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royal<00:11:06.919><c> priesthood.</c><00:11:09.299><c> And</c><00:11:09.440><c> brothers</c><00:11:09.580><c> and</c><00:11:09.840><c> sisters,</c>

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into<00:11:42.519><c> his</c><00:11:42.899><c> marvelous</c><00:11:43.419><c> light.</c><00:11:44.460><c> You</c><00:11:44.580><c> see</c><00:11:44.679><c> the</c><00:11:44.899><c> echoes</c><00:11:45.139><c> of</c><00:11:45.379><c> Egypt.</c><00:11:46.320><c> Peter</c>

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Peter's<00:12:00.580><c> using</c><00:12:00.840><c> the</c><00:12:01.080><c> same</c><00:12:01.399><c> theme</c><00:12:01.720><c> and</c><00:12:01.899><c> the</c><00:12:02.080><c> same</c>

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context,<00:12:03.500><c> verse</c><00:12:03.759><c> 10.</c><00:12:05.039><c> Those</c><00:12:05.279><c> who</c><00:12:05.480><c> are</c><00:12:05.600><c> to</c><00:12:05.740><c> be</c><00:12:05.879><c> this</c><00:12:06.200><c> royal</c><00:12:06.720><c> priesthood</c><00:12:07.299><c> are</c>

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to<00:12:07.700><c> see</c><00:12:07.879><c> that</c><00:12:08.080><c> in</c><00:12:08.220><c> verse</c><00:12:08.440><c> 10,</c>

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people<00:12:14.200><c> of</c><00:12:14.480><c> God,</c><00:12:15.320><c> which</c><00:12:15.500><c> had</c><00:12:15.799><c> not</c><00:12:16.100><c> obtained</c><00:12:16.500><c> mercy,</c>

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but<00:12:17.320><c> now</c><00:12:17.700><c> have</c><00:12:18.120><c> obtained</c><00:12:18.500><c> mercy.</c><00:12:19.179><c> We</c><00:12:19.379><c> have</c><00:12:19.659><c> echoes</c><00:12:19.919><c> here</c><00:12:20.279><c> back</c>

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that<00:12:24.779><c> you</c><00:12:24.980><c> are</c><00:12:25.259><c> no</c><00:12:25.600><c> longer</c><00:12:26.080><c> my</c><00:12:26.700><c> people,</c><00:12:27.720><c> but</c><00:12:27.860><c> then</c><00:12:28.039><c> the</c><00:12:28.139><c> language</c><00:12:28.440><c> of</c><00:12:28.700><c> Hosea,</c><00:12:29.120><c> that</c><00:12:29.220><c> eventually</c><00:12:29.580><c> they</c><00:12:29.840><c> would</c><00:12:30.059><c> be</c>

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it's<00:12:45.559><c> something</c><00:12:45.860><c> that's</c><00:12:46.220><c> relevant</c><00:12:46.500><c> to</c><00:12:46.720><c> the</c><00:12:46.919><c> present,</c><00:12:47.899><c> obvious</c><00:12:48.379><c> by</c><00:12:48.860><c> the</c>

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nine.<00:12:52.519><c> So</c><00:12:52.740><c> then</c><00:12:52.919><c> brothers</c><00:12:53.159><c> and</c><00:12:53.440><c> sisters</c><00:12:53.740><c> are</c><00:12:53.919><c> to</c><00:12:54.100><c> see</c><00:12:54.240><c> themselves</c><00:12:54.639><c> that</c><00:12:55.019><c> way.</c><00:12:56.620><c> Now</c><00:12:56.799><c> let's</c><00:12:56.919><c> do</c>

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way,<00:13:16.080><c> think</c><00:13:16.279><c> about</c><00:13:16.799><c> how</c><00:13:17.440><c> the</c><00:13:17.820><c> Israelites</c><00:13:18.179><c> would</c><00:13:18.500><c> try</c>

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it<00:13:49.159><c> was</c><00:13:49.340><c> of</c><00:13:49.559><c> course</c><00:13:49.820><c> in</c><00:13:50.080><c> a</c><00:13:50.240><c> temporary</c><00:13:50.620><c> sense,</c>

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clue,<00:14:04.740><c> that</c><00:14:05.000><c> sisters</c><00:14:05.419><c> were</c>

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even<00:14:27.320><c> that</c><00:14:27.639><c> answer,</c><00:14:28.720><c> and</c><00:14:29.159><c> the</c><00:14:29.440><c> clue</c><00:14:29.639><c> brothers</c><00:14:29.960><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:14:30.500><c> was</c><00:14:31.019><c> that</c><00:14:31.639><c> later</c><00:14:32.000><c> on</c><00:14:32.279><c> in</c><00:14:32.440><c> the</c><00:14:32.539><c> giving</c><00:14:32.720><c> of</c><00:14:32.919><c> the</c><00:14:33.159><c> laws</c><00:14:33.519><c> to</c><00:14:33.879><c> Israel,</c><00:14:36.059><c> the</c><00:14:36.240><c> Jews</c><00:14:36.480><c> were</c><00:14:36.820><c> told</c><00:14:37.179><c> of</c><00:14:37.379><c> a</c>

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law<00:14:37.840><c> called</c>

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explore<00:14:43.240><c> the</c><00:14:43.480><c> law</c><00:14:43.899><c> of</c><00:14:44.159><c> the</c><00:14:44.320><c> Nazarite</c><00:14:44.779><c> in</c><00:14:44.919><c> any</c>

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detail,<00:14:45.860><c> but</c><00:14:46.000><c> we're</c><00:14:46.139><c> going</c><00:14:46.240><c> to</c><00:14:46.399><c> very</c><00:14:46.720><c> briefly</c><00:14:47.100><c> right</c><00:14:47.399><c> now</c><00:14:47.980><c> highlight</c><00:14:48.480><c> some</c><00:14:48.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:49.200><c> details</c><00:14:49.659><c> of</c><00:14:49.980><c> the</c><00:14:50.139><c> law</c><00:14:50.320><c> of</c><00:14:50.440><c> the</c>

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Nazarite<00:14:51.159><c> as</c><00:14:51.480><c> it</c><00:14:51.779><c> serves</c><00:14:52.000><c> our</c><00:14:52.279><c> purpose.</c><00:14:53.360><c> The</c><00:14:53.580><c> law</c><00:14:53.940><c> of</c><00:14:54.179><c> the</c><00:14:54.460><c> Nazarite</c><00:14:55.759><c> helped</c><00:14:56.279><c> Jews,</c><00:14:57.559><c> men</c>

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and<00:14:57.879><c> women,</c><00:14:59.360><c> and</c><00:14:59.539><c> those</c><00:14:59.899><c> not</c>

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of<00:15:00.500><c> the</c><00:15:00.700><c> tribe</c><00:15:00.980><c> of</c><00:15:01.259><c> Levi,</c><00:15:01.799><c> and</c><00:15:02.080><c> not</c><00:15:02.360><c> of</c><00:15:02.580><c> the</c><00:15:02.799><c> tribe</c><00:15:03.000><c> of</c><00:15:03.259><c> Judah,</c>

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to<00:15:04.080><c> understand</c><00:15:05.159><c> that</c><00:15:05.860><c> they</c><00:15:06.019><c> were</c><00:15:06.299><c> all</c><00:15:06.679><c> to</c><00:15:06.899><c> see</c>

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themselves<00:15:07.620><c> as</c><00:15:08.120><c> having</c><00:15:08.320><c> a</c><00:15:08.600><c> priestly</c><00:15:08.899><c> calling,</c><00:15:09.840><c> no</c><00:15:09.919><c> matter</c><00:15:10.019><c> what</c><00:15:10.299><c> tribe</c><00:15:10.500><c> they</c><00:15:10.620><c> were</c><00:15:10.840><c> from,</c><00:15:11.740><c> and</c><00:15:11.940><c> no</c>

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matter<00:15:12.200><c> whether</c>

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they<00:15:12.480><c> were</c><00:15:12.659><c> male</c><00:15:12.840><c> or</c><00:15:13.019><c> female.</c><00:15:14.100><c> How</c><00:15:14.480><c> would</c><00:15:14.600><c> that</c><00:15:14.840><c> be?</c><00:15:16.240><c> Well</c><00:15:16.519><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:15:16.820><c> to</c><00:15:16.940><c> use</c><00:15:17.039><c> the</c><00:15:17.340><c> overhead.</c><00:15:18.200><c> You</c><00:15:18.379><c> may</c><00:15:18.580><c> want</c><00:15:18.740><c> to</c>

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write<00:15:19.019><c> down</c><00:15:19.220><c> the</c><00:15:19.480><c> passages.</c><00:15:19.940><c> If</c><00:15:20.080><c> you're</c><00:15:20.259><c> not</c><00:15:20.480><c> familiar</c><00:15:20.840><c> with</c>

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these<00:15:21.240><c> contexts,</c><00:15:22.379><c> we</c><00:15:22.480><c> can</c><00:15:22.659><c> talk</c><00:15:22.919><c> about</c><00:15:23.080><c> them</c><00:15:23.259><c> perhaps</c>

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in<00:15:23.840><c> the</c><00:15:24.059><c> question</c><00:15:24.299><c> and</c><00:15:24.460><c> answer</c><00:15:24.659><c> period</c><00:15:24.960><c> later</c><00:15:25.220><c> in</c><00:15:25.360><c> the</c><00:15:25.480><c> week.</c>

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there<00:15:32.360><c> was</c><00:15:32.879><c> a</c><00:15:33.200><c> law</c><00:15:33.539><c> of</c><00:15:33.899><c> the</c><00:15:34.120><c> Nazarite</c><00:15:34.600><c> contained</c><00:15:35.200><c> in</c><00:15:35.399><c> Numbers</c>

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chapter<00:15:36.320><c> 6,</c><00:15:37.940><c> and</c><00:15:38.120><c> as</c><00:15:38.440><c> one</c><00:15:38.620><c> looks</c><00:15:38.879><c> at</c><00:15:39.120><c> the</c>

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details<00:15:39.759><c> of</c><00:15:40.100><c> the</c><00:15:40.240><c> law</c><00:15:40.600><c> of</c><00:15:40.840><c> the</c><00:15:41.000><c> Nazarite,</c><00:15:42.139><c> one</c><00:15:42.399><c> discovers</c><00:15:43.159><c> that</c><00:15:44.100><c> what</c><00:15:44.399><c> is</c>

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said<00:15:44.919><c> about</c><00:15:45.220><c> the</c><00:15:45.480><c> calling</c><00:15:45.740><c> of</c><00:15:45.940><c> the</c><00:15:46.120><c> Nazarite,</c>

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which<00:15:47.240><c> was</c><00:15:47.480><c> voluntary,</c><00:15:49.419><c> runs</c><00:15:49.639><c> very</c><00:15:50.240><c> similar</c><00:15:50.759><c> to</c><00:15:51.120><c> the</c><00:15:51.379><c> calling</c>

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of<00:15:51.840><c> the</c><00:15:52.019><c> priesthood.</c>

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restrictions<00:16:00.480><c> that</c><00:16:00.840><c> were</c><00:16:00.980><c> to</c><00:16:01.100><c> be</c><00:16:01.240><c> put</c><00:16:01.379><c> on</c><00:16:01.519><c> his</c><00:16:01.820><c> life</c><00:16:02.200><c> if</c><00:16:02.600><c> he</c><00:16:02.980><c> accepted</c><00:16:03.279><c> it</c>

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voluntarily<00:16:04.379><c> were</c><00:16:05.120><c> similar</c><00:16:05.600><c> to</c><00:16:05.840><c> the</c>

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restrictions<00:16:06.559><c> and</c><00:16:06.840><c> the</c><00:16:07.059><c> constraints</c><00:16:07.559><c> and</c><00:16:08.120><c> the</c><00:16:08.460><c> behavior</c><00:16:08.860><c> code</c><00:16:09.259><c> for</c>

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the<00:16:09.840><c> high</c><00:16:10.080><c> priest.</c><00:16:11.220><c> And</c><00:16:11.419><c> you'll</c><00:16:11.580><c> see</c><00:16:11.740><c> the</c>

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I<00:16:12.419><c> think</c><00:16:12.700><c> by</c><00:16:12.960><c> and</c><00:16:13.179><c> by.</c><00:16:14.139><c> Let's</c><00:16:14.320><c> do</c><00:16:14.519><c> a</c><00:16:14.759><c> comparison</c><00:16:15.139><c> quickly.</c><00:16:16.740><c> First</c><00:16:16.899><c> of</c>

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all,<00:16:17.139><c> on</c><00:16:17.279><c> the</c><00:16:17.419><c> left</c><00:16:17.620><c> side</c><00:16:17.860><c> of</c><00:16:18.000><c> the</c><00:16:18.220><c> overhead,</c>

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the<00:16:19.100><c> high</c><00:16:19.440><c> priest</c><00:16:19.919><c> was</c><00:16:20.419><c> to</c><00:16:20.600><c> see</c><00:16:20.720><c> that</c><00:16:20.879><c> his</c><00:16:21.159><c> role</c><00:16:21.320><c> was</c><00:16:21.519><c> a</c><00:16:21.679><c> full</c>

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-time<00:16:22.279><c> servant</c><00:16:22.559><c> of</c><00:16:22.740><c> God,</c><00:16:23.399><c> and</c><00:16:23.500><c> thus</c><00:16:23.720><c> he</c><00:16:23.799><c> was</c><00:16:24.000><c> to</c><00:16:24.120><c> be</c>

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separate<00:16:24.559><c> from</c><00:16:24.779><c> other</c><00:16:24.980><c> men.</c><00:16:25.679><c> And</c><00:16:25.820><c> there's</c><00:16:25.980><c> a</c><00:16:26.080><c> few</c><00:16:26.240><c> passages</c>

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that<00:16:27.039><c> help</c><00:16:27.159><c> to</c><00:16:27.419><c> show</c><00:16:27.539><c> that.</c><00:16:28.379><c> Leviticus</c><00:16:28.820><c> 10,</c><00:16:29.179><c> Numbers</c><00:16:29.460><c> 18.</c>

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what<00:16:36.500><c> is</c><00:16:36.840><c> stressed</c><00:16:37.100><c> immediately</c><00:16:37.759><c> is</c><00:16:38.100><c> that</c>

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it<00:16:38.320><c> was</c><00:16:38.460><c> a</c><00:16:38.659><c> role</c><00:16:38.879><c> also</c><00:16:39.500><c> of</c><00:16:39.879><c> separation.</c><00:16:41.820><c> But</c><00:16:42.000><c> significantly,</c>

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in<00:16:43.519><c> the</c><00:16:43.740><c> law</c><00:16:44.059><c> of</c><00:16:44.299><c> the</c><00:16:44.519><c> Nazarite,</c><00:16:45.240><c> Numbers</c><00:16:45.679><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.139><c> 6</c>

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verse<00:16:47.019><c> 1,</c><00:16:48.460><c> it</c><00:16:48.600><c> was</c><00:16:48.820><c> an</c><00:16:49.179><c> invitation</c><00:16:49.940><c> to</c><00:16:50.399><c> both</c><00:16:50.779><c> male</c><00:16:51.299><c> and</c><00:16:51.940><c> female.</c><00:16:52.860><c> Now</c><00:16:53.100><c> watch</c><00:16:53.299><c> that.</c><00:16:55.080><c> One</c><00:16:55.279><c> could</c><00:16:55.539><c> be</c>

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teach<00:17:01.700><c> them.</c><00:17:02.240><c> Yes,</c><00:17:02.639><c> there</c><00:17:02.779><c> was</c><00:17:03.000><c> separation,</c>

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but<00:17:04.039><c> more</c><00:17:04.339><c> than</c><00:17:04.619><c> that.</c><00:17:05.380><c> As</c><00:17:05.420><c> one</c><00:17:05.579><c> goes</c><00:17:05.819><c> down</c><00:17:06.119><c> through</c><00:17:06.319><c> the</c><00:17:06.539><c> points,</c><00:17:06.880><c> notice</c><00:17:07.180><c> the</c>

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comparisons<00:17:08.039><c> with</c><00:17:08.759><c> the</c><00:17:08.980><c> high</c>

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priest.<00:17:10.720><c> See</c><00:17:10.880><c> if</c><00:17:11.000><c> I</c><00:17:11.099><c> can</c><00:17:11.319><c> remember</c><00:17:11.660><c> to</c><00:17:11.859><c> keep</c><00:17:12.019><c> pulling</c><00:17:12.240><c> this</c><00:17:12.460><c> up.</c><00:17:13.839><c> Number</c><00:17:14.180><c> two,</c><00:17:14.599><c> for</c><00:17:14.759><c> the</c><00:17:14.940><c> high</c><00:17:15.220><c> priest</c><00:17:15.539><c> on</c>

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the<00:17:15.859><c> left</c>

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side<00:17:16.299><c> of</c><00:17:16.440><c> the</c><00:17:16.619><c> overhead,</c><00:17:17.319><c> there</c><00:17:17.359><c> were</c><00:17:17.539><c> a</c><00:17:17.599><c> number</c><00:17:17.799><c> of</c><00:17:18.059><c> severe</c>

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restrictions<00:17:18.900><c> on</c><00:17:19.099><c> his</c><00:17:19.279><c> liberty</c><00:17:19.700><c> from</c><00:17:20.420><c> intoxicants,</c>

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for<00:17:21.440><c> example,</c><00:17:21.819><c> while</c><00:17:22.039><c> serving</c><00:17:22.299><c> in</c><00:17:22.460><c> the</c><00:17:22.640><c> temple.</c><00:17:24.180><c> Likewise,</c>

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for<00:17:25.000><c> the</c><00:17:25.180><c> Nazarite,</c><00:17:25.839><c> for</c><00:17:26.000><c> the</c><00:17:26.160><c> brother</c><00:17:26.380><c> or</c><00:17:26.579><c> sister</c><00:17:26.960><c> who</c>

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volunteered<00:17:27.940><c> to</c><00:17:28.480><c> be</c><00:17:28.759><c> such,</c><00:17:29.539><c> there</c><00:17:29.619><c> were</c><00:17:29.940><c> restrictions</c><00:17:30.500><c> on</c><00:17:30.759><c> his</c><00:17:30.940><c> or</c>

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her<00:17:31.339><c> liberty</c><00:17:31.700><c> in</c><00:17:32.019><c> a</c><00:17:32.220><c> similar</c><00:17:32.500><c> way.</c><00:17:33.259><c> For</c>

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example,<00:17:33.980><c> they</c><00:17:34.119><c> too</c><00:17:34.480><c> were</c><00:17:34.920><c> prohibited</c><00:17:35.420><c> from</c><00:17:36.000><c> intoxicants</c><00:17:36.819><c> or</c>

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from<00:17:37.460><c> eating</c><00:17:37.720><c> even</c><00:17:38.160><c> the</c><00:17:38.380><c> fruit</c><00:17:38.480><c> of</c><00:17:38.660><c> the</c><00:17:38.839><c> vine.</c>

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Couldn't<00:17:40.980><c> help</c><00:17:41.259><c> to</c><00:17:41.539><c> see</c><00:17:41.779><c> the</c><00:17:42.059><c> comparison</c><00:17:42.559><c> between</c><00:17:42.960><c> that</c><00:17:43.359><c> role</c>

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and<00:17:44.279><c> that</c><00:17:44.480><c> of</c><00:17:44.640><c> the</c><00:17:44.740><c> high</c><00:17:44.960><c> priest.</c><00:17:45.839><c> Number</c><00:17:46.039><c> three,</c>

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under<00:17:48.160><c> the</c><00:17:48.420><c> high</c><00:17:48.680><c> priest's</c><00:17:49.140><c> heading,</c><00:17:49.440><c> he</c><00:17:49.579><c> was</c><00:17:49.779><c> not</c><00:17:49.960><c> allowed</c>

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to<00:17:50.440><c> shave</c><00:17:50.539><c> his</c><00:17:50.880><c> head.</c><00:17:51.799><c> In</c><00:17:51.960><c> the</c><00:17:52.140><c> case</c><00:17:52.299><c> of</c><00:17:52.480><c> the</c><00:17:52.660><c> Nazarite,</c>

