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.

7/11/2023

1 Samuel 2:1-36 Hannah Lends Her Son, Samuel, to the Lord to Serve Him

 

Hannah Lends Her Son, Samuel, to the Lord to Serve Him

1 Samuel 2:1-36                The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

Hannah prayed & said, My heart [rejoices] & my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth [smiles] over my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation. There [are] none as holy as the Lord: for there is no [other God] beside You.

Neither is there any rock like our God. Don’t boast & let arrogant [words] come out of your mouth. For the Lord is a God of knowledge & actions are weighed by Him. 

The bows of the mighty [archers] are broken & [those who] stumbled are [clothed] with strength. [Those who] were full, have [now] hired out themselves for bread & [those who] were hungry [stopped being hungry.]

So, the [childless has bore] 7 & she [who] had many children has [grown] feeble. The Lord kills & makes alive. He brings down to the grave & [raises] up. The Lord makes [the] poor & makes [the] rich. He brings low & [lifts] up.

He raises the poor out of the dust & the beggar from the [garbage pile,] to set them among princes & to make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s & He has [put] the world upon them.

He will keep the feet of His saints & the wicked shall keep silent in darkness; for by strength no man shall prevail. The Lord’s [enemies] will be broken to pieces & out of heaven He shall thunder upon them.

The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth & He shall give strength to His king & exalt the horn of His anointed. Elkanah went to his house in Ramah. [Samuel served] the Lord before Eli, the priest.

Now, the sons of Eli [were worthless men] & they [didn’t know] the Lord. The priest’s custom with the people was, [that] when any man offered [a] sacrifice, the priest’s servant came with his [3 pronged meat] hook in his [hands] while the [meat] was [boiling.]

He [scooped the meat] hook into the pan, kettle, caldron, or pot &, the priests took for himself all the [meat] the hook brought up. They did [this] in Shiloh to all the Israelites [who] came [there.]

Also, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came & said to the man [who] sacrificed, Give [me the meat] to roast for the priest, for he won’t have boiled [meat from] you, but [only] raw [to be roasted.]

And if any man said to him, Let us burn the fat [first] & then take as much as your soul [desires,] then he would answer, [No,] but you shall give it to me now [uncooked] & if not, I will take it from you by force. The sin of [Eli’s sons] was very [large,] before the Lord: for [the men’s] offering [to] the Lord [was loathsome.]

[Malachi 2:7-9 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge & they should seek the Law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. But you [have] departed out of the [path] & you have caused many to stumble [related to] the Law & you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, I have also made you contemptible & [low] before all the people, [since] you haven’t kept My ways but have been partial in the Law.] 

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, [clothed] with a linen ephod. [1 Samuel 2:28 And [didn't] I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon [My] altar, to burn incense & to wear an ephod before Me? And [didn't] I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children [people] of Israel?]

[Additionally,] his mother made him a little coat & brought it to him [each] year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. Eli blessed Elkanah & [Hannah] & said, The Lord give you [children by] this woman for the loan [of Samuel, who] is lent to the Lord & they went to their own home. 

The Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived & bore 3 sons & 2 daughters. The child, Samuel, grew before the Lord. Now, Eli was very old & heard all that his sons did to all [of] Israel & how they lay [intimately] with the women, [who] assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

[Eli] said to them, Why do you [do] such things? For I hear of your evil [actions] by all [these] people. [No,] my sons; for it isn’t [a] good report that I hear. You make the Lord’s people [sin.] 

If one man [sins] against another, the judge [shall decide.] But if a man sins against the Lord, who [shall defend] him? They [still] didn’t [pay attention] to the voice of their father, because the Lord [intended to kill] them.

The child, Samuel grew & was in favor with both the Lord & also with men. A man of God came to Eli & said, The Lord has said [this,] [Didn’t] I [visibly] appear [to] your [forefathers,] when they were in Pharaoh’s house in Egypt?

[Didn’t] I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense & to wear an ephod before Me? [Didn’t] I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children [people] of Israel? 

[For what reason do] you kick at My sacrifice & My offering, which I have commanded [for My dwelling place] & [you honor] your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the [best] of all the offerings of Israel, My people? 

[For this reason,] the Lord God of Israel [says,] I indeed said your house & the house of your [forefathers,] should walk before Me forever. But now the Lord [says,] Be it far from Me; for [those who] honor Me, I will honor & [those who] despise Me, shall be lightly [thought of.] 

[Watch,] the days come, [when] I will cut off your arm & the arm of your father’s house & there [won’t] be an old man in your house. You shall see an enemy in My [dwelling place,] in all the wealth [that] God shall give Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever

[Those of] your [men,] whom I [don’t] cut off from [My] altar, shall [have] their eyes [consumed] [by crying] by & your [hearts grieved.] All the [future generations] of your house shall die in [their prime.] 

This shall be the sign to you, [of what] shall come upon your 2 sons: Hophni & Phinehas; in 1 day, they shall both die. I will raise up a faithful priest [for] Me, [who] shall do according to [what] is in [My] heart & My mind. 

I will build him a [secure] house & he shall walk before [My] anointed forever. It shall [happen,] that everyone [who] is left in your house shall come & [bow down] to him for a piece of silver & a [crumb] of bread & shall say, I pray [that] you put me into 1 of the priests’ [positions, so] I may eat a piece of bread.