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.

5/27/2023

Joshua 6:1-27 The Walls of Jericho Fall

 

The Walls of Jericho Fall

Joshua 6:1-27               The Book of Joshua [in Smaller Chunks]

Now, Jericho was [securely] shut up, because of the children [people] of Israel. None went out & none came in. The Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho, [its] king & [its] mighty men of valor into your hand. 

You & all your men of war shall [march around] the city. Go around the city once [on each of] 6 days. The 7 priests shall [carry] trumpets of ram’s horns before the Ark.

The 7th day, you shall [go around] the city 7 times & the priests shall blow [the] trumpets. It shall [happen,] that when they make a long blast [on] the ram’s horn & you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a [loud] shout. 

The wall of the city shall fall down flat & every man shall [go up] straight [in front of] him.  Joshua, [Nun’s] son, called the priests & said to them, [Pick] up the Ark of the Covenant & let 7 priests [carry] 7 trumpets of ram’s horns [in front of] the Ark of the Lord. 

And [Joshua] said to the people, Pass on & [circle] the city & let [those who armed] pass on [in front of] the Ark of the Lord. It [happened,] when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the 7 priests [carrying] the 7 trumpets of ram’s horns before the Lord, blew the trumpets.

The Ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. The armed men went [in front of] the priests [who] blew the trumpets. The [rear guard] came after the
Ark & the priests [continued] on, blowing the trumpets. 

Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice. Neither shall any word [come] out of your mouth, until the day [that I tell you to] shout. 

Then you shall shout. So, the Ark of the Lord, [circled] the city, going [around] it once. [Then,] they came into the camp & lodged in the camp. Joshua rose early in the morning & the priests [picked] up the Ark of the Lord.

The 7 priests [carrying the] 7 trumpets of ram’s horns [in front of] the Ark of the Lord, [continued] on & blew the trumpets & the armed men went [in front of] them; but the [rear guard] came after the Ark of the Lord. The 2nd day, they [marched around] the city once & returned to camp. They did [this] for 6 days.

It [happened,] on the 7th day, that they rose early [around] dawn & [marched around] the city [in the] same manner 7 times. [That was] the only day they [circled] the city 7 times.

It [happened, on] the 7th time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the Lord has given you the city. And the city & all [who are in it] shall be [cursed by] the Lord. 

Only Rahab, the [prostitute] shall live & all [who] are with her in the house, because she hid the [Israelite] messengers that we sent. [Be careful to not take] any of the [cursed things,] lest you make yourselves [cursed.]

[If you take any of] the cursed [things, you] make the camp of Israel [cursed &] trouble it. But all the silver & gold & [containers] of brass & iron are [to be set aside for] the Lord. They shall [go] into the [Lord’s] treasury. 

So, the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. It [happened,] when the people heard the sound of the trumpet & the people [gave a loud] shout, the wall fell down flat. 

[So, the Israelites] went up into the city, every man straight [in front of them] & took the city. They [totally] destroyed all that was in the city, both man, woman, young & old & ox, sheep & [mule,] with the edge of the sword. 

But Joshua had said to the 2 men [who] had spied out the country, Go into [Rahab’s] house & bring out [of there, her] & all she has, as you [swore] to her. 

The young men [who were spies,] went in & brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her [siblings] & all she had. They brought out all her [relatives] & left them [outside] the camp of Israel.

They burnt the city with fire & all that was [in it.] Only the silver & gold & the [containers] of brass & iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

And Joshua saved Rahab, [the prostitute] & all her father’s household alive & all that she had. She [lives] in Israel even to this day; because she hid the [2] messengers that Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 

At that time, Joshua [warned] them, saying, Cursed is the man before the Lord, [who] rises up & [rebuilds] the city of Jericho. [At the cost of] his firstborn [son,] he shall lay the foundation [of this city] & [put up its] gates. So, the Lord was with Joshua & his fame [was spread] throughout all the country.