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lo<00:17:53.779><c> and</c><00:17:53.920><c> behold,</c><00:17:54.480><c> they</c><00:17:54.660><c> were</c><00:17:54.880><c> not</c><00:17:55.099><c> allowed</c><00:17:55.319><c> to</c><00:17:55.599><c> cut</c><00:17:56.019><c> his</c><00:17:56.420><c> or</c><00:17:56.640><c> her</c><00:17:56.940><c> hair.</c><00:17:58.099><c> Number</c><00:17:58.500><c> four,</c><00:17:59.460><c> if</c>

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a<00:17:59.839><c> high</c><00:18:00.099><c> priest</c><00:18:00.380><c> was</c>

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serving<00:18:01.240><c> in</c><00:18:01.900><c> the</c><00:18:02.119><c> tabernacle,</c><00:18:02.759><c> they</c><00:18:03.039><c> were</c><00:18:03.279><c> not</c><00:18:03.480><c> to</c><00:18:03.700><c> leave</c><00:18:03.859><c> and</c>

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become<00:18:04.339><c> defiled</c><00:18:04.880><c> by</c><00:18:05.119><c> the</c><00:18:05.279><c> dead.</c><00:18:05.440><c> They</c><00:18:05.579><c> couldn't</c><00:18:05.759><c> go</c>

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to<00:18:06.059><c> a</c><00:18:06.180><c> funeral.</c><00:18:07.940><c> But</c><00:18:08.299><c> likewise,</c><00:18:08.819><c> number</c><00:18:09.200><c> four,</c><00:18:09.779><c> for</c><00:18:09.960><c> the</c><00:18:10.119><c> Nazarite,</c><00:18:11.259><c> if</c>

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bereaved<00:18:12.160><c> while</c><00:18:12.339><c> under</c><00:18:12.619><c> the</c><00:18:12.839><c> vow,</c>

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they<00:18:13.420><c> were</c><00:18:13.680><c> not</c><00:18:13.839><c> to</c><00:18:14.019><c> come</c><00:18:14.200><c> close</c><00:18:14.480><c> to</c><00:18:14.660><c> a</c><00:18:14.799><c> dead</c><00:18:14.960><c> body.</c><00:18:15.380><c> They</c><00:18:15.579><c> couldn't</c><00:18:15.799><c> go</c><00:18:16.039><c> to</c><00:18:16.160><c> a</c><00:18:16.220><c> funeral.</c>

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Number<00:18:18.480><c> five,</c><00:18:19.200><c> as</c><00:18:19.339><c> another</c><00:18:19.640><c> touchstone</c><00:18:20.140><c> between</c><00:18:20.480><c> these</c><00:18:20.819><c> two</c>

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roles,<00:18:21.980><c> in</c><00:18:22.140><c> the</c><00:18:22.339><c> case</c><00:18:22.500><c> of</c><00:18:22.680><c> the</c><00:18:22.799><c> high</c><00:18:23.039><c> priest,</c>

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he<00:18:24.160><c> was</c><00:18:24.339><c> to</c><00:18:24.460><c> be</c><00:18:24.700><c> alert</c><00:18:24.920><c> to</c><00:18:25.039><c> that</c><00:18:25.259><c> which</c><00:18:25.380><c> was</c><00:18:25.680><c> holy</c><00:18:25.960><c> and</c><00:18:26.279><c> clean</c>

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and<00:18:26.819><c> opposed</c><00:18:27.319><c> to</c><00:18:27.799><c> that</c><00:18:27.980><c> which</c><00:18:28.160><c> was</c><00:18:28.500><c> unholy</c><00:18:28.900><c> or</c>

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unclean.<00:18:30.640><c> But</c><00:18:30.720><c> for</c><00:18:30.920><c> the</c><00:18:31.099><c> brother</c><00:18:31.279><c> or</c><00:18:31.559><c> sister</c><00:18:31.859><c> in</c><00:18:32.039><c> Israel</c><00:18:32.519><c> that</c>

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voluntarily<00:18:33.619><c> became</c><00:18:34.259><c> a</c><00:18:34.559><c> Nazarite,</c>

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they<00:18:35.940><c> too</c><00:18:36.240><c> were</c><00:18:36.440><c> to</c><00:18:36.619><c> avoid</c><00:18:36.960><c> any</c><00:18:37.299><c> voluntary</c><00:18:37.720><c> action</c><00:18:38.180><c> that</c><00:18:38.319><c> would</c><00:18:38.519><c> make</c>

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him<00:18:38.900><c> or</c><00:18:39.019><c> her</c><00:18:39.200><c> unclean.</c>

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Number<00:18:41.460><c> six,</c><00:18:43.059><c> the</c><00:18:43.259><c> high</c><00:18:43.500><c> priest</c><00:18:44.259><c> were</c><00:18:45.019><c> to</c><00:18:45.160><c> be</c><00:18:45.380><c> examples</c><00:18:45.940><c> of</c><00:18:46.759><c> holiness.</c><00:18:48.700><c> In</c>

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the<00:18:48.980><c> case</c><00:18:49.180><c> of</c><00:18:49.339><c> the</c><00:18:49.500><c> Nazarite,</c>

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they<00:18:50.319><c> were</c><00:18:50.579><c> told</c><00:18:51.059><c> that</c><00:18:51.500><c> as</c><00:18:51.720><c> brother</c><00:18:52.000><c> or</c><00:18:52.359><c> sister</c><00:18:52.819><c> accepting</c><00:18:53.319><c> that</c><00:18:53.720><c> role,</c><00:18:54.299><c> they</c><00:18:54.500><c> were</c><00:18:54.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:55.440><c> holy</c><00:18:56.000><c> unto</c><00:18:56.380><c> the</c><00:18:56.619><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:58.140><c> most</c><00:18:58.619><c> significantly,</c><00:18:59.839><c> notice</c><00:19:00.180><c> this,</c><00:19:01.180><c> in</c><00:19:01.220><c> the</c><00:19:01.420><c> case</c><00:19:01.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:01.940><c> high</c><00:19:02.220><c> priest</c><00:19:02.619><c> on</c><00:19:02.799><c> the</c><00:19:02.940><c> left</c><00:19:03.140><c> side</c><00:19:03.440><c> column,</c>

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he<00:19:04.880><c> was</c><00:19:05.079><c> to</c><00:19:05.220><c> be</c><00:19:05.500><c> distinguished</c><00:19:06.059><c> by</c><00:19:06.339><c> what</c><00:19:06.460><c> was</c><00:19:06.779><c> called</c><00:19:07.039><c> the</c><00:19:07.319><c> crown</c><00:19:07.779><c> that</c><00:19:07.980><c> he</c>

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was<00:19:08.299><c> to</c><00:19:08.519><c> wear.</c><00:19:09.059><c> The</c><00:19:09.240><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:09.500><c> word</c><00:19:09.839><c> is</c>

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nezer,<00:19:10.980><c> N</c><00:19:11.539><c>-E</c><00:19:11.799><c>-Z</c><00:19:12.259><c>-E</c><00:19:12.759><c>-R,</c><00:19:13.440><c> the</c><00:19:13.640><c> crown</c><00:19:14.039><c> or</c><00:19:14.259><c> the</c><00:19:14.480><c> nezer</c><00:19:14.859><c> of</c><00:19:15.220><c> his</c><00:19:15.539><c> anointing</c><00:19:16.019><c> as</c><00:19:16.220><c> high</c><00:19:16.519><c> priest.</c><00:19:17.480><c> But</c><00:19:17.660><c> lo</c>

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and<00:19:17.900><c> behold,</c>

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brothers<00:19:18.700><c> and</c><00:19:18.960><c> sisters,</c><00:19:20.299><c> in</c><00:19:20.460><c> our</c><00:19:20.720><c> seventh</c><00:19:21.059><c> point</c><00:19:21.559><c> under</c><00:19:21.819><c> the</c>

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Nazarite,<00:19:23.559><c> they</c><00:19:23.799><c> were</c><00:19:24.000><c> to</c><00:19:24.140><c> be</c><00:19:24.460><c> distinguished</c><00:19:24.880><c> by</c>

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their<00:19:25.339><c> unshaven</c><00:19:26.059><c> hair,</c><00:19:26.920><c> which</c><00:19:27.079><c> was</c><00:19:27.380><c> regarded</c><00:19:27.819><c> as</c><00:19:28.440><c> his</c><00:19:28.799><c> or</c><00:19:29.299><c> her</c>

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crown.<00:19:31.079><c> Same</c><00:19:31.440><c> word</c><00:19:31.900><c> as</c><00:19:32.380><c> used</c><00:19:32.680><c> for</c><00:19:32.859><c> the</c><00:19:33.039><c> high</c><00:19:33.299><c> priest,</c>

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the<00:19:34.319><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:34.640><c> word</c><00:19:35.339><c> nezer.</c><00:19:37.180><c> Both</c><00:19:37.700><c> high</c><00:19:38.200><c> priest</c><00:19:38.660><c> and</c><00:19:39.380><c> Nazarite</c>

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had<00:19:40.480><c> a</c><00:19:40.779><c> crown,</c><00:19:41.599><c> exactly</c><00:19:42.240><c> the</c><00:19:42.579><c> same</c><00:19:42.940><c> word</c>

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to<00:19:43.940><c> describe</c><00:19:44.519><c> their</c><00:19:44.839><c> distinguished</c><00:19:45.599><c> symbol</c><00:19:46.259><c> of</c><00:19:46.640><c> office.</c><00:19:49.180><c> Then</c><00:19:49.859><c> in</c>

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that<00:19:51.039><c> basis,</c>

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the<00:19:53.359><c> brother</c><00:19:53.900><c> or</c><00:19:54.359><c> sister,</c><00:19:55.200><c> not</c><00:19:55.299><c> of</c><00:19:55.480><c> the</c><00:19:55.700><c> tribe</c><00:19:55.900><c> of</c><00:19:56.160><c> Judah,</c><00:19:57.140><c> not</c>

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of<00:19:57.579><c> the</c><00:19:57.759><c> tribe</c><00:19:57.980><c> of</c><00:19:58.240><c> Levi,</c><00:19:59.519><c> the</c><00:19:59.799><c> sister</c><00:20:00.140><c> especially</c>

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who<00:20:00.960><c> might</c><00:20:01.119><c> have</c><00:20:01.359><c> pondered</c><00:20:01.779><c> the</c><00:20:02.079><c> calling</c><00:20:02.359><c> of</c><00:20:02.619><c> Exodus</c><00:20:02.880><c> 19,</c><00:20:04.079><c> had</c>

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a<00:20:04.519><c> clue</c><00:20:04.859><c> that</c><00:20:05.460><c> within</c><00:20:05.799><c> the</c><00:20:06.079><c> law,</c><00:20:06.619><c> there</c><00:20:06.680><c> was</c>

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the<00:20:07.160><c> voluntary</c><00:20:07.700><c> call</c><00:20:08.140><c> to</c><00:20:08.339><c> be</c><00:20:08.480><c> a</c><00:20:08.680><c> Nazarite,</c><00:20:09.480><c> which</c><00:20:09.660><c> was</c><00:20:09.900><c> a</c><00:20:10.180><c> priestly</c><00:20:10.559><c> calling,</c><00:20:12.000><c> not</c>

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only<00:20:12.519><c> to</c><00:20:12.700><c> the</c><00:20:12.880><c> brethren,</c>

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but<00:20:13.519><c> also</c><00:20:13.799><c> to</c><00:20:13.980><c> the</c><00:20:14.140><c> sisters,</c><00:20:15.779><c> not</c><00:20:16.000><c> only</c><00:20:16.140><c> to</c><00:20:16.319><c> those</c><00:20:16.519><c> who</c><00:20:16.720><c> are</c><00:20:16.859><c> of</c>

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Levi,<00:20:17.880><c> but</c><00:20:18.000><c> to</c><00:20:18.160><c> anybody</c><00:20:18.500><c> of</c><00:20:18.799><c> any</c><00:20:19.079><c> tribe.</c>

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You<00:20:20.880><c> see</c><00:20:21.160><c> then,</c><00:20:21.880><c> the</c><00:20:22.039><c> law</c><00:20:22.339><c> provided</c><00:20:22.940><c> an</c><00:20:23.259><c> interpretive</c><00:20:23.799><c> clue</c>

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as<00:20:24.980><c> to</c><00:20:25.140><c> how</c><00:20:25.519><c> pervasive,</c>

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how<00:20:27.660><c> generalized</c><00:20:28.339><c> Exodus</c><00:20:28.819><c> 19</c><00:20:29.460><c> was</c><00:20:29.700><c> in</c><00:20:29.920><c> fact</c><00:20:30.039><c> to</c><00:20:30.240><c> be</c><00:20:30.440><c> understood.</c><00:20:32.940><c> What</c><00:20:33.039><c> we're</c><00:20:33.240><c> doing</c><00:20:33.420><c> then</c>

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is<00:20:33.960><c> just</c><00:20:34.240><c> very</c>

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briefly<00:20:34.920><c> exploring</c><00:20:35.619><c> some</c><00:20:35.960><c> of</c><00:20:36.119><c> the</c><00:20:36.200><c> implications</c><00:20:36.839><c> of</c><00:20:37.900><c> the</c><00:20:38.319><c> calling</c><00:20:38.799><c> to</c>

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priesthood.<00:20:39.799><c> Now</c><00:20:39.940><c> let's</c><00:20:40.059><c> go</c><00:20:40.240><c> one</c><00:20:40.480><c> step</c><00:20:40.700><c> further.</c>

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Turn<00:20:42.619><c> to</c><00:20:43.559><c> Hebrews</c><00:20:44.039><c> chapter</c><00:20:44.740><c> 5,</c><00:20:45.240><c> if</c><00:20:45.400><c> you</c><00:20:45.599><c> would.</c>

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It's<00:20:48.559><c> a</c><00:20:48.720><c> comment</c><00:20:49.099><c> on</c><00:20:49.480><c> the</c><00:20:49.720><c> law</c><00:20:50.619><c> concerning</c><00:20:52.059><c> priesthood.</c>

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It<00:20:55.920><c> puts</c><00:20:56.200><c> its</c><00:20:56.500><c> finger</c><00:20:56.940><c> on</c><00:20:57.380><c> a</c><00:20:57.680><c> very</c><00:20:57.940><c> important</c><00:20:58.519><c> truth</c><00:20:59.000><c> that</c><00:20:59.440><c> we</c>

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could<00:20:59.839><c> gather</c><00:21:00.200><c> from</c><00:21:00.460><c> the</c><00:21:00.660><c> law,</c>

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but<00:21:01.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:21:01.720><c> 5</c><00:21:02.240><c> makes</c><00:21:02.519><c> it</c><00:21:02.759><c> rather</c><00:21:02.960><c> quick</c><00:21:03.299><c> and</c><00:21:03.619><c> short.</c>

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Hebrews<00:21:06.740><c> chapter</c><00:21:07.160><c> 5</c><00:21:08.619><c> says</c><00:21:09.960><c> the</c><00:21:10.200><c> apostle,</c><00:21:10.900><c> verse</c><00:21:11.220><c> 1,</c>

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for<00:21:13.160><c> every</c><00:21:14.059><c> high</c><00:21:14.640><c> priest</c><00:21:15.380><c> taken</c><00:21:16.960><c> from</c><00:21:17.299><c> among</c><00:21:17.640><c> men</c><00:21:18.420><c> is</c><00:21:19.160><c> ordained</c><00:21:19.880><c> for</c><00:21:20.359><c> men</c>

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in<00:21:21.500><c> things</c><00:21:21.799><c> pertaining</c><00:21:22.299><c> to</c><00:21:22.599><c> God,</c>

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that<00:21:23.640><c> he</c><00:21:23.819><c> may</c><00:21:24.079><c> offer</c><00:21:24.660><c> both</c><00:21:25.220><c> gifts</c><00:21:25.579><c> and</c><00:21:26.160><c> sacrifices</c><00:21:26.740><c> for</c><00:21:27.220><c> sins,</c>

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who<00:21:29.299><c> can</c><00:21:29.599><c> have</c><00:21:29.960><c> compassion</c><00:21:30.680><c> on</c><00:21:31.059><c> the</c><00:21:31.420><c> ignorant</c>

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and<00:21:32.660><c> on</c><00:21:32.900><c> them</c><00:21:33.240><c> that</c><00:21:33.480><c> are</c><00:21:33.799><c> out</c><00:21:34.059><c> of</c><00:21:34.259><c> the</c><00:21:34.420><c> way,</c><00:21:35.460><c> for</c><00:21:36.180><c> that</c><00:21:37.339><c> he</c><00:21:38.299><c> himself</c><00:21:39.319><c> also</c>

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is<00:21:42.099><c> compassed</c><00:21:43.079><c> with</c><00:21:43.579><c> infirmity,</c>

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and<00:21:45.539><c> by</c><00:21:45.900><c> reason</c><00:21:46.240><c> hereof</c><00:21:46.819><c> he</c><00:21:47.160><c> ought,</c><00:21:47.839><c> as</c><00:21:48.140><c> for</c><00:21:48.279><c> the</c><00:21:48.440><c> people,</c><00:21:49.119><c> so</c>

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also<00:21:49.779><c> for</c><00:21:50.000><c> himself,</c><00:21:50.960><c> to</c><00:21:51.359><c> offer</c><00:21:51.680><c> for</c><00:21:52.000><c> sins.</c>

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Now<00:21:53.720><c> here's</c><00:21:53.980><c> a</c><00:21:54.180><c> rather</c><00:21:54.519><c> insightful</c><00:21:55.200><c> touch.</c><00:21:56.900><c> In</c><00:21:57.500><c> mentioning</c>

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the<00:21:58.259><c> principles</c><00:21:58.660><c> governing</c><00:21:59.160><c> priesthood,</c>

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an<00:22:00.339><c> outstanding</c><00:22:01.119><c> New</c><00:22:01.440><c> Testament</c><00:22:01.920><c> point</c><00:22:02.400><c> is</c><00:22:03.039><c> that</c><00:22:04.099><c> the</c><00:22:04.460><c> priests</c><00:22:04.720><c> under</c>

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the<00:22:05.339><c> law</c><00:22:06.019><c> were</c><00:22:06.480><c> weak,</c>

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that<00:22:07.839><c> is</c><00:22:08.259><c> humanly</c><00:22:08.940><c> weak.</c><00:22:09.839><c> They</c><00:22:10.059><c> were</c><00:22:10.500><c> infirmed.</c><00:22:11.559><c> They</c><00:22:11.819><c> were</c>

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sinners.<00:22:13.059><c> They</c><00:22:13.319><c> had</c><00:22:13.559><c> the</c><00:22:13.799><c> same</c><00:22:14.039><c> capacity</c><00:22:14.779><c> to</c><00:22:15.140><c> sin</c>

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and<00:22:15.839><c> to</c><00:22:16.119><c> fail.</c><00:22:16.619><c> They</c><00:22:16.920><c> had</c><00:22:17.180><c> the</c><00:22:17.440><c> same</c><00:22:17.680><c> lapses</c><00:22:18.220><c> in</c><00:22:18.420><c> memory.</c><00:22:20.380><c> They</c>

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were<00:22:20.960><c> humans</c><00:22:21.319><c> with</c><00:22:21.619><c> human</c><00:22:21.980><c> frailties</c><00:22:22.579><c> and</c><00:22:22.779><c> weaknesses.</c>

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Now<00:22:23.779><c> though</c><00:22:23.940><c> they</c><00:22:24.119><c> were</c><00:22:24.339><c> ministers</c><00:22:24.819><c> of</c><00:22:25.079><c> a</c><00:22:25.940><c> holy</c><00:22:26.140><c> calling,</c><00:22:27.319><c> now</c>

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though<00:22:27.640><c> they</c><00:22:27.779><c> were</c><00:22:27.940><c> the</c><00:22:28.200><c> representatives</c><00:22:28.680><c> of</c>

