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Judges<00:13:04.399><c> 4,</c><00:13:04.759><c> verses</c><00:13:05.059><c> 6</c><00:13:05.379><c> through</c><00:13:05.539><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:13:22.759><c> said</c><00:13:22.840><c> unto</c><00:13:23.080><c> him,</c><00:13:23.820><c> Hath</c><00:13:24.000><c> not</c><00:13:24.159><c> the</c><00:13:24.399><c> Lord,</c><00:13:24.679><c> God</c><00:13:24.899><c> of</c><00:13:25.000><c> Israel,</c>

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commanded,<00:13:26.120><c> saying,</c>

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And<00:13:33.799><c> I</c><00:13:33.899><c> will</c><00:13:34.139><c> draw</c><00:13:34.519><c> unto</c><00:13:35.580><c> thee,</c><00:13:36.019><c> to</c><00:13:36.200><c> the</c><00:13:36.320><c> river</c><00:13:36.700><c> of</c><00:13:37.039><c> Kishon,</c><00:13:38.080><c> Sisra,</c>

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multitude,<00:13:42.659><c> and</c><00:13:42.820><c> I</c><00:13:42.919><c> will</c><00:13:43.139><c> deliver</c><00:13:43.500><c> him</c><00:13:43.759><c> into</c><00:13:44.059><c> thine</c><00:13:44.240><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:13:48.659><c> Barak</c><00:13:48.919><c> said</c><00:13:49.120><c> unto</c><00:13:49.340><c> her,</c><00:13:50.320><c> If</c><00:13:50.860><c> thou</c><00:13:51.200><c> wilt</c><00:13:51.419><c> go</c><00:13:51.679><c> with</c><00:13:51.899><c> me,</c><00:13:52.860><c> then</c><00:13:53.139><c> I</c>

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Right?

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of<00:15:11.820><c> refuge.</c>

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in<00:15:23.320><c> the</c><00:15:23.539><c> city.</c>

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that<00:15:27.080><c> city</c><00:15:27.419><c> without</c><00:15:27.759><c> Deborah</c><00:15:28.120><c> by</c><00:15:28.399><c> his</c><00:15:28.659><c> side</c><00:15:29.320><c> might</c><00:15:29.860><c> be</c><00:15:30.419><c> a</c>

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significant<00:15:31.220><c> issue.</c>

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Barak<00:15:38.419><c> himself</c><00:15:39.039><c> was</c><00:15:39.600><c> sufficiently</c><00:15:40.120><c> faithful</c><00:15:40.539><c> to</c><00:15:40.720><c> be</c><00:15:40.899><c> listed</c>

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So<00:15:48.279><c> back</c><00:15:48.860><c> to</c><00:15:49.019><c> our</c><00:15:49.240><c> question</c><00:15:49.500><c> that</c><00:15:49.679><c> we</c><00:15:49.919><c> asked,</c><00:15:50.320><c> brothers</c><00:15:50.500><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:15:52.360><c> why</c><00:15:52.559><c> are</c><00:15:52.720><c> these</c><00:15:52.960><c> cities</c><00:15:53.240><c> so</c><00:15:53.679><c> important?</c>

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Why<00:15:56.019><c> does</c><00:15:56.240><c> our</c><00:15:56.460><c> Heavenly</c><00:15:56.899><c> Father</c><00:15:57.820><c> emphasize</c><00:15:59.100><c> these</c><00:15:59.980><c> if</c><00:16:00.519><c> perhaps</c><00:16:01.860><c> Barak</c>

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that<00:16:05.779><c> is</c><00:16:06.019><c> recorded</c><00:16:06.460><c> of</c><00:16:06.879><c> having</c><00:16:07.139><c> benefited</c><00:16:07.679><c> from</c><00:16:08.000><c> these</c><00:16:08.679><c> cities</c><00:16:09.059><c> of</c><00:16:09.299><c> refuge?</c>

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I'm<00:16:16.480><c> sure</c><00:16:16.779><c> throughout</c><00:16:17.100><c> history</c><00:16:17.700><c> there</c><00:16:18.100><c> is</c><00:16:18.759><c> hundreds,</c><00:16:19.500><c> maybe</c>

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thousands<00:16:20.220><c> of</c><00:16:20.559><c> individuals</c>

