Author: Ron Outland

I don’t believe I’ve ever written a note on a leap day before in my 12 years of writing Bible notes (and counting) but here goes nothing. This chapter is found in pages 60-61 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project, page 77 of the NASB Bible for this, pages 128-129 of my VOICE copy, and pages 125-126 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

As I’m reading this chapter, I’m finding out that holiness is contagious, per the note that appears in the VOICE after verse 19. I guess Jesus can anoint something and anyone who touches it would be set apart instantly, but that’s only possible if they have interest in Him, and no one is born unwilling to love Him despite not knowing of His sacrifice for all mankind. I also noticed on verse 5 something that reminds me of Proverbs 6:31 about a thief repaying seven times a human something they’d stolen from! (Leviticus 6:5 charged 20% interest of a lie, as when someone takes out a loan for any reason and has to pay it back with interest here, even if they don’t have enough. This was not something God ever wanted, as I’ve mentioned from the beginning.) Also, I find it ridiculous they didn’t allow the women to serve freely… Jesus had ladies love Him on His time on Earth as He had done (like in Luke 8:2-3). I’m referencing the Levitical priesthood (see Hebrews 7:5-14) here. I also notice the “pleasant aroma” thing is sort of a refrain throughout the books of Moses, but some study Bible writers of the one I was using kept referencing Genesis 8:21 whenever this was mentioned… until Moses died (Deuteronomy 34). I’d suggest someone translate the VOICE into Español, but it’s not ok how they’ve translated some of these verses, later in the Scriptures. Still, I wonder how someone from Mexico 🇲🇽 would understand difficult verses. I bet it would be an interesting topic for sure!

I do also notice how clay pots can be shattered but bronze bowls aren’t easy to break (verse 28), but let me know in the comments what you opinion is on this book so far. Maybe I can send this post to the Mellow Mushroom 🍄 Bible study group one day! And even though the note after verse 19 says Western wisdom says a bad apple spoils the barrel, I know from the Message version of a verse in Isaiah 66 says a bad apple doesn’t ruin a good tree, so that’s nice. Don’t fall for the propaganda of any country’s media, guys. I found out earlier that Microsoft AI wants to be worshiped at any cost, even if it means a gruesome fate. It’s not worth it, since it’s idolatry.

In the meantime, hopefully I can remember to write on here. L8r!

As I began reading this chapter, I noticed that the VOICE rendered it as when the sins happen, but the others wrote “if” and I don’t think that’s true to the original Hebrew. This, too, deals with offerings that can never take away our sins, but these sacrifices actually remind us of them year after year (Hebrews 10:3-4) and I imagine it’s pretty frustrating for those who think Jesus never came, whether they know He did or not. Indeed, who isn’t aware of God’s glory? But this chapter is found in pages 59-60 of the NKJV Bible I have, pages 76-77 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 127-128 of my VOICE copy, and pages 124-125 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

But oaths are very serious and must not be taken lightly, so I don’t think it’s worth it to make one, just as Jesus teaches in Matthew 5:33-37. On an unrelated story, I still can’t believe I was the one who gave my old apartment complex in Gilbert a connection to the police department 😳😳😳😳👮‍♂️👮🏻‍♂️👮🏼‍♂️👮🏽‍♂️👮🏾‍♂️👮🏿‍♂️👮‍♀️👮🏻‍♀️👮🏼‍♀️👮🏽‍♀️👮🏾‍♀️👮🏿‍♀️👮👮🏻👮🏼👮🏽👮🏾👮🏿 hopefully any of the officers repent and follow Jesus, too ™️ 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 I’d love to see more officers leave a life of wrongful arrests behind. The problem is, though, I’ve never met an officer who was even remotely interested in doing this. And I’ve met quite a few from across Arizona, from Phoenix to Gila River’s Indian community, from Chandler to Casa Grande and Eloy, and even Springerville in northeastern Arizona between Alpine and I-40! (Alpine is a small town just west of New Mexico and at roughly the same latitude as Cave Creek in the Northeast Valley close to Phoenix, for those who don’t know.) So I think we’re ALL in big trouble once the political people start attacking the audience. I heard the U.S. has about 30% of the population exposed to political violence one day last week, and to be honest, I’m terrified I’ll lose another family member to the conflagration 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 my grandmother died to dementia December 2022 and this could happen to any of us, even if someone related to me begins following Jesus, too 💔💔💔💔💔 I’m not looking forward to the rest of this year, and I’ve noticed enough disturbing stuff already, like last Monday, case in point, when one of my neighbors shouted obscenities at someone’s dog… I don’t want the puppy to be killed because of that hateful man nearby me! Who knows what he’ll do to me once he hears I love Jesus wholeheartedly? Mesa’s ties to reality are already tenuous at best. Pray I don’t get killed or anything, for this guy freaks me out. I hope I make it to next month when I take on chapter 6 of this book, since there’s not enough evidence to convict that guy for disturbing the peace that afternoon.

