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God.<00:12:58.009><c> And</c><00:12:58.149><c> whilst</c><00:12:58.370><c> the</c><00:12:58.669><c> king</c><00:12:59.009><c> was</c><00:12:59.350><c> God's</c>

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representative<00:13:00.409><c> on</c><00:13:00.750><c> earth,</c><00:13:01.450><c> and</c><00:13:01.509><c> certainly</c><00:13:01.970><c> that's</c><00:13:02.289><c> how</c><00:13:02.610><c> David,</c><00:13:03.070><c> the</c>

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man<00:13:03.389><c> after</c><00:13:03.629><c> God's</c><00:13:03.990><c> own</c><00:13:04.190><c> heart,</c>

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saw<00:13:05.009><c> his</c><00:13:05.269><c> position,</c><00:13:06.909><c> really</c><00:13:07.470><c> there</c><00:13:08.090><c> would</c><00:13:08.370><c> have</c><00:13:08.570><c> been</c><00:13:08.710><c> no</c><00:13:08.990><c> need</c><00:13:09.230><c> for</c>

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which<00:13:26.429><c> is</c><00:13:26.669><c> a</c><00:13:26.809><c> stupid</c><00:13:27.129><c> phrase</c><00:13:27.409><c> in</c><00:13:27.590><c> itself,</c><00:13:28.090><c> isn't</c><00:13:28.190><c> it?</c><00:13:28.330><c> How</c><00:13:28.450><c> can</c>

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anyone<00:13:28.909><c> pre</c><00:13:29.330><c>-exist</c><00:13:29.669><c> anyway?</c><00:13:30.970><c> But</c><00:13:31.250><c> I'm</c><00:13:31.710><c> not</c><00:13:31.950><c> suggesting</c>

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the<00:14:02.669><c> real</c><00:14:03.049><c> king,</c><00:14:03.789><c> the</c><00:14:03.990><c> messiah,</c><00:14:04.850><c> the</c><00:14:05.029><c> anointed</c><00:14:05.370><c> one</c><00:14:05.629><c> of</c><00:14:05.809><c> God.</c>

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Fear<00:14:37.330><c> God,</c><00:14:38.009><c> honor</c><00:14:38.110><c> the</c><00:14:38.350><c> king,</c><00:14:39.289><c> says</c><00:14:39.409><c> the</c><00:14:39.610><c> apostle</c><00:14:39.909><c> Peter</c><00:14:40.309><c> in</c>

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God,<00:14:54.289><c> we</c><00:14:54.450><c> are</c><00:14:54.710><c> unable</c><00:14:54.990><c> to</c><00:14:55.269><c> comply.</c><00:14:56.210><c> We</c><00:14:56.269><c> cannot</c><00:14:56.649><c> give</c><00:14:57.110><c> wholehearted</c><00:14:57.929><c> and</c>

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unqualified<00:14:59.269><c> allegiance</c>

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Nadab,<00:15:58.590><c> Abihu,</c><00:15:59.049><c> Eliezer,</c><00:15:59.470><c> and</c><00:15:59.570><c> Ifamar.</c><00:16:01.389><c> In</c><00:16:01.590><c> other</c><00:16:01.809><c> words,</c><00:16:02.830><c> Aaron</c><00:16:03.049><c> was</c><00:16:03.470><c> unable</c><00:16:03.970><c> to</c>

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function<00:16:05.210><c> alone.</c>

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priest's<00:16:15.509><c> office.</c><00:16:16.090><c> Aaron</c><00:16:16.529><c> needed</c><00:16:17.210><c> his</c><00:16:17.669><c> sons</c><00:16:18.190><c> to</c><00:16:18.590><c> assist</c><00:16:18.950><c> him.</c>

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Aaron<00:16:20.970><c> was</c><00:16:21.309><c> not</c><00:16:21.610><c> complete</c><00:16:22.409><c> without</c><00:16:22.929><c> them.</c><00:16:23.809><c> Aaron</c>

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was<00:16:24.610><c> unable,</c><00:16:26.169><c> by</c><00:16:26.370><c> these</c><00:16:26.669><c> words,</c><00:16:27.110><c> brothers</c><00:16:27.269><c> and</c><00:16:27.509><c> sisters,</c><00:16:28.169><c> to</c>

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sons.<00:16:33.149><c> Take</c><00:16:33.389><c> Aaron</c><00:16:33.809><c> and</c><00:16:34.210><c> his</c><00:16:34.470><c> sons</c><00:16:34.870><c> that</c><00:16:35.230><c> he</c><00:16:35.690><c> may</c><00:16:35.990><c> minister</c><00:16:36.509><c> in</c>

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and<00:16:43.809><c> ourselves.</c><00:16:45.450><c> There's</c><00:16:45.549><c> a</c><00:16:45.769><c> lovely</c><00:16:46.070><c> little</c>

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needn't<00:16:49.929><c> turn</c><00:16:50.129><c> it</c><00:16:50.250><c> up,</c><00:16:50.570><c> but</c><00:16:50.710><c> it's</c><00:16:50.850><c> Ephesians</c>

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and<00:16:59.250><c> our</c><00:16:59.470><c> relationship</c><00:17:00.149><c> with</c><00:17:00.330><c> him.</c><00:17:01.490><c> He</c><00:17:01.490><c> says,</c><00:17:03.429><c> God</c><00:17:03.669><c> hath</c><00:17:03.929><c> put</c>

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body,<00:17:11.990><c> the</c><00:17:12.250><c> fullness</c><00:17:12.750><c> of</c><00:17:13.250><c> him</c><00:17:13.650><c> that</c><00:17:14.049><c> filleth</c><00:17:14.609><c> all</c><00:17:15.490><c> in</c>

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all.<00:17:17.950><c> In</c><00:17:18.069><c> other</c><00:17:18.250><c> words,</c><00:17:18.690><c> brothers</c><00:17:18.769><c> and</c><00:17:19.009><c> sisters,</c><00:17:19.410><c> the</c><00:17:19.470><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:17:20.049><c> Christ</c><00:17:20.390><c> is</c><00:17:20.589><c> not</c><00:17:20.849><c> complete</c><00:17:21.549><c> without</c><00:17:22.529><c> his</c>

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aphasia.<00:17:24.440><c> He</c><00:17:24.579><c> is</c><00:17:24.799><c> the</c><00:17:25.000><c> head,</c><00:17:26.460><c> and</c><00:17:26.660><c> the</c><00:17:26.740><c> head</c><00:17:26.900><c> cannot</c><00:17:27.200><c> function</c>

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body.<00:17:30.519><c> That's</c><00:17:30.660><c> what</c><00:17:30.819><c> the</c><00:17:30.960><c> apostle</c><00:17:31.220><c> is</c><00:17:31.480><c> saying</c><00:17:31.720><c> here.</c><00:17:32.460><c> God</c><00:17:32.759><c> gave</c><00:17:33.099><c> him</c>

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all.<00:17:41.880><c> The</c><00:17:42.099><c> Lord</c><00:17:42.220><c> Jesus</c><00:17:42.599><c> Christ</c><00:17:42.880><c> is</c><00:17:43.140><c> not</c><00:17:43.420><c> complete</c>

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so<00:17:51.380><c> the</c><00:17:51.559><c> work</c><00:17:51.819><c> of</c><00:17:52.000><c> the</c><00:17:52.099><c> Lord</c><00:17:52.299><c> Jesus</c><00:17:52.740><c> Christ</c><00:17:53.059><c> depends</c><00:17:53.779><c> upon</c><00:17:54.440><c> those</c><00:17:55.079><c> faithful</c><00:17:55.579><c> believers</c><00:17:56.059><c> who</c>

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a<00:18:07.779><c> holy</c><00:18:08.019><c> nation,</c><00:18:09.299><c> a</c><00:18:09.440><c> peculiar</c><00:18:09.940><c> people,</c><00:18:11.039><c> that</c><00:18:11.180><c> ye</c><00:18:11.380><c> shall</c><00:18:11.539><c> show</c>

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but<00:18:26.440><c> even</c><00:18:26.900><c> now</c><00:18:27.180><c> in</c><00:18:27.440><c> some</c><00:18:27.799><c> measure,</c>

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should<00:18:48.079><c> notice</c><00:18:48.539><c> from</c><00:18:48.980><c> Exodus</c><00:18:49.339><c> 28.</c>

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priest.<00:19:20.319><c> They</c><00:19:20.460><c> are</c><00:19:20.740><c> set</c><00:19:21.039><c> out</c><00:19:21.259><c> for</c>

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us<00:19:21.759><c> in</c><00:19:21.960><c> Leviticus</c><00:19:22.480><c> 21.</c><00:19:25.000><c> The</c><00:19:25.700><c> verses</c><00:19:26.119><c> again</c><00:19:26.779><c> are</c><00:19:27.759><c> verses</c><00:19:28.779><c> 16</c><00:19:29.740><c> and</c><00:19:29.900><c> 21.</c><00:19:31.680><c> You</c><00:19:31.720><c> needn't</c><00:19:32.039><c> turn</c><00:19:32.220><c> it</c>

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Speak<00:19:42.220><c> unto</c><00:19:42.559><c> Aaron,</c><00:19:44.039><c> and</c><00:19:44.220><c> down</c><00:19:44.440><c> at</c><00:19:44.660><c> verse</c><00:19:44.940><c> 21,</c><00:19:46.880><c> No</c><00:19:47.079><c> man</c><00:19:47.400><c> that</c><00:19:47.700><c> hath</c><00:19:47.920><c> a</c>

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fire.<00:19:55.099><c> He</c><00:19:55.319><c> hath</c><00:19:55.579><c> a</c><00:19:55.759><c> blemish.</c><00:19:56.539><c> He</c><00:19:56.740><c> shall</c>

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not<00:19:57.319><c> come</c><00:19:57.619><c> nigh</c><00:19:58.200><c> to</c><00:19:58.440><c> offer</c><00:19:58.759><c> the</c><00:19:59.019><c> bread</c><00:19:59.440><c> of</c><00:19:59.859><c> his</c><00:20:00.180><c> God.</c><00:20:01.819><c> So</c><00:20:02.140><c> there</c>

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were<00:20:02.680><c> conditions</c><00:20:03.519><c> attached</c><00:20:04.279><c> to</c><00:20:04.599><c> being</c><00:20:05.019><c> a</c><00:20:05.380><c> priest</c>

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stature<00:20:20.980><c> and</c><00:20:22.079><c> skin</c><00:20:22.640><c> and</c><00:20:22.859><c> so</c><00:20:23.099><c> on,</c><00:20:23.440><c> he</c><00:20:23.559><c> had</c><00:20:23.799><c> no</c><00:20:24.079><c> blemish</c>

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at<00:20:24.799><c> all,</c><00:20:24.880><c> no</c><00:20:25.099><c> eruptions,</c><00:20:26.539><c> he</c><00:20:26.660><c> was</c><00:20:26.900><c> not</c><00:20:27.099><c> lame,</c><00:20:28.519><c> he</c><00:20:28.579><c> was</c><00:20:28.819><c> not</c><00:20:29.079><c> short</c><00:20:29.420><c>-sighted,</c><00:20:30.599><c> and</c>

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so<00:20:31.039><c> on</c><00:20:31.299><c> and</c><00:20:31.420><c> so</c><00:20:31.660><c> forth.</c><00:20:32.240><c> Aaron</c>

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that,<00:20:38.180><c> brothers</c><00:20:38.279><c> and</c><00:20:38.539><c> sisters,</c>

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there<00:20:40.859><c> were</c><00:20:41.039><c> no</c><00:20:41.279><c> other</c><00:20:41.480><c> qualifications</c><00:20:42.299><c> necessary.</c><00:20:45.420><c> Nothing</c>

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is<00:20:46.400><c> ever</c><00:20:46.880><c> stipulated</c><00:20:48.099><c> about</c><00:20:48.880><c> what</c><00:20:49.160><c> was</c>

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There<00:21:03.319><c> were</c><00:21:03.480><c> no</c><00:21:03.680><c> skills</c><00:21:04.059><c> either.</c><00:21:04.599><c> He</c><00:21:04.740><c> did</c><00:21:04.980><c> not</c><00:21:05.019><c> have</c><00:21:05.299><c> to</c><00:21:05.359><c> be</c><00:21:05.579><c> a</c>

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practical<00:21:06.160><c> man.</c>

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anything<00:21:12.579><c> of</c><00:21:12.680><c> that</c><00:21:12.880><c> kind.</c><00:21:14.900><c> And</c><00:21:15.460><c> not</c><00:21:15.640><c> even</c><00:21:15.900><c> zeal</c><00:21:16.319><c> was</c><00:21:16.559><c> considered.</c><00:21:17.759><c> You</c><00:21:17.900><c> did</c>

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account,<00:21:27.839><c> and</c><00:21:27.940><c> certainly</c><00:21:28.599><c> no</c><00:21:29.059><c> one</c><00:21:29.359><c> who</c><00:21:29.599><c> had</c><00:21:30.099><c> zeal</c><00:21:30.539><c> to</c><00:21:30.759><c> be</c><00:21:31.019><c> there</c><00:21:31.339><c> and</c>

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qualifications<00:21:33.839><c> could</c><00:21:34.500><c> take</c><00:21:34.819><c> up</c><00:21:35.000><c> the</c><00:21:35.200><c> office</c><00:21:35.779><c> if</c><00:21:37.220><c> they</c><00:21:37.359><c> were</c>

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not<00:21:37.700><c> in</c><00:21:37.819><c> the</c><00:21:37.940><c> right</c><00:21:38.140><c> family.</c>

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And<00:21:40.960><c> the</c><00:21:40.960><c> post</c><00:21:41.460><c> holder</c><00:21:42.099><c> of</c><00:21:42.500><c> this</c><00:21:42.799><c> job,</c><00:21:43.279><c> brothers</c><00:21:43.579><c> and</c><00:21:43.859><c> sisters,</c><00:21:44.740><c> was</c><00:21:44.940><c> simply</c><00:21:45.960><c> born</c><00:21:46.480><c> into</c><00:21:46.920><c> the</c>

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family<00:21:48.099><c> of</c><00:21:48.460><c> Aaron.</c>

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be<00:21:54.640><c> born</c><00:21:55.200><c> into</c><00:21:55.660><c> the</c><00:21:55.839><c> right</c>

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family.<00:21:58.299><c> And</c><00:21:58.519><c> again,</c><00:21:58.839><c> there</c><00:21:58.880><c> are</c><00:21:59.099><c> spiritual</c><00:21:59.400><c> lessons</c><00:21:59.740><c> in</c><00:21:59.920><c> that</c><00:22:00.119><c> for</c>

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us,<00:22:00.960><c> aren't</c><00:22:01.099><c> there?</c><00:22:02.079><c> By</c><00:22:02.420><c> the</c><00:22:02.740><c> grace</c><00:22:02.980><c> of</c><00:22:03.220><c> God,</c>

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brothers<00:22:03.680><c> and</c><00:22:03.900><c> sisters,</c><00:22:04.200><c> we</c><00:22:04.299><c> are</c><00:22:04.619><c> born</c><00:22:04.900><c> into</c><00:22:05.140><c> the</c><00:22:05.299><c> family</c><00:22:05.720><c> by</c>

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our<00:22:06.859><c> baptism</c><00:22:07.319><c> into</c><00:22:07.619><c> Jesus</c><00:22:08.119><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:22:13.420><c> do</c><00:22:13.900><c> not</c><00:22:13.920><c> need</c><00:22:14.579><c> qualifications.</c><00:22:15.599><c> Indeed,</c>

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they<00:22:16.039><c> can</c><00:22:16.319><c> hamper</c><00:22:16.680><c> us.</c><00:22:18.359><c> You</c><00:22:18.519><c> see</c><00:22:18.799><c> your</c><00:22:19.019><c> calling,</c><00:22:19.559><c> brethren,</c>

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says<00:22:20.019><c> the</c><00:22:20.240><c> Apostle</c><00:22:20.599><c> Paul.</c><00:22:21.880><c> Not</c><00:22:22.119><c> many</c><00:22:22.759><c> rich,</c>

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not<00:22:23.779><c> many</c><00:22:24.119><c> mighty,</c><00:22:24.700><c> not</c><00:22:24.839><c> many</c><00:22:25.200><c> noble.</c><00:22:26.859><c> These</c><00:22:27.279><c> things</c><00:22:27.759><c> that</c><00:22:28.240><c> the</c><00:22:28.539><c> world</c><00:22:28.940><c> counts</c><00:22:29.740><c> as</c>

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important<00:22:31.119><c> are</c><00:22:31.779><c> a</c><00:22:31.980><c> hindrance</c><00:22:32.759><c> to</c>

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work<00:22:33.400><c> of</c><00:22:33.599><c> God.</c><00:22:35.119><c> No</c><00:22:35.359><c> qualification,</c><00:22:36.440><c> no</c><00:22:36.640><c> practical</c><00:22:37.220><c> skills,</c><00:22:39.279><c> not</c><00:22:39.480><c> even</c><00:22:39.819><c> zeal</c><00:22:41.319><c> befits</c><00:22:42.119><c> a</c>

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man<00:22:43.019><c> better</c><00:22:43.559><c> than</c>

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another<00:22:44.400><c> to</c><00:22:45.059><c> be</c><00:22:45.240><c> a</c><00:22:45.460><c> priest</c><00:22:45.660><c> in</c><00:22:45.859><c> the</c><00:22:46.099><c> service</c><00:22:46.359><c> of</c><00:22:46.539><c> God,</c><00:22:47.420><c> to</c><00:22:47.500><c> be</c>

