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.

6/26/2023

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 themselves together, & went [North,] & said to Jephthah, [Why did] you [cross] over to fight against the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon, [but didn’t] call us to go with you? We will burn your house [down] with fire upon you. 

And 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.

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

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

The Gileadites took the passages, [a.k.a. shallow crossing places,] of [the] Jordan [River] [from] the Ephraimites. And it [happened,] when those Ephraimites, [who] escaped said, Let me go over [the river,] the men of Gilead [asked] him, Are you an Ephraimite?

If he said, [No,] then they said to him, Now, say: Shibboleth, [because] [the Ephraimites] couldn’t [pronounce] it [correctly.] Then, they took him & [killed] him at the passages of [the] Jordan [River.] 

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

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

And after him, Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel [for] 10 years. And Elon died, & was buried in Aijalon, in the country of Zebulun. 

And after him, Abdon, [Hillel’s] son, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 

He had 40 sons & 30 nephews, [who] rode on 70 [donkey] colts. [Abdon] judged Israel [for] 8 years. And [when] Abdon, [Hillel's] son, the Pirathonite died, [he] was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the Mount of the Amalekites.