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So<00:11:33.200><c> one</c><00:11:33.340><c> of</c><00:11:33.480><c> the</c><00:11:33.559><c> best</c><00:11:33.779><c> stories</c><00:11:34.200><c> I</c><00:11:34.740><c> can</c><00:11:34.980><c> think</c><00:11:35.220><c> of</c>

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that<00:11:35.639><c> I</c><00:11:35.919><c> enjoy</c><00:11:36.139><c> reading</c><00:11:36.440><c> are</c><00:11:36.740><c> Sherlock</c><00:11:37.080><c> Holmes.</c>

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I<00:11:38.639><c> just</c><00:11:38.879><c> find</c><00:11:39.080><c> them</c><00:11:39.220><c> very</c><00:11:39.580><c> compelling.</c>

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But<00:11:41.500><c> here's</c><00:11:41.899><c> Stephen</c><00:11:42.080><c> King.</c>

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I<00:11:42.460><c> don't</c><00:11:43.000><c> read</c><00:11:43.279><c> Stephen</c><00:11:43.639><c> King,</c>

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but<00:11:44.919><c> he's</c><00:11:45.240><c> obviously</c><00:11:45.559><c> a</c><00:11:45.779><c> very</c><00:11:45.980><c> successful</c><00:11:46.679><c> storyteller.</c>

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And<00:11:48.700><c> he</c><00:11:49.019><c> says,</c><00:11:49.460><c> I</c><00:11:49.460><c> think</c><00:11:49.639><c> the</c><00:11:49.860><c> best</c><00:11:50.120><c> stories</c>

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always<00:11:51.259><c> end</c><00:11:51.519><c> up</c><00:11:51.720><c> being</c><00:11:51.940><c> about</c><00:11:52.220><c> the</c><00:11:52.539><c> people</c><00:11:53.259><c> rather</c><00:11:53.919><c> than</c><00:11:54.159><c> the</c><00:11:54.480><c> event,</c>

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which<00:11:55.620><c> is</c><00:11:55.840><c> to</c><00:11:56.039><c> say</c><00:11:56.340><c> they're</c><00:11:56.840><c> character</c><00:11:57.259><c> driven.</c>

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So<00:11:59.399><c> character</c><00:11:59.919><c> is</c><00:12:00.720><c> obviously</c><00:12:01.159><c> very</c><00:12:01.600><c> important</c><00:12:02.039><c> in</c><00:12:02.240><c> a</c><00:12:02.519><c> story.</c>

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So<00:12:03.700><c> as</c><00:12:03.940><c> we</c><00:12:04.100><c> go</c><00:12:04.360><c> through</c><00:12:04.820><c> Judges</c><00:12:05.240><c> 17,</c>

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we're<00:12:06.460><c> going</c><00:12:06.639><c> to</c><00:12:06.759><c> keep</c><00:12:06.940><c> an</c><00:12:07.139><c> eye</c><00:12:07.279><c> on</c><00:12:07.440><c> the</c><00:12:07.820><c> characters</c>

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and<00:12:08.539><c> are</c><00:12:08.720><c> they</c><00:12:08.980><c> compelling?</c>

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Do<00:12:10.480><c> they</c><00:12:10.759><c> draw</c><00:12:11.039><c> us</c><00:12:11.360><c> in?</c>

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Do<00:12:17.819><c> they</c><00:12:18.419><c> appeal</c><00:12:19.000><c> to</c><00:12:19.299><c> us?</c>

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Do<00:12:20.120><c> we</c><00:12:20.379><c> relate</c><00:12:20.820><c> to</c><00:12:21.039><c> them?</c>

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So<00:12:22.639><c> character.</c>

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And<00:12:23.740><c> when</c><00:12:23.919><c> we</c><00:12:24.139><c> think</c><00:12:24.259><c> of</c><00:12:24.460><c> other</c><00:12:24.720><c> stories</c><00:12:25.080><c> in</c><00:12:25.259><c> the</c><00:12:25.379><c> Bible,</c>

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character<00:12:26.559><c> is</c><00:12:27.000><c> huge.</c>

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And<00:12:28.299><c> it</c><00:12:28.419><c> doesn't</c><00:12:28.659><c> mean</c><00:12:29.139><c> the</c><00:12:29.580><c> character</c><00:12:29.840><c> is</c><00:12:30.139><c> perfect.</c>

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Quite<00:12:31.980><c> often</c><00:12:32.279><c> the</c><00:12:32.559><c> characters</c><00:12:32.879><c> that</c><00:12:33.139><c> we're</c><00:12:33.419><c> most</c><00:12:33.860><c> compelled</c><00:12:34.419><c> by</c>

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are<00:12:35.379><c> flawed,</c>

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but<00:12:36.860><c> they</c><00:12:37.039><c> have</c><00:12:37.360><c> principles</c><00:12:37.940><c> and</c><00:12:38.220><c> they</c><00:12:38.279><c> have</c><00:12:38.620><c> struggles</c>

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and<00:12:39.220><c> we</c><00:12:39.320><c> end</c><00:12:39.500><c> up</c><00:12:39.759><c> rooting</c><00:12:40.059><c> for</c><00:12:40.419><c> them.</c>

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Okay,<00:12:41.240><c> so</c><00:12:41.399><c> keep</c><00:12:41.600><c> an</c><00:12:41.759><c> eye</c><00:12:41.840><c> on</c><00:12:42.000><c> that.</c>

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Who<00:12:42.460><c> in</c><00:12:42.659><c> the</c><00:12:42.899><c> story</c><00:12:43.340><c> in</c><00:12:44.539><c> Judges</c><00:12:44.899><c> 17</c><00:12:45.299><c> are</c><00:12:45.580><c> we</c><00:12:45.879><c> rooting</c><00:12:46.179><c> for?</c>

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And<00:12:51.019><c> we</c><00:12:51.399><c> usually</c><00:12:51.740><c> see</c><00:12:51.960><c> with</c><00:12:52.220><c> character,</c><00:12:52.580><c> there's</c><00:12:53.080><c> a</c><00:12:53.419><c> growth.</c>

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Okay,<00:12:54.539><c> they</c><00:12:54.879><c> start</c><00:12:55.100><c> off</c><00:12:55.360><c> like</c><00:12:55.639><c> this</c><00:12:55.840><c> and</c><00:12:55.940><c> there's</c><00:12:56.179><c> some</c><00:12:56.500><c> growth</c>

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and<00:12:57.100><c> we</c><00:12:57.320><c> see</c><00:12:57.460><c> them</c><00:12:57.700><c> develop</c><00:12:58.259><c> as</c><00:12:58.860><c> they</c><00:12:59.039><c> go</c><00:12:59.279><c> along.</c>

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There's<00:13:02.580><c> usually</c><00:13:02.940><c> an</c><00:13:03.299><c> adversary</c><00:13:03.879><c> that</c><00:13:04.379><c> they're</c><00:13:04.659><c> fighting</c><00:13:04.980><c> against.</c>

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Sometimes<00:13:06.940><c> it's</c><00:13:07.259><c> themselves,</c><00:13:07.899><c> sometimes</c><00:13:08.419><c> it's</c><00:13:08.779><c> other</c><00:13:09.039><c> people,</c>

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but<00:13:10.539><c> usually</c><00:13:10.960><c> there's</c><00:13:11.220><c> some</c><00:13:11.480><c> sort</c><00:13:11.620><c> of</c><00:13:11.740><c> a</c><00:13:11.980><c> struggle</c>

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and<00:13:12.980><c> then</c><00:13:13.139><c> there's</c><00:13:13.679><c> victorious.</c>

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So<00:13:16.100><c> characters</c><00:13:16.440><c> are</c><00:13:16.700><c> very</c><00:13:17.019><c> important</c><00:13:17.419><c> to</c><00:13:17.620><c> a</c><00:13:17.899><c> good</c><00:13:18.139><c> story.</c>

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A<00:13:20.559><c> good</c><00:13:20.740><c> story</c><00:13:20.980><c> also</c><00:13:21.340><c> needs</c><00:13:21.879><c> some</c><00:13:22.340><c> sort</c><00:13:22.500><c> of</c><00:13:22.799><c> conflict.</c>

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And<00:13:26.740><c> so</c><00:13:26.960><c> Wes</c><00:13:27.159><c> Anderson</c><00:13:27.519><c> is</c><00:13:27.759><c> a</c><00:13:27.860><c> very</c><00:13:28.080><c> famous</c><00:13:28.639><c> director.</c>

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A<00:13:30.080><c> storyteller.</c>

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And<00:13:32.179><c> he</c><00:13:32.360><c> says</c><00:13:32.519><c> there's</c><00:13:32.779><c> no</c><00:13:33.120><c> story</c><00:13:33.440><c> if</c><00:13:33.740><c> there</c><00:13:34.139><c> isn't</c><00:13:34.600><c> some</c><00:13:35.139><c> conflict.</c>

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So<00:13:36.919><c> I</c><00:13:37.559><c> think</c><00:13:37.720><c> we</c><00:13:37.899><c> do</c><00:13:38.139><c> see</c><00:13:38.320><c> some</c><00:13:38.759><c> conflict</c><00:13:39.259><c> in</c><00:13:39.480><c> Judges</c><00:13:39.759><c> 17,</c>

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as<00:13:40.620><c> we'll</c><00:13:40.899><c> see,</c>

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but<00:13:42.539><c> it</c><00:13:42.740><c> doesn't</c><00:13:42.940><c> seem</c><00:13:43.200><c> to</c><00:13:43.559><c> be</c><00:13:43.799><c> a</c><00:13:44.120><c> conflict</c>

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that's<00:13:45.240><c> driving</c><00:13:45.700><c> the</c><00:13:46.120><c> story</c><00:13:46.480><c> towards</c><00:13:47.179><c> some</c><00:13:48.539><c> culminating</c><00:13:49.720><c> message.</c>

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But<00:13:53.000><c> throughout</c><00:13:53.419><c> scripture,</c>

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there's<00:13:55.720><c> always</c><00:13:56.340><c> an</c><00:13:56.960><c> adversary,</c><00:13:58.159><c> right?</c>

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In<00:13:59.399><c> Genesis</c><00:13:59.960><c> chapter</c><00:14:00.519><c> three,</c><00:14:01.940><c> there's</c><00:14:02.259><c> this</c><00:14:02.600><c> adversary.</c>

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There's<00:14:03.659><c> somebody</c><00:14:03.960><c> there</c><00:14:04.419><c> or</c><00:14:04.659><c> something</c><00:14:05.120><c> or</c><00:14:05.460><c> a</c><00:14:05.759><c> kingdom</c>

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who's<00:14:08.080><c> really</c><00:14:08.639><c> there</c><00:14:09.200><c> for</c><00:14:09.360><c> a</c><00:14:09.600><c> purpose</c><00:14:09.980><c> to</c><00:14:10.200><c> refine</c><00:14:10.899><c> people,</c>

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to<00:14:11.679><c> test</c><00:14:12.100><c> them,</c><00:14:13.259><c> to</c><00:14:13.580><c> test</c><00:14:13.860><c> their</c><00:14:14.120><c> resolve</c><00:14:14.659><c> and</c><00:14:14.879><c> their</c><00:14:15.240><c> resilience,</c>

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their<00:14:16.919><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:14:18.360><c> so</c><00:14:18.500><c> the</c><00:14:18.620><c> Bible</c><00:14:18.960><c> is</c><00:14:19.299><c> full</c><00:14:19.700><c> of</c><00:14:20.240><c> conflict</c>

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that<00:14:21.299><c> tries</c><00:14:21.559><c> to</c><00:14:22.019><c> draw</c><00:14:22.379><c> out</c><00:14:22.659><c> the</c><00:14:22.840><c> best</c><00:14:23.379><c> in</c><00:14:23.960><c> characters.</c>

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Okay,<00:14:27.060><c> so,</c><00:14:27.580><c> and</c><00:14:28.039><c> the</c><00:14:28.059><c> last</c><00:14:28.440><c> thing,</c><00:14:28.779><c> what</c><00:14:28.960><c> makes</c><00:14:29.220><c> a</c><00:14:29.419><c> good</c><00:14:29.600><c> story</c>

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is<00:14:30.360><c> there's</c><00:14:30.919><c> some</c><00:14:31.259><c> progression</c><00:14:31.879><c> in</c><00:14:32.179><c> the</c><00:14:32.379><c> narrative,</c><00:14:32.820><c> right?</c>

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So<00:14:34.139><c> this</c><00:14:34.299><c> is</c><00:14:34.559><c> Barbara</c><00:14:34.879><c> Kingsolver,</c><00:14:35.720><c> so</c><00:14:35.919><c> she's</c><00:14:36.179><c> an</c><00:14:36.360><c> author</c><00:14:36.559><c> as</c><00:14:36.759><c> well.</c>

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And<00:14:37.960><c> she</c><00:14:38.100><c> said,</c><00:14:38.440><c> the</c><00:14:38.440><c> plot</c><00:14:38.860><c> is</c><00:14:39.120><c> the</c><00:14:39.480><c> architecture</c><00:14:40.279><c> of</c><00:14:40.620><c> your</c><00:14:40.820><c> novel.</c>

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You<00:14:42.120><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:42.460><c> build</c><00:14:42.720><c> a</c><00:14:42.919><c> house</c><00:14:43.159><c> without</c><00:14:43.440><c> a</c><00:14:43.679><c> plan.</c>

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If<00:14:44.720><c> I</c><00:14:44.919><c> wrote</c><00:14:45.120><c> without</c><00:14:45.480><c> a</c><00:14:45.799><c> plot,</c><00:14:46.879><c> now</c><00:14:47.080><c> listen</c><00:14:47.320><c> to</c><00:14:47.480><c> this,</c>

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it<00:14:47.919><c> would</c><00:14:48.100><c> just</c><00:14:48.440><c> be</c><00:14:48.720><c> a</c><00:14:48.919><c> pile</c><00:14:49.159><c> of</c><00:14:49.539><c> bricks.</c>

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She<00:14:51.799><c> says</c><00:14:51.960><c> characters</c><00:14:52.460><c> are</c><00:14:52.700><c> your</c><00:14:53.000><c> servants.</c>

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So<00:14:54.059><c> she's</c><00:14:55.080><c> arguing</c><00:14:55.480><c> sort</c><00:14:55.799><c> of</c><00:14:55.940><c> against</c><00:14:56.759><c> Stephen</c><00:14:58.179><c> King.</c>

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She<00:14:58.700><c> says</c><00:14:58.899><c> characters</c><00:14:59.460><c> serve</c><00:15:00.620><c> the</c><00:15:01.639><c> narrative</c><00:15:02.000><c> progression.</c>

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And<00:15:04.159><c> so,</c><00:15:04.659><c> I</c><00:15:05.279><c> remember</c><00:15:05.659><c> being</c><00:15:05.899><c> back</c><00:15:06.259><c> in</c><00:15:07.720><c> high</c><00:15:08.159><c> school</c>

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and<00:15:08.840><c> learning</c><00:15:09.159><c> this</c><00:15:09.539><c> idea,</c><00:15:09.940><c> this</c><00:15:10.480><c> pattern</c><00:15:11.039><c> of</c><00:15:12.080><c> most</c><00:15:12.360><c> stories,</c>

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how<00:15:13.000><c> there's</c><00:15:14.080><c> some</c><00:15:14.440><c> sort</c><00:15:14.679><c> of</c><00:15:15.200><c> beginning,</c><00:15:15.759><c> there's</c><00:15:16.159><c> conflict,</c>

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there's<00:15:17.159><c> rising</c><00:15:17.559><c> action.</c>

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It<00:15:18.620><c> keeps</c><00:15:18.860><c> building</c><00:15:19.200><c> till</c><00:15:19.360><c> there's</c><00:15:19.679><c> some</c><00:15:19.980><c> climax.</c>

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And<00:15:20.820><c> at</c><00:15:21.019><c> the</c><00:15:21.100><c> end</c><00:15:21.200><c> of</c><00:15:21.340><c> the</c><00:15:21.580><c> story,</c>

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there's<00:15:22.039><c> this</c><00:15:22.620><c> falling</c><00:15:22.960><c> action</c><00:15:23.419><c> and</c><00:15:23.679><c> resolution.</c>

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When<00:15:25.639><c> we</c><00:15:25.799><c> go</c><00:15:25.980><c> through</c><00:15:26.120><c> the</c><00:15:26.360><c> judges,</c>

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we<00:15:27.500><c> see</c><00:15:27.720><c> this</c><00:15:28.039><c> narrative</c><00:15:28.419><c> progression</c>

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that<00:15:29.500><c> something</c><00:15:30.000><c> is</c><00:15:30.320><c> being</c><00:15:30.720><c> built</c><00:15:31.159><c> through</c><00:15:31.580><c> all</c><00:15:31.820><c> these</c><00:15:32.080><c> stories.</c>

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And<00:15:33.159><c> throughout</c><00:15:33.379><c> judges,</c><00:15:33.899><c> it's</c><00:15:34.240><c> this</c><00:15:35.120><c> cycle</c><00:15:35.480><c> that</c><00:15:35.720><c> we</c><00:15:35.919><c> all</c><00:15:36.159><c> know</c>

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where<00:15:36.500><c> there's</c><00:15:37.799><c> oppression,</c><00:15:38.799><c> there's</c><00:15:39.120><c> crying</c><00:15:39.399><c> out,</c>

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there's<00:15:40.220><c> deliverance,</c><00:15:40.919><c> they</c><00:15:41.139><c> then</c><00:15:41.799><c> commit</c><00:15:42.100><c> adultery,</c>

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there's<00:15:43.139><c> oppression.</c>

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And<00:15:43.679><c> so</c><00:15:44.019><c> at</c><00:15:44.279><c> least</c><00:15:44.500><c> the</c><00:15:44.820><c> story's</c><00:15:45.220><c> going</c><00:15:45.460><c> somewhere</c>

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and<00:15:45.980><c> we</c><00:15:46.200><c> get</c><00:15:46.279><c> this</c><00:15:46.559><c> pattern,</c><00:15:46.899><c> we</c><00:15:47.100><c> know</c><00:15:47.240><c> what's</c><00:15:47.580><c> going</c><00:15:47.759><c> on.</c>

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So<00:15:49.960><c> that's</c><00:15:50.240><c> what</c><00:15:50.419><c> we</c><00:15:50.639><c> would</c><00:15:50.899><c> look</c><00:15:51.240><c> for</c><00:15:51.620><c> in</c><00:15:51.820><c> a</c><00:15:51.960><c> good</c><00:15:52.159><c> story.</c>

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And<00:15:52.480><c> there's</c><00:15:52.659><c> many</c><00:15:52.940><c> other</c><00:15:53.200><c> things.</c>

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But<00:15:57.900><c> we're</c><00:15:58.460><c> going</c><00:15:58.679><c> to</c><00:15:58.899><c> dive</c><00:15:59.120><c> into</c><00:15:59.639><c> Judges</c><00:16:00.259><c> 17.</c>

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Two<00:16:01.080><c> things</c><00:16:01.419><c> before</c><00:16:01.740><c> we</c><00:16:02.019><c> do.</c>

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Number<00:16:02.940><c> one</c><00:16:03.620><c> is</c><00:16:05.360><c> where</c><00:16:06.059><c> is</c><00:16:06.600><c> Judges</c><00:16:06.899><c> 17,</c><00:16:07.440><c> 18,</c><00:16:08.000><c> 19,</c><00:16:08.419><c> 20,</c><00:16:08.700><c> 21?</c>

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Where<00:16:09.320><c> is</c><00:16:09.500><c> it</c><00:16:09.580><c> in</c><00:16:09.639><c> the</c><00:16:09.799><c> chronology</c><00:16:10.379><c> of</c><00:16:10.639><c> judges?</c>

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Well,<00:16:12.600><c> here's</c><00:16:12.980><c> one</c><00:16:13.860><c> chart</c>

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and<00:16:14.620><c> I've</c><00:16:15.120><c> found</c><00:16:15.259><c> this</c><00:16:15.519><c> over</c><00:16:15.779><c> and</c><00:16:15.940><c> over</c><00:16:16.139><c> again.</c>

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I<00:16:16.820><c> always</c><00:16:17.279><c> thought</c><00:16:17.700><c> that</c><00:16:18.559><c> it's</c><00:16:19.179><c> at</c><00:16:19.379><c> the</c><00:16:19.580><c> end</c><00:16:19.740><c> of</c><00:16:19.899><c> the</c><00:16:20.000><c> Book</c><00:16:20.159><c> of</c><00:16:20.340><c> Judges,</c>