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one<00:22:47.859><c> of</c><00:22:48.019><c> the</c><00:22:48.099><c> kings</c><00:22:48.400><c> and</c><00:22:48.700><c> priests</c><00:22:48.940><c> of</c><00:22:49.140><c> the</c><00:22:49.279><c> new</c><00:22:49.500><c> covenant</c>

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in<00:22:50.500><c> Jesus</c><00:22:50.940><c> Christ.</c><00:22:52.359><c> It</c><00:22:52.480><c> is</c><00:22:52.700><c> simply</c><00:22:53.339><c> by</c><00:22:53.920><c> baptism</c><00:22:54.380><c> into</c><00:22:54.680><c> him,</c><00:22:55.079><c> by</c>

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being<00:22:56.059><c> born</c><00:22:56.599><c> again</c><00:22:57.420><c> into</c><00:22:57.980><c> that</c><00:22:58.400><c> family</c><00:22:58.839><c> of</c><00:22:59.420><c> God</c>

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in<00:23:00.180><c> the</c><00:23:00.440><c> way</c><00:23:00.720><c> prescribed.</c><00:23:04.460><c> Lastly,</c><00:23:05.079><c> I</c><00:23:05.079><c> want</c><00:23:05.319><c> us</c><00:23:05.480><c> to</c><00:23:05.619><c> notice</c><00:23:06.039><c> before</c><00:23:06.400><c> we</c>

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leave<00:23:06.880><c> these</c><00:23:07.200><c> verses,</c>

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the<00:23:08.619><c> importance</c><00:23:09.220><c> of</c><00:23:09.480><c> the</c><00:23:09.740><c> garments.</c><00:23:11.539><c> Verse</c><00:23:11.779><c> 2</c><00:23:12.099><c> of</c><00:23:12.339><c> Exodus</c><00:23:12.640><c> 28,</c>

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And<00:23:14.339><c> thou</c><00:23:14.519><c> shalt</c><00:23:14.680><c> make</c><00:23:14.960><c> holy</c><00:23:15.279><c> garments</c><00:23:15.740><c> for</c><00:23:16.019><c> Aaron</c><00:23:16.259><c> thy</c><00:23:16.500><c> brother,</c><00:23:16.880><c> for</c>

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glory<00:23:17.440><c> and</c><00:23:17.599><c> for</c><00:23:17.799><c> beauty.</c>

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And<00:23:18.519><c> thou</c><00:23:18.680><c> shalt</c><00:23:18.880><c> speak</c><00:23:19.200><c> unto</c><00:23:19.420><c> all</c><00:23:19.799><c> that</c><00:23:19.960><c> are</c><00:23:20.220><c> wisehearted,</c><00:23:21.160><c> whom</c><00:23:21.259><c> I</c>

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have<00:23:21.599><c> filled</c><00:23:21.859><c> with</c><00:23:22.039><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:23:22.480><c> of</c><00:23:22.660><c> wisdom,</c><00:23:23.160><c> that</c><00:23:23.279><c> they</c><00:23:23.480><c> may</c><00:23:23.700><c> make</c><00:23:23.960><c> Aaron's</c><00:23:24.500><c> garments</c>

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to<00:23:25.579><c> consecrate</c><00:23:26.339><c> him,</c><00:23:26.960><c> that</c><00:23:27.099><c> he</c><00:23:27.299><c> may</c><00:23:27.579><c> minister</c>

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unto<00:23:28.180><c> me</c><00:23:28.380><c> in</c><00:23:28.519><c> the</c><00:23:28.700><c> priest's</c><00:23:29.119><c> office.</c><00:23:29.880><c> And</c><00:23:30.000><c> these</c><00:23:30.240><c> are</c><00:23:30.400><c> the</c><00:23:30.559><c> garments</c><00:23:30.859><c> which</c><00:23:31.119><c> they</c><00:23:31.299><c> shall</c><00:23:31.519><c> make,</c><00:23:32.200><c> a</c><00:23:32.460><c> breastplate,</c>

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and<00:23:33.619><c> an</c><00:23:33.839><c> ephod,</c><00:23:34.619><c> and</c><00:23:34.799><c> a</c><00:23:35.039><c> robe,</c><00:23:35.680><c> and</c><00:23:35.880><c> a</c><00:23:36.039><c> broided</c><00:23:36.400><c> coat,</c><00:23:37.240><c> a</c><00:23:37.440><c> mitre,</c><00:23:37.880><c> and</c><00:23:38.059><c> a</c>

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girdle.<00:23:38.880><c> And</c><00:23:39.059><c> they</c><00:23:39.240><c> shall</c><00:23:39.400><c> make</c>

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holy<00:23:40.079><c> garments</c><00:23:40.559><c> for</c><00:23:40.859><c> Aaron</c><00:23:41.180><c> thy</c><00:23:41.420><c> brother</c><00:23:41.900><c> and</c><00:23:42.400><c> his</c><00:23:42.700><c> sons,</c><00:23:43.480><c> that</c><00:23:43.759><c> he</c>

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may<00:23:44.319><c> minister</c><00:23:44.680><c> unto</c><00:23:45.000><c> me</c><00:23:45.460><c> in</c><00:23:45.619><c> the</c><00:23:45.799><c> priest's</c>

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office.<00:23:48.619><c> Notice</c><00:23:49.079><c> again</c><00:23:49.559><c> the</c><00:23:50.019><c> actual</c><00:23:50.519><c> wording</c><00:23:50.880><c> used.</c><00:23:51.319><c> That</c><00:23:51.559><c> last</c><00:23:52.039><c> phrase</c><00:23:52.400><c> of</c>

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verse<00:23:52.940><c> 4</c><00:23:53.140><c> particularly,</c>

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That<00:23:54.460><c> he</c><00:23:54.859><c> may</c><00:23:55.259><c> minister</c><00:23:55.579><c> unto</c><00:23:55.759><c> me.</c><00:23:55.960><c> They</c><00:23:56.119><c> shall</c><00:23:56.359><c> make</c><00:23:56.660><c> holy</c><00:23:57.099><c> garments</c>

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in<00:23:58.059><c> order</c><00:23:58.519><c> that</c><00:23:58.880><c> they</c><00:23:59.200><c> can</c><00:23:59.539><c> minister</c><00:23:59.880><c> unto</c><00:24:00.180><c> me,</c><00:24:00.619><c> so</c><00:24:01.019><c> that</c><00:24:01.359><c> they</c>

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can<00:24:01.859><c> minister</c><00:24:02.160><c> unto</c><00:24:02.420><c> me.</c>

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Without<00:24:03.339><c> the</c><00:24:03.640><c> garments,</c><00:24:04.200><c> brothers</c><00:24:04.380><c> and</c><00:24:04.640><c> sisters,</c><00:24:05.279><c> this</c><00:24:05.519><c> would</c><00:24:05.779><c> not</c>

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be<00:24:06.200><c> possible,</c><00:24:06.579><c> it</c><00:24:06.779><c> seems.</c>

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The<00:24:08.480><c> garments</c><00:24:08.880><c> were</c><00:24:09.200><c> again</c><00:24:09.680><c> an</c><00:24:10.119><c> essential</c><00:24:10.640><c> part</c><00:24:11.339><c> of</c><00:24:11.880><c> the</c><00:24:12.099><c> work</c>

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that<00:24:12.799><c> Aaron</c><00:24:13.019><c> and</c><00:24:13.319><c> his</c><00:24:13.559><c> sons</c><00:24:13.900><c> were</c><00:24:14.200><c> to</c><00:24:14.440><c> do.</c>

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And<00:24:15.799><c> that's</c><00:24:16.259><c> instructive</c><00:24:16.839><c> too,</c><00:24:17.140><c> isn't</c><00:24:17.319><c> it?</c><00:24:17.920><c> We</c><00:24:18.240><c> cannot</c><00:24:18.640><c> serve</c>

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without<00:24:19.480><c> the</c><00:24:19.859><c> garments.</c><00:24:20.759><c> We</c><00:24:20.980><c> need</c><00:24:21.220><c> to</c><00:24:21.339><c> be</c><00:24:21.700><c> clothed</c>

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upon<00:24:22.400><c> with</c><00:24:22.640><c> the</c><00:24:22.779><c> righteousness</c><00:24:23.240><c> of</c><00:24:23.480><c> the</c><00:24:23.539><c> Lord</c><00:24:23.759><c> Jesus</c><00:24:24.180><c> Christ.</c>

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Aaron<00:24:25.420><c> and</c><00:24:25.640><c> his</c><00:24:25.900><c> sons</c><00:24:26.140><c> needed</c><00:24:26.480><c> to</c><00:24:26.720><c> be</c><00:24:27.099><c> invested</c>

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with<00:24:28.160><c> righteousness,</c><00:24:28.740><c> as</c><00:24:28.920><c> we'll</c><00:24:29.200><c> see</c><00:24:29.359><c> in</c><00:24:29.480><c> a</c><00:24:29.619><c> moment.</c><00:24:31.160><c> They</c><00:24:31.299><c> had</c><00:24:31.579><c> to</c>

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represent<00:24:32.880><c> the</c><00:24:33.619><c> righteousness</c><00:24:34.299><c> of</c><00:24:34.559><c> God,</c>

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and<00:24:35.119><c> without</c><00:24:35.640><c> the</c><00:24:36.059><c> representation</c><00:24:36.740><c> of</c><00:24:36.980><c> that,</c><00:24:37.940><c> their</c><00:24:38.180><c> service</c>

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would<00:24:39.000><c> be</c><00:24:39.420><c> in</c><00:24:39.779><c> vain.</c><00:24:41.039><c> They</c><00:24:41.339><c> could</c><00:24:41.700><c> not</c>

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carry<00:24:42.839><c> it</c><00:24:43.160><c> out,</c><00:24:44.119><c> could</c><00:24:44.400><c> not</c><00:24:44.759><c> perform</c><00:24:45.259><c> their</c><00:24:45.559><c> function.</c>

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Well,<00:24:50.660><c> let's</c><00:24:50.960><c> turn</c><00:24:51.339><c> then</c><00:24:51.759><c> to</c><00:24:51.980><c> Leviticus</c><00:24:52.500><c> chapter</c><00:24:52.980><c> 8,</c><00:24:54.299><c> and</c><00:24:54.359><c> let's</c><00:24:54.720><c> have</c><00:24:54.920><c> a</c>

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look<00:24:55.259><c> at</c><00:24:55.559><c> the</c><00:24:56.000><c> inauguration</c><00:24:57.200><c> of</c><00:24:57.720><c> Aaron</c>

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and<00:24:58.859><c> his</c><00:24:59.200><c> sons.</c><00:25:04.259><c> Leviticus</c><00:25:04.839><c> chapter</c><00:25:05.319><c> 8,</c><00:25:05.720><c> and</c><00:25:05.920><c> we've</c><00:25:06.319><c> read</c><00:25:06.599><c> a</c>

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portion<00:25:07.039><c> of</c><00:25:07.140><c> this</c><00:25:07.380><c> together,</c><00:25:08.640><c> here</c><00:25:08.940><c> we</c><00:25:09.319><c> see</c><00:25:09.920><c> that</c>

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God<00:25:14.000><c> commands</c><00:25:14.880><c> Aaron</c><00:25:15.480><c> and</c><00:25:15.740><c> his</c><00:25:16.059><c> sons</c><00:25:16.779><c> to</c><00:25:18.079><c> undergo</c><00:25:18.859><c> a</c><00:25:19.299><c> ritual</c>

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in<00:25:20.220><c> order</c><00:25:20.660><c> to</c><00:25:20.980><c> consecrate</c><00:25:21.759><c> them</c><00:25:22.019><c> for</c><00:25:22.259><c> their</c>

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office.<00:25:23.559><c> This</c><00:25:23.839><c> is</c><00:25:24.059><c> to</c><00:25:24.259><c> impress</c><00:25:24.779><c> both</c><00:25:25.160><c> upon</c><00:25:25.519><c> them</c><00:25:26.259><c> and</c><00:25:26.740><c> upon</c><00:25:27.079><c> the</c><00:25:27.200><c> people</c><00:25:27.480><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:25:28.019><c> at</c><00:25:28.359><c> large</c><00:25:28.940><c> the</c><00:25:29.559><c> importance</c><00:25:30.240><c> of</c>

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their<00:25:30.819><c> responsibilities.</c><00:25:33.519><c> So</c><00:25:33.839><c> Leviticus</c><00:25:34.279><c> chapter</c><00:25:34.779><c> 8,</c><00:25:36.019><c> and</c>

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verse<00:25:36.480><c> 1.</c>

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The<00:25:38.519><c> Lord</c><00:25:39.039><c> spoke</c><00:25:39.380><c> unto</c><00:25:39.640><c> Moses,</c><00:25:40.519><c> saying,</c><00:25:40.859><c> Take</c><00:25:41.160><c> Aaron</c><00:25:41.500><c> and</c><00:25:41.619><c> his</c>

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sons<00:25:42.440><c> with</c><00:25:42.720><c> him,</c><00:25:43.380><c> and</c><00:25:43.660><c> the</c><00:25:43.880><c> garments,</c>

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and<00:25:45.059><c> the</c><00:25:45.259><c> anointing</c><00:25:45.640><c> oil,</c><00:25:46.420><c> and</c><00:25:46.539><c> the</c><00:25:46.740><c> bullock</c><00:25:47.059><c> for</c><00:25:47.240><c> the</c><00:25:47.359><c> sin</c><00:25:47.559><c> offering,</c><00:25:48.000><c> and</c><00:25:48.220><c> two</c><00:25:48.519><c> rams,</c><00:25:49.079><c> and</c><00:25:49.119><c> a</c>

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basket<00:25:49.640><c> of</c><00:25:49.859><c> unleavened</c>

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bread,<00:25:51.059><c> and</c><00:25:51.299><c> gather</c><00:25:51.539><c> thou</c><00:25:51.799><c> all</c><00:25:52.180><c> the</c><00:25:52.400><c> congregation</c><00:25:52.859><c> together</c>

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unto<00:25:53.579><c> the</c><00:25:53.759><c> door</c><00:25:54.019><c> of</c><00:25:54.200><c> the</c><00:25:54.359><c> tabernacle</c><00:25:54.720><c> of</c><00:25:54.880><c> the</c>

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congregation.<00:26:06.440><c> So</c><00:26:07.019><c> Aaron</c><00:26:07.200><c> and</c><00:26:07.380><c> his</c><00:26:07.619><c> sons</c><00:26:08.039><c> were</c><00:26:08.799><c> physically</c>

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separated<00:26:10.660><c> out</c><00:26:11.579><c> from</c><00:26:12.059><c> the</c><00:26:12.380><c> remainder</c><00:26:12.740><c> of</c><00:26:13.039><c> the</c><00:26:13.259><c> nation.</c>

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Take<00:26:14.359><c> Aaron</c><00:26:14.880><c> and</c><00:26:15.259><c> his</c><00:26:15.559><c> sons,</c><00:26:16.160><c> exactly</c><00:26:16.460><c> as</c><00:26:16.619><c> Exodus</c><00:26:17.000><c> 28</c><00:26:17.579><c> had</c><00:26:17.900><c> said.</c><00:26:18.460><c> Take</c><00:26:18.799><c> him,</c><00:26:19.400><c> take</c><00:26:19.720><c> the</c><00:26:19.900><c> garments,</c>

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take<00:26:20.720><c> the</c><00:26:20.900><c> oil,</c><00:26:21.339><c> take</c><00:26:21.559><c> all</c><00:26:21.880><c> the</c><00:26:22.039><c> things</c><00:26:22.259><c> necessary</c><00:26:23.039><c> for</c><00:26:23.759><c> this</c>

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service<00:26:24.759><c> of</c><00:26:25.059><c> dedication,</c><00:26:25.900><c> of</c><00:26:26.000><c> consecration.</c>

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Separate<00:26:28.839><c> him</c><00:26:29.440><c> from</c><00:26:30.140><c> all</c><00:26:30.660><c> the</c><00:26:30.799><c> people</c><00:26:31.380><c> for</c><00:26:32.000><c> this</c><00:26:32.839><c> work,</c><00:26:33.500><c> this</c><00:26:33.819><c> office.</c>

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Now<00:26:36.200><c> the</c><00:26:36.460><c> consecration</c><00:26:37.200><c> of</c><00:26:37.539><c> Aaron</c><00:26:37.779><c> has</c><00:26:38.599><c> some</c><00:26:39.039><c> striking</c><00:26:39.660><c> similarities</c><00:26:40.720><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:41.440><c> Nazarite</c><00:26:42.079><c> vow,</c><00:26:42.920><c> and</c><00:26:43.039><c> unfortunately</c>

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we<00:26:43.720><c> haven't</c><00:26:43.980><c> time</c><00:26:44.279><c> to</c><00:26:44.359><c> go</c><00:26:44.559><c> into</c><00:26:44.839><c> that</c><00:26:45.140><c> this</c><00:26:45.359><c> evening,</c><00:26:45.720><c> so</c><00:26:46.059><c> that's</c><00:26:46.539><c> something,</c><00:26:47.059><c> if</c>

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you're<00:26:47.339><c> not</c><00:26:47.559><c> already</c><00:26:47.880><c> aware</c><00:26:48.160><c> of</c>

