livestock

Numbers 32:1-42          The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

Now the children [people] of Reuben & the children [people] of Gad had a very [large] multitude of [livestock.] When they saw that the land of Jazer & Gilead was a place for [livestock, they] came & [spoke] to Moses, Eleazar, the priest, & the princes of the congregation.

[They said,] The land the Lord [struck] before the congregation of Israel: Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo & Beon, is a land for [livestock] & [we,] your servants have [livestock.]

[Therefore,] if we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession & don’t bring us over [the] Jordan [River.] Moses said to the [people] of Gad & Reuben, Shall you [just] sit here, [while] your brethren go to war? 

[Therefore, will] you discourage the [heart] of the children [people] of Israel from going over into the land the Lord has given them? Your [forefathers] did [this,] when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to [examine] the land.

When they went up into the Valley of Eshcol & saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the [people] of Israel, [to] not go into the land [that] the Lord had given them. 

And the Lord’s anger [grew then] & He [swore,] saying, Surely, none of the men 20 years & above [who] came up out of Egypt, shall see the land [that] I [swore to] Abraham, Isaac & Jacob [a.k.a. Israel,] because they [haven’t totally] followed Me, [except for] Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son, the Kenezite & Joshua, [Nun’s] son: for they have [totally] followed the Lord.

The Lord’s anger [grew] against Israel & He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years, until all the generation [who] had done evil in the sight of the Lord, [were no longer alive.] 

[Look] you [have] risen up in your [forefather’s place,] a [group] of sinful men, [increasing] the [Lord’s] fierce anger toward Israel. If you turn away [from the Lord,] He will again leave them in the wilderness & you shall destroy all this people.

They came near [Moses] & said, We will build [pens] here for our [livestock] & cities for our little ones. But we will go armed & ready before the [people] of Israel, until we have brought them into their [own] place & our little ones shall [live] in the fenced cities [protected from] the inhabitants of the land.

We will not return to our houses, until the [people] of Israel [have taken possession] of [their] inheritance. For we won’t inherit on [the other] side [of] the Jordan [River with them,] because our inheritance [has been given] to us on this side [of the] Jordan [River] & eastward. 

Moses said to them, If you will do this thing & all of you will go armed  before the Lord to war, over [the] Jordan before the Lord, until He has driven out His enemies from before Him & the Lord [has conquered] the land, then afterward, you shall return & be guiltless before the Lord & Israel & this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

But if you [don’t] do so, you have sinned against the Lord & be sure your sins will [catch up with] you. Build cities for your little ones & [pens] for your sheep & do [all that you said you will do.]

The [people] of Gad & Reuben [spoke] to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, & all our [livestock,] shall be there in the cities of Gilead. But [we,] your servants, will pass over [the river,] every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as [Moses says.] 

Moses commanded Eleazar, the priest, Joshua [Nun’s] son, & the chief fathers of the tribes of Israel, concerning them. Moses said to them, If the [people] of Gad & Reuben pass over the Jordan [River] with you, every man armed [for] battle, before the Lord & the land is [conquered] before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead [as their] possession.

But if they won’t [cross] over with you armed, their possession shall be [with] you in the land of Canaan. [Both] the [people] of Gad & Reuben answered, saying, We will do [as] the Lord has said to your servants.

We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, [so we inherit the property] of our inheritance on this side [of the] Jordan [River, which] may be ours.

Moses gave to the [people] of Gad, Reuben & 1/2 of the tribe of Manasseh, [Joseph’s] son, the kingdom of Sihon, the [Amorite’s] king & Og, [Beshan’s] king, the land & the cities of [their] coasts & the cities of [the surrounding land.] 

The [people] of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth, Shophan, Jaazer, Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah, Beth Haran. [They built] fenced cities & [pens] for sheep. 

The [people] of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kirjathaim [a.k.a. Kiriathaim,] Nebo, Baal Meon, (their names [have] changed) & Shibmah [a.k.a. Sibmah.] [They] gave other names to the cities [that] they [built.]

The children [people] of Machir, [Manasseh’s] son, went to Gilead & [captured] it & [drove out the Amorites that were there.] Moses gave Gilead to Machir, [Manasseh’s] son & he [lived in it.] 

Jair, [Manasseh’s] son, went & [captured Gilead’s] small towns & called them Havoth Jair. And Nobah went & [captured] Kenath & [its] villages & called it Nobah, after his own name.