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it's<00:16:20.919><c> going</c><00:16:21.019><c> to</c><00:16:21.139><c> be</c><00:16:21.320><c> somewhere</c>

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towards<00:16:21.919><c> the</c><00:16:22.139><c> end</c><00:16:22.320><c> of</c><00:16:22.440><c> the</c><00:16:22.539><c> Book</c><00:16:22.740><c> of</c><00:16:22.919><c> Judges.</c>

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But<00:16:24.360><c> more</c><00:16:24.559><c> and</c><00:16:24.559><c> more</c><00:16:24.799><c> scholars,</c>

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scholars<00:16:26.100><c> that</c><00:16:26.360><c> I've</c><00:16:26.580><c> read</c><00:16:26.659><c> are</c><00:16:26.820><c> saying</c><00:16:27.000><c> no,</c>

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it's<00:16:27.620><c> probably</c><00:16:28.039><c> somewhere</c><00:16:28.360><c> towards</c><00:16:28.659><c> the</c><00:16:28.919><c> beginning</c><00:16:29.539><c> of</c><00:16:30.240><c> Judges.</c>

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And<00:16:31.500><c> I</c><00:16:31.620><c> think</c><00:16:31.740><c> there's</c><00:16:31.980><c> some</c><00:16:32.480><c> evidence</c><00:16:32.980><c> for</c><00:16:33.220><c> that.</c>

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I<00:16:33.539><c> haven't</c><00:16:33.779><c> done</c><00:16:34.120><c> a</c><00:16:34.340><c> lot</c><00:16:34.519><c> of</c><00:16:34.720><c> research</c><00:16:34.980><c> into</c><00:16:35.179><c> that</c><00:16:35.419><c> aspect.</c>

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But<00:16:37.340><c> it's</c><00:16:37.539><c> sort</c><00:16:37.740><c> of</c><00:16:37.899><c> this</c><00:16:38.159><c> glimpse,</c>

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it's<00:16:38.940><c> out</c><00:16:39.100><c> of</c><00:16:39.440><c> chronological</c><00:16:40.100><c> order,</c><00:16:40.500><c> these</c><00:16:40.779><c> chapters.</c>

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It's<00:16:41.559><c> a</c><00:16:41.759><c> glimpse</c><00:16:42.159><c> of</c><00:16:43.059><c> what's</c><00:16:43.600><c> happening</c>

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somebody's<00:16:47.279><c> writing</c><00:16:47.480><c> on</c><00:16:47.600><c> my</c><00:16:47.820><c> screen.</c>

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It's<00:16:48.659><c> a</c><00:16:48.820><c> glimpse</c><00:16:49.320><c> of</c><00:16:49.720><c> what's</c><00:16:50.259><c> happening</c>

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at<00:16:53.019><c> times</c><00:16:53.500><c> when</c><00:16:53.720><c> people</c><00:16:54.080><c> were</c><00:16:54.539><c> idolatrous</c>

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and<00:16:55.779><c> when</c><00:16:55.940><c> they</c><00:16:56.100><c> were</c><00:16:56.340><c> turning</c><00:16:56.639><c> away</c><00:16:57.220><c> from</c><00:16:57.639><c> God.</c>

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So<00:16:58.960><c> just</c><00:16:59.200><c> an</c><00:16:59.379><c> idea,</c>

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and<00:16:59.860><c> that's</c><00:17:00.059><c> something</c><00:17:00.240><c> you</c><00:17:00.340><c> may</c><00:17:00.559><c> want</c><00:17:00.679><c> to</c><00:17:00.720><c> look</c><00:17:00.899><c> into.</c>

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When<00:17:01.440><c> exactly</c><00:17:01.980><c> is</c><00:17:02.179><c> this</c><00:17:02.500><c> taking</c><00:17:02.799><c> place?</c>

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And<00:17:03.720><c> we'll</c><00:17:03.820><c> look</c><00:17:03.980><c> at</c><00:17:04.119><c> one</c><00:17:04.519><c> little</c><00:17:05.000><c> proof</c>

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of<00:17:05.460><c> why</c><00:17:05.619><c> it</c><00:17:05.740><c> might</c><00:17:05.880><c> be</c><00:17:06.420><c> towards</c><00:17:06.720><c> the</c><00:17:06.980><c> beginning</c><00:17:07.259><c> of</c><00:17:07.440><c> the</c><00:17:07.619><c> Judges.</c>

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Where<00:17:12.160><c> does</c><00:17:12.359><c> it</c><00:17:12.519><c> take</c><00:17:12.740><c> place?</c>

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It<00:17:13.119><c> takes</c><00:17:13.400><c> place</c><00:17:13.680><c> in</c><00:17:13.940><c> Ephraim.</c>

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Let<00:17:14.579><c> me</c><00:17:14.700><c> just</c><00:17:14.880><c> see</c><00:17:14.960><c> if</c><00:17:15.119><c> I</c><00:17:15.279><c> can,</c>

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if<00:17:19.220><c> I</c><00:17:19.480><c> can</c><00:17:19.660><c> get</c><00:17:19.799><c> rid</c><00:17:19.940><c> of</c><00:17:19.960><c> all</c><00:17:20.160><c> that.</c>

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So<00:17:26.279><c> it</c><00:17:26.579><c> talks</c><00:17:26.900><c> about</c><00:17:27.160><c> the</c><00:17:27.420><c> mountains</c><00:17:27.680><c> of</c><00:17:27.960><c> Ephraim.</c>

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And<00:17:29.000><c> so</c><00:17:29.119><c> this</c><00:17:29.279><c> is</c><00:17:29.480><c> where</c><00:17:29.859><c> the</c><00:17:30.279><c> story's</c>

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basically<00:17:31.079><c> going</c><00:17:31.359><c> to</c><00:17:31.640><c> take</c><00:17:31.859><c> place.</c>

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Does<00:17:34.720><c> anyone</c><00:17:34.900><c> know</c><00:17:35.079><c> how</c><00:17:35.240><c> to</c><00:17:35.380><c> get</c><00:17:35.500><c> rid</c>

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of<00:17:35.799><c> these</c><00:17:36.480><c> markings</c><00:17:36.920><c> on</c><00:17:37.180><c> my</c><00:17:37.400><c> screen?</c>

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Yeah,<00:17:39.779><c> I'm</c><00:17:39.980><c> not</c><00:17:40.259><c> sure.</c>

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I've<00:17:45.900><c> never</c><00:17:46.099><c> seen</c><00:17:46.299><c> that</c><00:17:46.500><c> before.</c>

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Oh,<00:17:48.319><c> here's</c><00:17:48.559><c> an</c><00:17:48.700><c> eraser,</c><00:17:49.019><c> let's</c><00:17:49.240><c> see.</c>

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Oh,<00:17:50.180><c> yeah,</c><00:17:50.400><c> here</c><00:17:50.559><c> we</c><00:17:50.720><c> go.</c>

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There<00:17:51.279><c> you</c><00:17:51.660><c> go.</c>

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Erase<00:17:52.440><c> all,</c><00:17:53.440><c> well,</c><00:17:54.680><c> erase</c><00:17:55.019><c> all.</c>

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Shift<00:17:57.640><c> A,</c><00:17:58.940><c> I</c><00:17:59.279><c> apologize</c><00:17:59.660><c> for</c><00:17:59.880><c> this.</c>

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No,<00:18:02.440><c> I</c><00:18:02.759><c> think</c><00:18:02.920><c> maybe</c><00:18:03.180><c> the</c><00:18:03.420><c> person</c><00:18:03.680><c> who</c><00:18:03.859><c> did</c><00:18:03.960><c> it</c><00:18:04.099><c> has</c><00:18:04.299><c> to</c><00:18:04.500><c> erase</c><00:18:04.740><c> it.</c>

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All<00:18:10.720><c> right,</c><00:18:10.859><c> we'll</c><00:18:11.039><c> move</c><00:18:11.220><c> on.</c>

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All<00:18:14.779><c> right,</c><00:18:15.440><c> so</c><00:18:15.579><c> where</c><00:18:15.819><c> was</c><00:18:16.099><c> I,</c><00:18:16.640><c> Ephraim,</c><00:18:17.099><c> okay.</c>

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So<00:18:19.500><c> let's</c><00:18:19.940><c> dive</c><00:18:20.259><c> into</c><00:18:20.519><c> the</c><00:18:20.819><c> story.</c>

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So<00:18:21.220><c> I</c><00:18:21.259><c> was</c><00:18:21.500><c> thinking</c><00:18:21.720><c> if</c><00:18:21.920><c> this</c><00:18:22.200><c> was</c><00:18:22.539><c> a</c><00:18:22.940><c> talk</c><00:18:23.240><c> show</c>

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and<00:18:25.059><c> they</c><00:18:25.240><c> had</c><00:18:25.339><c> these</c><00:18:25.700><c> characters</c><00:18:26.119><c> come</c><00:18:26.460><c> on</c>

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to<00:18:29.579><c> a</c><00:18:29.839><c> late</c><00:18:30.059><c> night</c><00:18:30.299><c> with</c><00:18:30.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:18:30.980><c> Kay,</c>

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even<00:18:31.700><c> though</c><00:18:31.880><c> I</c><00:18:31.960><c> think</c><00:18:32.099><c> that's</c><00:18:32.960><c> Jimmy</c><00:18:33.240><c> Fallon.</c>

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So<00:18:34.440><c> I</c><00:18:34.619><c> used</c><00:18:34.819><c> AI</c><00:18:35.119><c> for</c><00:18:35.400><c> a</c><00:18:35.480><c> lot</c><00:18:35.599><c> of</c><00:18:35.759><c> these</c><00:18:35.920><c> images</c>

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because<00:18:37.180><c> it's</c><00:18:38.500><c> free,</c><00:18:38.799><c> there's</c><00:18:39.059><c> no</c><00:18:39.240><c> copyright</c>

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and<00:18:39.960><c> it</c><00:18:40.160><c> can</c><00:18:40.279><c> be</c><00:18:40.480><c> quite</c><00:18:40.680><c> creative.</c>

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But<00:18:42.099><c> the</c><00:18:42.400><c> characters</c><00:18:42.720><c> in</c><00:18:42.940><c> Judges</c><00:18:43.220><c> 17</c><00:18:43.700><c> are</c><00:18:44.119><c> Micah,</c>

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Micah's<00:18:45.839><c> mom</c><00:18:46.400><c> and</c><00:18:47.839><c> the</c><00:18:48.720><c> Levite.</c>

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There's<00:18:50.559><c> also</c><00:18:50.920><c> other</c><00:18:51.180><c> characters</c><00:18:51.559><c> like</c><00:18:52.119><c> Micah's</c><00:18:52.660><c> son,</c>

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but<00:18:53.140><c> we're</c><00:18:53.380><c> not</c><00:18:53.559><c> gonna</c><00:18:53.680><c> get</c><00:18:53.900><c> into</c><00:18:54.079><c> him</c><00:18:54.299><c> too</c><00:18:54.539><c> much.</c>

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So<00:19:02.579><c> let's</c><00:19:03.220><c> get</c><00:19:03.440><c> into</c><00:19:03.759><c> the</c><00:19:04.140><c> characters.</c>

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So<00:19:05.099><c> if</c><00:19:05.200><c> we</c><00:19:05.339><c> turn</c><00:19:05.500><c> to</c><00:19:05.680><c> Judges</c><00:19:06.099><c> 17,</c><00:19:07.720><c> it</c><00:19:08.059><c> says,</c>

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now<00:19:08.859><c> there</c><00:19:09.059><c> is</c><00:19:09.319><c> a</c><00:19:09.500><c> man</c><00:19:09.839><c> from</c><00:19:10.099><c> the</c><00:19:10.339><c> mountains</c><00:19:10.599><c> of</c><00:19:10.819><c> Ephraim</c>

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whose<00:19:11.640><c> name</c><00:19:11.859><c> was</c><00:19:12.220><c> Micah.</c>

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And<00:19:13.000><c> he</c><00:19:13.099><c> said</c><00:19:13.259><c> to</c><00:19:13.400><c> his</c><00:19:13.599><c> mother,</c>

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the<00:19:14.660><c> 1</c><00:19:14.880><c>,100</c><00:19:15.240><c> shekels</c><00:19:15.740><c> of</c><00:19:15.920><c> silver</c><00:19:16.160><c> that</c><00:19:16.380><c> were</c><00:19:16.640><c> taken</c><00:19:16.940><c> from</c><00:19:17.180><c> you</c>

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and<00:19:18.059><c> on</c><00:19:18.240><c> which</c><00:19:18.420><c> you</c><00:19:18.599><c> put</c><00:19:18.700><c> a</c><00:19:19.019><c> curse,</c>

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even<00:19:20.359><c> saying</c><00:19:20.660><c> in</c><00:19:20.900><c> my</c><00:19:21.200><c> ears,</c><00:19:21.680><c> here's</c><00:19:22.079><c> the</c><00:19:22.299><c> silver</c><00:19:22.500><c> with</c><00:19:22.779><c> me,</c>

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I<00:19:23.720><c> took</c><00:19:23.940><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:26.039><c> so</c><00:19:26.220><c> here's</c><00:19:26.619><c> this</c><00:19:27.220><c> character.</c>

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And<00:19:27.799><c> once</c><00:19:28.059><c> again,</c><00:19:29.359><c> good</c><00:19:29.519><c> stories</c><00:19:29.859><c> have</c><00:19:30.140><c> compelling</c><00:19:30.880><c> characters</c>

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that<00:19:31.660><c> we</c><00:19:35.740><c> can</c><00:19:35.960><c> somehow</c><00:19:36.220><c> relate</c><00:19:36.779><c> to</c><00:19:37.000><c> in</c><00:19:37.240><c> some</c><00:19:37.460><c> way.</c>

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So<00:19:38.059><c> he</c><00:19:38.240><c> steals</c><00:19:38.700><c> $1</c><00:19:39.019><c>,100</c><00:19:39.359><c> or</c><00:19:39.940><c> shekels</c><00:19:40.500><c> from</c><00:19:40.660><c> his</c><00:19:40.900><c> mom.</c>

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And<00:19:42.400><c> already</c><00:19:42.720><c> we</c><00:19:42.900><c> might</c><00:19:43.079><c> say,</c><00:19:43.319><c> okay,</c>

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here's<00:19:43.740><c> the</c><00:19:44.019><c> bad</c><00:19:44.299><c> guy</c><00:19:44.500><c> in</c><00:19:44.680><c> the</c><00:19:44.880><c> story.</c>

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We've<00:19:45.940><c> identified</c><00:19:46.420><c> the</c><00:19:46.660><c> bad</c><00:19:46.880><c> guy,</c><00:19:47.160><c> but</c><00:19:47.380><c> then</c><00:19:47.539><c> he</c><00:19:47.759><c> returns</c><00:19:48.119><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:49.160><c> we</c><00:19:49.299><c> might</c><00:19:49.440><c> think,</c><00:19:49.599><c> okay,</c><00:19:49.859><c> maybe</c><00:19:50.140><c> he's</c><00:19:50.460><c> repentant</c>

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and<00:19:51.200><c> he's</c><00:19:52.160><c> returning</c><00:19:52.799><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:53.420><c> we're</c><00:19:53.579><c> gonna</c><00:19:53.720><c> see</c><00:19:53.980><c> this</c><00:19:54.279><c> back</c><00:19:54.619><c> and</c><00:19:54.900><c> forth</c>

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with<00:19:55.259><c> these</c><00:19:55.519><c> characters,</c><00:19:56.500><c> but</c><00:19:56.759><c> he</c><00:19:56.980><c> returns</c><00:19:57.319><c> it</c><00:19:57.539><c> out</c><00:19:57.660><c> of</c><00:19:57.900><c> fear.</c>

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It<00:19:58.240><c> says,</c><00:19:59.119><c> and</c><00:19:59.119><c> he</c><00:19:59.359><c> said</c><00:19:59.559><c> to</c><00:19:59.720><c> his</c><00:19:59.960><c> mother,</c>

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the<00:20:00.519><c> 1</c><00:20:00.799><c>,100</c><00:20:01.160><c> shekels</c><00:20:01.740><c> of</c><00:20:01.940><c> silver</c><00:20:02.180><c> that</c><00:20:02.440><c> were</c><00:20:02.759><c> taken</c><00:20:03.079><c> from</c><00:20:03.380><c> you</c>

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and<00:20:04.319><c> on</c><00:20:04.519><c> which</c><00:20:04.680><c> you</c><00:20:04.900><c> put</c><00:20:05.000><c> a</c><00:20:05.440><c> curse,</c>

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even<00:20:07.180><c> saying</c><00:20:07.440><c> it</c><00:20:07.640><c> in</c><00:20:07.759><c> my</c><00:20:08.000><c> ears,</c><00:20:09.099><c> here's</c><00:20:09.500><c> the</c><00:20:09.720><c> silver</c><00:20:09.940><c> with</c><00:20:10.200><c> me,</c>

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I<00:20:10.579><c> took</c><00:20:10.799><c> it.</c>

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So<00:20:11.420><c> it's</c><00:20:11.599><c> like,</c><00:20:13.039><c> mom's</c><00:20:13.279><c> made</c><00:20:13.420><c> a</c><00:20:13.779><c> curse</c><00:20:14.119><c> and</c><00:20:14.400><c> I</c><00:20:14.759><c> heard</c><00:20:15.000><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:15.960><c> I</c><00:20:16.059><c> don't</c><00:20:16.200><c> want</c><00:20:16.319><c> that</c><00:20:16.619><c> curse</c><00:20:16.759><c> to</c><00:20:17.019><c> come</c><00:20:17.180><c> against</c><00:20:17.599><c> me.</c>

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So<00:20:18.539><c> he</c><00:20:18.980><c> returns</c><00:20:19.420><c> the</c><00:20:19.680><c> money</c><00:20:19.880><c> to</c><00:20:20.099><c> his</c><00:20:20.279><c> mom.</c>

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So<00:20:20.579><c> the</c><00:20:20.740><c> motivation</c><00:20:21.599><c> of</c><00:20:22.539><c> returning</c><00:20:23.019><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:20:23.579><c> seem</c><00:20:23.839><c> to</c><00:20:24.079><c> be</c><00:20:24.640><c> all</c><00:20:24.980><c> that</c><00:20:25.220><c> good</c><00:20:25.359><c> either.</c>

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Then<00:20:27.039><c> he</c><00:20:27.240><c> takes,</c><00:20:29.500><c> it</c><00:20:29.859><c> says</c><00:20:30.059><c> that</c><00:20:30.259><c> he</c><00:20:30.460><c> has</c><00:20:30.720><c> set</c><00:20:30.920><c> up</c>

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a<00:20:31.519><c> shrine</c><00:20:31.799><c> with</c><00:20:32.220><c> idols.</c>

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If<00:20:34.500><c> we</c><00:20:34.680><c> go</c><00:20:34.920><c> down</c><00:20:35.200><c> in</c><00:20:35.380><c> verse</c><00:20:35.720><c> five,</c>

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the<00:20:37.019><c> man</c><00:20:37.339><c> Micah</c><00:20:37.720><c> had</c><00:20:37.900><c> a</c><00:20:38.259><c> shrine</c><00:20:38.720><c> and</c><00:20:39.460><c> made</c><00:20:39.660><c> an</c><00:20:39.940><c> ephod</c>

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and<00:20:41.140><c> household</c><00:20:41.559><c> idols.</c>

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And<00:20:43.019><c> he</c><00:20:43.279><c> consecrated</c><00:20:43.859><c> one</c><00:20:44.119><c> of</c><00:20:44.240><c> his</c><00:20:44.500><c> sons</c><00:20:44.779><c> who</c><00:20:45.019><c> became</c><00:20:45.319><c> his</c><00:20:45.759><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:20:47.059><c> there's</c><00:20:47.319><c> that</c><00:20:47.599><c> comment.</c>

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In<00:20:48.200><c> those</c><00:20:48.440><c> days,</c><00:20:48.759><c> there</c><00:20:48.880><c> was</c><00:20:49.059><c> no</c><00:20:49.259><c> king</c><00:20:49.440><c> in</c><00:20:49.660><c> Israel.</c>