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.380
it<00:26:48.400><c> and</c><00:26:48.500><c> haven't</c><00:26:48.759><c> done</c><00:26:49.019><c> that</c><00:26:49.259><c> exercise,</c><00:26:50.059><c> that</c><00:26:50.140><c> it's</c><00:26:50.339><c> worth</c><00:26:50.700><c> doing</c><00:26:51.039><c> on</c>

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your<00:26:51.660><c> own.</c><00:26:51.980><c> There</c><00:26:52.160><c> are</c><00:26:53.019><c> similarities</c>

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between<00:26:54.480><c> the</c><00:26:54.960><c> ritual</c><00:26:55.359><c> here</c><00:26:55.680><c> performed</c><00:26:56.380><c> and</c><00:26:56.779><c> that</c><00:26:57.019><c> which</c><00:26:57.259><c> the</c>

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Nazarite,<00:26:58.200><c> those</c><00:26:58.500><c> who</c><00:26:59.259><c> willingly</c><00:26:59.779><c> and</c>

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voluntarily<00:27:00.920><c> dedicated</c><00:27:01.779><c> themselves</c><00:27:02.359><c> to</c><00:27:02.579><c> God,</c><00:27:03.119><c> consecrated</c>

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themselves<00:27:04.180><c> to</c><00:27:04.319><c> God</c><00:27:04.660><c> for</c><00:27:04.940><c> a</c><00:27:05.119><c> specific</c><00:27:05.579><c> period,</c><00:27:06.380><c> long</c><00:27:06.660><c> or</c>

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short,<00:27:07.920><c> but</c><00:27:08.039><c> a</c><00:27:08.220><c> temporary</c><00:27:08.700><c> vow</c><00:27:09.059><c> usually,</c><00:27:10.779><c> similarities</c><00:27:11.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:11.819><c> way</c><00:27:12.059><c> in</c><00:27:12.240><c> which</c><00:27:12.480><c> they</c><00:27:12.819><c> did</c><00:27:13.180><c> that</c><00:27:13.779><c> to</c><00:27:14.420><c> the</c><00:27:14.579><c> way</c><00:27:14.740><c> in</c>

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which<00:27:15.519><c> this</c><00:27:17.119><c> ritual</c><00:27:17.640><c> was</c><00:27:18.019><c> performed.</c><00:27:20.500><c> The</c><00:27:20.660><c> first</c><00:27:21.000><c> thing</c><00:27:21.359><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:21.680><c> notice</c><00:27:22.119><c> is</c><00:27:22.380><c> that</c><00:27:22.539><c> in</c><00:27:22.779><c> verse</c><00:27:23.059><c> four</c><00:27:23.720><c> it's</c><00:27:24.400><c> very</c>

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public.<00:27:27.119><c> All</c><00:27:27.440><c> Israel</c><00:27:27.940><c> gathered</c><00:27:28.460><c> to</c><00:27:28.720><c> the</c><00:27:28.940><c> door</c><00:27:29.259><c> of</c><00:27:29.500><c> the</c><00:27:29.680><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:30.140><c> of</c><00:27:30.359><c> the</c>

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congregation<00:27:31.240><c> and</c><00:27:32.339><c> Aaron</c><00:27:32.700><c> and</c><00:27:32.900><c> his</c>

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sons<00:27:33.779><c> were</c><00:27:34.339><c> stood</c><00:27:34.519><c> in</c><00:27:34.799><c> front</c><00:27:34.960><c> of</c><00:27:35.160><c> them,</c><00:27:35.880><c> perhaps</c><00:27:36.279><c> paraded</c><00:27:36.799><c> in</c>

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front<00:27:37.279><c> of</c><00:27:37.440><c> them.</c><00:27:38.460><c> All</c><00:27:38.740><c> Israel</c><00:27:39.160><c> could</c><00:27:39.500><c> see</c><00:27:40.140><c> who</c><00:27:40.619><c> the</c>

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priest<00:27:41.099><c> was,</c><00:27:42.059><c> who</c><00:27:42.420><c> his</c><00:27:42.660><c> assistants</c><00:27:43.119><c> were.</c><00:27:45.000><c> They</c><00:27:45.279><c> all</c><00:27:45.720><c> watched</c>

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as<00:27:47.240><c> this</c><00:27:47.720><c> service</c><00:27:48.339><c> took</c><00:27:48.700><c> place.</c>

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The<00:27:51.299><c> first</c><00:27:51.539><c> thing</c><00:27:51.740><c> that</c><00:27:51.960><c> happened</c><00:27:52.500><c> is</c><00:27:52.839><c> in</c><00:27:53.000><c> verse</c><00:27:53.259><c> six</c><00:27:53.779><c> they</c>

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were<00:27:54.420><c> washed.</c>

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Moses<00:27:56.140><c> brought</c><00:27:56.519><c> Aaron</c><00:27:56.880><c> and</c><00:27:57.099><c> his</c><00:27:57.319><c> sons</c><00:27:57.740><c> and</c><00:27:58.359><c> washed</c><00:27:58.759><c> them</c><00:27:59.500><c> with</c>

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water.<00:28:02.059><c> So</c><00:28:02.420><c> here</c><00:28:02.779><c> the</c><00:28:03.099><c> congregation</c><00:28:03.680><c> saw</c><00:28:04.099><c> these</c><00:28:04.440><c> men</c>

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being<00:28:05.119><c> washed</c><00:28:05.819><c> in</c><00:28:06.559><c> public.</c><00:28:08.099><c> Now</c><00:28:08.480><c> that</c><00:28:08.940><c> would</c><00:28:09.220><c> probably</c><00:28:09.480><c> not</c>

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be<00:28:09.920><c> as</c><00:28:10.099><c> unusual</c><00:28:10.539><c> as</c><00:28:11.000><c> we</c><00:28:11.259><c> might</c><00:28:11.559><c> think.</c><00:28:12.640><c> In</c><00:28:12.839><c> eastern</c>

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countries<00:28:13.519><c> still</c><00:28:13.839><c> today,</c><00:28:14.559><c> ablutions</c><00:28:14.940><c> are</c><00:28:15.119><c> very</c><00:28:15.460><c> often</c><00:28:15.660><c> performed</c><00:28:16.059><c> in</c><00:28:16.319><c> public,</c><00:28:17.039><c> as</c>

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my<00:28:17.359><c> wife</c><00:28:17.579><c> and</c><00:28:17.740><c> I</c><00:28:17.880><c> know</c><00:28:18.019><c> to</c><00:28:18.220><c> our</c>

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cost,<00:28:19.160><c> having</c><00:28:19.279><c> visited</c><00:28:19.640><c> Nepal</c><00:28:20.240><c> and</c><00:28:21.319><c> finding</c><00:28:21.779><c> that</c><00:28:22.000><c> when</c><00:28:22.140><c> it</c><00:28:22.299><c> came</c><00:28:22.480><c> to</c><00:28:22.680><c> bedtime</c><00:28:23.119><c> the</c><00:28:24.279><c> washing</c><00:28:25.660><c> affairs</c><00:28:27.480><c> were</c><00:28:28.099><c> a</c>

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quarter<00:28:28.420><c> of</c><00:28:28.599><c> a</c><00:28:28.660><c> mile</c><00:28:28.720><c> down</c><00:28:28.920><c> the</c><00:28:29.119><c> road</c><00:28:29.240><c> in</c><00:28:29.440><c> the</c><00:28:29.539><c> center</c><00:28:29.680><c> of</c><00:28:29.819><c> the</c>

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village<00:28:30.079><c> at</c><00:28:30.220><c> the</c><00:28:30.380><c> local</c><00:28:30.579><c> pump,</c><00:28:31.500><c> with</c><00:28:31.640><c> all</c><00:28:31.920><c> the</c><00:28:32.059><c> villages</c>

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:36.420
standing<00:28:32.799><c> around</c><00:28:33.220><c> gawping.</c><00:28:35.339><c> So</c><00:28:35.400><c> this</c><00:28:35.799><c> may</c><00:28:36.039><c> not</c><00:28:36.180><c> have</c><00:28:36.339><c> been</c>

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very<00:28:36.720><c> unusual.</c><00:28:37.359><c> Ablutions</c><00:28:37.859><c> might</c><00:28:38.160><c> usually</c><00:28:38.640><c> have</c>

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:42.980
been<00:28:39.119><c> performed</c><00:28:39.539><c> in</c><00:28:40.160><c> public.</c><00:28:41.400><c> But</c><00:28:41.779><c> there's</c><00:28:42.200><c> a</c><00:28:42.380><c> message</c><00:28:42.759><c> for</c>

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:46.099
Israel<00:28:43.359><c> here,</c><00:28:43.799><c> isn't</c><00:28:43.980><c> there?</c><00:28:44.960><c> These</c><00:28:45.220><c> are</c><00:28:45.400><c> not</c><00:28:45.579><c> ordinary</c>

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:49.420
ablutions.<00:28:47.220><c> Moses</c><00:28:47.500><c> is</c><00:28:47.799><c> washing</c><00:28:48.160><c> these</c><00:28:48.599><c> men.</c><00:28:48.960><c> They</c><00:28:49.099><c> are</c><00:28:49.240><c> not</c>

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allowed<00:28:49.640><c> to</c><00:28:49.819><c> do</c><00:28:49.900><c> it</c><00:28:50.059><c> for</c><00:28:50.180><c> themselves.</c><00:28:51.859><c> And</c><00:28:52.019><c> Moses</c><00:28:52.359><c> is</c>

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showing<00:28:53.240><c> to</c><00:28:53.599><c> Israel</c><00:28:53.900><c> that</c><00:28:54.079><c> these</c><00:28:54.440><c> men</c><00:28:54.839><c> are</c><00:28:55.299><c> being</c><00:28:55.779><c> cleansed.</c>

00:28:56.460 --> 00:29:02.240
They<00:28:56.700><c> are</c><00:28:57.079><c> clean</c><00:28:57.980><c> for</c><00:28:59.220><c> their</c><00:28:59.519><c> task.</c><00:29:01.160><c> They</c><00:29:01.480><c> are</c><00:29:01.779><c> being</c>

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:08.759
washed<00:29:02.680><c> in</c><00:29:03.000><c> order</c><00:29:03.440><c> that</c><00:29:04.079><c> they</c><00:29:04.400><c> may</c><00:29:04.700><c> do</c><00:29:04.980><c> this</c><00:29:05.279><c> work.</c><00:29:05.640><c> Because</c><00:29:06.019><c> to</c><00:29:06.240><c> do</c><00:29:06.440><c> this</c><00:29:06.779><c> work</c><00:29:07.140><c> it</c><00:29:07.339><c> is</c><00:29:07.559><c> essential</c><00:29:08.119><c> that</c><00:29:08.579><c> a</c>

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man<00:29:08.940><c> be</c><00:29:09.279><c> clean</c>

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externally.<00:29:13.680><c> But</c><00:29:13.920><c> the</c><00:29:14.180><c> very</c><00:29:14.559><c> fact</c><00:29:14.859><c> that</c><00:29:15.039><c> they</c><00:29:15.259><c> needed</c><00:29:15.640><c> washing</c><00:29:16.319><c> betrays</c><00:29:17.859><c> just</c>

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:20.299
by<00:29:18.500><c> the</c><00:29:18.660><c> way</c><00:29:19.140><c> that</c><00:29:19.799><c> they</c><00:29:20.000><c> were</c>

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:25.079
not<00:29:20.599><c> clean</c><00:29:20.859><c> of</c><00:29:21.059><c> themselves,</c><00:29:22.420><c> doesn't</c><00:29:22.579><c> it?</c><00:29:24.059><c> And</c><00:29:24.339><c> that's</c><00:29:24.960><c> what</c>

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.920
we<00:29:25.259><c> shall</c><00:29:25.500><c> find</c><00:29:26.019><c> with</c><00:29:26.240><c> this</c><00:29:26.500><c> ritual.</c><00:29:27.259><c> It</c><00:29:27.539><c> speaks,</c>

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brothers<00:29:28.279><c> and</c><00:29:28.559><c> sisters,</c><00:29:29.240><c> of</c><00:29:29.240><c> that</c><00:29:29.599><c> which</c><00:29:29.859><c> God</c><00:29:30.220><c> required.</c><00:29:32.259><c> But</c>

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:35.420
it<00:29:32.640><c> shows</c><00:29:33.079><c> at</c><00:29:33.319><c> one</c><00:29:33.440><c> and</c><00:29:33.640><c> the</c><00:29:33.779><c> same</c><00:29:34.000><c> time</c><00:29:34.640><c> that</c><00:29:35.099><c> these</c>

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:41.819
men<00:29:35.839><c> were</c><00:29:36.160><c> not</c><00:29:36.380><c> able</c><00:29:36.720><c> to</c><00:29:36.960><c> meet</c><00:29:37.140><c> those</c><00:29:37.500><c> requirements</c><00:29:38.180><c> of</c><00:29:39.119><c> themselves.</c><00:29:41.259><c> That's</c><00:29:41.539><c> very</c>

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:43.339
important.<00:29:42.640><c> That's</c><00:29:42.900><c> what</c>

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:48.759
Leviticus<00:29:43.880><c> 8</c><00:29:44.299><c> is</c><00:29:44.680><c> really</c><00:29:45.279><c> all</c><00:29:45.619><c> about.</c><00:29:47.000><c> Verses</c><00:29:47.319><c> seven</c><00:29:47.759><c> to</c><00:29:47.920><c> nine.</c>

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:55.119
And<00:29:51.220><c> he,</c><00:29:52.079><c> Moses,</c><00:29:52.119><c> put</c><00:29:52.339><c> upon</c><00:29:52.700><c> him</c><00:29:53.160><c> Aaron</c><00:29:53.579><c> the</c><00:29:53.819><c> coat,</c><00:29:54.519><c> and</c><00:29:54.640><c> girded</c><00:29:54.940><c> him</c>

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with<00:29:55.339><c> the</c><00:29:55.519><c> girdle,</c><00:29:55.900><c> and</c><00:29:56.220><c> clothed</c><00:29:56.500><c> him</c><00:29:56.700><c> with</c>

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the<00:29:57.339><c> robe,</c><00:29:57.559><c> and</c><00:29:57.660><c> put</c><00:29:57.880><c> the</c><00:29:58.140><c> ephod</c><00:29:58.440><c> upon</c><00:29:58.759><c> him.</c><00:29:59.680><c> And</c><00:30:00.000><c> he</c><00:30:00.339><c> girded</c>

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:03.200
him<00:30:00.960><c> with</c><00:30:01.200><c> the</c><00:30:01.579><c> curious</c><00:30:02.119><c> girdle</c><00:30:02.559><c> of</c><00:30:02.640><c> the</c><00:30:02.779><c> ephod,</c>

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and<00:30:03.859><c> bound</c><00:30:04.119><c> it</c><00:30:04.299><c> unto</c><00:30:04.559><c> him</c><00:30:04.900><c> therewith.</c><00:30:05.799><c> And</c><00:30:05.960><c> he</c><00:30:06.119><c> put</c><00:30:06.259><c> the</c><00:30:06.519><c> breastplate</c><00:30:07.259><c> upon</c>

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:09.960
him.<00:30:08.380><c> Also</c><00:30:08.759><c> he</c><00:30:08.960><c> put</c><00:30:09.099><c> in</c><00:30:09.359><c> the</c><00:30:09.440><c> breastplate</c>

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:12.619
the<00:30:10.140><c> Urim</c><00:30:10.460><c> and</c><00:30:10.619><c> the</c><00:30:10.819><c> Thummim,</c><00:30:11.319><c> and</c><00:30:11.519><c> he</c><00:30:11.700><c> put</c><00:30:11.839><c> the</c><00:30:12.099><c> mitre</c><00:30:12.400><c> upon</c>

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his<00:30:12.920><c> head.</c><00:30:13.440><c> Also</c><00:30:13.779><c> upon</c><00:30:14.019><c> the</c><00:30:14.259><c> mitre,</c><00:30:14.599><c> even</c><00:30:14.880><c> upon</c><00:30:15.319><c> his</c>

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forehead,<00:30:16.500><c> did</c><00:30:16.599><c> he</c><00:30:16.799><c> put</c><00:30:17.019><c> the</c><00:30:17.299><c> golden</c><00:30:17.799><c> plate,</c><00:30:18.440><c> the</c><00:30:18.740><c> holy</c><00:30:19.039><c> crown,</c><00:30:19.720><c> as</c>

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the<00:30:20.220><c> Lord</c><00:30:20.660><c> commanded</c><00:30:21.319><c> Moses.</c>

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So<00:30:24.420><c> Aaron</c><00:30:24.980><c> was</c><00:30:25.480><c> clothed</c><00:30:26.019><c> with</c><00:30:26.259><c> those</c><00:30:26.779><c> beautiful</c><00:30:27.619><c> and</c><00:30:28.400><c> glorious</c><00:30:29.180><c> garments.</c><00:30:30.680><c> And</c><00:30:30.859><c> in</c>

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that<00:30:31.259><c> way</c><00:30:31.700><c> he</c><00:30:31.880><c> was</c><00:30:32.500><c> being</c>

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invested<00:30:34.019><c> with</c><00:30:34.819><c> the</c><00:30:35.079><c> righteousness</c><00:30:35.940><c> of</c><00:30:36.319><c> God.</c><00:30:38.059><c> And</c><00:30:38.279><c> Israel,</c>