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that<00:16:21.460><c> benefited</c><00:16:21.940><c> from</c><00:16:22.759><c> the</c><00:16:23.100><c> safety</c><00:16:23.700><c> of</c><00:16:24.480><c> these</c><00:16:24.659><c> cities</c><00:16:24.940><c> of</c><00:16:25.220><c> refuge.</c>

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But<00:16:27.000><c> why</c><00:16:27.240><c> is</c><00:16:27.419><c> it</c><00:16:27.519><c> that</c><00:16:27.639><c> our</c><00:16:27.799><c> Heavenly</c><00:16:28.159><c> Father</c><00:16:29.000><c> puts</c><00:16:29.399><c> so</c><00:16:29.700><c> much</c>

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emphasis<00:16:30.440><c> and</c><00:16:30.820><c> detail</c><00:16:31.360><c> into</c><00:16:31.799><c> this?</c>

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Well,<00:16:34.159><c> I</c><00:16:34.320><c> believe,</c><00:16:35.360><c> brothers</c><00:16:35.519><c> and</c><00:16:35.759><c> sisters,</c><00:16:36.120><c> that</c><00:16:36.320><c> the</c><00:16:36.600><c> cities</c><00:16:37.200><c> of</c><00:16:37.759><c> refuge</c><00:16:38.320><c> paint</c><00:16:38.779><c> for</c><00:16:39.059><c> us</c>

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a<00:16:40.559><c> portrait</c><00:16:40.980><c> of</c><00:16:41.899><c> God's</c><00:16:42.399><c> plan</c><00:16:42.659><c> for</c><00:16:43.000><c> salvation</c><00:16:43.580><c> and</c><00:16:44.159><c> redemption.</c>

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It<00:16:46.139><c> defines</c><00:16:46.580><c> the</c><00:16:46.980><c> process</c><00:16:47.879><c> by</c><00:16:48.840><c> which</c><00:16:49.279><c> an</c><00:16:49.720><c> individual</c><00:16:50.379><c> can</c>

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have<00:16:51.720><c> life.</c>

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An<00:16:53.759><c> individual,</c><00:16:54.539><c> brothers</c><00:16:54.639><c> and</c><00:16:54.940><c> sisters,</c><00:16:55.340><c> who</c><00:16:55.559><c> like</c><00:16:55.740><c> ourselves</c><00:16:56.460><c> are</c><00:16:57.460><c> worthy</c><00:16:57.840><c> of</c><00:16:58.080><c> death.</c>

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And<00:16:59.460><c> yet</c><00:16:59.720><c> God</c><00:17:00.299><c> paints</c><00:17:00.740><c> a</c><00:17:00.940><c> picture</c><00:17:01.120><c> here</c><00:17:01.620><c> and</c><00:17:01.980><c> a</c><00:17:02.299><c> process</c><00:17:02.799><c> by</c><00:17:03.100><c> which</c><00:17:03.519><c> those</c><00:17:04.140><c> who</c><00:17:04.339><c> are</c><00:17:04.539><c> deserving</c><00:17:04.880><c> of</c>

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death<00:17:05.900><c> may</c><00:17:06.380><c> have</c><00:17:06.599><c> life.</c>

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There<00:17:10.539><c> is</c><00:17:10.740><c> action</c><00:17:11.160><c> required,</c><00:17:11.819><c> isn't</c><00:17:12.000><c> there,</c><00:17:13.380><c> on</c><00:17:14.059><c> the</c><00:17:14.279><c> manslayer?</c>

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The<00:17:15.619><c> individual</c><00:17:16.079><c> who</c><00:17:16.240><c> has</c><00:17:16.440><c> done</c><00:17:16.619><c> wrong</c><00:17:16.880><c> must</c><00:17:17.160><c> take</c><00:17:17.460><c> action.</c>

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And<00:17:18.660><c> what</c><00:17:18.779><c> is</c><00:17:18.980><c> he</c><00:17:19.099><c> to</c><00:17:19.299><c> do?</c>

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He<00:17:20.539><c> is</c><00:17:20.799><c> to</c><00:17:21.019><c> run.</c>

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He<00:17:23.019><c> is</c><00:17:23.299><c> to</c><00:17:23.640><c> run</c><00:17:24.039><c> to</c><00:17:24.700><c> the</c><00:17:24.920><c> city</c><00:17:25.160><c> of</c><00:17:25.440><c> refuge.</c>