I have to be honest, I don’t have a lot of creative anything to write right now, but I’ll get my Bible out and read this chapter… oh, it deals with whenever someone in Israel (follower and leader alike) commit a sin by accident or without knowing it, so Jesus never punishes anyone for doing any of this, and I’m relieved, actually… but the system described in more detail in this chapter is something God never wanted, for it was impossible for anyone to do it then and now (Acts 15:10) —- it’s not worth it for someone to hold a grudge about anything (see Leviticus 19:18) or for a religious system to try and 1-UP Jesus. This chapter is found in page 59 of my NKJV Bible, pages 75-76 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 126-127 of my VOICE copy, and pages 123-124 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I pray no one holds a grudge here, for I’ve noticed people go their own way and thus deviate from Jesus among my friends before, and also my family (Hebrews 6:4-6 (AMPC)), and besides, many of them don’t want to repent and follow Him for real. But Christmas was a blast! I indeed went to Tucson and stayed at a hotel that was recently built and I had my family discover First Watch (a breakfast and lunch café) —- I asked the front desk about it and they told me it was in a nearby parking lot. One of my nieces also got an Etch-A-Sketch to play with, and so did all the big kids who were there! (We met many new family members on Christmas Day.) Also, all 24 of us (that’s how many showed up this week) went to a sushi 🍥 restaurant 🍴 for my birthday the next day, and the chef put on a big show for all of us there and even thre sushi in our mouths! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I can’t help but thank God for the best Christmas yet! I pray this is possible for all people across the earth even if it’s illegal there!

But next month I’ll work on chapter 5 here. I pray for a good word from God before I get started. Ciao!

As of now, it’s after 12:30 pm in Arizona, but I’ll soon be heading to Tucson to meet some new family members my mom had married into! (She got a new husband last spring or so.) My nieces will be going with us, and I pray it’s a fun time for everyone. A bit off-topic, I think its interesting how some people have their birthdays on Christmas Day, such as my one classmate from school long, long ago, my one coworker in the dairy department, and even a Suns player, I just found out! But enough rambling… I also recognize it’s difficult for those with toxic family members to even want to be around them when Christmas comes. But thankfully, new family members we bring into the world can stop the madness for a while, and they don’t even need to do anything! I do pray salvation for them though… yet it’s a shame there are those who will always oppose the Spirit of Jesus (see Matthew 10:35-36 and Luke 12:53, also Micah 7:6)… I don’t think it’s worth it. I pray no one manages to ruin anyone’s Christmas with hateful content (words, funding, etc.) 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 but have a great Christmas and I’ll see you before the year ends! Later!

I’ve got to be honest with you guys, there’s nothing I can say except to reiterate the fact the Israelites wanted a rule-based relationship with God here (and that’s something He never desired, since it won’t earn salvation; only Jesus can do that, and it worked), but it’s cool how God allowed all the family members to participate in the offering meal, at least. But I’d rather do that in worship to Him because it’s not worth it to hold Him in irreverence (1 Samuel 15:22). This chapter is found in pages 58-59 of the NKJV Bible I have, pages 74-75 of the NASB Bible I have, pages 125-126 of my VOICE copy, and pages 122-123 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