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:41.539
once<00:30:38.900><c> again,</c><00:30:39.359><c> was</c><00:30:39.579><c> shown</c><00:30:40.059><c> that</c><00:30:40.420><c> their</c><00:30:40.740><c> high</c><00:30:41.140><c> priest</c>

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:45.660
had<00:30:42.059><c> to</c><00:30:42.299><c> be</c><00:30:42.579><c> righteous.</c><00:30:43.960><c> That's</c><00:30:44.259><c> what</c><00:30:44.480><c> these</c><00:30:44.799><c> garments</c><00:30:45.180><c> stood</c>

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for.<00:30:46.839><c> His</c><00:30:47.180><c> righteousness</c><00:30:47.980><c> and</c><00:30:48.779><c> the</c><00:30:49.079><c> beauty</c><00:30:49.440><c> and</c>

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glory<00:30:50.619><c> of</c><00:30:51.460><c> the</c><00:30:51.619><c> things</c><00:30:51.839><c> of</c><00:30:52.079><c> God.</c><00:30:53.420><c> That's</c><00:30:53.680><c> what</c><00:30:53.900><c> those</c><00:30:54.279><c> garments</c><00:30:54.599><c> were</c>

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for,<00:30:55.579><c> wasn't</c><00:30:55.759><c> it?</c><00:30:56.500><c> The</c><00:30:56.779><c> white</c><00:30:57.140><c> linen</c>

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spoke<00:30:57.980><c> of</c><00:30:58.259><c> righteousness,</c><00:30:59.819><c> and</c><00:31:00.000><c> the</c><00:31:00.759><c> ephod</c><00:31:01.200><c> particularly</c>

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:05.299
was<00:31:02.339><c> for</c><00:31:02.539><c> glory</c><00:31:03.259><c> and</c><00:31:03.880><c> for</c><00:31:04.259><c> beauty.</c>

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But<00:31:06.980><c> again,</c><00:31:07.380><c> notice</c><00:31:07.819><c> he</c><00:31:07.960><c> has</c><00:31:08.259><c> to</c><00:31:08.519><c> be</c><00:31:08.900><c> invested</c><00:31:09.619><c> with</c><00:31:10.079><c> righteousness.</c><00:31:11.579><c> It's</c><00:31:11.940><c> not</c>

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his<00:31:12.420><c> own.</c><00:31:13.279><c> The</c><00:31:13.539><c> garments</c>

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:19.640
are<00:31:14.160><c> not</c><00:31:14.200><c> his</c><00:31:14.519><c> own.</c><00:31:14.960><c> They've</c><00:31:15.240><c> had</c><00:31:15.380><c> to</c><00:31:15.579><c> be</c><00:31:15.980><c> made</c><00:31:16.460><c> specially.</c><00:31:18.619><c> And</c><00:31:18.700><c> the</c><00:31:18.839><c> Holy</c><00:31:19.079><c> Spirit</c><00:31:19.400><c> of</c>

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:21.460
God<00:31:19.920><c> has</c><00:31:20.140><c> had</c><00:31:20.319><c> to</c><00:31:20.500><c> guide</c><00:31:20.920><c> the</c>

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:24.740
men<00:31:21.740><c> and</c><00:31:21.859><c> the</c><00:31:22.000><c> women</c><00:31:22.180><c> who</c><00:31:22.420><c> made</c><00:31:22.660><c> them</c><00:31:22.880><c> and</c><00:31:23.039><c> who</c><00:31:23.480><c> provided</c><00:31:24.019><c> the</c>

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means<00:31:25.160><c> for</c><00:31:25.519><c> their</c><00:31:26.119><c> manufacture.</c>

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They're<00:31:28.460><c> not</c><00:31:28.700><c> Aaron's</c><00:31:29.220><c> garments,</c><00:31:29.640><c> and</c><00:31:29.779><c> when</c><00:31:29.940><c> he</c><00:31:30.180><c> dies</c><00:31:30.420><c> they</c>

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:33.500
will<00:31:30.819><c> be</c><00:31:31.039><c> passed</c><00:31:31.299><c> on</c><00:31:32.000><c> to</c><00:31:32.339><c> someone</c><00:31:32.720><c> else</c><00:31:33.059><c> who</c><00:31:33.240><c> must</c>

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:37.720
again<00:31:33.859><c> be</c><00:31:34.339><c> invested</c><00:31:35.119><c> with</c><00:31:35.519><c> righteousness,</c><00:31:36.759><c> because</c><00:31:37.180><c> no</c><00:31:37.480><c> man</c>

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:41.779
is<00:31:37.980><c> righteous</c><00:31:38.339><c> of</c><00:31:38.539><c> himself.</c><00:31:40.259><c> None</c><00:31:40.579><c> is</c><00:31:40.880><c> righteous,</c>

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:48.730
save<00:31:42.599><c> one,</c><00:31:42.940><c> of</c><00:31:43.059><c> course,</c><00:31:44.079><c> our</c><00:31:44.240><c> Lord</c><00:31:44.440><c> Jesus</c><00:31:44.900><c> Christ.</c><00:31:47.680><c> Verse</c><00:31:47.859><c> 12,</c>

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:57.539
And<00:31:53.539><c> he</c><00:31:53.920><c> poured</c><00:31:54.440><c> of</c><00:31:54.779><c> the</c><00:31:55.000><c> anointing</c><00:31:55.500><c> oil</c><00:31:55.819><c> upon</c><00:31:56.180><c> Aaron's</c><00:31:56.619><c> head,</c>

00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:01.529
and<00:31:58.079><c> anointed</c><00:31:58.480><c> him</c><00:31:59.160><c> to</c><00:31:59.799><c> sanctify</c><00:32:00.660><c> him.</c>

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:06.279
So<00:32:02.500><c> here</c><00:32:02.779><c> again,</c><00:32:03.099><c> as</c><00:32:03.359><c> Israel</c><00:32:03.720><c> watched,</c><00:32:04.940><c> Aaron</c><00:32:05.279><c> was</c><00:32:05.559><c> anointed</c>

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:09.099
with<00:32:07.079><c> an</c><00:32:07.420><c> oil</c><00:32:07.779><c> which</c><00:32:08.119><c> represented</c><00:32:08.859><c> the</c>

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:13.519
Holy<00:32:09.579><c> Spirit</c><00:32:09.920><c> of</c><00:32:10.140><c> God.</c><00:32:11.660><c> Aaron</c><00:32:11.839><c> was</c><00:32:12.079><c> being</c><00:32:12.480><c> blessed</c><00:32:12.880><c> by</c><00:32:13.220><c> God.</c>

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:18.160
He<00:32:13.660><c> was</c><00:32:13.859><c> being</c><00:32:14.460><c> inaugurated</c><00:32:15.420><c> and</c><00:32:15.779><c> sanctified</c><00:32:16.660><c> by</c><00:32:17.019><c> God.</c>

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:22.680
This<00:32:19.019><c> was</c><00:32:19.259><c> what</c><00:32:19.680><c> qualified</c><00:32:20.319><c> him</c><00:32:20.740><c> to</c><00:32:20.920><c> be</c><00:32:21.220><c> the</c><00:32:21.400><c> high</c><00:32:21.680><c> priest,</c><00:32:22.440><c> that</c><00:32:22.539><c> he</c>

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:25.220
had<00:32:22.819><c> been</c><00:32:23.180><c> anointed</c><00:32:23.740><c> with</c><00:32:23.980><c> an</c><00:32:24.220><c> oil,</c>

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:29.420
the<00:32:25.980><c> composition</c><00:32:26.579><c> of</c><00:32:26.839><c> which</c><00:32:27.259><c> God</c><00:32:27.740><c> had</c><00:32:28.059><c> commanded,</c><00:32:29.119><c> and</c><00:32:29.259><c> the</c>

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:32.339
like<00:32:29.700><c> was</c><00:32:30.019><c> not</c><00:32:30.220><c> to</c><00:32:30.380><c> be</c><00:32:30.599><c> made</c><00:32:30.920><c> otherwise.</c>

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:36.019
This<00:32:33.079><c> was</c><00:32:33.319><c> what</c><00:32:33.740><c> qualified</c><00:32:34.359><c> him</c><00:32:34.660><c> for</c><00:32:34.839><c> his</c><00:32:35.079><c> office.</c><00:32:35.299><c> But</c><00:32:35.440><c> again,</c><00:32:35.960><c> he</c>

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.019
wasn't<00:32:36.299><c> qualified</c><00:32:36.819><c> without</c><00:32:37.240><c> it,</c><00:32:37.559><c> was</c><00:32:37.779><c> he?</c>

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:41.559
He<00:32:38.279><c> needed</c><00:32:38.680><c> it.</c><00:32:39.339><c> It</c><00:32:39.339><c> was</c><00:32:39.660><c> essential</c><00:32:40.180><c> that</c><00:32:40.420><c> God</c><00:32:40.839><c> assist</c><00:32:41.299><c> him</c><00:32:41.480><c> in</c>

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:46.619
his<00:32:41.819><c> work,</c><00:32:43.039><c> that</c><00:32:43.240><c> God</c><00:32:43.680><c> give</c><00:32:43.960><c> him</c><00:32:44.799><c> this</c><00:32:45.299><c> qualification.</c>

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:52.140
And<00:32:47.839><c> finally,</c><00:32:48.779><c> well</c><00:32:48.940><c> perhaps</c><00:32:49.279><c> not</c><00:32:49.579><c> finally,</c><00:32:49.980><c> verse</c><00:32:50.240><c> 14,</c><00:32:51.980><c> the</c>

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:55.440
sin<00:32:52.299><c> offering.</c><00:32:53.539><c> He</c><00:32:53.539><c> brought</c><00:32:54.039><c> the</c><00:32:54.460><c> bullock</c>

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:59.700
for<00:32:55.759><c> the</c><00:32:56.059><c> sin</c><00:32:56.279><c> offering,</c><00:32:57.099><c> and</c><00:32:57.319><c> Aaron</c><00:32:57.519><c> and</c><00:32:57.700><c> his</c><00:32:57.980><c> sons</c><00:32:58.220><c> laid</c><00:32:58.559><c> their</c><00:32:58.859><c> hands</c><00:32:59.160><c> upon</c><00:32:59.480><c> the</c>

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.579
head<00:32:59.819><c> of</c><00:33:00.000><c> the</c><00:33:00.160><c> bullock</c>

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:05.119
for<00:33:00.839><c> the</c><00:33:01.019><c> sin</c><00:33:01.200><c> offering.</c><00:33:02.640><c> So</c><00:33:02.740><c> he</c><00:33:02.940><c> needed</c><00:33:03.359><c> a</c><00:33:03.660><c> sin</c><00:33:03.819><c> offering</c><00:33:04.299><c> too.</c>

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:11.339
And<00:33:07.039><c> who</c><00:33:07.559><c> was</c><00:33:07.880><c> going</c><00:33:08.059><c> to</c><00:33:08.220><c> be</c><00:33:08.460><c> Aaron's</c><00:33:09.180><c> mediator</c><00:33:10.000><c> in</c><00:33:10.779><c> this</c><00:33:11.059><c> sin</c>

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:15.559
offering?<00:33:12.460><c> Why?</c><00:33:13.140><c> Moses.</c><00:33:14.539><c> Because</c><00:33:14.980><c> Aaron</c><00:33:15.279><c> couldn't</c>

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:19.640
act<00:33:15.920><c> for</c><00:33:16.119><c> himself.</c><00:33:17.059><c> He</c><00:33:17.200><c> couldn't</c><00:33:17.519><c> do</c><00:33:17.779><c> it</c><00:33:17.940><c> for</c><00:33:18.140><c> himself.</c><00:33:19.180><c> Moses</c>

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:23.660
had<00:33:19.900><c> to</c><00:33:20.140><c> assist</c><00:33:20.500><c> him</c><00:33:20.720><c> in</c><00:33:21.019><c> this.</c><00:33:21.559><c> Aaron</c><00:33:22.059><c> needed</c><00:33:22.539><c> help.</c>

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:28.380
Surely,<00:33:24.519><c> brothers</c><00:33:24.519><c> and</c><00:33:24.720><c> sisters,</c><00:33:24.960><c> by</c><00:33:25.240><c> all</c><00:33:25.579><c> these</c><00:33:25.960><c> things</c><00:33:26.460><c> we're</c><00:33:26.779><c> being</c><00:33:27.259><c> shown</c><00:33:27.700><c> that</c><00:33:28.119><c> the</c>

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.579
law<00:33:28.619><c> made</c><00:33:29.059><c> nothing</c>

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:35.420
perfect.<00:33:31.519><c> Nor</c><00:33:31.819><c> could</c><00:33:32.039><c> it</c><00:33:32.180><c> ever</c><00:33:32.559><c> do</c><00:33:32.799><c> that,</c><00:33:33.220><c> could</c><00:33:33.460><c> it?</c><00:33:35.140><c> These</c>

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:38.079
are<00:33:35.579><c> the</c><00:33:35.700><c> kinds</c><00:33:36.119><c> of</c><00:33:36.380><c> things</c><00:33:36.720><c> that</c><00:33:37.180><c> much</c><00:33:37.539><c> later</c>

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:41.900
the<00:33:38.559><c> writer</c><00:33:38.940><c> of</c><00:33:39.160><c> the</c><00:33:39.279><c> letter</c><00:33:39.519><c> to</c><00:33:39.740><c> the</c><00:33:39.920><c> Hebrews</c><00:33:40.180><c> will</c><00:33:40.579><c> draw</c><00:33:41.160><c> upon.</c><00:33:41.779><c> The</c>

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:44.259
law<00:33:42.180><c> made</c><00:33:42.579><c> nothing</c><00:33:43.059><c> perfect,</c><00:33:43.559><c> he</c><00:33:43.720><c> will</c><00:33:44.039><c> say.</c>

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:51.920
And<00:33:44.720><c> here's</c><00:33:45.220><c> one</c><00:33:45.740><c> demonstration</c><00:33:46.519><c> of</c><00:33:46.799><c> many</c><00:33:47.319><c> of</c><00:33:47.759><c> that</c><00:33:48.140><c> fact,</c><00:33:49.799><c> that</c><00:33:50.180><c> Aaron</c><00:33:50.480><c> needed</c><00:33:51.059><c> help,</c><00:33:51.680><c> and</c><00:33:51.720><c> he</c>

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.119
needed<00:33:52.380><c> direction,</c>

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:59.240
and<00:33:53.339><c> he</c><00:33:53.480><c> needed</c><00:33:54.000><c> assistance</c><00:33:54.599><c> at</c><00:33:54.960><c> every</c><00:33:55.299><c> point</c><00:33:55.720><c> of</c><00:33:56.099><c> his</c><00:33:56.299><c> own</c><00:33:56.920><c> consecration.</c><00:33:59.160><c> In</c>

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:01.460
verse<00:33:59.539><c> 19,</c><00:34:00.519><c> there</c><00:34:00.720><c> is</c><00:34:00.960><c> a</c><00:34:01.160><c> burnt</c>

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:05.819
offering<00:34:01.779><c> made.</c><00:34:02.500><c> The</c><00:34:02.720><c> sin</c><00:34:02.980><c> offering</c><00:34:03.380><c> to</c><00:34:03.559><c> remove</c><00:34:04.180><c> transgression,</c><00:34:05.299><c> the</c><00:34:05.480><c> burnt</c>

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:07.180
offering<00:34:06.240><c> spoke</c><00:34:06.680><c> of</c>

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:11.980
whole<00:34:07.640><c> dedication.</c><00:34:09.199><c> And</c><00:34:09.360><c> in</c><00:34:09.519><c> verse</c><00:34:09.800><c> 22,</c><00:34:10.739><c> his</c><00:34:11.000><c> consecration,</c>

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:14.840
where<00:34:12.639><c> Aaron</c><00:34:12.960><c> now</c><00:34:13.380><c> had</c><00:34:13.699><c> to</c><00:34:14.019><c> become</c>

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:19.460
identified<00:34:15.519><c> with</c><00:34:16.219><c> the</c><00:34:16.639><c> altar.</c><00:34:18.019><c> And</c><00:34:18.099><c> then</c><00:34:18.239><c> in</c><00:34:18.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:18.679><c> 9</c><00:34:19.199><c> and</c>

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:22.380
verse<00:34:19.719><c> 23,</c><00:34:20.840><c> just</c><00:34:21.000><c> notice</c><00:34:21.460><c> this.</c>

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:31.000
It<00:34:26.380><c> is</c><00:34:26.679><c> Moses</c><00:34:27.219><c> who</c><00:34:27.900><c> takes</c><00:34:28.300><c> Aaron</c><00:34:28.820><c> into</c><00:34:29.679><c> the</c><00:34:30.019><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:36.900
In<00:34:32.639><c> Leviticus</c><00:34:32.880><c> 9</c><00:34:33.340><c> and</c><00:34:33.539><c> 23,</c><00:34:34.420><c> and</c><00:34:34.619><c> Moses</c><00:34:35.139><c> and</c><00:34:35.599><c> Aaron</c><00:34:36.019><c> went</c><00:34:36.400><c> into</c>

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:38.699
the<00:34:37.159><c> tabernacle</c><00:34:37.679><c> of</c><00:34:37.880><c> the</c><00:34:38.119><c> congregation</c>

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:42.840
and<00:34:39.280><c> came</c><00:34:39.619><c> out</c><00:34:40.079><c> and</c><00:34:40.420><c> blessed</c><00:34:40.719><c> the</c><00:34:40.940><c> people.</c><00:34:41.920><c> And</c><00:34:42.039><c> the</c><00:34:42.260><c> glory</c><00:34:42.619><c> of</c>