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But<00:17:27.799><c> he's</c><00:17:28.000><c> not</c><00:17:28.200><c> allowed</c><00:17:28.400><c> to</c><00:17:28.559><c> just</c><00:17:28.740><c> go</c><00:17:28.920><c> into</c><00:17:29.160><c> the</c><00:17:29.259><c> city</c><00:17:29.500><c> of</c><00:17:29.740><c> refuge,</c><00:17:30.119><c> isn't</c><00:17:30.240><c> he?</c>

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He<00:17:32.039><c> must</c><00:17:32.279><c> recognize</c><00:17:33.000><c> his</c><00:17:33.299><c> wrongdoing.</c>

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He<00:17:34.380><c> must</c><00:17:34.839><c> publicly</c><00:17:35.420><c> proclaim</c><00:17:36.220><c> his</c><00:17:37.220><c> wrongdoing.</c>

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And<00:17:38.059><c> he</c><00:17:38.220><c> does</c><00:17:38.519><c> this,</c><00:17:38.799><c> doesn't</c><00:17:39.079><c> he,</c><00:17:39.720><c> to</c><00:17:39.900><c> the</c><00:17:40.099><c> elders</c><00:17:40.339><c> who</c><00:17:40.559><c> are</c>

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outside<00:17:41.299><c> at</c><00:17:41.759><c> the</c><00:17:41.960><c> gate,</c>

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if<00:17:42.279><c> we</c><00:17:42.400><c> can</c><00:17:42.660><c> think</c><00:17:42.880><c> of</c><00:17:43.059><c> the</c><00:17:43.259><c> times</c><00:17:43.480><c> of</c><00:17:43.759><c> old</c><00:17:43.900><c> where</c><00:17:44.500><c> the</c><00:17:44.839><c> judges</c>

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and<00:17:45.500><c> the</c><00:17:45.720><c> elders</c><00:17:45.980><c> of</c><00:17:46.160><c> the</c><00:17:46.319><c> city</c><00:17:46.480><c> would</c><00:17:46.660><c> be</c><00:17:46.920><c> sitting</c><00:17:47.039><c> at</c><00:17:47.279><c> the</c><00:17:47.440><c> gate.</c>

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And<00:17:48.180><c> this</c><00:17:48.400><c> man</c><00:17:48.640><c> comes</c><00:17:48.960><c> running</c><00:17:49.240><c> up</c><00:17:49.480><c> and</c><00:17:49.720><c> says,</c><00:17:50.279><c> I</c><00:17:50.460><c> need</c><00:17:50.720><c> in.</c>

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I<00:17:53.039><c> want</c><00:17:53.259><c> to</c><00:17:53.519><c> live.</c><00:17:53.660><c> I</c><00:17:53.900><c> don't</c><00:17:54.200><c> want</c><00:17:54.440><c> to</c><00:17:54.640><c> die.</c>

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And<00:17:56.980><c> so</c><00:17:57.099><c> we're</c><00:17:57.380><c> introduced</c><00:17:57.859><c> to</c><00:17:58.079><c> the</c><00:17:58.259><c> elders</c><00:17:58.599><c> who</c><00:17:59.299><c> look</c><00:17:59.460><c> at</c><00:17:59.640><c> him</c>

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and<00:18:00.480><c> listen</c><00:18:00.700><c> to</c><00:18:00.839><c> what</c><00:18:01.000><c> he</c><00:18:01.220><c> says.</c>

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And<00:18:02.500><c> they</c><00:18:02.779><c> welcome</c><00:18:03.099><c> him</c><00:18:03.660><c> into</c><00:18:04.099><c> their</c><00:18:04.319><c> city.</c>

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A<00:18:05.440><c> potential</c><00:18:05.740><c> murderer,</c><00:18:07.740><c> a</c><00:18:07.740><c> potential</c><00:18:08.460><c> sinner,</c><00:18:10.180><c> is</c><00:18:10.400><c> allowed</c>

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in<00:18:11.500><c> to</c><00:18:11.880><c> the</c><00:18:12.099><c> city.</c>

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And<00:18:13.740><c> he</c><00:18:13.880><c> is</c><00:18:14.019><c> to</c><00:18:14.200><c> dwell</c><00:18:14.380><c> among</c><00:18:14.720><c> them</c><00:18:15.279><c> until</c><00:18:15.720><c> he</c><00:18:15.900><c> is</c><00:18:16.059><c> judged</c><00:18:16.339><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:16.819><c> congregation.</c>

