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.

Numbers 14:1-45 Reporting About What They Saw in the Promised Land

 

Reporting About What They Saw in the Promised Land

Numbers 14:1-45       The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

All the congregation lifted up their [voices] & [cried] & wept that night. All the children [people] of Israel [grumbed] against Moses & Aaron & the whole congregation said to them, We [wish] that God [had let us die] in the land of Egypt! Or [that we had] died in this wilderness! 

[Why] has the Lord brought us [into] this land, to fall by the sword, [so] our wives & children would be [plunder.] [Wouldn’t it] be better for us to return to Egypt? They said to one another, let us make a captain & return to Egypt. 

Then, Moses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the [people] of Israel. Joshua, [Nun’s] son & Caleb [Jephunneh’s] son, [who] were with [those who] searched the land [tore] their clothes.

They [spoke] to all the company of the [people] of Israel, saying, The land we passed through to search, is [an exceedingly] good land. If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land & give it to us; a land flowing with milk & honey. Only don’t rebel against the Lord.

Neither shall you [be afraid] of the people of the land. For they are bread for us. Their defense [has] departed from them. The Lord is with us: [so don’t be afraid] of them. But all the congregation [wanted] to stone them. 

The glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the [people] of Israel. The Lord said to Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? How Long will it be [before] they believe Me: with all the signs I have [shown] among them?

I will [strike] them with pestilence & disinherit them & will make you a greater nation, mightier, than they [are.] Moses said to the Lord, Then, the Egyptians [will] hear it, (for You brought up this people in Your might from among [the Egyptians]). 

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that You, Lord, [are] among this people & that You, Lord, are seen face to face & Your cloud stands over them & goes [out] before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud & a pillar of fire by night.

Now, if you should kill all [these] people, as [if they are] 1 man, then the nations [who] have heard of [Your] fame will [say,] The Lord has [killed] these people in the wilderness, because He was unable to bring [them] into the land which He [swore] to them.

Now, I [beg] You, my Lord, let the power of my Lord be great, according to [all] You have spoken, saying, The Lord is [patient] & [very merciful,] forgiving iniquity & transgression] & by no means clearing the guilty & visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the 3rd & 4th generations.] 

I [beg] You, pardon the iniquity of [these] people according to the greatness of Your mercy, [like] You have forgiven [them] from Egypt, even until now. The Lord said, I have pardoned [them] according to your [request.] But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. 

Because all those men [who] have seen My glory & My miracles [that] I did in Egypt & in the wilderness, have tempted Me now, 10 times & [they] haven’t listened] to My voice. Surely, they shall not see the land which I [swore] to their [forefathers.] 

Neither shall any of them [who] provoked Me, see it, [except] My servant, Caleb, because he had a [different] spirit & [totally] followed Me. I will bring him into the land where he went [to explore] & his [descendants] shall possess it.

(Now the Amalekites & Canaanites [lived] in the valley.) Tomorrow [return] to the wilderness by way of the Red Sea. The Lord [spoke] to Moses & Aaron, saying, How long shall I [put up with] this evil congregation, [who grumble] against Me? I have heard the [complaints] of the children [people] of Israel, against Me.

Say to them, The Lord [said,] as truly as I live, I will do to you as you have spoken in [My] ears. All you from 20 years & older [who] were numbered, of those [who grumbled] against Me, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 

[Most certainly,] you shall not come into the land [that] I [swore] to make you [live there, except] for Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son & Joshua, [Nun’s] son. But I will bring in your little ones, [that] you said would be prey & they shall [inherit] the land [that] you despised.

But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. Your children shall wander in the wilderness 40 years, [because of your unfaithful harlotry,] until your carcasses [decompose] in the wilderness. [They shall bear your [guilt] for 40 years, 1 year for each of the 40 days that you [explored] the land & you shall know [My displeasure, because you broke My covenant.] [Numbers 32:13 And the Lord’s anger [grew] against Israel & He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years, until the generation [who] had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.]

I the Lord [God] said, I will surely do it to this evil congregation, [who] are gathered together against Me. They shall die & be consumed in this wilderness. The men [whom] Moses [had] sent to [explore] the land & who returned & made all the congregation [grumble] against [God,] by bringing a [bad report about] the land, died by the plague before the Lord [God.] 

But Joshua, [Nun’s] son & Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son, [who] went [with] the men still lived. [Numbers 32:11-12 Surely, none of the men [who] came up out of Egypt, from 20 years old & [above,] shall see the land [that] I [swore]  to Abraham, Isaac & to Jacob; because they have not [totally] followed Me. [Except] for Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son & Joshua, [Nun’s] son: for they have [totally] followed the Lord.]

And Moses told these [things] to all the children [people] of Israel & the people greatly mourned. They rose up early in the morning & [went] up to the top of the mountains, saying, [Look,] we [are] here & will go up to the place the Lord has promised: for we have sinned. Moses said, [Why are you going against the command] of the Lord? It shall not [succeed.]

[Don’t go] up, for the Lord isn’t among you, [so] you [aren’t killed] before your enemies. For the Amalekites & Canaanites are there before you & you shall fall by the sword, because you turned away from the Lord. Therefore, the Lord won’t be with you.

But they [decided] to go up to the hilltop. [Still] the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord & Moses [didn’t] depart out of the camp. Then, the Amalekites came down & the Canaanites, [who lived] in that hill & [attacked] them & [defeated] them all the [way] to Hormah.