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.

Leviticus 14:1-57 The Law of Cleansing the Leper

 

The Law of Cleansing the Leper

Leviticus 14:1-57           The Third Book of Moses Called Leviticus

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper [on] the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest & the priest shall go [outside] the camp & shall [examine him.]

Behold, if the plague of leprosy [is] healed in the leper; Then the priest shall [order 2 clean live] birds, cedar wood, scarlet & hyssop for the person to be cleansed.

The priest shall [order] that 1 of the birds is killed in an earthen [clay] vessel over running water. He shall take the living bird, the cedar wood, scarlet & hyssop & dip them & the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

He shall sprinkle [it] upon the [person] to be cleansed from leprosy 7 times & shall pronounce him clean & shall let the living bird loose into the open field. The [person] to be cleansed shall wash [their] clothes, shave off all his hair & wash himself in water, [so] he may be clean.

After that, he may come into the camp, but must stay outside of his tent for 7 days. On the 7th day, he shall shave off all his hair, beard & eyebrows & wash his clothes & wash [himself] in the water & he shall be clean.  

On the 8th day, he shall take 2 [male] lambs & 1 ewe [female] lamb of the 1st year [all] without blemish & 3/10 [ephah] of fine flour for a [meat/grain] offering, [mixed] with oil & 1 log of oil.

The priest [who pronounces] him clean, shall present the man to be made clean & those things before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

The priest shall take 1 [male] lamb & offer him & the log of oil for a trespass offering & wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: He shall [kill] the lamb in the [same] place where he [kills] the sin offering & the burnt offering, in the holy place: [since] the sin offering is the priest’s [portion, so] is the trespass offering. It is most holy.

The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering & the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear, thumb of his right hand & the [big] toe of his right foot of the [one] to be cleansed.

The priest shall take some of the log of oil & pour it into the palm of his left hand & dip his right finger in the oil & sprinkle the oil with his finger 7 times before the Lord.

The priest shall put the [rest] of the oil in his hand upon the tip of the right ear, thumb of his right hand & the [big] toe of his right foot [on top of] the blood of the trespass offering & the [rest] of the oil in the priest’s hand shall be poured on the head of the [one] to be cleansed. The priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.

The priest shall offer the sin offering & make an atonement for [the one] to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward, [the priest] shall kill the burnt offering & offer it & the [meat/grain] offering upon the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him & he shall be clean.

If the person [is] poor & [can’t get all this,] then he shall take 1 lamb for a trespass offering to be waved & 1/10 [ephah] of fine flour [mixed] with oil for a [meat/grain] offering & a log of oil to make atonement for him;

And 2 turtle doves or 2 young pigeons, as he is able to get. The 1 [bird] shall be a sin offering & the other a burnt offering. He shall bring them on the 8th day to the priest at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord for his cleansing. 

The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering & the log of oil & shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord & he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering & take some of [its] blood & put it upon the tip of the right ear, thumb of his right hand & the [big] toe of his right foot of the [one] to be cleansed.

The priest shall take some of the log of oil & pour it into the palm of his left hand & dip his right finger [in] some of the oil & sprinkle the oil with his finger 7 times before the Lord.

The priest shall put the rest of the oil in his hand upon the tip of the right ear, thumb of his right hand & the [big] toe of his right foot [on top of] the blood of the trespass offering & the [rest] of the oil in the priest’s hand shall be poured on the head of the [one] to be cleansed. The priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.

He shall offer 1 of the turtle doves or 1 young pigeon, [whatever he can get,] the 1 for a sin offering & the other for a burnt offering, with the [meat/grain] offering & the priest shall make atonement for the [one] to be cleansed before the Lord. This is the law of the [person who has] the plague of leprosy, [who can’t afford] to get [what] pertains to his cleansing. 

The Lord [spoke] to Moses & Aaron, saying, When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession & I put the plague of leprosy in a house [in] the land of your possession.

He [who owns] a house shall come & tell the priest, saying, It seems to me there is a plague [of spreading mold] in the house: Then the priest shall [order] that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it to see the plague, [so] all [who go into] the house are not made unclean & afterward the priest shall go in to [examine] the house.

He shall [examine] the [mold] on the walls & behold, if the plague of [spreading mold is] in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish [streaks which are deeper than the surface] of the wall; Then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house & shut up the house for 7 days.

The priest shall come again on the 7th day & shall [examine it] & behold, if the plaque [of mold] has spread in the walls of the house; Then the priest shall [order] that they take away the stones that have the [plague of mold in them] & they shall [throw them] into an unclean place [outside] the city. 

[The priest] shall cause the house to be scraped [around the inside.] The dust that they scrape off shall [be poured out, outside] the city into an unclean place. They shall take [the] other stones & put them in the place of [the removed] stones & shall plaster the house with [new] mortar.

If the plague [of mold returns] & breaks out in the house, after he has [already] taken away the stones & scraped the house & plastered it; Then the priest shall come & examine [it] & if the plague [has] spread in the house, it is an [active] leprosy [of spreading mold] in the house & it is unclean.

He shall break down the house, the stones, the timber, & the mortar of the house & it shall [all] be carried [outside] the city into an unclean place. [Also, the person who] goes into the house while it is shut up, shall be unclean until the [evening.]

[The person who] lies in the house or eats in the house shall wash [their] clothes. If the priest comes to [examine the house] & behold the plague [of mold hasn’t] spread in the house after it was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague [of mold] is healed.

He shall take to cleanse the house 2 birds, cedar wood, scarlet & hyssop. He shall kill 1 of the birds in an earthen [clay] vessel over running water: He shall take the cedar wood, the scarlet & the living bird & dip them in the blood of the [killed] bird & in running water & sprinkle the house 7 times:

He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird & with the running water & with the living bird, the cedar wood, hyssop & scarlet: But he shall let the living bird go [outside] the city into the open fields & make atonement for the house & it shall be clean.

This [plus the previous few chapters are] the law for all [kinds] of plagues of leprosy, [scaly diseases of the skin,] leprosy of garments & [leprosy of mold for] the house, swelling, [scabs,] & for a bright spot: To teach [them] when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.