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Everyone<00:20:51.119><c> did</c><00:20:51.380><c> what</c><00:20:51.559><c> was</c><00:20:51.839><c> right</c><00:20:52.119><c> in</c><00:20:52.339><c> his</c><00:20:52.599><c> own</c><00:20:52.819><c> eyes.</c>

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So<00:20:53.279><c> here</c><00:20:53.400><c> we</c><00:20:53.559><c> have</c><00:20:53.700><c> somebody</c><00:20:54.079><c> who's</c><00:20:54.480><c> motivated</c><00:20:55.079><c> by,</c>

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okay,<00:20:56.200><c> what</c><00:20:56.359><c> do</c><00:20:56.500><c> I</c><00:20:56.720><c> wanna</c><00:20:57.000><c> do?</c>

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What<00:20:58.480><c> feels</c><00:20:59.039><c> right?</c>

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I<00:21:00.259><c> would</c><00:21:00.519><c> like</c><00:21:01.299><c> a</c><00:21:02.160><c> shrine.</c>

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I<00:21:02.680><c> would</c><00:21:02.880><c> like</c><00:21:03.099><c> idols.</c>

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I'd<00:21:03.799><c> like</c><00:21:03.940><c> to</c><00:21:04.220><c> set</c><00:21:04.359><c> up</c><00:21:04.759><c> a</c><00:21:04.980><c> place</c><00:21:05.140><c> of</c><00:21:05.380><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:21:07.720><c> just</c><00:21:07.960><c> to</c><00:21:08.180><c> keep</c><00:21:08.339><c> in</c><00:21:08.660><c> mind,</c>

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he's<00:21:10.079><c> in</c><00:21:10.220><c> the</c><00:21:10.339><c> mountains</c><00:21:10.539><c> of</c><00:21:10.799><c> Ephraim</c>

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and<00:21:12.839><c> Shiloh</c><00:21:13.400><c> is</c><00:21:13.619><c> where</c><00:21:13.900><c> the</c><00:21:14.980><c> tabernacle</c><00:21:15.619><c> was.</c>

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So<00:21:16.779><c> it's</c><00:21:16.920><c> not</c><00:21:17.180><c> like</c><00:21:17.400><c> he</c><00:21:17.599><c> has</c><00:21:17.859><c> a</c><00:21:18.339><c> huge</c><00:21:18.700><c> distance</c><00:21:19.319><c> to</c><00:21:19.660><c> travel</c>

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in<00:21:20.319><c> order</c><00:21:20.599><c> to</c><00:21:20.880><c> get</c><00:21:21.240><c> to</c><00:21:21.640><c> the</c><00:21:21.859><c> tabernacle,</c>

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to<00:21:22.759><c> get</c><00:21:23.059><c> to</c><00:21:24.039><c> Levites,</c><00:21:24.700><c> to</c><00:21:24.819><c> get</c><00:21:25.059><c> to</c><00:21:25.500><c> priests,</c>

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to<00:21:27.359><c> make</c><00:21:27.759><c> sacrifices.</c>

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But<00:21:30.960><c> he</c><00:21:31.200><c> feels</c><00:21:31.960><c> he's</c><00:21:32.720><c> going</c><00:21:32.980><c> to</c><00:21:33.160><c> set</c><00:21:33.299><c> up</c><00:21:33.559><c> in</c><00:21:33.740><c> his</c><00:21:33.960><c> own</c><00:21:34.160><c> home.</c>

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And<00:21:35.559><c> we</c><00:21:37.619><c> can</c><00:21:37.799><c> kind</c><00:21:38.400><c> of</c><00:21:38.799><c> get</c><00:21:39.000><c> that</c><00:21:39.660><c> sense</c>

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that<00:21:40.279><c> people</c><00:21:40.680><c> do</c><00:21:40.940><c> that</c><00:21:41.119><c> as</c><00:21:41.279><c> well.</c>

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Well,<00:21:41.579><c> you</c><00:21:41.640><c> know,</c><00:21:41.779><c> I</c><00:21:41.859><c> don't</c><00:21:42.019><c> get</c><00:21:42.180><c> along</c><00:21:42.359><c> with</c><00:21:42.559><c> other</c><00:21:42.740><c> people</c>

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or<00:21:43.160><c> I</c><00:21:43.259><c> don't</c><00:21:43.539><c> like</c><00:21:43.720><c> the</c><00:21:43.920><c> things</c><00:21:44.059><c> I'm</c><00:21:44.279><c> saying.</c>

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I'm<00:21:44.680><c> gonna</c><00:21:44.799><c> worship</c><00:21:45.180><c> at</c><00:21:45.500><c> home.</c>

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This<00:21:46.200><c> is</c><00:21:46.420><c> going</c><00:21:46.599><c> to</c><00:21:46.759><c> be</c><00:21:46.839><c> my</c><00:21:47.059><c> place.</c>

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Now,<00:21:50.640><c> in</c><00:21:50.920><c> his</c><00:21:51.220><c> defense,</c>

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the<00:21:55.480><c> worship</c><00:21:55.880><c> in</c><00:21:56.240><c> Shiloh</c><00:21:56.559><c> wasn't</c><00:21:56.940><c> always</c><00:21:57.380><c> the</c><00:21:57.640><c> best.</c>

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Now,<00:21:57.960><c> this</c><00:21:58.180><c> is</c><00:21:58.680><c> at</c><00:21:58.920><c> the</c><00:21:59.220><c> end</c><00:21:59.859><c> of</c><00:22:01.160><c> the</c><00:22:02.400><c> time</c><00:22:02.599><c> of</c><00:22:02.779><c> the</c><00:22:02.960><c> judges</c>

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when<00:22:03.740><c> Elias</c><00:22:04.660><c> is</c><00:22:04.900><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:22:06.339><c> in</c><00:22:06.539><c> 1</c><00:22:06.700><c> Samuel</c><00:22:07.079><c> chapter</c><00:22:07.680><c> two,</c>

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we<00:22:08.420><c> can</c><00:22:08.700><c> find</c><00:22:08.980><c> out</c><00:22:09.220><c> that</c><00:22:09.539><c> Shiloh,</c><00:22:10.779><c> at</c><00:22:10.880><c> least</c><00:22:11.079><c> at</c><00:22:11.400><c> times,</c>

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was<00:22:12.079><c> not</c><00:22:12.420><c> somewhere</c><00:22:12.779><c> people</c><00:22:13.660><c> actually</c><00:22:14.079><c> wanted</c><00:22:14.299><c> to</c><00:22:14.680><c> go</c>

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to<00:22:15.960><c> offer</c><00:22:16.240><c> sacrifices</c>

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because<00:22:17.579><c> the</c><00:22:18.200><c> way</c><00:22:18.319><c> the</c><00:22:18.680><c> priests</c><00:22:18.920><c> were</c><00:22:19.220><c> behaving.</c>

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In<00:22:22.960><c> chapter</c><00:22:23.640><c> 1</c><00:22:24.960><c> Samuel</c><00:22:25.259><c> two,</c><00:22:26.900><c> verse</c><00:22:27.119><c> 12,</c>

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it<00:22:27.640><c> says,</c><00:22:27.960><c> now</c><00:22:28.059><c> the</c><00:22:28.200><c> sons</c><00:22:28.480><c> of</c><00:22:28.720><c> Eli</c><00:22:28.940><c> were</c><00:22:29.220><c> corrupt.</c>

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They<00:22:30.240><c> did</c><00:22:30.500><c> not</c><00:22:30.720><c> know</c><00:22:30.940><c> the</c><00:22:31.200><c> Lord.</c>

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You<00:22:32.019><c> know,</c><00:22:32.160><c> it</c><00:22:32.180><c> might</c><00:22:32.279><c> be</c><00:22:32.500><c> another</c><00:22:32.759><c> way</c><00:22:32.960><c> of</c><00:22:33.220><c> saying</c>

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there<00:22:34.339><c> was</c><00:22:34.559><c> no</c><00:22:34.720><c> king</c><00:22:34.920><c> in</c><00:22:35.099><c> the</c><00:22:35.220><c> land</c>

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or<00:22:35.680><c> they</c><00:22:35.900><c> did</c><00:22:36.079><c> what</c><00:22:36.200><c> was</c><00:22:36.480><c> right</c><00:22:36.640><c> in</c><00:22:36.779><c> their</c><00:22:37.019><c> own</c><00:22:37.220><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:22:39.259><c> the</c><00:22:39.460><c> priest's</c><00:22:39.640><c> custom</c><00:22:40.119><c> with</c><00:22:40.299><c> the</c><00:22:40.559><c> people</c>

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was<00:22:41.019><c> that</c><00:22:41.220><c> when</c><00:22:41.440><c> any</c><00:22:41.680><c> man</c><00:22:41.900><c> offered</c><00:22:42.240><c> a</c><00:22:42.500><c> sacrifice,</c>

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the<00:22:43.440><c> priest's</c><00:22:43.900><c> servant</c><00:22:44.059><c> would</c><00:22:44.359><c> come</c>

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with<00:22:44.880><c> three</c><00:22:45.500><c>-pronged</c><00:22:46.180><c> flesh</c><00:22:46.460><c> hook</c><00:22:46.559><c> in</c><00:22:46.700><c> his</c><00:22:47.000><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:22:48.259><c> while</c><00:22:48.420><c> the</c><00:22:48.619><c> meat</c><00:22:48.720><c> was</c><00:22:48.960><c> boiling,</c>

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they<00:22:49.480><c> would</c><00:22:49.759><c> thrust</c><00:22:50.019><c> it</c><00:22:50.200><c> into</c><00:22:50.339><c> the</c><00:22:50.599><c> pan</c><00:22:50.779><c> or</c><00:22:51.059><c> kettle</c>

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or<00:22:51.619><c> cauldron</c><00:22:52.019><c> or</c><00:22:52.299><c> pot.</c>

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And<00:22:53.079><c> the</c><00:22:53.259><c> priest</c><00:22:53.420><c> would</c><00:22:53.619><c> take</c><00:22:53.859><c> for</c><00:22:54.059><c> himself</c>

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all<00:22:55.440><c> that</c><00:22:55.599><c> the</c><00:22:55.900><c> flesh</c><00:22:56.220><c> hook</c><00:22:56.440><c> brought</c><00:22:56.740><c> up.</c>

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So<00:22:57.940><c> they</c><00:22:58.180><c> did</c><00:22:58.339><c> in</c><00:22:58.700><c> Shiloh</c><00:22:59.119><c> to</c><00:22:59.279><c> all</c><00:22:59.519><c> the</c><00:22:59.720><c> Israelites</c>

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who<00:23:00.279><c> came</c><00:23:00.500><c> there.</c>

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Also,<00:23:01.819><c> before</c><00:23:02.099><c> they</c><00:23:02.279><c> burned</c><00:23:02.460><c> the</c><00:23:02.720><c> fat,</c>

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:05.359
the<00:23:04.019><c> priest's</c><00:23:04.400><c> servant</c><00:23:04.539><c> would</c><00:23:04.819><c> come</c><00:23:05.079><c> and</c><00:23:05.259><c> say</c>

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:07.099
to<00:23:05.519><c> the</c><00:23:05.640><c> man</c><00:23:05.859><c> who</c><00:23:06.079><c> sacrificed,</c>

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:10.299
give<00:23:07.740><c> meat</c><00:23:08.200><c> for</c><00:23:08.579><c> roasting</c><00:23:08.920><c> to</c><00:23:09.160><c> the</c><00:23:09.380><c> priest,</c>

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:13.700
for<00:23:10.460><c> he</c><00:23:10.579><c> will</c><00:23:10.880><c> not</c><00:23:11.160><c> take</c><00:23:11.440><c> boiled</c><00:23:11.799><c> meat</c><00:23:12.059><c> from</c><00:23:12.259><c> you,</c><00:23:12.480><c> but</c><00:23:12.660><c> raw.</c>

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And<00:23:13.980><c> if</c><00:23:14.119><c> the</c><00:23:14.259><c> man</c><00:23:14.460><c> said</c><00:23:14.720><c> to</c><00:23:14.859><c> him,</c>

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:17.900
they<00:23:15.539><c> should</c><00:23:15.759><c> really</c><00:23:16.059><c> burn</c><00:23:16.339><c> the</c><00:23:16.599><c> fat</c><00:23:16.799><c> first,</c>

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:20.559
then<00:23:18.140><c> you</c><00:23:18.279><c> may</c><00:23:18.440><c> take</c><00:23:18.640><c> as</c><00:23:18.859><c> much</c><00:23:19.000><c> as</c><00:23:19.099><c> your</c><00:23:19.279><c> heart</c><00:23:19.519><c> desires.</c>

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.500
He<00:23:20.880><c> would</c><00:23:21.039><c> then</c><00:23:21.259><c> answer</c><00:23:21.500><c> him,</c><00:23:21.839><c> no,</c><00:23:22.079><c> but</c><00:23:22.279><c> you</c><00:23:22.539><c> must</c><00:23:22.819><c> give</c><00:23:23.019><c> it</c><00:23:23.220><c> now.</c>

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:26.079
And<00:23:23.759><c> if</c><00:23:23.940><c> not,</c><00:23:24.140><c> I</c><00:23:24.259><c> will</c><00:23:24.500><c> take</c><00:23:24.680><c> it</c><00:23:24.880><c> by</c><00:23:25.140><c> force.</c>

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:28.019
Therefore<00:23:26.920><c> the</c><00:23:27.160><c> sin</c><00:23:27.339><c> of</c><00:23:27.539><c> the</c><00:23:27.680><c> young</c><00:23:27.839><c> men</c>

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was<00:23:28.240><c> very</c><00:23:28.680><c> great</c><00:23:28.900><c> before</c><00:23:29.180><c> the</c><00:23:29.400><c> Lord,</c>

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:33.980
for<00:23:30.500><c> men</c><00:23:30.859><c> abhorred</c><00:23:32.079><c> the</c><00:23:32.339><c> offering</c><00:23:32.720><c> of</c><00:23:32.940><c> the</c><00:23:33.079><c> Lord.</c>

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:38.099
So<00:23:34.660><c> I</c><00:23:34.759><c> don't</c><00:23:34.980><c> know</c><00:23:35.140><c> if</c><00:23:35.539><c> this</c><00:23:35.859><c> was</c><00:23:36.119><c> the</c><00:23:36.279><c> situation</c><00:23:36.920><c> earlier</c><00:23:37.539><c> as</c><00:23:37.839><c> well</c>

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:41.160
that<00:23:38.400><c> at</c><00:23:38.740><c> times,</c><00:23:39.359><c> just</c><00:23:39.599><c> like</c><00:23:39.759><c> in</c><00:23:39.920><c> the</c><00:23:40.140><c> land,</c>

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people<00:23:42.700><c> moved</c><00:23:42.980><c> to</c><00:23:43.240><c> idolatry.</c>

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:47.500
Maybe<00:23:44.279><c> the</c><00:23:44.720><c> priests</c><00:23:45.220><c> were</c><00:23:46.259><c> corrupt</c><00:23:46.599><c> at</c><00:23:46.819><c> different</c><00:23:47.059><c> times</c>

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throughout<00:23:47.759><c> the</c><00:23:47.980><c> judges</c><00:23:48.259><c> as</c><00:23:48.599><c> well.</c>

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But<00:23:50.200><c> for</c><00:23:50.500><c> whatever</c><00:23:50.799><c> reason,</c>

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Micah<00:23:52.380><c> decides</c><00:23:53.380><c> to</c><00:23:54.920><c> break</c><00:23:55.240><c> some</c><00:23:55.559><c> laws</c>

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:58.859
and<00:23:56.119><c> set</c><00:23:56.359><c> up</c><00:23:56.960><c> a</c><00:23:57.160><c> shrine</c><00:23:57.380><c> with</c><00:23:57.819><c> idols.</c>

00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:04.039
And<00:23:59.259><c> it's</c><00:23:59.480><c> this</c><00:23:59.680><c> idea</c><00:24:00.079><c> of</c><00:24:00.440><c> mixing</c><00:24:00.839><c> things</c><00:24:01.319><c> with</c><00:24:01.920><c> true</c><00:24:02.240><c> worship</c><00:24:02.700><c> too.</c>

00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:08.720
Yahweh's<00:24:06.640><c> name</c><00:24:06.900><c> is</c><00:24:07.339><c> brought</c><00:24:07.619><c> up</c><00:24:07.839><c> a</c><00:24:08.000><c> number</c><00:24:08.200><c> of</c><00:24:08.460><c> times</c>

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:12.339
in<00:24:08.859><c> this</c><00:24:09.099><c> chapter,</c><00:24:10.420><c> the</c><00:24:10.619><c> whole</c><00:24:10.880><c> idea</c><00:24:11.220><c> of</c><00:24:11.440><c> having</c><00:24:11.700><c> a</c><00:24:12.019><c> priest</c>

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:18.660
and<00:24:12.579><c> an</c><00:24:12.839><c> ephod,</c><00:24:13.619><c> but</c><00:24:15.539><c> it's</c><00:24:15.799><c> all</c><00:24:15.980><c> mixed</c><00:24:16.200><c> up</c><00:24:16.380><c> with</c><00:24:16.619><c> idolatry</c><00:24:17.220><c> as</c><00:24:17.480><c> well.</c>

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And<00:24:19.920><c> then</c><00:24:20.400><c> later</c><00:24:21.079><c> on,</c><00:24:21.839><c> if</c><00:24:22.059><c> we</c><00:24:22.279><c> continue</c><00:24:22.759><c> to</c><00:24:22.980><c> read,</c>

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:27.059
he<00:24:23.299><c> sets</c><00:24:23.579><c> up</c><00:24:23.799><c> his</c><00:24:24.119><c> son</c><00:24:24.720><c> as</c><00:24:25.859><c> a</c><00:24:26.140><c> priest,</c>

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:29.180
and<00:24:27.460><c> then</c><00:24:27.640><c> this</c><00:24:27.819><c> young</c><00:24:28.140><c> Levite</c><00:24:28.539><c> comes</c><00:24:28.839><c> along,</c>

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:34.180
and<00:24:29.380><c> so</c><00:24:29.500><c> he</c><00:24:29.740><c> fires</c><00:24:30.140><c> his</c><00:24:30.420><c> son</c><00:24:31.259><c> and</c><00:24:31.839><c> hires</c><00:24:32.279><c> this</c><00:24:32.640><c> Levite,</c>

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:39.720
and<00:24:34.880><c> offers</c><00:24:35.160><c> him</c><00:24:35.420><c> a</c><00:24:35.539><c> job</c><00:24:36.299><c> as</c><00:24:36.759><c> his</c><00:24:38.799><c> priest.</c>

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:42.779
And<00:24:40.220><c> so</c><00:24:40.359><c> it's</c><00:24:40.500><c> this</c><00:24:40.740><c> back</c><00:24:40.980><c> and</c><00:24:41.140><c> forth,</c><00:24:41.339><c> he</c><00:24:41.599><c> steals,</c><00:24:42.079><c> he</c><00:24:42.220><c> returns,</c>

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:46.900
he<00:24:43.079><c> sets</c><00:24:43.279><c> up</c><00:24:43.480><c> his</c><00:24:43.700><c> son,</c><00:24:44.000><c> he</c><00:24:44.200><c> fires</c><00:24:44.599><c> his</c><00:24:44.859><c> son,</c><00:24:45.099><c> he</c><00:24:45.240><c> hires</c><00:24:45.480><c> a</c><00:24:45.700><c> Levite.</c>

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:49.380
And<00:24:47.539><c> then</c><00:24:47.740><c> he</c><00:24:48.039><c> just</c><00:24:48.279><c> has</c><00:24:48.519><c> this</c><00:24:48.779><c> idea</c>

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that<00:24:49.839><c> somehow</c><00:24:50.599><c> all</c><00:24:51.160><c> of</c><00:24:51.420><c> this,</c>

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:54.859
now<00:24:52.759><c> I</c><00:24:52.940><c> know</c><00:24:53.299><c> that</c><00:24:53.519><c> the</c><00:24:53.759><c> Lord</c><00:24:53.940><c> will</c><00:24:54.240><c> prosper</c><00:24:54.599><c> me</c>

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:58.000
because<00:24:55.160><c> I</c><00:24:55.359><c> have</c><00:24:55.539><c> a</c><00:24:55.779><c> Levite</c><00:24:56.460><c> as</c><00:24:57.079><c> priest.</c>

00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:00.940
And<00:24:58.720><c> just</c><00:24:58.880><c> this</c><00:24:59.039><c> idea</c><00:24:59.319><c> like,</c><00:24:59.839><c> well,</c>

