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.

6/26/2023

Judges 12:1-15 Jephthah Judged Israel 6 Years

 

Jephthah Judged Israel 6 Years

Judges 12:1-15    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

The men of Ephraim gathered together & went north & said to Jephthah, [Why did] you [cross] over to fight against the children [people] of Ammon, but didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you [in it.]

Jephthah said to them, My people & I were in [a huge struggle] with the [people] of Ammon & when I called you, you didn’t deliver me out of their hands.

When I saw that, you [didn’t] deliver me, I [risked my own life] & [crossed] over to [fight] against the [Amonnites] & the Lord delivered them into my hand. [Why] then [have] you come [to fight] against me this day? 

Jepththah gathered all the men of Gilead & fought with Ephraim & [struck down] Ephraim, because they said, That the Gileadites are the fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites & Manassites.

The Gileadites took the passages [shallow crossing places] of [the] Jordan [River] from the Ephraimites. When those Ephraimites escaped & said, Let me go over [the river,] the men of Gilead [asked] him, Are you an Ephraimite?

[If] they said, No, then they said to them, Now say: Shibboleth, because [the Epraimites] couldn’t pronounce it  [correctly.] Then they took him & [would strike down those] at the passage of [the] Jordan [River.] 

At that time, they [struck down] 42,000 [Ephraimites there.] Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel 6 years & died & was buried in 1 of the cities of Gilead.

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem, judged Israel for 7 years & had 30 sons & 30 daughters, whom he sent abroad & [he] took 30 daughters from abroad for his sons. Ibzan died & was buried in Bethlehem. 

After him, Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel [for] 10 years. [When] Elon died, [he] was buried in Aijalon, in the country of Zebulun. After him, Abdon, [Hillel’s] son, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 

He had 40 sons & 30 nephews that rode on 40 [donkey] colts. He judged Israel for 8 years & [when] Aijalon died, [he] was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the Mount of the Amalekites.