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Yahweh,<00:22:30.460><c> nevertheless</c><00:22:31.119><c> they</c><00:22:32.279><c> were</c><00:22:32.700><c> in</c><00:22:33.000><c> sympathy</c><00:22:33.420><c> with</c><00:22:33.619><c> the</c>

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people<00:22:34.059><c> they</c><00:22:34.240><c> were</c><00:22:34.500><c> serving,</c><00:22:35.759><c> because</c><00:22:35.940><c> they</c>

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themselves<00:22:36.839><c> were</c><00:22:37.160><c> compassed</c><00:22:37.640><c> with</c><00:22:37.759><c> infirmities.</c><00:22:38.960><c> They</c><00:22:39.319><c> too</c>

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failed.<00:22:40.400><c> They</c><00:22:40.779><c> too</c><00:22:41.119><c> needed</c><00:22:42.339><c> an</c><00:22:42.700><c> atonement</c>

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for<00:22:43.180><c> their</c><00:22:43.359><c> own</c><00:22:43.599><c> sins.</c><00:22:44.940><c> A</c><00:22:45.220><c> very</c><00:22:45.640><c> important</c><00:22:46.180><c> point</c><00:22:46.859><c> that</c><00:22:47.319><c> is</c><00:22:47.660><c> developed</c><00:22:48.140><c> here</c><00:22:48.460><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:22:48.960><c> chapter</c><00:22:49.359><c> 5.</c>

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We<00:22:50.119><c> won't</c><00:22:50.279><c> look</c><00:22:50.460><c> at</c><00:22:50.559><c> the</c><00:22:50.819><c> development</c><00:22:51.180><c> so</c><00:22:51.480><c> much</c><00:22:51.759><c> as</c><00:22:52.160><c> to</c><00:22:52.420><c> reflect</c><00:22:52.720><c> on</c><00:22:52.940><c> the</c>

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fact<00:22:53.480><c> that</c><00:22:53.819><c> although</c><00:22:54.019><c> these</c><00:22:54.440><c> priests</c>

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had<00:22:55.720><c> holy</c><00:22:56.079><c> garments,</c><00:22:57.559><c> and</c><00:22:57.579><c> in</c><00:22:57.700><c> the</c><00:22:57.859><c> case</c><00:22:58.039><c> of</c><00:22:58.259><c> the</c><00:22:58.319><c> high</c><00:22:58.559><c> priest</c>

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had<00:22:59.059><c> a</c><00:22:59.279><c> holy</c><00:22:59.480><c> mitre,</c>

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holiness<00:23:00.539><c> unto</c><00:23:00.839><c> Yahweh,</c><00:23:01.420><c> across</c><00:23:01.680><c> the</c><00:23:01.920><c> mitre,</c><00:23:03.660><c> although</c><00:23:03.779><c> that</c>

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was<00:23:04.279><c> true</c><00:23:04.539><c> externally</c><00:23:05.200><c> as</c><00:23:05.579><c> a</c><00:23:05.759><c> symbol,</c>

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internally<00:23:07.119><c> they</c><00:23:07.440><c> were</c><00:23:07.680><c> walking</c><00:23:08.099><c> mortals</c><00:23:08.720><c> with</c><00:23:09.119><c> frailties</c>

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and<00:23:09.880><c> weaknesses,</c><00:23:11.079><c> would</c><00:23:11.140><c> have</c><00:23:11.220><c> been</c><00:23:11.359><c> the</c><00:23:11.480><c> same</c><00:23:11.660><c> of</c><00:23:11.839><c> those</c>

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who<00:23:12.740><c> accepted</c><00:23:13.079><c> voluntarily</c><00:23:13.859><c> to</c><00:23:14.140><c> be</c><00:23:14.279><c> a</c><00:23:14.460><c> Nazarite</c><00:23:14.900><c> for</c><00:23:15.140><c> a</c><00:23:15.240><c> while.</c><00:23:15.819><c> They</c>

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too,<00:23:16.500><c> though</c><00:23:16.700><c> separate</c><00:23:17.079><c> and</c><00:23:17.279><c> though</c><00:23:17.500><c> holy,</c>

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in<00:23:18.359><c> a</c><00:23:18.539><c> sense,</c><00:23:19.220><c> were</c><00:23:19.319><c> nevertheless</c><00:23:19.819><c> infirmed</c><00:23:20.619><c> and</c><00:23:20.960><c> weak.</c><00:23:22.079><c> So</c>

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they<00:23:22.539><c> served</c><00:23:22.900><c> at</c><00:23:23.059><c> the</c><00:23:23.279><c> tabernacle,</c>

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they<00:23:24.480><c> officiated</c><00:23:25.099><c> with</c><00:23:25.400><c> the</c><00:23:25.740><c> sacrifices,</c><00:23:26.799><c> but</c><00:23:26.960><c> they</c><00:23:27.099><c> were</c><00:23:27.359><c> very</c><00:23:27.819><c> much</c><00:23:28.079><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:28.460><c> understood</c><00:23:28.980><c> as</c><00:23:29.700><c> having</c><00:23:29.980><c> frailties</c>

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and<00:23:30.900><c> weaknesses</c><00:23:31.440><c> among</c><00:23:32.200><c> the</c><00:23:32.460><c> people</c><00:23:32.619><c> they</c><00:23:32.779><c> were</c><00:23:33.039><c> serving.</c><00:23:34.680><c> The</c><00:23:34.940><c> law</c><00:23:35.420><c> pointed</c><00:23:35.839><c> this</c><00:23:36.160><c> out</c><00:23:36.359><c> in</c>

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another<00:23:36.859><c> way,</c><00:23:37.539><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:23:37.880><c> sisters,</c><00:23:38.140><c> and</c><00:23:38.259><c> this</c><00:23:38.400><c> is</c><00:23:38.559><c> worth</c><00:23:38.680><c> looking</c><00:23:39.000><c> at.</c><00:23:41.519><c> Under</c><00:23:41.779><c> the</c>

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law<00:23:42.160><c> of</c><00:23:42.400><c> Moses,</c><00:23:42.940><c> when</c><00:23:43.119><c> a</c><00:23:43.359><c> sin</c><00:23:43.519><c> offering</c><00:23:43.900><c> was</c><00:23:44.140><c> to</c><00:23:44.279><c> be</c>

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offered,<00:23:45.880><c> the</c><00:23:46.359><c> priest</c><00:23:46.839><c> was</c><00:23:47.160><c> to</c><00:23:47.460><c> offer</c><00:23:48.220><c> a</c><00:23:48.599><c> bullock,</c><00:23:49.339><c> a</c><00:23:49.640><c> large</c>

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ox<00:23:50.559><c> or</c><00:23:50.900><c> cow,</c><00:23:51.200><c> you</c><00:23:51.319><c> might</c><00:23:51.579><c> say.</c>

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If,<00:23:54.700><c> however,</c><00:23:54.920><c> a</c><00:23:55.200><c> sin</c><00:23:55.339><c> offering</c><00:23:55.779><c> was</c><00:23:56.039><c> to</c><00:23:56.180><c> be</c><00:23:56.440><c> offered</c><00:23:56.819><c> for</c><00:23:57.019><c> the</c>

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whole<00:23:57.700><c> congregation,</c><00:23:58.880><c> that</c><00:23:59.039><c> is</c><00:23:59.180><c> the</c><00:23:59.299><c> whole</c><00:23:59.519><c> nation,</c>

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because<00:24:00.640><c> there</c><00:24:00.799><c> was</c><00:24:00.940><c> a</c><00:24:01.220><c> national</c><00:24:01.759><c> sin</c><00:24:02.220><c> or</c><00:24:02.579><c> a</c><00:24:02.720><c> national</c><00:24:03.240><c> failing,</c><00:24:04.420><c> lo</c><00:24:04.539><c> and</c>

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behold,<00:24:05.740><c> they</c><00:24:05.880><c> would</c><00:24:06.180><c> offer</c><00:24:06.559><c> no</c><00:24:07.099><c> more</c>

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than<00:24:08.119><c> a</c><00:24:08.319><c> bullock</c><00:24:08.680><c> for</c><00:24:09.019><c> the</c><00:24:09.380><c> nation</c><00:24:09.819><c> collectively.</c><00:24:11.339><c> Not</c><00:24:11.680><c> 16</c>

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bullets,<00:24:12.599><c> not</c><00:24:12.759><c> 100</c><00:24:13.059><c> bullocks,</c><00:24:13.660><c> one</c><00:24:13.940><c> bullock,</c>

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to<00:24:14.980><c> represent</c><00:24:15.559><c> the</c><00:24:15.960><c> nation.</c><00:24:17.059><c> However,</c><00:24:17.940><c> on</c><00:24:18.079><c> a</c><00:24:18.319><c> smaller</c><00:24:18.579><c> scale,</c>

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if<00:24:19.259><c> a</c><00:24:19.500><c> ruler</c><00:24:19.819><c> offered</c><00:24:20.279><c> a</c><00:24:20.500><c> sin</c><00:24:20.640><c> offering,</c>

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he<00:24:21.559><c> was</c><00:24:21.740><c> to</c><00:24:21.980><c> offer</c><00:24:22.380><c> a</c><00:24:22.859><c> goat</c><00:24:23.140><c> as</c><00:24:23.539><c> a</c><00:24:23.720><c> kid,</c><00:24:24.599><c> he</c><00:24:24.720><c> was</c><00:24:24.839><c> to</c><00:24:24.960><c> be</c><00:24:25.079><c> a</c><00:24:25.200><c> male.</c>

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A<00:24:26.980><c> commoner</c><00:24:27.440><c> could</c><00:24:27.680><c> offer</c><00:24:28.019><c> a</c><00:24:28.319><c> goat</c><00:24:28.660><c> kid,</c><00:24:29.880><c> a</c><00:24:30.039><c> lamb.</c>

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And<00:24:32.279><c> in</c><00:24:32.420><c> that</c><00:24:32.660><c> case,</c><00:24:33.059><c> when</c><00:24:33.180><c> you</c><00:24:33.380><c> take</c><00:24:33.539><c> a</c><00:24:33.660><c> look</c><00:24:33.779><c> at</c><00:24:33.960><c> it</c><00:24:34.059><c> from</c><00:24:34.299><c> perspective,</c><00:24:35.259><c> what</c><00:24:35.380><c> do</c>

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you<00:24:35.660><c> notice</c><00:24:35.960><c> as</c><00:24:36.259><c> an</c><00:24:36.400><c> emerging</c>

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principle?<00:24:38.420><c> That</c><00:24:38.799><c> the</c><00:24:39.140><c> priest,</c><00:24:40.599><c> the</c><00:24:40.799><c> anointed</c><00:24:41.359><c> priest,</c><00:24:42.440><c> when</c>

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he<00:24:42.920><c> sinned</c><00:24:43.279><c> and</c><00:24:43.579><c> offered</c><00:24:43.779><c> for</c><00:24:44.019><c> himself,</c><00:24:44.660><c> offered</c>

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the<00:24:45.279><c> same</c><00:24:45.559><c> offering</c><00:24:46.099><c> as</c><00:24:47.299><c> would</c><00:24:47.460><c> be</c><00:24:47.740><c> offered</c><00:24:48.000><c> if</c><00:24:48.160><c> the</c><00:24:48.460><c> whole</c><00:24:48.819><c> nation</c><00:24:49.380><c> was</c><00:24:50.019><c> guilty</c><00:24:50.319><c> of</c>

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a<00:24:50.660><c> national</c><00:24:51.019><c> error.</c>

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And<00:24:52.640><c> the</c><00:24:52.779><c> point</c><00:24:53.099><c> is</c><00:24:53.440><c> simple.</c><00:24:54.759><c> The</c><00:24:55.059><c> priest</c><00:24:55.559><c> is</c><00:24:56.460><c> very</c><00:24:56.839><c> much</c><00:24:57.079><c> in</c>

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harmony<00:24:57.720><c> with</c><00:24:58.140><c> the</c><00:24:58.319><c> nation,</c>

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and<00:24:59.940><c> the</c><00:25:00.180><c> nation</c><00:25:00.579><c> is</c><00:25:00.960><c> in</c><00:25:01.140><c> harmony</c><00:25:01.400><c> with</c><00:25:01.579><c> the</c><00:25:01.799><c> priest</c><00:25:02.099><c> in</c><00:25:02.400><c> that</c>

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sense.<00:25:03.859><c> He</c><00:25:04.299><c> was</c><00:25:04.480><c> to</c><00:25:04.680><c> see</c><00:25:04.839><c> himself</c><00:25:05.420><c> as</c><00:25:05.700><c> a</c>

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representative<00:25:06.779><c> of</c><00:25:07.240><c> the</c><00:25:07.380><c> nation.</c><00:25:08.500><c> In</c><00:25:08.759><c> the</c><00:25:09.079><c> priest</c><00:25:09.359><c> himself,</c>

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there<00:25:10.099><c> was</c><00:25:10.339><c> an</c><00:25:10.599><c> embodiment</c><00:25:11.119><c> of</c><00:25:11.380><c> the</c><00:25:11.519><c> nation,</c>

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an<00:25:12.839><c> important</c><00:25:13.259><c> principle</c><00:25:13.680><c> for</c><00:25:14.019><c> priesthood.</c><00:25:15.119><c> Priest</c><00:25:15.519><c> and</c><00:25:15.940><c> people</c><00:25:16.319><c> are</c>

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inseparably<00:25:17.420><c> linked.</c><00:25:18.420><c> It</c><00:25:18.460><c> was</c><00:25:18.599><c> never</c>

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intended<00:25:19.380><c> that</c><00:25:19.740><c> they</c><00:25:19.880><c> would</c><00:25:20.079><c> see</c><00:25:20.220><c> themselves</c><00:25:20.660><c> as</c><00:25:20.839><c> being</c><00:25:21.039><c> aloof</c><00:25:21.400><c> or</c>

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standoffish<00:25:22.579><c> as</c><00:25:22.960><c> the</c><00:25:23.220><c> Pharisees</c><00:25:23.680><c> and</c><00:25:23.920><c> Sadducees</c>

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finally<00:25:25.119><c> interpreted</c><00:25:25.660><c> their</c><00:25:26.039><c> role</c><00:25:26.299><c> in</c><00:25:26.500><c> a</c><00:25:26.700><c> corrupt</c><00:25:27.000><c> and</c><00:25:27.380><c> perverted</c><00:25:27.680><c> way.</c>

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They<00:25:28.619><c> were</c><00:25:28.920><c> part</c><00:25:29.220><c> of</c><00:25:29.400><c> the</c><00:25:29.559><c> body,</c>

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they<00:25:30.539><c> were</c><00:25:30.839><c> the</c><00:25:31.019><c> body,</c><00:25:31.859><c> and</c><00:25:32.160><c> the</c><00:25:32.400><c> priests</c><00:25:32.559><c> were</c><00:25:32.880><c> never</c><00:25:33.119><c> to</c><00:25:33.359><c> miss</c><00:25:33.539><c> the</c>

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point<00:25:34.140><c> when</c><00:25:34.480><c> they</c><00:25:34.759><c> offered</c><00:25:35.000><c> that</c><00:25:35.299><c> offering</c>

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it<00:25:36.140><c> was</c><00:25:36.359><c> exactly</c><00:25:36.859><c> the</c><00:25:37.119><c> same</c><00:25:37.460><c> as</c><00:25:38.200><c> would</c><00:25:38.359><c> have</c><00:25:38.460><c> been</c><00:25:38.579><c> offered</c>

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for<00:25:39.319><c> the</c><00:25:39.599><c> whole</c><00:25:40.099><c> nation</c><00:25:40.619><c> because</c><00:25:41.640><c> they</c><00:25:42.259><c> were</c><00:25:42.579><c> its</c>

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representative<00:25:43.839><c> in</c><00:25:44.500><c> weakness</c><00:25:44.980><c> and</c><00:25:45.519><c> in</c><00:25:45.819><c> strength.</c><00:25:47.759><c> Now,</c><00:25:48.119><c> we're</c><00:25:48.259><c> going</c><00:25:48.420><c> to</c><00:25:48.539><c> look</c><00:25:48.700><c> at</c><00:25:48.819><c> a</c>

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number<00:25:49.119><c> of</c><00:25:49.380><c> individual</c>

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passages<00:25:50.420><c> that</c><00:25:51.200><c> begin</c><00:25:51.480><c> to</c><00:25:51.859><c> articulate</c><00:25:52.460><c> and</c><00:25:53.200><c> highlight</c><00:25:54.000><c> specific</c><00:25:55.000><c> principles</c><00:25:55.720><c> dealing</c><00:25:56.240><c> with</c><00:25:56.579><c> priesthood.</c>

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Now,<00:25:58.079><c> we</c><00:25:58.400><c> are</c><00:25:58.559><c> not</c><00:25:58.700><c> going</c><00:25:58.839><c> to</c><00:25:58.940><c> give</c><00:25:59.019><c> a</c><00:25:59.259><c> handout</c><00:25:59.500><c> on</c><00:25:59.759><c> this,</c><00:25:59.980><c> so</c>

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we<00:26:00.279><c> have</c><00:26:00.460><c> to</c><00:26:00.640><c> perhaps,</c><00:26:00.960><c> if</c><00:26:01.140><c> we</c><00:26:01.299><c> haven't</c>

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gone<00:26:01.720><c> over</c><00:26:02.519><c> this</c><00:26:02.779><c> ground</c><00:26:02.920><c> before,</c><00:26:03.799><c> we</c><00:26:03.900><c> have</c><00:26:03.920><c> to</c><00:26:04.059><c> do</c><00:26:04.099><c> a</c><00:26:04.200><c> little</c>

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scratch.<00:26:04.779><c> So</c><00:26:04.900><c> if</c><00:26:04.960><c> you</c><00:26:05.019><c> have</c><00:26:05.160><c> a</c><00:26:05.299><c> pen</c><00:26:05.400><c> or</c><00:26:05.559><c> pencil,</c>

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you'll<00:26:06.460><c> want</c><00:26:06.519><c> to</c><00:26:06.700><c> remember</c><00:26:06.940><c> some</c><00:26:07.140><c> of</c><00:26:07.220><c> these</c><00:26:07.440><c> passages.</c><00:26:08.519><c> We'd</c>

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suggest<00:26:09.099><c> that</c><00:26:09.220><c> at</c><00:26:09.339><c> this</c><00:26:09.579><c> point,</c>

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you<00:26:09.880><c> might</c><00:26:10.059><c> just</c><00:26:10.259><c> have</c><00:26:10.440><c> something</c><00:26:10.720><c> to</c><00:26:10.920><c> write</c><00:26:11.119><c> on</c><00:26:11.660><c> and</c><00:26:12.480><c> recall</c>

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them<00:26:13.279><c> later</c><00:26:13.720><c> when</c><00:26:14.119><c> you</c><00:26:14.319><c> have</c><00:26:14.460><c> the</c><00:26:14.660><c> opportunity,</c>

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because<00:26:16.359><c> we</c><00:26:16.500><c> are</c><00:26:16.680><c> going</c><00:26:16.819><c> to</c><00:26:17.019><c> cover</c><00:26:17.180><c> now</c><00:26:17.599><c> a</c><00:26:17.779><c> number</c><00:26:18.039><c> of</c><00:26:18.359><c> passages</c><00:26:18.799><c> which</c>

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will<00:26:19.680><c> lay</c><00:26:19.880><c> foundations</c><00:26:20.660><c> for</c><00:26:21.000><c> the</c>

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rest<00:26:21.339><c> of</c><00:26:21.500><c> the</c><00:26:21.599><c> week.</c><00:26:23.519><c> If</c><00:26:23.920><c> we</c><00:26:24.119><c> can</c><00:26:24.400><c> grasp</c><00:26:24.700><c> these</c><00:26:25.039><c> principles</c><00:26:25.579><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:26.039><c> first</c><00:26:26.299><c> class</c><00:26:26.680><c> and</c><00:26:26.940><c> remember</c><00:26:27.299><c> them,</c><00:26:27.779><c> and</c><00:26:28.019><c> we</c><00:26:28.119><c> will</c>