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:04.000
you<00:25:01.299><c> can,</c><00:25:01.819><c> in</c><00:25:02.140><c> your</c><00:25:02.380><c> own</c><00:25:02.599><c> justification,</c>

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:07.680
make<00:25:05.359><c> things</c><00:25:05.660><c> seem</c><00:25:05.900><c> right,</c><00:25:06.779><c> make</c><00:25:06.920><c> things</c><00:25:07.319><c> seem</c><00:25:07.579><c> right.</c>

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.700
I've<00:25:07.940><c> got</c><00:25:08.059><c> a</c><00:25:08.259><c> Levite,</c><00:25:08.559><c> I'm</c><00:25:08.779><c> gonna</c><00:25:08.940><c> ignore</c><00:25:09.259><c> the</c><00:25:09.500><c> fact</c>

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:13.500
that<00:25:09.940><c> I</c><00:25:10.180><c> have</c><00:25:10.619><c> set</c><00:25:10.920><c> up</c><00:25:11.099><c> a</c><00:25:11.319><c> shrine</c><00:25:11.559><c> in</c><00:25:11.759><c> my</c><00:25:12.019><c> house</c><00:25:12.500><c> with</c><00:25:12.960><c> idols,</c>

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.240
but<00:25:14.240><c> at</c><00:25:14.359><c> least</c><00:25:14.519><c> I</c><00:25:14.660><c> have</c><00:25:14.779><c> a</c><00:25:14.960><c> Levite,</c>

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.480
and<00:25:15.440><c> God's</c><00:25:15.680><c> gonna</c><00:25:15.799><c> be</c><00:25:16.420><c> favorable</c><00:25:16.819><c> towards</c><00:25:17.220><c> me</c>

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because<00:25:17.740><c> I've</c><00:25:17.960><c> done</c><00:25:18.119><c> that.</c>

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:24.700
And<00:25:22.779><c> so</c><00:25:22.940><c> we</c><00:25:23.059><c> get</c><00:25:23.220><c> this</c><00:25:23.440><c> idea</c><00:25:23.680><c> that,</c><00:25:23.940><c> okay,</c><00:25:24.400><c> Micah,</c>

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:27.059
his<00:25:25.000><c> name</c><00:25:25.200><c> means</c><00:25:25.480><c> who</c><00:25:25.660><c> is</c><00:25:25.839><c> like</c><00:25:26.099><c> God,</c>

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:29.900
but<00:25:27.880><c> maybe</c><00:25:28.099><c> that's</c><00:25:28.380><c> more</c><00:25:28.559><c> like,</c>

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:34.000
almost<00:25:32.000><c> like</c><00:25:32.319><c> a</c><00:25:32.500><c> sarcastic</c><00:25:33.099><c> comment.</c>

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:37.359
Here's<00:25:34.980><c> somebody</c><00:25:35.140><c> who's</c><00:25:35.440><c> clearly</c><00:25:35.740><c> not</c><00:25:36.099><c> like</c><00:25:36.339><c> God.</c>

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:40.079
And<00:25:37.940><c> so</c><00:25:38.039><c> it's</c><00:25:38.220><c> a</c><00:25:38.319><c> very</c><00:25:38.619><c> confusing</c><00:25:39.400><c> person,</c>

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:42.119
but<00:25:40.240><c> once</c><00:25:40.559><c> again,</c><00:25:41.440><c> that</c><00:25:41.579><c> whole</c><00:25:41.779><c> idea</c>

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:45.339
that<00:25:42.619><c> everyone</c><00:25:42.640><c> did</c><00:25:42.859><c> what</c><00:25:43.019><c> was</c><00:25:43.339><c> right</c><00:25:43.559><c> in</c><00:25:43.680><c> his</c><00:25:43.920><c> own</c><00:25:44.180><c> eyes.</c>

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:49.039
So<00:25:47.119><c> let's</c><00:25:47.319><c> move</c><00:25:47.559><c> on</c><00:25:47.740><c> to</c><00:25:47.859><c> the</c><00:25:48.039><c> mom.</c>

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And<00:25:50.640><c> as</c><00:25:50.920><c> we</c><00:25:51.160><c> read,</c><00:25:51.960><c> she</c><00:25:52.299><c> curses</c><00:25:52.759><c> the</c><00:25:53.000><c> person</c>

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:57.059
who<00:25:53.539><c> stole</c><00:25:53.759><c> her</c><00:25:54.180><c> $1</c><00:25:54.339><c>,100,</c><00:25:55.680><c> or</c><00:25:55.900><c> shekels.</c>

00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:00.559
She<00:25:59.279><c> gets</c><00:25:59.519><c> her</c><00:25:59.779><c> money</c><00:26:00.019><c> back,</c>

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:02.940
and<00:26:01.019><c> she</c><00:26:01.259><c> blesses</c><00:26:01.720><c> her</c><00:26:01.940><c> son</c><00:26:02.220><c> to</c><00:26:02.460><c> the</c><00:26:02.700><c> Lord.</c>

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:05.440
So<00:26:03.259><c> okay,</c><00:26:03.539><c> maybe</c><00:26:03.880><c> this</c><00:26:04.319><c> is</c><00:26:04.599><c> the</c><00:26:04.759><c> good</c><00:26:04.980><c> person.</c>

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:09.819
Maybe<00:26:05.880><c> this</c><00:26:06.119><c> is</c><00:26:06.319><c> the</c><00:26:06.460><c> person</c><00:26:06.720><c> that</c><00:26:07.180><c> is</c><00:26:07.579><c> the</c><00:26:07.880><c> heroine</c><00:26:08.359><c> of</c><00:26:08.599><c> the</c><00:26:08.900><c> story.</c>

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:12.939
But<00:26:10.500><c> look</c><00:26:10.700><c> what</c><00:26:10.859><c> happens</c><00:26:11.420><c> with</c><00:26:11.779><c> her.</c>

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.819
It<00:26:16.660><c> says,</c><00:26:17.119><c> his</c><00:26:17.119><c> mother</c><00:26:17.400><c> said,</c>

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.779
"'May<00:26:18.019><c> you</c><00:26:18.200><c> be</c><00:26:18.359><c> blessed</c><00:26:18.619><c> by</c><00:26:18.839><c> the</c><00:26:19.000><c> Lord</c><00:26:19.140><c> my</c><00:26:19.359><c> son.'"</c>

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Then<00:26:20.119><c> verse</c><00:26:20.339><c> three.</c>

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:23.779
"'When<00:26:21.440><c> he</c><00:26:21.640><c> had</c><00:26:21.740><c> returned</c><00:26:22.119><c> the</c><00:26:22.359><c> 1</c><00:26:22.539><c>,100</c><00:26:22.880><c> shekels</c><00:26:23.339><c> of</c><00:26:23.460><c> silver</c>

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.359
"'to<00:26:23.920><c> his</c><00:26:24.160><c> mother,</c><00:26:24.519><c> his</c><00:26:24.740><c> mother</c><00:26:24.980><c> said,</c>

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:28.960
"'I<00:26:25.920><c> had</c><00:26:26.259><c> wholly</c><00:26:26.599><c> dedicated</c><00:26:27.240><c> the</c><00:26:27.480><c> silver</c><00:26:27.900><c> from</c><00:26:28.259><c> my</c><00:26:28.599><c> hand</c>

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:31.460
"'to<00:26:29.240><c> the</c><00:26:29.500><c> Lord</c><00:26:29.839><c> for</c><00:26:30.099><c> my</c><00:26:30.380><c> son,</c>

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:35.859
"'to<00:26:32.700><c> make</c><00:26:32.920><c> a</c><00:26:33.200><c> carved</c><00:26:33.579><c> image</c><00:26:34.140><c> and</c><00:26:34.680><c> a</c><00:26:34.880><c> molded</c><00:26:35.380><c> image.'"</c>

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:38.980
So<00:26:36.480><c> you</c><00:26:37.700><c> just,</c><00:26:38.000><c> what?</c>

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:41.599
You<00:26:39.539><c> know,</c><00:26:39.539><c> you</c><00:26:39.759><c> got</c><00:26:39.940><c> your</c><00:26:40.160><c> money</c><00:26:40.440><c> back.</c>

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:46.599
You're<00:26:42.380><c> dedicating</c><00:26:42.839><c> it</c><00:26:43.279><c> wholly</c><00:26:43.700><c> to</c><00:26:44.019><c> the</c><00:26:44.279><c> Lord</c><00:26:44.680><c> to</c><00:26:45.099><c> make</c><00:26:45.440><c> idols.</c>

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:50.380
And<00:26:47.819><c> once</c><00:26:48.119><c> again,</c><00:26:49.160><c> what</c><00:26:49.500><c> happens</c><00:26:49.859><c> to</c><00:26:50.119><c> people</c>

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:53.819
when<00:26:50.519><c> they</c><00:26:50.819><c> have</c><00:26:51.039><c> no</c><00:26:51.359><c> book,</c><00:26:51.940><c> when</c><00:26:52.099><c> they</c><00:26:52.259><c> have</c><00:26:52.420><c> no</c><00:26:52.740><c> king,</c>

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.099
God<00:26:54.240><c> is</c><00:26:54.480><c> their</c><00:26:54.759><c> king,</c>

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:57.900
when<00:26:55.660><c> they</c><00:26:55.839><c> do</c><00:26:55.980><c> what</c><00:26:56.160><c> is</c><00:26:56.359><c> right</c><00:26:56.480><c> in</c><00:26:56.619><c> their</c><00:26:56.779><c> own</c><00:26:57.000><c> eyes?</c>

00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:02.640
And<00:26:58.619><c> so</c><00:26:58.960><c> it</c><00:26:59.400><c> says</c><00:26:59.599><c> she</c><00:26:59.859><c> dedicates</c><00:27:00.519><c> it</c><00:27:00.819><c> all</c><00:27:01.019><c> to</c><00:27:01.200><c> the</c><00:27:01.500><c> Lord,</c>

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:06.059
to<00:27:04.640><c> her</c><00:27:04.880><c> son</c><00:27:05.119><c> to</c><00:27:05.299><c> make</c><00:27:05.519><c> idols.</c>

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:10.000
But<00:27:06.539><c> then</c><00:27:06.759><c> she</c><00:27:07.019><c> spends,</c><00:27:07.359><c> it</c><00:27:07.500><c> says</c><00:27:07.799><c> she</c><00:27:07.980><c> takes</c><00:27:08.319><c> $200,</c>

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:13.240
200<00:27:11.400><c> silver</c><00:27:11.900><c> shekels,</c><00:27:12.359><c> verse</c><00:27:12.619><c> four.</c>

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:15.920
"'Then<00:27:13.859><c> he</c><00:27:14.440><c> returned</c><00:27:14.740><c> the</c><00:27:14.920><c> silver</c><00:27:15.119><c> to</c><00:27:15.279><c> his</c><00:27:15.500><c> mother,</c>

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:18.940
"'then<00:27:16.599><c> his</c><00:27:16.819><c> mother</c><00:27:17.019><c> took</c><00:27:17.359><c> 200</c><00:27:18.019><c> shekels</c><00:27:18.519><c> of</c><00:27:18.640><c> silver</c>

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:20.440
"'and<00:27:19.079><c> gave</c><00:27:19.339><c> them</c><00:27:19.500><c> to</c><00:27:19.680><c> the</c><00:27:19.920><c> silversmith,</c>

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:24.579
"'and<00:27:20.599><c> he</c><00:27:20.799><c> made</c><00:27:21.799><c> it</c><00:27:22.259><c> into</c><00:27:22.400><c> a</c><00:27:22.579><c> carved</c><00:27:22.980><c> image</c><00:27:23.359><c> and</c><00:27:23.440><c> a</c><00:27:23.680><c> molded</c><00:27:24.099><c> image,</c>

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:27.280
"'and<00:27:25.099><c> they</c><00:27:25.259><c> were</c><00:27:25.400><c> in</c><00:27:25.480><c> the</c><00:27:25.599><c> house</c><00:27:25.839><c> of</c><00:27:26.160><c> Micah.'"</c>

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:32.019
So<00:27:28.440><c> she</c><00:27:28.619><c> says,</c><00:27:28.839><c> I'm</c><00:27:29.019><c> gonna</c><00:27:29.220><c> dedicate</c><00:27:29.700><c> it</c><00:27:30.079><c> all</c><00:27:30.700><c> to</c><00:27:31.500><c> the</c><00:27:31.740><c> Lord.</c>

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:33.319
And<00:27:32.339><c> then</c><00:27:32.420><c> she</c><00:27:32.559><c> takes</c><00:27:32.839><c> 200.</c>

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:35.359
So<00:27:33.539><c> it's</c><00:27:33.680><c> almost</c><00:27:33.880><c> like</c><00:27:34.380><c> it's</c><00:27:34.779><c> a</c><00:27:34.940><c> horrible</c><00:27:35.160><c> thing</c>

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:37.839
she's<00:27:35.660><c> doing</c><00:27:35.819><c> anyway,</c><00:27:36.319><c> making</c><00:27:36.660><c> these</c><00:27:37.000><c> idols.</c>

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:41.119
But<00:27:38.779><c> she's</c><00:27:38.980><c> not</c><00:27:39.160><c> even</c><00:27:39.619><c> sticking</c><00:27:40.240><c> to</c><00:27:40.500><c> her</c><00:27:40.759><c> commitment</c>

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:43.079
of<00:27:41.420><c> dedicating</c><00:27:41.880><c> it</c><00:27:42.200><c> all.</c>

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:47.259
And<00:27:44.420><c> so</c><00:27:44.539><c> we</c><00:27:44.940><c> find</c><00:27:45.160><c> out</c><00:27:45.339><c> that</c><00:27:45.519><c> the</c><00:27:45.720><c> mom</c><00:27:45.900><c> is</c><00:27:46.119><c> not</c><00:27:46.460><c> the</c><00:27:46.900><c> person</c>

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:49.420
who's<00:27:47.579><c> going</c><00:27:47.759><c> to</c><00:27:48.039><c> redeem</c><00:27:48.279><c> this</c><00:27:48.640><c> story.</c>

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.160
Well,<00:27:50.319><c> what</c><00:27:50.440><c> about</c><00:27:50.579><c> the</c><00:27:50.880><c> Levite?</c>

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:53.680
Maybe<00:27:51.460><c> this</c><00:27:51.740><c> Levite</c><00:27:52.180><c> who's</c><00:27:52.779><c> wandering</c><00:27:53.200><c> around</c>

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:56.039
is<00:27:54.000><c> gonna</c><00:27:54.359><c> make</c><00:27:54.700><c> things</c><00:27:54.980><c> right.</c>

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:58.140
Verse<00:27:57.420><c> seven,</c><00:27:57.900><c> it</c><00:27:57.980><c> says,</c>

00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:01.319
"'There<00:27:58.259><c> was</c><00:27:58.480><c> a</c><00:27:58.559><c> young</c><00:27:58.859><c> man</c><00:27:59.180><c> from</c><00:27:59.400><c> Bethlehem</c><00:28:00.180><c> and</c><00:28:00.420><c> Judah,</c>

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:04.299
"'of<00:28:01.720><c> the</c><00:28:01.880><c> family</c><00:28:02.339><c> of</c><00:28:02.720><c> Judah,</c><00:28:03.019><c> and</c><00:28:03.240><c> he</c><00:28:03.359><c> was</c><00:28:03.539><c> a</c><00:28:03.700><c> Levite,</c>

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:06.599
"'and<00:28:04.619><c> he</c><00:28:04.759><c> was</c><00:28:05.079><c> staying</c><00:28:05.339><c> there.'"</c>

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:17.180
Let<00:28:14.420><c> me</c><00:28:14.960><c> continue</c><00:28:15.480><c> there,</c><00:28:16.059><c> verse</c><00:28:16.559><c> eight.</c>

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:19.819
"'The<00:28:17.460><c> man</c><00:28:17.660><c> departed</c><00:28:18.160><c> from</c><00:28:18.440><c> the</c><00:28:18.579><c> city</c><00:28:18.740><c> of</c><00:28:18.880><c> Bethlehem</c><00:28:19.440><c> and</c><00:28:19.519><c> Judah</c>

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:22.339
"'to<00:28:20.039><c> stay</c><00:28:20.319><c> wherever</c><00:28:20.740><c> he</c><00:28:20.960><c> could</c><00:28:21.240><c> find</c><00:28:21.619><c> a</c><00:28:21.880><c> place.</c>

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:24.740
"'Then<00:28:23.140><c> he</c><00:28:23.299><c> came</c><00:28:23.519><c> to</c><00:28:23.640><c> the</c><00:28:23.779><c> mountains</c><00:28:24.039><c> of</c><00:28:24.319><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:27.079
"'to<00:28:24.859><c> the</c><00:28:25.000><c> house</c><00:28:25.240><c> of</c><00:28:25.500><c> Micah,</c><00:28:25.819><c> as</c><00:28:25.980><c> he</c><00:28:26.180><c> journeyed.</c>

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:29.680
"'And<00:28:27.359><c> Micah</c><00:28:27.640><c> said</c><00:28:27.880><c> to</c><00:28:27.980><c> him,</c><00:28:28.279><c> where</c><00:28:28.559><c> do</c><00:28:28.740><c> you</c><00:28:28.880><c> come</c><00:28:29.099><c> from?</c>

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:33.200
"'So<00:28:30.420><c> he</c><00:28:30.519><c> said</c><00:28:30.720><c> to</c><00:28:30.799><c> him,</c><00:28:31.019><c> I</c><00:28:31.160><c> am</c><00:28:31.299><c> a</c><00:28:31.480><c> Levite</c><00:28:31.819><c> from</c><00:28:32.019><c> Bethlehem</c><00:28:32.640><c> and</c><00:28:32.839><c> Judah,</c>

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:37.680
"'and<00:28:33.759><c> I'm</c><00:28:33.880><c> on</c><00:28:34.140><c> my</c><00:28:34.380><c> way</c><00:28:34.559><c> to</c><00:28:34.740><c> find</c><00:28:34.980><c> a</c><00:28:35.259><c> place</c><00:28:35.640><c> to</c><00:28:36.099><c> stay.'"</c>

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.000
So<00:28:38.099><c> he's</c><00:28:38.319><c> wandering</c><00:28:38.759><c> the</c><00:28:39.019><c> hills.</c>

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:44.400
He<00:28:41.400><c> doesn't</c><00:28:41.660><c> seem</c><00:28:41.900><c> to</c><00:28:42.059><c> have</c><00:28:42.160><c> any</c><00:28:42.480><c> specific</c><00:28:43.079><c> destination.</c>

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.480
We<00:28:44.980><c> might</c><00:28:45.200><c> ask,</c><00:28:45.480><c> why</c><00:28:45.700><c> isn't</c><00:28:46.019><c> he</c><00:28:46.380><c> in</c><00:28:46.759><c> Shiloh?</c>

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:50.339
Why<00:28:48.319><c> isn't</c><00:28:48.539><c> he</c><00:28:48.779><c> around</c><00:28:48.960><c> the</c><00:28:49.259><c> tabernacle?</c>

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:55.519
He's<00:28:54.039><c> living</c><00:28:54.279><c> in</c><00:28:54.539><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:28:55.279><c> it</c><00:28:55.319><c> says,</c>

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.819
or<00:28:55.700><c> he</c><00:28:55.759><c> was</c><00:28:55.960><c> living</c><00:28:56.220><c> in</c><00:28:56.460><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:59.480
and<00:28:56.920><c> that</c><00:28:57.119><c> was</c><00:28:57.359><c> not</c><00:28:57.599><c> a</c><00:28:57.799><c> city</c><00:28:58.000><c> that</c><00:28:58.140><c> was</c><00:28:58.359><c> given</c><00:28:58.599><c> to</c><00:28:58.819><c> the</c><00:28:58.960><c> Levites,</c>

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:02.900
when<00:28:59.779><c> you</c><00:28:59.880><c> see</c><00:29:00.059><c> that</c><00:29:00.319><c> in</c><00:29:00.359><c> Numbers</c><00:29:00.660><c> 18,</c><00:29:01.200><c> verse</c><00:29:01.380><c> 20.</c>

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:05.799
He<00:29:04.059><c> doesn't</c><00:29:04.319><c> seem</c><00:29:04.559><c> to</c><00:29:04.680><c> have</c><00:29:04.799><c> any</c><00:29:05.079><c> purpose.</c>

