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There's<00:10:10.259><c> an</c><00:10:10.500><c> extremely</c><00:10:10.960><c> long</c><00:10:11.440><c> genealogy</c><00:10:12.080><c> listed</c><00:10:12.419><c> of</c><00:10:12.779><c> all</c><00:10:12.940><c> the</c>

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people<00:10:13.440><c> that</c><00:10:13.899><c> went</c><00:10:14.100><c> back.</c>

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Sorry,<00:10:15.799><c> that's</c><00:10:16.000><c> not</c><00:10:16.139><c> a</c><00:10:16.279><c> genealogy,</c><00:10:16.700><c> but</c><00:10:16.799><c> a</c><00:10:16.840><c> list</c><00:10:17.039><c> of</c><00:10:17.299><c> people.</c>

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But<00:10:18.240><c> genealogies</c><00:10:18.820><c> come</c><00:10:19.000><c> important.</c>

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Look<00:10:20.299><c> at</c><00:10:20.539><c> Ezra</c><00:10:20.840><c> chapter</c><00:10:21.259><c> 2,</c><00:10:22.460><c> verse</c><00:10:22.759><c> 59.</c><00:10:24.200><c> Ezra</c><00:10:24.600><c> is,</c><00:10:25.200><c> and</c><00:10:25.440><c> whoever's</c><00:10:25.960><c> putting</c><00:10:26.159><c> this</c>

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record<00:10:26.759><c> together,</c><00:10:27.200><c> of</c><00:10:27.340><c> course</c><00:10:27.440><c> this</c><00:10:27.600><c> isn't</c><00:10:27.799><c> Ezra</c><00:10:28.179><c> yet.</c>

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This<00:10:29.159><c> is</c><00:10:29.320><c> Joshua</c><00:10:29.600><c> unzerubable.</c><00:10:30.419><c> Look</c><00:10:30.559><c> what</c><00:10:30.659><c> it</c><00:10:30.820><c> says</c><00:10:31.000><c> in</c><00:10:31.139><c> verse</c><00:10:31.340><c> 59.</c>

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And<00:10:32.320><c> these</c><00:10:32.480><c> were</c><00:10:32.639><c> the</c><00:10:32.759><c> ones</c><00:10:32.940><c> who</c><00:10:33.080><c> came</c><00:10:33.279><c> out</c><00:10:33.419><c> from</c><00:10:33.659><c> Telmela,</c>

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Telharshah,<00:10:35.980><c> Cherub,</c><00:10:36.659><c> Adan,</c><00:10:37.360><c> and</c><00:10:37.600><c> Imur.</c>

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But<00:10:38.340><c> they</c><00:10:38.559><c> could</c><00:10:38.840><c> not</c><00:10:39.039><c> identify</c><00:10:39.519><c> their</c><00:10:39.759><c> father's</c><00:10:40.159><c> house</c><00:10:40.519><c> or</c>

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their<00:10:41.379><c> genealogy,</c><00:10:42.759><c> whether</c><00:10:42.879><c> they</c><00:10:43.100><c> were</c><00:10:43.200><c> of</c><00:10:43.360><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:10:44.539><c> the</c><00:10:44.779><c> people</c><00:10:45.120><c> in</c><00:10:45.340><c> this</c><00:10:45.600><c> record</c><00:10:45.899><c> are</c><00:10:46.279><c> very</c><00:10:46.700><c> interested</c><00:10:47.120><c> in</c>

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genealogies,<00:10:48.659><c> just</c><00:10:48.840><c> like</c><00:10:49.039><c> Chronicles</c><00:10:49.519><c> is.</c>

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And<00:10:50.519><c> you</c><00:10:50.620><c> come</c><00:10:50.879><c> through</c><00:10:51.220><c> Ezra,</c><00:10:53.879><c> come</c><00:10:54.100><c> over</c><00:10:54.519><c> to</c><00:10:54.740><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:10:55.659><c> Nehemiah</c><00:10:56.259><c> also</c><00:10:56.700><c> is</c>

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interested<00:10:57.379><c> in</c><00:10:57.879><c> lists</c><00:10:58.100><c> of</c><00:10:58.320><c> people</c><00:10:58.700><c> and</c><00:10:59.059><c> who's</c><00:10:59.419><c> related</c><00:10:59.659><c> to</c><00:10:59.899><c> who.</c>

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Ezra<00:11:00.799><c> chapter</c><00:11:01.139><c> 7</c><00:11:01.500><c> is</c><00:11:01.879><c> the</c><00:11:02.179><c> same</c><00:11:02.480><c> list,</c><00:11:02.779><c> as</c><00:11:02.980><c> it</c><00:11:03.139><c> were,</c><00:11:03.679><c> as</c><00:11:03.879><c> Ezra</c>

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chapter<00:11:04.519><c> 2.</c><00:11:04.820><c> It's</c><00:11:04.980><c> given</c><00:11:05.120><c> all</c><00:11:05.419><c> over</c><00:11:05.620><c> again.</c>

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Ezra<00:11:09.840><c> chapter</c><00:11:10.279><c> 10,</c><00:11:11.120><c> sorry,</c><00:11:11.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:11:11.840><c> chapter</c><00:11:12.139><c> 10</c><00:11:12.460><c> lists</c><00:11:12.779><c> people.</c>

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And<00:11:14.059><c> so</c><00:11:14.340><c> what</c><00:11:14.620><c> you</c><00:11:14.879><c> have</c><00:11:15.059><c> when</c><00:11:15.220><c> you</c><00:11:15.399><c> come</c><00:11:15.559><c> to</c><00:11:15.700><c> these</c><00:11:15.940><c> records</c>

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is<00:11:17.659><c> an</c><00:11:17.940><c> emphasis</c><00:11:18.279><c> on</c><00:11:18.559><c> genealogies</c><00:11:19.580><c> in</c><00:11:20.080><c> Ezra</c><00:11:20.580><c> and</c><00:11:20.919><c> in</c><00:11:21.159><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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And<00:11:22.120><c> if</c><00:11:22.220><c> you</c><00:11:22.399><c> just</c><00:11:22.659><c> notice,</c><00:11:23.899><c> in</c><00:11:23.919><c> Ezra</c><00:11:24.320><c> chapter,</c><00:11:25.620><c> just</c><00:11:26.000><c> come</c><00:11:26.200><c> back</c><00:11:26.399><c> to</c>

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Ezra<00:11:27.000><c> for</c><00:11:27.320><c> a</c><00:11:27.440><c> second.</c>

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We're<00:11:27.679><c> just</c><00:11:27.820><c> clicking</c><00:11:27.980><c> around</c><00:11:28.279><c> a</c><00:11:28.399><c> bit</c><00:11:28.460><c> to</c><00:11:28.580><c> get</c><00:11:28.720><c> a</c><00:11:28.899><c> picture</c><00:11:29.120><c> here.</c>

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Come<00:11:29.879><c> back</c><00:11:30.139><c> to</c><00:11:30.299><c> Ezra</c><00:11:30.539><c> chapter</c><00:11:30.860><c> 2.</c><00:11:32.259><c> And</c><00:11:32.320><c> just</c><00:11:32.539><c> let's</c><00:11:32.799><c> emphasize</c>

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this<00:11:33.600><c> genealogy</c><00:11:34.259><c> aspect</c><00:11:34.639><c> again.</c>

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Verse<00:11:35.860><c> 62.</c>

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Brothers<00:11:53.519><c> and</c><00:11:53.759><c> sisters,</c><00:11:54.259><c> that's</c><00:11:54.639><c> coming</c><00:11:54.940><c> exactly</c><00:11:55.740><c> from</c><00:11:56.340><c> the</c>

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model<00:11:57.159><c> that</c><00:11:57.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:11:57.960><c> set</c><00:11:58.200><c> up.</c>

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You<00:11:58.500><c> just</c><00:11:58.700><c> keep</c><00:11:58.860><c> your</c><00:11:58.980><c> hand</c><00:11:59.100><c> out</c><00:11:59.240><c> and</c><00:11:59.279><c> come</c><00:11:59.460><c> over</c><00:11:59.740><c> to</c><00:12:00.379><c> 2</c><00:12:00.580><c> Chronicles,</c><00:12:02.860><c> where</c>

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Hezekiah<00:12:03.580><c> is</c><00:12:03.779><c> at</c><00:12:03.940><c> work</c><00:12:04.240><c> establishing</c><00:12:04.759><c> his</c><00:12:05.059><c> reform.</c>

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And<00:12:07.740><c> look</c><00:12:07.799><c> what</c><00:12:08.000><c> happens.</c>

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2<00:12:11.580><c> Chronicles</c><00:12:12.139><c> chapter</c><00:12:12.539><c> 31,</c><00:12:15.100><c> verse</c><00:12:15.379><c> 16.</c>

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The<00:12:18.500><c> same</c><00:12:18.940><c> emphasis</c><00:12:19.460><c> is</c><00:12:19.659><c> in</c><00:12:19.759><c> both</c><00:12:19.960><c> of</c><00:12:20.120><c> these</c><00:12:20.240><c> letters,</c><00:12:20.799><c> or</c><00:12:20.960><c> both</c><00:12:21.080><c> of</c>

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these<00:12:22.039><c> parts</c><00:12:22.679><c> of</c><00:12:22.860><c> scripture.</c>

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Verse<00:12:23.759><c> 16.</c>

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Look<00:12:39.460><c> what</c><00:12:40.779><c> it</c><00:12:40.919><c> says</c><00:12:41.139><c> in</c><00:12:41.240><c> verse</c><00:12:41.419><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:12:53.580><c> to</c><00:12:53.799><c> all</c><00:12:54.120><c> who</c><00:12:54.259><c> are</c><00:12:54.500><c> listed</c><00:12:54.879><c> by</c><00:12:55.259><c> genealogies</c><00:12:56.139><c> among</c><00:12:56.639><c> the</c><00:12:56.879><c> Levites.</c>

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That's<00:12:58.679><c> exactly</c><00:12:59.240><c> what's</c><00:12:59.600><c> happening</c><00:12:59.860><c> in</c><00:13:00.299><c> Ezra</c><00:13:00.600><c> and</c><00:13:00.720><c> Nehemiah</c>

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when<00:13:01.240><c> the</c><00:13:01.399><c> people</c><00:13:01.539><c> are</c><00:13:01.659><c> going</c><00:13:01.879><c> back.</c>

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They're<00:13:02.600><c> checking</c><00:13:02.840><c> the</c><00:13:03.120><c> genealogies.</c><00:13:03.919><c> Who's</c><00:13:04.299><c> supposed</c><00:13:04.480><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:04.679><c> with</c><00:13:04.899><c> who?</c>

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The<00:13:05.940><c> same</c><00:13:06.159><c> thing's</c><00:13:06.519><c> happening</c><00:13:06.759><c> in</c><00:13:07.299><c> Ezra</c><00:13:07.759><c> and</c><00:13:07.919><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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When<00:13:10.580><c> you</c><00:13:10.779><c> come</c><00:13:11.200><c> to</c><00:13:11.659><c> Ezra</c><00:13:12.139><c> and</c><00:13:12.340><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:13:13.519><c> you</c><00:13:13.840><c> also</c><00:13:14.240><c> find</c>

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something<00:13:14.820><c> interesting.</c>

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Just<00:13:15.779><c> step</c><00:13:15.960><c> back</c><00:13:16.200><c> and</c><00:13:16.320><c> think</c><00:13:16.500><c> about</c><00:13:16.960><c> another</c><00:13:17.320><c> aspect</c><00:13:17.740><c> of</c><00:13:17.899><c> the</c>

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genealogies<00:13:18.620><c> that</c><00:13:18.759><c> are</c><00:13:18.879><c> in</c><00:13:19.000><c> Chronicles.</c>

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There's<00:13:20.000><c> two</c><00:13:20.539><c> key</c><00:13:20.879><c> tribes</c><00:13:21.299><c> that</c><00:13:21.519><c> Chronicles</c><00:13:21.940><c> focuses</c><00:13:22.379><c> on.</c>

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And<00:13:23.299><c> those</c><00:13:23.580><c> tribes</c><00:13:23.980><c> are</c><00:13:25.919><c> Judah</c><00:13:26.519><c> and</c><00:13:26.799><c> Levi.</c>

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Look<00:13:27.519><c> at</c><00:13:27.639><c> this.</c>

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Judah's<00:13:31.759><c> lineage</c><00:13:32.279><c> is</c><00:13:32.759><c> given</c><00:13:33.000><c> in</c><00:13:33.259><c> chapter</c><00:13:33.480><c> 3</c><00:13:33.759><c> of</c><00:13:33.960><c> Chronicles,</c>

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1<00:13:34.580><c> Chronicles,</c><00:13:35.279><c> verses</c><00:13:35.539><c> 1</c><00:13:35.799><c> to</c><00:13:35.899><c> 24.</c>

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That's<00:13:37.320><c> specifically</c><00:13:37.879><c> the</c><00:13:38.059><c> line</c><00:13:38.220><c> of</c><00:13:38.379><c> David,</c><00:13:38.799><c> and</c><00:13:38.980><c> more</c><00:13:39.220><c> generically</c><00:13:39.879><c> in</c><00:13:40.340><c> chapter</c><00:13:40.580><c> 4,</c>