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review<00:26:28.559><c> them,</c><00:26:29.680><c> it</c><00:26:29.880><c> will</c><00:26:30.079><c> help</c><00:26:30.279><c> us</c><00:26:30.599><c> to</c><00:26:30.920><c> interpret</c><00:26:31.339><c> the</c><00:26:32.380><c> faithful</c><00:26:32.859><c> priests</c>

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that<00:26:33.940><c> emerged</c><00:26:34.460><c> at</c><00:26:34.920><c> different</c><00:26:35.180><c> times</c>

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in<00:26:35.759><c> Israel's</c><00:26:36.299><c> history</c><00:26:36.579><c> and</c><00:26:36.880><c> what</c><00:26:37.079><c> they</c><00:26:37.359><c> did,</c><00:26:37.599><c> what</c><00:26:37.779><c> was</c><00:26:38.539><c> right.</c><00:26:39.660><c> It</c><00:26:39.859><c> will</c><00:26:40.000><c> also</c><00:26:40.299><c> help</c><00:26:40.500><c> us</c>

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as<00:26:41.299><c> we</c><00:26:41.420><c> look</c><00:26:41.539><c> at</c>

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character<00:26:42.099><c> studies</c><00:26:42.420><c> later</c><00:26:42.720><c> in</c><00:26:42.859><c> the</c><00:26:42.980><c> week</c><00:26:43.299><c> to</c><00:26:43.740><c> identify</c><00:26:44.259><c> why</c>

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God<00:26:45.640><c> was</c><00:26:46.099><c> displeased</c><00:26:46.740><c> with</c><00:26:46.980><c> certain</c><00:26:47.240><c> priests</c>

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and<00:26:48.240><c> why</c><00:26:48.559><c> it</c><00:26:48.779><c> was</c><00:26:48.920><c> they</c><00:26:49.039><c> had</c><00:26:49.380><c> failed.</c><00:26:50.420><c> First,</c><00:26:50.779><c> let's</c><00:26:51.019><c> look</c><00:26:51.200><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:51.539><c> ideals.</c><00:26:52.960><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:26:53.460><c> 10</c><00:26:53.839><c> is</c><00:26:54.140><c> a</c><00:26:54.279><c> good</c><00:26:54.500><c> starter.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:26:56.079><c> 10</c><00:26:56.400><c> verse</c><00:26:56.680><c> 8.</c><00:26:58.500><c> At</c><00:26:58.500><c> that</c><00:26:58.900><c> time,</c><00:26:59.440><c> the</c><00:26:59.519><c> Lord</c><00:26:59.779><c> separated</c><00:27:00.380><c> the</c><00:27:00.660><c> tribe</c><00:27:00.880><c> of</c><00:27:01.160><c> Levi</c>

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to<00:27:02.680><c> bear</c><00:27:02.960><c> the</c><00:27:03.400><c> ark</c><00:27:03.640><c> of</c><00:27:03.900><c> the</c><00:27:04.119><c> covenant</c><00:27:04.400><c> of</c><00:27:04.619><c> the</c><00:27:04.799><c> Lord,</c><00:27:06.420><c> to</c><00:27:06.680><c> stand</c>

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before<00:27:07.839><c> the</c><00:27:08.220><c> Lord,</c>

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to<00:27:10.240><c> minister</c><00:27:10.720><c> unto</c><00:27:11.019><c> him,</c><00:27:11.720><c> and</c><00:27:12.119><c> to</c><00:27:12.460><c> bless</c><00:27:12.940><c> in</c><00:27:13.180><c> his</c><00:27:13.480><c> name.</c><00:27:14.559><c> Now,</c>

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there<00:27:15.240><c> is</c><00:27:15.519><c> an</c><00:27:15.880><c> excellent</c><00:27:16.319><c> starting</c><00:27:16.779><c> passage</c>

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if<00:27:17.920><c> you're</c><00:27:18.140><c> looking</c><00:27:18.380><c> for</c><00:27:18.700><c> a</c><00:27:18.940><c> summary</c><00:27:19.420><c> of</c><00:27:19.960><c> some</c><00:27:20.180><c> of</c><00:27:20.299><c> the</c><00:27:20.559><c> basic</c>

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principles<00:27:21.500><c> governing</c><00:27:22.099><c> priesthood.</c>

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Let's<00:27:23.660><c> take</c><00:27:24.000><c> each</c><00:27:24.319><c> little</c><00:27:24.599><c> phrase.</c><00:27:25.799><c> One,</c><00:27:26.559><c> they</c><00:27:26.720><c> were</c><00:27:26.960><c> separate.</c><00:27:28.440><c> They</c><00:27:28.619><c> were</c><00:27:28.779><c> to</c>

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see<00:27:29.099><c> themselves</c><00:27:29.519><c> not</c><00:27:29.819><c> as</c>

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self<00:27:30.319><c>-righteous</c><00:27:30.799><c> or</c><00:27:31.059><c> aloof,</c><00:27:31.660><c> but</c><00:27:31.799><c> they</c><00:27:32.079><c> were</c><00:27:32.279><c> to</c><00:27:32.500><c> see</c><00:27:32.599><c> themselves</c><00:27:33.259><c> as</c><00:27:33.980><c> separate</c><00:27:34.319><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:34.779><c> sense</c><00:27:34.940><c> that</c><00:27:35.099><c> they</c>

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had<00:27:35.579><c> a</c><00:27:36.140><c> special</c><00:27:36.480><c> calling.</c><00:27:37.900><c> And</c><00:27:38.220><c> it</c><00:27:38.380><c> came</c><00:27:38.579><c> with</c><00:27:38.859><c> certain</c><00:27:39.180><c> responsibilities.</c><00:27:40.819><c> One</c>

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of<00:27:41.140><c> them</c><00:27:41.339><c> was</c><00:27:41.619><c> they</c><00:27:41.980><c> were</c><00:27:42.220><c> to</c>

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share<00:27:42.960><c> the</c><00:27:43.480><c> burden</c><00:27:43.980><c> of</c><00:27:44.559><c> bearing</c><00:27:44.799><c> the</c><00:27:45.220><c> ark</c><00:27:45.480><c> of</c><00:27:45.720><c> the</c><00:27:45.940><c> covenant</c>

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of<00:27:46.500><c> the</c><00:27:46.700><c> Lord.</c><00:27:47.440><c> They</c><00:27:47.720><c> were</c><00:27:48.039><c> working</c><00:27:48.500><c> for</c><00:27:48.880><c> God.</c>

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They<00:27:57.559><c> were</c><00:27:57.880><c> working</c><00:27:58.119><c> for</c><00:27:58.440><c> God,</c><00:27:59.000><c> and</c><00:27:59.019><c> they</c><00:27:59.160><c> were</c><00:27:59.380><c> to</c><00:27:59.619><c> move</c><00:27:59.900><c> his</c>

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furniture<00:28:00.680><c> through</c><00:28:01.059><c> the</c><00:28:01.200><c> wilderness.</c>

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Next<00:28:03.779><c> phrase,</c><00:28:04.519><c> they</c><00:28:04.680><c> were</c><00:28:04.900><c> to</c><00:28:05.299><c> stand</c><00:28:05.740><c> before</c><00:28:06.259><c> the</c><00:28:06.519><c> Lord.</c><00:28:06.819><c> Now,</c>

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that's<00:28:07.539><c> a</c><00:28:07.779><c> very</c><00:28:08.160><c> priestly</c><00:28:08.579><c> phrase.</c><00:28:09.480><c> You</c><00:28:09.579><c> may</c><00:28:09.880><c> have</c>

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in<00:28:10.799><c> your</c><00:28:11.039><c> own</c><00:28:11.319><c> previous</c><00:28:11.599><c> studies</c><00:28:11.980><c> come</c><00:28:12.319><c> to</c><00:28:12.579><c> realize</c><00:28:13.059><c> to</c><00:28:13.720><c> stand</c>

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before<00:28:14.559><c> the</c><00:28:14.839><c> Lord</c><00:28:15.160><c> is</c><00:28:15.539><c> a</c><00:28:15.900><c> very</c><00:28:16.519><c> priestly</c><00:28:16.960><c> phrase.</c>

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Watch<00:28:18.059><c> for</c><00:28:18.299><c> it</c><00:28:18.460><c> elsewhere</c><00:28:18.819><c> in</c><00:28:18.980><c> the</c><00:28:19.099><c> Bible.</c><00:28:20.480><c> So</c><00:28:20.640><c> they</c><00:28:20.799><c> were</c><00:28:21.000><c> to</c>

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see<00:28:21.359><c> themselves</c><00:28:22.000><c> as</c><00:28:22.799><c> being</c><00:28:23.140><c> always,</c>

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not<00:28:24.500><c> only</c><00:28:24.720><c> in</c><00:28:24.900><c> the</c><00:28:25.200><c> service</c><00:28:25.660><c> of</c><00:28:25.980><c> God,</c><00:28:27.220><c> they</c><00:28:27.420><c> were</c><00:28:27.539><c> to</c><00:28:27.740><c> see</c><00:28:27.839><c> themselves</c><00:28:28.460><c> as</c>

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it<00:28:29.240><c> were</c><00:28:29.519><c> each</c><00:28:29.920><c> day,</c><00:28:30.380><c> each</c><00:28:30.700><c> hour,</c>

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as<00:28:31.819><c> standing,</c><00:28:33.119><c> standing</c><00:28:33.480><c> before</c><00:28:34.019><c> Yahweh.</c><00:28:35.700><c> You</c><00:28:35.880><c> know,</c><00:28:36.059><c> if</c><00:28:36.299><c> we</c>

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were<00:28:36.660><c> to</c><00:28:36.880><c> see</c><00:28:37.019><c> ourselves</c><00:28:37.619><c> each</c><00:28:38.039><c> day</c><00:28:38.440><c> as</c><00:28:39.160><c> standing</c>

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before<00:28:40.299><c> God</c><00:28:40.720><c> in</c><00:28:41.019><c> the</c><00:28:41.299><c> office,</c><00:28:42.259><c> standing</c><00:28:42.720><c> before</c><00:28:43.200><c> God</c><00:28:43.519><c> in</c><00:28:43.880><c> school,</c><00:28:44.799><c> and</c>

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standing<00:28:45.759><c> before</c><00:28:46.220><c> God</c><00:28:46.539><c> as</c><00:28:46.740><c> we</c><00:28:46.960><c> talk</c><00:28:47.200><c> to</c>

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each<00:28:47.579><c> other</c><00:28:47.700><c> and</c><00:28:47.880><c> our</c><00:28:48.119><c> parents</c><00:28:48.440><c> in</c><00:28:48.619><c> our</c><00:28:48.799><c> home,</c><00:28:50.079><c> how</c><00:28:50.279><c> much</c><00:28:50.460><c> that</c>

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would<00:28:50.880><c> elevate</c><00:28:51.420><c> our</c><00:28:52.059><c> behavior</c><00:28:52.539><c> and</c><00:28:52.799><c> our</c><00:28:52.940><c> way</c><00:28:53.039><c> of</c>

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thinking.<00:28:54.680><c> He</c><00:28:54.900><c> was</c><00:28:55.099><c> to</c><00:28:55.319><c> see</c><00:28:55.799><c> himself</c><00:28:56.440><c> as</c><00:28:57.140><c> always</c><00:28:57.640><c> standing</c>

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before<00:28:58.920><c> his</c><00:28:59.220><c> God,</c><00:29:00.200><c> and</c><00:29:00.359><c> the</c><00:29:00.559><c> purpose</c><00:29:00.839><c> was</c><00:29:01.119><c> practical.</c>

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They<00:29:02.500><c> were</c><00:29:02.660><c> to</c><00:29:02.839><c> see</c><00:29:02.960><c> themselves</c><00:29:03.420><c> as</c><00:29:03.740><c> ministers.</c><00:29:06.099><c> The</c><00:29:06.380><c> call</c><00:29:06.640><c> to</c>

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priesthood<00:29:07.500><c> is</c><00:29:07.839><c> a</c><00:29:08.079><c> call</c><00:29:08.220><c> to</c><00:29:08.500><c> work.</c>

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The<00:29:10.000><c> call</c><00:29:10.220><c> to</c><00:29:10.539><c> priesthood</c><00:29:10.940><c> is</c><00:29:11.140><c> a</c><00:29:11.339><c> call</c><00:29:11.559><c> of</c><00:29:11.799><c> ministration.</c><00:29:13.660><c> And</c>

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we<00:29:14.119><c> see</c><00:29:14.279><c> in</c><00:29:14.440><c> our</c><00:29:14.640><c> great</c><00:29:14.900><c> high</c><00:29:15.240><c> priest</c><00:29:15.500><c> in</c><00:29:15.660><c> the</c><00:29:15.839><c> upper</c>

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room,<00:29:16.619><c> one</c><00:29:16.960><c> who</c><00:29:17.220><c> took</c><00:29:17.640><c> an</c><00:29:18.059><c> apron</c><00:29:18.380><c> around</c><00:29:19.359><c> his</c><00:29:19.640><c> waist</c><00:29:20.059><c> and</c><00:29:20.680><c> a</c><00:29:20.859><c> basin</c><00:29:21.119><c> of</c>

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water,<00:29:22.319><c> and</c><00:29:22.460><c> he</c><00:29:22.539><c> got</c><00:29:22.720><c> down</c><00:29:23.039><c> on</c><00:29:23.180><c> his</c><00:29:23.500><c> hands</c><00:29:23.900><c> and</c>

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his<00:29:24.319><c> knees</c><00:29:24.720><c> in</c><00:29:24.980><c> the</c><00:29:25.119><c> upper</c><00:29:25.380><c> room,</c><00:29:26.019><c> and</c><00:29:26.160><c> he</c><00:29:26.519><c> washed</c><00:29:26.880><c> the</c><00:29:27.140><c> dirty</c>

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feet<00:29:27.980><c> of</c><00:29:28.519><c> twelve</c><00:29:28.799><c> men.</c><00:29:31.160><c> And</c><00:29:31.799><c> he</c><00:29:32.000><c> said</c><00:29:32.440><c> that</c><00:29:33.240><c> this</c>

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was<00:29:34.059><c> true</c><00:29:34.319><c> love.</c><00:29:35.779><c> And</c><00:29:36.059><c> he</c><00:29:36.200><c> said</c><00:29:36.319><c> that</c><00:29:36.500><c> he</c><00:29:36.579><c> was</c><00:29:36.799><c> their</c><00:29:37.039><c> minister.</c><00:29:38.799><c> There's</c>

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the<00:29:39.640><c> essence</c><00:29:40.059><c> of</c><00:29:40.339><c> the</c><00:29:40.559><c> rule.</c>

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And<00:29:43.759><c> positively,</c><00:29:45.539><c> they</c><00:29:45.900><c> as</c><00:29:46.319><c> priests</c><00:29:46.759><c> were</c><00:29:46.920><c> to</c><00:29:47.140><c> see</c><00:29:47.299><c> their</c><00:29:47.640><c> role</c><00:29:47.900><c> as</c>

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blessing<00:29:48.680><c> his</c><00:29:49.019><c> name,</c>

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blessing<00:29:50.859><c> his</c><00:29:51.839><c> name.</c><00:29:52.440><c> Do</c><00:29:52.660><c> we</c><00:29:52.900><c> bless</c><00:29:53.119><c> his</c><00:29:53.380><c> name?</c><00:29:55.220><c> Well,</c><00:29:55.359><c> we</c><00:29:55.500><c> know</c><00:29:55.579><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:55.839><c> workplace,</c><00:29:56.380><c> what</c><00:29:56.480><c> we</c><00:29:56.680><c> usually</c><00:29:56.900><c> hear</c><00:29:57.059><c> is</c>

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God's<00:29:57.619><c> name</c><00:29:57.799><c> being</c><00:29:58.019><c> taken</c><00:29:58.359><c> in</c><00:29:58.660><c> vain.</c><00:29:59.660><c> But</c><00:30:00.140><c> do</c><00:30:00.440><c> we,</c><00:30:00.700><c> in</c><00:30:00.839><c> a</c><00:30:01.140><c> positive</c><00:30:01.559><c> way,</c>

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by<00:30:02.420><c> our</c><00:30:02.680><c> behavior,</c><00:30:03.440><c> our</c><00:30:03.779><c> thinking,</c>

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by<00:30:04.900><c> our</c><00:30:05.380><c> singing,</c><00:30:06.019><c> by</c><00:30:06.299><c> our</c><00:30:06.559><c> prayers,</c><00:30:08.000><c> by</c><00:30:08.299><c> our</c><00:30:08.559><c> mental</c><00:30:08.960><c> thoughts,</c><00:30:09.500><c> do</c><00:30:09.720><c> we</c>

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bless<00:30:10.599><c> his</c><00:30:11.319><c> name?</c>

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Simple<00:30:13.279><c> points.</c><00:30:14.799><c> Now</c><00:30:14.900><c> look</c><00:30:15.039><c> at</c><00:30:15.160><c> the</c><00:30:15.259><c> next</c><00:30:15.500><c> passage.</c><00:30:17.160><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:30:17.640><c> 17</c><00:30:18.180><c> is</c><00:30:18.380><c> a</c>

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very<00:30:19.000><c> handy</c><00:30:19.359><c> passage.</c>

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There's<00:30:20.640><c> a</c><00:30:20.720><c> bit</c><00:30:20.819><c> of</c><00:30:21.099><c> overlap,</c><00:30:21.680><c> but</c><00:30:22.000><c> we</c><00:30:22.299><c> touch</c><00:30:22.500><c> on</c><00:30:22.680><c> a</c><00:30:22.799><c> few</c><00:30:22.880><c> other</c>

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points.<00:30:25.500><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:30:25.980><c> 17</c><00:30:26.579><c> verse</c><00:30:26.839><c> 12,</c>

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And<00:30:27.440><c> the</c><00:30:27.579><c> man</c><00:30:27.880><c> that</c><00:30:28.059><c> will</c><00:30:28.299><c> do</c><00:30:28.579><c> presumptuously,</c><00:30:29.819><c> and</c><00:30:30.000><c> will</c><00:30:30.220><c> not</c>

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hearken<00:30:30.839><c> unto</c><00:30:31.079><c> the</c><00:30:31.339><c> priest,</c>

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that<00:30:32.240><c> standeth</c><00:30:32.880><c> to</c><00:30:33.099><c> minister</c><00:30:33.700><c> there</c><00:30:34.220><c> before</c><00:30:34.740><c> the</c><00:30:34.940><c> Lord</c><00:30:35.160><c> thy</c>

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God,<00:30:36.400><c> or</c><00:30:36.579><c> unto</c><00:30:36.819><c> the</c><00:30:37.079><c> judge,</c><00:30:37.799><c> even</c><00:30:38.000><c> that</c><00:30:38.240><c> man</c><00:30:38.519><c> shall</c>

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die,<00:30:39.940><c> and</c><00:30:40.240><c> thou</c><00:30:40.480><c> shalt</c><00:30:40.740><c> put</c><00:30:41.000><c> away</c><00:30:41.299><c> evil</c><00:30:41.759><c> from</c><00:30:42.039><c> Israel.</c><00:30:43.920><c> Not</c><00:30:44.160><c> only</c><00:30:44.319><c> were</c><00:30:44.420><c> the</c><00:30:44.680><c> priests</c><00:30:45.099><c> to</c>

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see<00:30:45.559><c> themselves</c><00:30:46.140><c> as</c>

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having<00:30:46.519><c> an</c><00:30:46.819><c> elevated</c><00:30:47.180><c> role,</c><00:30:49.420><c> their</c><00:30:49.700><c> fellow</c><00:30:50.240><c> brethren</c><00:30:50.839><c> from</c>

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:54.319
the<00:30:51.380><c> other</c><00:30:51.640><c> tribes</c><00:30:52.180><c> and</c><00:30:53.059><c> from</c><00:30:53.460><c> the</c><00:30:53.579><c> rest</c><00:30:53.759><c> of</c><00:30:54.000><c> Levi,</c>