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:09.099
He's<00:29:06.460><c> just</c><00:29:06.720><c> wandering,</c><00:29:07.259><c> looking</c><00:29:07.619><c> for</c><00:29:07.920><c> a</c><00:29:08.119><c> place.</c>

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:12.940
And<00:29:09.579><c> that</c><00:29:09.799><c> really,</c><00:29:10.119><c> I</c><00:29:10.200><c> think,</c><00:29:10.460><c> once</c><00:29:10.720><c> again,</c><00:29:12.019><c> stresses</c><00:29:12.359><c> this</c><00:29:12.700><c> idea.</c>

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.900
God's<00:29:13.500><c> giving</c><00:29:13.599><c> us</c><00:29:13.839><c> a</c><00:29:14.000><c> picture.</c>

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:17.759
If<00:29:15.140><c> you</c><00:29:15.339><c> don't</c><00:29:15.619><c> have</c><00:29:15.900><c> a</c><00:29:16.059><c> book,</c><00:29:16.819><c> as</c><00:29:17.319><c> it</c><00:29:17.519><c> says,</c>

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.960
if<00:29:17.900><c> you</c><00:29:18.059><c> don't</c><00:29:18.319><c> have</c><00:29:18.759><c> a</c><00:29:19.079><c> king,</c>

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:23.819
if<00:29:20.140><c> you</c><00:29:20.400><c> follow</c><00:29:21.000><c> what</c><00:29:21.900><c> your</c><00:29:22.119><c> heart</c><00:29:22.359><c> desires,</c><00:29:23.059><c> your</c><00:29:23.259><c> feelings,</c>

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:25.480
if<00:29:24.119><c> you're</c><00:29:24.380><c> the</c><00:29:24.599><c> author</c><00:29:24.859><c> of</c><00:29:25.039><c> your</c><00:29:25.259><c> life,</c>

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:28.220
where's<00:29:26.019><c> the</c><00:29:26.279><c> purpose</c><00:29:26.900><c> in</c><00:29:27.299><c> that?</c>

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:31.759
And<00:29:29.480><c> so</c><00:29:29.619><c> he</c><00:29:29.779><c> says,</c><00:29:30.220><c> okay,</c><00:29:30.500><c> I'll</c><00:29:30.779><c> take</c><00:29:31.000><c> the</c><00:29:31.180><c> job</c>

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:35.819
of<00:29:32.279><c> a</c><00:29:32.579><c> father</c><00:29:32.940><c> and</c><00:29:33.460><c> priest</c><00:29:33.819><c> for</c><00:29:34.119><c> $10,</c><00:29:34.980><c> 10</c><00:29:35.200><c> shekels,</c>

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:37.400
a<00:29:36.039><c> year,</c><00:29:36.299><c> clothing,</c><00:29:36.859><c> room,</c><00:29:37.059><c> and</c><00:29:37.259><c> board.</c>

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:43.400
So<00:29:37.859><c> now</c><00:29:38.180><c> he's</c><00:29:39.039><c> taking</c><00:29:39.519><c> on</c><00:29:39.960><c> this</c><00:29:41.079><c> job</c><00:29:41.700><c> in</c><00:29:42.019><c> an</c><00:29:42.339><c> idolatrous</c><00:29:42.920><c> house,</c>

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:45.799
a<00:29:43.740><c> shrine,</c><00:29:44.279><c> not</c><00:29:44.579><c> in</c><00:29:44.920><c> Shiloh,</c>

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:48.460
and<00:29:46.319><c> so</c><00:29:46.400><c> now</c><00:29:46.599><c> we</c><00:29:46.720><c> can't</c><00:29:46.940><c> even</c><00:29:47.140><c> look</c><00:29:47.380><c> to</c><00:29:47.599><c> the</c><00:29:47.799><c> Levite</c>

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:51.619
to<00:29:49.079><c> be</c><00:29:49.279><c> the</c><00:29:49.740><c> redeemer</c><00:29:50.200><c> of</c><00:29:50.480><c> this</c><00:29:50.720><c> story.</c>

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:54.140
And<00:29:52.180><c> later</c><00:29:52.359><c> on,</c><00:29:52.599><c> we</c><00:29:52.779><c> find</c><00:29:53.160><c> out</c><00:29:53.319><c> that</c><00:29:53.460><c> he</c><00:29:53.680><c> advances.</c>

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.660
He<00:29:54.380><c> takes</c><00:29:54.700><c> this</c><00:29:55.099><c> advancement,</c>

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:59.220
becoming<00:29:56.359><c> a</c><00:29:56.700><c> priest</c><00:29:56.880><c> for</c><00:29:57.119><c> the</c><00:29:57.220><c> whole</c><00:29:57.440><c> tribe</c><00:29:57.799><c> of</c><00:29:58.140><c> Dan,</c>

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.940
of<00:29:59.819><c> the</c><00:29:59.980><c> Danites.</c>

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:07.119
So<00:30:03.200><c> there</c><00:30:03.759><c> is</c><00:30:04.079><c> one</c><00:30:04.259><c> more</c><00:30:04.500><c> big</c><00:30:04.759><c> reveal</c><00:30:05.160><c> with</c><00:30:05.619><c> the</c><00:30:05.900><c> Levite.</c>

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:15.740
If<00:30:07.380><c> we</c><00:30:07.440><c> go</c><00:30:07.640><c> to</c><00:30:09.519><c> chapter</c><00:30:10.599><c> 19,</c><00:30:12.819><c> verse</c><00:30:13.240><c> one,</c><00:30:14.200><c> I</c><00:30:14.380><c> think</c><00:30:14.660><c> it</c><00:30:14.660><c> is,</c>

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:19.619
sorry,<00:30:17.339><c> 18,</c><00:30:17.900><c> verse</c><00:30:18.180><c> 30.</c>

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:23.200
And<00:30:21.339><c> we'll</c><00:30:21.480><c> get</c><00:30:21.680><c> to</c><00:30:21.779><c> what</c><00:30:22.000><c> happens</c><00:30:22.339><c> in</c><00:30:22.539><c> chapter</c><00:30:22.819><c> 18,</c>

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:26.019
but<00:30:23.400><c> it</c><00:30:23.519><c> says,</c><00:30:23.799><c> the</c><00:30:23.799><c> children</c><00:30:24.220><c> of</c><00:30:24.519><c> Dan</c><00:30:24.819><c> set</c><00:30:25.119><c> up</c><00:30:25.299><c> for</c><00:30:25.500><c> themselves</c>

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:30.980
the<00:30:26.380><c> carved</c><00:30:26.640><c> image,</c><00:30:28.079><c> and</c><00:30:28.440><c> Jonathan</c><00:30:28.980><c> the</c><00:30:29.259><c> son</c><00:30:29.500><c> of</c><00:30:29.839><c> Gershom,</c>

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:34.099
the<00:30:31.220><c> son</c><00:30:31.420><c> of</c><00:30:31.640><c> Manasseh,</c><00:30:32.539><c> and</c><00:30:32.720><c> his</c><00:30:33.000><c> sons</c><00:30:33.319><c> were</c><00:30:33.720><c> priests</c>

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:36.920
to<00:30:34.319><c> the</c><00:30:34.599><c> tribe</c><00:30:34.900><c> of</c><00:30:35.259><c> Dan</c><00:30:35.799><c> until</c><00:30:36.380><c> the</c><00:30:36.640><c> day</c>

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:38.740
of<00:30:37.160><c> the</c><00:30:37.339><c> captivity</c><00:30:37.900><c> of</c><00:30:38.200><c> the</c><00:30:38.420><c> land.</c>

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.720
Now<00:30:39.579><c> my</c><00:30:39.859><c> Bible</c><00:30:40.160><c> says</c><00:30:40.420><c> that,</c><00:30:40.759><c> the</c><00:30:40.880><c> son</c><00:30:41.079><c> of</c><00:30:41.259><c> Gershom,</c>

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:47.579
the<00:30:41.980><c> son</c><00:30:42.039><c> of</c><00:30:42.279><c> Manasseh,</c><00:30:42.900><c> but</c><00:30:43.019><c> it</c><00:30:43.240><c> has</c><00:30:43.319><c> a</c><00:30:43.440><c> little</c><00:30:44.619><c> asterisks</c><00:30:46.180><c> there,</c>

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:51.940
and<00:30:48.359><c> it</c><00:30:48.599><c> says,</c><00:30:49.000><c> the</c><00:30:49.640><c> son</c><00:30:49.839><c> of</c><00:30:50.140><c> Moses,</c><00:30:50.700><c> a</c><00:30:50.819><c> descendant</c><00:30:51.279><c> of</c><00:30:51.539><c> Moses.</c>

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:54.819
So<00:30:52.240><c> many</c><00:30:52.680><c> scholars</c><00:30:53.339><c> think</c><00:30:53.559><c> this</c><00:30:53.799><c> was</c><00:30:54.039><c> a</c><00:30:54.259><c> grandson,</c>

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:58.140
the<00:30:55.259><c> grandson</c><00:30:55.680><c> of</c><00:30:56.039><c> Moses,</c><00:30:56.700><c> which</c><00:30:56.980><c> would</c><00:30:57.299><c> put</c><00:30:57.519><c> it</c>

00:30:58.140 --> 00:31:01.220
at<00:30:58.359><c> the</c><00:30:58.619><c> beginning</c><00:30:58.960><c> of</c><00:31:00.140><c> Judges.</c>

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:03.700
But<00:31:01.779><c> here</c><00:31:01.980><c> you</c><00:31:02.220><c> have</c><00:31:02.420><c> a</c><00:31:02.700><c> descendant</c><00:31:03.160><c> of</c><00:31:03.400><c> Moses,</c>

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:11.700
perhaps<00:31:04.140><c> his</c><00:31:04.500><c> grandson,</c><00:31:09.019><c> setting</c><00:31:09.440><c> up</c><00:31:09.740><c> this</c><00:31:10.599><c> for</c><00:31:11.140><c> the</c><00:31:11.559><c> Danites,</c>

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:16.059
the<00:31:12.259><c> city</c><00:31:12.700><c> and</c><00:31:13.119><c> this</c><00:31:13.859><c> place</c><00:31:14.400><c> of</c><00:31:14.779><c> idolatrous</c><00:31:15.480><c> worship</c>

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:18.400
and<00:31:16.660><c> becoming</c><00:31:16.940><c> their</c><00:31:17.299><c> Levite.</c>

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:25.539
So<00:31:19.019><c> the</c><00:31:19.380><c> word</c><00:31:19.720><c> Manasseh</c><00:31:20.519><c> there,</c><00:31:21.599><c> it</c><00:31:24.460><c> says</c><00:31:24.799><c> in</c><00:31:25.000><c> the</c><00:31:25.140><c> Vulgate,</c>

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:29.940
it's<00:31:25.960><c> Moses,</c><00:31:27.220><c> descendant</c><00:31:27.660><c> of</c><00:31:27.880><c> Moses,</c><00:31:28.279><c> which</c><00:31:28.460><c> is</c><00:31:29.380><c> quite</c><00:31:29.599><c> shocking.</c>

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:33.240
And<00:31:30.240><c> I</c><00:31:30.359><c> think</c><00:31:30.640><c> a</c><00:31:30.940><c> little</c><00:31:31.140><c> bit</c><00:31:31.339><c> more</c><00:31:31.680><c> proof</c><00:31:32.200><c> for</c><00:31:32.539><c> that</c><00:31:32.759><c> perhaps</c>

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:36.240
is<00:31:33.460><c> in</c><00:31:33.619><c> Judges</c><00:31:33.920><c> 18,</c><00:31:34.460><c> verse</c><00:31:34.599><c> three,</c><00:31:34.980><c> when</c><00:31:35.119><c> the</c><00:31:35.359><c> Danites</c>

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:41.700
are<00:31:36.640><c> going</c><00:31:36.940><c> through,</c><00:31:37.960><c> or</c><00:31:37.980><c> this</c><00:31:40.000><c> group</c><00:31:40.400><c> that</c><00:31:40.640><c> has</c><00:31:40.819><c> been</c><00:31:41.180><c> sent</c>

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:44.019
to<00:31:42.000><c> search</c><00:31:42.259><c> out</c><00:31:42.519><c> a</c><00:31:42.740><c> place,</c><00:31:43.500><c> it</c><00:31:43.799><c> says,</c>

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.400
while<00:31:44.259><c> they</c><00:31:44.440><c> were</c><00:31:44.599><c> at</c><00:31:44.680><c> the</c><00:31:44.839><c> house</c><00:31:45.000><c> of</c><00:31:45.200><c> Micah,</c>

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:48.380
they<00:31:45.740><c> recognized</c><00:31:46.220><c> the</c><00:31:46.599><c> voice</c><00:31:47.079><c> of</c><00:31:47.440><c> the</c><00:31:47.640><c> young</c><00:31:47.900><c> Levite.</c>

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:50.940
So<00:31:48.599><c> he</c><00:31:48.700><c> was</c><00:31:48.920><c> obviously</c><00:31:49.299><c> renowned</c><00:31:49.819><c> in</c><00:31:50.160><c> some</c><00:31:50.460><c> way,</c>

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.940
because<00:31:51.500><c> they</c><00:31:51.779><c> heard</c><00:31:52.079><c> him</c><00:31:52.279><c> and</c><00:31:52.400><c> they</c><00:31:52.720><c> recognized,</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:57.299
hey,<00:31:54.900><c> isn't</c><00:31:55.079><c> that,</c><00:31:55.640><c> you</c><00:31:55.680><c> know,</c><00:31:56.400><c> Jonathan?</c>

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:02.519
So<00:31:59.019><c> that</c><00:31:59.259><c> sort</c><00:31:59.500><c> of</c><00:32:00.640><c> takes</c><00:32:01.160><c> it</c><00:32:01.420><c> to</c><00:32:01.599><c> a</c><00:32:01.740><c> whole</c><00:32:01.900><c> nother</c><00:32:02.180><c> level</c>

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:08.400
that<00:32:03.579><c> this</c><00:32:04.640><c> descent</c><00:32:05.140><c> into</c><00:32:05.799><c> idolatry</c><00:32:06.460><c> was</c><00:32:06.660><c> happening</c><00:32:07.000><c> so</c><00:32:07.420><c> quickly.</c>

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:13.460
So<00:32:09.240><c> just</c><00:32:09.539><c> to</c><00:32:10.980><c> talk</c><00:32:11.579><c> about</c><00:32:12.099><c> the</c><00:32:12.539><c> characters</c><00:32:12.880><c> again</c>

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:15.740
and<00:32:13.940><c> what</c><00:32:14.140><c> makes</c><00:32:14.359><c> a</c><00:32:14.539><c> good</c><00:32:14.700><c> story.</c>

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:20.359
So<00:32:17.359><c> characters,</c><00:32:18.740><c> the</c><00:32:19.119><c> characters</c><00:32:19.440><c> that</c><00:32:19.619><c> we</c><00:32:19.779><c> see</c><00:32:19.859><c> in</c><00:32:20.019><c> this</c><00:32:20.220><c> story,</c>

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:22.940
we<00:32:20.539><c> don't</c><00:32:20.779><c> see</c><00:32:21.039><c> any</c><00:32:21.859><c> growth.</c>

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.720
There's<00:32:23.680><c> no</c><00:32:23.880><c> spiritual</c><00:32:24.339><c> growth.</c>

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:27.420
There's<00:32:25.279><c> no,</c><00:32:25.900><c> you</c><00:32:26.160><c> know,</c><00:32:26.500><c> emotional</c><00:32:27.000><c> growth.</c>

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:31.279
There's<00:32:27.759><c> no</c><00:32:27.940><c> growth</c><00:32:28.279><c> in</c><00:32:28.480><c> their</c><00:32:29.779><c> personalities.</c>

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:44.619
They<00:32:35.140><c> just</c><00:32:35.700><c> are</c><00:32:38.980><c> sort</c><00:32:39.279><c> of</c><00:32:39.680><c> purposeless,</c><00:32:42.059><c> surface</c><00:32:43.400><c> level.</c>

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:49.200
Let's<00:32:45.339><c> see,</c><00:32:45.519><c> I've</c><00:32:45.740><c> got</c><00:32:45.880><c> a</c><00:32:46.299><c> nice</c><00:32:46.559><c> line</c><00:32:46.980><c> here</c><00:32:47.240><c> that</c><00:32:47.500><c> describes</c><00:32:48.059><c> them.</c>

00:32:56.000 --> 00:33:01.259
Yeah,<00:32:56.480><c> here</c><00:32:56.839><c> we</c><00:32:57.279><c> have</c><00:32:57.460><c> a</c><00:32:57.740><c> collection</c><00:32:58.359><c> of</c><00:32:59.400><c> the</c><00:32:59.619><c> most</c><00:32:59.940><c> uninteresting</c>

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:04.440
shallow,<00:33:02.599><c> self</c><00:33:02.779><c>-serving,</c><00:33:03.619><c> unprincipled,</c>

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:08.079
and<00:33:05.000><c> ultimately</c><00:33:05.900><c> meaningless</c><00:33:06.680><c> characters.</c>

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.759
And<00:33:08.640><c> that</c><00:33:08.799><c> sort</c><00:33:08.940><c> of</c><00:33:09.359><c> fits</c><00:33:09.559><c> them.</c>

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:12.220
There's<00:33:10.079><c> nothing</c><00:33:10.500><c> that</c><00:33:11.019><c> comes</c><00:33:11.420><c> out</c><00:33:11.660><c> from</c><00:33:11.880><c> any</c><00:33:12.039><c> of</c><00:33:12.039><c> them.</c>

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.420
There's<00:33:12.380><c> no</c><00:33:12.519><c> one</c><00:33:12.680><c> to</c><00:33:12.920><c> root</c><00:33:13.119><c> for.</c>

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.960
We<00:33:13.579><c> don't</c><00:33:13.799><c> see</c><00:33:14.000><c> any</c><00:33:14.259><c> moral</c><00:33:14.559><c> fiber.</c>

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:17.900
We<00:33:15.200><c> don't</c><00:33:15.400><c> see</c><00:33:15.599><c> them</c><00:33:16.299><c> leaning</c><00:33:16.799><c> on</c><00:33:17.119><c> any,</c><00:33:17.420><c> as</c><00:33:17.599><c> I</c><00:33:17.819><c> said,</c>

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.980
a<00:33:18.160><c> moral</c><00:33:18.420><c> compass</c><00:33:18.940><c> or</c><00:33:19.720><c> anything.</c>

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:22.779
They're<00:33:20.200><c> just</c><00:33:20.579><c> doing</c><00:33:20.980><c> what</c><00:33:21.299><c> their</c><00:33:21.680><c> heart</c><00:33:22.000><c> is</c><00:33:22.339><c> telling</c><00:33:22.539><c> them</c>

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.880
to<00:33:23.000><c> do.</c>

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:26.140
You<00:33:24.339><c> know,</c><00:33:24.539><c> I</c><00:33:24.680><c> want</c><00:33:24.940><c> an</c><00:33:25.180><c> idol,</c><00:33:25.359><c> let's</c><00:33:25.599><c> get</c><00:33:25.819><c> an</c><00:33:26.000><c> idol.</c>

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.980
I<00:33:26.319><c> want</c><00:33:26.559><c> a</c><00:33:26.759><c> shrine.</c>

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.559
I'll<00:33:27.240><c> make</c><00:33:27.380><c> my</c><00:33:27.619><c> son</c><00:33:27.880><c> a</c><00:33:28.079><c> priest,</c><00:33:28.400><c> okay?</c>

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.660
Oh,<00:33:28.960><c> here's</c><00:33:29.279><c> a</c><00:33:29.380><c> Levite.</c>

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.680
This<00:33:29.880><c> is</c><00:33:30.059><c> a</c><00:33:30.279><c> step</c><00:33:30.460><c> up.</c>

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:33.019
I'll<00:33:30.880><c> take</c><00:33:31.140><c> the</c><00:33:31.279><c> Levite,</c><00:33:31.559><c> make</c><00:33:31.759><c> him</c><00:33:32.000><c> a</c><00:33:32.240><c> priest.</c>

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:36.900
It<00:33:33.720><c> just,</c><00:33:34.460><c> there's</c><00:33:34.740><c> a</c><00:33:35.059><c> loss</c><00:33:35.440><c> of</c><00:33:35.920><c> meaning</c>

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:39.740
when<00:33:37.220><c> they</c><00:33:37.480><c> chase</c><00:33:37.880><c> meaningless</c><00:33:38.480><c> things.</c>

