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.

9/02/2023

2 Samuel 24:1-25 David Counts Israel Against God’s Will

 

David Counts Israel Against God’s Will

2 Samuel 24:1-25       The Book of 2 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

Again, the anger of the Lord [grew] against Israel. He moved Davidagainst them to say, Go [count] Israel & Judah. King [David] said to Joab, captain of the [arm that were] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to BeerSheba & [count] the people, [so] I may know the number of [Israelites.]

And Joab said to king [David,] Now, the Lord your God [adds] to the [amount of] people 100 [times as many as there currently are,] so the eyes of my lord, the king may see it. But why does the lord, the king, [desire] this thing? 

[Still] the king’s word prevailed against Joab & the captains of the [army who] went out from the presence of the king to [count] the people of Israel. They passed over [the] Jordan [River] & pitched [their tents] in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lies [near] the [middle] of the River of Gad, [facing] Jazer. 

Then, they came to Gilead & to the land of Tahtim Hodshi & they came to Dan Jaan & [around] to Zidon [a.k.a. Sidon.] [They] came to the stronghold of Tyre & to all the cities of the Hivites & the Canaanites & went south of Judah, even to BeerSheba.

When they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem [after] 9 months & 20 days. And Joab gave the [total] number of the people to king [David.] In Israel, there were 800,000 valiant men [who] drew the sword.

In Judah, there were 500,000 men. And David’s heart [struck] him after he had the people [counted.] David said to the Lord, I have greatly sinned in what I’ve done & I now [beg] You, O Lord, take away [my sin] of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

When David [got] up in the morning, the Word of the Lord came to the prophet, Gad, David’s seer, saying, Go & say to David, The Lord says [this;] I offer you 3 things. Choose 1 of them, so I may do it to you.

So, Gad [went] to David & told him & said to him, Shall 7 years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee 3 months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or that there [are] 3 days [of] pestilence in your land?

Now, [consider these] & tell me [which] answer I shall return to [God, Who] sent me. David said to Gad, I am in great [distress.] Let us now fall into the hand of the Lord; for His mercies are great. [Don’t] let me fall into the hand of man. 

So, the Lord sent a [plague] upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time. 70,000 men of the [Israelites] died from Dan to BeerSheba.

And when the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord [regretted] the [calamity] & said to the Angel [who] destroyed the people, It is enough. [Put down] your hand now.

The Angel of the Lord was by the place [of] threshing of Araunah, the Jebusite. David [spoke] to the Lord when he saw the Angel [strike] the people & said, [Look,] I have sinned & I have done wickedly: but what have these sheep [people] done? 

I pray You let Your hand be against me & my father’s house. And Gad came that day to David & said, Go up & [put up] an altar to the Lord [God] in the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite.

David [did] according to [what] Gad [said,] as the Lord [God] commanded. And Araunah looked & saw the king & his servants coming toward him. And Araunah went out & bowed himself before the king [facing] the ground.

And Araunah said, [Why has] my lord, the king, come to [me,] his servant? David said, To buy the threshing floor [from] you, to build an altar to the Lord, [so] the plague [will stop] from the people.

And Arauah said to David, Let my lord, the king, offer up what seems good to him. [Look,] here [are] oxen for [a] burnt sacrifice & threshing instruments & other [tools for] the oxen & for [the] wood.

Araunah [gave] all these things to the king & said, [Let] the Lord, your God, accept you. And King [David] said to Araunah, [No,] I will surely buy it [from] you [for] a price.

Neither will I [make] burnt offerings to the Lord my God, [if it costs] me nothing. So, David bought the threshing floor & the oxen for 50 shekels of silver. 

And David built an altar there to the Lord & offered burnt offerings & Peace Offerings. So, the Lord [answered David’s request] for the land & the plague [stopped] from Israel.