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:46.980
the<00:34:43.079><c> Lord</c><00:34:43.699><c> appeared</c><00:34:44.420><c> unto</c><00:34:45.000><c> all</c><00:34:45.719><c> the</c><00:34:45.960><c> people.</c>

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:50.320
That's<00:34:47.559><c> amazing,</c><00:34:48.159><c> isn't</c><00:34:48.360><c> it?</c><00:34:48.980><c> In</c><00:34:49.219><c> future,</c><00:34:49.880><c> Aaron</c><00:34:49.960><c> would</c><00:34:50.159><c> do</c>

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.679
that<00:34:50.539><c> of</c><00:34:50.639><c> himself,</c><00:34:51.119><c> of</c><00:34:51.360><c> course,</c>

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:54.500
on<00:34:52.079><c> the</c><00:34:52.199><c> day</c><00:34:52.420><c> of</c><00:34:52.619><c> the</c><00:34:52.619><c> tournament</c><00:34:52.980><c> each</c><00:34:53.380><c> year.</c><00:34:54.000><c> He</c><00:34:54.119><c> would</c><00:34:54.300><c> go</c>

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:57.280
in<00:34:54.679><c> with</c><00:34:54.880><c> the</c><00:34:55.079><c> blood,</c><00:34:56.139><c> which</c><00:34:56.260><c> he</c><00:34:56.400><c> would</c><00:34:56.639><c> sprinkle</c><00:34:57.000><c> upon</c>

00:34:57.280 --> 00:35:01.119
the<00:34:57.559><c> mercy</c><00:34:57.800><c> seat.</c><00:34:59.000><c> Then</c><00:34:59.300><c> he</c><00:34:59.440><c> would</c><00:34:59.639><c> come</c><00:34:59.840><c> out</c><00:35:00.340><c> and</c><00:35:00.619><c> administer</c>

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:03.219
the<00:35:01.460><c> blessing</c><00:35:01.880><c> of</c><00:35:02.059><c> God</c><00:35:02.380><c> to</c><00:35:02.579><c> the</c><00:35:02.800><c> people</c>

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:06.380
to<00:35:03.539><c> say</c><00:35:03.860><c> that</c><00:35:04.079><c> their</c><00:35:04.360><c> sins</c><00:35:04.739><c> had</c><00:35:05.000><c> been</c><00:35:05.280><c> forgiven,</c><00:35:05.860><c> had</c><00:35:05.980><c> been</c>

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:08.280
covered<00:35:06.820><c> for</c><00:35:07.639><c> that</c><00:35:07.960><c> year.</c>

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:12.880
But<00:35:09.300><c> on</c><00:35:09.559><c> this</c><00:35:09.820><c> first</c><00:35:10.000><c> occasion,</c><00:35:11.280><c> Moses</c><00:35:11.460><c> has</c><00:35:11.780><c> to</c><00:35:12.000><c> take</c><00:35:12.360><c> Aaron</c>

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:16.219
in.<00:35:14.179><c> The</c><00:35:14.400><c> Lord,</c><00:35:14.699><c> brothers</c><00:35:15.019><c> and</c><00:35:15.300><c> sisters,</c><00:35:15.800><c> spoke</c>

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:20.659
of<00:35:16.659><c> access</c><00:35:17.300><c> to</c><00:35:17.559><c> God,</c><00:35:19.119><c> but</c><00:35:19.199><c> it</c><00:35:19.300><c> couldn't</c><00:35:19.659><c> provide</c><00:35:20.099><c> it</c><00:35:20.199><c> on</c><00:35:20.420><c> its</c>

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:24.500
own.<00:35:22.219><c> Aaron</c><00:35:22.699><c> could</c><00:35:23.019><c> not</c><00:35:23.159><c> go</c><00:35:23.440><c> in</c><00:35:23.579><c> on</c><00:35:23.739><c> his</c><00:35:24.000><c> own</c><00:35:24.239><c> that</c>

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:30.480
very<00:35:24.840><c> first</c><00:35:25.280><c> time.</c><00:35:26.079><c> The</c><00:35:26.260><c> Lord</c><00:35:26.840><c> teased</c><00:35:27.579><c> and</c><00:35:28.019><c> tantalized</c><00:35:29.099><c> almost,</c><00:35:29.699><c> didn't</c><00:35:29.900><c> it?</c>

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:33.440
Speaking<00:35:31.420><c> of</c><00:35:31.639><c> the</c><00:35:31.920><c> way</c><00:35:32.380><c> to</c><00:35:32.599><c> God,</c>

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:38.739
and<00:35:33.860><c> yet</c><00:35:34.300><c> barring</c><00:35:35.320><c> that</c><00:35:35.739><c> way</c><00:35:36.340><c> persistently</c><00:35:37.659><c> until</c><00:35:38.280><c> our</c><00:35:38.519><c> Lord</c>

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:41.099
Jesus<00:35:39.219><c> Christ</c><00:35:39.699><c> should</c><00:35:40.239><c> come.</c>

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:47.260
Time<00:35:43.519><c> is</c><00:35:43.780><c> racing</c><00:35:44.219><c> away,</c><00:35:44.699><c> brothers</c><00:35:44.800><c> and</c><00:35:45.000><c> sisters,</c><00:35:45.659><c> and</c><00:35:45.840><c> we</c><00:35:45.900><c> just</c><00:35:46.239><c> want,</c><00:35:46.519><c> before</c><00:35:46.900><c> we</c>

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.380
conclude<00:35:47.639><c> this</c><00:35:47.900><c> evening,</c>

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:52.820
to<00:35:48.760><c> turn</c><00:35:49.099><c> to</c><00:35:49.280><c> Leviticus</c><00:35:49.840><c> 10,</c><00:35:51.340><c> because</c><00:35:51.679><c> it</c><00:35:51.820><c> seems</c><00:35:52.179><c> to</c><00:35:52.280><c> me</c><00:35:52.539><c> that</c>

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:57.599
on<00:35:53.219><c> this</c><00:35:53.539><c> very</c><00:35:54.079><c> occasion</c><00:35:55.159><c> Aaron,</c><00:35:56.460><c> now</c><00:35:56.820><c> consecrated</c>

00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:02.239
in<00:35:57.800><c> Leviticus</c><00:35:58.280><c> 8,</c><00:35:59.179><c> has</c><00:35:59.179><c> to</c><00:35:59.460><c> spend</c><00:35:59.880><c> seven</c><00:36:00.539><c> days</c><00:36:01.179><c> away</c><00:36:01.739><c> from</c><00:36:02.000><c> his</c>

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:05.800
family,<00:36:03.039><c> seven</c><00:36:03.539><c> days</c><00:36:04.059><c> there</c><00:36:04.599><c> in</c><00:36:04.860><c> the</c><00:36:05.099><c> precincts</c><00:36:05.760><c> of</c>

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:09.280
the<00:36:06.019><c> tabernacle,</c><00:36:06.760><c> he</c><00:36:06.980><c> and</c><00:36:07.239><c> his</c><00:36:07.539><c> sons,</c><00:36:08.400><c> from</c><00:36:08.639><c> which</c><00:36:08.860><c> they</c><00:36:09.019><c> were</c>

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:13.760
not<00:36:09.539><c> allowed</c><00:36:10.179><c> to</c><00:36:10.639><c> move.</c><00:36:12.659><c> They</c><00:36:12.880><c> were</c><00:36:13.139><c> not</c><00:36:13.360><c> allowed</c>

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:19.380
to<00:36:13.940><c> leave</c><00:36:14.260><c> the</c><00:36:14.500><c> tabernacle</c><00:36:15.139><c> for</c><00:36:15.599><c> a</c><00:36:15.780><c> whole</c><00:36:16.139><c> week.</c><00:36:18.159><c> And</c><00:36:18.420><c> then</c><00:36:19.039><c> it</c>

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:21.780
seems<00:36:19.739><c> to</c><00:36:19.820><c> me</c><00:36:20.179><c> that</c><00:36:20.400><c> that</c><00:36:20.780><c> was</c><00:36:21.039><c> the</c><00:36:21.260><c> point</c><00:36:21.539><c> at</c>

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:26.619
which<00:36:22.219><c> the</c><00:36:22.219><c> events</c><00:36:22.579><c> of</c><00:36:22.800><c> Leviticus</c><00:36:23.400><c> 10</c><00:36:24.539><c> took</c><00:36:24.960><c> place.</c><00:36:26.260><c> Notice</c>

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:32.199
the<00:36:26.860><c> link</c><00:36:27.199><c> in</c><00:36:27.440><c> verse</c><00:36:27.860><c> 1,</c><00:36:29.300><c> and,</c><00:36:30.820><c> and</c><00:36:31.579><c> Nedab</c><00:36:32.019><c> and</c>

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:36.559
Abihu,<00:36:33.039><c> the</c><00:36:33.159><c> sons</c><00:36:33.440><c> of</c><00:36:33.719><c> Aaron,</c><00:36:34.280><c> took</c><00:36:34.519><c> either</c><00:36:35.059><c> of</c><00:36:35.260><c> them</c><00:36:35.400><c> his</c><00:36:35.679><c> censer,</c><00:36:36.519><c> and</c>

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.380
put<00:36:36.820><c> fire</c><00:36:37.199><c> therein,</c><00:36:38.239><c> and</c><00:36:38.440><c> put</c><00:36:38.820><c> incense</c>

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:43.719
thereon,<00:36:40.400><c> and</c><00:36:40.619><c> offered</c><00:36:40.940><c> strange</c><00:36:41.579><c> fire</c><00:36:41.980><c> before</c><00:36:42.380><c> the</c><00:36:42.559><c> Lord,</c><00:36:43.179><c> which</c><00:36:43.380><c> he</c>

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:50.679
commanded<00:36:44.159><c> them</c><00:36:44.659><c> not.</c><00:36:45.820><c> This,</c><00:36:50.679><c> brothers</c><00:36:50.679><c> and</c>

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:55.539
sisters,<00:36:51.039><c> were</c><00:36:51.039><c> the</c><00:36:51.039><c> days</c><00:36:51.039><c> after</c><00:36:52.619><c> Aaron,</c><00:36:54.099><c> and</c><00:36:54.340><c> these</c><00:36:54.559><c> two</c><00:36:54.900><c> men,</c><00:36:55.300><c> and</c>

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:57.260
Eliezer<00:36:55.980><c> and</c><00:36:56.139><c> Ithamar</c><00:36:56.500><c> with</c><00:36:56.800><c> them,</c>

00:36:57.420 --> 00:37:00.760
have<00:36:57.639><c> been</c><00:36:57.920><c> anointed</c><00:36:58.500><c> and</c><00:36:59.099><c> consecrated</c><00:36:59.920><c> to</c><00:37:00.099><c> their</c><00:37:00.360><c> office.</c>

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:05.019
This<00:37:01.380><c> is</c><00:37:01.860><c> part</c><00:37:02.519><c> of</c><00:37:02.900><c> the</c><00:37:03.219><c> same</c><00:37:03.659><c> occasion,</c>

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:11.179
and<00:37:06.199><c> already</c><00:37:06.900><c> these</c><00:37:07.719><c> two</c><00:37:08.019><c> men</c><00:37:08.800><c> have</c><00:37:09.300><c> lightly</c><00:37:09.900><c> esteemed</c><00:37:10.760><c> their</c>

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:13.400
calling<00:37:11.719><c> and</c><00:37:12.320><c> their</c><00:37:12.679><c> privileges,</c>

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:19.820
and<00:37:14.059><c> dare</c><00:37:14.820><c> to</c><00:37:15.159><c> offer</c><00:37:15.639><c> strange</c><00:37:16.579><c> fire</c><00:37:17.260><c> upon</c><00:37:17.780><c> the</c><00:37:18.019><c> altar.</c><00:37:19.679><c> There</c>

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:22.619
is<00:37:20.059><c> a</c><00:37:20.139><c> tremendous</c><00:37:20.719><c> contrast,</c><00:37:21.380><c> in</c><00:37:21.599><c> fact,</c><00:37:22.039><c> between</c>

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:25.880
Leviticus<00:37:23.039><c> chapters</c><00:37:23.500><c> 8</c><00:37:23.820><c> and</c><00:37:23.920><c> 9,</c><00:37:24.760><c> and</c><00:37:24.880><c> Leviticus</c><00:37:25.260><c> chapter</c><00:37:25.579><c> 10</c>

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:28.579
and<00:37:26.039><c> verse</c><00:37:26.320><c> 1.</c><00:37:27.539><c> If</c><00:37:27.679><c> you</c><00:37:27.780><c> were</c><00:37:27.960><c> to</c><00:37:28.199><c> comb</c>

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:31.860
Leviticus<00:37:29.039><c> 8</c><00:37:29.280><c> and</c><00:37:29.380><c> 9,</c><00:37:30.099><c> I</c><00:37:30.179><c> think</c><00:37:30.440><c> I'm</c><00:37:30.599><c> right</c><00:37:30.840><c> in</c><00:37:31.039><c> saying</c><00:37:31.460><c> that</c>

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:35.579
on<00:37:32.059><c> 12</c><00:37:32.699><c> occasions</c><00:37:33.599><c> you</c><00:37:34.039><c> will</c><00:37:34.400><c> find</c><00:37:34.800><c> the</c><00:37:35.119><c> words,</c>

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:39.539
as<00:37:36.179><c> the</c><00:37:36.500><c> Lord</c><00:37:37.000><c> commanded,</c><00:37:37.760><c> usually</c><00:37:38.280><c> as</c><00:37:38.679><c> the</c><00:37:38.800><c> Lord</c><00:37:39.059><c> commanded</c>

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:42.920
Moses.<00:37:40.780><c> Leviticus</c><00:37:41.119><c> 8</c><00:37:41.360><c> and</c><00:37:41.460><c> 9</c><00:37:41.719><c> is</c><00:37:42.340><c> emphasizing</c>

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:47.380
again<00:37:43.400><c> and</c><00:37:43.539><c> again,</c><00:37:43.920><c> it's</c><00:37:44.219><c> underlining</c><00:37:44.780><c> for</c><00:37:45.139><c> us,</c><00:37:45.539><c> that</c><00:37:45.719><c> everything</c><00:37:46.059><c> was</c><00:37:46.320><c> done</c><00:37:46.659><c> as</c>

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:49.340
was<00:37:47.739><c> commanded,</c><00:37:48.460><c> as</c><00:37:48.820><c> the</c><00:37:49.099><c> Lord</c>

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:53.199
commanded.<00:37:51.059><c> And</c><00:37:51.159><c> you</c><00:37:51.239><c> reach</c><00:37:51.519><c> Leviticus</c><00:37:52.000><c> 10</c><00:37:52.340><c> and</c><00:37:52.519><c> verse</c><00:37:52.780><c> 1,</c><00:37:53.119><c> and</c><00:37:53.119><c> it</c>

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:56.420
says,<00:37:53.860><c> which</c><00:37:54.039><c> the</c><00:37:54.280><c> Lord</c><00:37:54.579><c> commanded</c><00:37:55.260><c> not.</c>

00:37:57.719 --> 00:38:01.500
There<00:37:57.880><c> is</c><00:37:58.059><c> a</c><00:37:58.239><c> contrast</c><00:37:58.719><c> being</c><00:37:59.059><c> made</c><00:37:59.360><c> there,</c><00:38:00.139><c> 12</c><00:38:00.559><c> times</c><00:38:01.159><c> as</c><00:38:01.360><c> the</c>

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:04.860
Lord<00:38:01.699><c> commanded,</c><00:38:02.800><c> compared</c><00:38:03.420><c> with</c><00:38:04.039><c> this</c><00:38:04.420><c> phrase</c>

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:12.460
at<00:38:05.239><c> the</c><00:38:05.440><c> end</c><00:38:05.800><c> of</c><00:38:06.019><c> verse</c><00:38:06.239><c> 1</c><00:38:06.900><c> of</c><00:38:07.119><c> Leviticus</c><00:38:07.699><c> 10.</c><00:38:10.199><c> Strange</c><00:38:10.960><c> fire.</c>

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:16.820
There<00:38:13.820><c> have</c><00:38:14.079><c> been</c><00:38:14.179><c> many</c><00:38:14.519><c> suggestions</c><00:38:15.320><c> as</c><00:38:15.619><c> to</c><00:38:15.820><c> exactly</c><00:38:16.519><c> what</c>

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:21.159
it<00:38:16.920><c> was</c><00:38:17.840><c> that</c><00:38:18.659><c> motivated</c><00:38:19.780><c> Nadab</c><00:38:20.380><c> and</c><00:38:20.559><c> Abihu</c>

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:25.900
to<00:38:21.739><c> this.</c><00:38:22.239><c> We</c><00:38:22.500><c> know</c><00:38:23.059><c> that</c><00:38:23.260><c> they</c><00:38:23.539><c> offered</c><00:38:23.980><c> strange</c><00:38:24.559><c> fire.</c><00:38:25.639><c> They</c>

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:28.300
brought<00:38:26.199><c> incense</c><00:38:26.800><c> that</c><00:38:27.019><c> was</c><00:38:27.340><c> not</c><00:38:27.699><c> commanded,</c>

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:33.619
and<00:38:28.900><c> they</c><00:38:29.480><c> blundered</c><00:38:30.019><c> into</c><00:38:30.360><c> the</c><00:38:30.599><c> wrong</c><00:38:30.880><c> place</c><00:38:31.460><c> with</c><00:38:31.940><c> it.</c><00:38:33.400><c> Some</c>