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verses<00:13:41.080><c> 1</c><00:13:41.320><c> to</c><00:13:41.519><c> 23.</c>

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That's<00:13:42.519><c> the</c><00:13:42.620><c> line</c><00:13:42.740><c> of</c><00:13:42.940><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:13:43.639><c> it's</c><00:13:43.940><c> describing</c><00:13:44.179><c> the</c><00:13:44.399><c> royal</c><00:13:44.600><c> line,</c><00:13:45.139><c> and</c><00:13:45.320><c> that</c><00:13:45.600><c> was</c><00:13:45.840><c> for</c>

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the<00:13:46.379><c> sole</c><00:13:46.659><c> purpose,</c><00:13:47.320><c> brothers</c><00:13:47.399><c> and</c><00:13:47.539><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:13:48.240><c> preserving</c><00:13:48.799><c> the</c><00:13:49.139><c> covenant</c><00:13:49.539><c> and</c><00:13:50.740><c> the</c><00:13:51.120><c> promises</c><00:13:51.399><c> to</c><00:13:51.779><c> God</c><00:13:52.259><c> as</c>

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through<00:13:52.840><c> the</c><00:13:53.000><c> line</c><00:13:53.120><c> of</c><00:13:53.279><c> David.</c>

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That<00:13:54.120><c> was</c><00:13:54.279><c> extremely</c><00:13:54.860><c> important</c><00:13:55.259><c> to</c><00:13:55.440><c> have</c><00:13:55.580><c> that</c><00:13:55.779><c> chronology,</c>

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sorry,<00:13:57.139><c> that</c><00:13:57.419><c> genealogy.</c>

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And<00:13:58.440><c> the</c><00:13:58.559><c> other</c><00:13:58.679><c> one</c><00:13:58.799><c> that's</c><00:13:59.059><c> emphasized</c><00:13:59.620><c> in</c><00:14:00.299><c> Chronicles</c><00:14:00.720><c> is</c><00:14:01.000><c> Levi.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:02.039><c> 6,</c><00:14:02.519><c> almost</c><00:14:02.840><c> all</c><00:14:03.059><c> the</c><00:14:03.120><c> way</c><00:14:03.299><c> through,</c><00:14:03.659><c> and</c><00:14:03.740><c> specifically</c><00:14:04.240><c> it</c><00:14:04.960><c> focuses</c>

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on<00:14:05.639><c> Aaron</c><00:14:05.779><c> at</c><00:14:05.980><c> the</c><00:14:06.120><c> end.</c>

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And<00:14:07.299><c> this</c><00:14:07.500><c> is</c><00:14:07.679><c> giving</c><00:14:07.820><c> you</c><00:14:08.100><c> the</c><00:14:08.500><c> genealogy</c><00:14:08.919><c> of</c><00:14:09.059><c> the</c><00:14:09.200><c> priestly</c><00:14:09.480><c> line.</c>

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And<00:14:10.419><c> that's</c><00:14:10.740><c> for</c><00:14:10.860><c> the</c><00:14:11.179><c> express</c><00:14:11.620><c> purpose</c><00:14:12.240><c> of</c><00:14:12.940><c> preserving</c><00:14:13.600><c> the</c>

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covenant<00:14:15.019><c> and</c><00:14:15.419><c> true</c><00:14:15.600><c> worship</c><00:14:15.919><c> in</c><00:14:16.080><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:14:17.440><c> it's</c><00:14:17.720><c> interesting</c><00:14:18.200><c> that</c><00:14:18.600><c> when</c><00:14:18.779><c> you</c><00:14:19.000><c> come</c><00:14:19.200><c> to</c><00:14:19.399><c> Ezra,</c><00:14:20.039><c> the</c>

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two<00:14:20.379><c> focuses</c><00:14:20.799><c> are</c><00:14:21.039><c> there</c><00:14:21.379><c> as</c><00:14:21.639><c> well.</c>

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the<00:14:27.539><c> priesthood,</c><00:14:28.000><c> the</c><00:14:28.159><c> kingship</c><00:14:28.679><c> and</c><00:14:28.899><c> the</c><00:14:29.080><c> priesthood.</c>

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And<00:14:30.340><c> it's</c><00:14:30.539><c> interesting</c><00:14:30.840><c> that</c><00:14:31.120><c> Chronicles</c><00:14:31.580><c> appeals</c><00:14:32.240><c> to</c><00:14:33.159><c> David</c>

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and<00:14:33.940><c> Samuel,</c>

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David<00:14:34.740><c> who's</c><00:14:34.980><c> of</c><00:14:35.220><c> Judah</c><00:14:35.519><c> and</c><00:14:35.960><c> Samuel</c><00:14:36.399><c> who</c><00:14:36.580><c> is</c><00:14:36.759><c> of</c><00:14:36.980><c> Levi,</c><00:14:37.299><c> as</c>

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we've<00:14:37.600><c> already</c><00:14:37.860><c> seen.</c>

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And<00:14:39.620><c> the</c><00:14:40.039><c> record</c><00:14:40.259><c> in</c><00:14:40.399><c> Chronicles</c><00:14:40.659><c> says</c><00:14:40.879><c> this</c><00:14:41.039><c> is</c><00:14:41.159><c> what</c><00:14:41.299><c> David</c>

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and<00:14:41.659><c> Samuel</c><00:14:42.000><c> told</c><00:14:42.159><c> us</c><00:14:42.320><c> to</c><00:14:42.440><c> do.</c>

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That's<00:14:42.700><c> what</c><00:14:42.860><c> Judah</c><00:14:43.120><c> and</c><00:14:43.320><c> Levi</c><00:14:43.580><c> told</c><00:14:43.759><c> us</c><00:14:43.940><c> to</c><00:14:44.100><c> do.</c>

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When<00:14:44.779><c> you</c><00:14:44.960><c> come</c><00:14:45.179><c> to</c><00:14:45.320><c> the</c><00:14:45.500><c> record</c><00:14:45.740><c> of</c><00:14:46.080><c> Ezra</c><00:14:46.419><c> and</c><00:14:46.559><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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the<00:14:48.120><c> first</c><00:14:48.419><c> people</c><00:14:48.700><c> to</c><00:14:48.860><c> go</c><00:14:48.980><c> to</c><00:14:49.179><c> back</c><00:14:49.399><c> are</c><00:14:49.700><c> a</c><00:14:49.899><c> man</c><00:14:50.100><c> from</c><00:14:50.299><c> the</c><00:14:50.480><c> line</c><00:14:50.620><c> of</c>

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David<00:14:51.159><c> and</c><00:14:51.700><c> a</c><00:14:51.960><c> man</c><00:14:52.179><c> from</c><00:14:52.360><c> the</c><00:14:52.539><c> line</c><00:14:52.759><c> of</c><00:14:53.039><c> Aaron.</c>

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Zerubbabel<00:14:54.460><c> and</c><00:14:54.639><c> Joshua,</c><00:14:55.279><c> the</c><00:14:55.480><c> two</c><00:14:55.919><c> key</c><00:14:56.559><c> important</c><00:14:57.159><c> lines</c><00:14:57.500><c> in</c>

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Israel<00:14:58.019><c> to</c><00:14:58.259><c> preserve</c><00:14:58.519><c> the</c><00:14:58.779><c> truth</c><00:14:58.940><c> of</c><00:14:59.120><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:15:01.519><c> Prince</c><00:15:01.740><c>-to</c><00:15:02.039><c>-be,</c><00:15:03.460><c> as</c><00:15:03.559><c> it</c><00:15:03.740><c> were,</c><00:15:03.940><c> in</c><00:15:03.980><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:15:04.559><c> and</c>

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Joshua,<00:15:06.259><c> the</c><00:15:06.360><c> high</c><00:15:06.559><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:15:08.179><c> then</c><00:15:08.320><c> when</c><00:15:08.460><c> you</c><00:15:08.679><c> come</c><00:15:08.899><c> later</c><00:15:09.120><c> with</c><00:15:09.320><c> Ezra</c><00:15:09.659><c> and</c><00:15:09.720><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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think<00:15:10.320><c> about</c><00:15:10.620><c> the</c><00:15:11.620><c> unison</c><00:15:12.039><c> that's</c><00:15:12.360><c> there.</c>

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Ezra<00:15:13.360><c> is</c><00:15:13.580><c> a</c><00:15:13.919><c> scribe,</c><00:15:14.259><c> he's</c><00:15:14.480><c> a</c><00:15:14.720><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:15:18.440><c> Nehemiah</c><00:15:18.919><c> is</c><00:15:19.179><c> the</c><00:15:19.340><c> governor</c><00:15:19.679><c> of</c><00:15:19.899><c> the</c><00:15:19.980><c> city</c><00:15:20.159><c> in</c><00:15:20.340><c> that</c><00:15:20.559><c> sense.</c>

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So<00:15:21.500><c> you</c><00:15:21.639><c> have</c><00:15:21.860><c> this</c><00:15:22.440><c> real</c><00:15:22.960><c> focus</c><00:15:23.419><c> on</c><00:15:23.759><c> bringing</c><00:15:24.039><c> back</c><00:15:24.659><c> the</c><00:15:25.059><c> real</c>

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true<00:15:26.019><c> lines</c><00:15:26.419><c> of</c><00:15:26.740><c> Judah</c><00:15:27.039><c> and</c><00:15:27.759><c> the</c><00:15:28.000><c> priesthood</c><00:15:28.480><c> in</c><00:15:29.059><c> Ezra</c><00:15:29.399><c> and</c><00:15:29.440><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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And<00:15:30.000><c> that's</c><00:15:30.279><c> a</c><00:15:30.399><c> focus.</c>

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It's<00:15:32.059><c> so</c><00:15:32.220><c> significant,</c><00:15:32.700><c> isn't</c><00:15:32.840><c> it,</c><00:15:33.440><c> that</c><00:15:33.720><c> this</c><00:15:34.039><c> book</c><00:15:34.179><c> that's</c>

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totally<00:15:34.860><c> focused</c><00:15:35.220><c> on</c><00:15:35.379><c> the</c><00:15:35.519><c> Levites</c><00:15:35.820><c> is</c><00:15:36.059><c> written</c><00:15:36.519><c> by</c><00:15:36.980><c> a</c><00:15:37.179><c> priest.</c>

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He<00:15:38.159><c> knew</c><00:15:38.379><c> exactly</c><00:15:39.120><c> the</c><00:15:39.580><c> importance</c><00:15:40.039><c> of</c><00:15:40.360><c> having</c><00:15:40.639><c> those</c><00:15:41.480><c> people</c>

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So,<00:15:46.480><c> brothers</c><00:15:46.559><c> and</c><00:15:46.740><c> sisters,</c><00:15:47.159><c> when</c><00:15:47.379><c> we</c><00:15:48.159><c> continue</c><00:15:49.000><c> on,</c><00:15:49.279><c> you</c><00:15:49.360><c> can</c><00:15:49.519><c> look</c><00:15:49.740><c> through</c><00:15:50.279><c> maybe</c><00:15:50.980><c> something</c><00:15:51.240><c> to</c>

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follow<00:15:51.600><c> up</c><00:15:51.700><c> in</c><00:15:51.799><c> your</c><00:15:51.919><c> own</c><00:15:52.120><c> time.</c>

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When<00:15:52.460><c> you</c><00:15:52.919><c> actually</c><00:15:53.240><c> begin</c><00:15:53.399><c> to</c><00:15:53.879><c> compare</c><00:15:54.159><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:54.659><c> and</c><00:15:54.799><c> Ezra</c><00:15:55.000><c> and</c>

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Nehemiah,<00:15:55.679><c> there's</c><00:15:55.919><c> a</c><00:15:56.019><c> lot</c><00:15:56.120><c> of</c><00:15:56.360><c> other</c><00:15:56.519><c> links</c><00:15:56.740><c> that</c><00:15:57.059><c> join</c><00:15:57.240><c> them</c><00:15:57.419><c> together.</c>

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And<00:15:58.539><c> I</c><00:15:59.360><c> kind</c><00:15:59.519><c> of</c><00:15:59.720><c> encourage</c><00:15:59.960><c> you</c><00:16:00.100><c> to</c><00:16:00.179><c> do</c><00:16:00.279><c> it</c><00:16:00.419><c> because</c><00:16:00.580><c> it's</c><00:16:00.879><c> actually</c><00:16:01.240><c> exciting</c><00:16:01.659><c> and</c>

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it<00:16:01.919><c> has</c><00:16:02.039><c> a</c><00:16:02.259><c> practical</c><00:16:02.519><c> value.</c>

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And<00:16:03.019><c> here's</c><00:16:03.720><c> what</c><00:16:04.139><c> we</c><00:16:04.279><c> want</c><00:16:04.419><c> to</c><00:16:04.600><c> ask</c><00:16:04.759><c> the</c><00:16:04.960><c> question</c><00:16:05.279><c> then,</c><00:16:05.440><c> if</c>

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this<00:16:05.700><c> is</c><00:16:05.860><c> the</c><00:16:05.980><c> case.</c>