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.119
And<00:33:44.099><c> just</c><00:33:44.279><c> think</c><00:33:44.420><c> about</c><00:33:44.599><c> the</c><00:33:44.839><c> laws</c><00:33:45.140><c> that</c><00:33:45.420><c> were</c><00:33:45.660><c> broken</c>

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:48.839
just<00:33:46.539><c> in</c><00:33:46.759><c> this</c><00:33:47.079><c> chapter</c><00:33:47.440><c> 17.</c>

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:52.380
We<00:33:50.160><c> know</c><00:33:50.380><c> that</c><00:33:50.500><c> you're</c><00:33:50.720><c> supposed</c><00:33:50.900><c> to</c><00:33:51.160><c> honor</c><00:33:51.299><c> your</c><00:33:51.599><c> father</c><00:33:51.819><c> and</c><00:33:52.039><c> mother</c>

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:55.440
and<00:33:53.140><c> Micah's</c><00:33:53.680><c> stealing</c><00:33:53.960><c> from</c><00:33:54.299><c> his</c><00:33:54.539><c> mother.</c>

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:59.140
That<00:33:56.559><c> connects</c><00:33:57.160><c> with</c><00:33:57.539><c> do</c><00:33:57.720><c> not</c><00:33:57.980><c> steal,</c><00:33:58.420><c> do</c><00:33:58.599><c> not</c><00:33:58.880><c> covet,</c>

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:00.480
no<00:33:59.700><c> carved</c><00:34:00.039><c> images.</c>

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:02.579
They<00:34:00.700><c> were</c><00:34:00.880><c> making</c><00:34:01.220><c> carved</c><00:34:01.519><c> images.</c>

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:04.359
Not<00:34:03.339><c> keeping</c><00:34:03.660><c> your</c><00:34:04.000><c> oath.</c>

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:06.519
You<00:34:04.819><c> know,</c><00:34:05.039><c> perhaps,</c><00:34:06.220><c> you</c><00:34:06.420><c> know,</c>

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:08.599
she<00:34:06.740><c> said</c><00:34:06.880><c> all</c><00:34:07.140><c> the</c><00:34:07.299><c> money's</c><00:34:07.619><c> going</c><00:34:07.839><c> to</c><00:34:08.019><c> go</c><00:34:08.199><c> to</c><00:34:08.400><c> this</c>

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:12.300
and<00:34:08.800><c> then</c><00:34:09.860><c> only</c><00:34:10.320><c> $200</c><00:34:10.840><c> does.</c>

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:15.559
They're<00:34:13.360><c> only</c><00:34:13.619><c> to</c><00:34:13.840><c> worship</c><00:34:14.099><c> God</c><00:34:14.480><c> where</c><00:34:14.699><c> he</c><00:34:15.139><c> says,</c>

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:18.199
and<00:34:16.039><c> in</c><00:34:16.199><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:16.659><c> 12,</c><00:34:17.159><c> 13,</c><00:34:17.659><c> and</c><00:34:17.800><c> 14,</c>

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:21.539
they're<00:34:18.480><c> told</c><00:34:18.719><c> it</c><00:34:18.860><c> was</c><00:34:19.039><c> to</c><00:34:19.219><c> be</c><00:34:19.480><c> Shiloh</c><00:34:19.940><c> at</c><00:34:20.179><c> that</c><00:34:20.480><c> time.</c>

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:24.300
Only<00:34:22.300><c> Levites</c><00:34:22.780><c> were</c><00:34:22.980><c> to</c><00:34:23.199><c> serve.</c>

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:28.639
And<00:34:26.280><c> here</c><00:34:26.420><c> we</c><00:34:26.539><c> have</c><00:34:26.679><c> Micah</c><00:34:27.000><c> setting</c><00:34:27.219><c> up</c><00:34:27.420><c> his</c><00:34:27.739><c> son</c><00:34:27.920><c> to</c><00:34:28.239><c> serve</c>

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:31.800
as<00:34:29.139><c> a</c><00:34:30.820><c> priest.</c>

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:36.260
And<00:34:32.320><c> now</c><00:34:32.460><c> we</c><00:34:32.539><c> have</c><00:34:32.739><c> a</c><00:34:32.920><c> Levite</c><00:34:33.179><c> working</c><00:34:33.679><c> at</c><00:34:34.440><c> an</c><00:34:34.679><c> idolatrous</c><00:34:35.360><c> shrine.</c>

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:40.119
And<00:34:36.800><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:37.260><c> 44</c><00:34:37.699><c> has</c><00:34:37.980><c> some</c><00:34:38.280><c> stuff</c><00:34:38.400><c> to</c><00:34:38.639><c> say</c><00:34:38.760><c> about</c><00:34:38.920><c> that.</c>

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:42.860
So<00:34:40.739><c> it</c><00:34:40.880><c> becomes</c><00:34:41.119><c> a</c><00:34:41.239><c> very</c><00:34:41.559><c> difficult</c><00:34:42.239><c> story</c>

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:46.340
to<00:34:43.260><c> really</c><00:34:43.579><c> attach</c><00:34:44.079><c> ourselves</c><00:34:44.639><c> to</c><00:34:44.900><c> in</c><00:34:45.099><c> any</c><00:34:45.380><c> way.</c>

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:50.940
And<00:34:48.559><c> another</c><00:34:48.840><c> thing</c><00:34:49.019><c> that</c><00:34:49.159><c> makes</c><00:34:49.340><c> a</c><00:34:49.519><c> good</c><00:34:49.679><c> story</c><00:34:50.000><c> is</c><00:34:50.360><c> the</c><00:34:50.679><c> plot,</c>

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.780
the<00:34:51.280><c> narrative</c><00:34:51.619><c> progression.</c>

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:57.199
And<00:34:54.179><c> so</c><00:34:54.280><c> we</c><00:34:54.440><c> look</c><00:34:54.599><c> for</c><00:34:54.840><c> something</c><00:34:55.099><c> like</c><00:34:55.460><c> this</c><00:34:55.639><c> in</c><00:34:55.840><c> this</c><00:34:56.099><c> story</c>

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:59.960
or<00:34:58.340><c> like</c><00:34:58.699><c> this,</c>

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:02.639
but<00:35:00.639><c> we</c><00:35:00.820><c> get</c><00:35:01.039><c> something</c><00:35:01.340><c> a</c><00:35:01.519><c> little</c><00:35:01.760><c> bit</c><00:35:01.920><c> more</c><00:35:02.139><c> like</c><00:35:02.380><c> this.</c>

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:05.219
There's<00:35:02.900><c> no</c><00:35:03.300><c> pulse</c><00:35:03.780><c> to</c><00:35:04.019><c> this</c><00:35:04.360><c> story.</c>

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:08.019
It<00:35:06.119><c> just</c><00:35:06.380><c> doesn't</c><00:35:06.699><c> go</c><00:35:07.019><c> anywhere.</c>

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:09.840
The<00:35:08.420><c> quote</c><00:35:08.639><c> that</c><00:35:08.840><c> we</c><00:35:09.019><c> used</c><00:35:09.159><c> in</c><00:35:09.360><c> the</c><00:35:09.500><c> beginning,</c>

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:11.980
the<00:35:10.500><c> lady</c><00:35:10.780><c> said,</c><00:35:11.019><c> if</c><00:35:11.099><c> there's</c><00:35:11.340><c> no</c><00:35:11.699><c> plot,</c>

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:14.139
it's<00:35:12.199><c> just</c><00:35:12.500><c> a</c><00:35:12.719><c> pile</c><00:35:12.940><c> of</c><00:35:13.280><c> bricks.</c>

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:17.699
And<00:35:15.039><c> that's</c><00:35:15.320><c> the</c><00:35:15.519><c> feeling</c><00:35:15.780><c> I</c><00:35:16.059><c> get</c><00:35:16.280><c> when</c><00:35:16.480><c> I</c><00:35:16.760><c> read</c>

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:19.679
Judges<00:35:18.320><c> Chapter</c><00:35:18.619><c> 17</c><00:35:19.139><c> and</c><00:35:19.280><c> 18.</c>

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.920
It's<00:35:19.900><c> just</c><00:35:20.159><c> a</c><00:35:20.320><c> pile</c><00:35:20.460><c> of</c><00:35:20.719><c> bricks.</c>

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:23.760
Nothing<00:35:21.340><c> is</c><00:35:21.719><c> built</c><00:35:22.019><c> by</c><00:35:22.340><c> this</c><00:35:22.719><c> story.</c>

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:31.619
I<00:35:27.320><c> mean,</c><00:35:27.480><c> you</c><00:35:27.679><c> think</c><00:35:27.860><c> about</c><00:35:28.119><c> it,</c><00:35:28.739><c> she</c><00:35:30.059><c> has</c><00:35:30.559><c> money,</c><00:35:31.179><c> it's</c><00:35:31.239><c> stolen.</c>

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:34.659
Her<00:35:32.079><c> son</c><00:35:32.400><c> steals</c><00:35:32.840><c> it,</c><00:35:33.039><c> he</c><00:35:33.239><c> gives</c><00:35:33.460><c> it</c><00:35:33.699><c> back.</c>

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:37.179
They<00:35:35.000><c> set</c><00:35:35.179><c> up</c><00:35:35.340><c> a</c><00:35:35.559><c> shrine</c><00:35:35.840><c> with</c><00:35:36.199><c> idols.</c>

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:40.340
They<00:35:37.900><c> make</c><00:35:38.099><c> the</c><00:35:38.340><c> son</c><00:35:38.820><c> a</c><00:35:39.780><c> priest,</c>

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:43.219
and<00:35:41.199><c> then</c><00:35:41.300><c> they</c><00:35:41.500><c> find</c><00:35:41.659><c> a</c><00:35:41.840><c> better</c><00:35:42.099><c> priest.</c>

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:46.059
It's<00:35:43.920><c> just</c><00:35:44.480><c> really</c><00:35:45.000><c> a</c><00:35:45.320><c> terrible</c><00:35:45.639><c> story.</c>

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:49.360
And<00:35:46.199><c> I</c><00:35:46.340><c> think</c><00:35:46.619><c> the</c><00:35:47.780><c> point</c><00:35:48.239><c> is,</c><00:35:48.619><c> and</c><00:35:48.679><c> we'll</c><00:35:48.860><c> get</c><00:35:49.099><c> to</c><00:35:49.239><c> it,</c>

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:52.260
that<00:35:49.539><c> God</c><00:35:49.739><c> has</c><00:35:50.059><c> a</c><00:35:50.219><c> point</c><00:35:50.440><c> by</c><00:35:50.739><c> putting</c><00:35:51.079><c> this</c><00:35:51.460><c> story</c><00:35:51.739><c> in</c><00:35:52.079><c> here</c>

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:55.139
that<00:35:52.440><c> he's</c><00:35:52.760><c> trying</c><00:35:52.980><c> to</c><00:35:53.519><c> convey</c><00:35:53.900><c> to</c><00:35:54.159><c> us.</c>

00:35:55.150 --> 00:35:56.820
But<00:35:55.400><c> as</c><00:35:55.619><c> we</c><00:35:55.679><c> get</c><00:35:55.880><c> into</c><00:35:56.099><c> Chapter</c><00:35:56.460><c> 18,</c>

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:59.199
and<00:35:56.900><c> we're</c><00:35:57.039><c> not</c><00:35:57.239><c> gonna</c><00:35:57.579><c> read</c><00:35:58.059><c> Chapter</c><00:35:58.420><c> 18,</c>

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.920
no,<00:35:59.960><c> we're</c><00:36:00.099><c> doing</c><00:36:00.199><c> it</c><00:36:00.320><c> for</c><00:36:00.340><c> time,</c>

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:04.159
we<00:36:01.519><c> get</c><00:36:01.780><c> to</c><00:36:02.219><c> this</c><00:36:02.400><c> group</c><00:36:02.639><c> of</c><00:36:02.980><c> Danites,</c>

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:06.880
and<00:36:04.780><c> we</c><00:36:04.840><c> think,</c><00:36:04.940><c> okay,</c><00:36:05.320><c> maybe</c><00:36:05.800><c> here</c><00:36:06.119><c> the</c><00:36:06.360><c> Danites</c>

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:08.699
are<00:36:07.059><c> gonna</c><00:36:07.239><c> bring</c><00:36:07.480><c> some</c><00:36:07.860><c> sense</c><00:36:08.260><c> to</c><00:36:08.500><c> this.</c>

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:11.980
They're<00:36:09.320><c> going</c><00:36:09.559><c> to</c><00:36:09.780><c> be</c><00:36:09.920><c> the</c><00:36:10.079><c> good</c><00:36:10.260><c> guys</c><00:36:10.619><c> in</c><00:36:10.860><c> this</c><00:36:11.119><c> story.</c>

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:16.360
Well,<00:36:13.460><c> we</c><00:36:13.659><c> learn</c><00:36:13.860><c> from</c><00:36:14.079><c> Judges</c><00:36:14.480><c> Chapter</c><00:36:14.920><c> 1,</c><00:36:15.500><c> Verse</c><00:36:15.719><c> 34,</c>

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:20.440
right<00:36:17.139><c> in</c><00:36:17.559><c> here,</c><00:36:17.900><c> this</c><00:36:18.099><c> was</c><00:36:18.320><c> their</c><00:36:18.579><c> assigned</c><00:36:19.119><c> territory.</c>

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:26.000
And<00:36:21.980><c> what's</c><00:36:22.480><c> happening</c><00:36:22.800><c> in</c><00:36:24.480><c> Judges</c><00:36:25.139><c> 1,</c><00:36:25.400><c> Verse</c><00:36:25.579><c> 34,</c>

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:27.480
it<00:36:26.159><c> says</c><00:36:26.380><c> they,</c><00:36:26.699><c> well,</c><00:36:26.960><c> let's</c><00:36:27.119><c> go</c><00:36:27.320><c> there,</c>

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:29.320
it<00:36:27.599><c> says</c><00:36:27.719><c> they</c><00:36:27.860><c> couldn't</c><00:36:28.179><c> take</c><00:36:28.559><c> the</c><00:36:28.840><c> land,</c>

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:31.760
or<00:36:29.900><c> they</c><00:36:30.000><c> weren't</c><00:36:30.219><c> willing</c><00:36:30.699><c> to.</c>

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:38.400
From<00:36:35.780><c> Verse</c><00:36:36.099><c> 27</c><00:36:36.739><c> on</c><00:36:37.039><c> in</c><00:36:37.239><c> Judges</c><00:36:37.559><c> Chapter</c><00:36:37.980><c> 1,</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:41.699
it's<00:36:38.659><c> talking</c><00:36:39.019><c> about</c><00:36:39.280><c> all</c><00:36:39.480><c> the</c><00:36:39.659><c> land</c><00:36:39.920><c> that</c><00:36:40.260><c> wasn't</c><00:36:40.679><c> conquered.</c>

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:44.159
And<00:36:42.159><c> in</c><00:36:42.300><c> Verse</c><00:36:42.500><c> 34,</c><00:36:43.099><c> it</c><00:36:43.099><c> says</c><00:36:43.340><c> the</c><00:36:43.539><c> Amorites</c>

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:47.519
forced<00:36:44.639><c> the</c><00:36:44.920><c> children</c><00:36:45.219><c> of</c><00:36:45.500><c> Dan</c><00:36:46.039><c> into</c><00:36:46.699><c> the</c><00:36:47.000><c> mountains,</c>

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:51.780
for<00:36:48.059><c> they</c><00:36:48.239><c> would</c><00:36:48.539><c> not</c><00:36:48.840><c> allow</c><00:36:49.199><c> them</c><00:36:49.619><c> to</c><00:36:49.820><c> come</c><00:36:50.039><c> down</c><00:36:50.340><c> to</c><00:36:50.539><c> the</c><00:36:50.719><c> valley.</c>

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:55.480
And<00:36:52.579><c> the</c><00:36:52.800><c> Amorites</c><00:36:53.199><c> were</c><00:36:53.380><c> determined</c><00:36:54.000><c> to</c><00:36:54.219><c> dwell</c><00:36:54.440><c> in</c><00:36:54.639><c> Mount</c><00:36:54.840><c> Heres,</c>

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:58.920
and<00:36:55.860><c> Agilon,</c><00:36:56.519><c> and</c><00:36:57.139><c> Shalabim.</c>

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:02.260
And<00:37:00.579><c> so</c><00:37:00.699><c> they</c><00:37:00.800><c> couldn't</c><00:37:01.039><c> go</c><00:37:01.340><c> anywhere.</c>

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:04.820
They<00:37:03.400><c> were</c><00:37:03.639><c> unwilling</c><00:37:04.000><c> to</c><00:37:04.260><c> take</c><00:37:04.400><c> this</c><00:37:04.639><c> land.</c>

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:07.139
So<00:37:04.980><c> what</c><00:37:05.139><c> they</c><00:37:05.400><c> do</c><00:37:05.579><c> is</c><00:37:05.820><c> they</c><00:37:06.119><c> get</c><00:37:06.380><c> a</c><00:37:06.619><c> group</c><00:37:06.760><c> of</c><00:37:06.980><c> men</c>

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.519
to<00:37:07.340><c> go</c><00:37:07.539><c> up</c><00:37:07.880><c> through</c><00:37:08.199><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:11.820
this<00:37:08.719><c> is</c><00:37:08.880><c> when</c><00:37:09.000><c> they</c><00:37:09.179><c> go</c><00:37:09.360><c> up</c><00:37:09.619><c> and</c><00:37:09.760><c> they</c><00:37:10.039><c> see</c><00:37:10.400><c> Micah,</c>

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:14.480
and<00:37:12.199><c> they</c><00:37:12.659><c> find</c><00:37:13.179><c> Jonathan</c><00:37:13.760><c> the</c><00:37:14.000><c> Levite,</c>

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:19.300
and<00:37:14.900><c> they're</c><00:37:15.019><c> going</c><00:37:15.239><c> up</c><00:37:15.579><c> here</c><00:37:16.239><c> to</c><00:37:16.440><c> take</c><00:37:16.679><c> this</c><00:37:17.000><c> territory</c><00:37:17.500><c> up</c><00:37:17.860><c> here,</c>

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:24.300
which<00:37:19.920><c> they</c><00:37:20.440><c> call</c><00:37:20.739><c> Dan,</c><00:37:21.639><c> it's</c><00:37:22.460><c> Laish,</c><00:37:23.000><c> and</c><00:37:23.179><c> they</c><00:37:23.340><c> rename</c><00:37:23.659><c> it</c><00:37:23.980><c> Dan.</c>

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:27.760
And<00:37:24.619><c> they</c><00:37:24.739><c> find</c><00:37:24.940><c> this</c><00:37:25.179><c> unsuspecting</c><00:37:25.920><c> people</c><00:37:26.300><c> living</c><00:37:26.559><c> in</c><00:37:26.900><c> peace.</c>

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:31.079
And<00:37:27.940><c> so</c><00:37:28.039><c> instead</c><00:37:28.400><c> of</c><00:37:28.539><c> taking</c><00:37:28.840><c> what</c><00:37:29.139><c> God</c><00:37:29.559><c> allotted</c><00:37:29.980><c> for</c><00:37:30.260><c> them,</c>

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:33.699
they<00:37:31.460><c> head</c><00:37:31.619><c> up</c><00:37:31.920><c> here</c><00:37:32.219><c> and</c><00:37:32.420><c> take</c><00:37:32.639><c> this</c><00:37:32.920><c> land</c><00:37:33.039><c> up</c><00:37:33.320><c> here,</c>

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:37.179
and<00:37:33.920><c> they</c><00:37:34.239><c> set</c><00:37:34.380><c> up</c><00:37:34.559><c> this</c><00:37:35.260><c> idolatrous</c><00:37:36.019><c> worship</c><00:37:36.440><c> up</c><00:37:36.679><c> in</c><00:37:36.940><c> Dan,</c>

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:40.360
which<00:37:37.480><c> later</c><00:37:37.800><c> on,</c><00:37:38.239><c> when</c><00:37:38.380><c> Jeroboam</c><00:37:38.920><c> becomes</c><00:37:39.380><c> king,</c>

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:43.280
he<00:37:41.519><c> sort</c><00:37:41.920><c> of</c><00:37:42.000><c> takes</c><00:37:42.260><c> control</c><00:37:42.679><c> of</c><00:37:42.820><c> that</c><00:37:43.000><c> and</c><00:37:43.099><c> says,</c>

