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.

5/26/2023

Joshua 5:1-15 The Males Born Along the Way are Circumcised

 

The Males Born Along the Way are Circumcised

Joshua 5:1-15               The Book of Joshua [in Smaller Chunks]

It [happened,] when all the [Amorite’s] kings were on the west side of Jordan & all the [Canaanite’s] kings by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of [the] Jordan [River] before the children [people] of Israel to [cross] over, their [hearts] melted. 

[Joshua 4:23-24 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of [the] Jordan [River,] from before you, until you were [crossed] over, [like] the Lord your God did to the Read Sea, [that] He dried up from before us, until we had gone over, [so] that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, [Who] is mighty. So, that you might fear [respect] the Lord your God forever.]

Neither was there [any] spirit [left] in them any more, because of the children [people] of Israel. At that time, the Lord said to Joshua, Make sharp knives & circumcise the [male] children [people] of Israel, again [this] 2nd time. 

Joshua made sharp knives & circumcised the foreskins [of the sons of Israel.] Joshua [did this, because,] All males of [military age] had died in the wilderness [along] the way, after [coming] out of Egypt.

Now, all the [male Israelites who came out of Egypt] were circumcised: but [those who] were born [in the wilderness] had not been circumcised. For the children [people] of Israel walked 40 years in the wilderness, [until] all the men of war [died.] 

[That’s] because they [didn’t obey] the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord [swore] that He wouldn’t [show] them the land, [that] the Lord [swore] He would give us, a land that flows with milk & honey.  

[Numbers 14:35-38 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, [who] are gathered together against Me. They shall be consumed in this wilderness & they shall die there. And the men, [who] Moses sent to search the land, who returned & made all the congregation to [grumble] against him, by bringing up a [deceitful report] upon the land. Even those men, [who] did bring up the evil report [about] the land, died by the plague before the Lord.]

Joshua circumcised their [sons who had grown up to take their father’s place,] because they [hadn’t been circumcised along] the way.

It [happened,] when they had [finished] circumcising all [the male Israelites, they stayed in camp until all were healed.] The Lord said to Joshua, This day, I have rolled away the [shame] of Egypt from you.

[Therefore,] the name of [this] place is called Gilgal [until] this day. The children [people] of Israel [camped] in Gilgal & even in the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover on the 14th day [of the 1st month.] 

They [ate] the old [grain] of the land on the [day] after the Passover, unleavened cakes & [roasted] corn [all on the same] day. The manna ceased on the day [after] they had eaten the old [grain] of the land. 

[None] of the children [people] of Israel [had] manna any more; but they [ate] of the fruit [produce] of the land of Canaan that year. It [happened,] when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes [up] & looked & [saw] a man with a sword drawn in his hand [opposite to] him. 

Joshua went & said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries? He said, [Neither;] but [I’m] the captain of the [Lord’s army,] I [have come now. Joshua fell on his face to the [ground & worshiped] & said to him, What does my Lord say to [me,] His servant? 

The captain of the Lord’s [army] said to Joshua, [Loosen] your shoe from off [of] your foot: for the place [where] you stand is holy & Joshua did so.