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who<00:30:54.759><c> didn't</c><00:30:55.019><c> have</c><00:30:55.480><c> always</c><00:30:55.960><c> the</c><00:30:56.200><c> same</c><00:30:56.400><c> role</c><00:30:56.619><c> as</c><00:30:56.859><c> them,</c><00:30:57.839><c> were</c><00:30:58.039><c> to</c>

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see<00:30:58.759><c> that</c><00:30:59.079><c> they</c><00:30:59.319><c> had</c><00:30:59.599><c> respect</c><00:31:00.319><c> and</c><00:31:01.160><c> favor</c>

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:06.240
and<00:31:02.420><c> reverence</c><00:31:03.099><c> for</c><00:31:03.359><c> the</c><00:31:03.579><c> brethren</c><00:31:03.960><c> who</c><00:31:04.480><c> were</c><00:31:04.859><c> serving</c><00:31:05.180><c> them.</c>

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It<00:31:07.480><c> wasn't</c><00:31:07.740><c> to</c><00:31:07.900><c> put</c><00:31:07.980><c> them</c><00:31:08.119><c> on</c><00:31:08.319><c> a</c><00:31:08.480><c> pedestal,</c>

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but<00:31:10.039><c> because</c><00:31:10.480><c> they</c><00:31:10.680><c> were</c><00:31:10.980><c> appointed</c><00:31:11.359><c> to</c><00:31:11.539><c> be</c><00:31:11.779><c> ministers</c><00:31:12.160><c> by</c><00:31:12.519><c> God's</c><00:31:13.099><c> own</c><00:31:13.359><c> right,</c><00:31:14.180><c> they</c><00:31:14.500><c> were</c><00:31:14.799><c> to</c>

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receive<00:31:15.819><c> respect.</c>

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They<00:31:17.519><c> were</c><00:31:17.720><c> to</c><00:31:17.839><c> be</c><00:31:18.039><c> talked</c><00:31:18.299><c> about</c><00:31:18.539><c> with</c><00:31:18.740><c> respect.</c><00:31:19.440><c> They</c><00:31:19.579><c> were</c>

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:21.119
to<00:31:19.880><c> be</c><00:31:20.039><c> dealt</c><00:31:20.279><c> with</c><00:31:20.460><c> with</c><00:31:20.680><c> respect.</c>

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That<00:31:21.519><c> doesn't</c><00:31:21.839><c> take</c><00:31:22.140><c> away</c><00:31:22.400><c> from</c><00:31:22.599><c> the</c><00:31:22.799><c> reality</c><00:31:23.259><c> that</c><00:31:23.839><c> they</c><00:31:24.079><c> themselves</c><00:31:24.599><c> were</c><00:31:24.859><c> weak.</c><00:31:25.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:25.819><c> 5</c>

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made<00:31:26.480><c> it</c>

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:30.279
very<00:31:26.980><c> clear</c><00:31:27.319><c> that</c><00:31:27.819><c> the</c><00:31:28.160><c> priests</c><00:31:28.420><c> were</c><00:31:28.700><c> weak,</c><00:31:29.039><c> they</c><00:31:29.200><c> were</c><00:31:29.460><c> infirmed,</c><00:31:30.140><c> they</c>

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had<00:31:30.500><c> mortal</c><00:31:30.900><c> weaknesses</c><00:31:31.400><c> and</c><00:31:31.819><c> failings,</c>

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:38.559
but<00:31:32.700><c> despite</c><00:31:33.339><c> that,</c><00:31:33.940><c> in</c><00:31:34.180><c> their</c><00:31:34.460><c> role</c><00:31:34.880><c> and</c><00:31:35.519><c> the</c><00:31:35.779><c> principles</c><00:31:36.180><c> they</c><00:31:36.400><c> were</c><00:31:36.619><c> illustrating,</c><00:31:37.900><c> the</c><00:31:38.039><c> rest</c><00:31:38.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:38.680><c> ecclesia</c>

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was<00:31:39.920><c> to</c><00:31:40.240><c> show</c><00:31:40.559><c> respect</c><00:31:41.440><c> in</c><00:31:41.960><c> the</c><00:31:42.140><c> way</c><00:31:42.500><c> that</c><00:31:42.740><c> they</c><00:31:43.160><c> were</c><00:31:43.339><c> being</c>

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:46.920
dealt<00:31:44.079><c> with.</c><00:31:45.380><c> But</c><00:31:45.539><c> that</c><00:31:45.660><c> doesn't</c><00:31:45.900><c> say,</c><00:31:46.279><c> of</c><00:31:46.579><c> course,</c>

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:52.339
that<00:31:47.099><c> they</c><00:31:47.339><c> were</c><00:31:47.660><c> perfect.</c><00:31:49.579><c> Now,</c><00:31:49.920><c> Numbers</c><00:31:50.380><c> chapter</c><00:31:50.799><c> 18.</c><00:31:52.339><c> You</c>

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:56.119
might<00:31:52.599><c> want</c><00:31:52.819><c> to</c><00:31:53.359><c> note</c><00:31:53.539><c> this</c><00:31:53.859><c> one</c><00:31:54.160><c> or</c><00:31:54.380><c> turn</c><00:31:54.660><c> to</c><00:31:54.839><c> its</c><00:31:55.039><c> page.</c>

00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:02.960
Numbers<00:31:57.539><c> chapter</c><00:31:57.940><c> 18,</c><00:31:58.460><c> we're</c><00:31:58.640><c> going</c><00:31:58.720><c> to</c><00:31:58.819><c> break</c><00:31:59.039><c> into</c><00:31:59.259><c> the</c><00:31:59.500><c> context.</c><00:32:01.960><c> Verse</c><00:32:02.380><c> 2</c>

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:04.859
of<00:32:03.160><c> Numbers</c><00:32:03.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:03.880><c> 18.</c>

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Principles<00:32:09.619><c> here</c><00:32:10.160><c> are</c><00:32:10.619><c> elaborated</c><00:32:11.400><c> in</c><00:32:12.059><c> a</c><00:32:12.200><c> way</c><00:32:12.299><c> that's</c><00:32:12.559><c> a</c><00:32:12.640><c> little</c><00:32:12.759><c> different</c><00:32:13.079><c> than</c>

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some<00:32:13.420><c> of</c><00:32:13.539><c> the</c><00:32:13.720><c> passages</c>

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we've<00:32:14.259><c> just</c><00:32:14.480><c> seen.</c><00:32:15.440><c> Verse</c><00:32:15.579><c> 2</c><00:32:15.920><c> of</c><00:32:16.079><c> Numbers</c><00:32:16.380><c> 18.</c><00:32:18.400><c> And</c><00:32:18.420><c> thy</c><00:32:18.740><c> brethren</c><00:32:19.099><c> also</c>

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of<00:32:19.920><c> the</c><00:32:20.240><c> tribe</c><00:32:20.579><c> of</c><00:32:20.980><c> Levi,</c>

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the<00:32:22.400><c> tribe</c><00:32:22.660><c> of</c><00:32:22.900><c> thy</c><00:32:23.140><c> father,</c><00:32:24.400><c> bring</c><00:32:24.619><c> thou</c><00:32:24.920><c> with</c><00:32:25.259><c> thee,</c><00:32:26.660><c> that</c>

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:31.940
they<00:32:26.960><c> may</c><00:32:27.279><c> be</c><00:32:29.259><c> joined</c><00:32:29.779><c> unto</c><00:32:30.220><c> thee</c><00:32:30.799><c> and</c><00:32:31.480><c> minister</c>

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:36.440
unto<00:32:32.240><c> thee,</c><00:32:33.299><c> but</c><00:32:33.420><c> thou</c><00:32:33.660><c> and</c><00:32:33.799><c> thy</c><00:32:34.059><c> sons</c><00:32:34.440><c> with</c><00:32:34.759><c> thee</c><00:32:35.000><c> shall</c><00:32:35.279><c> minister</c><00:32:35.759><c> before</c><00:32:36.119><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:32:37.000><c> of</c><00:32:37.279><c> witness.</c>

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:42.740
Now<00:32:38.799><c> notice</c><00:32:39.079><c> what's</c><00:32:39.319><c> being</c><00:32:39.619><c> said.</c><00:32:41.319><c> The</c><00:32:41.460><c> words</c><00:32:41.880><c> are</c><00:32:42.279><c> directed,</c>

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:47.039
in<00:32:43.019><c> verse</c><00:32:43.359><c> 1,</c><00:32:44.859><c> to</c><00:32:45.200><c> Aaron.</c><00:32:45.839><c> The</c><00:32:45.940><c> Lord</c><00:32:46.420><c> said</c><00:32:46.680><c> unto</c>

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:51.700
Aaron,<00:32:48.619><c> thou</c><00:32:48.740><c> and</c><00:32:48.920><c> thy</c><00:32:49.299><c> sons,</c><00:32:49.799><c> the</c><00:32:49.980><c> sons</c><00:32:50.259><c> of</c><00:32:50.460><c> Aaron,</c><00:32:51.319><c> and</c><00:32:51.480><c> thy</c>

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.960
father's<00:32:52.240><c> house</c><00:32:52.500><c> with</c><00:32:52.819><c> thee</c><00:32:53.000><c> shall</c><00:32:53.299><c> bear</c><00:32:53.740><c> the</c>

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:58.339
iniquity<00:32:54.339><c> of</c><00:32:54.480><c> the</c><00:32:54.700><c> sanctuary.</c><00:32:55.519><c> But</c><00:32:55.720><c> verse</c><00:32:56.019><c> 2,</c><00:32:57.019><c> and</c><00:32:57.240><c> thy</c><00:32:57.599><c> brethren,</c><00:32:58.180><c> the</c>

00:32:58.339 --> 00:33:00.759
sons<00:32:58.579><c> of</c><00:32:58.819><c> Aaron,</c><00:32:59.420><c> also</c><00:32:59.779><c> of</c><00:32:59.980><c> the</c><00:33:00.220><c> tribe</c><00:33:00.460><c> of</c>

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:06.940
Levi,<00:33:01.880><c> the</c><00:33:02.079><c> tribe</c><00:33:02.259><c> of</c><00:33:02.480><c> thy</c><00:33:02.660><c> father,</c><00:33:03.779><c> thou</c><00:33:04.140><c> shalt</c><00:33:05.819><c> bring</c><00:33:06.279><c> thou</c>

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:09.799
with<00:33:07.259><c> thee,</c><00:33:07.700><c> that</c><00:33:07.859><c> they</c><00:33:08.079><c> may</c><00:33:08.279><c> be</c><00:33:08.599><c> joined</c><00:33:08.980><c> unto</c><00:33:09.279><c> thee.</c>

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:14.440
So<00:33:10.599><c> with</c><00:33:11.200><c> the</c><00:33:11.579><c> high</c><00:33:11.880><c> priest</c><00:33:12.299><c> and</c><00:33:12.539><c> the</c><00:33:12.779><c> sons</c><00:33:13.019><c> of</c><00:33:13.319><c> Aaron,</c><00:33:14.079><c> others</c>

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:17.220
of<00:33:14.799><c> Levi</c><00:33:15.119><c> were</c><00:33:15.400><c> to</c><00:33:15.579><c> be</c><00:33:15.839><c> joined</c><00:33:16.039><c> with</c><00:33:16.339><c> them.</c>

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:21.420
Not<00:33:17.839><c> everybody</c><00:33:18.539><c> in</c><00:33:19.420><c> the</c><00:33:19.720><c> tribe</c><00:33:19.940><c> of</c><00:33:20.259><c> Levi</c><00:33:20.619><c> were</c><00:33:20.859><c> the</c><00:33:21.039><c> sons</c><00:33:21.220><c> of</c>

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:24.180
Aaron.<00:33:22.779><c> I'm</c><00:33:23.140><c> going</c><00:33:23.240><c> to</c><00:33:23.339><c> give</c><00:33:23.440><c> you</c><00:33:23.579><c> this</c><00:33:23.819><c> handout</c>

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:30.000
tomorrow,<00:33:25.640><c> but</c><00:33:25.740><c> for</c><00:33:26.099><c> clarification,</c><00:33:27.259><c> we</c><00:33:27.299><c> notice</c><00:33:27.579><c> this.</c><00:33:29.680><c> Levi</c>

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:35.640
had<00:33:31.259><c> three</c><00:33:32.140><c> sons,</c><00:33:33.000><c> Gershon,</c><00:33:33.819><c> Kohath,</c><00:33:34.579><c> Merari.</c>

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:42.660
Kohath,<00:33:37.700><c> the</c><00:33:38.019><c> most</c><00:33:38.380><c> important</c><00:33:38.839><c> individual</c><00:33:39.339><c> there,</c><00:33:40.079><c> has</c><00:33:40.460><c> a</c><00:33:40.740><c> man</c><00:33:40.940><c> called</c><00:33:41.500><c> Amram</c><00:33:42.259><c> as</c>

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:45.619
a<00:33:42.940><c> son.</c><00:33:43.880><c> Amram</c><00:33:44.500><c> begets</c><00:33:45.019><c> Aaron</c>

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:53.140
and<00:33:45.920><c> Moses.</c><00:33:48.880><c> Aaron</c><00:33:49.259><c> begats</c><00:33:50.119><c> Nadab,</c><00:33:51.200><c> Abihu,</c><00:33:51.980><c> Eliezer,</c><00:33:52.799><c> and</c><00:33:52.960><c> a</c>

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:57.000
man<00:33:53.339><c> called</c><00:33:53.720><c> Ithamar.</c><00:33:55.259><c> These,</c><00:33:56.059><c> brothers</c><00:33:56.200><c> and</c><00:33:56.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:59.900
were<00:33:57.279><c> the</c><00:33:57.519><c> sons</c><00:33:57.779><c> of</c><00:33:58.099><c> Aaron,</c><00:33:58.539><c> to</c><00:33:58.839><c> start</c><00:33:59.119><c> with,</c><00:33:59.380><c> the</c><00:33:59.559><c> four</c><00:33:59.779><c> of</c>

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:03.640
them,<00:34:00.400><c> and</c><00:34:01.099><c> the</c><00:34:02.000><c> offspring</c><00:34:02.400><c> that</c><00:34:02.720><c> came</c><00:34:03.000><c> from</c><00:34:03.279><c> them.</c>

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:08.820
These<00:34:04.539><c> were</c><00:34:04.759><c> the</c><00:34:04.920><c> sons</c><00:34:05.200><c> of</c><00:34:05.420><c> Aaron.</c><00:34:06.619><c> Therefore,</c><00:34:08.039><c> the</c><00:34:08.300><c> sons</c><00:34:08.559><c> of</c>

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:11.480
Aaron<00:34:09.219><c> are</c><00:34:09.559><c> Levites,</c><00:34:10.239><c> in</c><00:34:10.420><c> that</c><00:34:10.679><c> sense,</c><00:34:10.940><c> or</c><00:34:11.059><c> they</c><00:34:11.260><c> are</c>

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:17.760
Levi.<00:34:13.039><c> The</c><00:34:13.260><c> sons</c><00:34:13.539><c> of</c><00:34:13.820><c> Aaron</c><00:34:14.019><c> are</c><00:34:14.480><c> of</c><00:34:14.719><c> Levi,</c><00:34:15.800><c> but</c><00:34:15.940><c> not</c><00:34:16.320><c> everybody</c><00:34:16.860><c> in</c><00:34:17.320><c> Levi</c>

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:19.659
was<00:34:18.039><c> one</c><00:34:18.199><c> of</c><00:34:18.300><c> the</c><00:34:18.400><c> sons</c><00:34:18.619><c> of</c><00:34:18.800><c> Aaron.</c>

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:23.800
The<00:34:20.659><c> sons</c><00:34:20.880><c> of</c><00:34:21.119><c> Aaron</c><00:34:21.280><c> were</c><00:34:21.519><c> officially</c><00:34:21.840><c> called</c><00:34:22.260><c> priests.</c><00:34:23.619><c> The</c>

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:27.380
rest<00:34:23.980><c> were</c><00:34:24.280><c> called</c><00:34:24.559><c> Levites.</c><00:34:26.219><c> All</c><00:34:26.559><c> of</c><00:34:26.719><c> the</c><00:34:26.880><c> sons</c><00:34:27.119><c> of</c>

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:30.539
Aaron<00:34:27.619><c> were</c><00:34:27.800><c> from</c><00:34:28.000><c> the</c><00:34:28.239><c> tribe</c><00:34:28.420><c> of</c><00:34:28.679><c> Levi,</c><00:34:29.039><c> but</c><00:34:29.199><c> not</c><00:34:29.579><c> all</c><00:34:29.860><c> the</c><00:34:30.059><c> tribe</c><00:34:30.280><c> of</c>

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:32.760
Levi,<00:34:31.400><c> therefore,</c><00:34:31.900><c> were</c><00:34:32.079><c> the</c><00:34:32.280><c> sons</c><00:34:32.480><c> of</c>

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:36.019
Aaron.<00:34:33.500><c> The</c><00:34:33.840><c> sons</c><00:34:34.159><c> of</c><00:34:34.519><c> Aaron</c><00:34:34.780><c> were</c><00:34:34.960><c> the</c><00:34:35.260><c> priests.</c><00:34:35.599><c> They</c><00:34:35.780><c> were</c>

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:39.039
a<00:34:36.179><c> subset,</c><00:34:36.619><c> and</c><00:34:37.559><c> the</c><00:34:37.840><c> Levites</c><00:34:38.320><c> were</c><00:34:38.559><c> the</c><00:34:38.739><c> rest,</c>

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:43.940
with<00:34:39.800><c> priestly</c><00:34:40.199><c> roles,</c><00:34:40.719><c> but</c><00:34:41.119><c> they</c><00:34:41.280><c> were</c><00:34:41.440><c> not</c><00:34:41.739><c> called</c><00:34:42.119><c> the</c><00:34:42.460><c> priests.</c><00:34:43.780><c> So</c>

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.219
that's<00:34:44.139><c> an</c><00:34:44.400><c> important</c><00:34:44.679><c> point</c><00:34:44.940><c> of</c>

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:50.000
clarification,<00:34:46.500><c> and</c><00:34:46.860><c> let's</c><00:34:47.179><c> return</c><00:34:47.579><c> then</c><00:34:48.039><c> to</c><00:34:48.420><c> Numbers</c><00:34:48.719><c> 18.</c>

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:54.440
The<00:34:51.360><c> tribe</c><00:34:51.679><c> of</c><00:34:51.900><c> thy</c><00:34:52.119><c> father,</c><00:34:53.639><c> the</c><00:34:53.820><c> rest</c><00:34:54.019><c> from</c><00:34:54.199><c> the</c>

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:58.780
tribe,<00:34:55.000><c> bring</c><00:34:55.179><c> thou</c><00:34:55.440><c> with</c><00:34:55.820><c> thee,</c><00:34:56.860><c> God</c><00:34:57.159><c> says</c><00:34:57.460><c> to</c><00:34:57.739><c> Aaron,</c><00:34:58.659><c> that</c>

00:34:58.780 --> 00:35:01.400
they<00:34:59.039><c> may</c><00:34:59.280><c> be</c><00:34:59.579><c> the</c><00:34:59.780><c> rest</c><00:35:00.039><c> of</c><00:35:00.219><c> the</c><00:35:00.320><c> Levites</c><00:35:00.880><c> joined</c>

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:05.079
unto<00:35:01.699><c> thee,</c><00:35:02.539><c> and</c><00:35:02.599><c> minister</c><00:35:03.019><c> unto</c><00:35:03.320><c> thee.</c><00:35:03.980><c> But</c><00:35:04.179><c> thou,</c><00:35:04.639><c> that's</c>

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:08.679
Aaron,<00:35:05.659><c> thou,</c><00:35:06.280><c> Aaron,</c><00:35:07.340><c> thou</c><00:35:07.539><c> and</c><00:35:07.719><c> thy</c><00:35:08.019><c> sons</c>

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:14.519
with<00:35:09.460><c> thee</c><00:35:09.659><c> shall</c><00:35:09.960><c> minister</c><00:35:10.420><c> before</c><00:35:10.780><c> the</c><00:35:11.059><c> tabernacle</c><00:35:11.579><c> of</c><00:35:11.780><c> witness.</c><00:35:12.380><c> There</c><00:35:12.619><c> were</c><00:35:12.840><c> different</c><00:35:13.179><c> roles</c><00:35:13.739><c> in</c>