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Entrance<00:18:20.059><c> into</c><00:18:20.240><c> the</c><00:18:20.480><c> city</c><00:18:20.660><c> was</c><00:18:20.940><c> not</c><00:18:21.180><c> a</c><00:18:21.279><c> foregone</c><00:18:22.240><c> conclusion.</c>

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It<00:18:22.920><c> was</c><00:18:23.140><c> not.</c>

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It<00:18:24.180><c> required</c><00:18:24.400><c> a</c><00:18:24.759><c> declaration</c><00:18:25.319><c> of</c><00:18:25.579><c> the</c><00:18:25.839><c> need</c><00:18:26.640><c> for</c><00:18:27.240><c> refuge.</c>

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Just<00:18:29.279><c> as</c><00:18:29.519><c> we,</c><00:18:29.799><c> brothers</c><00:18:29.920><c> and</c><00:18:30.180><c> sisters,</c><00:18:30.700><c> as</c><00:18:30.880><c> we</c><00:18:32.299><c> came</c><00:18:32.660><c> to</c><00:18:32.819><c> those</c>

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waters<00:18:33.299><c> of</c><00:18:33.539><c> baptism,</c>

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recognized<00:18:36.320><c> the</c><00:18:36.880><c> need</c><00:18:37.339><c> for</c><00:18:37.960><c> a</c><00:18:38.140><c> place</c><00:18:38.319><c> of</c><00:18:38.599><c> refuge,</c>

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as<00:18:39.779><c> we</c><00:18:40.500><c> try</c><00:18:40.960><c> to</c><00:18:41.180><c> get</c><00:18:41.319><c> rid</c><00:18:41.480><c> of</c><00:18:41.619><c> that</c><00:18:41.779><c> old</c><00:18:41.960><c> man,</c><00:18:42.759><c> to</c><00:18:42.980><c> get</c><00:18:43.180><c> into</c>

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that<00:18:44.140><c> city,</c><00:18:45.059><c> that</c><00:18:45.339><c> sanctuary.</c>

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Murder,<00:18:50.240><c> brothers</c><00:18:50.579><c> and</c><00:18:50.819><c> sisters,</c><00:18:51.180><c> was</c><00:18:51.380><c> not</c><00:18:51.619><c> covered</c><00:18:51.799><c> by</c><00:18:52.059><c> the</c>

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law,<00:18:52.640><c> not</c><00:18:52.900><c> willful</c><00:18:53.259><c> murder.</c>

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There<00:18:54.720><c> is</c><00:18:55.079><c> no</c><00:18:55.559><c> exception</c><00:18:56.039><c> to</c><00:18:56.299><c> that.</c>

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But<00:18:57.799><c> the</c><00:18:58.019><c> elders</c><00:18:58.240><c> had</c><00:18:58.539><c> the</c><00:18:58.900><c> responsibility</c><00:18:59.460><c> to</c><00:18:59.740><c> ensure</c><00:19:00.160><c> and</c>

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look<00:19:00.599><c> after</c><00:19:00.839><c> the</c><00:19:01.059><c> manslayer</c>

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and<00:19:02.460><c> to</c><00:19:02.819><c> protect</c><00:19:03.099><c> him</c><00:19:03.700><c> from</c><00:19:04.359><c> the</c><00:19:04.599><c> avenger</c><00:19:04.920><c> of</c><00:19:05.119><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:19:06.559><c> so</c><00:19:06.660><c> there</c><00:19:06.819><c> was</c><00:19:07.000><c> a</c><00:19:07.220><c> role</c><00:19:07.740><c> that</c><00:19:08.400><c> the</c><00:19:08.660><c> elders</c><00:19:09.200><c> in</c><00:19:10.259><c> the</c><00:19:10.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:19:10.819><c> had.</c>

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And<00:19:12.079><c> that</c><00:19:12.259><c> was</c><00:19:12.400><c> to</c><00:19:12.740><c> protect,</c><00:19:14.220><c> to</c><00:19:14.539><c> protect</c><00:19:15.140><c> those</c><00:19:15.680><c> that</c><00:19:15.900><c> do</c><00:19:16.039><c> wrong,</c><00:19:16.700><c> to</c>

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protect<00:19:17.299><c> the</c><00:19:17.539><c> weak,</c>