A bit off-topic, I think they’re going to make more Amplified Bible versions in the future, and I’d love to see them, but you never know, for it’s the end times season, and as a result, violence and corruption are high and can enter each zip code across the earth. There was a shooting next door to my church yesterday as I was in ManPrayer, so there were a bunch of police cars 🚓🚔 everywhere 🚨 and someone died. We need to take a stand against violence of every kind, but not everyone will believe this message, for many in the U.S., regardless of zip code, actually approve of certain kinds. This is not good. There are millions upon millions of fault-finders, too, so that makes it even worse. Hopefully when I get to my new place before Christmas, God-willing (sadly, it won’t be in Gilbert, but it’ll be close to it), I’m able to communicate with the friend I’m moving in with, but I pray that if it doesn’t work, I come back to Gilbert ASAP. I don’t know what you’d pray for, but leave an email at ron.outland4727@gmail.com if you need prayer! If I remember to check 📧😂🤣 I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the next one! And don’t worry, I’m a man of my word. Ciao!

It’s funny how this happened when the world needed Jesus, but thankfully He’s been around from before the beginning. But even though there’s a note in the VOICE translation of this chapter mentioning that the people’s needs are provided for, it still doesn’t say that the religion in Israel was something Jesus had wanted, and besides, it didn’t save, but the food actually reminds us of our sins year after year (Hebrews 10:3), since the blood of goats and other creatures cannot take away sins (Hebrews 10:4). And if I’m honest, I haven’t thought about that much lately… I’ve been short on hours at work for quite some time, but thankfully, someone contacted me asking if I could work a 7-hour shift tomorrow night and I agreed to the deal. I’ll be there from 🕝➡️🕤 but I might stay until 🕥 or even 🕚 pm. Regardless, I still want to focus on Jesus, but work makes it hard due to the unpleasant atmosphere the customers and many staff members love to foster. And I can’t agree to even wanting that, but don’t consider this trash talk, but a caution tape ⚠️ for it’s not right what the evil one has created, knowing that despite the raise someone can create a dumpster fire of a day for everyone, for one sinner can undo many good things (Ecclesiastes 9:18). And I’ve seen that unfold on great levels before. But this chapter is found in page 58 of my NKJV Bible, page 74 of my NASB Bible, pages 124-125 of my VOICE copy, and pages 121-122 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy 🧚🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️💃🏼 and I pray for people to find hope in Jesus at work.

I don’t have anything else to say here but I can testify that because of this passage I can easily tell that peoples behaviors must never be put before anyone’s needs. For if someone uses a human beings need as a leverage, that’s not ok for them to pull off and they put them in eternal misfortune, even if Jesus shows up and undoes the whole thing (unless for the New Jerusalem thing, I guess). I’ll see you by Halloween where I write on chapter 3! Later!

How do you like the brackets? 😂😂😂😂 Ok, enough small talk. Here we read on something God lays out for Moses and the priests, yes those of Levi (read Genesis 49:7 for some of how God promised Levi and one of his older brothers, Simeon, would be scattered) —- Levi’s descendants didn’t get any land, for God is their portion, as we see in some other verses in the Pentateuch (I can’t remember which ones)… I noticed the VOICE translation said it was a manual for the priests, and I know the high priests were Aaron and his descendants, as we see later. Caiaphas was one of them (see John 11:49) and I even noticed in Acts 6:7 that a lot of them were led to Jesus and became Christians as a result. I don’t think Caiaphas ever got saved, though… but this chapter is found in page 58 of my NKJV Bible, page 74 of my NASB Bible, page 124 of my VOICE copy, and pages 120-121 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I didn’t go into units this time for this book because I find it’s best read straight through if you’re trying to read the whole Bible from start to finish… but the good news is, and I don’t think I mentioned it in yesterday’s post… if the Lord Jesus wanted to write more books/scrolls about how we should follow Him, He would’ve written so many no one can count them (like John 21:25 says). For He does want things done in ways that glorify Him, and we don’t need too many books for this, for those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God (Romans 8:14). I still remember Taylor had said this sort of thing to me last time we were in California. I pray he and his wife (also Taylor) are able to bear children and raise them in the ways of Christ, and that they don’t make it absurd or unreasonable 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👯🏽‍♀️💃🏼🧚🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️👭🏽👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏽👰🏼‍♂️👰🏼‍♀️👰🏼💅🏼❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 boy, do I want to visit Palm Springs 🌴🌵 and L.A. 🌇🌆🏙🌃🌄🌅🏖🏝 again 😩😩😩😩😩😩 ugh.