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Why<00:16:08.600><c> or</c><00:16:09.080><c> what</c><00:16:09.360><c> purpose</c><00:16:09.980><c> was</c><00:16:10.500><c> Ezra</c><00:16:11.320><c> having</c><00:16:11.820><c> in</c><00:16:12.419><c> writing</c><00:16:12.700><c> Chronicles?</c>

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What<00:16:13.320><c> would</c><00:16:13.460><c> that</c><00:16:13.679><c> actually</c><00:16:13.940><c> bring</c><00:16:14.159><c> about</c><00:16:14.500><c> for</c><00:16:14.899><c> the</c><00:16:15.059><c> nation?</c>

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What<00:16:16.580><c> do</c><00:16:16.600><c> you</c><00:16:16.679><c> think</c><00:16:16.860><c> about</c><00:16:17.039><c> what's</c><00:16:17.379><c> recorded</c><00:16:17.700><c> in</c><00:16:18.139><c> Chronicles,</c><00:16:18.759><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:16:18.980><c> sisters?</c>

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Ezra's<00:16:21.899><c> coming</c><00:16:22.120><c> back</c><00:16:22.480><c> in</c><00:16:22.639><c> the</c><00:16:22.919><c> second</c><00:16:23.179><c> wave,</c><00:16:24.059><c> right?</c>

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He<00:16:25.860><c> comes</c><00:16:26.200><c> back</c><00:16:26.639><c> and,</c><00:16:27.059><c> as</c><00:16:27.200><c> we'll</c><00:16:27.419><c> see,</c><00:16:27.519><c> he</c><00:16:27.620><c> has</c><00:16:27.860><c> trouble</c><00:16:28.120><c> getting</c><00:16:28.320><c> the</c>

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Levites<00:16:28.879><c> motivated</c><00:16:29.299><c> to</c><00:16:29.580><c> come.</c>

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So<00:16:30.340><c> perhaps</c><00:16:30.860><c> at</c><00:16:31.100><c> that</c><00:16:31.360><c> time,</c><00:16:32.039><c> or</c><00:16:32.120><c> over</c><00:16:32.360><c> a</c><00:16:32.480><c> period</c><00:16:32.700><c> of</c><00:16:32.960><c> time,</c><00:16:33.139><c> he</c>

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writes<00:16:34.139><c> Chronicles</c><00:16:34.720><c> and</c><00:16:34.919><c> records</c><00:16:35.320><c> all</c><00:16:35.659><c> of</c><00:16:35.799><c> those</c><00:16:35.960><c> events</c>

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God's<00:16:42.259><c> strength</c><00:16:42.399><c> to</c><00:16:42.679><c> actually</c><00:16:42.980><c> go</c><00:16:43.220><c> back</c><00:16:43.559><c> and</c><00:16:43.860><c> set</c><00:16:43.980><c> up</c><00:16:44.120><c> that</c><00:16:44.360><c> land</c><00:16:44.580><c> in</c>

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spiritual<00:16:45.240><c> worship</c><00:16:45.600><c> once</c><00:16:45.940><c> again.</c>

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That's<00:16:47.120><c> his</c><00:16:47.320><c> sole</c><00:16:47.580><c> objective,</c><00:16:48.379><c> is</c><00:16:48.519><c> to</c><00:16:48.639><c> get</c><00:16:48.759><c> people</c><00:16:49.019><c> back</c><00:16:49.279><c> on</c><00:16:49.580><c> track.</c>

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And<00:16:50.200><c> so</c><00:16:50.299><c> he</c><00:16:50.440><c> puts</c><00:16:50.679><c> together</c><00:16:51.000><c> the</c><00:16:51.259><c> Chronicle</c><00:16:51.659><c> record,</c><00:16:52.580><c> showing</c>

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over<00:16:53.299><c> and</c><00:16:53.379><c> over</c><00:16:53.620><c> again</c><00:16:53.779><c> how</c><00:16:53.960><c> you</c><00:16:54.100><c> can</c><00:16:54.360><c> seek</c><00:16:54.580><c> the</c><00:16:54.820><c> Lord,</c>

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showing<00:16:55.860><c> over</c><00:16:56.299><c> and</c><00:16:56.399><c> over</c><00:16:56.620><c> again</c><00:16:56.840><c> how</c><00:16:57.179><c> we</c><00:16:57.320><c> can</c><00:16:57.500><c> help</c><00:16:57.740><c> each</c><00:16:57.980><c> other</c><00:16:58.139><c> build</c><00:16:58.399><c> up</c>

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using<00:16:59.059><c> that</c><00:16:59.320><c> keyword,</c><00:16:59.860><c> which</c><00:16:59.860><c> is</c><00:17:00.059><c> his</c><00:17:00.179><c> own</c><00:17:00.360><c> name,</c>

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showing<00:17:01.220><c> in</c><00:17:01.500><c> Chronicles</c><00:17:01.879><c> as</c><00:17:02.240><c> he</c><00:17:02.460><c> gives</c><00:17:02.620><c> this</c><00:17:02.960><c> record</c><00:17:03.360><c> to</c><00:17:03.600><c> the</c>

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people,<00:17:04.079><c> I</c><00:17:04.319><c> believe,</c><00:17:04.599><c> to</c><00:17:04.779><c> encourage</c><00:17:05.119><c> them</c><00:17:05.339><c> all,</c>

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how<00:17:05.960><c> we</c><00:17:06.140><c> can</c><00:17:06.460><c> all</c><00:17:07.000><c> praise</c><00:17:07.420><c> and</c><00:17:07.660><c> worship</c><00:17:08.000><c> God</c><00:17:08.259><c> like</c><00:17:08.480><c> we</c><00:17:08.779><c> used</c><00:17:09.059><c> to</c>

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under<00:17:09.500><c> David.</c>

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It's<00:17:12.640><c> giving</c><00:17:12.880><c> serious</c><00:17:13.500><c> guidance</c><00:17:13.859><c> and</c><00:17:14.180><c> inspiration</c><00:17:14.759><c> for</c><00:17:15.240><c> the</c>

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ways<00:17:15.640><c> of</c><00:17:15.980><c> exiles</c><00:17:16.420><c> who</c><00:17:16.559><c> are</c><00:17:16.660><c> going</c><00:17:16.799><c> back</c><00:17:17.039><c> to</c><00:17:17.259><c> establish</c><00:17:17.579><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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person<00:17:21.700><c> reading</c><00:17:22.039><c> Chronicles,</c>

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you'd<00:17:23.140><c> be</c><00:17:23.380><c> struck</c><00:17:23.599><c> by</c><00:17:23.880><c> this</c><00:17:24.640><c> one</c><00:17:25.039><c> particular</c><00:17:25.619><c> point,</c><00:17:27.000><c> that</c><00:17:27.119><c> as</c>

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you<00:17:27.559><c> read</c><00:17:27.779><c> through</c><00:17:28.019><c> the</c><00:17:28.119><c> book</c><00:17:28.259><c> of</c><00:17:28.480><c> Chronicles,</c>

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you<00:17:29.740><c> have</c><00:17:30.140><c> extensive</c><00:17:31.160><c> periods</c><00:17:31.799><c> of</c><00:17:32.200><c> time</c><00:17:32.799><c> where</c><00:17:33.400><c> the</c><00:17:33.599><c> Levites</c>

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are<00:17:34.359><c> unheard</c><00:17:34.740><c> of,</c>

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where<00:17:35.700><c> wicked</c><00:17:36.079><c> kings</c><00:17:36.640><c> almost</c><00:17:37.160><c> basically</c><00:17:37.759><c> put</c><00:17:38.000><c> the</c><00:17:38.240><c> people</c><00:17:38.440><c> in</c>

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exile<00:17:39.059><c> in</c><00:17:39.220><c> their</c><00:17:39.420><c> own</c><00:17:39.640><c> land.</c>

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And<00:17:41.220><c> there's</c><00:17:41.440><c> a</c><00:17:41.660><c> period</c><00:17:41.819><c> of</c><00:17:42.359><c> time</c><00:17:42.599><c> where</c><00:17:42.859><c> worship</c><00:17:43.200><c> is</c><00:17:43.440><c> destroyed</c><00:17:43.900><c> and</c>

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taken<00:17:44.359><c> down.</c>

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And<00:17:45.480><c> then</c><00:17:45.720><c> suddenly</c><00:17:46.000><c> a</c><00:17:46.240><c> reformer</c><00:17:46.619><c> comes</c><00:17:46.880><c> back,</c><00:17:47.440><c> grabs</c><00:17:47.720><c> the</c><00:17:47.960><c> Levites,</c><00:17:48.359><c> and</c><00:17:48.440><c> it's</c><00:17:48.579><c> all</c><00:17:48.759><c> set</c><00:17:48.920><c> back</c><00:17:49.160><c> up</c><00:17:49.339><c> again.</c>

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You<00:17:50.339><c> see</c><00:17:50.539><c> the</c><00:17:50.740><c> point?</c><00:17:51.180><c> The</c><00:17:51.339><c> people</c><00:17:51.559><c> will</c><00:17:51.880><c> read</c><00:17:52.119><c> Chronicles</c><00:17:52.759><c> and</c><00:17:53.240><c> feel</c><00:17:53.500><c> like</c><00:17:53.700><c> they</c><00:17:53.839><c> can</c><00:17:54.039><c> be</c>

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in<00:17:54.240><c> the</c><00:17:54.440><c> same</c><00:17:54.640><c> position</c>

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because<00:17:55.380><c> they've</c><00:17:55.700><c> been</c><00:17:55.740><c> out</c><00:17:55.920><c> of</c><00:17:56.059><c> the</c><00:17:56.180><c> land</c><00:17:56.279><c> for</c><00:17:56.500><c> 70</c><00:17:56.779><c> years.</c>

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No<00:17:57.700><c> centralized</c><00:17:58.259><c> worship,</c><00:17:58.960><c> no</c><00:17:59.200><c> other</c><00:17:59.480><c> worship</c><00:17:59.799><c> at</c><00:18:00.039><c> all.</c>

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They've<00:18:00.420><c> lost</c><00:18:00.619><c> their</c><00:18:00.859><c> jobs.</c><00:18:01.200><c> The</c><00:18:01.339><c> Levites</c><00:18:01.559><c> are</c><00:18:01.779><c> back</c><00:18:01.960><c> doing</c>

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their<00:18:02.339><c> normal</c><00:18:02.599><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:18:03.619><c> they</c><00:18:03.740><c> read</c><00:18:03.960><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:04.559><c> and</c><00:18:04.900><c> they</c><00:18:05.119><c> come</c><00:18:05.240><c> across</c><00:18:06.000><c> probably</c><00:18:07.059><c> a</c><00:18:07.339><c> 130</c>

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-year<00:18:08.680><c> gap</c><00:18:09.019><c> from</c><00:18:09.319><c> Jehoiada</c><00:18:09.819><c> to</c><00:18:10.019><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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And<00:18:11.880><c> they</c><00:18:12.039><c> read</c><00:18:12.160><c> of</c><00:18:12.359><c> a</c><00:18:12.500><c> man</c><00:18:12.799><c> and</c><00:18:13.240><c> they</c><00:18:13.700><c> read</c><00:18:13.880><c> in</c><00:18:14.019><c> this</c><00:18:14.220><c> period</c>

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and<00:18:14.480><c> they</c><00:18:14.720><c> feel</c><00:18:14.900><c> like,</c>

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you<00:18:15.440><c> know</c><00:18:15.539><c> what,</c><00:18:15.680><c> the</c><00:18:15.859><c> Levites</c><00:18:16.220><c> were</c><00:18:16.420><c> exactly</c><00:18:16.740><c> in</c><00:18:16.900><c> the</c><00:18:17.019><c> same</c>

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position<00:18:17.480><c> that</c><00:18:17.680><c> we</c><00:18:17.880><c> were</c><00:18:18.039><c> in</c><00:18:18.180><c> for</c><00:18:18.380><c> those</c><00:18:18.619><c> 70</c><00:18:18.900><c> years.</c>

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And<00:18:19.660><c> then</c><00:18:19.880><c> along</c><00:18:20.079><c> came</c><00:18:20.339><c> Hezekiah</c><00:18:21.019><c> and</c><00:18:21.700><c> he</c><00:18:21.819><c> gets</c><00:18:22.019><c> them</c><00:18:22.299><c> all</c><00:18:22.539><c> stirred</c><00:18:22.660><c> up</c>

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to<00:18:22.940><c> come</c><00:18:23.200><c> back.</c>

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And<00:18:24.279><c> what</c><00:18:24.460><c> about</c><00:18:24.619><c> the</c><00:18:24.900><c> 57</c><00:18:25.539><c>-year</c><00:18:25.799><c> gap</c><00:18:26.059><c> you</c><00:18:26.200><c> could</c><00:18:26.380><c> read</c><00:18:26.579><c> of</c><00:18:26.720><c> in</c>

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Chronicles<00:18:27.440><c> during</c><00:18:27.960><c> the</c><00:18:28.160><c> reign</c><00:18:28.299><c> of</c><00:18:28.500><c> Manasseh</c>

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when<00:18:30.059><c> he</c><00:18:30.339><c> shut</c><00:18:30.559><c> the</c><00:18:30.779><c> doors</c><00:18:30.980><c> of</c><00:18:31.160><c> the</c><00:18:31.359><c> tabernacle?</c>