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:36.940
have<00:38:33.820><c> suggested</c><00:38:34.539><c> that</c><00:38:34.860><c> perhaps</c><00:38:35.440><c> they</c><00:38:36.059><c> wanted</c><00:38:36.480><c> to</c>

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:42.059
share<00:38:37.340><c> the</c><00:38:37.739><c> glory.</c><00:38:39.260><c> If</c><00:38:39.420><c> you</c><00:38:39.480><c> come</c><00:38:39.679><c> back</c><00:38:39.940><c> to</c><00:38:40.199><c> chapter</c><00:38:40.460><c> 9</c><00:38:40.940><c> and</c><00:38:41.219><c> verses</c><00:38:41.559><c> 23</c>

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:45.079
and<00:38:42.199><c> 4,</c><00:38:44.000><c> Moses</c><00:38:44.219><c> and</c><00:38:44.519><c> Aaron</c><00:38:44.619><c> went</c><00:38:44.840><c> into</c>

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:47.960
the<00:38:45.280><c> tabernacle</c><00:38:45.679><c> of</c><00:38:45.840><c> the</c><00:38:46.019><c> congregation,</c><00:38:46.900><c> came</c><00:38:47.119><c> out</c><00:38:47.380><c> and</c><00:38:47.599><c> blessed</c><00:38:47.739><c> the</c>

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:49.639
people,<00:38:48.440><c> and</c><00:38:48.579><c> the</c><00:38:48.800><c> glory</c><00:38:49.059><c> of</c><00:38:49.300><c> the</c><00:38:49.440><c> Lord</c>

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:52.280
appeared<00:38:50.039><c> unto</c><00:38:50.340><c> all</c><00:38:50.659><c> the</c><00:38:50.840><c> people.</c><00:38:51.300><c> And</c><00:38:51.440><c> there</c><00:38:51.579><c> came</c><00:38:51.820><c> a</c><00:38:52.039><c> fire</c>

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:54.760
out<00:38:52.579><c> from</c><00:38:52.780><c> before</c><00:38:53.079><c> the</c><00:38:53.280><c> Lord,</c><00:38:53.840><c> and</c><00:38:53.960><c> consumed</c><00:38:54.460><c> upon</c>

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:57.699
the<00:38:55.139><c> altar</c><00:38:55.139><c> the</c><00:38:55.340><c> burnt</c><00:38:55.639><c> offering</c><00:38:56.079><c> and</c><00:38:56.539><c> the</c><00:38:56.860><c> fat</c><00:38:57.139><c> which,</c><00:38:57.440><c> when</c>

00:38:57.699 --> 00:39:00.500
all<00:38:58.019><c> the</c><00:38:58.139><c> people</c><00:38:58.380><c> saw,</c><00:38:58.980><c> they</c><00:38:59.340><c> shouted</c><00:38:59.639><c> and</c><00:38:59.920><c> fell</c><00:39:00.300><c> on</c>

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:03.480
their<00:39:00.800><c> faces.</c><00:39:01.699><c> And</c><00:39:01.820><c> Nadab</c><00:39:02.099><c> and</c><00:39:02.199><c> Abihu,</c><00:39:02.699><c> the</c><00:39:02.860><c> sons</c><00:39:03.000><c> of</c><00:39:03.219><c> Aaron,</c>

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.559
took<00:39:03.780><c> either</c><00:39:04.000><c> of</c><00:39:04.159><c> them</c><00:39:04.320><c> his</c><00:39:04.599><c> censer</c><00:39:05.119><c> and</c><00:39:05.280><c> put</c>

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:11.960
fire<00:39:05.920><c> therein.</c><00:39:07.860><c> Was</c><00:39:08.099><c> it</c><00:39:08.260><c> as</c><00:39:08.460><c> quick</c><00:39:08.599><c> as</c><00:39:08.820><c> that?</c><00:39:10.780><c> We</c><00:39:11.039><c> can't</c><00:39:11.239><c> be</c><00:39:11.539><c> sure.</c><00:39:11.880><c> It</c>

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.820
would<00:39:12.199><c> be</c><00:39:12.480><c> quite</c><00:39:12.699><c> possible</c><00:39:13.199><c> to</c><00:39:13.420><c> read</c><00:39:13.639><c> the</c>

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:18.380
record<00:39:14.139><c> in</c><00:39:14.360><c> that</c><00:39:14.679><c> way.</c><00:39:15.940><c> Perhaps</c><00:39:16.320><c> Nadab</c><00:39:16.820><c> and</c><00:39:16.920><c> Abihu</c><00:39:17.460><c> were</c><00:39:17.980><c> so</c>

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:21.380
excited<00:39:19.239><c> by</c><00:39:19.739><c> the</c><00:39:20.019><c> emotion</c><00:39:20.360><c> of</c><00:39:20.559><c> that</c><00:39:20.900><c> moment,</c>

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:24.500
by<00:39:21.800><c> the</c><00:39:22.159><c> shout</c><00:39:22.340><c> of</c><00:39:22.579><c> the</c><00:39:22.719><c> people,</c><00:39:23.460><c> that</c><00:39:23.539><c> they</c><00:39:23.800><c> wished</c><00:39:24.059><c> to</c><00:39:24.199><c> take</c>

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:27.559
some<00:39:24.840><c> of</c><00:39:24.940><c> the</c><00:39:25.179><c> praise</c><00:39:25.739><c> to</c><00:39:26.199><c> themselves,</c>

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:34.219
to<00:39:27.960><c> seize</c><00:39:28.320><c> some</c><00:39:28.719><c> of</c><00:39:29.019><c> the</c><00:39:29.039><c> credit</c><00:39:29.340><c> and</c><00:39:29.519><c> the</c><00:39:29.860><c> glory</c><00:39:30.320><c> of</c><00:39:30.699><c> this</c><00:39:30.900><c> auspicious</c><00:39:31.400><c> occasion.</c><00:39:32.920><c> Perhaps</c><00:39:33.300><c> that</c><00:39:33.760><c> was</c><00:39:33.960><c> what</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:39.940
inspired<00:39:34.739><c> them</c><00:39:35.219><c> to</c><00:39:35.579><c> do</c><00:39:35.940><c> what</c><00:39:36.260><c> they</c><00:39:36.579><c> did.</c><00:39:38.579><c> Others</c><00:39:38.940><c> have</c><00:39:39.139><c> suggested</c><00:39:39.739><c> that</c>

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:41.519
they<00:39:40.139><c> were</c><00:39:40.440><c> drunk.</c>

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:46.380
Chapter<00:39:42.300><c> 10</c><00:39:42.760><c> and</c><00:39:42.980><c> verses</c><00:39:43.380><c> 8</c><00:39:43.780><c> and</c><00:39:43.900><c> 9.</c><00:39:45.219><c> Immediately</c><00:39:45.780><c> after</c><00:39:46.280><c> the</c>

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:48.300
incident<00:39:46.880><c> of</c><00:39:47.119><c> Nadab</c><00:39:47.460><c> and</c><00:39:47.619><c> Abihu,</c>

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:51.360
there<00:39:48.760><c> follows</c><00:39:49.139><c> this</c><00:39:49.480><c> commandment.</c><00:39:50.400><c> The</c><00:39:50.480><c> Lord</c><00:39:50.699><c> spoke</c><00:39:51.039><c> unto</c>

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.960
Aaron,<00:39:51.860><c> saying,</c>

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:55.619
Do<00:39:52.179><c> not</c><00:39:52.480><c> drink</c><00:39:52.820><c> wine,</c><00:39:53.380><c> nor</c><00:39:53.619><c> strong</c><00:39:53.980><c> drink,</c><00:39:54.719><c> thou</c><00:39:54.940><c> nor</c><00:39:55.320><c> thy</c>

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.739
sons<00:39:56.019><c> with</c><00:39:56.380><c> thee,</c>

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:59.559
when<00:39:57.059><c> ye</c><00:39:57.260><c> go</c><00:39:57.460><c> into</c><00:39:57.840><c> the</c><00:39:58.079><c> tabernacle</c><00:39:58.559><c> of</c><00:39:58.719><c> the</c><00:39:58.960><c> congregation,</c>

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lest<00:40:00.219><c> ye</c><00:40:00.539><c> die.</c>

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:05.920
And<00:40:02.820><c> the</c><00:40:02.900><c> very</c><00:40:03.199><c> context</c><00:40:03.739><c> there,</c><00:40:04.059><c> the</c><00:40:04.099><c> very</c><00:40:04.739><c> juxtaposition</c><00:40:05.619><c> of</c>

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:09.139
those<00:40:06.260><c> words,</c><00:40:07.199><c> might</c><00:40:07.260><c> suggest</c><00:40:07.880><c> that</c><00:40:08.139><c> that</c><00:40:08.679><c> was</c><00:40:08.900><c> the</c>

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:12.780
fault<00:40:09.420><c> of</c><00:40:09.900><c> Nadab</c><00:40:10.280><c> and</c><00:40:10.440><c> Abihu,</c><00:40:11.000><c> that</c><00:40:11.219><c> that</c><00:40:11.679><c> was</c><00:40:11.880><c> what</c><00:40:12.099><c> resulted</c>

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:15.840
in<00:40:13.340><c> their</c><00:40:13.579><c> doing</c><00:40:14.059><c> something</c><00:40:14.639><c> wrong.</c>

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:23.440
And<00:40:17.360><c> there</c><00:40:17.559><c> is</c><00:40:17.780><c> a</c><00:40:17.820><c> third</c><00:40:18.159><c> possibility.</c><00:40:19.860><c> Leviticus</c><00:40:20.219><c> 16,</c><00:40:22.679><c> verses</c><00:40:22.980><c> 1</c><00:40:23.320><c> and</c>

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:25.780
2<00:40:24.280><c> might</c><00:40:24.659><c> suggest</c><00:40:25.179><c> that</c><00:40:25.460><c> Nadab</c>

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:30.400
and<00:40:25.920><c> Abihu</c><00:40:26.480><c> had</c><00:40:27.199><c> blundered</c><00:40:27.619><c> into</c><00:40:27.840><c> the</c><00:40:27.980><c> most</c><00:40:28.300><c> holy</c><00:40:28.579><c> place</c><00:40:29.460><c> where</c><00:40:30.239><c> they</c>

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:32.159
were<00:40:30.739><c> not</c><00:40:31.099><c> supposed</c><00:40:31.599><c> to</c><00:40:31.900><c> go,</c>

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:37.579
not<00:40:32.400><c> allowed</c><00:40:32.900><c> to</c><00:40:33.119><c> go.</c><00:40:33.719><c> Leviticus</c><00:40:34.079><c> 16,</c><00:40:35.480><c> verse</c><00:40:35.760><c> 1.</c><00:40:36.840><c> Notice</c><00:40:37.239><c> the</c>

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:39.960
link<00:40:37.900><c> here</c><00:40:38.579><c> with</c><00:40:38.940><c> Leviticus</c><00:40:39.519><c> 10,</c>

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:43.780
and<00:40:40.340><c> the</c><00:40:40.360><c> Lord</c><00:40:40.920><c> spoke</c><00:40:41.260><c> unto</c><00:40:41.480><c> Moses</c><00:40:41.920><c> after</c><00:40:42.639><c> the</c><00:40:42.860><c> death</c><00:40:43.340><c> of</c><00:40:43.579><c> the</c>

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:45.099
two<00:40:44.059><c> sons</c><00:40:44.400><c> of</c><00:40:44.739><c> Aaron,</c>

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.079
when<00:40:45.579><c> they</c><00:40:45.860><c> offered</c><00:40:46.300><c> before</c><00:40:46.780><c> the</c><00:40:47.000><c> Lord</c><00:40:47.420><c> and</c><00:40:47.920><c> died.</c><00:40:48.920><c> And</c><00:40:48.940><c> the</c>

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.380
Lord<00:40:49.320><c> said</c><00:40:49.519><c> unto</c><00:40:49.780><c> Moses,</c>

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:53.460
Speak<00:40:50.960><c> unto</c><00:40:51.260><c> Aaron,</c><00:40:51.599><c> thy</c><00:40:51.760><c> brother,</c><00:40:52.340><c> that</c><00:40:52.420><c> he</c><00:40:52.699><c> come</c><00:40:52.980><c> not</c><00:40:53.239><c> at</c>

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:56.639
all<00:40:53.739><c> times</c><00:40:54.159><c> into</c><00:40:54.400><c> the</c><00:40:54.599><c> holy</c><00:40:54.880><c> place</c><00:40:55.539><c> within</c><00:40:55.960><c> the</c><00:40:56.260><c> veil</c>

00:40:56.639 --> 00:41:00.059
before<00:40:57.019><c> the</c><00:40:57.300><c> mercy</c><00:40:57.559><c> seat,</c><00:40:58.039><c> which</c><00:40:58.219><c> is</c><00:40:58.440><c> upon</c><00:40:58.679><c> the</c><00:40:59.019><c> ark,</c><00:40:59.559><c> that</c><00:40:59.739><c> he</c>

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:03.300
die<00:41:00.340><c> not,</c><00:41:01.360><c> for</c><00:41:01.539><c> I</c><00:41:01.719><c> will</c><00:41:01.960><c> appear</c><00:41:02.380><c> in</c><00:41:02.599><c> the</c><00:41:02.880><c> cloud</c>

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:08.380
upon<00:41:03.619><c> the</c><00:41:03.880><c> mercy</c><00:41:04.159><c> seat.</c><00:41:05.760><c> So</c><00:41:05.960><c> that</c><00:41:06.340><c> links</c><00:41:06.960><c> that</c><00:41:07.739><c> instruction,</c>

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:10.099
doesn't<00:41:08.699><c> it,</c><00:41:08.880><c> about</c><00:41:09.280><c> not</c><00:41:09.760><c> coming</c>

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:13.539
into<00:41:10.360><c> the</c><00:41:10.539><c> most</c><00:41:10.800><c> holy</c><00:41:10.980><c> place</c><00:41:11.559><c> with</c><00:41:12.119><c> the</c><00:41:12.340><c> death</c><00:41:12.659><c> of</c><00:41:12.960><c> Nadab</c><00:41:13.340><c> and</c>

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:17.019
Abihu.<00:41:15.159><c> And</c><00:41:15.440><c> so</c><00:41:15.820><c> it</c><00:41:16.119><c> might</c><00:41:16.340><c> be</c><00:41:16.559><c> suggested</c>

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:21.039
that<00:41:17.340><c> that</c><00:41:17.739><c> was</c><00:41:17.940><c> what</c><00:41:18.179><c> they</c><00:41:18.420><c> did.</c><00:41:20.019><c> Well,</c><00:41:20.239><c> I</c><00:41:20.360><c> think</c><00:41:20.539><c> this</c><00:41:20.679><c> is</c><00:41:20.820><c> one</c><00:41:20.980><c> of</c>

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:22.400
those<00:41:21.300><c> occasions,</c><00:41:21.900><c> brothers</c><00:41:21.940><c> and</c><00:41:22.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:24.800
when<00:41:22.559><c> you</c><00:41:22.719><c> pay</c><00:41:22.880><c> your</c><00:41:23.000><c> money</c><00:41:23.199><c> and</c><00:41:23.320><c> you</c><00:41:23.480><c> take</c><00:41:23.659><c> your</c><00:41:23.840><c> choice.</c><00:41:24.579><c> I'm</c>

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:27.440
not<00:41:25.000><c> going</c><00:41:25.159><c> to</c><00:41:25.340><c> decide</c><00:41:25.739><c> which</c><00:41:26.039><c> of</c><00:41:26.159><c> those</c><00:41:26.440><c> three,</c>

00:41:27.469 --> 00:41:31.159
or<00:41:27.820><c> whether</c><00:41:28.079><c> it</c><00:41:28.179><c> might</c><00:41:28.599><c> in</c><00:41:28.800><c> fact</c><00:41:28.960><c> be</c><00:41:29.099><c> more</c><00:41:29.400><c> than</c><00:41:29.719><c> one.</c><00:41:30.559><c> It</c><00:41:30.659><c> might</c><00:41:30.920><c> be</c>

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:33.340
two<00:41:31.480><c> or</c><00:41:31.679><c> all</c><00:41:31.960><c> three</c><00:41:32.260><c> of</c><00:41:32.440><c> those</c><00:41:32.719><c> things</c>

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:41.639
that<00:41:33.960><c> motivated</c><00:41:34.719><c> these</c><00:41:35.099><c> men.</c><00:41:36.159><c> But</c><00:41:36.300><c> whatever</c><00:41:36.719><c> it</c><00:41:36.940><c> was,</c><00:41:38.059><c> in</c><00:41:38.199><c> wickedness</c><00:41:39.239><c> they</c><00:41:39.659><c> offered</c><00:41:40.320><c> something</c><00:41:40.940><c> that</c><00:41:41.119><c> had</c><00:41:41.380><c> not</c>

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:49.280
been<00:41:42.119><c> commanded.</c><00:41:43.599><c> Perhaps</c><00:41:44.159><c> drunk,</c><00:41:45.960><c> perhaps</c><00:41:46.340><c> inspired</c><00:41:47.059><c> by</c><00:41:47.360><c> the</c><00:41:47.619><c> emotion</c><00:41:48.000><c> and</c><00:41:48.340><c> enthusiasm</c><00:41:49.019><c> of</c>

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.199
the<00:41:49.460><c> people</c><00:41:49.760><c> and</c>