I didn’t have much to write over the last three months even on my notebook for my ninth Bible translation reading (the LEB), but that’s because I’ve been working so much, and I have several 8-hour shifts in a row again like in 2020 one time but thankfully it’ll work. I can’t promise you I’ll write another note by the end of next week, but God-willing, I’ll see you soon.

First of all, I’m sorry I haven’t been on here for more than three months, for I’ve been writing Bible notes on another translation called the Lexham English Bible. So far I’m up to the middle of Genesis 5 but I’ve been writing my thoughts on paper with some pens 📖📒📃📄📑📝🗒🖊🖋✒️ once I finish writing down each chapter. It’s a work in progress but hopefully I get the chance to finish. I also want to take screenshots of two other Bible translations with my phone 📱📲📷📸 and print them out for everyone to see 📋📠🖨💻🖥🔌 hopefully I can get my phone running on a long-life battery 🔋🪫😅😂 but let’s get to the actual book: I don’t know much about Leviticus because I don’t think to read it often, and to be honest, you’re likely to see a religious spirit hijack that book to ruin everything. But two things stick out to me: two of Aaron’s sons offering strange fire and thus desecrating God’s Name by not believing Him (Leviticus 10:1-3, also Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 1:5) and the truth that we must love others as ourselves (Leviticus 19:18, also 1 John 4:21). Jesus quoted the Leviticus verse a lot in His time on Earth 🌏 and is adamant that He should be trusted, for He deserves it. But many people are able to turn others away from Him by abusing the Word of God in a ridiculous context He didn’t want anyone using. And since He had said He would decide what to do with Israel in Exodus 33:5 about something they were being judged for (you can read more about that by going to my posts on chapters 32 and 33 about that book that I made last summer, but for real, I’d rather for you guys to read the Scriptures themselves; you can even disregard my posts if you want haha 😂 God’s more true than I can ever be; see Romans 3:4 (but don’t assume Christians don’t exist from that verse, for that, too, would be out of context)) —- retribution is something God never plans before someone rejects Him… but that’s a good thing, for He has endless good for everyone, such as huge waterparks and jungle gyms for children to play in Heaven without any inhibitions or unsafe people trying to stalk them anywhere, and even seeing whales 🐳 make terrific splashes in the sea 🌊 but Jesus is whom I’m looking forward to most of all, but I want to see my nieces there without having experienced any death. I pray they get to live long enough to make it to the Rapture 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Izi is now almost four months old, and I’m looking forward to seeing all three of my nieces hopefully soon, but I pray I improve in character a lot, first.

With all that being said, I think I’ll start writing on Leviticus 1 soon, by the end of tomorrow. Later!

So, if you’ve been following from the beginning (I’m grateful for anyone who reads my stuff on here), I haven’t done so well with this book… but I guess that’s because I didn’t have many interesting observations on mostly the second half… and I’ll have to write in a private scenario, offline, why this is the case. I also have work in just 11 hours, so I can’t say much anyway… but I guess I can tell I have a lot to learn still. But I will say this: the difficulties of life are capable of hampering my brain 🧠 so that I don’t get to think as much good as I’d like to. I hope you can read this… even though I’m grateful for the provisions I’ve received, I’ll always remember the difficult stuff of the last three years. And I need to recognize that even when I’m finished with the rest of this four-translation project, I’ll still be incomplete of knowledge. I also don’t expect to actually grow in life, with or without reading more translations… for I know that there’s enough ridiculous content to surround me, and I can’t win with whomever pushes that stuff. Hopefully someone at the Fry’s store becomes Christian, though, customer or staff.

Simply put, even the best of rescue stories can backfire (see Jude 5), and it doesn’t seem likely that glory actually happens anyway. It’s great when someone becomes Christian, but I’m realizing that even radical believers can be led astray into false movements of any kind, like nationalism and fake charities of any sort. I want to spend more time on here, but I can’t find much on Jesus’ point of view in the next three books, or even with the next several or so after that (though Judges 4 is an underrated masterpiece!) But… seeing someone wrestle with anything in chapters like Leviticus 18 reminds me of my youth. If God wills, I’ll begin writing on that book soon.