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The<00:18:32.500><c> Levites</c><00:18:32.920><c> in</c><00:18:33.079><c> Ezra</c><00:18:33.380><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:18:34.039><c> time</c><00:18:34.440><c> would</c><00:18:34.759><c> have</c><00:18:34.920><c> felt</c>

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like<00:18:35.259><c> they</c><00:18:35.380><c> were</c><00:18:35.559><c> in</c><00:18:35.640><c> the</c><00:18:35.819><c> same</c><00:18:35.960><c> position</c><00:18:36.359><c> during</c><00:18:36.579><c> the</c><00:18:36.779><c> 70</c><00:18:36.960><c> years</c><00:18:37.140><c> in</c><00:18:37.339><c> captivity.</c>

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But<00:18:38.279><c> there's</c><00:18:38.519><c> hope</c><00:18:38.759><c> in</c><00:18:39.019><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:39.420><c> because</c><00:18:39.740><c> you</c><00:18:39.859><c> have</c><00:18:40.480><c> Josiah</c><00:18:41.140><c> and</c>

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Hezekiah<00:18:41.880><c> come</c><00:18:42.119><c> back</c><00:18:42.319><c> and</c><00:18:42.559><c> open</c><00:18:42.700><c> those</c><00:18:42.980><c> doors</c>

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and<00:18:43.880><c> revive</c><00:18:44.440><c> all</c><00:18:45.000><c> of</c><00:18:45.180><c> those</c><00:18:45.339><c> things.</c>

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So<00:18:47.680><c> I</c><00:18:48.180><c> believe</c><00:18:48.660><c> that</c><00:18:48.960><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:49.240><c> has</c><00:18:49.480><c> this</c><00:18:49.720><c> amazing</c><00:18:50.259><c> purpose,</c><00:18:50.900><c> amazing</c>

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purpose<00:18:51.940><c> for</c><00:18:52.579><c> the</c><00:18:52.819><c> exiles</c><00:18:53.180><c> to</c><00:18:53.380><c> give</c><00:18:53.539><c> them</c><00:18:53.839><c> strength</c>

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realizing<00:18:55.039><c> that</c><00:18:55.279><c> they</c><00:18:55.539><c> can</c><00:18:55.920><c> actually</c><00:18:56.599><c> come</c><00:18:56.940><c> out</c><00:18:57.200><c> of</c><00:18:57.400><c> captivity</c><00:18:57.819><c> and</c>

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reestablish<00:18:59.079><c> worship.</c>

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Just<00:19:00.900><c> come</c><00:19:01.119><c> to</c><00:19:01.319><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:01.880><c> and</c><00:19:02.420><c> think</c><00:19:02.960><c> of</c><00:19:03.059><c> how</c><00:19:03.220><c> you</c><00:19:03.440><c> would</c><00:19:03.599><c> read</c>

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this<00:19:03.940><c> if</c><00:19:04.119><c> you</c><00:19:04.240><c> were</c><00:19:04.359><c> a</c><00:19:04.460><c> Levite</c><00:19:04.740><c> in</c><00:19:04.920><c> Ezra's</c><00:19:05.319><c> time.</c>

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Come<00:19:06.420><c> to</c><00:19:07.559><c> 2</c><00:19:08.019><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:08.720><c> if</c><00:19:08.880><c> you're</c><00:19:09.039><c> not</c><00:19:09.160><c> already</c><00:19:09.359><c> there.</c>

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Just<00:19:11.180><c> look</c><00:19:11.400><c> at</c><00:19:11.599><c> this</c><00:19:11.900><c> and</c><00:19:12.119><c> see</c><00:19:12.319><c> if</c><00:19:12.400><c> you</c><00:19:12.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:12.680><c> get</c><00:19:12.900><c> excited</c>

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if<00:19:13.460><c> you</c><00:19:13.599><c> were</c><00:19:13.700><c> a</c><00:19:13.799><c> Levite.</c>

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Alright?

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2<00:19:19.559><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:20.039><c> chapter</c><00:19:20.440><c> 29.</c>

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We<00:19:21.359><c> are</c><00:19:21.579><c> told</c><00:19:21.980><c> in</c><00:19:22.279><c> verse</c><00:19:22.599><c> 1</c><00:19:23.799><c> that</c><00:19:24.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:25.039><c> became</c><00:19:25.460><c> king</c><00:19:25.799><c> when</c>

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he<00:19:26.200><c> was</c><00:19:26.880><c> 25</c><00:19:27.900><c> years</c><00:19:28.599><c> old.</c>

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And<00:19:31.259><c> we're</c><00:19:31.440><c> told</c><00:19:31.619><c> that</c><00:19:31.859><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:33.160><c> did</c><00:19:34.640><c> two</c><00:19:35.000><c> things</c><00:19:35.519><c> when</c><00:19:35.920><c> he</c>

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became<00:19:36.519><c> king.</c>

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Right?<00:19:38.880><c> When</c><00:19:39.039><c> he</c><00:19:39.140><c> was</c><00:19:39.359><c> 25</c><00:19:39.759><c> years</c><00:19:40.039><c> old.</c>

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His<00:19:40.559><c> mother's</c><00:19:40.920><c> name</c><00:19:41.119><c> was</c><00:19:41.380><c> Abijah,</c><00:19:42.140><c> the</c><00:19:42.259><c> daughter</c><00:19:42.420><c> of</c><00:19:42.599><c> Zechariah,</c><00:19:43.079><c> and</c><00:19:43.200><c> he</c>

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did<00:19:43.380><c> what</c><00:19:43.480><c> was</c><00:19:43.759><c> right</c><00:19:43.920><c> in</c><00:19:44.140><c> the</c><00:19:44.259><c> sight</c><00:19:44.380><c> of</c><00:19:44.579><c> Yahweh</c>

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according<00:19:45.099><c> to</c><00:19:45.259><c> all</c><00:19:45.460><c> that</c><00:19:45.579><c> his</c><00:19:45.720><c> father</c><00:19:45.859><c> David</c><00:19:46.119><c> had</c><00:19:46.339><c> done.</c>

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So<00:19:47.480><c> here's</c><00:19:47.859><c> after</c><00:19:48.099><c> a</c><00:19:48.339><c> long</c><00:19:48.539><c> period</c><00:19:48.940><c> of</c><00:19:50.240><c> almost</c><00:19:50.700><c> captivity</c><00:19:51.240><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:51.579><c> own</c><00:19:51.799><c> land</c><00:19:52.220><c> because</c><00:19:52.779><c> of</c><00:19:53.759><c> other</c><00:19:54.240><c> kings</c><00:19:54.480><c> before.</c>

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Look<00:19:56.240><c> what</c><00:19:56.319><c> it</c><00:19:56.539><c> says.</c>

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In<00:19:57.400><c> the</c><00:19:57.619><c> first</c><00:19:57.880><c> year</c><00:19:58.019><c> of</c><00:19:58.180><c> his</c><00:19:58.420><c> reign,</c><00:19:58.599><c> in</c><00:19:58.799><c> the</c><00:19:59.000><c> first</c><00:19:59.220><c> month,</c><00:19:59.640><c> I</c>

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mean<00:19:59.859><c> this</c><00:20:00.059><c> is</c><00:20:00.420><c> the</c><00:20:00.740><c> first</c><00:20:01.180><c> thing</c><00:20:01.400><c> he</c><00:20:01.579><c> could</c><00:20:01.799><c> do,</c><00:20:02.000><c> he</c><00:20:02.160><c> was</c><00:20:02.440><c> itching.</c>

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As<00:20:02.960><c> soon</c><00:20:03.079><c> as</c><00:20:03.220><c> he</c><00:20:03.380><c> got</c><00:20:03.880><c> anointed</c><00:20:04.240><c> as</c><00:20:04.519><c> king,</c><00:20:05.079><c> off</c><00:20:05.240><c> he</c><00:20:05.460><c> was.</c>

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And<00:20:06.380><c> what</c><00:20:06.640><c> did</c><00:20:06.779><c> he</c><00:20:06.880><c> do?</c>

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He<00:20:07.299><c> opened</c><00:20:07.680><c> the</c><00:20:07.900><c> doors</c><00:20:08.140><c> of</c><00:20:08.339><c> the</c><00:20:08.420><c> house</c><00:20:08.660><c> of</c><00:20:08.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:09.099><c> and</c><00:20:09.279><c> repaired</c><00:20:09.579><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:20:10.559><c> the</c><00:20:10.700><c> job</c><00:20:11.119><c> of</c><00:20:11.819><c> the</c><00:20:12.039><c> Levites.</c>

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That's<00:20:13.400><c> the</c><00:20:13.500><c> job</c><00:20:13.759><c> of</c><00:20:13.980><c> the</c><00:20:14.119><c> sons</c><00:20:14.299><c> of</c><00:20:14.640><c> Korah</c><00:20:14.940><c> in</c><00:20:15.200><c> a</c><00:20:15.319><c> sense.</c>

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We're<00:20:16.059><c> told</c><00:20:16.200><c> that</c><00:20:16.339><c> they</c><00:20:16.440><c> open</c><00:20:16.660><c> and</c><00:20:16.819><c> close</c><00:20:17.000><c> those</c><00:20:17.200><c> doors</c><00:20:17.740><c> night</c>

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and<00:20:18.339><c> day.</c>

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So<00:20:20.119><c> he</c><00:20:20.299><c> acts</c><00:20:20.500><c> as</c><00:20:20.660><c> a</c><00:20:20.759><c> Levite.</c>

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And<00:20:21.359><c> the</c><00:20:21.720><c> second</c><00:20:22.059><c> thing</c><00:20:22.240><c> he</c><00:20:22.440><c> does,</c><00:20:22.819><c> verse</c><00:20:23.019><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:20:36.140><c> look</c><00:20:36.279><c> how</c><00:20:36.440><c> he</c><00:20:36.599><c> speaks</c><00:20:36.940><c> to</c><00:20:37.079><c> them,</c><00:20:37.380><c> brothers</c><00:20:37.539><c> and</c><00:20:37.680><c> sisters.</c>

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Look<00:20:38.279><c> at</c><00:20:38.380><c> verse</c><00:20:38.579><c> 11.</c>

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I<00:20:39.319><c> mean</c><00:20:39.460><c> this</c><00:20:40.359><c> man</c><00:20:40.700><c> is</c><00:20:40.920><c> 25</c><00:20:41.480><c> years</c><00:20:41.759><c> old</c><00:20:42.140><c> and</c><00:20:42.460><c> he's</c><00:20:42.720><c> talking</c><00:20:43.019><c> to</c>

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these<00:20:43.440><c> Levites.</c>

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Many<00:20:44.180><c> of</c><00:20:44.359><c> them</c><00:20:44.440><c> would</c><00:20:44.599><c> have</c><00:20:44.700><c> been</c><00:20:44.819><c> older</c><00:20:45.039><c> than</c><00:20:45.180><c> him.</c>

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In<00:20:46.339><c> fact,</c><00:20:47.039><c> probably</c><00:20:47.279><c> all</c><00:20:47.460><c> of</c><00:20:47.559><c> them.</c>

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Verse<00:20:48.579><c> 11.</c>

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Now,<00:21:03.619><c> I</c><00:21:03.859><c> want</c><00:21:03.980><c> you</c><00:21:04.119><c> to</c><00:21:04.259><c> imagine</c><00:21:04.440><c> this.</c>

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Just<00:21:04.940><c> use</c><00:21:05.099><c> your</c><00:21:05.299><c> imagination</c><00:21:05.660><c> for</c><00:21:05.880><c> a</c><00:21:05.960><c> second.</c>

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You<00:21:06.579><c> are</c><00:21:06.839><c> Ezra.</c>

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And<00:21:08.359><c> you</c><00:21:08.519><c> are</c><00:21:08.799><c> trying</c><00:21:09.079><c> to</c><00:21:09.339><c> get</c><00:21:09.500><c> people</c><00:21:09.819><c> to</c><00:21:10.039><c> go</c><00:21:10.200><c> back</c><00:21:10.380><c> to</c><00:21:10.519><c> the</c><00:21:10.680><c> land</c><00:21:10.819><c> and</c><00:21:11.079><c> stir</c><00:21:11.180><c> up</c>

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the<00:21:11.519><c> priests.</c>

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And<00:21:12.220><c> you</c><00:21:12.400><c> are</c><00:21:12.619><c> writing</c><00:21:12.900><c> the</c><00:21:13.279><c> Chronicles.</c>

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And<00:21:14.799><c> you</c><00:21:14.980><c> record</c><00:21:15.339><c> what</c><00:21:15.559><c> Hezekiah</c><00:21:16.000><c> did.</c>

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The<00:21:17.000><c> first</c><00:21:17.220><c> thing</c><00:21:17.359><c> he</c><00:21:17.500><c> does</c><00:21:17.619><c> is</c><00:21:17.779><c> open</c><00:21:17.920><c> the</c><00:21:18.079><c> doors.</c>

