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.

6/08/2023

Joshua 18:1-28 Surveying the Remaining Land & the Inheritance of Benjamin

 

Surveying the Remaining Land & the Inheritance of Benjamin

Joshua 18:1-28               The Book of Joshua [in Smaller Chunks]

The whole congregation of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel assembled together at Shiloh & [put] up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was [under the control of the Israelites.] 

And there remained 7 of [the Israelite] tribes, [that] hadn’t received their inheritance yet. Joshua said to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, How long are you [going to wait] to possess the land, [that] the Lord God of your [forefathers has] given [to] you?

[Take] out 3 men from among you, for each [of the remaining 7] [tribes.] And they shall rise [up,] & I will send them [out to] go through the land. [By their surveying it,] they shall divide [the land] into 7 parts, according to [population of those, who will inherit] them, [& record the] [descriptions of] the [borders of the] inheritance, & they shall [return] to me. 

Judah shall [live within] their coast [in] the South, & the house, [a.k.a. families,] of Joseph shall [stay within] their coasts [in] the North. Therefore, you shall bring the description [of] the 7 [portions] of land [here] to me, [so] that I may cast lots for you here, before the Lord our God.

But the Levites have no [inheritance of land] among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. [Deuteronomy 18:1-5 The priests, the Levites, & all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part, nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, & [it's] his inheritance. Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren. The Lord is their inheritance, [like] He [has] said to them. And this [food] shall be the priest's due, [a.k.a. what is deserved,] from the people, from [those, who] offer a sacrifice, whether [it's an] ox or sheep. And they shall give the shoulder, the 2 cheeks, & the maw to the priest. Also, you [shall] give him, the first-fruit of your: corn, [a.k.a. grain,] wine, oil, & the first of the fleece of your sheep. For the Lord your God [has] chosen him, & his sons, out of all your tribes, to stand & to minister in the Name of the Lord forever.] 

[Also,] Gad, Reuben & 1/2 of the tribe of Manasseh, have [already] received their inheritance beyond [the] Jordan [River] on the east, [that] Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave [to] them. [Numbers 32:33 And Moses gave to them, even to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of: Gad, Reuben, & to [1/2] the tribe of Manasseh, [Joseph's] son, the kingdom of Sihon, the [Amorites'] king, & the kingdom of Og, [Bashan's] king, & the land, with [its] cities in the coasts, even the cities of the country [all around it.]

The [selected] men arose & went away. And Joshua [instructed those who] went to [survey &] describe the land, saying, Go, walk through the land & describe it & [return] here to me again, [so] I may cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.

The men went & passed through the land & described it in a book, by [its] cities [in 7 portions] & [returned] to Joshua & the [army] again, at Shiloh. Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord.

Joshua divided the land there to the [remaining] children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, according to their divisions. The lot [for] the [people] of the tribe of Benjamin, came up according to their families & their [coastal borders fell] between the [people] of Judah & the [people] of Joseph.

The border on the North side was from [the] Jordan [River] & went up to the North side of Jericho, & went up through the mountains westward & [its end] [was in] the Wilderness of Beth Aven.

The border went from [there] over toward the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward. And the border [went down] to Ataroth Adar, near the hill that [lies] on the South side of [Lower] Beth Horon.

And the [west side of the] border was drawn [from there] & [curved by] the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that [faces] Beth Horon [on the South,] & [ends] at Kirjath Baal, which is Kirjath Jearim, a city of the [people] of Judah. 

This was [their boundary on the western side.] And [on] the South [side, the border] was from [far end of] Kirjath Jearim [a.k.a. Kiriath Jearim & went] West to the well, [a.k.a. springs,] of the Waters of Nephtoah.

The border [went] down to the end of the mountain [border that lies in front of] the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Giants [in] the North [a.k.a. The Valley of Rephaim.] 

[The border went down] to the Valley of Hinnom to [the southern slope of the Jebusites,] & [went down] to En Rogel. From the North, [the border] was drawn & [curved &] went to En Shemesh, & went [on] toward Geliloth, which is over [across from] the [Ascent of] Adummim, & [went down] to the Stone of Bohan, [Reuben’s] son.

[The border went] toward the [northern] side of Arabah [a.k.a. Beth-Arabah,] & down into Arabah. The border [continued] along to [the North] side of Beth Hoglah, & [came out] at the North bay of the Salt Sea [a.k.a. The Dead Sea, which is] at the [southern end of the] Jordan [River,] & this was their southern [coastal] [border.] 

[The] Jordan [River] was [its] border on the East side. This was the inheritance of the [people] of Benjamin, by [its coastal borders around their inheritance,] according to their families.

[These] are the cities of the tribe of the [people] of Benjamin, according to their families: Jericho, Beth Hoglah & the Valley of Keziz, Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Beth El, Avim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar Haammonai, Ophni & Gaba; 12 cities & their villages.

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zelah, Eleph, Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath & Kirjath; 14 cities & their villages. This is the inheritance of the [people] of Benjamin, according to their families.