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to<00:19:18.460><c> protect</c><00:19:18.799><c> those</c><00:19:19.240><c> that</c><00:19:19.380><c> are</c><00:19:19.539><c> looking</c><00:19:19.759><c> for</c><00:19:20.019><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:19:23.000><c> then</c><00:19:23.180><c> we</c><00:19:23.380><c> see</c><00:19:23.500><c> there</c><00:19:23.640><c> was</c><00:19:23.799><c> a</c><00:19:24.059><c> public</c><00:19:24.359><c> confession</c><00:19:24.940><c> before</c>

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the<00:19:25.579><c> congregation.</c>

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And<00:19:27.019><c> that</c><00:19:27.180><c> was</c><00:19:27.400><c> necessary,</c><00:19:28.359><c> too.</c>

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When<00:19:29.039><c> we</c><00:19:29.220><c> think</c><00:19:29.359><c> of</c><00:19:29.579><c> the</c><00:19:29.940><c> public</c><00:19:30.200><c> declaration</c><00:19:30.799><c> we</c><00:19:31.140><c> made</c><00:19:31.299><c> at</c><00:19:31.460><c> our</c><00:19:31.660><c> baptism</c><00:19:32.059><c> in</c>

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front<00:19:32.500><c> of</c><00:19:32.740><c> our</c><00:19:33.160><c> friends</c>

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and<00:19:33.680><c> our</c><00:19:33.839><c> brothers</c><00:19:34.079><c> and</c><00:19:34.359><c> sisters,</c><00:19:35.400><c> as</c><00:19:35.539><c> to</c><00:19:35.640><c> the</c><00:19:35.859><c> commitment</c><00:19:36.099><c> that</c><00:19:36.339><c> we</c>

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are<00:19:36.599><c> making</c>

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and<00:19:37.640><c> that</c><00:19:37.799><c> we</c><00:19:37.920><c> are</c><00:19:38.099><c> washing</c><00:19:38.420><c> off</c><00:19:38.700><c> that</c><00:19:38.940><c> old,</c><00:19:39.500><c> sinful</c><00:19:39.740><c> man.</c>

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And<00:19:42.400><c> then</c><00:19:42.519><c> we</c><00:19:42.640><c> see</c><00:19:42.779><c> something</c><00:19:43.079><c> interesting,</c><00:19:43.700><c> don't</c><00:19:43.859><c> we?</c>

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The<00:19:44.920><c> slayer</c><00:19:45.059><c> was</c><00:19:45.240><c> to</c><00:19:45.460><c> abide</c><00:19:45.880><c> in</c><00:19:46.279><c> that</c><00:19:46.619><c> city</c><00:19:47.160><c> until</c><00:19:48.000><c> the</c><00:19:48.240><c> death</c>

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of<00:19:48.539><c> the</c><00:19:48.599><c> high</c><00:19:48.839><c> priest.</c>

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Repentance,<00:19:52.779><c> brothers</c><00:19:53.220><c> and</c><00:19:53.500><c> sisters,</c><00:19:53.960><c> was</c><00:19:54.259><c> a</c><00:19:54.460><c> necessary</c><00:19:54.900><c> step</c><00:19:55.579><c> to</c>

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salvation<00:19:56.660><c> from</c><00:19:57.000><c> certain</c><00:19:57.259><c> death.</c>

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Continuous<00:20:00.680><c> and</c><00:20:01.180><c> sin</c><00:20:01.319><c> was</c><00:20:01.619><c> not</c><00:20:01.940><c> acceptable.</c>

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We<00:20:04.759><c> as</c><00:20:04.980><c> an</c><00:20:05.200><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:05.700><c> have</c><00:20:06.039><c> the</c><00:20:06.279><c> responsibility</c><00:20:06.880><c> to</c><00:20:07.180><c> protect</c>

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Let's<00:21:02.380><c> just</c><00:21:02.559><c> take</c><00:21:02.819><c> a</c><00:21:03.119><c> look</c><00:21:03.359><c> at</c><00:21:03.519><c> a</c><00:21:03.680><c> few</c><00:21:03.779><c> things</c><00:21:04.019><c> here.</c>

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due<00:21:31.640><c> time,</c><00:21:33.259><c> Christ</c><00:21:33.559><c> died</c><00:21:34.180><c> for</c><00:21:35.319><c> the</c><00:21:35.579><c> ungodly.</c>

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good<00:21:40.740><c> man</c><00:21:41.759><c> some</c><00:21:42.240><c> would</c><00:21:42.380><c> even</c><00:21:42.579><c> dare</c><00:21:42.759><c> to</c><00:21:43.000><c> die.</c>