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And<00:21:18.700><c> then</c><00:21:18.819><c> he</c><00:21:18.920><c> calls</c><00:21:19.099><c> on</c><00:21:19.279><c> the</c><00:21:19.420><c> Levites</c><00:21:19.720><c> and</c><00:21:19.900><c> he</c><00:21:20.140><c> treats</c><00:21:20.279><c> them</c><00:21:20.440><c> as</c><00:21:20.619><c> if</c><00:21:20.700><c> he's</c><00:21:21.559><c> a</c>

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father<00:21:22.900><c> to</c><00:21:23.160><c> them.</c>

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This<00:21:24.000><c> is</c><00:21:24.259><c> the</c><00:21:24.259><c> spirit</c><00:21:24.440><c> of</c><00:21:24.619><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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And<00:21:25.839><c> he's</c><00:21:26.059><c> hoping</c><00:21:26.319><c> that</c><00:21:26.539><c> this</c><00:21:26.759><c> little</c><00:21:26.980><c> record</c><00:21:27.440><c> will</c><00:21:27.839><c> encourage</c><00:21:28.380><c> the</c><00:21:28.660><c> people</c><00:21:29.059><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:29.720><c> can</c><00:21:30.000><c> actually,</c><00:21:30.619><c> after</c><00:21:30.960><c> 70</c><00:21:31.299><c> years</c><00:21:31.519><c> of</c><00:21:31.720><c> darkness,</c>

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rise<00:21:32.460><c> up</c><00:21:32.660><c> and</c><00:21:32.740><c> go</c><00:21:32.960><c> back</c><00:21:33.259><c> just</c><00:21:33.480><c> like</c><00:21:33.640><c> this</c><00:21:33.859><c> happened</c><00:21:34.180><c> here.</c>

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Amazingly,<00:21:36.839><c> brothers</c><00:21:36.960><c> and</c><00:21:37.119><c> sisters,</c><00:21:37.880><c> where</c><00:21:38.079><c> do</c><00:21:38.319><c> you</c><00:21:38.319><c> think</c>

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these<00:21:38.799><c> Levites</c><00:21:39.079><c> came</c><00:21:39.400><c> from?</c>

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I<00:21:40.519><c> mean</c><00:21:40.720><c> the</c><00:21:41.099><c> house</c><00:21:41.420><c> of</c><00:21:41.619><c> the</c><00:21:41.740><c> Lord</c><00:21:41.859><c> had</c><00:21:42.019><c> been</c><00:21:42.319><c> shut</c><00:21:42.579><c> up</c><00:21:42.839><c> for</c><00:21:43.119><c> a</c>

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long<00:21:43.559><c> time.</c>

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So<00:21:44.779><c> all</c><00:21:45.119><c> of</c><00:21:45.319><c> a</c><00:21:45.359><c> sudden</c><00:21:45.539><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:21:46.180><c> 25</c><00:21:46.839><c> year</c><00:21:47.160><c> old</c><00:21:47.339><c> guy,</c><00:21:48.039><c> comes</c>

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along<00:21:48.480><c> and</c><00:21:48.779><c> says,</c>

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I<00:21:49.299><c> need</c><00:21:49.460><c> all</c><00:21:49.619><c> the</c><00:21:49.819><c> Levites.</c>

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I<00:21:50.559><c> need</c><00:21:50.700><c> you</c><00:21:50.839><c> to</c><00:21:50.920><c> come</c><00:21:51.000><c> and</c><00:21:51.160><c> help</c><00:21:51.279><c> me.</c>

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And<00:21:52.079><c> out</c><00:21:52.259><c> of</c><00:21:52.420><c> the</c><00:21:52.619><c> woodwork,</c><00:21:53.380><c> all</c><00:21:53.579><c> these</c><00:21:53.799><c> Levites</c><00:21:54.200><c> had</c><00:21:54.400><c> come</c><00:21:54.539><c> out.</c>

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Where<00:21:55.500><c> had</c><00:21:55.660><c> they</c><00:21:55.880><c> been?</c>

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What<00:21:56.380><c> had</c><00:21:56.480><c> they</c><00:21:56.660><c> been</c><00:21:56.839><c> doing?</c>

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The<00:21:57.960><c> beautiful</c><00:21:58.299><c> thing</c><00:21:58.500><c> is,</c><00:21:58.700><c> brothers</c><00:21:58.819><c> and</c><00:21:58.960><c> sisters,</c><00:21:59.079><c> this</c><00:21:59.319><c> shows</c><00:21:59.460><c> you</c><00:21:59.619><c> the</c><00:21:59.900><c> spirit</c><00:22:00.079><c> of</c><00:22:00.380><c> Levi.</c>

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There's<00:22:01.140><c> always</c><00:22:01.640><c> some</c><00:22:01.920><c> in</c><00:22:02.180><c> Levi</c><00:22:02.480><c> like</c><00:22:03.000><c> the</c><00:22:03.259><c> sons</c><00:22:03.440><c> of</c><00:22:03.720><c> Korah</c><00:22:04.019><c> and</c><00:22:04.319><c> like</c><00:22:04.539><c> the</c><00:22:04.720><c> house</c><00:22:04.920><c> of</c><00:22:05.099><c> Asaph</c>

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that<00:22:05.819><c> are</c><00:22:06.099><c> always</c><00:22:06.500><c> serving</c><00:22:06.759><c> God</c><00:22:07.019><c> no</c><00:22:07.200><c> matter</c><00:22:07.440><c> what</c><00:22:07.799><c> happened</c>

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to<00:22:08.240><c> the</c><00:22:08.359><c> house</c><00:22:08.519><c> of</c><00:22:08.720><c> God.</c>

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You<00:22:09.539><c> can</c><00:22:09.759><c> find</c><00:22:09.900><c> the</c><00:22:10.059><c> house</c><00:22:10.200><c> of</c><00:22:10.380><c> God</c><00:22:10.539><c> completely</c><00:22:11.000><c> obliterated</c>

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and<00:22:12.099><c> the</c><00:22:12.339><c> Levites</c><00:22:12.619><c> are</c><00:22:12.880><c> still</c><00:22:13.200><c> doing</c><00:22:13.460><c> their</c><00:22:13.680><c> things</c><00:22:13.900><c> in</c><00:22:14.059><c> their</c>

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own<00:22:14.460><c> little</c><00:22:14.740><c> family</c><00:22:15.079><c> homes</c><00:22:15.380><c> serving</c><00:22:15.720><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:17.559><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:18.039><c> comes</c><00:22:18.279><c> along</c><00:22:18.539><c> and</c><00:22:18.779><c> says,</c><00:22:19.279><c> who's</c><00:22:19.460><c> here</c><00:22:19.559><c> to</c><00:22:19.700><c> serve</c><00:22:19.859><c> me?</c>

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And<00:22:20.400><c> all</c><00:22:20.559><c> these</c><00:22:20.720><c> people</c><00:22:21.019><c> come</c><00:22:21.240><c> out</c><00:22:22.000><c> ready</c><00:22:22.359><c> to</c><00:22:22.640><c> serve</c>

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because<00:22:23.359><c> they've</c><00:22:23.819><c> been</c><00:22:23.960><c> holding</c><00:22:24.180><c> on</c><00:22:24.380><c> to</c><00:22:24.500><c> the</c><00:22:24.740><c> truth</c><00:22:25.059><c> through</c>

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the<00:22:25.660><c> period</c><00:22:25.779><c> of</c><00:22:26.039><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:22:26.900><c> what</c><00:22:27.140><c> a</c><00:22:27.400><c> message</c><00:22:27.619><c> that</c><00:22:27.779><c> would</c><00:22:27.940><c> be</c><00:22:28.059><c> for</c><00:22:28.240><c> the</c><00:22:28.400><c> exiles</c><00:22:28.720><c> going</c>

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My<00:22:31.500><c> brothers</c><00:22:31.799><c> and</c><00:22:31.940><c> sisters,</c><00:22:32.059><c> it's</c><00:22:32.200><c> just</c><00:22:32.380><c> interesting.</c>

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I<00:22:33.400><c> believe</c><00:22:33.859><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:34.420><c> is</c><00:22:34.720><c> great</c><00:22:35.059><c> because,</c><00:22:36.299><c> well,</c><00:22:36.539><c> for</c><00:22:36.680><c> lots</c>

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of<00:22:37.000><c> reasons,</c><00:22:37.640><c> right?</c>

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But<00:22:38.220><c> for</c><00:22:38.940><c> this</c><00:22:39.279><c> reason</c><00:22:39.599><c> as</c><00:22:39.900><c> well,</c><00:22:41.220><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:42.099><c> is</c><00:22:42.819><c> not</c><00:22:43.599><c> a</c><00:22:44.000><c> Levite,</c>

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but<00:22:45.380><c> he</c><00:22:45.700><c> demonstrates</c><00:22:46.220><c> in</c><00:22:46.619><c> every</c><00:22:46.940><c> way</c><00:22:47.220><c> that</c><00:22:47.359><c> you</c><00:22:47.519><c> can</c><00:22:47.759><c> live</c><00:22:48.039><c> the</c><00:22:48.359><c> spirit</c><00:22:48.519><c> of</c>

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Levi<00:22:49.019><c> without</c><00:22:49.579><c> being</c><00:22:50.079><c> a</c><00:22:50.319><c> Levite.</c>

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Why<00:22:52.460><c> does</c><00:22:52.900><c> it</c><00:22:53.119><c> say</c><00:22:53.299><c> that</c><00:22:53.480><c> he</c><00:22:53.539><c> was</c><00:22:53.799><c> 25</c><00:22:54.400><c> years</c><00:22:54.720><c> old</c><00:22:54.859><c> when</c><00:22:55.000><c> he</c>

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became<00:22:55.500><c> king?</c>

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And<00:22:57.180><c> the</c><00:22:57.400><c> first</c><00:22:57.619><c> thing</c><00:22:57.759><c> he</c><00:22:57.900><c> does</c><00:22:58.119><c> is</c><00:22:58.319><c> open</c><00:22:58.480><c> the</c><00:22:58.660><c> doors</c><00:22:58.859><c> and</c><00:22:59.119><c> call</c><00:22:59.279><c> the</c><00:22:59.440><c> Levites.</c>

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It<00:23:00.180><c> was</c><00:23:00.359><c> not</c><00:23:00.539><c> telling</c><00:23:00.740><c> his</c><00:23:00.920><c> brothers</c><00:23:01.079><c> and</c><00:23:01.240><c> sisters</c><00:23:01.380><c> that</c><00:23:01.599><c> he</c><00:23:02.039><c> thought</c><00:23:02.400><c> of</c><00:23:02.720><c> himself</c><00:23:03.240><c> as</c><00:23:03.519><c> a</c><00:23:03.680><c> Levite</c>

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and<00:23:04.140><c> he</c><00:23:04.240><c> wanted</c><00:23:04.359><c> to</c><00:23:04.519><c> take</c><00:23:04.599><c> it</c><00:23:04.720><c> on</c><00:23:04.779><c> because</c><00:23:04.940><c> in</c><00:23:05.160><c> Numbers</c><00:23:05.480><c> chapter</c><00:23:05.799><c> 8,</c>

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we're<00:23:06.599><c> told</c><00:23:06.940><c> that</c><00:23:07.319><c> the</c><00:23:07.779><c> age</c><00:23:08.220><c> was</c><00:23:09.160><c> changed</c><00:23:09.619><c> from</c><00:23:10.019><c> 20</c><00:23:10.740><c> to</c><00:23:12.059><c> 25.</c>

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And<00:23:12.980><c> you</c><00:23:13.140><c> could</c><00:23:13.339><c> be</c><00:23:13.680><c> in</c><00:23:13.759><c> this,</c><00:23:14.359><c> sorry,</c><00:23:14.480><c> from</c><00:23:14.720><c> 30</c><00:23:15.000><c> to</c><00:23:15.220><c> 25.</c>

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The<00:23:16.259><c> original</c><00:23:17.099><c> age</c><00:23:17.819><c> for</c><00:23:18.079><c> Levites</c><00:23:18.400><c> was</c><00:23:18.660><c> 30,</c>

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and<00:23:19.559><c> Numbers</c><00:23:19.920><c> chapter</c><00:23:20.380><c> 8</c><00:23:20.900><c> tells</c><00:23:21.200><c> us</c><00:23:21.380><c> it</c><00:23:21.500><c> was</c><00:23:21.759><c> dropped</c><00:23:22.039><c> down</c><00:23:22.240><c> to</c><00:23:22.480><c> 25.</c>

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That's<00:23:23.900><c> when</c><00:23:24.019><c> you</c><00:23:24.180><c> could</c><00:23:24.500><c> start</c><00:23:24.799><c> being</c><00:23:25.099><c> in</c><00:23:25.440><c> the</c><00:23:25.680><c> service</c><00:23:25.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:26.160><c> house</c><00:23:26.359><c> of</c><00:23:26.559><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:23:27.579><c> whether</c><00:23:27.740><c> that</c><00:23:28.039><c> five</c><00:23:28.279><c> years</c><00:23:28.420><c> was</c><00:23:28.619><c> a</c><00:23:28.859><c> traineeship,</c><00:23:29.619><c> whatever</c><00:23:29.839><c> it</c>

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might<00:23:30.180><c> be,</c>

