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.

5/01/2023

Deuteronomy 14:1-29 Not Eating Detestable Things

 

Not Eating Detestable Things

Deuteronomy 14:1-29      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

You are the children of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves [or shave the front of your heads mourning for the dead.] For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. 

The Lord has chosen you to be a [special,] holy people for Himself, the Lord your God, above all nations on the earth. You shall not eat any abominable thing. 

These are the [animals] you may eat: the ox, sheep, goat, [deer, gazelle, roe deer,] wild goat, [antelope & mountain sheep.] You shall eat [any animal with hooves] divided into 2 AND chews the cud.

[Still,] if the animal you shall not eat [those] that [don’t] chew the cud, or [those] that [don’] divide the cloven hoof; [like the:] camel, [rabbit & the rock badger,] [because] they chew the cud, but [their hooves aren’t divided, so] they are unclean to you.

[You aren’t to eat the pig,] because [its] hoof is divided, [but it doesn’t] chew the cud. It is unclean to you & you shall not eat [its meat, or] touch [its] dead carcass. 

You shall eat of all [these living] in the waters: that have [both] fins & scales. You may not eat [whatever doesn’t have] fins & scales. It is unclean to you. 

You shall eat all clean birds, [except these] you shall not eat: the eagle & [every] kind [of:] vulture, kite & falcon, buzzard & raven, owl, [ostrich, sea gull] & any kind of hawk & cuckow.

[Any] kind [of] owl, swan, pelican, [carrion vulture,] cormorant, stork, [any] kind of heron, [plover] & bat. And every creeping thing that [flies] is unclean to you & shall not be eaten, but you shall eat of all clean [birds.] 

You shall not eat anything that has died of itself. You shall give it to the stranger [within] your gates, [so] he may eat it. Or you may sell it to a [foreigner]: for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not [boil] a kid [goat] in [its] mother’s milk. 

You shall [surely set aside a 1/10] tithe of all the [crops you harvest from your] field each year. You shall eat the tithe of your increase of [grain produced] year by year & your wine, oil, & [first born] of the herds & your flocks. And you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place He shall choose to place His. Name, [so] you may learn to fear [respect] the Lord your God always.

If the [journey] to the place [where] the Lord [chooses] to put His Name is too long for you, so you are [unable] to carry [your tithe,] or if the place [is] too far from you, when the Lord your God has blessed you, then you shall turn it into money. 

[Tie] up the money in your hand & go to the place [that] the Lord your God shall choose. You shall [give] that money for [whatever you want:] oxen, sheep, wine, or strong drink, or whatever your [heart desires.]

You & your household shall eat there before the Lord your God & rejoice. You shall not [abandon] the Levite within your gate; for he has no [portion or] inheritance with you. At the end of 3 years, you shall bring all the [10%] tithe of increase [of your harvest] the same year & [store] it within your gates.

[This is for] the [Levites, who] (have no [portion or] inheritance with you) & the stranger, the fatherless & the widow within your gates, [who] shall come, & eat & be satisfied. [So] that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you [do.]