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.

7/01/2023

Judges 17:1-13 Micah Takes Back His Mother’s Silver

 

Micah Takes Back His Mother’s Silver

Judges 17:1-13    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

There was a man from Mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. He [told] his mother, [I took back] the 1,100 shekels of silver that were taken from you [that] you [cursed] & [spoke about privately to me] & it is with me. 

She said, [May the Lord bless you,] my son. When [Micah returned] the 1,100 shekels of silver to his mother, she] said, I had [totally] dedicated the sliver to the Lord for my son to make a [carved] image & a [molded] image. [Leviticus 19:4 You [shall] not turn to idols, nor make [for] yourselves [molded] gods. I Am the Lord your God.]

Therefore I will restore it to you now. [Micah] restored the money to his mother, yet [she] took 200 shekels of silver & gave them to the [silversmith,] who made an [carved] image & a [molded] image.

They were in  the house of Micah, [who] had a house of gods & made an ephod [decorative vest often worn by the high priest] & a teraphim [household idol] & [appointed] 1 of his sons, who became his priest. 

In those days, there was no king in Israel, but every man did [what] was right in his own eyes. There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah [from] the family of Judah, who was a Levite & he [temporarily stayed] there.

The man [left] from Bethlehem Judah to [stay] where he could find a place & he came to Mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, [on] his [journey.] Micah said to him, [Where did] you come [from?] 

And [the man] said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah & I go to [stay] where I might find a place. Micah said to him, [Live] with me & be to me [like] a father & a priest & I will give you 10 shekels of silver, a suit of [clothing & food each] year.

So, the Levite went in & was content to [live] with [Micah.] The young man was [like] one of his sons to him. Micah [appointed] the young man [who was a] Levite, [who] became his priest & was in the house of Micah. Micah said, Now I know that the Lord will do good [to] me, [since] I have a Levite [as] my priest.