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I'm<00:23:30.819><c> not</c><00:23:31.019><c> really</c><00:23:31.220><c> sure</c><00:23:31.319><c> if</c><00:23:31.480><c> we</c><00:23:31.619><c> know.</c>

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But<00:23:32.319><c> we</c><00:23:32.480><c> do</c><00:23:32.720><c> know</c><00:23:32.839><c> from</c><00:23:33.019><c> Numbers</c><00:23:33.339><c> chapter</c><00:23:33.660><c> 8,</c>

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you<00:23:34.019><c> could</c><00:23:34.220><c> be</c><00:23:34.779><c> a</c><00:23:35.079><c> Levite</c><00:23:35.380><c> at</c><00:23:35.559><c> the</c><00:23:35.680><c> age</c><00:23:35.819><c> of</c><00:23:36.039><c> 25</c><00:23:36.579><c> under</c><00:23:36.960><c> the</c><00:23:37.180><c> time</c>

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of<00:23:37.559><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:23:39.160><c> Hezekiah</c><00:23:39.619><c> is</c><00:23:39.799><c> 25.</c>

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I<00:23:40.940><c> just</c><00:23:41.119><c> sort</c><00:23:41.299><c> of</c><00:23:41.519><c> imagined</c><00:23:41.700><c> on</c><00:23:41.839><c> his</c><00:23:41.980><c> 25th</c><00:23:42.519><c> birthday.</c>

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He<00:23:43.220><c> turns</c><00:23:43.500><c> 25</c><00:23:43.940><c> and</c><00:23:44.180><c> says,</c><00:23:44.859><c> now</c><00:23:44.980><c> I</c><00:23:45.059><c> can</c><00:23:45.220><c> be</c><00:23:45.420><c> a</c><00:23:45.519><c> Levite.</c>

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And<00:23:46.400><c> he</c><00:23:46.480><c> goes</c><00:23:46.660><c> out</c><00:23:46.920><c> there</c><00:23:47.059><c> and</c><00:23:47.079><c> gets</c><00:23:47.279><c> all</c><00:23:47.539><c> the</c><00:23:47.680><c> Levites</c><00:23:47.920><c> together</c><00:23:48.339><c> and</c>

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off<00:23:48.900><c> they</c><00:23:49.119><c> go.</c>

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Reformation<00:23:50.119><c> comes.</c>

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He<00:23:51.279><c> puts</c><00:23:51.480><c> the</c><00:23:51.759><c> Word</c><00:23:51.900><c> in</c><00:23:52.140><c> place.</c>

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He<00:23:52.460><c> puts</c><00:23:52.700><c> worship</c><00:23:53.039><c> in</c><00:23:53.279><c> place.</c>

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So<00:23:55.480><c> that's</c><00:23:55.960><c> an</c><00:23:56.200><c> exciting</c><00:23:56.680><c> thing,</c><00:23:57.000><c> I</c><00:23:57.000><c> think,</c><00:23:57.299><c> brothers</c><00:23:57.440><c> and</c><00:23:57.619><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:23:58.799><c> something</c><00:23:59.019><c> that</c><00:23:59.240><c> people</c><00:23:59.400><c> can</c><00:23:59.619><c> read</c><00:23:59.740><c> and</c><00:23:59.880><c> be</c><00:24:00.119><c> inspired</c><00:24:00.480><c> by.</c>

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:06.579
Now,<00:24:01.240><c> when</c><00:24:01.380><c> you</c><00:24:01.660><c> come</c><00:24:02.180><c> to</c><00:24:03.579><c> the</c><00:24:04.319><c> record</c><00:24:04.740><c> of</c><00:24:05.480><c> actually</c><00:24:05.960><c> what</c><00:24:06.220><c> happens,</c>

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I<00:24:06.839><c> want</c><00:24:06.920><c> to</c><00:24:07.099><c> come</c><00:24:07.319><c> to</c><00:24:08.220><c> Ezra</c><00:24:08.539><c> chapter</c><00:24:08.920><c> 2.</c>

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What<00:24:12.160><c> about</c><00:24:12.599><c> the</c><00:24:12.900><c> people</c><00:24:13.140><c> that</c><00:24:13.339><c> did</c><00:24:13.519><c> go</c><00:24:13.799><c> back?</c>

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Did<00:24:15.079><c> the</c><00:24:15.299><c> Levites</c><00:24:15.559><c> get</c><00:24:15.859><c> stirred</c><00:24:16.039><c> up,</c><00:24:16.359><c> brothers</c><00:24:16.440><c> and</c><00:24:16.619><c> sisters?</c>

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Like,<00:24:17.279><c> were</c><00:24:17.400><c> they</c><00:24:17.599><c> there,</c><00:24:18.140><c> ready</c><00:24:18.400><c> to</c><00:24:18.660><c> go?</c>

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Let's<00:24:19.440><c> just</c><00:24:19.640><c> have</c><00:24:19.799><c> a</c><00:24:19.920><c> look.</c>

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After<00:24:22.259><c> 70</c><00:24:22.700><c> years</c><00:24:23.380><c> of</c><00:24:24.599><c> not</c><00:24:24.920><c> having</c><00:24:25.200><c> any</c><00:24:25.539><c> place</c><00:24:25.700><c> to</c><00:24:25.920><c> worship</c><00:24:26.160><c> and</c>

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serve<00:24:26.619><c> at,</c>

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you<00:24:27.119><c> might,</c><00:24:27.339><c> as</c><00:24:27.619><c> a</c><00:24:27.779><c> Levite,</c><00:24:28.059><c> do</c><00:24:28.140><c> one</c><00:24:28.299><c> of</c><00:24:28.400><c> two</c><00:24:28.640><c> things.</c>

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Desperately<00:24:29.839><c> hang</c><00:24:30.099><c> out</c><00:24:30.299><c> for</c><00:24:30.480><c> the</c><00:24:30.680><c> time</c><00:24:30.819><c> when</c><00:24:30.980><c> the</c><00:24:31.200><c> prophecy</c>

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would<00:24:31.640><c> be</c><00:24:31.799><c> fulfilled</c><00:24:32.039><c> to</c><00:24:32.160><c> go</c><00:24:32.380><c> back.</c>

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Or,<00:24:33.460><c> if</c><00:24:33.640><c> you</c><00:24:33.799><c> were</c><00:24:33.940><c> a</c><00:24:35.299><c> Levite,</c><00:24:35.839><c> you</c><00:24:36.019><c> might</c><00:24:36.220><c> just</c><00:24:36.440><c> give</c><00:24:36.559><c> up</c><00:24:36.740><c> and</c><00:24:36.920><c> say,</c>

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I'm<00:24:37.119><c> just</c><00:24:37.319><c> going</c><00:24:37.519><c> to</c><00:24:37.720><c> merge</c><00:24:37.940><c> into</c><00:24:38.140><c> the</c><00:24:38.240><c> rest</c><00:24:38.400><c> of</c><00:24:38.539><c> Israel</c><00:24:38.799><c> and</c>

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do<00:24:39.099><c> my</c><00:24:39.299><c> own</c><00:24:39.519><c> thing.</c>

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Well,<00:24:40.480><c> it's</c><00:24:40.740><c> interesting,</c><00:24:41.079><c> when</c><00:24:41.279><c> we</c><00:24:41.519><c> come</c><00:24:41.759><c> to</c><00:24:42.359><c> Ezra</c><00:24:42.740><c> chapter</c><00:24:43.059><c> 2,</c>

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:45.259
we're<00:24:43.519><c> told</c><00:24:43.799><c> in</c><00:24:43.980><c> verse</c><00:24:44.180><c> 2,</c>

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those<00:24:45.759><c> who</c><00:24:46.079><c> came</c><00:24:46.240><c> with</c><00:24:46.420><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:24:46.920><c> were</c>

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Jeshua,<00:24:48.140><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:24:48.779><c> Saraiya,</c><00:24:49.240><c> Reliya,</c><00:24:49.779><c> Mordecai,</c>

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Bilshan,<00:24:51.400><c> Mizpar,</c><00:24:52.299><c> Bigvei,</c><00:24:53.500><c> and</c><00:24:53.859><c> so</c><00:24:54.259><c> on.</c>

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:56.279
And<00:24:54.640><c> it</c><00:24:54.740><c> tells</c><00:24:55.039><c> you</c><00:24:55.440><c> all</c><00:24:55.799><c> these</c><00:24:56.019><c> people.</c>

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And<00:24:56.440><c> it</c><00:24:56.599><c> breaks</c><00:24:56.779><c> it</c><00:24:56.940><c> up.</c>

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Look<00:24:57.519><c> at</c><00:24:57.640><c> verse</c><00:24:57.859><c> 36,</c><00:24:58.380><c> for</c><00:24:58.579><c> example.</c>

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It<00:24:58.980><c> tells</c><00:24:59.079><c> you</c><00:24:59.259><c> the</c><00:24:59.440><c> priests.</c>

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Verse<00:25:01.720><c> 36.</c>

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The<00:25:02.859><c> priests,</c><00:25:03.319><c> the</c><00:25:03.480><c> son</c><00:25:03.740><c> of</c><00:25:03.980><c> Jedidiah,</c><00:25:04.839><c> of</c><00:25:05.000><c> the</c><00:25:05.119><c> house</c><00:25:05.299><c> of</c><00:25:05.460><c> Jeshua.</c>

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And<00:25:06.380><c> it</c><00:25:06.599><c> lists</c><00:25:06.880><c> 973.</c>

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Look<00:25:09.279><c> at</c><00:25:09.420><c> verse</c><00:25:09.660><c> 40.</c>

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This<00:25:10.420><c> is</c><00:25:10.640><c> something</c><00:25:10.799><c> to</c><00:25:10.980><c> highlight.</c>

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This<00:25:11.339><c> is</c><00:25:11.539><c> not</c><00:25:11.660><c> just</c><00:25:11.859><c> a</c><00:25:12.079><c> random</c><00:25:12.359><c> list.</c>

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It's<00:25:12.980><c> got</c><00:25:13.200><c> specific</c><00:25:13.759><c> information.</c>

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Verse<00:25:15.200><c> 40.</c>

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The<00:25:15.880><c> Levites,</c><00:25:16.380><c> the</c><00:25:16.420><c> son</c><00:25:16.559><c> of</c><00:25:16.700><c> Jeshua,</c>

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and<00:25:17.880><c> Cadmiel,</c><00:25:18.279><c> the</c><00:25:18.420><c> sons</c><00:25:18.660><c> of</c><00:25:18.839><c> Hodeviah,</c><00:25:19.920><c> 74.</c>

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The<00:25:21.339><c> singers,</c><00:25:21.759><c> the</c><00:25:21.859><c> sons</c><00:25:22.000><c> of</c><00:25:22.220><c> Asaph,</c><00:25:22.740><c> 128.</c>

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Also<00:25:23.859><c> Levites,</c><00:25:24.299><c> obviously.</c>

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And<00:25:25.279><c> the</c><00:25:25.400><c> sons</c><00:25:25.500><c> of</c><00:25:25.680><c> the</c><00:25:25.819><c> gatekeepers</c><00:25:26.279><c> as</c><00:25:26.539><c> well,</c><00:25:26.960><c> which</c><00:25:27.079><c> were</c><00:25:27.259><c> Levites.</c>

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Verse<00:25:28.680><c> 43</c><00:25:29.119><c> lists</c><00:25:29.420><c> the</c><00:25:29.700><c> methanim,</c>

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which<00:25:30.640><c> we'll</c><00:25:30.799><c> talk</c><00:25:31.039><c> about,</c><00:25:31.259><c> which</c><00:25:31.420><c> were</c><00:25:31.660><c> also</c><00:25:32.140><c> Levites</c><00:25:32.720><c> in</c><00:25:33.099><c> spirit.</c>

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They<00:25:34.019><c> had</c><00:25:34.140><c> been</c><00:25:34.299><c> adopted</c><00:25:34.619><c> into</c><00:25:34.859><c> the</c><00:25:35.059><c> Levite</c><00:25:35.680><c> circle</c><00:25:36.059><c> of</c><00:25:36.299><c> things</c>

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to<00:25:36.740><c> help</c><00:25:36.900><c> out</c><00:25:37.019><c> with</c><00:25:37.160><c> the</c><00:25:37.299><c> house</c><00:25:37.460><c> of</c><00:25:37.619><c> the</c><00:25:37.799><c> temple.</c>

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Now,<00:25:39.440><c> when</c><00:25:39.619><c> you</c><00:25:39.819><c> put</c><00:25:39.960><c> that</c><00:25:40.119><c> together,</c>

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I<00:25:40.400><c> want</c><00:25:40.519><c> you</c><00:25:40.680><c> to</c><00:25:40.759><c> just</c><00:25:40.880><c> think</c><00:25:41.019><c> about</c><00:25:41.140><c> this</c><00:25:41.380><c> chart.</c>

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This<00:25:42.420><c> is</c><00:25:42.519><c> what</c><00:25:42.640><c> we've</c><00:25:42.940><c> got</c><00:25:43.140><c> in</c><00:25:43.519><c> Ezra</c><00:25:43.920><c> 2</c><00:25:44.140><c> and</c><00:25:44.279><c> Nehemiah</c><00:25:44.599><c> 7,</c>