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:53.119
wanting<00:41:50.579><c> some</c><00:41:50.940><c> of</c><00:41:51.119><c> that</c><00:41:51.340><c> glory</c><00:41:51.719><c> or</c><00:41:51.940><c> to</c><00:41:52.059><c> be</c><00:41:52.340><c> associated</c><00:41:52.880><c> with</c>

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:56.500
that<00:41:53.420><c> glory,</c><00:41:54.159><c> perhaps</c><00:41:54.659><c> in</c><00:41:55.159><c> that</c><00:41:55.480><c> spirit</c><00:41:55.860><c> they</c>

00:41:56.500 --> 00:42:00.840
blundered<00:41:57.000><c> into</c><00:41:57.219><c> the</c><00:41:58.179><c> most</c><00:41:58.420><c> holy</c><00:41:58.659><c> place,</c><00:41:59.199><c> the</c><00:41:59.380><c> holy</c><00:41:59.619><c> of</c><00:41:59.820><c> holies,</c><00:42:00.639><c> when</c>

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:03.599
they<00:42:01.019><c> ought</c><00:42:01.260><c> not.</c><00:42:02.679><c> Whatever</c><00:42:03.039><c> it</c><00:42:03.320><c> was,</c>

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:08.639
brothers<00:42:03.940><c> and</c><00:42:04.179><c> sisters,</c><00:42:05.219><c> fire</c><00:42:05.699><c> came</c><00:42:06.059><c> out</c><00:42:06.380><c> from</c><00:42:06.559><c> the</c><00:42:06.760><c> Lord.</c><00:42:08.340><c> A</c>

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:12.079
flash<00:42:08.900><c> of</c><00:42:09.219><c> lightning</c><00:42:09.980><c> from</c><00:42:10.760><c> the</c><00:42:10.960><c> most</c><00:42:11.300><c> holy</c><00:42:11.559><c> place</c>

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:19.639
struck<00:42:12.820><c> these</c><00:42:13.199><c> men.</c><00:42:14.840><c> There</c><00:42:14.940><c> was</c><00:42:15.099><c> a</c><00:42:15.280><c> gasp,</c><00:42:16.760><c> a</c><00:42:16.960><c> silence.</c><00:42:19.500><c> And</c>

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:25.110
then<00:42:21.159><c> the</c><00:42:21.860><c> men</c><00:42:22.500><c> were</c><00:42:24.000><c> burnt</c>

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:32.780
unnaturally<00:42:28.000><c> from</c><00:42:28.860><c> the</c><00:42:29.280><c> inside</c><00:42:30.039><c> out,</c><00:42:31.179><c> it</c><00:42:31.519><c> would</c><00:42:31.760><c> appear,</c>

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:37.880
because<00:42:34.539><c> their</c><00:42:34.940><c> garments,</c><00:42:35.960><c> those</c><00:42:36.679><c> holy</c><00:42:37.099><c> garments</c>

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:42.800
with<00:42:38.639><c> which</c><00:42:38.940><c> they</c><00:42:39.119><c> had</c><00:42:39.340><c> been</c><00:42:39.739><c> clothed,</c><00:42:40.880><c> were</c><00:42:41.000><c> not</c><00:42:41.300><c> affected.</c>

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:46.219
The<00:42:43.420><c> Viticus</c><00:42:43.840><c> 10</c><00:42:44.639><c> and</c><00:42:45.039><c> verse</c><00:42:45.340><c> 5.</c>

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:55.119
Moses<00:42:49.659><c> commands,</c><00:42:50.559><c> verse</c><00:42:51.320><c> 9,</c><00:42:52.340><c> Michelle</c><00:42:52.719><c> and</c><00:42:53.699><c> Elzaphan,</c><00:42:54.980><c> the</c>

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:57.619
sons<00:42:55.420><c> of</c><00:42:55.739><c> Uziel,</c><00:42:56.400><c> the</c><00:42:56.519><c> uncle</c><00:42:56.920><c> of</c><00:42:57.219><c> Aaron,</c>

00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:02.880
and<00:42:58.159><c> said</c><00:42:58.239><c> unto</c><00:42:58.460><c> them,</c><00:42:58.840><c> Come</c><00:42:59.179><c> near,</c><00:42:59.980><c> carry</c><00:43:00.179><c> your</c><00:43:00.460><c> brethren</c><00:43:00.800><c> from</c><00:43:01.119><c> before</c><00:43:01.500><c> the</c><00:43:01.760><c> sanctuary</c><00:43:02.199><c> out</c><00:43:02.699><c> of</c>

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.920
the<00:43:03.079><c> camp.</c><00:43:03.480><c> So</c><00:43:03.699><c> they</c>

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:08.039
went<00:43:04.159><c> near</c><00:43:04.559><c> and</c><00:43:04.800><c> carried</c><00:43:05.179><c> them</c><00:43:05.539><c> in</c><00:43:05.980><c> their</c><00:43:06.380><c> coats</c><00:43:06.980><c> out</c><00:43:07.679><c> of</c><00:43:07.840><c> the</c>

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:11.219
camp,<00:43:09.059><c> as</c><00:43:09.480><c> Moses</c><00:43:09.900><c> had</c><00:43:10.260><c> said.</c>

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:20.599
Those<00:43:13.199><c> garments</c><00:43:13.579><c> were</c><00:43:13.780><c> holy.</c><00:43:15.940><c> The</c><00:43:16.079><c> men</c><00:43:16.260><c> inside</c><00:43:16.719><c> them</c><00:43:17.539><c> were</c><00:43:18.019><c> not.</c><00:43:19.820><c> And</c><00:43:20.159><c> so</c>

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:23.079
they<00:43:20.900><c> died,</c><00:43:21.579><c> brothers</c><00:43:21.719><c> and</c><00:43:21.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:34.300
Aaron<00:43:24.400><c> is</c><00:43:25.260><c> silent,</c><00:43:28.420><c> stunned,</c><00:43:30.480><c> in</c><00:43:30.719><c> shock,</c><00:43:31.940><c> perhaps.</c><00:43:33.659><c> The</c><00:43:33.860><c> last</c>

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:38.300
he<00:43:34.539><c> saw</c><00:43:35.139><c> of</c><00:43:35.559><c> his</c><00:43:35.840><c> two</c><00:43:36.139><c> sons</c><00:43:36.719><c> was</c><00:43:37.539><c> those</c>

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:43.960
charred<00:43:38.760><c> bodies</c><00:43:39.420><c> being</c><00:43:40.280><c> removed</c><00:43:41.159><c> from</c><00:43:41.699><c> the</c><00:43:41.940><c> tabernacle</c><00:43:42.739><c> precincts.</c>

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:52.659
It<00:43:46.400><c> seems</c><00:43:46.960><c> hard</c><00:43:47.420><c> to</c><00:43:47.579><c> us,</c><00:43:48.800><c> perhaps.</c><00:43:49.519><c> He</c><00:43:49.659><c> was</c><00:43:49.860><c> not</c><00:43:50.059><c> to</c><00:43:50.300><c> mourn.</c><00:43:52.480><c> He</c>

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:54.840
would<00:43:52.860><c> not</c><00:43:53.019><c> be</c><00:43:53.159><c> able</c><00:43:53.360><c> to</c><00:43:53.539><c> attend</c><00:43:53.739><c> their</c><00:43:54.039><c> funerals.</c>

00:43:56.239 --> 00:44:02.780
He<00:43:56.380><c> was</c><00:43:56.559><c> not</c><00:43:56.800><c> to</c><00:43:57.000><c> make</c><00:43:57.139><c> himself</c><00:43:57.860><c> defiled</c><00:43:59.000><c> with</c><00:44:00.179><c> their</c><00:44:00.519><c> corruption</c><00:44:01.099><c> and</c>

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:04.659
with<00:44:03.019><c> association</c><00:44:03.719><c> with</c><00:44:04.179><c> their</c><00:44:04.460><c> dead</c>

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:09.599
bodies.<00:44:07.480><c> When</c><00:44:07.679><c> he</c><00:44:07.880><c> recovered</c><00:44:08.260><c> from</c><00:44:08.519><c> the</c><00:44:08.760><c> shock,</c><00:44:09.300><c> there</c><00:44:09.300><c> would</c>

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:12.079
be<00:44:09.880><c> grief,</c><00:44:10.300><c> of</c><00:44:10.559><c> course</c><00:44:10.840><c> there</c><00:44:11.079><c> would.</c>

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:16.980
There<00:44:12.619><c> would</c><00:44:12.900><c> be</c><00:44:13.000><c> anger.</c><00:44:13.980><c> Well,</c><00:44:14.179><c> there</c><00:44:14.300><c> might</c><00:44:14.559><c> have</c><00:44:14.800><c> been.</c><00:44:16.320><c> There</c><00:44:16.500><c> would</c><00:44:16.739><c> be</c>

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:20.440
disbelief,<00:44:18.920><c> almost</c><00:44:19.360><c> certainly.</c>

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:27.440
But<00:44:21.739><c> the</c><00:44:21.820><c> word</c><00:44:22.099><c> of</c><00:44:22.320><c> Moses</c><00:44:22.780><c> is</c><00:44:23.760><c> to</c><00:44:24.039><c> quote</c><00:44:24.880><c> Exodus</c><00:44:25.559><c> 19,</c><00:44:27.219><c> verses</c>

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:31.460
21<00:44:28.179><c> to</c><00:44:28.420><c> 24.</c><00:44:30.179><c> Let's</c><00:44:30.320><c> just</c><00:44:30.579><c> turn</c><00:44:30.780><c> back</c><00:44:31.099><c> to</c><00:44:31.280><c> that</c>

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:33.960
passage.<00:44:31.960><c> Rather</c><00:44:32.280><c> than</c><00:44:32.420><c> looking</c><00:44:32.739><c> at</c><00:44:32.920><c> Moses'</c><00:44:33.579><c> words</c><00:44:33.619><c> in</c><00:44:33.820><c> the</c>

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:37.059
Viticus<00:44:34.420><c> 10,</c><00:44:34.960><c> just</c><00:44:35.260><c> come</c><00:44:35.500><c> back</c><00:44:35.780><c> to</c><00:44:35.940><c> Exodus</c><00:44:36.380><c> 19,</c>

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:40.639
because<00:44:37.659><c> this</c><00:44:38.039><c> is</c><00:44:38.300><c> the</c><00:44:38.380><c> passage</c><00:44:38.800><c> that</c><00:44:39.159><c> shows</c><00:44:39.619><c> that</c><00:44:40.119><c> Nedab</c><00:44:40.500><c> and</c>

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:43.739
Debaichu<00:44:41.340><c> were</c><00:44:41.840><c> responsible.</c><00:44:43.039><c> They</c><00:44:43.320><c> ought</c>

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:51.199
to<00:44:43.960><c> have</c><00:44:44.159><c> known</c><00:44:44.420><c> better.</c><00:44:45.599><c> They</c><00:44:45.860><c> had</c><00:44:46.139><c> been</c><00:44:46.380><c> there</c><00:44:47.099><c> on</c><00:44:47.619><c> this</c><00:44:47.860><c> occasion.</c><00:44:48.860><c> Exodus</c><00:44:49.340><c> 19,</c>

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:55.340
verse<00:44:53.800><c> 21.</c>

00:44:59.219 --> 00:45:05.440
And<00:44:59.260><c> the</c><00:44:59.440><c> Lord</c><00:45:00.000><c> said</c><00:45:00.239><c> unto</c><00:45:00.480><c> Moses,</c><00:45:01.280><c> Go</c><00:45:01.340><c> down,</c><00:45:02.159><c> charge</c><00:45:02.579><c> the</c><00:45:02.820><c> people,</c><00:45:03.320><c> lest</c><00:45:03.420><c> they</c><00:45:03.719><c> break</c><00:45:04.159><c> through</c><00:45:04.519><c> unto</c><00:45:04.780><c> the</c><00:45:05.019><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:09.460
to<00:45:05.900><c> gaze,</c><00:45:06.800><c> and</c><00:45:06.880><c> many</c><00:45:07.219><c> of</c><00:45:07.420><c> them</c><00:45:07.539><c> perish.</c><00:45:08.679><c> And</c><00:45:08.780><c> let</c><00:45:08.960><c> the</c><00:45:09.239><c> priests</c>

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:11.780
also<00:45:09.860><c> which</c><00:45:10.059><c> come</c><00:45:10.360><c> near</c><00:45:10.599><c> to</c><00:45:10.820><c> the</c><00:45:10.940><c> Lord</c>

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:15.079
sanctify<00:45:12.619><c> themselves,</c><00:45:13.400><c> lest</c><00:45:13.639><c> the</c><00:45:13.840><c> Lord</c><00:45:14.059><c> break</c><00:45:14.460><c> forth</c><00:45:14.800><c> upon</c>

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:17.440
them.<00:45:15.980><c> And</c><00:45:16.179><c> Moses</c><00:45:16.440><c> said</c><00:45:16.639><c> unto</c><00:45:16.840><c> the</c><00:45:17.059><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:20.619
The<00:45:17.739><c> people</c><00:45:18.079><c> cannot</c><00:45:18.500><c> come</c><00:45:18.780><c> up</c><00:45:18.960><c> to</c><00:45:19.159><c> Mount</c><00:45:19.400><c> Sinai,</c><00:45:20.139><c> for</c><00:45:20.320><c> thou</c>

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:23.159
chargest<00:45:21.139><c> us,</c><00:45:21.420><c> saying,</c><00:45:21.980><c> Set</c><00:45:22.219><c> bounds</c><00:45:22.659><c> upon</c><00:45:22.960><c> the</c>

00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:26.019
mountain<00:45:23.440><c> and</c><00:45:23.760><c> sanctify</c><00:45:24.460><c> it.</c><00:45:24.900><c> And</c><00:45:25.039><c> the</c><00:45:25.179><c> Lord</c><00:45:25.360><c> said</c><00:45:25.519><c> unto</c><00:45:25.739><c> him,</c>

00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:28.579
Away,<00:45:26.719><c> get</c><00:45:26.840><c> thee</c><00:45:27.059><c> down,</c><00:45:27.719><c> and</c><00:45:27.920><c> thou</c><00:45:28.079><c> shalt</c><00:45:28.280><c> come</c>

00:45:28.579 --> 00:45:31.380
up,<00:45:29.000><c> thou</c><00:45:29.139><c> and</c><00:45:29.400><c> Aaron</c><00:45:29.619><c> with</c><00:45:29.880><c> thee.</c><00:45:30.360><c> But</c><00:45:30.440><c> let</c><00:45:30.679><c> not</c><00:45:30.900><c> the</c><00:45:31.159><c> priests</c>

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:34.119
and<00:45:31.559><c> the</c><00:45:31.800><c> people</c><00:45:32.219><c> break</c><00:45:32.880><c> through</c><00:45:33.340><c> to</c><00:45:33.659><c> come</c><00:45:33.920><c> up</c>

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:42.139
unto<00:45:34.280><c> the</c><00:45:34.539><c> Lord,</c><00:45:35.519><c> lest</c><00:45:35.780><c> he</c><00:45:36.099><c> break</c><00:45:36.579><c> forth</c><00:45:37.119><c> upon</c><00:45:37.860><c> them.</c><00:45:40.179><c> So</c><00:45:41.059><c> they</c>

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:46.559
did<00:45:42.619><c> know.</c><00:45:43.780><c> Moses</c><00:45:44.239><c> had</c><00:45:44.539><c> been</c><00:45:44.920><c> told,</c><00:45:45.880><c> and</c><00:45:46.099><c> Nedab</c>

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:51.239
and<00:45:46.699><c> Debaichu</c><00:45:47.440><c> particularly</c><00:45:48.619><c> knew</c><00:45:49.199><c> something</c><00:45:49.739><c> of</c><00:45:49.940><c> this</c><00:45:50.500><c> holiness</c><00:45:50.960><c> of</c>

00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:53.460
God.<00:45:51.960><c> Come</c><00:45:52.139><c> back</c><00:45:52.400><c> to</c><00:45:52.539><c> the</c><00:45:52.639><c> beginning</c><00:45:53.000><c> of</c>

00:45:53.460 --> 00:46:07.260
the<00:45:53.460><c> same</c><00:45:53.739><c> chapter.</c><00:45:54.780><c> Exodus</c><00:45:55.480><c> 24,</c><00:46:03.219><c> verse</c><00:46:03.519><c> 1.</c><00:46:05.320><c> He</c><00:46:05.539><c> said</c><00:46:05.780><c> unto</c><00:46:06.000><c> Moses,</c><00:46:06.719><c> Come</c><00:46:07.019><c> up</c>

00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:10.579
unto<00:46:07.460><c> the</c><00:46:07.719><c> Lord,</c><00:46:08.420><c> thou</c><00:46:08.820><c> and</c><00:46:09.440><c> Aaron,</c>

00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:15.400
Nedab<00:46:11.139><c> and</c><00:46:11.460><c> Debaichu,</c><00:46:12.679><c> and</c><00:46:12.940><c> seventy</c><00:46:13.360><c> of</c><00:46:13.599><c> the</c><00:46:13.739><c> elders</c><00:46:13.960><c> of</c><00:46:14.099><c> Israel,</c><00:46:15.059><c> and</c>

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:18.130
worship<00:46:15.960><c> ye</c><00:46:16.579><c> afar</c><00:46:17.280><c> off.</c>