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.920
the<00:35:14.739><c> tribe</c>

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:20.719
of<00:35:15.199><c> Levi.</c><00:35:16.000><c> The</c><00:35:16.280><c> sons</c><00:35:16.519><c> of</c><00:35:16.780><c> Aaron</c><00:35:17.139><c> had</c><00:35:17.579><c> very</c><00:35:18.159><c> special</c><00:35:18.579><c> privileged</c><00:35:19.079><c> roles,</c><00:35:19.760><c> and</c><00:35:19.960><c> the</c><00:35:20.199><c> rest</c><00:35:20.480><c> of</c>

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.480
the<00:35:20.940><c> Levites</c>

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:25.239
had<00:35:21.900><c> other</c><00:35:22.400><c> roles</c><00:35:22.880><c> to</c><00:35:23.380><c> do</c><00:35:23.480><c> with</c><00:35:23.659><c> the</c><00:35:23.920><c> tabernacle,</c><00:35:24.880><c> but</c><00:35:25.099><c> they</c>

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:28.639
were<00:35:25.420><c> lesser</c><00:35:25.699><c> roles.</c><00:35:27.440><c> By</c><00:35:27.679><c> the</c><00:35:27.800><c> way,</c><00:35:28.000><c> in</c><00:35:28.159><c> passing,</c>

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:33.760
that<00:35:29.500><c> word</c><00:35:29.900><c> joined</c><00:35:30.619><c> is</c><00:35:30.920><c> a</c><00:35:31.139><c> play</c><00:35:31.260><c> on</c><00:35:31.579><c> words,</c><00:35:32.099><c> because</c><00:35:33.280><c> the</c><00:35:33.480><c> word</c>

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:37.199
Levi<00:35:34.239><c> means</c><00:35:34.880><c> to</c><00:35:35.099><c> be</c><00:35:35.380><c> joined.</c><00:35:36.760><c> If</c><00:35:36.860><c> you</c><00:35:36.880><c> look</c><00:35:37.019><c> it</c><00:35:37.119><c> up</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.420
in<00:35:37.380><c> a</c><00:35:37.599><c> concordance,</c><00:35:38.039><c> or</c><00:35:38.159><c> even</c><00:35:38.300><c> in</c><00:35:38.460><c> your</c><00:35:38.639><c> Bible</c><00:35:38.900><c> margin,</c><00:35:40.059><c> where</c>

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:42.940
Levi<00:35:40.960><c> is</c><00:35:41.519><c> given</c><00:35:41.780><c> certain</c><00:35:42.119><c> roles,</c><00:35:42.539><c> some</c><00:35:42.699><c> of</c><00:35:42.820><c> the</c>

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:45.820
Bible<00:35:43.199><c> margins</c><00:35:43.619><c> will</c><00:35:43.900><c> point</c><00:35:44.119><c> that</c><00:35:44.400><c> out</c><00:35:44.599><c> to</c><00:35:44.739><c> you.</c><00:35:45.099><c> Levi</c><00:35:45.420><c> means</c>

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:50.380
to<00:35:46.059><c> be</c><00:35:46.340><c> joined.</c><00:35:47.780><c> Joined</c><00:35:48.260><c> to</c><00:35:48.480><c> the</c><00:35:48.699><c> Lord,</c><00:35:49.820><c> joined</c>

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:53.079
to<00:35:50.739><c> the</c><00:35:50.900><c> rest</c><00:35:51.059><c> of</c><00:35:51.260><c> the</c><00:35:51.400><c> sons</c><00:35:51.599><c> of</c><00:35:51.940><c> Aaron,</c><00:35:52.239><c> in</c><00:35:52.380><c> the</c><00:35:52.519><c> case</c><00:35:52.699><c> of</c><00:35:52.880><c> the</c>

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:57.800
Levites.<00:35:54.179><c> Verse</c><00:35:54.320><c> three,</c><00:35:56.219><c> they</c><00:35:56.679><c> shall</c><00:35:56.980><c> keep</c><00:35:57.440><c> thy</c>

00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:02.400
charge,<00:35:59.059><c> Aaron</c><00:35:59.219><c> is</c><00:35:59.519><c> told.</c><00:36:00.800><c> Verse</c><00:36:01.059><c> four,</c><00:36:01.659><c> notice</c><00:36:01.800><c> the</c><00:36:02.039><c> play</c><00:36:02.159><c> on</c>

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:04.860
words<00:36:02.659><c> again,</c><00:36:03.179><c> a</c><00:36:03.380><c> play</c><00:36:03.460><c> on</c><00:36:03.679><c> the</c><00:36:03.780><c> word</c><00:36:03.940><c> Levi,</c>

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:10.460
and<00:36:05.199><c> they</c><00:36:05.780><c> shall</c><00:36:06.099><c> be</c><00:36:06.480><c> joined,</c><00:36:07.179><c> Levi,</c><00:36:07.940><c> unto</c><00:36:08.179><c> thee.</c><00:36:09.440><c> This</c><00:36:09.639><c> is</c><00:36:09.760><c> what</c><00:36:10.000><c> Aaron</c><00:36:10.300><c> is</c>

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.980
being<00:36:10.800><c> told</c><00:36:11.119><c> of</c><00:36:11.280><c> the</c><00:36:11.440><c> rest</c><00:36:11.619><c> of</c><00:36:11.800><c> the</c>

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:16.739
Levites.<00:36:13.039><c> Then</c><00:36:13.400><c> Aaron</c><00:36:13.780><c> is</c><00:36:14.139><c> told</c><00:36:14.420><c> in</c><00:36:14.619><c> verse</c><00:36:14.880><c> five,</c><00:36:15.659><c> ye,</c><00:36:16.239><c> Aaron,</c>

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:19.719
shall<00:36:17.260><c> keep</c><00:36:17.559><c> the</c><00:36:17.940><c> charge</c><00:36:18.199><c> of</c><00:36:18.380><c> the</c><00:36:18.599><c> sanctuary,</c>

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:22.440
and<00:36:20.239><c> the</c><00:36:20.460><c> charge</c><00:36:20.679><c> of</c><00:36:20.860><c> the</c><00:36:21.099><c> altar,</c><00:36:21.400><c> that</c><00:36:21.480><c> there</c><00:36:21.619><c> be</c><00:36:21.780><c> no</c><00:36:22.059><c> wrath</c>

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.739
anymore<00:36:22.960><c> upon</c><00:36:23.239><c> the</c><00:36:23.480><c> children</c><00:36:23.699><c> of</c><00:36:23.860><c> Israel.</c>

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Verse<00:36:25.440><c> six,</c><00:36:26.659><c> I,</c><00:36:27.360><c> behold,</c><00:36:28.260><c> I</c><00:36:28.559><c> have</c><00:36:28.800><c> taken</c><00:36:29.019><c> your</c><00:36:29.380><c> brethren,</c><00:36:29.940><c> the</c>

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Levites,<00:36:30.960><c> from</c><00:36:31.119><c> among</c><00:36:31.360><c> the</c><00:36:31.579><c> children</c><00:36:31.780><c> of</c><00:36:31.920><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:38.619
and<00:36:33.320><c> Aaron</c><00:36:33.519><c> is</c><00:36:33.820><c> told</c><00:36:34.320><c> to</c><00:36:34.780><c> you,</c><00:36:35.320><c> Aaron,</c><00:36:36.179><c> they,</c><00:36:36.679><c> the</c><00:36:36.880><c> Levites,</c><00:36:37.519><c> are</c><00:36:37.860><c> given</c><00:36:38.119><c> as</c><00:36:38.460><c> a</c>

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.719
gift<00:36:38.960><c> for</c><00:36:39.219><c> the</c><00:36:39.400><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:36:40.380><c> do</c><00:36:40.599><c> the</c><00:36:40.920><c> service</c><00:36:41.260><c> of</c><00:36:41.460><c> the</c><00:36:41.679><c> tabernacle</c><00:36:42.300><c> of</c><00:36:42.780><c> the</c><00:36:43.039><c> congregation.</c><00:36:45.059><c> You</c><00:36:45.320><c> see</c><00:36:45.500><c> then</c><00:36:45.739><c> that</c><00:36:45.940><c> Aaron</c><00:36:46.300><c> is</c><00:36:46.519><c> being</c>

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:53.139
told<00:36:47.360><c> that</c><00:36:48.139><c> the</c><00:36:48.420><c> rest</c><00:36:48.760><c> of</c><00:36:49.179><c> the</c><00:36:49.300><c> tribe</c><00:36:49.679><c> of</c><00:36:50.059><c> Levi</c><00:36:50.460><c> are</c><00:36:51.539><c> given</c><00:36:52.179><c> as</c>

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a<00:36:53.619><c> gift</c><00:36:54.039><c> for</c><00:36:54.500><c> service.</c>

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00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:04.639
they<00:37:00.659><c> were</c><00:37:00.980><c> given</c><00:37:01.360><c> to</c><00:37:01.739><c> serve</c><00:37:02.780><c> Aaron</c><00:37:03.219><c> and</c><00:37:03.500><c> his</c><00:37:03.739><c> sons.</c>

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:08.739
They<00:37:05.500><c> were</c><00:37:05.679><c> to</c><00:37:05.820><c> be</c><00:37:06.119><c> joined</c><00:37:06.739><c> unto</c><00:37:07.239><c> Aaron</c><00:37:07.699><c> and</c><00:37:08.019><c> his</c><00:37:08.280><c> sons,</c><00:37:08.539><c> the</c>

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meaning<00:37:08.940><c> of</c><00:37:09.199><c> Levi,</c><00:37:09.900><c> and</c><00:37:10.340><c> the</c><00:37:10.480><c> rest</c><00:37:10.679><c> of</c><00:37:10.860><c> the</c><00:37:11.059><c> Levites</c>

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were<00:37:11.860><c> to</c><00:37:12.059><c> see</c><00:37:12.239><c> that</c><00:37:12.440><c> they</c><00:37:12.719><c> were</c><00:37:12.920><c> being</c><00:37:13.179><c> given</c><00:37:13.480><c> as</c><00:37:13.739><c> a</c><00:37:14.059><c> gift</c><00:37:14.420><c> in</c>

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service<00:37:15.280><c> to</c><00:37:15.659><c> help</c><00:37:16.000><c> Aaron</c><00:37:16.340><c> and</c><00:37:16.860><c> to</c><00:37:16.960><c> help</c><00:37:17.239><c> Aaron</c><00:37:17.659><c> and</c>

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:24.000
his<00:37:18.179><c> sons</c><00:37:18.559><c> serve.</c><00:37:20.300><c> So</c><00:37:20.420><c> you</c><00:37:20.539><c> can</c><00:37:20.699><c> imagine</c><00:37:21.139><c> that</c><00:37:21.480><c> night</c><00:37:21.679><c> when</c><00:37:21.820><c> this</c><00:37:22.000><c> was</c><00:37:22.219><c> pronounced</c><00:37:22.739><c> that</c><00:37:23.360><c> the</c><00:37:23.519><c> rest</c><00:37:23.699><c> of</c><00:37:23.880><c> the</c>

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.480
Levites<00:37:24.320><c> would</c><00:37:24.480><c> go</c><00:37:24.760><c> home</c><00:37:25.059><c> and</c><00:37:25.199><c> they</c><00:37:25.300><c> would</c><00:37:25.659><c> talk</c><00:37:25.940><c> among</c><00:37:26.219><c> themselves</c><00:37:26.860><c> and</c>

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:29.119
one<00:37:27.699><c> would</c><00:37:27.960><c> perhaps</c><00:37:28.320><c> say</c><00:37:28.539><c> to</c><00:37:28.679><c> the</c><00:37:28.840><c> other,</c>

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:32.079
well,<00:37:29.539><c> we</c><00:37:29.639><c> don't</c><00:37:29.860><c> have</c><00:37:30.099><c> the</c><00:37:30.320><c> same</c><00:37:30.539><c> role</c><00:37:30.780><c> as</c><00:37:30.980><c> the</c><00:37:31.159><c> sons</c><00:37:31.320><c> of</c><00:37:31.559><c> Aaron,</c><00:37:31.960><c> but</c>

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.780
we're<00:37:32.320><c> all</c><00:37:32.519><c> Levites.</c>

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:37.760
And<00:37:34.059><c> another</c><00:37:34.280><c> might</c><00:37:34.539><c> say,</c><00:37:35.119><c> but</c><00:37:35.219><c> you</c><00:37:35.400><c> know,</c><00:37:35.900><c> we're</c><00:37:36.179><c> being</c><00:37:36.500><c> described</c><00:37:37.199><c> as</c><00:37:37.460><c> a</c>

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:40.539
gift<00:37:38.059><c> to</c><00:37:38.340><c> our</c><00:37:38.539><c> brethren.</c><00:37:39.699><c> We're</c><00:37:39.900><c> a</c><00:37:40.059><c> gift</c>

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:44.260
in<00:37:41.119><c> the</c><00:37:41.239><c> fact</c><00:37:41.440><c> that</c><00:37:41.619><c> we</c><00:37:41.699><c> are</c><00:37:41.860><c> to</c><00:37:42.099><c> help</c><00:37:42.380><c> Aaron</c><00:37:42.719><c> and</c><00:37:43.039><c> help</c><00:37:43.300><c> Aaron's</c><00:37:43.940><c> sons</c>

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:46.840
serve<00:37:44.920><c> in</c><00:37:45.079><c> the</c><00:37:45.300><c> sanctuary.</c><00:37:46.159><c> We,</c><00:37:46.760><c> the</c>

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:50.900
rest<00:37:47.119><c> of</c><00:37:47.340><c> the</c><00:37:47.440><c> Levites,</c><00:37:48.099><c> as</c><00:37:48.360><c> brethren,</c><00:37:49.639><c> are</c><00:37:49.760><c> a</c><00:37:50.019><c> gift</c><00:37:50.360><c> in</c><00:37:50.639><c> our</c>

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:54.019
service.<00:37:52.579><c> What</c><00:37:52.719><c> if</c><00:37:52.820><c> we</c><00:37:53.019><c> ever</c><00:37:53.159><c> think</c><00:37:53.320><c> of</c><00:37:53.480><c> service</c><00:37:53.760><c> that</c>

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:58.000
way?<00:37:55.139><c> You</c><00:37:55.280><c> ever</c><00:37:55.440><c> thought</c><00:37:55.659><c> of</c><00:37:55.920><c> service</c><00:37:56.320><c> as</c><00:37:56.760><c> being</c><00:37:56.980><c> a</c><00:37:57.179><c> gift</c><00:37:57.579><c> to</c>

00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:02.199
others?<00:37:59.739><c> If</c><00:37:59.900><c> you</c><00:38:00.219><c> serve</c><00:38:00.480><c> the</c><00:38:00.699><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:01.179><c> and</c><00:38:01.699><c> you</c><00:38:02.019><c> serve</c>

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:05.239
your<00:38:02.480><c> fellow</c><00:38:02.760><c> brethren</c><00:38:03.159><c> as</c><00:38:03.579><c> Jesus</c><00:38:04.019><c> did</c><00:38:04.219><c> in</c><00:38:04.380><c> the</c><00:38:04.559><c> upper</c><00:38:04.860><c> room</c>

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:08.800
in<00:38:05.760><c> that</c><00:38:05.980><c> enacted</c><00:38:06.380><c> parable,</c><00:38:08.159><c> do</c><00:38:08.320><c> you</c><00:38:08.360><c> see</c><00:38:08.480><c> that</c><00:38:08.659><c> as</c>

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:13.320
a<00:38:09.059><c> gift?</c><00:38:09.880><c> You</c><00:38:10.119><c> are</c><00:38:10.460><c> a</c><00:38:10.579><c> gift</c><00:38:10.900><c> to</c><00:38:11.099><c> others</c><00:38:11.619><c> when</c><00:38:12.099><c> you</c><00:38:12.320><c> serve</c><00:38:12.440><c> them.</c>

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:15.280
That's<00:38:13.780><c> how</c><00:38:14.019><c> the</c><00:38:14.179><c> Levites</c><00:38:14.579><c> were</c><00:38:14.739><c> to</c><00:38:14.920><c> see</c><00:38:15.019><c> their</c>

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:19.639
role<00:38:15.579><c> in</c><00:38:16.139><c> their</c><00:38:16.400><c> relationship</c><00:38:17.000><c> to</c><00:38:17.280><c> the</c><00:38:17.460><c> high</c><00:38:17.739><c> priest.</c><00:38:19.440><c> When</c>

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:23.300
we<00:38:20.039><c> serve</c><00:38:20.239><c> the</c><00:38:20.500><c> master,</c><00:38:21.420><c> our</c><00:38:21.760><c> lord</c><00:38:22.079><c> and</c><00:38:22.380><c> king,</c>

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:28.900
we<00:38:23.880><c> serve</c><00:38:24.219><c> him</c><00:38:24.460><c> and</c><00:38:24.699><c> the</c><00:38:24.860><c> master</c><00:38:25.280><c> wants</c><00:38:25.639><c> that</c><00:38:26.039><c> service</c><00:38:26.420><c> and</c><00:38:26.820><c> regards</c><00:38:27.260><c> our</c><00:38:27.699><c> service</c><00:38:28.119><c> surely</c><00:38:28.559><c> as</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:30.460
a<00:38:29.019><c> gift,</c><00:38:29.860><c> a</c><00:38:30.039><c> gift</c><00:38:30.219><c> to</c>

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:33.699
him.<00:38:31.639><c> We</c><00:38:31.800><c> have</c><00:38:32.000><c> a</c><00:38:32.119><c> hymn</c><00:38:32.239><c> that</c><00:38:32.460><c> says,</c><00:38:32.739><c> what</c><00:38:32.880><c> gifts</c><00:38:33.179><c> do</c><00:38:33.360><c> we</c><00:38:33.519><c> have</c>

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:36.619
to<00:38:33.940><c> bring?</c><00:38:34.519><c> What</c><00:38:34.739><c> gifts</c><00:38:35.000><c> do</c><00:38:35.179><c> we</c><00:38:35.400><c> have</c><00:38:35.559><c> to</c><00:38:35.860><c> offer?</c>

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:41.000
We<00:38:37.579><c> offer</c><00:38:37.860><c> the</c><00:38:38.039><c> food</c><00:38:38.159><c> of</c><00:38:38.320><c> our</c><00:38:38.460><c> lips.</c><00:38:38.960><c> We</c><00:38:39.219><c> offer</c><00:38:39.559><c> our</c><00:38:39.940><c> service.</c>

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:45.900
What<00:38:41.860><c> a</c><00:38:42.159><c> lovely</c><00:38:42.480><c> way</c><00:38:42.920><c> of</c><00:38:43.219><c> describing</c><00:38:43.940><c> service</c><00:38:44.980><c> among</c>

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:51.179
brethren.<00:38:48.760><c> So</c><00:38:49.000><c> then,</c><00:38:49.300><c> as</c><00:38:49.460><c> you</c><00:38:49.659><c> take</c><00:38:49.840><c> a</c><00:38:49.940><c> look</c><00:38:50.019><c> at</c><00:38:50.139><c> these</c><00:38:50.420><c> passages</c><00:38:50.920><c> that</c>

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:52.380
we're<00:38:51.420><c> highlighting</c><00:38:51.820><c> from</c><00:38:52.119><c> different</c>

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:55.940
contexts,<00:38:53.400><c> hopefully</c><00:38:53.900><c> you</c><00:38:54.159><c> can</c><00:38:54.420><c> see,</c><00:38:54.739><c> brothers</c><00:38:54.840><c> and</c><00:38:55.099><c> sisters,</c><00:38:55.760><c> there's</c>

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:57.260
a<00:38:56.039><c> little</c><00:38:56.159><c> bit</c><00:38:56.380><c> more</c><00:38:56.579><c> than</c><00:38:56.739><c> perhaps</c>

