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.

Joshua 16:1-10 The Inheritance of the Tribe of Ephraim

 

The Inheritance of the Tribe of Ephraim

Joshua 16:1-10               The Book of Joshua [in Smaller Chunks]

The lot [for] the children [people] of Joseph fell from Jordan, by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout Mount Bethel.

[The border] goes from Bethel to Luz & passes to the borders of Archi to Ataroth. [The border] goes down to the west of the coast of Japhleti. [Their coastal border goes as far as] the coast of [Lower] Beth Horon & [on] to Gezer & [ends at the Mediterranean Sea.]

So, Manasseh & Ephraim, the children of Joseph, took their inheritance [of land.] The [boundaries] of the [people] of Ephraim, according to their families, was [this:] even the border of their inheritance on the east side [went from] Ataroth Addar, to Upper Beth Horon. 

The border went out toward the [Mediterranean Sea] to Michmetha on the north [& from it curved] eastward [past] Taanath Shiloh to the east of Janohah. 

[The border] went down from Janohah to Ataroth & then [on] to Naarath & [reached] to Jericho & ended at [the] Jordan [River.] The border went out from Tappuah [west] to the River Kanah & [ended] at the [Mediterranean Sea.] 

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children [people] of Ephraim, by their families. The [separated] cities & their villages for the [people] of Ephraim, [were within the land of Manasseh’s] inheritance. 

They [didn’t drive] out the Canaanites [who] dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites [live] among the Ephraimites to this day, [but they serve as forced laborers.]