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:44.579
yep,<00:37:43.460><c> this</c><00:37:43.639><c> is</c><00:37:43.800><c> going</c><00:37:43.900><c> to</c><00:37:43.980><c> be</c><00:37:44.119><c> one</c><00:37:44.340><c> place</c>

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:48.219
that<00:37:44.780><c> people</c><00:37:45.039><c> can</c><00:37:45.320><c> come</c><00:37:45.519><c> to</c><00:37:45.699><c> worship</c><00:37:46.139><c> these</c><00:37:47.219><c> calves.</c>

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:56.519
And<00:37:49.659><c> so</c><00:37:50.420><c> the</c><00:37:51.820><c> Danites</c><00:37:52.519><c> do</c><00:37:54.519><c> not</c><00:37:54.860><c> redeem</c><00:37:55.280><c> the</c><00:37:55.639><c> story.</c>

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.940
In<00:37:56.820><c> fact,</c><00:37:57.039><c> as</c><00:37:57.219><c> they</c><00:37:57.460><c> come</c><00:37:57.699><c> through,</c>

00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:01.199
and<00:37:58.079><c> it</c><00:37:58.239><c> just</c><00:37:58.500><c> sort</c><00:37:58.699><c> of</c><00:37:59.900><c> shows</c><00:38:00.119><c> the</c><00:38:00.539><c> pointlessness</c>

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:05.440
of<00:38:01.599><c> everything</c><00:38:02.000><c> that</c><00:38:02.340><c> Micah's</c><00:38:02.820><c> done</c><00:38:03.199><c> in</c><00:38:04.480><c> setting</c><00:38:04.719><c> up</c><00:38:04.960><c> a</c><00:38:05.179><c> shrine,</c>

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:09.260
and<00:38:05.719><c> the</c><00:38:06.019><c> idols,</c><00:38:06.460><c> and</c><00:38:06.599><c> the</c><00:38:06.840><c> Ephod,</c><00:38:07.420><c> and</c><00:38:08.079><c> getting</c><00:38:08.679><c> a</c><00:38:08.940><c> Levite,</c>

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:10.639
because<00:38:09.559><c> the</c><00:38:09.840><c> Danites</c><00:38:10.179><c> come</c><00:38:10.440><c> through,</c>

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:12.360
and<00:38:10.780><c> they</c><00:38:10.900><c> just</c><00:38:11.119><c> take</c><00:38:11.280><c> the</c><00:38:11.539><c> priest.</c>

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:15.920
They<00:38:12.480><c> take</c><00:38:12.820><c> the</c><00:38:13.059><c> Ephod,</c><00:38:13.539><c> they</c><00:38:13.760><c> take</c><00:38:14.019><c> the</c><00:38:14.300><c> idols.</c>

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:19.679
Micah<00:38:16.719><c> goes</c><00:38:16.980><c> running</c><00:38:17.420><c> out</c><00:38:17.719><c> after</c><00:38:18.079><c> them,</c><00:38:18.659><c> he</c><00:38:18.880><c> wants</c><00:38:19.099><c> them</c><00:38:19.360><c> back,</c>

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:21.679
and<00:38:19.800><c> they</c><00:38:20.019><c> say,</c><00:38:20.239><c> you</c><00:38:20.300><c> better</c><00:38:20.519><c> go</c><00:38:20.800><c> back</c><00:38:21.119><c> home,</c>

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:24.679
or<00:38:22.239><c> else</c><00:38:22.699><c> it's</c><00:38:23.460><c> not</c><00:38:23.599><c> going</c><00:38:23.719><c> to</c><00:38:23.800><c> end</c><00:38:23.960><c> well</c><00:38:24.159><c> with</c><00:38:24.400><c> you.</c>

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.179
And<00:38:25.079><c> so</c><00:38:25.340><c> what</c><00:38:25.539><c> happens</c><00:38:25.840><c> here?</c>

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:29.840
Micah<00:38:26.820><c> makes</c><00:38:27.159><c> right,</c><00:38:28.460><c> they</c><00:38:28.920><c> have</c><00:38:29.179><c> the</c><00:38:29.480><c> power.</c>

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:33.059
So<00:38:30.280><c> everything</c><00:38:30.719><c> that</c><00:38:30.980><c> the</c><00:38:31.300><c> story</c><00:38:31.519><c> is</c><00:38:31.800><c> sort</c><00:38:31.920><c> of</c><00:38:32.139><c> like</c><00:38:32.579><c> trying</c>

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.639
to<00:38:33.340><c> build</c>

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:37.739
this<00:38:34.340><c> is</c><00:38:35.019><c> just</c><00:38:35.300><c> destroyed,</c><00:38:36.500><c> at</c><00:38:36.739><c> least</c><00:38:36.900><c> in</c><00:38:37.119><c> Micah's</c><00:38:37.539><c> mind.</c>

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:41.159
As<00:38:38.380><c> we</c><00:38:38.659><c> read</c><00:38:38.780><c> it,</c><00:38:38.920><c> we</c><00:38:39.059><c> know</c><00:38:39.199><c> it</c><00:38:39.380><c> was</c><00:38:39.559><c> a</c><00:38:39.699><c> mess</c><00:38:39.840><c> from</c><00:38:40.079><c> the</c><00:38:40.340><c> beginning.</c>

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:46.639
And<00:38:44.199><c> then</c><00:38:44.440><c> the</c><00:38:44.659><c> story,</c><00:38:44.860><c> we're</c><00:38:45.039><c> not</c><00:38:45.239><c> going</c><00:38:45.460><c> to</c><00:38:45.619><c> go</c><00:38:45.780><c> on</c><00:38:46.119><c> into</c><00:38:46.440><c> it,</c>

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:49.840
but<00:38:46.820><c> it's</c><00:38:47.059><c> just</c><00:38:47.380><c> one</c><00:38:47.739><c> disaster</c><00:38:48.440><c> to</c><00:38:48.699><c> the</c><00:38:48.900><c> next.</c>

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:53.519
As<00:38:50.099><c> you</c><00:38:50.300><c> read</c><00:38:50.539><c> on</c><00:38:50.820><c> in</c><00:38:51.079><c> chapter</c><00:38:52.019><c> 19</c><00:38:53.000><c> and</c><00:38:53.139><c> 20,</c>

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:56.019
there's<00:38:53.860><c> the</c><00:38:54.099><c> horrendous</c><00:38:54.579><c> account</c><00:38:54.900><c> of</c><00:38:55.179><c> the</c><00:38:55.380><c> Levite,</c>

00:38:56.420 --> 00:39:00.139
the<00:38:56.679><c> concubine,</c><00:38:57.559><c> and</c><00:38:57.699><c> the</c><00:38:57.880><c> old</c><00:38:58.099><c> man,</c><00:38:58.460><c> and</c><00:38:58.619><c> the</c><00:38:58.760><c> men</c><00:38:58.900><c> of</c><00:38:59.099><c> Gibeah.</c>

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:02.380
There's<00:39:00.659><c> almost</c><00:39:00.960><c> a</c><00:39:01.500><c> complete</c><00:39:01.719><c> annihilation</c>

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.699
of<00:39:02.539><c> the</c><00:39:02.739><c> tribe</c><00:39:02.900><c> of</c><00:39:03.159><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:08.340
and<00:39:04.159><c> then</c><00:39:04.260><c> they</c><00:39:04.500><c> kidnap</c><00:39:04.860><c> women</c><00:39:05.280><c> for</c><00:39:05.659><c> wives,</c><00:39:06.659><c> for</c><00:39:06.880><c> the</c><00:39:07.059><c> Benjamites.</c>

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:15.219
At<00:39:09.480><c> the</c><00:39:09.599><c> end</c><00:39:09.780><c> of</c><00:39:09.980><c> Judges,</c><00:39:12.119><c> God</c><00:39:12.539><c> is</c><00:39:12.699><c> saying,</c><00:39:13.139><c> this</c><00:39:13.320><c> is</c><00:39:13.960><c> a</c><00:39:14.179><c> mess,</c>

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:18.800
and<00:39:15.539><c> it's</c><00:39:16.079><c> purposefully</c><00:39:16.719><c> put</c><00:39:16.980><c> there</c><00:39:17.300><c> for</c><00:39:17.500><c> us.</c>

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:23.000
And<00:39:20.940><c> so</c><00:39:21.019><c> you</c><00:39:21.119><c> might</c><00:39:21.300><c> ask,</c><00:39:21.619><c> what</c><00:39:21.960><c> is</c><00:39:22.420><c> the</c><00:39:22.599><c> purpose</c>

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:27.639
of<00:39:23.179><c> the</c><00:39:23.440><c> worst</c><00:39:23.800><c> story</c><00:39:24.219><c> ever</c><00:39:24.639><c> told,</c><00:39:25.380><c> as</c><00:39:25.679><c> I</c><00:39:26.019><c> suggest</c><00:39:26.239><c> it</c><00:39:26.460><c> might</c><00:39:26.639><c> be?</c>

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:30.840
Well,<00:39:28.840><c> I</c><00:39:29.159><c> think</c><00:39:29.320><c> God</c><00:39:29.619><c> clearly</c><00:39:30.260><c> is</c><00:39:30.360><c> showing</c><00:39:30.599><c> us,</c>

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:33.840
it<00:39:31.000><c> paints</c><00:39:31.260><c> a</c><00:39:31.440><c> picture</c><00:39:31.679><c> of</c><00:39:31.880><c> what</c><00:39:32.159><c> life</c><00:39:32.500><c> without</c><00:39:33.000><c> a</c><00:39:33.559><c> king,</c>

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:39.260
without<00:39:34.179><c> our</c><00:39:34.559><c> God,</c><00:39:36.099><c> or</c><00:39:36.539><c> without</c><00:39:36.780><c> the</c><00:39:37.159><c> book</c><00:39:37.699><c> looks</c><00:39:38.219><c> like.</c>

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:42.000
And<00:39:39.820><c> sadly,</c><00:39:40.139><c> our</c><00:39:40.440><c> society</c><00:39:40.860><c> is</c><00:39:41.260><c> heading</c>

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:49.460
into<00:39:44.980><c> a</c><00:39:45.699><c> continuation</c><00:39:46.199><c> of</c><00:39:46.480><c> that</c><00:39:46.800><c> story,</c><00:39:47.920><c> life</c><00:39:48.260><c> without</c><00:39:48.619><c> a</c><00:39:48.800><c> king.</c>

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:53.639
I've<00:39:50.420><c> just</c><00:39:50.619><c> been</c><00:39:50.820><c> noticing</c><00:39:51.300><c> how</c><00:39:51.780><c> often</c><00:39:52.139><c> you</c><00:39:52.420><c> see</c><00:39:52.599><c> those</c><00:39:52.940><c> signs</c><00:39:53.340><c> now</c>

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:59.059
that<00:39:53.960><c> say,</c><00:39:55.280><c> we</c><00:39:56.000><c> will</c><00:39:56.280><c> not</c><00:39:56.579><c> tolerate</c><00:39:57.280><c> any</c><00:39:58.000><c> abusive</c><00:39:58.420><c> language</c>

00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:01.500
or<00:39:59.480><c> behavior,</c><00:40:00.380><c> you'll</c><00:40:00.679><c> be</c><00:40:00.860><c> asked</c><00:40:01.079><c> to</c><00:40:01.300><c> leave.</c>

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:04.380
And<00:40:01.840><c> I</c><00:40:01.940><c> remember</c><00:40:02.199><c> seeing</c><00:40:02.440><c> it</c><00:40:02.619><c> maybe</c><00:40:02.860><c> one</c><00:40:03.159><c> place</c>

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:06.679
when<00:40:05.139><c> you're</c><00:40:05.300><c> younger,</c><00:40:05.599><c> now</c><00:40:05.760><c> you</c><00:40:05.920><c> see</c><00:40:06.019><c> it</c><00:40:06.159><c> in</c><00:40:06.320><c> restaurants,</c>

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:09.519
you<00:40:06.860><c> see</c><00:40:07.039><c> it</c><00:40:07.239><c> at</c><00:40:07.440><c> airports,</c><00:40:07.980><c> you</c><00:40:08.079><c> see</c><00:40:08.280><c> it</c><00:40:08.519><c> at</c><00:40:08.559><c> schools,</c>

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.340
you<00:40:09.699><c> see</c><00:40:09.900><c> it,</c><00:40:10.179><c> I</c><00:40:10.460><c> worked</c><00:40:10.659><c> in</c><00:40:10.800><c> a</c><00:40:10.960><c> food</c><00:40:11.139><c> bank,</c>

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.980
it<00:40:11.440><c> was</c><00:40:11.500><c> at</c><00:40:11.639><c> the</c><00:40:11.800><c> food</c><00:40:12.019><c> bank.</c>

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:17.699
Like<00:40:13.599><c> there's</c><00:40:13.760><c> just</c><00:40:14.139><c> this</c><00:40:14.460><c> falling</c><00:40:14.800><c> apart</c><00:40:15.480><c> of</c><00:40:16.300><c> a</c><00:40:16.519><c> morality,</c>

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:22.199
and<00:40:18.599><c> that's</c><00:40:18.760><c> what</c><00:40:18.920><c> happens</c><00:40:19.280><c> when</c><00:40:19.500><c> everyone</c><00:40:19.980><c> makes</c><00:40:20.539><c> their</c><00:40:20.820><c> own</c><00:40:21.099><c> truth,</c>

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:26.079
and<00:40:23.820><c> when</c><00:40:23.960><c> we</c><00:40:24.179><c> have</c><00:40:24.380><c> no</c><00:40:24.659><c> book</c><00:40:24.940><c> to</c><00:40:25.119><c> go</c><00:40:25.500><c> to</c><00:40:25.719><c> and</c><00:40:25.860><c> say,</c>

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:27.780
this<00:40:26.380><c> is</c><00:40:26.619><c> what</c><00:40:26.760><c> is</c><00:40:27.019><c> right.</c>

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:33.780
And<00:40:28.840><c> so</c><00:40:29.380><c> our</c><00:40:30.119><c> story</c><00:40:31.280><c> becomes</c><00:40:32.260><c> purposeless.</c>

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:36.280
Our<00:40:34.380><c> story</c><00:40:34.639><c> becomes</c><00:40:35.099><c> meaningless</c>

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:40.360
when<00:40:36.679><c> we</c><00:40:36.960><c> decide</c><00:40:37.460><c> to</c><00:40:38.000><c> chase</c><00:40:38.420><c> meaningless</c><00:40:39.059><c> things.</c>

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:45.239
And<00:40:41.599><c> I</c><00:40:41.699><c> think</c><00:40:41.900><c> that's</c><00:40:42.320><c> the</c><00:40:42.539><c> reason</c><00:40:43.019><c> this</c><00:40:44.039><c> horrible</c><00:40:44.719><c> story</c>

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:50.579
becomes<00:40:45.659><c> a</c><00:40:45.880><c> very</c><00:40:46.260><c> valuable</c><00:40:46.820><c> story</c><00:40:47.340><c> for</c><00:40:47.639><c> God</c><00:40:47.860><c> to</c><00:40:48.039><c> put</c><00:40:48.260><c> into</c><00:40:49.280><c> his</c><00:40:50.199><c> word</c>

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:52.420
for<00:40:50.719><c> us</c><00:40:50.980><c> to</c><00:40:51.119><c> learn</c><00:40:51.340><c> from.</c>

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:55.579
Now,<00:40:54.159><c> I</c><00:40:54.239><c> just</c><00:40:54.460><c> want</c><00:40:54.619><c> to</c><00:40:54.840><c> end</c><00:40:55.019><c> with</c><00:40:55.300><c> this</c>

00:40:55.579 --> 00:41:00.039
because<00:40:55.960><c> there</c><00:40:56.320><c> was,</c><00:40:57.260><c> back</c><00:40:57.699><c> in</c><00:40:58.119><c> 1947,</c>

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:04.059
a<00:41:00.380><c> radio</c><00:41:00.960><c> show</c><00:41:01.280><c> called</c><00:41:01.619><c> The</c><00:41:01.900><c> Greatest</c><00:41:02.440><c> Story</c><00:41:02.699><c> Ever</c><00:41:03.079><c> Told.</c>

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:05.800
And<00:41:04.480><c> they</c><00:41:04.599><c> took</c><00:41:04.780><c> that</c><00:41:05.059><c> radio</c><00:41:05.480><c> show</c>

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:08.679
and<00:41:06.099><c> they</c><00:41:06.760><c> turned</c><00:41:06.900><c> it</c><00:41:07.119><c> into</c><00:41:07.320><c> a</c><00:41:07.559><c> book</c><00:41:07.699><c> in</c><00:41:08.039><c> 1949,</c>

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:12.000
and<00:41:09.119><c> then</c><00:41:09.320><c> in</c><00:41:09.539><c> the</c><00:41:09.739><c> 60s,</c><00:41:10.239><c> I</c><00:41:10.340><c> think,</c><00:41:10.539><c> they</c><00:41:10.719><c> made</c><00:41:10.860><c> it</c><00:41:11.079><c> into</c><00:41:11.340><c> a</c><00:41:11.559><c> movie</c>

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:14.579
called<00:41:12.519><c> The</c><00:41:12.780><c> Greatest</c><00:41:13.619><c> Story</c><00:41:13.900><c> Ever</c><00:41:14.199><c> Told.</c>

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:18.280
If<00:41:15.179><c> you</c><00:41:15.239><c> just</c><00:41:15.460><c> turn</c><00:41:15.639><c> to</c><00:41:15.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:16.400><c> 53,</c>

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:25.539
we<00:41:21.519><c> have</c><00:41:21.659><c> the</c><00:41:21.920><c> complete</c><00:41:22.340><c> opposite</c><00:41:23.119><c> of</c><00:41:23.900><c> what</c><00:41:24.099><c> we</c><00:41:24.320><c> were</c><00:41:24.460><c> reading</c>

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:28.320
in<00:41:26.460><c> Judges</c><00:41:26.840><c> 17.</c>

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:34.900
Isaiah<00:41:31.719><c> 53,</c><00:41:32.639><c> we</c><00:41:32.900><c> know</c><00:41:33.059><c> it</c><00:41:33.760><c> well.</c>

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:45.360
But<00:41:40.480><c> just</c><00:41:40.699><c> consider</c><00:41:41.320><c> the</c><00:41:42.019><c> character</c><00:41:42.699><c> in</c><00:41:44.760><c> this</c><00:41:45.099><c> story.</c>

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:47.579
I'm<00:41:45.639><c> just</c><00:41:45.800><c> gonna</c><00:41:45.940><c> read</c><00:41:46.119><c> a</c><00:41:46.300><c> few</c><00:41:46.420><c> verses,</c>

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:51.679
and<00:41:48.559><c> you</c><00:41:48.639><c> can</c><00:41:49.059><c> just</c><00:41:49.420><c> immediately</c><00:41:50.099><c> see</c><00:41:50.360><c> the</c><00:41:50.599><c> difference</c>

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:54.840
because<00:41:52.179><c> here</c><00:41:52.480><c> we</c><00:41:52.699><c> have</c><00:41:53.099><c> a</c><00:41:53.679><c> principled</c><00:41:54.199><c> character.</c>

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:56.519
He's<00:41:55.340><c> compelling.</c>

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:58.920
He<00:41:57.400><c> has</c><00:41:57.619><c> a</c><00:41:57.880><c> conflict</c><00:41:58.260><c> with</c><00:41:58.460><c> the</c><00:41:58.719><c> flesh.</c>

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:01.800
There's<00:41:59.239><c> a</c><00:41:59.559><c> plot</c><00:41:59.900><c> that</c><00:42:00.179><c> makes</c><00:42:00.440><c> us</c><00:42:00.699><c> a</c><00:42:00.920><c> part</c><00:42:01.139><c> of</c><00:42:01.320><c> the</c><00:42:01.519><c> narrative.</c>

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:03.239
It<00:42:02.039><c> pulls</c><00:42:02.380><c> us</c><00:42:02.659><c> in.</c>

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:06.280
It<00:42:03.579><c> leads</c><00:42:03.860><c> us</c><00:42:04.079><c> through</c><00:42:04.360><c> pain</c><00:42:04.780><c> and</c><00:42:05.119><c> suffering</c><00:42:05.559><c> to</c><00:42:05.760><c> victory.</c>

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:09.460
So<00:42:06.760><c> let's</c><00:42:07.059><c> just</c><00:42:07.820><c> start</c><00:42:08.480><c> at</c><00:42:08.619><c> verse</c><00:42:08.860><c> two.</c>

