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.

6/29/2023

Judges 15:1-20 Samson’s Wife Has Been Given to His Friend

 

Samson’s Wife Has Been Given to His Friend

Judges 15:1-20    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

But it [happened] after [some time, during] the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a kid, [a.k.a. goat,] & [Samson] said [to her father,] I [want to] go into the [room, to be intimate with] my wife. But her father wouldn’t [allow Samson] to go in.

Her father said, I [truly] thought that you [had totally] hated her. [That's why,] I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister [prettier] than she [is?] I pray [that] you take her instead. 

And Samson said, Now, I shall be more blameless than the Philistines, [even though] I do [something to cause] [the Philistines] displeasure. And Samson went [out] & caught 300 foxes, & took [branding irons,] & turned [the foxes] tail to tail, & put [branding irons] in between [each pair of] 2 tails. 

And when [Samson] had set the [branding irons] on fire, he let [the foxes] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, & burnt up both the [corn stalks] & also the standing corn, [along] with the vineyards & olives. [Then,] the Philistines [asked,] Who [has] done this?

And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he [took Samson’s] wife & [gave] her to [Samson’s] companion. And the Philistines came up & [burned] her & her father with fire. 

And Samson said to them, Though you have done this, I will [still] be avenged of you, & after that, I will [stop.] And [Samson struck] them down, hip & thigh [deep] with a [large] slaughter. 

And [Samson] went down, & [lived] in the top of Rock Etam. Then, the Philistines went up & pitched [tents] in Judah & spread themselves in Lehi. and the men of Judah [asked] [the Philistines,] Why [have] you come up against us? 

And they answered, We [have] come up to [tie] Samson [up,] & to do to [Samson like] he [had] done to us. Then, 3,000 men [from] Judah went to the top of the Rock [of] Etam, & said to Samson, [Don’t] you [know] that the Philistines are rulers over us?

What [have] you done to us? And [Samson] said to them, I have done to them, [just] [like] they did to me. And the [men of Judah] said to him, We [have] come down, to [tie you up, so] that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.

And Samson said to them, Swear to me that you won’t [kill me] yourselves. They [said to Samson], No; but we will [tie you up tightly], & deliver you into [the Philistine’s hands,] but we surely won’t kill you. 

And they [tied Samson up] with 2 new cords, & brought [samson] up from the rock. And when [Samson] came into Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him, & the [Holy] Spirit of the Lord came upon [Samson] mightily, & the cords that were upon his arms, became [loosened] from off his hands, [like] flax that was burnt with fire.

And [Samson] found a new jawbone of a [donkey] & took it [in] his hand, & [killed] 1,000 men [with it there.] And Samson said, With the jawbone of a [donkey,] I have slain 1,000 men, heaps upon heaps. 

And it [happened, when [Samson finished] speaking, [Samson threw] away the jawbone [from] his hand, & called that place: Ramath Lehi. And [Samson] was [very thirsty,] & called on the Lord & said, You [have] given this great deliverance into the hand of Your servant, [but] shall I now die [of] thirst & fall into the [hands] of the uncircumcised?

But God [opened up] a hollow place that was in the [jawbone,] & water came out [of it] & [after Samson drank,] his spirit [returned,] & he revived. [For this reason, Samson] called [its] name: En Hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. And [Samson] judged Israel [for] 20 years, [during] the days of the Philistines.