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 20:1-29 The Waters of Meribah

 

The Waters of Meribah

Numbers 20:1-29                The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

Then the whole congregation [of the] children [people] of Israel came into the Desert of Zin in the 1st month & stayed in Kadesh. Miriam [Aaron’s sister] died there & was buried there. 

There was no water for the congregation & they gathered together against Moses & Aaron. The people [argued] with Moses, saying, [If only] God had [let us die,] when our brethren died before the Lord [God]! 

[Why] have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, [so] we & our [livestock] should die there? [Why] have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this [bad] place?

[It’s not a] place of [grains,] figs, [grapevines,] or of pomegranates. Neither is there any water to drink. Moses & Aaron [left] the presence of the assembly [& went] to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation & fell upon their faces.

The glory of the Lord appeared to them. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take the rod & you & your brother, Aaron & gather the assembly together.

Speak to the rock before their eyes & it shall give [out its] water & you shall bring to them water [out] of the rock, [so] you shall give the congregation & their [animals] water to drink. Moses took the rod [that was] before the Lord, as He commanded [Moses.] 

Moses & Aaron gathered the congregation together [in front of] the rock & [Moses] said to them, Hear now, you rebels. Must we [get] you water out of this rock? Moses lifted up [his] hand & [struck] the rock twice with his rod.

The water came out abundantly & the congregation & so their [animals] drank [it.] The Lord [spoke] to Moses & Aaron, Because you [didn’t believe] Me & didn’t sanctify Me in the eyes of the children [people] of Israel,

Therefore, you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

This is the water of Meribah; because the [people] of Israel [argued] with the Lord & He was [Who] sanctified them.

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. Your brother, Israel, [said this,] You know all the [hardship] that has [happened to] us. How our [forefathers] went down into Egypt & we [lived] in Egypt a long time. 

And the Egyptians [persecuted] us & our [forefathers.] And when we cried [out] to the Lord & He heard our voice & sent an angel & has brought us out of Egypt. [Look,] we are in Kadesh, a city in the [furthest part] of your border. 

I pray [that] you let us pass through your country. We will not [go] through the fields or the vineyards. Neither will we drink the water [from] your wells. We will go [on] the King’s Highway. We will not turn to the right or to the left, until we have passed [through] your borders.

Edom said to him, You shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with a sword. The children [people] of Israel said to him, We will go by the highway. If I & the [livestock] drink [any] of your water, then I will pay for it. I will only go through on my feet, without doing anything else.

[Edom’s king] said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against [them] with [many] people & with a strong hand. Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border.

[Therefore,] Israel turned away from him. Even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh & came to Mount Hor. The Lord [spoke] to Moses & Aaron [at] Mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron shall be gathered to his people.

For he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children [people] of Israel, because you rebelled against My Word at the water of Meribah.Take Aaron & Eleazar, his son & bring them up to Mount Hor. And strip Aaron of his [priest’s] garments & put them on Eleazar, his son. 

Aaron shall be gathered to his people & shall die there. Moses did as the Lord commanded. And they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. Moses stripped Aaron of his garments & put them on Eleazar, his son. 

Aaron died there [on] top of the [mountain] & Moses & Eleazar came down from the [mountain.] And when all the congregation [of] Israel saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron 30 days, even all the house of Israel.