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which<00:25:45.079><c> are</c><00:25:45.220><c> basically</c><00:25:45.660><c> the</c><00:25:45.859><c> same</c><00:25:46.039><c> account.</c>

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We're<00:25:48.660><c> told,</c><00:25:49.380><c> on</c><00:25:49.640><c> this</c><00:25:49.900><c> first</c><00:25:50.220><c> wave,</c>

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the<00:25:51.259><c> men</c><00:25:51.519><c> of</c><00:25:51.720><c> Israel</c><00:25:52.119><c> are</c><00:25:52.400><c> 24</c><00:25:52.980><c>,144</c><00:25:54.420><c> that</c><00:25:54.599><c> go</c><00:25:54.799><c> back.</c>

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I<00:25:55.259><c> mean,</c><00:25:56.000><c> Cyrus's</c><00:25:56.400><c> decree</c><00:25:56.680><c> has</c><00:25:57.019><c> rung</c><00:25:57.339><c> out</c><00:25:57.660><c> like</c><00:25:58.079><c> a</c><00:25:58.519><c> bell</c>

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across<00:25:59.359><c> all</c><00:25:59.720><c> of</c><00:25:59.880><c> those</c><00:26:00.079><c> exiles.</c>

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And<00:26:01.319><c> the</c><00:26:01.579><c> first</c><00:26:01.980><c> wave</c><00:26:02.200><c> that</c><00:26:02.339><c> goes</c><00:26:02.559><c> back</c>

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is<00:26:03.640><c> a</c><00:26:03.819><c> mere</c><00:26:04.079><c> 24</c><00:26:04.799><c>,000</c><00:26:05.240><c> men</c><00:26:05.480><c> of</c><00:26:05.559><c> Israel.</c>

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Now,<00:26:08.299><c> brothers</c><00:26:08.359><c> and</c><00:26:08.579><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:26:09.359><c> is</c><00:26:09.759><c> not</c><00:26:10.140><c> very</c><00:26:10.460><c> many</c><00:26:10.680><c> people,</c>

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considering<00:26:11.519><c> all</c><00:26:12.240><c> of</c><00:26:12.500><c> Israel</c><00:26:12.859><c> that</c><00:26:13.019><c> was</c><00:26:13.200><c> in</c><00:26:13.319><c> exile.</c>

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I<00:26:14.059><c> mean,</c><00:26:14.140><c> you've</c><00:26:14.319><c> got</c><00:26:14.440><c> a</c><00:26:14.539><c> little</c><00:26:14.740><c> smidgen</c><00:26:15.039><c> going</c><00:26:15.259><c> back.</c>

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And<00:26:16.099><c> we're</c><00:26:16.299><c> told</c><00:26:16.740><c> there</c><00:26:17.000><c> was,</c><00:26:17.559><c> of</c><00:26:17.859><c> the</c><00:26:18.039><c> priests,</c>

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.220
there<00:26:18.519><c> was</c><00:26:19.079><c> around</c><00:26:19.420><c> just</c><00:26:19.720><c> over</c><00:26:20.059><c> 4</c><00:26:20.299><c>,000</c><00:26:20.599><c> priests</c><00:26:20.900><c> that</c><00:26:21.079><c> went</c><00:26:21.220><c> back.</c>

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Levites,<00:26:22.759><c> singers,</c><00:26:23.240><c> and</c><00:26:23.359><c> gatekeepers,</c><00:26:24.579><c> total,</c><00:26:25.720><c> 341.</c>

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:32.759
The<00:26:29.359><c> temple</c><00:26:29.779><c> servants,</c><00:26:30.279><c> the</c><00:26:30.420><c> descendants</c><00:26:30.740><c> of</c><00:26:31.019><c> Solomon's</c><00:26:31.519><c> servants,</c>

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:35.779
styled<00:26:33.019><c> the</c><00:26:33.200><c> Nephilim</c><00:26:33.680><c> in</c><00:26:34.039><c> that</c><00:26:34.220><c> chapter</c><00:26:34.559><c> 392.</c>

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And<00:26:36.359><c> men</c><00:26:36.480><c> of</c><00:26:36.740><c> unknown</c><00:26:37.019><c> lineage</c>

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that<00:26:37.619><c> couldn't</c><00:26:37.759><c> be</c><00:26:38.039><c> kind</c><00:26:38.160><c> of</c><00:26:38.299><c> relegated</c><00:26:38.599><c> to</c><00:26:38.799><c> a</c><00:26:38.900><c> genealogy,</c><00:26:40.220><c> 652.</c>

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That<00:26:42.460><c> should</c><00:26:42.680><c> say</c><00:26:42.920><c> something</c><00:26:43.140><c> to</c><00:26:43.380><c> us,</c><00:26:44.140><c> I</c><00:26:44.359><c> think.</c>

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Brothers<00:26:46.380><c> and</c><00:26:46.480><c> sisters,</c><00:26:46.579><c> just</c><00:26:46.779><c> remember</c><00:26:47.059><c> back</c><00:26:47.299><c> to</c><00:26:47.400><c> the</c><00:26:47.519><c> time</c>

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of<00:26:47.799><c> David,</c>

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how<00:26:48.519><c> many</c><00:26:48.880><c> Levites</c><00:26:49.420><c> did</c><00:26:49.579><c> he</c><00:26:49.880><c> find</c><00:26:50.220><c> ready</c><00:26:50.599><c> to</c><00:26:50.799><c> do</c><00:26:50.920><c> the</c><00:26:51.099><c> work</c><00:26:51.259><c> for</c>

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.039
the<00:26:51.619><c> temple</c>

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:54.180
in<00:26:52.920><c> 1</c><00:26:53.099><c> Chronicles</c><00:26:53.500><c> 23?</c>

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.680
We<00:26:54.720><c> looked</c><00:26:54.839><c> at</c><00:26:54.980><c> this</c><00:26:55.160><c> last</c><00:26:55.400><c> day.</c>

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.700
How<00:26:56.140><c> many</c><00:26:56.339><c> Levites</c><00:26:56.660><c> did</c><00:26:56.859><c> he</c><00:26:56.940><c> have?</c>

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:01.940
He<00:26:59.599><c> numbered</c><00:26:59.779><c> them</c><00:27:00.059><c> all,</c><00:27:00.380><c> 20</c><00:27:01.000><c> and</c><00:27:01.160><c> above.</c>

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.539
How<00:27:02.279><c> many</c><00:27:02.400><c> did</c><00:27:02.519><c> he</c><00:27:02.700><c> have?</c>

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:07.700
1<00:27:05.039><c> Chronicles</c><00:27:05.440><c> 23.</c><00:27:06.619><c> Does</c><00:27:06.720><c> anyone</c><00:27:06.880><c> know?</c>

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:13.539
30,<00:27:09.980><c> excuse</c><00:27:10.220><c> me,</c><00:27:10.640><c> 38</c><00:27:11.240><c>,000</c><00:27:12.259><c> Levites.</c>

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:16.960
And<00:27:14.099><c> here</c><00:27:14.259><c> we</c><00:27:14.440><c> are</c><00:27:14.619><c> going</c><00:27:14.880><c> back</c><00:27:15.460><c> from</c><00:27:16.019><c> the</c><00:27:16.299><c> exile</c><00:27:16.579><c> and</c><00:27:16.759><c> the</c>

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.279
first<00:27:17.160><c> wave.</c>

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.180
Now,<00:27:17.460><c> there's</c><00:27:17.599><c> more</c><00:27:17.779><c> to</c><00:27:18.039><c> come.</c>

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:21.220
Ezra's<00:27:18.720><c> not</c><00:27:18.859><c> here</c><00:27:19.059><c> yet,</c><00:27:19.220><c> and</c><00:27:19.359><c> he's</c><00:27:19.619><c> going</c><00:27:19.700><c> to</c><00:27:19.799><c> be</c><00:27:19.960><c> coming</c><00:27:20.099><c> too,</c><00:27:20.799><c> right?</c>

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:23.039
But<00:27:21.559><c> we'll</c><00:27:21.680><c> see</c><00:27:21.900><c> what</c><00:27:22.259><c> happens</c><00:27:22.559><c> when</c><00:27:22.680><c> he</c><00:27:22.880><c> does.</c>

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:26.960
Where<00:27:23.920><c> are</c><00:27:25.539><c> the</c><00:27:25.880><c> rest</c><00:27:26.180><c> of</c><00:27:26.420><c> the</c><00:27:26.519><c> Levites?</c>

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:30.259
Back<00:27:27.700><c> in</c><00:27:27.960><c> David's</c><00:27:28.299><c> time,</c><00:27:28.559><c> we</c><00:27:28.559><c> had</c><00:27:28.900><c> 38</c><00:27:29.339><c>,000</c><00:27:29.900><c> of</c><00:27:30.099><c> them.</c>

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:33.259
Surely<00:27:30.619><c> they</c><00:27:30.900><c> all</c><00:27:31.059><c> didn't</c><00:27:31.299><c> just</c><00:27:31.579><c> die</c><00:27:31.779><c> of</c><00:27:32.059><c> old</c><00:27:32.279><c> age</c><00:27:32.500><c> and</c><00:27:32.720><c> sickness,</c>

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:36.460
and<00:27:33.940><c> the</c><00:27:34.160><c> genealogies</c><00:27:34.680><c> didn't</c><00:27:34.960><c> sort</c><00:27:35.079><c> of</c><00:27:35.440><c> just</c><00:27:35.940><c> shrivel</c><00:27:36.160><c> up.</c>

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.900
Where<00:27:36.940><c> are</c><00:27:37.160><c> they,</c><00:27:37.400><c> brothers</c><00:27:37.519><c> and</c><00:27:37.619><c> sisters?</c>

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:41.019
And<00:27:38.359><c> the</c><00:27:38.480><c> only</c><00:27:38.619><c> conclusion</c><00:27:39.140><c> is</c><00:27:39.500><c> they</c><00:27:39.819><c> haven't</c><00:27:40.279><c> yet</c><00:27:40.579><c> responded.</c>

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:44.240
They<00:27:41.200><c> were</c><00:27:41.519><c> not</c><00:27:41.759><c> the</c><00:27:41.980><c> men</c><00:27:42.440><c> whom</c><00:27:42.920><c> there</c><00:27:43.380><c> has</c><00:27:43.559><c> been</c><00:27:43.880><c> stirred</c><00:27:44.059><c> up</c>

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.819
by<00:27:44.400><c> the</c><00:27:44.559><c> Spirit</c><00:27:44.740><c> of</c><00:27:44.940><c> God.</c>

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:50.319
Can<00:27:46.339><c> you</c><00:27:46.619><c> see</c><00:27:46.920><c> why</c><00:27:47.759><c> Ezra</c><00:27:48.519><c> wrote</c><00:27:49.039><c> Chronicles</c><00:27:49.720><c> from</c><00:27:49.960><c> that?</c>

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:52.799
I<00:27:51.059><c> mean,</c><00:27:51.640><c> he</c><00:27:51.900><c> still</c><00:27:52.160><c> hasn't</c><00:27:52.359><c> gone</c><00:27:52.619><c> back,</c>

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:55.000
and<00:27:52.960><c> he</c><00:27:53.039><c> would</c><00:27:53.160><c> have</c><00:27:53.259><c> heard</c><00:27:53.420><c> reports</c><00:27:53.920><c> of</c><00:27:54.220><c> who</c><00:27:54.400><c> went</c><00:27:54.599><c> back,</c>

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:57.099
and<00:27:55.480><c> he</c><00:27:55.640><c> would</c><00:27:55.779><c> have</c><00:27:55.960><c> heard</c><00:27:56.140><c> someone</c><00:27:56.380><c> tell</c><00:27:56.640><c> him,</c>

00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:00.660
Ezra,<00:27:57.339><c> there's</c><00:27:57.480><c> only</c><00:27:57.960><c> 341</c><00:27:58.880><c> Levites</c><00:27:59.339><c> that</c><00:27:59.519><c> went</c><00:27:59.700><c> back.</c>

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.779
He<00:28:01.680><c> would</c><00:28:01.799><c> have</c><00:28:01.900><c> been</c><00:28:02.160><c> cut</c><00:28:02.339><c> by</c><00:28:02.559><c> that,</c>

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:07.819
because<00:28:03.079><c> he</c><00:28:03.319><c> knows</c><00:28:03.519><c> this</c><00:28:03.720><c> is</c><00:28:03.940><c> the</c><00:28:04.079><c> time</c><00:28:04.319><c> that</c><00:28:04.759><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:05.519><c> prophesied</c><00:28:06.140><c> of</c><00:28:06.339><c> reformation.</c>

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.960
And<00:28:08.740><c> do</c><00:28:08.859><c> you</c><00:28:08.880><c> know</c><00:28:08.980><c> what</c><00:28:09.039><c> else</c><00:28:09.279><c> he</c><00:28:09.420><c> found</c><00:28:09.640><c> out?</c>

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:13.519
He<00:28:10.539><c> found</c><00:28:10.819><c> out</c><00:28:11.240><c> there</c><00:28:11.500><c> was</c><00:28:11.720><c> actually</c><00:28:12.140><c> more</c><00:28:12.559><c> people</c><00:28:12.940><c> that</c><00:28:13.180><c> were</c>

