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.

6/27/2023

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 [people] of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord & the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for 40 years. Manoah was of 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.]

[He] & his wife [were childless.] 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] you now [don’t] drink [any] wine nor strong drink & [don’t] eat any unclean thing. For [when] you conceive & [have your] son, he shall be a Nazarite to God from [his birth.]

He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines & no razor shall [be used] on his head. 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, [very 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 [shouldn’t] drink [any] wine or strong drink [or] eat any unclean thing, [because] the child shall be a Nazarite of God from [his birth to] his death.

Then, Manoah [asked] the Lord, O my Lord [God,] let the man of God You [sent] come again to us & teach us what we [need to] do [for] the child that shall be born. 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 & [showed] 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 & he said, I am. 

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

She may not eat [or] drink anything that comes [from a] vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. [She should do] all that I commanded her. Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, I pray [that] you, let us detain you, until we [prepare] a kid [goat] & [get it] ready for you.

The Angel of the Lord said, [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] 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 a secret? Manoah took a kid [goat] with a [meat/grain] offering & [sacrificed] it on a rock to the Lord. 

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

But the Angel of the Lord [never appeared] again to Manoah & his wife, [but] Manoah knew he was an Angel of the Lord & 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] & wouldn’t have [shown] & told us all these things.

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