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But<00:21:44.059><c> God</c><00:21:44.539><c> commandeth</c><00:21:45.140><c> his</c><00:21:45.359><c> love</c><00:21:45.640><c> toward</c><00:21:45.940><c> us,</c><00:21:46.759><c> in</c><00:21:46.920><c> that</c><00:21:47.660><c> while</c>

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we<00:21:48.160><c> are</c><00:21:48.359><c> yet</c><00:21:48.619><c> sinners,</c><00:21:50.680><c> Christ</c><00:21:50.940><c> died</c><00:21:51.160><c> for</c><00:21:51.380><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:53.980><c> so</c><00:21:54.119><c> we</c><00:21:54.400><c> see</c><00:21:55.160><c> the</c><00:21:56.079><c> death</c><00:21:56.319><c> of</c><00:21:56.519><c> the</c><00:21:56.680><c> innocent</c><00:21:57.000><c> man</c><00:21:57.700><c> of</c><00:21:58.140><c> that</c><00:21:58.319><c> neighbor.</c>

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That<00:22:05.059><c> word</c><00:22:05.420><c> avenger,</c><00:22:05.859><c> as</c><00:22:06.000><c> we</c><00:22:06.220><c> mentioned</c><00:22:06.460><c> before,</c><00:22:07.960><c> is</c><00:22:08.140><c> the</c><00:22:08.299><c> word</c><00:22:08.480><c> redeemer</c><00:22:09.259><c> or</c><00:22:10.460><c> kinsman.</c>

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So<00:22:17.660><c> 1</c><00:22:17.900><c> Peter</c><00:22:18.180><c> 1</c><00:22:18.559><c> verses</c><00:22:18.940><c> 18</c><00:22:19.380><c> through</c><00:22:19.880><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:22:21.400><c> let's</c><00:22:21.599><c> see</c><00:22:21.779><c> what</c><00:22:21.900><c> it</c><00:22:22.119><c> says</c><00:22:22.259><c> here</c><00:22:23.339><c> about</c><00:22:24.160><c> our</c><00:22:24.460><c> redeemer.</c>

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corruptible<00:22:40.779><c> things</c><00:22:41.079><c> as</c><00:22:41.299><c> silver</c><00:22:41.559><c> and</c><00:22:41.799><c> gold</c><00:22:42.299><c> from</c><00:22:43.299><c> your</c><00:22:43.640><c> vain</c>

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conversation<00:22:44.660><c> received</c><00:22:45.160><c> by</c><00:22:45.420><c> tradition</c><00:22:45.799><c> from</c><00:22:46.000><c> your</c><00:22:46.200><c> fathers,</c>

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as<00:22:54.579><c> a</c><00:22:54.819><c> lamb</c><00:22:54.960><c> without</c><00:22:55.299><c> blemish</c><00:22:56.400><c> and</c><00:22:56.839><c> without</c><00:22:57.119><c> spot.</c>

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And<00:22:58.519><c> as</c><00:22:58.599><c> I</c><00:22:58.839><c> said,</c><00:22:59.180><c> we'll</c><00:22:59.519><c> spend</c><00:22:59.740><c> a</c><00:22:59.900><c> few</c><00:23:00.000><c> minutes</c><00:23:00.240><c> more</c><00:23:00.500><c> on</c><00:23:00.660><c> the</c>

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avenger<00:23:01.460><c> in</c><00:23:01.619><c> a</c><00:23:01.779><c> minute.</c>

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And<00:23:04.279><c> then</c><00:23:04.460><c> we</c><00:23:04.759><c> have</c><00:23:05.660><c> the</c><00:23:06.579><c> congregation</c><00:23:07.099><c> that</c><00:23:07.960><c> come</c><00:23:08.180><c> and</c><00:23:08.559><c> judge</c>

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Well,<00:23:12.539><c> thankfully,</c><00:23:13.680><c> brothers</c><00:23:13.859><c> and</c><00:23:14.140><c> sisters,</c><00:23:15.160><c> thankfully,</c><00:23:16.380><c> we</c><00:23:16.619><c> have</c><00:23:16.799><c> a</c>

