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.

6/27/2023

Judges 13:1-25 Manoah’s Wife Conceives a Son, Samson

 

Manoah’s Wife Conceives a Son, Samson

Judges 13:1-25    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

The children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord; & the Lord delivered them into the [hands] of the Philistines for 40 years. and there was a certain man, whose name was Manoah, [who] was [from] the family of Danites, of Zorah. 

[Judges 2:11-13 And the children [people] of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord & served Baalim. And they [abandoned] the Lord God of their [forefathers,] [Who] brought them out of the land of Egypt. And [they] followed other gods of the people [around] them & bowed themselves down to them & provoked the Lord to anger. And they [abandoned] the Lord & served Baal & Ashtaroth.]

And his wife was barren, [a.k.a. childless.] And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, & said to her, [Watch,] [although] you [are] now [childless,] you [shall] conceive & [give birth to] a son.

Therefore, I pray [that] now, you [don’t] drink [any] wine nor strong drink, & [don’t] eat any unclean thing. For, [look,] you [shall] conceive, & [deliver] a son, & no razor shall [be used] on his head. For the child shall be a Nazarite to God from [his birth.]

And he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Then, the woman came & told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me & his [appearance] was like [that] of an Angel of God, [terribly awesome.] 

But I [didn’t] ask him [where] he was [from] & he [didn’t tell] me his name. But he said to me, [Look,] you [shall] conceive, & [give birth to] a son; & now [don't] drink [any] wine, nor strong drink, & neither eat any unclean thing, [because] the child shall be a Nazarite to God from [his birth] to the day of his death.

Then, Manoah [asked] the Lord, & said, O my Lord, let the man of God, [who] You [sent,] come again to us & teach us what we [need to] do [for] the child [who] shall be born. And God [listened] to [Manoah’s] voice; & the Angel of the God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her. 

The woman [hurried,] & ran & [declared to] her husband & said to him, [Look,] the man [has] appeared to me, [who] came the other day. And Manoah arose & went after his wife, & came to the man, & [asked] him, [Are] you the man [who spoke] to the woman?  And he said, I am. 

And Manoah said, Now, let your words [happen.] How shall we [raise] the child, & how shall we [treat] him? And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman beware [to do what] I said to her. 

She may not eat [or] drink anything that [comes from] the vine. Neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her observe, [a.k.a. obey,] all that I commanded her. And Manoah said [to the Angel of the Lord,] I pray [that] you, let us detain you, until we have [prepared] a kid, [a.k.a. goat,] & [get it] ready for you.

And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, [Even if] you detain me, I won’t eat of your bread; & if you [make] a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord, [because Manoah didn’t know] that he was an Angel of the Lord.

[Then,] Manoah [asked] the Angel of the Lord, What is your name, [so] we may [honor] you, when [these things happen?] And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why [do you ask] my name, [since] it’s secret? So, Manoah took a kid, [a.k.a. goat,] with a [meat/grain] offering, & offered it upon a rock to the Lord. 

And the Angel did wondrously; [as] Manaoh & his wife looked on, for it [happened,] when the flame from the altar, went up toward heaven, the Angel of the Lord [went up] in the flame [from] the altar. And Manoah & his wife [saw] [this, & they] fell on their faces to the ground.

But the Angel of the Lord no [longer appeared] to Manoah & his wife, [but] Manoah knew that he was an Angel of the Lord. And Manoah said to his wife, Surely we shall die, because we have seen God.

But his wife said to [Manoah,] If the Lord [wanted] to kill us, He wouldn’t have received a burnt offering & a [meat/grain] offering [from us,] & neither would He have [shown,] nor told us all these things.

And the woman [gave birth to] a son, & [named him,] Samson. And the child grew, & the Lord blessed him. And the [Holy] Spirit of the Lord began to move [Samson,] at times, in the camp of Dan, between Zorah & Eshtaol.