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.

4/16/2023

Numbers 35:1-34 Dividing the Land of Canaan

 

Dividing the Land of Canaan

Numbers 35:1-34         The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

The Lord [spoke] to Moses in the plains of Moab by [the] Jordan [River] near Jericho, saying, Command the children [people] of Israel, [so] they give [from] their inheritance to the Levites, cities to [live] in & [its] suburbs [around] them.

The [Levites] shall [live] in the cities & [their] suburbs shall be for their [livestock,] their goods & all their animals.] The suburbs of the cities you shall give to the Levites, shall [be] from the wall of the city, outward 1,000 cubits [around it.] 

[On the outside] of the city, you shall measure out 2,000 cubits on the east side;  on the south side; on the west side & on the north side & the city shall be in the [middle.] This shall be the cities’ suburbs [for] the [Levites.] 

You shall give 6 cities of refuge among the cities you give to the Levites. [These are appointed] for the manslayer to flee [there.] [Additionally,] you shall add 42 cities [to those.] You shall give the Levites [a total of] 48 cities & their suburbs. 

The cities that you give [to the Levites are from] the possession of the children [people] of Israel. [Those who] have [a larger possession] shall give [more cities.] [Those who have a smaller possession] shall give [fewer cities.] 

Everyone shall give cities to the Levites according to his inheritance, [that] he inherits. The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Say to the children [people] of Israel, When you [go] over [the] Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan, then you shall appoint the cities of refuge for you.

[So the person who killed a man accidentally may flee there.] They shall be cities for refuge from the avenger; [so] the [person who killed a man doesn’t] die, until he [stands] before the congregation in judgment.

Of these cities that you give, you shall have 6 for refuge. You shall give 3 cities on this side of [of] Jordan & 3 cities in the land of Canaan, [that] shall be cities for refuge. These 6 cities shall be a refuge, for both the children [people] of Israel, the stranger & [those who temporarily stay with you.]

[So] everyone [who kills] any person [accidentally] may flee there. [If the person who hits] him with an iron [object,] a big [rock,] or a hand weapon of wood & he [dies,] is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. 

The revenger of blood shall [kill] the murderer, when he meets [up with] him. If [out] of hatred [a person shoves] him, or [hurls something] at him, by laying [in] wait [to ambush him,] that he [dies,] or [with hostility] hits him with his hand & he dies, he shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer. 

The revenger of blood shall [kill] the murderer, when he meets [up with] him. But [if the person shoved] him suddenly without [hostility,] or [hurled] something upon him without [lying in wait,] or [threw any rock on him without seeing him] & he wasn’t his enemy & [didn’t seek to harm him:]

Then, the congregation shall judge between the [person who killed another] & the revenger of blood, according to these judgments. The congregation shall deliver the [person who killed another from] the hand of the revenger of blood. 

The congregations shall restore the [person who killed another] to his refuge city [where] he [had] fled. [The person who killed another] shall [stay in that city until] the death of the high priest, anointed with holy oil.

But if the [person who killed another] shall at any time come [outside of] the border of his refuge city, where he [had] fled & the revenger of blood [finds] him [outside] the refuge [city’s] borders & the revenger of blood kills [him,] he shall not be guilty [for shedding his] blood. 

Because [the person who killed another] should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest, when he [could have returned] to the land of his possession. 

These things shall be a [mandate] of judgment [for] you throughout all your generations [wherever you live.] [The person who kills anyone,] the murderer shall be put to death [by the testimony] of witnesses.

[No one shall be put to death by the testimony of only 1 witness.] [Also,] you shall [not take any reward in exchange] for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death. 

You shall [not take any reward in exchange for letting someone who] fled to a refuge city, [so] he could [return to live] in the land [of his possession before] the death of the priest. 

So, you shall not [defile] the land where you are. For blood defiles the land. [That] land can't be cleansed [from] the blood that is shed [in it, except] by the blood of [the person who] shed it. 

Therefore, [don’t] defile the land which you shall inhabit & [where] I [live.] For I, the Lord, [live] among the children [people] of Israel.