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righteous<00:23:17.279><c> judge,</c><00:23:17.640><c> do</c><00:23:17.759><c> we</c><00:23:17.900><c> not,</c><00:23:18.160><c> in</c><00:23:18.200><c> our</c><00:23:18.339><c> Lord</c><00:23:18.500><c> Jesus</c><00:23:18.880><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:23:20.299><c> 2</c><00:23:21.420><c> Timothy</c><00:23:21.720><c> 4</c><00:23:22.140><c> verse</c><00:23:22.400><c> 8</c><00:23:22.519><c> it</c><00:23:22.640><c> reads,</c><00:23:22.960><c> Henceforth</c><00:23:23.539><c> there</c><00:23:23.740><c> is</c>

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laid<00:23:24.019><c> up</c><00:23:24.500><c> for</c><00:23:24.700><c> me</c><00:23:25.440><c> a</c><00:23:25.859><c> crown</c><00:23:26.039><c> of</c><00:23:26.279><c> righteousness,</c>

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which<00:23:27.039><c> the</c><00:23:27.359><c> Lord,</c><00:23:28.160><c> the</c><00:23:28.359><c> righteous</c><00:23:28.819><c> judge,</c><00:23:30.079><c> shall</c><00:23:30.160><c> give</c><00:23:30.359><c> me</c><00:23:30.559><c> at</c>

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that<00:23:30.880><c> day,</c><00:23:31.079><c> and</c><00:23:31.259><c> not</c><00:23:31.420><c> to</c><00:23:31.579><c> me</c><00:23:31.740><c> only,</c><00:23:32.740><c> but</c><00:23:32.880><c> unto</c><00:23:33.480><c> all</c><00:23:34.119><c> them</c><00:23:34.359><c> also,</c>

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that<00:23:35.480><c> love</c><00:23:36.079><c> is</c><00:23:36.460><c> appearing.</c>

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And<00:23:40.900><c> then,</c><00:23:41.279><c> of</c><00:23:41.299><c> course,</c><00:23:41.680><c> brothers</c><00:23:41.960><c> and</c><00:23:42.220><c> sisters,</c><00:23:43.259><c> there's</c><00:23:43.579><c> the</c><00:23:43.859><c> poor</c><00:23:44.079><c> high</c><00:23:44.339><c> priest</c><00:23:44.819><c> that</c><00:23:46.480><c> his</c><00:23:47.259><c> task</c><00:23:47.619><c> in</c>

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this<00:23:48.079><c> whole</c><00:23:48.339><c> scenario</c><00:23:48.779><c> is</c><00:23:49.039><c> to</c><00:23:49.220><c> die,</c>

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that<00:23:51.079><c> someone</c><00:23:51.400><c> may</c><00:23:51.599><c> be</c><00:23:51.839><c> released</c><00:23:52.119><c> from</c><00:23:52.319><c> the</c><00:23:52.539><c> city</c><00:23:52.740><c> of</c><00:23:53.000><c> refuge.</c>

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And<00:23:54.700><c> in</c><00:23:54.880><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:55.180><c> 3</c><00:23:55.500><c> verse</c><00:23:55.740><c> 1</c><00:23:55.940><c> we</c><00:23:56.099><c> read,</c><00:23:56.480><c> Wherefore,</c><00:23:56.859><c> holy</c><00:23:57.140><c> brethren,</c><00:23:57.660><c> partakers</c><00:23:58.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:58.440><c> heavenly</c><00:23:58.740><c> calling,</c>

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And<00:24:09.119><c> then,</c><00:24:09.259><c> of</c><00:24:09.440><c> course,</c><00:24:09.819><c> as</c><00:24:10.140><c> we</c><00:24:10.420><c> see,</c><00:24:11.460><c> there's</c><00:24:11.660><c> the</c><00:24:11.880><c> city</c><00:24:12.079><c> itself,</c><00:24:12.680><c> the</c>

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city<00:24:13.240><c> of</c><00:24:13.519><c> refuge,</c><00:24:14.299><c> the</c><00:24:14.500><c> sanctuary.</c>

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And<00:24:16.740><c> in</c><00:24:16.960><c> Titus</c><00:24:17.359><c> we</c><00:24:17.660><c> read,</c><00:24:17.960><c> in</c><00:24:18.140><c> Titus</c><00:24:18.480><c> 2</c><00:24:18.720><c> verses</c><00:24:19.039><c> 13</c><00:24:19.380><c> and</c><00:24:19.519><c> 14,</c>