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:13.239
For<00:42:09.800><c> he</c><00:42:10.239><c> shall</c><00:42:10.460><c> grow</c><00:42:10.719><c> up</c><00:42:11.000><c> before</c><00:42:11.360><c> him</c><00:42:11.519><c> as</c><00:42:11.800><c> a</c><00:42:12.000><c> tender</c><00:42:12.260><c> plant</c>

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:15.280
and<00:42:13.559><c> as</c><00:42:13.800><c> a</c><00:42:13.960><c> root</c><00:42:14.119><c> out</c><00:42:14.380><c> of</c><00:42:14.639><c> dry</c><00:42:14.900><c> ground.</c>

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:18.199
He<00:42:15.679><c> has</c><00:42:15.920><c> no</c><00:42:16.260><c> form</c><00:42:16.679><c> or</c><00:42:17.139><c> comeliness.</c>

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:19.280
And<00:42:18.500><c> when</c><00:42:18.639><c> we</c><00:42:18.880><c> see</c><00:42:19.079><c> him,</c>

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:21.579
there's<00:42:19.559><c> no</c><00:42:19.780><c> beauty</c><00:42:20.119><c> that</c><00:42:20.300><c> we</c><00:42:20.500><c> should</c><00:42:20.679><c> desire</c><00:42:21.139><c> him.</c>

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:24.280
He<00:42:22.239><c> is</c><00:42:22.500><c> despised</c><00:42:23.119><c> and</c><00:42:23.360><c> rejected</c><00:42:23.780><c> by</c><00:42:24.059><c> men.</c>

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:27.000
A<00:42:24.360><c> man</c><00:42:24.599><c> of</c><00:42:24.960><c> sorrows</c><00:42:25.260><c> and</c><00:42:25.500><c> acquainted</c><00:42:25.780><c> with</c><00:42:26.099><c> grief.</c>

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:30.139
And<00:42:27.400><c> we</c><00:42:27.659><c> hid,</c><00:42:27.800><c> as</c><00:42:28.039><c> it</c><00:42:28.219><c> were,</c><00:42:28.400><c> our</c><00:42:28.639><c> faces</c><00:42:29.019><c> from</c><00:42:29.280><c> him.</c>

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:32.739
He<00:42:30.400><c> was</c><00:42:30.639><c> despised</c><00:42:31.300><c> and</c><00:42:31.420><c> we</c><00:42:31.579><c> did</c><00:42:31.820><c> not</c><00:42:32.079><c> esteem</c><00:42:32.460><c> him.</c>

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.860
And<00:42:33.179><c> just</c><00:42:33.340><c> keep</c><00:42:33.519><c> in</c><00:42:33.719><c> mind,</c>

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:39.239
this<00:42:34.099><c> is</c><00:42:34.380><c> the</c><00:42:34.739><c> story</c><00:42:35.360><c> that</c><00:42:36.179><c> the</c><00:42:36.460><c> Ethiopian</c><00:42:37.239><c> eunuch</c><00:42:37.719><c> was</c><00:42:38.039><c> reading</c>

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:41.059
when<00:42:39.920><c> Philip</c><00:42:40.239><c> came</c><00:42:40.539><c> along,</c><00:42:40.800><c> right?</c>

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:42.760
And<00:42:41.199><c> he</c><00:42:41.320><c> was</c><00:42:41.559><c> compelled</c><00:42:42.079><c> by</c><00:42:42.380><c> this</c><00:42:42.599><c> story.</c>

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:44.440
Who<00:42:43.019><c> is</c><00:42:43.340><c> this</c><00:42:43.599><c> man?</c>

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:48.380
Verse<00:42:45.260><c> four,</c><00:42:46.260><c> surely</c><00:42:46.719><c> he</c><00:42:47.000><c> is</c><00:42:47.199><c> born</c><00:42:47.500><c> our</c><00:42:47.940><c> griefs</c>

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:49.960
and<00:42:48.579><c> carried</c><00:42:48.840><c> our</c><00:42:49.219><c> sorrows.</c>

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:52.599
And<00:42:50.760><c> yet</c><00:42:51.059><c> we</c><00:42:51.360><c> esteemed</c><00:42:51.840><c> him</c><00:42:52.179><c> stricken,</c>

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:54.619
smitten<00:42:53.039><c> by</c><00:42:53.300><c> God</c><00:42:53.619><c> and</c><00:42:53.860><c> afflicted.</c>

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:57.280
But<00:42:55.300><c> he</c><00:42:55.420><c> was</c><00:42:55.639><c> wounded</c><00:42:55.960><c> for</c><00:42:56.219><c> our</c><00:42:56.599><c> transgressions.</c>

00:42:57.300 --> 00:43:00.000
He<00:42:57.420><c> was</c><00:42:57.760><c> bruised</c><00:42:58.099><c> for</c><00:42:58.440><c> our</c><00:42:58.860><c> iniquities.</c>

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:03.340
The<00:43:00.480><c> chastisement</c><00:43:01.199><c> for</c><00:43:01.480><c> our</c><00:43:01.800><c> peace</c><00:43:02.099><c> was</c><00:43:02.380><c> upon</c><00:43:02.800><c> him.</c>

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:06.199
And<00:43:03.980><c> by</c><00:43:04.199><c> his</c><00:43:04.519><c> stripes</c><00:43:04.820><c> we</c><00:43:05.059><c> are</c><00:43:05.320><c> healed.</c>

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:08.800
All<00:43:07.239><c> we</c><00:43:07.460><c> like</c><00:43:07.739><c> sheep</c><00:43:07.980><c> have</c><00:43:08.179><c> gone</c><00:43:08.360><c> astray.</c>

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:11.119
We<00:43:08.960><c> have</c><00:43:09.300><c> turned</c><00:43:09.559><c> everyone</c><00:43:10.000><c> to</c><00:43:10.239><c> his</c><00:43:10.460><c> own</c><00:43:10.719><c> way.</c>

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:14.739
And<00:43:11.679><c> the</c><00:43:11.860><c> Lord</c><00:43:12.019><c> has</c><00:43:12.300><c> laid</c><00:43:12.420><c> on</c><00:43:12.599><c> him</c><00:43:12.820><c> the</c><00:43:13.099><c> iniquity</c><00:43:13.500><c> of</c><00:43:13.639><c> us</c><00:43:13.880><c> all.</c>

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:17.000
He<00:43:15.039><c> was</c><00:43:15.280><c> oppressed</c><00:43:15.780><c> and</c><00:43:15.980><c> he</c><00:43:16.059><c> was</c><00:43:16.300><c> afflicted.</c>

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:18.320
Yet<00:43:17.159><c> he</c><00:43:17.360><c> opened</c><00:43:17.599><c> not</c><00:43:17.820><c> his</c><00:43:18.039><c> mouth.</c>

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:20.739
He<00:43:18.980><c> was</c><00:43:19.179><c> led</c><00:43:19.340><c> as</c><00:43:19.579><c> a</c><00:43:19.739><c> lamb</c><00:43:19.920><c> to</c><00:43:20.139><c> the</c><00:43:20.420><c> slaughter</c>

00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:23.739
and<00:43:20.960><c> as</c><00:43:21.219><c> a</c><00:43:21.440><c> sheep</c><00:43:21.599><c> before</c><00:43:21.960><c> it</c><00:43:22.260><c> sheers</c><00:43:22.599><c> silent.</c>

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:26.739
So<00:43:24.639><c> he</c><00:43:24.860><c> opened</c><00:43:25.239><c> not</c><00:43:25.539><c> his</c><00:43:25.840><c> mouth.</c>

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:29.599
So<00:43:27.719><c> here</c><00:43:27.860><c> we</c><00:43:27.960><c> have</c><00:43:28.119><c> a</c><00:43:28.360><c> character</c><00:43:28.699><c> and</c><00:43:28.840><c> he's</c><00:43:29.119><c> suffering,</c>

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:30.940
but<00:43:29.960><c> there's</c><00:43:30.219><c> a</c><00:43:30.420><c> point</c><00:43:30.639><c> to</c><00:43:30.840><c> it.</c>

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:33.400
He's<00:43:31.320><c> suffering</c><00:43:31.659><c> for</c><00:43:31.980><c> us.</c>

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:36.960
Verse<00:43:35.000><c> eight</c><00:43:35.340><c> and</c><00:43:35.440><c> nine,</c><00:43:35.739><c> he's</c><00:43:36.159><c> treated</c><00:43:36.460><c> terribly.</c>

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:39.780
He<00:43:37.139><c> was</c><00:43:37.360><c> taken</c><00:43:37.639><c> from</c><00:43:37.940><c> prison</c><00:43:38.340><c> and</c><00:43:38.559><c> from</c><00:43:38.780><c> judgment.</c>

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:41.920
And<00:43:40.239><c> who</c><00:43:40.460><c> will</c><00:43:40.719><c> declare</c><00:43:41.019><c> his</c><00:43:41.300><c> generation?</c>

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:44.260
For<00:43:42.179><c> he</c><00:43:42.320><c> was</c><00:43:42.579><c> cut</c><00:43:42.860><c> off</c><00:43:43.119><c> from</c><00:43:43.300><c> the</c><00:43:43.480><c> land</c><00:43:43.639><c> of</c><00:43:43.840><c> the</c><00:43:43.980><c> living.</c>

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:47.980
For<00:43:44.980><c> the</c><00:43:45.320><c> transgressions</c><00:43:45.860><c> of</c><00:43:46.059><c> my</c><00:43:46.320><c> people</c><00:43:46.559><c> he</c><00:43:46.760><c> was</c><00:43:47.059><c> stricken.</c>

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:50.039
And<00:43:48.380><c> they</c><00:43:48.579><c> made</c><00:43:48.699><c> his</c><00:43:49.039><c> grave</c><00:43:49.320><c> with</c><00:43:49.539><c> the</c><00:43:49.719><c> wicked.</c>

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:53.000
But<00:43:50.420><c> with</c><00:43:51.099><c> the</c><00:43:51.400><c> rich</c><00:43:51.579><c> at</c><00:43:51.760><c> his</c><00:43:52.039><c> death.</c>

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.980
Because<00:43:53.659><c> he</c><00:43:53.800><c> had</c><00:43:54.019><c> done</c><00:43:54.199><c> no</c><00:43:54.539><c> violence.</c>

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:57.460
Nor<00:43:55.260><c> was</c><00:43:55.480><c> any</c><00:43:55.820><c> deceit</c><00:43:56.219><c> in</c><00:43:56.320><c> his</c><00:43:56.579><c> mouth.</c>

00:43:58.559 --> 00:44:00.719
So<00:43:58.880><c> here's</c><00:43:59.260><c> someone</c><00:43:59.519><c> who's</c><00:43:59.840><c> treated</c><00:44:00.179><c> terribly</c>

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:02.079
yet<00:44:00.940><c> he's</c><00:44:01.219><c> done</c><00:44:01.380><c> nothing</c><00:44:01.699><c> wrong.</c>

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:05.119
And<00:44:02.340><c> no</c><00:44:02.480><c> one</c><00:44:02.659><c> seems</c><00:44:02.960><c> to</c><00:44:03.260><c> notice</c><00:44:03.559><c> at</c><00:44:03.900><c> the</c><00:44:04.179><c> time.</c>

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:08.320
And<00:44:05.920><c> yet</c><00:44:06.019><c> when</c><00:44:06.179><c> we</c><00:44:06.300><c> get</c><00:44:06.460><c> to</c><00:44:06.579><c> verse</c><00:44:06.780><c> 10</c><00:44:07.039><c> and</c><00:44:07.199><c> 11</c><00:44:07.559><c> and</c><00:44:08.079><c> on,</c>

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:10.500
we<00:44:08.699><c> see</c><00:44:08.880><c> that</c><00:44:09.019><c> there</c><00:44:09.179><c> is</c><00:44:09.300><c> a</c><00:44:09.500><c> purpose</c><00:44:09.920><c> to</c><00:44:10.179><c> it.</c>

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:14.079
We<00:44:11.340><c> see</c><00:44:11.559><c> the</c><00:44:11.840><c> structure,</c><00:44:12.340><c> this</c><00:44:12.539><c> foundation</c><00:44:13.139><c> that's</c><00:44:13.440><c> being</c><00:44:13.719><c> built.</c>

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:16.500
Yet<00:44:14.579><c> it</c><00:44:14.840><c> pleased</c><00:44:15.119><c> the</c><00:44:15.380><c> Lord</c><00:44:15.559><c> to</c><00:44:15.820><c> bruise</c><00:44:16.199><c> him.</c>

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:18.699
He<00:44:17.139><c> has</c><00:44:17.340><c> put</c><00:44:17.480><c> him</c><00:44:17.659><c> to</c><00:44:17.900><c> grief.</c>

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:21.280
When<00:44:19.280><c> you</c><00:44:19.539><c> make</c><00:44:19.699><c> his</c><00:44:20.039><c> soul</c><00:44:20.219><c> an</c><00:44:20.480><c> offering</c><00:44:20.780><c> for</c><00:44:21.099><c> sin,</c>

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:24.000
he<00:44:21.460><c> shall</c><00:44:21.699><c> see</c><00:44:21.980><c> his</c><00:44:22.300><c> seed,</c><00:44:22.739><c> he</c><00:44:22.739><c> shall</c><00:44:22.980><c> prolong</c><00:44:23.420><c> his</c><00:44:23.739><c> days,</c>

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:27.599
and<00:44:24.219><c> the</c><00:44:24.480><c> pleasure</c><00:44:24.800><c> of</c><00:44:25.000><c> the</c><00:44:25.199><c> Lord</c><00:44:25.400><c> shall</c><00:44:25.699><c> prosper</c><00:44:26.320><c> in</c><00:44:26.559><c> his</c><00:44:26.780><c> hand.</c>

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.619
I<00:44:27.960><c> love</c><00:44:28.119><c> this</c><00:44:28.380><c> verse.</c>

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:33.519
And<00:44:28.940><c> he</c><00:44:29.239><c> shall</c><00:44:29.460><c> see</c><00:44:29.719><c> the</c><00:44:30.059><c> labor</c><00:44:30.360><c> of</c><00:44:30.599><c> his</c><00:44:30.960><c> soul</c><00:44:31.400><c> and</c><00:44:31.980><c> be</c><00:44:32.320><c> satisfied.</c>

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:37.219
By<00:44:34.039><c> his</c><00:44:34.360><c> knowledge</c><00:44:34.699><c> my</c><00:44:35.059><c> righteous</c><00:44:35.579><c> servant</c><00:44:35.980><c> shall</c><00:44:36.260><c> justify</c><00:44:36.880><c> many,</c>

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:40.059
for<00:44:37.440><c> he</c><00:44:37.659><c> shall</c><00:44:37.800><c> bear</c><00:44:38.119><c> their</c><00:44:38.739><c> iniquities.</c>

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:43.139
Therefore<00:44:40.639><c> I</c><00:44:40.840><c> will</c><00:44:41.019><c> divide</c><00:44:41.420><c> him</c><00:44:41.739><c> of</c><00:44:42.079><c> portion</c><00:44:42.400><c> with</c><00:44:42.619><c> the</c><00:44:42.880><c> great.</c>

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:45.780
And<00:44:43.679><c> he</c><00:44:43.860><c> shall</c><00:44:43.980><c> divide</c><00:44:44.320><c> the</c><00:44:44.760><c> spoil</c><00:44:44.980><c> with</c><00:44:45.199><c> the</c><00:44:45.519><c> strong.</c>

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:48.679
Because<00:44:46.400><c> he</c><00:44:46.760><c> poured</c><00:44:47.039><c> out</c><00:44:47.320><c> his</c><00:44:47.619><c> soul</c><00:44:47.820><c> unto</c><00:44:48.079><c> death.</c>

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:50.820
He<00:44:49.159><c> was</c><00:44:49.400><c> numbered</c><00:44:49.699><c> with</c><00:44:49.920><c> the</c><00:44:50.179><c> transgressors.</c>

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:53.940
He<00:44:51.139><c> bore</c><00:44:51.400><c> the</c><00:44:51.659><c> sin</c><00:44:51.760><c> of</c><00:44:52.019><c> many</c><00:44:52.360><c> and</c><00:44:52.920><c> made</c><00:44:53.159><c> intercession</c>

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for<00:44:54.360><c> the</c><00:44:54.619><c> transgressors.</c>

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So<00:44:58.599><c> here</c><00:44:59.199><c> we</c><00:44:59.420><c> have</c><00:45:00.300><c> just</c><00:45:02.239><c> this</c><00:45:02.539><c> amazing</c><00:45:03.340><c> character.</c>

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And<00:45:04.519><c> when</c><00:45:04.639><c> we</c><00:45:04.840><c> compare</c><00:45:05.179><c> it</c><00:45:05.340><c> to</c><00:45:05.440><c> the</c><00:45:05.739><c> characters</c>

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that<00:45:06.880><c> we</c><00:45:07.079><c> see</c><00:45:07.199><c> in</c><00:45:07.360><c> Judges</c><00:45:07.659><c> 17</c><00:45:08.179><c> and</c><00:45:08.380><c> 18,</c><00:45:10.139><c> we</c><00:45:10.840><c> see</c><00:45:11.099><c> the</c><00:45:11.440><c> contrast.</c>

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We're<00:45:14.440><c> pulled</c><00:45:14.739><c> into</c><00:45:15.099><c> the</c><00:45:15.420><c> story.</c>

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We're<00:45:16.059><c> rooting</c><00:45:16.420><c> for</c><00:45:16.760><c> this</c><00:45:17.019><c> character.</c>

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He's<00:45:18.300><c> working</c><00:45:18.619><c> on</c><00:45:18.840><c> our</c><00:45:19.059><c> behalf.</c>

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So<00:45:26.360><c> just</c><00:45:26.619><c> to</c><00:45:26.920><c> close,</c><00:45:31.780><c> hopefully</c><00:45:32.039><c> we</c><00:45:32.239><c> can</c><00:45:32.639><c> see</c><00:45:33.420><c> the</c><00:45:34.199><c> importance</c>

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of<00:45:35.960><c> Judges</c><00:45:36.239><c> 17</c><00:45:36.780><c> through</c><00:45:37.460><c> to</c><00:45:37.699><c> the</c><00:45:37.840><c> end</c><00:45:38.019><c> of</c><00:45:38.280><c> Judges.</c>

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Not<00:45:39.119><c> that</c><00:45:39.280><c> it's</c><00:45:39.500><c> a</c><00:45:39.659><c> beautiful</c><00:45:40.099><c> story.</c>

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:43.400
Not<00:45:41.400><c> that</c><00:45:41.579><c> it's</c><00:45:41.800><c> even</c><00:45:42.000><c> an</c><00:45:42.400><c> interesting</c><00:45:42.900><c> story.</c>

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But<00:45:43.960><c> it</c><00:45:44.260><c> really</c><00:45:44.659><c> paints</c><00:45:44.980><c> a</c><00:45:45.219><c> picture</c><00:45:45.519><c> for</c><00:45:45.800><c> us.</c>

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God<00:45:46.079><c> is</c><00:45:46.400><c> showing</c><00:45:46.599><c> us</c><00:45:46.920><c> what</c><00:45:47.219><c> life</c><00:45:47.599><c> is</c><00:45:47.960><c> like</c>

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if<00:45:48.739><c> we</c><00:45:49.000><c> don't</c><00:45:49.380><c> have</c><00:45:50.019><c> that</c><00:45:50.440><c> moral</c><00:45:50.860><c> compass,</c><00:45:51.360><c> that</c><00:45:51.679><c> book,</c>

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that<00:45:53.440><c> we</c><00:45:53.639><c> don't</c><00:45:53.940><c> choose</c><00:45:54.260><c> our</c><00:45:54.440><c> heavenly</c><00:45:54.780><c> father</c><00:45:55.219><c> and</c><00:45:55.380><c> his</c><00:45:55.639><c> son</c>

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as<00:45:56.079><c> our</c><00:45:56.460><c> king,</c><00:45:57.519><c> the</c><00:45:57.840><c> one</c><00:45:58.019><c> to</c><00:45:58.320><c> follow</c><00:45:58.639><c> and</c><00:45:59.239><c> to</c><00:45:59.460><c> lead</c><00:45:59.559><c> us</c><00:46:00.039><c> to</c><00:46:00.199><c> victory.</c>