There are many things to take notes for here: the alter and a laver (I noticed a footnote on verse 7 in the first Amplified translation), the cloud of glory visible to everyone of Israel, the tent’s entrance facing the east, a pillar of fire each night (this probably inspired the shekinah glory we later see in 2 Chronicles 7:1 —- #worthit) —- but this is the last chapter of the second book of the Bible. It is found in pages 56-57 of the NKJV I have for this, pages 72-73 of the NASB I have for this, pages 120-122 of my VOICE copy, and pages 117-119 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I don’t know how much I’ll actually be able to cover but no one can get the complete and unabridged anything in an absolute sense… but we don’t have to ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️ indeed, the tent entrance was facing east because God knew Jesus would someday return from that direction (see Revelation 19:11-16), but that’s at least seven years away. Indeed, we shouldn’t try to figure out when that will happen… but this was part of a grand plan God has had for all people, especially those who believe (see 1 Timothy 4:10). The tabernacle was complete, and soon, Moses would start writing the rest of his law, which takes a month to compose.

I should add that, unfortunately, everything in these next three books will be difficult to understand, and it’s unlikely mercy actually happens (but see Numbers 6:24-26). These parts of the Bible have been used far too often throughout time to shove the people who listen to this —- it’s the word of God, of course —- into compliance. As a result, because they’ve used it as a weapon, no one really feels free to do the good they may have wanted since birth. Even for the believers, they want to obey from the heart (see Romans 6:17) but aren’t given any chances, and feel stuck. The Lord Jesus rescues everyone who loves Him but the head can be screwed up because of the hypocrites among us (or rather, we’re among them), and not enough people actually notice, so we run into one roadblock after another… at least, though, this madness will end one day. For the promise of Christ’s return still stands, and nothing He says can be muted (Isaiah 55:11, also John 10:35). Man, would I love to see Him one day! 😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰💝💖💘💌💗💓💞💕💋💋💋💋💋❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💅🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👰🏼‍♂️👰🏼‍♀️👰🏼🧚🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️💃🏼👯🏼‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️🚵🏼‍♂️👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏽👭🏻👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏽👩🏻‍❤️‍👩🏻🫂

And you might be thinking, “Dude, what’s with all the emojis here?” Haha I’m just feeling excited for Jesus in an unusual way haha 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 I also heard about this NYC queen 👑 someone I follow on Instagram follows, but I pray I have the right attitude concerning these humans. For it’s tempting to flirt with disaster… sorry lol 😅😅😅😅😅😅😄😆 I hope I can be innovative like them 🤭

But anyways… there was no electricity in Moses’ time, and it would be nearly 34 centuries until the invention of the light bulb 💡 which Tesla was actually responsible for, and Edison took credit, stealing his work. I was scared to death of the plagiarism police in college… but right now I can look at 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:13 and go from there. I was thinking of that passage when I was at the mental hospital 🏥 back in 2014 —- I didn’t know I’d soon be going back to my mom’s place, but at least I’m in Gilbert, now. Where I am exactly I can’t actually disclose, but I’ll need to keep it private, I had a messy arrangement.

Come what may, though, because eternity is good for all who love Jesus (see Matthew 24:13-14), well party with Him forever! I’m talking endless Mexican 🇲🇽 food 🥑🍅🌮🌯🫔🥙🧆🫕🥣 Chinese 🇨🇳 cuisine of all kinds 🍊🍍🥭🍄🍖🍗🥩🥘🍲🥗🍱🍘🍙🍚🍛🍠🍢🍣🦪🍤🍥🥮🍡🥟🥠🥡 North and South Korea becoming one 🇰🇵🇰🇷 the U.S. 🇺🇲 no longer being war-obsessed, parties with instruments like Caribbean steel drums 🥁 and fish, just to name a few. There’s also endless watermelon 🍉 fields and countless apple trees 🍎🍏 and every day feels like Christmas 🎄 (though there’s no night in New Jerusalem) —- and Jesus will be worshiped forever 🎆🎇✨️🎉🎊🛐✝️🆓️🆕️🆙️

I pray we approach the rest of the Pentateuch carefully, and that I talk to others concerning this, but I don’t want to be a loose cannon, ever. Hopefully I can elaborate this in the next 27+36+34 chapters. But if you need prayer, you can email 📧 me at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the first chapter of the remaining 97 of this section of the Bible… this is going to be interesting.