00:46:18.269 --> 00:46:22.730
And<00:46:18.809><c> Moses</c><00:46:19.349><c> alone</c><00:46:20.110><c> shall</c><00:46:20.409><c> come</c><00:46:20.670><c> near</c><00:46:20.909><c> the</c><00:46:21.170><c> Lord,</c><00:46:22.409><c> but</c><00:46:22.510><c> they</c>

00:46:22.730 --> 00:46:25.789
shall<00:46:22.989><c> not</c><00:46:23.230><c> come</c><00:46:23.510><c> nigh,</c><00:46:24.449><c> neither</c><00:46:24.769><c> shall</c><00:46:25.070><c> the</c><00:46:25.329><c> people</c>

00:46:25.789 --> 00:46:33.150
go<00:46:26.250><c> up</c><00:46:26.530><c> with</c><00:46:26.789><c> him.</c><00:46:28.789><c> Then</c><00:46:29.329><c> went</c><00:46:30.469><c> up</c><00:46:30.849><c> Moses</c><00:46:31.289><c> and</c><00:46:31.550><c> Aaron,</c><00:46:32.730><c> Nedab</c>

00:46:33.150 --> 00:46:35.869
and<00:46:33.389><c> Debaichu,</c><00:46:34.630><c> and</c><00:46:34.889><c> seventy</c><00:46:35.269><c> of</c><00:46:35.510><c> the</c><00:46:35.650><c> elders</c>

00:46:35.869 --> 00:46:40.070
of<00:46:36.050><c> Israel,</c><00:46:37.190><c> and</c><00:46:37.309><c> they</c><00:46:37.730><c> saw</c><00:46:38.170><c> the</c><00:46:38.389><c> God</c><00:46:38.710><c> of</c><00:46:38.849><c> Israel.</c><00:46:39.530><c> It</c><00:46:39.670><c> is</c><00:46:39.809><c> his</c>

00:46:40.070 --> 00:46:42.949
feet,<00:46:40.230><c> as</c><00:46:40.349><c> it</c><00:46:40.530><c> were,</c><00:46:41.030><c> a</c><00:46:41.269><c> paved</c><00:46:41.530><c> work</c><00:46:41.969><c> of</c><00:46:42.170><c> a</c><00:46:42.409><c> sapphire</c>

00:46:42.949 --> 00:46:46.889
stone,<00:46:43.449><c> and</c><00:46:43.610><c> as</c><00:46:43.769><c> it</c><00:46:43.909><c> were</c><00:46:44.090><c> the</c><00:46:44.250><c> body</c><00:46:44.650><c> of</c><00:46:44.849><c> heaven</c><00:46:45.170><c> in</c><00:46:45.369><c> his</c><00:46:45.710><c> clearness,</c><00:46:46.730><c> and</c>

00:46:46.889 --> 00:46:48.269
upon<00:46:47.050><c> the</c><00:46:47.309><c> nobles</c><00:46:47.730><c> of</c><00:46:47.909><c> the</c><00:46:47.989><c> children</c>

00:46:48.269 --> 00:46:53.030
of<00:46:48.329><c> Israel</c><00:46:48.829><c> he</c><00:46:49.210><c> laid</c><00:46:49.469><c> not</c><00:46:49.769><c> his</c><00:46:49.989><c> hand.</c><00:46:50.909><c> Also</c><00:46:51.469><c> they</c><00:46:52.030><c> saw</c><00:46:52.409><c> God,</c>

00:46:53.369 --> 00:46:56.190
and<00:46:53.469><c> did</c><00:46:53.750><c> eat</c><00:46:54.489><c> and</c><00:46:54.909><c> drink.</c>

00:46:57.530 --> 00:47:02.369
Theirs,<00:46:58.210><c> brothers</c><00:46:58.550><c> and</c><00:46:58.769><c> sisters,</c><00:46:59.309><c> was</c><00:46:59.630><c> an</c><00:46:59.869><c> immense</c><00:47:01.130><c> privilege,</c><00:47:01.969><c> wasn't</c>

00:47:02.369 --> 00:47:05.809
it?<00:47:03.769><c> And</c><00:47:04.409><c> despite</c><00:47:05.190><c> the</c><00:47:05.409><c> things</c>

00:47:05.809 --> 00:47:12.570
that<00:47:06.210><c> Nedab</c><00:47:06.829><c> and</c><00:47:06.989><c> Debaichu</c><00:47:07.590><c> had</c><00:47:08.010><c> seen,</c><00:47:09.610><c> still</c><00:47:10.449><c> they</c><00:47:11.730><c> acted</c><00:47:12.210><c> as</c>

00:47:12.570 --> 00:47:16.230
they<00:47:12.789><c> did.</c><00:47:14.550><c> They</c><00:47:14.849><c> were</c><00:47:15.110><c> responsible</c><00:47:15.909><c> right</c>

00:47:16.230 --> 00:47:21.469
enough.<00:47:16.769><c> They</c><00:47:17.050><c> should</c><00:47:17.329><c> have</c><00:47:17.550><c> known</c><00:47:17.809><c> better.</c><00:47:19.269><c> They</c><00:47:19.570><c> should</c><00:47:19.809><c> have</c><00:47:20.050><c> known</c><00:47:20.429><c> the</c><00:47:20.710><c> holiness</c><00:47:21.210><c> of</c>

00:47:21.469 --> 00:47:21.929
the<00:47:21.630><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:22.150 --> 00:47:25.789
They<00:47:22.469><c> had</c><00:47:22.750><c> witnessed</c><00:47:23.250><c> firsthand</c><00:47:24.150><c> something</c><00:47:24.630><c> of</c><00:47:24.869><c> the</c><00:47:25.150><c> glory</c>

00:47:25.789 --> 00:47:31.530
of<00:47:26.070><c> God,</c><00:47:28.030><c> and</c><00:47:28.369><c> knew</c><00:47:28.889><c> that</c><00:47:29.469><c> God</c><00:47:29.829><c> would</c><00:47:30.150><c> be</c><00:47:30.449><c> sanctified</c>

00:47:31.530 --> 00:47:41.050
in<00:47:31.889><c> them</c><00:47:32.349><c> that</c><00:47:32.809><c> draw</c><00:47:33.190><c> nigh</c><00:47:33.710><c> him.</c><00:47:36.730><c> Back</c><00:47:37.210><c> in</c><00:47:37.469><c> Leviticus</c><00:47:38.050><c> 10</c><00:47:38.469><c> then,</c><00:47:39.550><c> Moses'</c><00:47:40.590><c> concern</c><00:47:40.730><c> is</c>

00:47:41.050 --> 00:47:42.809
particularly<00:47:42.090><c> for</c><00:47:42.670><c> the</c>

00:47:42.809 --> 00:47:47.789
people.<00:47:44.130><c> Leviticus</c><00:47:44.630><c> 10</c><00:47:45.070><c> and</c><00:47:45.309><c> verse</c><00:47:45.610><c> 6,</c><00:47:46.650><c> And</c><00:47:46.769><c> Moses</c><00:47:47.190><c> said</c><00:47:47.469><c> unto</c>

00:47:47.789 --> 00:47:50.050
Aaron,<00:47:48.409><c> and</c><00:47:48.550><c> unto</c><00:47:48.849><c> Eliezer,</c><00:47:49.550><c> and</c><00:47:49.730><c> unto</c>

00:47:50.050 --> 00:47:56.130
Ithamar<00:47:50.550><c> his</c><00:47:50.869><c> sons,</c><00:47:52.030><c> Uncover</c><00:47:52.349><c> not</c><00:47:52.630><c> your</c><00:47:52.809><c> heads,</c><00:47:53.809><c> neither</c><00:47:54.170><c> rend</c><00:47:54.389><c> your</c><00:47:54.690><c> clothes,</c><00:47:55.230><c> lest</c><00:47:55.369><c> ye</c><00:47:55.650><c> die,</c>

00:47:56.130 --> 00:48:00.429
and<00:47:56.530><c> lest</c><00:47:56.789><c> wrath</c><00:47:57.050><c> come</c><00:47:57.289><c> upon</c><00:47:57.610><c> all</c><00:47:58.190><c> the</c><00:47:58.369><c> people.</c><00:47:59.750><c> But</c><00:47:59.909><c> let</c><00:48:00.150><c> your</c>

00:48:00.429 --> 00:48:02.349
brethren,<00:48:00.889><c> the</c><00:48:01.070><c> whole</c><00:48:01.349><c> house</c><00:48:01.650><c> of</c><00:48:01.769><c> Israel,</c>

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bewail<00:48:03.130><c> the</c><00:48:03.349><c> burning</c><00:48:03.730><c> which</c><00:48:04.010><c> the</c><00:48:04.269><c> Lord</c><00:48:04.530><c> hath</c><00:48:04.829><c> kindled,</c><00:48:06.130><c> and</c>

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ye<00:48:06.449><c> shall</c><00:48:06.630><c> not</c><00:48:06.889><c> go</c><00:48:07.110><c> out</c><00:48:07.250><c> from</c><00:48:07.449><c> the</c><00:48:07.590><c> door</c><00:48:07.750><c> of</c><00:48:07.909><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:48:08.469><c> of</c><00:48:08.630><c> the</c><00:48:08.849><c> congregation,</c><00:48:09.989><c> lest</c><00:48:10.170><c> ye</c><00:48:10.409><c> die.</c><00:48:11.449><c> For</c><00:48:11.550><c> the</c>

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anointing<00:48:12.369><c> oil</c><00:48:12.530><c> of</c><00:48:12.710><c> the</c><00:48:12.929><c> Lord</c><00:48:13.309><c> is</c><00:48:13.550><c> upon</c><00:48:13.929><c> you.</c>

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And<00:48:15.570><c> they</c><00:48:15.769><c> did,</c><00:48:16.769><c> according</c><00:48:17.349><c> to</c><00:48:17.730><c> the</c><00:48:17.909><c> word</c><00:48:18.789><c> of</c><00:48:19.030><c> Moses.</c><00:48:21.550><c> Yes,</c><00:48:22.090><c> to</c>

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us,<00:48:22.849><c> brothers</c><00:48:22.849><c> and</c><00:48:23.070><c> sisters,</c><00:48:23.389><c> it</c><00:48:23.550><c> may</c><00:48:23.869><c> seem</c><00:48:24.190><c> hard,</c>

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but<00:48:25.010><c> these</c><00:48:25.469><c> are</c><00:48:25.730><c> the</c><00:48:25.989><c> principles</c><00:48:26.789><c> of</c><00:48:27.010><c> God,</c><00:48:27.530><c> are</c><00:48:27.610><c> they</c><00:48:27.909><c> not?</c><00:48:29.510><c> I</c>

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will<00:48:30.130><c> be</c><00:48:30.409><c> sanctified</c><00:48:31.550><c> in</c><00:48:32.110><c> them</c><00:48:32.530><c> that</c><00:48:32.929><c> draw</c><00:48:33.269><c> nigh</c><00:48:33.750><c> me.</c>

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And<00:48:35.969><c> we,</c><00:48:36.369><c> brothers</c><00:48:36.530><c> and</c><00:48:36.789><c> sisters,</c><00:48:37.769><c> in</c><00:48:37.949><c> our</c><00:48:38.289><c> turn,</c><00:48:38.909><c> sometimes</c>

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find<00:48:39.949><c> it</c><00:48:40.329><c> hard.</c><00:48:41.670><c> For</c><00:48:41.889><c> example,</c><00:48:42.469><c> when</c><00:48:42.710><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:48:43.050><c> Jesus</c><00:48:43.530><c> Christ</c><00:48:44.090><c> says</c><00:48:44.530><c> that</c><00:48:45.730><c> if</c><00:48:46.050><c> any</c><00:48:46.329><c> man</c><00:48:46.610><c> hate</c><00:48:46.909><c> not</c><00:48:47.230><c> his</c>

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father<00:48:47.849><c> and</c><00:48:48.070><c> his</c><00:48:48.349><c> mother,</c><00:48:49.489><c> he</c><00:48:49.570><c> cannot</c><00:48:49.969><c> be</c><00:48:50.349><c> my</c><00:48:50.630><c> disciple.</c>

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Sometimes<00:48:53.050><c> we</c><00:48:53.489><c> have</c><00:48:53.730><c> to</c><00:48:53.889><c> make</c><00:48:54.230><c> choice,</c><00:48:55.210><c> as</c><00:48:55.489><c> Aaron</c><00:48:55.909><c> had</c><00:48:56.230><c> to</c><00:48:56.489><c> make</c><00:48:56.750><c> choice</c><00:48:57.130><c> and</c>

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demonstrate<00:48:58.150><c> his</c><00:48:58.449><c> choice</c><00:48:58.769><c> before</c><00:48:59.150><c> the</c>

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people.<00:49:01.530><c> The</c><00:49:01.630><c> anointing</c><00:49:02.090><c> oil</c><00:49:02.250><c> of</c><00:49:02.369><c> his</c><00:49:02.550><c> God</c><00:49:02.769><c> was</c><00:49:02.989><c> upon</c><00:49:03.250><c> him.</c><00:49:04.849><c> The</c><00:49:05.050><c> funeral</c><00:49:05.389><c> of</c>

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his<00:49:05.769><c> sons</c><00:49:06.309><c> was</c><00:49:06.949><c> not</c><00:49:07.170><c> a</c><00:49:07.309><c> possibility</c><00:49:07.869><c> for</c>

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him.<00:49:10.670><c> God</c><00:49:11.210><c> must</c><00:49:11.630><c> come</c><00:49:12.070><c> first,</c><00:49:14.110><c> and</c><00:49:14.190><c> he</c><00:49:14.309><c> must</c><00:49:14.610><c> come</c><00:49:14.949><c> first</c><00:49:15.349><c> in</c>

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our<00:49:16.050><c> thinking</c><00:49:16.590><c> too,</c><00:49:18.969><c> always,</c><00:49:20.849><c> every</c><00:49:21.409><c> time.</c>

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The<00:49:23.510><c> principles</c><00:49:24.130><c> of</c><00:49:24.389><c> God</c><00:49:24.889><c> are</c><00:49:25.429><c> eternal.</c><00:49:26.949><c> He</c><00:49:27.110><c> does</c><00:49:27.429><c> not</c><00:49:27.690><c> change.</c><00:49:28.949><c> He</c><00:49:29.130><c> is</c>

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the<00:49:29.429><c> same</c><00:49:29.869><c> God</c><00:49:30.269><c> still,</c>

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and<00:49:32.010><c> although</c><00:49:32.309><c> of</c><00:49:32.650><c> course</c><00:49:33.210><c> he</c><00:49:33.349><c> is,</c><00:49:34.110><c> as</c><00:49:34.409><c> he</c><00:49:34.610><c> revealed</c><00:49:35.050><c> himself</c>

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to<00:49:35.849><c> Moses</c><00:49:36.210><c> in</c><00:49:36.469><c> Old</c><00:49:36.750><c> Testament</c><00:49:37.230><c> days,</c>

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the<00:49:38.190><c> Lord,</c><00:49:38.889><c> the</c><00:49:39.110><c> Lord</c><00:49:39.809><c> God,</c><00:49:40.550><c> merciful</c><00:49:41.030><c> and</c><00:49:41.510><c> gracious</c><00:49:41.889><c> and</c><00:49:42.349><c> long</c><00:49:42.829><c>-suffering</c><00:49:43.210><c> and</c>

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abundant<00:49:43.949><c> in</c><00:49:44.289><c> goodness</c><00:49:44.710><c> and</c><00:49:45.090><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:49:48.030><c> is,</c><00:49:48.349><c> nevertheless,</c><00:49:50.010><c> as</c><00:49:50.110><c> the</c><00:49:50.309><c> apostle</c><00:49:50.809><c> reminds</c><00:49:51.469><c> us</c><00:49:52.369><c> at</c><00:49:52.610><c> the</c>

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end<00:49:53.150><c> of</c><00:49:53.309><c> the</c><00:49:53.409><c> twelfth</c><00:49:53.809><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:49:54.929><c> that</c><00:49:55.150><c> letter</c><00:49:55.469><c> to</c><00:49:55.670><c> the</c><00:49:55.849><c> Hebrews,</c><00:49:57.510><c> when</c><00:49:57.670><c> he</c><00:49:57.789><c> says,</c>

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Yes.<00:50:02.670><c> Hebrews</c><00:50:02.949><c> 12</c><00:50:03.630><c> and</c><00:50:04.730><c> verse</c><00:50:05.050><c> 28,</c>

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Wherefore,<00:50:08.409><c> we</c><00:50:08.769><c> receiving</c><00:50:09.190><c> a</c><00:50:09.389><c> kingdom</c><00:50:09.789><c> which</c><00:50:10.110><c> cannot</c><00:50:10.469><c> be</c><00:50:10.809><c> moved,</c><00:50:12.269><c> let</c>

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us<00:50:12.570><c> have</c><00:50:12.849><c> grace</c><00:50:13.570><c> whereby</c><00:50:14.409><c> we</c><00:50:14.849><c> may</c><00:50:15.090><c> serve</c>

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God<00:50:15.929><c> acceptably,</c><00:50:17.389><c> with</c><00:50:17.570><c> reverence</c><00:50:18.349><c> and</c><00:50:18.650><c> godly</c><00:50:19.210><c> fear,</c><00:50:20.449><c> for</c><00:50:20.730><c> our</c><00:50:21.170><c> God</c><00:50:21.730><c> is</c>

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a<00:50:22.730><c> consuming</c><00:50:23.469><c> fire.</c>