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 17:1-18 The Inheritances of the Tribe of Manasseh

 

The Inheritances of the Tribe of Manasseh

Joshua 17:1-18               The Book of Joshua [in Smaller Chunks]

Also, there was a lot [for the 1st 1/2 of the inheritance of land given] for the [½] tribe of Manasseh. [Manasseh] was [Joseph’s] firstborn & Machir was [Manasseh’s] firstborn. Machir was the father of [people of] Gilead: because he was a man of war. Therefore, he had. Gilead & Bashan.

[Numbers 32:33 And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben & to the 1⁄2 tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, the. [Amorite’s] king, & the kingdom of Og, [Bashan’s] king, the land & [its coastal] cities of the country [around it.]

Also, there was a lot for the [other 1/2 of] the children of Manasseh, by their families. [For the families &] children of: Abiezer, Helek, Asriel Shechem, Hepher & Shemida. These were [Joseph’s] son, [Manasseh’s,] male children, by their families.

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, [who was] the son of Gilead, [that was] the son of Machir, [Manasseh’s] son. [Zelophehad, didn’t have any sons, but only] daughters. These are his [daughter’s] names: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah & Tirzah.

They came before Eleazar, the priest, & Joshua, [Nun’s] son & the [leaders,] saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our [relatives.] 

Therefore, according to the [Lord’s command, Joshua] gave them an inheritance among the [relatives] of their father. Manasseh [received] 10 portions [of land in addition to] the land [in] Gilead & Bashan, which are on the other side [of] Jordan. 

[Since,] the daughters of the [tribe of] Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons, [then] the land of Gilead [belonged to] the rest of Manasseh’s sons. [The coastal border] was from Asher to Michmethah, [that] lies [east in front of] Shechem. 

The border went along [to the south & included the] inhabitants of En-tappuah. The land of Tappuah belonged to [the tribe of] Manasseh, but [actually Tappuah itself was located on the border of Manasseh] & belonged to [the tribe &] children of Ephraim. 

The [coastal boundary went down to] the River of Kanah, south of the river. There were cities [belonging to] Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but [Manasseh’s] border was on the north side of the river & [ended at the Mediterranean Sea.]

[To the] south, it was Ephraim’s & [to the] north, it was Manasseh’s & the [Mediterranean Sea was its] border. They met together in [Asher’s land] on the north & in the east in [Issachar’s land.] 

In [Issachar’s land] & [Asher’s land,] Manasseh had: Beth Shean & [its] towns, Ibleam & [its] towns & the inhabitants of: Dor & [its] towns, Endor & [its] towns, Taanach & [its] towns & Megiddo & [its] towns, [which were within the] 3 countries.

[Still] the children [people] of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the [Canaanite] inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites [continued to live] in that land. It [happened,] when the [people] of Israel [had grown] strong, they put the Canaanites to [forced labor,] but didn’t [totally] drive them out.

The [people] of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you [only] given me 1 lot & 1 portion [of land] to inherit, [since] I [have a large amount of] people, [since] the Lord has [abundantly] blessed me.

Joshua answered them, If you [have a large amount of] people, then [go] up to the [forest] & cut down [& clear the land] for yourself there, in the land of the Perizzites & of the giants, if Mount Ephraim [is] too [small] for you.

The children [people] of Joseph said, The hill [country] is not enough for us & all the Canaanites [who] live in the valley have iron chariots, both [those] of Beth Shean & [its] towns & [those] who [live in] the Valley of Jezreel.

Joshua [spoke] to the [people] of Joseph, even to: Ephraim & Manasseh, saying, You have [many] people & [are very powerful.] You shall not only have 1 lot, but the mountain shall be yours. 

For it is a [forest] & you shall cut it down & [what comes out] of it will be yours.  For you shall drive out the Canaanites, [even though] they have iron chariots & though they [are] strong.