00:38:57.260 --> 00:39:01.519
meets<00:38:57.559><c> the</c><00:38:57.880><c> eye</c><00:38:58.159><c> in</c><00:38:58.599><c> these</c><00:38:58.880><c> principles</c><00:38:59.260><c> that</c><00:38:59.599><c> emerge.</c><00:39:00.420><c> They're</c><00:39:00.800><c> very</c>

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:04.599
New<00:39:01.820><c> Testament</c><00:39:02.260><c> oriented.</c><00:39:04.199><c> Let's</c><00:39:04.400><c> take</c>

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:07.260
a<00:39:04.800><c> look</c><00:39:04.800><c> at</c><00:39:05.059><c> a</c><00:39:05.059><c> few</c><00:39:05.500><c> other</c><00:39:05.820><c> examples</c><00:39:06.260><c> before</c><00:39:06.579><c> we</c><00:39:06.800><c> finish</c><00:39:07.019><c> this</c>

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:10.500
morning.<00:39:08.280><c> First</c><00:39:08.420><c> to</c><00:39:08.679><c> Chronicles</c><00:39:09.099><c> 23.</c>

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:19.880
A<00:39:13.820><c> few</c><00:39:13.960><c> more</c><00:39:14.280><c> specifics</c><00:39:14.800><c> about</c><00:39:15.159><c> their</c><00:39:15.539><c> role</c><00:39:15.960><c> as</c><00:39:17.219><c> servants.</c><00:39:19.539><c> First</c><00:39:19.679><c> to</c>

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Chronicles<00:39:20.619><c> chapter</c><00:39:21.300><c> 23.</c>

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:47.019
taking<00:39:43.159><c> out</c><00:39:43.599><c> a</c><00:39:44.360><c> snippet</c><00:39:44.699><c> of</c><00:39:44.860><c> this</c><00:39:45.139><c> context</c><00:39:45.699><c> because</c><00:39:46.099><c> it</c><00:39:46.300><c> highlights</c><00:39:46.780><c> some</c>

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of<00:39:47.119><c> the</c><00:39:47.300><c> principles.</c>

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First<00:39:50.059><c> to</c><00:39:50.219><c> Chronicles</c><00:39:50.619><c> 23</c><00:39:51.219><c> and</c><00:39:51.400><c> we</c><00:39:51.519><c> begin</c><00:39:51.780><c> at</c><00:39:51.980><c> verse</c><00:39:52.260><c> 24.</c><00:39:53.860><c> These</c><00:39:54.260><c> were</c>

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:56.300
the<00:39:54.739><c> sons</c><00:39:55.079><c> of</c><00:39:55.360><c> Levi,</c>

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after<00:39:56.960><c> the</c><00:39:57.219><c> house</c><00:39:57.460><c> of</c><00:39:57.619><c> their</c><00:39:57.840><c> fathers,</c><00:39:58.380><c> even</c><00:39:58.659><c> the</c><00:39:58.920><c> chief</c><00:39:59.059><c> of</c>

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:02.880
the<00:39:59.440><c> fathers,</c><00:40:00.219><c> as</c><00:40:00.440><c> they</c><00:40:00.619><c> were</c><00:40:00.840><c> counted</c><00:40:01.119><c> by</c><00:40:01.420><c> number</c><00:40:02.059><c> of</c>

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names<00:40:03.280><c> by</c><00:40:03.559><c> their</c><00:40:03.920><c> poles</c><00:40:04.380><c> that</c><00:40:05.039><c> did</c><00:40:05.440><c> the</c><00:40:05.760><c> work</c><00:40:06.219><c> for</c><00:40:06.739><c> the</c><00:40:07.019><c> service</c><00:40:07.320><c> of</c><00:40:07.519><c> the</c>

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house<00:40:07.980><c> of</c><00:40:08.159><c> the</c><00:40:08.320><c> Lord</c><00:40:08.760><c> from</c><00:40:09.559><c> the</c><00:40:09.980><c> age</c><00:40:10.559><c> of,</c>

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notice,<00:40:12.619><c> 20</c><00:40:13.159><c> years</c><00:40:13.840><c> and</c><00:40:14.179><c> upward.</c><00:40:14.980><c> Now</c><00:40:15.239><c> that's</c><00:40:15.599><c> a</c><00:40:15.679><c> detail</c><00:40:15.980><c> we</c>

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haven't<00:40:16.460><c> met,</c><00:40:16.739><c> we</c><00:40:16.880><c> haven't</c><00:40:17.440><c> encountered.</c>

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There<00:40:19.900><c> was</c><00:40:20.079><c> an</c><00:40:20.239><c> age</c><00:40:20.460><c> restriction.</c><00:40:22.480><c> There</c><00:40:22.619><c> was</c><00:40:22.800><c> an</c><00:40:22.980><c> age</c><00:40:23.300><c> of</c><00:40:23.940><c> responsibility</c><00:40:24.599><c> or</c>

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maturity<00:40:25.380><c> that</c><00:40:26.239><c> was</c><00:40:26.539><c> set.</c>

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It<00:40:27.079><c> wasn't</c><00:40:27.380><c> unreasonable,</c><00:40:29.119><c> but</c><00:40:29.179><c> the</c><00:40:29.400><c> men</c><00:40:29.739><c> who</c><00:40:30.280><c> served</c><00:40:30.659><c> in</c><00:40:30.820><c> this</c><00:40:30.980><c> capacity</c><00:40:31.679><c> as</c>

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Levites,<00:40:33.340><c> helping</c><00:40:33.639><c> as</c><00:40:33.940><c> a</c><00:40:34.199><c> gift</c>

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to<00:40:35.360><c> serving</c><00:40:35.659><c> the</c><00:40:35.900><c> sons</c><00:40:36.139><c> of</c><00:40:36.460><c> Aaron,</c><00:40:36.760><c> the</c><00:40:36.980><c> main</c><00:40:37.239><c> priests,</c><00:40:39.079><c> had</c>

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the<00:40:40.420><c> conscription,</c><00:40:40.960><c> you</c><00:40:41.139><c> might</c><00:40:41.400><c> say,</c>

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or<00:40:42.280><c> the</c><00:40:42.559><c> age</c><00:40:43.099><c> of</c><00:40:43.840><c> being</c><00:40:44.179><c> 20</c><00:40:44.699><c> years</c><00:40:45.079><c> and</c><00:40:45.320><c> upward.</c><00:40:46.679><c> There's</c><00:40:46.900><c> a</c><00:40:46.980><c> bit</c><00:40:47.079><c> of</c>

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wisdom<00:40:47.480><c> in</c><00:40:47.639><c> that,</c><00:40:47.900><c> isn't</c><00:40:48.019><c> there?</c>

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:53.460
But<00:40:49.659><c> the</c><00:40:49.860><c> father</c><00:40:50.219><c> sees</c><00:40:50.679><c> that</c><00:40:51.139><c> serious</c><00:40:51.639><c> service</c><00:40:52.119><c> in</c><00:40:52.280><c> the</c><00:40:52.519><c> tabernacle,</c>

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support<00:40:54.659><c> for</c><00:40:55.019><c> those</c><00:40:55.440><c> who</c><00:40:55.599><c> are</c><00:40:55.780><c> laboring</c><00:40:56.119><c> in</c><00:40:56.280><c> the</c><00:40:56.500><c> sanctuary</c>

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were<00:40:58.380><c> to</c><00:40:58.579><c> be</c><00:40:59.039><c> men.</c>

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And<00:41:01.219><c> when</c><00:41:01.380><c> we</c><00:41:01.619><c> extrapolate</c><00:41:02.239><c> that</c><00:41:02.619><c> to</c><00:41:02.860><c> sisters</c><00:41:03.300><c> as</c><00:41:03.619><c> they</c><00:41:03.820><c> see</c>

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themselves<00:41:04.400><c> as</c><00:41:04.719><c> part</c><00:41:04.860><c> of</c><00:41:04.980><c> the</c><00:41:05.119><c> Nazarite</c><00:41:05.659><c> vow</c>

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:10.300
or<00:41:06.440><c> in</c><00:41:06.579><c> the</c><00:41:06.780><c> broader</c><00:41:07.039><c> context</c><00:41:07.659><c> of</c><00:41:07.920><c> Exodus</c><00:41:08.199><c> 19</c><00:41:08.800><c> or</c><00:41:09.019><c> Peter's</c><00:41:09.480><c> passage</c><00:41:09.820><c> in</c>

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the<00:41:10.480><c> future</c><00:41:10.760><c> age,</c><00:41:12.119><c> and</c><00:41:12.320><c> also</c><00:41:12.639><c> now</c><00:41:13.039><c> in</c><00:41:13.260><c> the</c>

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:19.380
Ecclesia<00:41:13.820><c> in</c><00:41:14.019><c> a</c><00:41:14.280><c> spiritual</c><00:41:14.659><c> application,</c><00:41:15.980><c> it's</c><00:41:16.340><c> expected</c><00:41:16.900><c> that</c><00:41:17.119><c> those</c><00:41:17.420><c> who</c><00:41:17.800><c> serve</c><00:41:18.059><c> others</c><00:41:18.519><c> have</c><00:41:19.039><c> a</c>

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degree<00:41:19.699><c> of</c>

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maturity<00:41:20.619><c> because</c><00:41:21.820><c> it's</c><00:41:22.099><c> a</c><00:41:22.440><c> responsible</c><00:41:23.019><c> role.</c><00:41:25.840><c> 12</c><00:41:26.139><c> year</c><00:41:26.400><c> olds,</c><00:41:26.739><c> 13</c>

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year<00:41:27.539><c> olds,</c><00:41:27.800><c> 14</c><00:41:28.280><c> year</c><00:41:28.679><c> olds</c><00:41:28.940><c> were</c><00:41:29.300><c> not</c>

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encompassed.<00:41:30.860><c> They</c><00:41:31.000><c> were</c><00:41:31.199><c> to</c><00:41:31.380><c> be</c><00:41:31.539><c> at</c><00:41:31.679><c> least</c><00:41:32.219><c> 20</c><00:41:32.820><c> years</c><00:41:33.300><c> of</c><00:41:33.579><c> age.</c><00:41:34.300><c> It's</c><00:41:34.679><c> a</c>

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call<00:41:35.099><c> to</c><00:41:35.360><c> maturity</c><00:41:35.900><c> and</c><00:41:36.460><c> responsibility.</c>

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:41.539
It<00:41:37.760><c> stresses</c><00:41:38.139><c> the</c><00:41:38.619><c> seriousness</c><00:41:38.940><c> of</c><00:41:39.239><c> the</c><00:41:39.440><c> role</c><00:41:39.880><c> without</c><00:41:40.980><c> being</c>

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an<00:41:42.019><c> unfair</c><00:41:42.719><c> disadvantage.</c><00:41:44.400><c> Verse</c><00:41:44.619><c> 28</c><00:41:45.159><c> of</c><00:41:45.340><c> the</c>

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passage<00:41:45.820><c> we're</c><00:41:46.039><c> looking</c><00:41:46.340><c> at,</c><00:41:47.659><c> because</c><00:41:48.000><c> their</c><00:41:48.519><c> office</c><00:41:49.000><c> was</c><00:41:49.699><c> to</c>

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:53.619
wait<00:41:50.840><c> on</c><00:41:51.199><c> the</c><00:41:51.440><c> sons</c><00:41:51.679><c> of</c><00:41:52.000><c> Aaron</c><00:41:52.539><c> for</c><00:41:53.059><c> the</c><00:41:53.340><c> service</c>

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:59.940
of<00:41:53.820><c> the</c><00:41:53.980><c> house</c><00:41:54.239><c> of</c><00:41:54.380><c> the</c><00:41:54.579><c> Lord.</c><00:41:55.500><c> They</c><00:41:55.679><c> were</c><00:41:55.900><c> to</c><00:41:56.139><c> wait</c><00:41:56.460><c> in</c><00:41:56.880><c> the</c><00:41:57.159><c> courts.</c><00:41:57.900><c> These</c><00:41:58.179><c> are</c><00:41:58.400><c> the</c><00:41:58.559><c> Levites</c><00:41:59.079><c> in</c><00:41:59.519><c> general.</c>

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:04.500
They<00:42:00.440><c> were</c><00:42:00.619><c> to</c><00:42:00.840><c> wait</c><00:42:01.039><c> in</c><00:42:01.239><c> the</c><00:42:01.460><c> courts</c><00:42:01.960><c> and</c><00:42:03.059><c> in</c><00:42:03.239><c> the</c><00:42:03.480><c> chambers.</c>

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:06.780
We'll<00:42:04.820><c> just</c><00:42:05.059><c> continue</c><00:42:05.420><c> with</c><00:42:05.599><c> that</c><00:42:05.820><c> passage.</c>

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:12.440
And<00:42:08.360><c> what</c><00:42:08.820><c> else?</c><00:42:09.239><c> Here's</c><00:42:09.539><c> an</c><00:42:09.619><c> additional</c><00:42:10.019><c> detail.</c><00:42:10.900><c> In</c><00:42:11.059><c> the</c><00:42:11.380><c> purifying</c><00:42:12.000><c> of</c>

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:14.380
all<00:42:12.780><c> holy</c><00:42:13.179><c> things</c>

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and<00:42:14.800><c> in</c><00:42:14.940><c> the</c><00:42:15.159><c> work</c><00:42:15.320><c> of</c><00:42:15.519><c> the</c><00:42:15.760><c> service</c><00:42:16.079><c> of</c><00:42:16.260><c> the</c><00:42:16.380><c> house</c><00:42:16.599><c> of</c><00:42:16.880><c> God.</c>

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:19.519
They<00:42:17.860><c> were</c><00:42:18.099><c> working</c><00:42:18.480><c> with</c><00:42:18.739><c> holy</c><00:42:19.059><c> things,</c>

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:23.679
but<00:42:19.920><c> they</c><00:42:20.079><c> were</c><00:42:20.320><c> helping</c><00:42:20.719><c> the</c><00:42:21.000><c> sons</c><00:42:21.219><c> of</c><00:42:21.500><c> Aaron</c><00:42:21.699><c> in</c><00:42:22.000><c> that</c><00:42:22.260><c> sense.</c><00:42:23.539><c> Then</c>

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:26.300
we<00:42:23.840><c> come</c><00:42:24.019><c> down</c><00:42:24.659><c> both</c><00:42:25.340><c> verse</c><00:42:25.659><c> 29,</c>

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:29.539
both<00:42:26.679><c> for</c><00:42:26.880><c> the</c><00:42:27.119><c> showbread</c><00:42:27.599><c> and</c><00:42:27.800><c> for</c><00:42:28.000><c> the</c><00:42:28.239><c> fine</c><00:42:28.480><c> flour,</c><00:42:29.360><c> for</c>

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:31.619
meat<00:42:29.800><c> offering</c><00:42:30.239><c> and</c><00:42:30.480><c> for</c><00:42:30.639><c> the</c><00:42:30.820><c> unleavened</c><00:42:31.380><c> cakes</c>

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:35.980
and<00:42:32.059><c> for</c><00:42:32.239><c> that</c><00:42:32.440><c> which</c><00:42:32.599><c> is</c><00:42:32.860><c> baked</c><00:42:33.039><c> in</c><00:42:33.219><c> the</c><00:42:33.420><c> pan</c><00:42:33.719><c> and</c><00:42:34.519><c> so</c><00:42:34.820><c> on.</c><00:42:35.480><c> Come</c><00:42:35.679><c> down</c><00:42:35.840><c> to</c>

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verse<00:42:36.199><c> 30</c><00:42:36.679><c> of</c><00:42:36.940><c> 1st</c><00:42:37.199><c> of</c><00:42:37.320><c> Chronicles</c><00:42:37.699><c> 23,</c>

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an<00:42:38.679><c> additional</c><00:42:39.079><c> detail.</c><00:42:40.619><c> And</c><00:42:41.099><c> here's</c><00:42:41.440><c> that</c><00:42:41.739><c> expression,</c>

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that<00:42:42.500><c> priestly</c><00:42:42.840><c> expression,</c>

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and<00:42:44.300><c> to</c><00:42:44.719><c> stand</c><00:42:45.159><c> every</c><00:42:46.039><c> morning</c><00:42:46.719><c> to</c><00:42:48.480><c> thank</c><00:42:48.960><c> and</c><00:42:49.699><c> praise</c><00:42:50.099><c> the</c><00:42:50.380><c> Lord</c><00:42:50.980><c> and</c><00:42:52.599><c> likewise</c><00:42:53.340><c> at</c><00:42:53.940><c> even.</c>

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:58.260
Now<00:42:55.679><c> just</c><00:42:55.920><c> consider</c><00:42:56.320><c> the</c><00:42:56.579><c> implications</c><00:42:57.139><c> of</c><00:42:57.380><c> that.</c><00:42:57.900><c> For</c><00:42:58.019><c> those</c>

00:42:58.260 --> 00:43:00.139
of<00:42:58.400><c> us</c><00:42:58.579><c> who</c><00:42:58.719><c> wish</c><00:42:58.800><c> to</c><00:42:58.980><c> be</c><00:42:59.139><c> kings</c><00:42:59.420><c> and</c><00:42:59.719><c> priests</c><00:42:59.960><c> in</c>

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:05.440
the<00:43:00.280><c> future</c><00:43:00.579><c> age,</c><00:43:01.420><c> for</c><00:43:01.599><c> those</c><00:43:01.800><c> of</c><00:43:01.940><c> us</c><00:43:02.199><c> now</c><00:43:02.659><c> who</c><00:43:03.139><c> accept</c><00:43:03.500><c> the</c><00:43:03.780><c> role</c><00:43:04.119><c> and</c><00:43:04.519><c> the</c><00:43:04.820><c> calling</c><00:43:05.159><c> in</c>

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.300
Peter's<00:43:05.900><c> language</c><00:43:06.139><c> of</c>

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being<00:43:06.480><c> a</c><00:43:06.840><c> royal</c><00:43:07.320><c> priesthood.</c><00:43:08.280><c> Brothers</c><00:43:08.440><c> and</c><00:43:08.699><c> sisters,</c><00:43:09.239><c> here's</c><00:43:09.500><c> an</c><00:43:09.719><c> ingredient.</c><00:43:11.199><c> It</c>

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is<00:43:11.719><c> a</c><00:43:12.079><c> service</c><00:43:12.659><c> of</c><00:43:13.400><c> night</c>

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and<00:43:14.519><c> day.</c><00:43:15.940><c> It</c><00:43:16.059><c> is</c><00:43:16.320><c> a</c><00:43:16.780><c> continual</c><00:43:17.420><c> service</c><00:43:17.940><c> like</c><00:43:18.179><c> the</c><00:43:18.519><c> continual</c>

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:22.420
burnt<00:43:19.179><c> offering.</c><00:43:21.300><c> What</c><00:43:21.480><c> a</c><00:43:21.760><c> powerful</c><00:43:22.119><c> and</c>

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:25.659
practical<00:43:22.820><c> way.</c><00:43:23.559><c> The</c><00:43:23.760><c> law</c><00:43:24.079><c> was</c><00:43:24.360><c> teaching</c><00:43:24.699><c> the</c><00:43:24.940><c> principles</c><00:43:25.340><c> of</c>

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:28.780
priesthood<00:43:26.119><c> to</c><00:43:26.460><c> you</c><00:43:26.679><c> and</c><00:43:26.900><c> I,</c><00:43:27.400><c> let</c><00:43:27.500><c> alone</c><00:43:27.739><c> them.</c>

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:33.480
They<00:43:30.019><c> were</c><00:43:30.380><c> to</c><00:43:30.860><c> stand</c><00:43:31.380><c> every</c><00:43:31.980><c> morning</c><00:43:32.380><c> to</c><00:43:32.699><c> thank</c><00:43:32.960><c> and</c><00:43:33.219><c> praise</c>

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:35.920
the<00:43:33.760><c> Lord,</c><00:43:34.440><c> likewise</c><00:43:34.940><c> at</c><00:43:35.199><c> even.</c>

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Brothers<00:43:37.059><c> and</c><00:43:37.300><c> sisters,</c><00:43:37.679><c> it's</c><00:43:37.820><c> a</c><00:43:38.039><c> calling</c><00:43:38.320><c> then</c><00:43:38.780><c> if</c><00:43:39.000><c> we</c><00:43:39.179><c> wish</c>

