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.

7/05/2023

Judges 21:1-25 The Plan for the Benjamites to Get Wives

 

The Plan for the Benjamites to Get Wives

Judges 21:1-25    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

Now ,the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh saying, [None of us] shall give his daughter to [the tribe] of Benjamin [for a] wife. [Judges 20:4-6 And the Levite, the husband of the woman [who] was [killed,] answered & said, I & my [mistress] came [to lodge] in Gibeah, that belongs to Benjamin. 

And the men of Gibeah rose against me & [surrounded around] the house upon me [at] night & thought to kill me. And they have forced, [a.k.a. raped,] my [mistress,] that she is dead.] 

And I took my [mistress'] [corpse,] & cut her in [12] pieces & sent her throughout all the country of [Israel's] inheritance. For they have committed [an immoral & outrageous act] in Israel.] 

And the people [of Israel] came to the house of God, & [stayed] there [until evening] before God & [they] lifted up their voices & wept [bitterly,] & said, O Lord God of Israel, why [has] this [happened] in Israel, that there [is] 1 tribe [missing] in Israel, [like it] [is] today?

And it [happened, the next day,] the people rose early & built an altar there, & offered [both] burnt offerings & Peace Offerings. And the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel said, [Which tribe] among all of Israel, that [hasn’t come] up with the congregation to the Lord? 

For they had made a great oath concerning [those who didn’t come] up to the Lord in Mizpeh, saying, Surely, he shall be put to death. And the [people] of Israel were [grieved about] their brother, Benjamin, & said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

How shall we [find] wives for [those who] remain, seeing that we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give our daughters to them [as] wives? And they said, [Which] one of the tribes of Israel, [didn’t come] up to Mizpeh to the Lord?

And [they] [saw,] [that] [no one] came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly. The people [of Israel] [who came,] were [counted] & [they] [saw,] [that] there were [none of the inhabitants [from] Jabesh Gilead there. 

And the congregation sent [there] 12,000 of the [most valiant] men [thhere,] & commanded them, saying, Go & [strike down] the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women & children.

And this is the thing that you shall do, You shall [totally] destroy every male, & female that [has been intimate with a] man. And they found 400 young virgins, [a.k.a. innocent maidens] among the inhabitants [from] Jabesh Gilead, that [hadn't been intimate] with any male, & they brought them to Shiloh, to the camp, which is in the land of Canaan. 

And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Benjamin [who] were in Rock Rimmon, & to call [peacefully] to them. And [the tribe of] Benjamin came again at that time; & they gave them wives, which they had saved alive [from] the women of Jabesh Gilead & [still] they [didn’t] [have enough to] [satisfy their] [need.] 

And the people [were grieved] for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a [gap] in the tribes of Israel. Then, the elders of the congregation said, How shall we [get] wives for [those who] remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 

And they said, There must be an inheritance for [those who] escaped of Benjamin, [so] that a tribe [isn’t] destroyed out of Israel. [However] we may not give them wives [from] our daughters: For the [people] of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [are those, who give] [their daughters for] a wife to Benjamin.

Then, they said, [Look,] there is a feast [for] the Lord in Shiloh [each year,] in a place that is on the North side of BethEl, & on the East side of the highway that [goes] up from BethEl to Shechem, & on South of Lebonah. 

Therefore, they commanded the [people] of Benjamin, saying, Go & lie in wait, [a.k.a. hide,] in the vineyards. And see, & [watch for] the daughters of Shiloh to come out to dance [their] dances, then you come out of the vineyards, & [each of] you catch [one of them to be] his wife [from] the daughters of Shiloh, & go to the land of Benjamin.

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren, [a.k.a. relatives,] come to us to complain, we will say to them, [Be kind] to them for our [sake,] because in the war, we [didn’t reserve, [a.k.a. set aside,] [enough women for] each man [to have a] wife, at this time, [so] that, you [wouldn't] be guilty.

And the [people] of Benjamin did so, & took [themselves] wives, according to [the] number of [those] they caught [who] danced [in Shiloh,] & [then] they went, & returned to their inheritance [in the land of Benjamin] & repaired, [a.k.a. rebuilt,] the cities, & [lived] in them.

And the [people] of Israel departed [from there,] at that time. Every man went to his tribe & to his family & to his inheritance [from there.] There was no king in Israel, in those days, & every man did [what] was right in his own eyes.