About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, 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.

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

5/28/2023

Joshua 7:1-26 Some of the Israelites Chose to Take the Cursed Items

 

Some of the Israelites Chose to Take the Cursed Items

Joshua 7:1-26               The Book of Joshua [in Smaller Chunks]

But the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel committed a [sin with the cursed] thing. For Achan, [Carmi’s] son, [who was] the son of Zabdi, and [he was] the son of Zerah [from] the tribe of Judah, & took the [cursed] thing & the [Lord’s] anger [grew] against the children, [a.k.a. people] of Israel. 

[Joshua 6:18 And you, keep yourselves in [all ways] from the [cursed] thing, lest you make yourselves [cursed,] when you take the [cursed] thing & make a [ the camp of Israel a curse, & trouble it.]

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is [by] Beth Aven, on the East [side] of Bethel & [said] to them, Go up & [spy out] the country & [they] went up and [examined] Ai. 

They returned to Joshua & said to him, [Don’t] let all the people go up; but [only] let about 2,000-3,000 men go up & [attack] Ai. [Since Ai has] few people, [don’t] make all the people, [a.k.a. Israelites, labor there.] 

So, about 3,000 men of the people [of Israel] went up [there] & they fled before the men of Ai. The men of Ai [killed] about 36 [Israelites,] & chased them [in front of] the gate, [all the way to] Shebarim & [attacked] them [while] going [downward.]

[For this reason,] the hearts of the [Israelites] melted & became [like] water. Joshua [tore] his clothes & fell [facing the ground in front of] the Ark of the Lord until [evening.] He & the elders of Israel, put dust upon their heads. [Genesis 37:34 And Jacob [tore] his clothes & put sackcloth upon his [waist] & mourned for his son many days.] 

Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, [why have] You brought all [these] people over [the] Jordan [River] to deliver us into the [hands] of the Amorites, to destroy us?

God, [If only] we had been content & [stayed] on the other side [of] Jordan! O Lord, what shall I say, when [the Israelites] turn their backs before their enemies! 

For the Canaanites & all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [this] & shall [surround] us & cut off our name from the earth. [Then,] what will You do [for] Your great Name? 

The Lord said to Joshua, Get [yourself] up. [Why] do you [lie] upon your face [like this?] Israel [has] sinned, & they have also [sinned against] My covenant [that] I [have] commanded them.

For they have even stolen & taken the [cursed] thing, & also [deceived,] & have even put it among their own stuff. Therefore, the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel could not stand before their enemies. 

[They] turned their backs before their enemies, because they were [cursed.] Neither will I be with you anymore, [unless] you destroy the [cursed] thing from among you. [Go] up & sanctify the people & say, Sanctify yourselves [for] tomorrow. 

For the Lord God of Israel [says this,] There is a [cursed] thing in the midst of you, O Israel. You [can’t] stand before your enemies, until you take away the [cursed] thing from among you.

Therefore, in the morning, you shall be brought according to your tribes. It shall be that the tribe [that] the Lord [takes] shall come according to [its] families. The family [that] the Lord shall take, shall come by households. 

The household [that] the Lord shall take, shall come man by man. It shall be, that he, [who] is taken with the [cursed] thing shall be burnt with fire, he & all that he has, because he has [sinned against] the Lord, & he has [done a foolish thing] in Israel. 

So, Joshua rose up early in the morning & brought Israel by their tribes & the tribe of Judah was taken. He brought the family of Judah & he took the family of the Zarhites. He brought the family of the Zarhites man by man & Zabdi was taken. He brought his household man by man & Achan, [Carmi’s] son, [who was] the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, [from]the tribe of Judah, was taken. 

Joshua said to Achan, My son, I pray [that] you give glory to the Lord God of Israel & [confess to] Him. Tell me now what you [have] done; & [don’t] hide it [from] me. 

Achan answered Joshua & said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, & I have done [this & that.] When I [saw a pretty] Babylonish garment & 200 shekels of silver & a wedge of gold [weighing] 50 shekels, among the [plunder,] I coveted, [a.k.a. desired them,] & took them. 

[Look,] they are [hidden] in the [middle] of my tent in the [ground with] the silver under it. So, Joshua sent messengers, & they ran to the tent & [saw] it was [hidden] in his tent [with] the silver under it.

They took [the items] out [from the middle] of the tent, & brought them to Joshua, & all the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel laid them out before the Lord. 

Joshua & all Israel with him, took: Achan, [Zerah’s] son, & the silver, the garment & the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen & [mules,] sheep & his tent & all that he had. 

They brought them into the Valley of Achor. Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? The Lord shall trouble you, this day. And all [of] Israel stoned him [to death] & [then] burned them with fire.

They raised a great heap of stones [that are] over him to this day. So, the Lord turned from His [fierce] anger. [That's why,] the place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day.