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:41.619
to<00:43:39.500><c> be</c><00:43:39.619><c> kings</c><00:43:39.860><c> and</c><00:43:40.179><c> priests</c><00:43:40.380><c> of</c><00:43:40.559><c> the</c><00:43:40.699><c> future</c><00:43:41.000><c> age</c>

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:45.519
and<00:43:42.239><c> if</c><00:43:42.380><c> we</c><00:43:42.619><c> wish</c><00:43:42.920><c> to</c><00:43:43.139><c> be</c><00:43:43.300><c> truly</c><00:43:43.619><c> a</c><00:43:43.880><c> royal</c><00:43:44.260><c> priesthood</c><00:43:44.739><c> now.</c>

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:51.199
We<00:43:47.159><c> are</c><00:43:47.360><c> to</c><00:43:47.619><c> praise</c><00:43:48.000><c> our</c><00:43:48.300><c> heavenly</c><00:43:48.679><c> father</c><00:43:49.300><c> night</c><00:43:49.719><c> and</c><00:43:50.000><c> day</c><00:43:50.639><c> by</c>

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:55.599
our<00:43:51.539><c> lips,</c><00:43:52.280><c> by</c><00:43:52.460><c> our</c><00:43:52.760><c> behavior,</c><00:43:53.699><c> by</c><00:43:54.079><c> our</c><00:43:54.539><c> thinking.</c>

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:58.900
We<00:43:56.400><c> are</c><00:43:56.559><c> to</c><00:43:56.699><c> be</c><00:43:56.800><c> a</c><00:43:57.039><c> separate</c><00:43:57.360><c> people,</c><00:43:58.179><c> which</c><00:43:58.239><c> doesn't</c><00:43:58.500><c> mean</c><00:43:58.719><c> to</c>

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be<00:43:59.099><c> self</c><00:43:59.360><c>-righteous</c><00:43:59.780><c> or</c><00:44:00.019><c> aloof</c><00:44:00.420><c> or</c><00:44:00.920><c> pharisaical.</c>

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We<00:44:02.699><c> are</c><00:44:02.920><c> to</c><00:44:03.039><c> see</c><00:44:03.219><c> our</c><00:44:03.460><c> role</c><00:44:03.679><c> as</c><00:44:04.079><c> servants</c><00:44:04.420><c> or</c><00:44:04.760><c> ministers.</c><00:44:06.119><c> We</c>

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:08.619
are<00:44:06.400><c> to</c><00:44:06.579><c> see</c><00:44:06.739><c> that</c><00:44:06.940><c> in</c><00:44:07.059><c> the</c><00:44:07.260><c> giving</c><00:44:07.460><c> to</c><00:44:07.860><c> others,</c>

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:15.820
we<00:44:08.920><c> give</c><00:44:09.199><c> our</c><00:44:09.639><c> time,</c><00:44:10.300><c> our</c><00:44:10.500><c> money,</c><00:44:11.039><c> our</c><00:44:11.300><c> energy,</c><00:44:11.960><c> our</c><00:44:12.159><c> minds,</c><00:44:12.780><c> our</c><00:44:13.000><c> hands,</c><00:44:13.739><c> our</c><00:44:14.000><c> legs</c><00:44:14.400><c> as</c><00:44:14.739><c> a</c><00:44:14.960><c> gift.</c>

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:22.300
But<00:44:17.780><c> it's</c><00:44:18.300><c> to</c><00:44:18.440><c> be</c><00:44:19.000><c> not</c><00:44:19.300><c> just</c><00:44:19.480><c> Sunday</c><00:44:19.719><c> morning,</c><00:44:21.079><c> it's</c><00:44:21.239><c> to</c><00:44:21.380><c> be</c><00:44:21.679><c> not</c><00:44:21.900><c> just</c><00:44:22.159><c> a</c>

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:24.280
Bible<00:44:22.559><c> class,</c><00:44:23.039><c> which</c><00:44:23.159><c> is</c><00:44:23.360><c> helpful,</c>

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:26.840
it's<00:44:24.659><c> to</c><00:44:24.800><c> be</c><00:44:25.219><c> not</c><00:44:25.460><c> just</c><00:44:25.599><c> when</c><00:44:25.719><c> we're</c><00:44:25.940><c> teaching</c><00:44:26.219><c> Sunday</c><00:44:26.559><c> school</c>

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or<00:44:27.059><c> CYC</c><00:44:27.659><c> in</c><00:44:27.780><c> the</c><00:44:27.900><c> week,</c>

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not<00:44:29.699><c> just</c><00:44:29.880><c> when</c><00:44:30.019><c> we're</c><00:44:30.179><c> in</c><00:44:30.280><c> the</c><00:44:30.480><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:30.980><c> and</c><00:44:31.280><c> under</c><00:44:31.519><c> the</c><00:44:31.780><c> surveillance</c><00:44:32.199><c> of</c><00:44:32.480><c> others,</c>

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:37.119
it's<00:44:34.159><c> to</c><00:44:34.300><c> be</c><00:44:34.420><c> at</c><00:44:34.639><c> school,</c><00:44:35.659><c> it's</c><00:44:35.880><c> to</c><00:44:36.039><c> be</c><00:44:36.139><c> in</c><00:44:36.260><c> the</c><00:44:36.519><c> office,</c><00:44:36.960><c> it's</c>

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:39.099
to<00:44:37.239><c> be</c><00:44:37.360><c> in</c><00:44:37.480><c> the</c><00:44:37.679><c> kitchen,</c><00:44:38.099><c> it's</c><00:44:38.219><c> to</c><00:44:38.360><c> be</c><00:44:38.480><c> in</c><00:44:38.639><c> the</c><00:44:38.820><c> home,</c>

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it's<00:44:39.559><c> to</c><00:44:39.699><c> be</c><00:44:39.800><c> at</c><00:44:40.000><c> arranging</c><00:44:40.380><c> meetings,</c><00:44:40.860><c> it's</c><00:44:41.039><c> to</c><00:44:41.139><c> be</c><00:44:41.260><c> at</c><00:44:41.400><c> the</c><00:44:41.679><c> CYC,</c><00:44:42.500><c> it's</c><00:44:43.019><c> a</c>

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night<00:44:43.480><c> and</c><00:44:43.780><c> day</c><00:44:44.159><c> calling.</c>

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The<00:44:46.860><c> Nazirite</c><00:44:47.460><c> didn't</c><00:44:47.760><c> switch</c><00:44:48.139><c> on</c><00:44:48.440><c> and</c><00:44:48.679><c> off</c><00:44:49.019><c> once</c><00:44:49.280><c> he</c><00:44:49.659><c> accepted</c><00:44:49.920><c> or</c><00:44:50.099><c> she</c>

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accepted<00:44:51.000><c> voluntarily</c><00:44:52.019><c> the</c><00:44:52.579><c> vow</c><00:44:52.820><c> to</c>

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:59.280
such<00:44:53.719><c> a</c><00:44:53.940><c> person.</c><00:44:56.059><c> You</c><00:44:56.340><c> see</c><00:44:56.519><c> how</c><00:44:56.980><c> practical</c><00:44:57.860><c> God</c><00:44:58.539><c> was</c><00:44:58.820><c> teaching</c>

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the<00:44:59.760><c> Jews</c><00:45:00.059><c> about</c><00:45:00.639><c> their</c><00:45:01.019><c> calling.</c>

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And<00:45:02.079><c> then</c><00:45:02.400><c> finally,</c><00:45:03.800><c> notice</c><00:45:03.960><c> this,</c><00:45:04.940><c> in</c><00:45:05.079><c> the</c><00:45:05.199><c> same</c><00:45:05.400><c> passage</c><00:45:05.820><c> in</c>

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:08.179
Chronicles,<00:45:06.719><c> verse</c><00:45:06.980><c> 32,</c>

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:13.079
and<00:45:09.119><c> that</c><00:45:09.320><c> they,</c><00:45:10.179><c> the</c><00:45:10.340><c> Levites,</c><00:45:11.320><c> should</c><00:45:11.579><c> keep</c><00:45:12.059><c> the</c><00:45:12.539><c> charge</c><00:45:12.860><c> of</c>

00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:15.599
the<00:45:13.260><c> tabernacle.</c><00:45:14.340><c> Now</c><00:45:14.699><c> look</c><00:45:14.860><c> at</c><00:45:14.980><c> the</c><00:45:15.219><c> power</c>

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:20.780
of<00:45:15.880><c> that</c><00:45:16.159><c> phrase.</c><00:45:17.860><c> How</c><00:45:18.179><c> easy</c><00:45:18.400><c> it</c><00:45:18.519><c> is</c><00:45:18.619><c> when</c><00:45:18.719><c> we're</c><00:45:18.900><c> doing</c><00:45:19.059><c> our</c><00:45:19.260><c> readings</c><00:45:19.480><c> to</c><00:45:19.840><c> skate</c><00:45:20.179><c> over</c><00:45:20.539><c> a</c>

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phrase<00:45:20.960><c> like</c><00:45:21.300><c> that,</c>

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:26.239
not<00:45:21.719><c> ponder</c><00:45:22.179><c> it.</c><00:45:22.780><c> Charge?</c><00:45:24.840><c> They</c><00:45:25.159><c> were</c><00:45:25.260><c> to</c><00:45:25.480><c> see</c><00:45:25.579><c> themselves</c><00:45:26.019><c> as</c>

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:29.480
having<00:45:26.380><c> a</c><00:45:26.739><c> charge.</c><00:45:27.980><c> It's</c><00:45:28.260><c> the</c><00:45:28.420><c> language</c><00:45:28.780><c> of</c><00:45:29.000><c> Paul</c><00:45:29.300><c> to</c>

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:32.420
Timothy,<00:45:30.000><c> if</c><00:45:30.099><c> you've</c><00:45:30.239><c> never</c><00:45:30.460><c> noticed.</c><00:45:31.260><c> In</c><00:45:31.519><c> Paul's</c><00:45:32.039><c> epistles</c>

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:35.219
to<00:45:32.639><c> Timothy,</c><00:45:33.460><c> he</c><00:45:33.719><c> uses</c><00:45:34.159><c> the</c><00:45:34.380><c> word</c><00:45:34.539><c> charge</c>

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:39.579
again<00:45:35.800><c> and</c><00:45:35.980><c> again</c><00:45:36.420><c> to</c><00:45:36.579><c> Timothy.</c><00:45:37.960><c> Keep</c><00:45:38.219><c> the</c><00:45:38.500><c> charge,</c><00:45:39.039><c> keep</c><00:45:39.280><c> the</c>

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:42.739
charge,<00:45:39.940><c> guard</c><00:45:40.199><c> the</c><00:45:40.440><c> deposit,</c><00:45:41.159><c> keep</c><00:45:41.480><c> the</c><00:45:41.780><c> charge.</c>

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:47.639
And<00:45:43.599><c> this</c><00:45:44.139><c> is</c><00:45:44.480><c> all</c><00:45:44.659><c> based</c><00:45:44.960><c> on</c><00:45:45.579><c> Levitical</c><00:45:45.980><c> principles.</c><00:45:47.219><c> Paul's</c>

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:49.599
words<00:45:47.800><c> to</c><00:45:48.000><c> Timothy</c><00:45:48.320><c> are</c><00:45:48.659><c> priestly</c><00:45:49.000><c> words.</c>

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:53.679
Based<00:45:50.500><c> on</c><00:45:50.699><c> the</c><00:45:50.920><c> call</c><00:45:51.079><c> to</c><00:45:51.380><c> priesthood,</c><00:45:52.139><c> they</c><00:45:52.260><c> were</c><00:45:52.440><c> to</c><00:45:52.719><c> keep</c><00:45:52.960><c> the</c><00:45:53.280><c> charge.</c><00:45:53.599><c> It</c>

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:55.639
was<00:45:53.860><c> an</c><00:45:54.139><c> important</c><00:45:54.559><c> position.</c>

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:59.960
The<00:45:56.000><c> charge</c><00:45:56.199><c> of</c><00:45:56.380><c> the</c><00:45:56.519><c> tabernacle,</c><00:45:57.460><c> the</c><00:45:57.599><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:57.920><c> of</c><00:45:58.159><c> God,</c><00:45:59.260><c> the</c><00:45:59.539><c> charge</c><00:45:59.780><c> of</c>

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the<00:46:00.119><c> holy</c><00:46:00.320><c> place,</c>

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the<00:46:01.519><c> charge</c><00:46:01.780><c> of</c><00:46:01.980><c> the</c><00:46:02.139><c> sons</c><00:46:02.340><c> of</c><00:46:02.619><c> Aaron,</c><00:46:03.000><c> their</c><00:46:03.199><c> brethren,</c><00:46:04.760><c> in</c>

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:07.739
the<00:46:05.280><c> service</c><00:46:05.659><c> of</c><00:46:05.900><c> the</c><00:46:06.119><c> house</c><00:46:06.579><c> of</c><00:46:06.820><c> the</c><00:46:06.980><c> Lord.</c>

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:12.760
Let's<00:46:09.159><c> end</c><00:46:09.440><c> this</c><00:46:09.719><c> morning,</c><00:46:10.199><c> brothers</c><00:46:10.320><c> and</c><00:46:10.599><c> sisters.</c><00:46:10.920><c> Although</c><00:46:11.079><c> we</c><00:46:11.239><c> haven't</c><00:46:11.539><c> articulated</c><00:46:12.139><c> all</c>

00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:13.059
of<00:46:12.880><c> the</c>

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principles<00:46:13.360><c> of</c><00:46:13.599><c> priesthood,</c><00:46:14.280><c> we'll</c><00:46:14.760><c> touch</c><00:46:14.980><c> on</c><00:46:15.139><c> a</c><00:46:15.280><c> few</c><00:46:15.360><c> more</c>

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:18.460
tomorrow<00:46:15.980><c> morning.</c><00:46:17.000><c> Turn</c><00:46:17.119><c> with</c><00:46:17.280><c> me</c><00:46:17.420><c> to</c><00:46:17.599><c> Timothy.</c>

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:23.719
Do<00:46:20.000><c> you</c><00:46:20.219><c> see</c><00:46:20.360><c> this</c><00:46:20.599><c> now,</c><00:46:20.960><c> perhaps,</c><00:46:21.440><c> through</c><00:46:21.699><c> different</c><00:46:21.940><c> glasses?</c><00:46:23.539><c> When</c>

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:25.480
Paul<00:46:24.099><c> writes</c><00:46:24.539><c> this</c><00:46:24.880><c> to</c><00:46:25.099><c> Timothy,</c>

00:46:25.780 --> 00:46:31.019
knowing<00:46:25.940><c> that</c><00:46:26.139><c> he</c><00:46:26.280><c> has</c><00:46:26.460><c> used</c><00:46:26.659><c> the</c><00:46:26.780><c> word</c><00:46:27.000><c> charge</c><00:46:27.579><c> so</c><00:46:28.260><c> many</c><00:46:28.519><c> other</c><00:46:28.840><c> times,</c><00:46:30.820><c> in</c>

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:32.840
the<00:46:31.239><c> epistle</c><00:46:31.739><c> of</c><00:46:32.400><c> Timothy,</c>

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:39.019
both<00:46:33.219><c> first</c><00:46:33.500><c> and</c><00:46:33.719><c> second,</c><00:46:34.679><c> do</c><00:46:34.840><c> you</c><00:46:34.900><c> see</c><00:46:35.039><c> in</c><00:46:35.239><c> 1</c><00:46:35.440><c> Timothy</c><00:46:35.880><c> 3</c><00:46:37.199><c> and</c>

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:42.699
verse<00:46:39.360><c> 15</c><00:46:40.059><c> that</c><00:46:40.500><c> this</c><00:46:40.900><c> is</c><00:46:41.380><c> a</c><00:46:41.739><c> priestly</c><00:46:42.179><c> call</c>

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:46.780
in<00:46:43.159><c> the</c><00:46:43.340><c> language</c><00:46:43.679><c> of</c><00:46:43.940><c> Paul</c><00:46:44.199><c> to</c><00:46:44.380><c> Timothy?</c><00:46:45.760><c> And</c><00:46:46.000><c> look</c><00:46:46.219><c> at</c><00:46:46.420><c> the</c>

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:50.059
overhead<00:46:47.260><c> by</c><00:46:47.880><c> and</c><00:46:48.139><c> by</c><00:46:48.500><c> as</c><00:46:48.960><c> you</c><00:46:49.219><c> think</c><00:46:49.440><c> of</c>

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:54.780
1<00:46:50.360><c> Timothy</c><00:46:50.840><c> 3</c><00:46:51.280><c> verse</c><00:46:51.500><c> 15.</c><00:46:52.840><c> Says</c><00:46:52.900><c> Paul</c><00:46:53.219><c> to</c><00:46:53.400><c> the</c><00:46:53.500><c> young</c><00:46:53.699><c> man,</c>

00:46:54.900 --> 00:47:00.179
But<00:46:54.940><c> if</c><00:46:55.099><c> I</c><00:46:55.480><c> tarry</c><00:46:55.840><c> long,</c><00:46:56.820><c> that</c><00:46:56.900><c> thou</c><00:46:57.119><c> mayest</c><00:46:57.820><c> know</c><00:46:58.400><c> how</c><00:46:59.800><c> thou</c>

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:03.340
oughtest<00:47:00.860><c> to</c><00:47:01.199><c> behave</c><00:47:01.800><c> thyself</c>

00:47:03.639 --> 00:47:07.940
in<00:47:04.000><c> the</c><00:47:04.260><c> house</c><00:47:04.480><c> of</c><00:47:04.800><c> God.</c><00:47:05.420><c> That's</c><00:47:05.800><c> a</c><00:47:05.980><c> Levitical</c><00:47:06.559><c> concept.</c><00:47:07.840><c> It's</c>

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a<00:47:08.179><c> priestly</c><00:47:08.539><c> thought.</c><00:47:09.699><c> Timothy,</c>

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in<00:47:11.039><c> my</c><00:47:11.300><c> absence,</c><00:47:11.760><c> you</c><00:47:12.139><c> know</c><00:47:12.679><c> as</c><00:47:13.239><c> a</c><00:47:13.559><c> priest</c><00:47:13.900><c> how</c><00:47:14.480><c> you</c><00:47:14.820><c> ought</c><00:47:14.960><c> to</c>

00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:16.739
behave<00:47:15.519><c> in</c><00:47:15.719><c> the</c><00:47:15.900><c> house</c><00:47:16.099><c> of</c><00:47:16.360><c> God,</c>

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:21.639
which<00:47:17.420><c> is</c><00:47:17.659><c> the</c><00:47:17.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:47:18.539><c> of</c><00:47:19.239><c> the</c><00:47:19.579><c> living</c><00:47:19.860><c> God,</c><00:47:20.860><c> the</c><00:47:21.239><c> pillar</c>

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:24.179
and<00:47:22.039><c> the</c><00:47:22.360><c> ground</c><00:47:22.699><c> of</c><00:47:22.900><c> the</c><00:47:23.219><c> truth.</c>

00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:33.079
The<00:47:27.019><c> phrase</c><00:47:27.480><c> in</c><00:47:27.760><c> the</c><00:47:28.039><c> Greek</c><00:47:28.400><c> is</c><00:47:28.980><c> to</c><00:47:29.139><c> be</c><00:47:29.400><c> understood</c><00:47:30.099><c> as</c><00:47:31.059><c> how</c><00:47:31.639><c> thou</c><00:47:32.019><c> oughtest</c><00:47:32.639><c> to</c>

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busy<00:47:33.480><c> thyself</c>

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in<00:47:34.599><c> the</c><00:47:34.800><c> house</c><00:47:35.000><c> of</c><00:47:35.260><c> God.</c><00:47:35.539><c> It's</c><00:47:36.039><c> a</c><00:47:36.260><c> Greek</c><00:47:36.500><c> word</c><00:47:36.739><c> which</c><00:47:36.980><c> means</c><00:47:37.280><c> to</c>

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