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.

11/21/2023

2 Chronicles 4:1-22 The Inside Furnishings for the Temple Being Built

 

The Inside Furnishings for the Temple Being Built

2 Chronicles 4:1-22                       2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

[Additionally, Solomon] made an altar of brass, 20 [cubits long by] 20 [cubits wide by] 10 cubits [in] height. Also, he made a [molded brass] Sea, 10 cubits [in diameter] from brim to brim [of the circle] & [it was] 5 cubits [in] height [all around it] [& the circumference was] 30 cubits. 

And under it [were] oxen [images circling] it, 10 [oxen to each] cubit, [going around] the sea. When it was cast, 2 rows of oxen were [molded.] [The brass Sea] stood upon 12 oxen. 3 [oxen facing] toward the north, 3 [facing] west, 3 [facing] south & 3 [facing] east. And the Sea was set above, upon them & [their tail ends were toward the middle.] 

And the thickness of it was a hand breadth & [its] brim was like the brim of a cup, with lilies. [The brass Sea] held 3,000 baths of [lilies.] He also made 10 [basins & put] 5 on the right [side] & 5 on the left, to wash in them.

They washed in them things such as [those used] for the burnt offering, but the [Brass] Sea was for the priests to wash in. He made 10 [lamp stands] of gold according to their [pattern] & put 5 on the right [side of] the temple & 5 on the left. [Exodus 25:39-40 He shall make it of pure gold, with all these vessels. And look that you make them after their pattern, [that] was [shown] to you [on] the mount, [a.k.a. Mount Horeb & Mount Sinai.]

He also made 10 tables & placed them in the temple, 5 on the right [side] & 5 on the left. He made 100 [bowls] of gold. Furthermore, he made the [priests’] court, the [large] court & the [court’s] doors & overlaid the doors of them with brass. 

He [put] the Sea on the [southeast corner, on] the south [side.] [Huram Abi, the foreman,] made the pots, shovels & [basins.]  And [Huram Abi] finished the work he was to make for king Solomon for the [temple] of God.

[He also made the] 2 pillars, the pommels, the [bowl-shaped capitals upon] the top of the 2 pillars & the 2 [sets of] wreaths [of netting that covered] the 2 pommels of the [bowl shaped capitals that] were on top of the pillars 

& 400 pomegranates [put on the netting] on the 2 wreaths, [with] 2 rows of pomegranates on each wreath [of netting,] to cover the 2 pommels of the [bowl shaped capitals on top] of the pillars. 

He also made [basins, upon their stands;] One Sea & 12 oxen under it. Also, the pots, shovels & [meat forks] & all their instruments, did Huram, his father, [made for] king Solomon of bright brass [for] the [Lord’s] house.

In [Jordan’s] plain, the king cast them in the clay [molds made from the] ground, between Succoth & Zeredathah, [a.k.a. Zarthan, Zeredatha, and Zarethan.] 

Solomon [had] all these vessels made in great abundance. The weight of the brass [was too much to measure.] And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God & also the golden altar & the tables [where they put] the shewbread.

[Also, he made] the [lampstands with its] lamps [to burn, according to the custom, in front] of the oracle, of pure gold. And the flowers, the lamps & the tongs he made of the [purest] gold. 

[Also,] the [candle] snuffers, the [bowls for sprinkling,] spoons & the [incense] censers of pure gold. And the [temple’s entrance doors,] the inner doors for the Most Holy Place & the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.