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And<00:24:41.960><c> so,</c><00:24:42.779><c> brothers</c><00:24:42.799><c> and</c><00:24:43.079><c> sisters,</c><00:24:43.500><c> let's</c><00:24:43.799><c> just</c><00:24:44.059><c> go</c><00:24:44.200><c> back</c><00:24:44.460><c> and</c>

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talk<00:24:44.859><c> about</c><00:24:45.059><c> this</c><00:24:45.279><c> avenger</c><00:24:45.960><c> of</c><00:24:46.319><c> blood</c><00:24:46.539><c> for</c><00:24:46.779><c> a</c><00:24:46.920><c> couple</c><00:24:47.099><c> of</c><00:24:47.299><c> minutes.</c>

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I<00:24:49.380><c> believe,</c><00:24:50.220><c> quite</c><00:24:50.400><c> frankly,</c><00:24:51.039><c> that</c><00:24:51.319><c> the</c><00:24:51.500><c> avenger</c><00:24:51.900><c> of</c><00:24:52.079><c> blood</c><00:24:52.299><c> is</c><00:24:53.160><c> misunderstood</c><00:24:54.000><c> in</c><00:24:55.119><c> scriptures</c><00:24:55.519><c> by</c><00:24:55.859><c> a</c>

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who<00:28:56.660><c> worketh</c><00:28:57.019><c> all</c><00:28:57.440><c> things</c><00:28:58.019><c> after</c><00:28:58.599><c> the</c><00:28:58.859><c> counsel</c><00:28:59.160><c> of</c><00:28:59.279><c> His</c><00:28:59.460><c> own</c><00:28:59.640><c> will,</c>

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trusted<00:29:03.900><c> in</c><00:29:04.180><c> Christ,</c>

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in<00:29:05.299><c> whom</c><00:29:05.519><c> ye</c><00:29:05.940><c> also</c><00:29:06.319><c> trusted</c><00:29:06.779><c> after</c><00:29:07.660><c> that</c><00:29:07.819><c> ye</c><00:29:07.960><c> heard</c><00:29:08.140><c> the</c><00:29:08.259><c> word</c>

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of<00:29:08.579><c> the</c><00:29:08.799><c> truth,</c><00:29:09.660><c> the</c><00:29:09.839><c> gospel</c><00:29:10.220><c> of</c><00:29:10.359><c> your</c><00:29:10.539><c> salvation,</c>

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in<00:29:11.339><c> whom</c><00:29:11.640><c> also</c><00:29:12.500><c> after</c><00:29:13.160><c> ye</c><00:29:13.779><c> believed</c><00:29:14.279><c> ye</c><00:29:14.779><c> were</c><00:29:15.039><c> sealed</c><00:29:15.400><c> with</c><00:29:15.680><c> the</c><00:29:15.859><c> Holy</c><00:29:16.059><c> Spirit</c><00:29:16.400><c> of</c><00:29:16.640><c> promise.</c>

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our<00:29:27.500><c> High</c><00:29:27.759><c> Priest.</c>

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we<00:29:37.500><c> think</c><00:29:37.759><c> of</c><00:29:37.900><c> the</c><00:29:38.059><c> role</c><00:29:38.200><c> of</c><00:29:38.380><c> the</c><00:29:38.539><c> High</c><00:29:38.799><c> Priest</c><00:29:39.099><c> in</c><00:29:39.319><c> the</c><00:29:39.559><c> cities</c>

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of<00:29:40.039><c> refuge.</c>

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let<00:30:09.640><c> us</c><00:30:09.799><c> hold</c><00:30:10.119><c> fast</c><00:30:10.519><c> our</c><00:30:10.940><c> profession.</c>

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but<00:30:17.579><c> was</c><00:30:17.839><c> in</c><00:30:18.019><c> all</c><00:30:18.460><c> points</c><00:30:18.960><c> tempted</c><00:30:19.599><c> like</c><00:30:19.839><c> as</c><00:30:20.140><c> we</c><00:30:20.359><c> are,</c><00:30:20.960><c> yet</c>

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without<00:30:22.220><c> sin.</c>

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that<00:30:27.339><c> we</c><00:30:27.579><c> may</c><00:30:27.779><c> obtain</c><00:30:28.160><c> mercy</c><00:30:28.740><c> and</c><00:30:29.740><c> find</c><00:30:30.000><c> grace</c><00:30:30.579><c> to</c><00:30:31.339><c> help</c><00:30:31.819><c> in</c><00:30:32.480><c> time</c><00:30:32.680><c> of</c><00:30:32.920><c> need.</c>