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.279
not<00:28:13.799><c> Levites</c>

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.200
who<00:28:14.440><c> were</c><00:28:14.619><c> willing</c><00:28:14.819><c> to</c><00:28:15.039><c> help</c><00:28:15.180><c> in</c><00:28:15.400><c> temple</c><00:28:15.640><c> service</c>

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:19.640
than<00:28:16.920><c> people</c><00:28:17.259><c> who</c><00:28:17.440><c> were</c><00:28:17.700><c> legitimate</c><00:28:18.380><c> Levites.</c>

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.900
Those<00:28:20.460><c> temple</c><00:28:20.900><c> servants,</c><00:28:21.339><c> brothers</c><00:28:21.460><c> and</c><00:28:21.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.740
as<00:28:22.099><c> far</c><00:28:22.339><c> as</c><00:28:22.440><c> we</c><00:28:22.539><c> can</c><00:28:22.779><c> tell</c><00:28:22.940><c> from</c><00:28:23.099><c> the</c><00:28:23.240><c> scripture</c><00:28:23.480><c> record,</c>

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:25.640
we<00:28:23.839><c> don't</c><00:28:24.039><c> have</c><00:28:24.220><c> time</c><00:28:24.680><c> this</c><00:28:24.940><c> morning</c><00:28:25.079><c> to</c><00:28:25.200><c> go</c><00:28:25.380><c> through</c><00:28:25.539><c> it,</c>

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:27.920
but<00:28:25.740><c> it's</c><00:28:25.900><c> an</c><00:28:26.019><c> amazing</c><00:28:26.500><c> study</c><00:28:26.839><c> in</c><00:28:27.000><c> itself,</c>

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.359
were<00:28:28.220><c> a</c><00:28:28.359><c> group</c><00:28:28.480><c> of</c><00:28:28.700><c> people</c><00:28:28.900><c> called</c><00:28:29.160><c> the</c><00:28:29.359><c> Nethinim,</c>

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:33.180
and<00:28:30.640><c> they</c><00:28:30.779><c> were</c><00:28:31.039><c> collected</c><00:28:31.519><c> possibly</c><00:28:32.180><c> from</c><00:28:32.440><c> the</c><00:28:32.599><c> Gibeonites,</c>

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:35.339
and<00:28:33.579><c> were</c><00:28:33.759><c> also</c><00:28:34.000><c> told</c><00:28:34.220><c> in</c><00:28:34.420><c> 1</c><00:28:34.619><c> Kings</c><00:28:34.799><c> chapter</c><00:28:35.099><c> 9</c>

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:37.200
that<00:28:35.460><c> they</c><00:28:35.640><c> were</c><00:28:35.839><c> Solomon's</c><00:28:36.440><c> hired</c><00:28:36.680><c> servants.</c>

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.859
And<00:28:37.859><c> as</c><00:28:38.019><c> far</c><00:28:38.140><c> as</c><00:28:38.240><c> we</c><00:28:38.339><c> can</c><00:28:38.559><c> tell,</c>

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:41.119
they<00:28:39.240><c> don't</c><00:28:39.539><c> seem</c><00:28:39.799><c> to</c><00:28:39.980><c> be</c><00:28:40.200><c> legitimate</c><00:28:40.720><c> Levites,</c>

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.220
but<00:28:41.259><c> they</c><00:28:41.400><c> were</c><00:28:41.640><c> adopted</c><00:28:41.940><c> in.</c>

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:45.779
Nethinim<00:28:43.160><c> is</c><00:28:43.559><c> the</c><00:28:43.759><c> name,</c><00:28:44.140><c> it</c><00:28:44.400><c> comes</c><00:28:44.660><c> from</c><00:28:44.859><c> the</c><00:28:45.119><c> word</c><00:28:45.380><c> Nathan,</c>

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.799
which<00:28:46.039><c> means</c><00:28:46.279><c> a</c><00:28:46.500><c> gift,</c>

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:50.160
which<00:28:47.200><c> is</c><00:28:47.480><c> exactly</c><00:28:47.920><c> what</c><00:28:48.160><c> the</c><00:28:48.380><c> Levites</c><00:28:48.619><c> were</c><00:28:48.920><c> called</c><00:28:49.059><c> in</c><00:28:49.259><c> Numbers</c><00:28:49.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:49.839><c> 18.</c>

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:51.180
They<00:28:50.299><c> were</c><00:28:50.480><c> a</c><00:28:50.519><c> gift</c><00:28:50.720><c> to</c><00:28:50.960><c> God.</c>

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:54.440
And<00:28:51.559><c> the</c><00:28:51.799><c> Nethinim</c><00:28:52.039><c> come</c><00:28:52.220><c> in</c><00:28:52.539><c> and</c><00:28:52.940><c> join</c><00:28:53.220><c> that</c><00:28:53.579><c> gift.</c>

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.539
And<00:28:55.019><c> when</c><00:28:55.359><c> the</c><00:28:55.700><c> exiles</c><00:28:56.019><c> go</c><00:28:56.259><c> back,</c>

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:59.819
there's<00:28:57.000><c> more</c><00:28:57.700><c> Nethinim</c><00:28:58.539><c> than</c><00:28:58.799><c> there</c><00:28:59.039><c> are</c><00:28:59.380><c> legitimate</c>

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:01.819
dedicated<00:29:00.539><c> Levites.</c>

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.920
Now<00:29:02.940><c> there's</c><00:29:03.160><c> definitely</c><00:29:03.460><c> a</c><00:29:03.700><c> problem,</c>

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:06.180
and<00:29:04.259><c> Ezra</c><00:29:04.500><c> writes</c><00:29:04.839><c> chronicles</c><00:29:05.339><c> to</c><00:29:05.599><c> inspire</c><00:29:05.980><c> him.</c>

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:08.240
What<00:29:06.579><c> happens</c><00:29:06.900><c> when</c><00:29:07.099><c> Ezra</c><00:29:07.640><c> goes</c><00:29:07.900><c> back?</c>

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.339
Well,<00:29:08.619><c> let's</c><00:29:08.740><c> have</c><00:29:08.900><c> a</c><00:29:09.039><c> look.</c>

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.299
We<00:29:09.740><c> read</c><00:29:09.859><c> it.</c>

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:12.019
Ezra<00:29:10.599><c> chapter</c><00:29:10.900><c> 8.</c>

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:15.019
This<00:29:12.339><c> is</c><00:29:12.519><c> the</c><00:29:12.700><c> second</c><00:29:12.920><c> wave</c><00:29:13.339><c> of</c><00:29:13.940><c> exiles.</c>

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:27.519
Ezra<00:29:22.799><c> chapter</c><00:29:23.140><c> 8,</c><00:29:25.059><c> verse</c><00:29:25.160><c> 15,</c><00:29:26.220><c> as</c><00:29:26.400><c> we</c><00:29:26.599><c> read.</c>

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:30.000
Now<00:29:27.599><c> I</c><00:29:27.700><c> gathered</c><00:29:28.000><c> them</c><00:29:28.180><c> by</c><00:29:28.359><c> the</c><00:29:28.539><c> river</c><00:29:28.700><c> that</c><00:29:28.940><c> flows</c><00:29:29.180><c> to</c><00:29:29.400><c> Ahava,</c>

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:32.140
and<00:29:30.400><c> we</c><00:29:30.660><c> camped</c><00:29:31.299><c> there</c><00:29:31.599><c> three</c><00:29:31.880><c> days.</c>

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:35.039
Now<00:29:32.359><c> this</c><00:29:32.500><c> is</c><00:29:32.819><c> Ezra</c><00:29:33.099><c> making</c><00:29:33.460><c> his</c><00:29:33.779><c> entourage</c><00:29:34.099><c> on</c><00:29:34.279><c> the</c><00:29:34.359><c> way</c><00:29:34.519><c> back.</c>

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:37.299
And<00:29:35.519><c> I</c><00:29:35.640><c> looked</c><00:29:35.839><c> among</c><00:29:36.039><c> the</c><00:29:36.279><c> people</c><00:29:36.579><c> and</c><00:29:36.859><c> the</c><00:29:37.079><c> priests</c>

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:39.660
and<00:29:37.480><c> found</c><00:29:37.839><c> none</c><00:29:38.619><c> of</c><00:29:38.960><c> the</c><00:29:39.119><c> sons</c><00:29:39.259><c> of</c><00:29:39.460><c> Levi.</c>

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:42.059
This<00:29:40.140><c> is</c><00:29:40.339><c> the</c><00:29:40.619><c> second</c><00:29:41.059><c> wave</c><00:29:41.339><c> going</c><00:29:41.640><c> back.</c>

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:44.420
Ezra<00:29:42.700><c> takes</c><00:29:43.000><c> an</c><00:29:43.279><c> entourage</c><00:29:43.700><c> back</c><00:29:43.980><c> with</c><00:29:44.160><c> him,</c>

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:47.039
and<00:29:44.940><c> not</c><00:29:45.160><c> one</c><00:29:45.759><c> single</c><00:29:46.539><c> Levite.</c>

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.720
Brothers<00:29:47.359><c> and</c><00:29:47.500><c> sisters,</c><00:29:47.519><c> what's</c><00:29:47.819><c> happening?</c>

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.599
Where<00:29:49.119><c> are</c><00:29:49.299><c> these</c><00:29:49.519><c> Levites?</c>

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:54.500
See,<00:29:51.420><c> I</c><00:29:51.500><c> think</c><00:29:51.619><c> they've</c><00:29:51.859><c> got</c><00:29:52.099><c> cozy</c><00:29:52.559><c> in</c><00:29:53.059><c> the</c><00:29:53.160><c> land</c><00:29:53.279><c> of</c><00:29:53.480><c> exile.</c>

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:56.759
They've<00:29:54.839><c> had</c><00:29:54.960><c> no</c><00:29:55.180><c> job</c><00:29:55.519><c> for</c><00:29:55.980><c> 70</c><00:29:56.339><c> years,</c>

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:59.819
and<00:29:57.019><c> so</c><00:29:57.539><c> they've</c><00:29:58.259><c> gotten</c><00:29:58.400><c> used</c><00:29:58.680><c> to</c><00:29:58.859><c> that.</c>

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.799
There's<00:30:00.140><c> only</c><00:30:00.380><c> a</c><00:30:00.660><c> handful</c><00:30:00.980><c> of</c><00:30:01.299><c> people</c>

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:05.000
that<00:30:02.279><c> are</c><00:30:02.440><c> willing</c><00:30:02.640><c> to</c><00:30:03.000><c> stand</c><00:30:03.160><c> up</c><00:30:03.359><c> and</c><00:30:03.559><c> serve</c><00:30:03.859><c> God</c><00:30:04.220><c> and</c><00:30:04.740><c> run</c>

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.519
with<00:30:05.259><c> it.</c>

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.400
Look<00:30:05.819><c> what</c><00:30:05.960><c> happens.</c>

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:08.819
He<00:30:07.000><c> sends</c><00:30:07.359><c> back</c><00:30:07.700><c> someone</c><00:30:07.940><c> and</c><00:30:08.119><c> says,</c><00:30:08.319><c> no,</c><00:30:08.440><c> no,</c><00:30:08.579><c> no.</c>

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.759
I<00:30:09.119><c> know</c><00:30:09.319><c> someone</c><00:30:09.579><c> who</c><00:30:09.779><c> will</c><00:30:09.980><c> know</c><00:30:10.180><c> some</c><00:30:10.319><c> of</c><00:30:10.460><c> the</c><00:30:10.500><c> Levites,</c>

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.640
and<00:30:10.880><c> he'll</c><00:30:11.079><c> get</c><00:30:11.160><c> them</c><00:30:11.299><c> to</c><00:30:11.519><c> come.</c>

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.559
Look<00:30:11.819><c> what</c><00:30:11.980><c> happens.</c>

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.559
Verse<00:30:12.980><c> 18.</c>

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:15.539
Then<00:30:14.099><c> by</c><00:30:14.319><c> the</c><00:30:14.440><c> good</c><00:30:14.599><c> hand</c><00:30:14.759><c> of</c><00:30:14.880><c> God</c><00:30:15.099><c> upon</c><00:30:15.359><c> us,</c>

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.900
they<00:30:15.759><c> brought</c><00:30:15.920><c> us</c><00:30:16.099><c> a</c><00:30:16.220><c> man</c><00:30:16.319><c> of</c><00:30:16.539><c> understanding</c>

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:23.380
of<00:30:17.059><c> the</c><00:30:17.259><c> sons</c><00:30:17.420><c> of</c><00:30:17.680><c> Mahali,</c><00:30:18.519><c> the</c><00:30:18.619><c> son</c><00:30:19.079><c> of</c><00:30:21.079><c> Levi,</c><00:30:22.460><c> the</c><00:30:22.599><c> son</c><00:30:22.740><c> of</c><00:30:22.880><c> Israel,</c>

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:26.759
namely,<00:30:24.559><c> Sherebiah,</c><00:30:25.400><c> with</c><00:30:25.599><c> his</c><00:30:25.900><c> sons</c><00:30:26.180><c> and</c><00:30:26.440><c> brothers.</c>

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.160
How<00:30:27.140><c> many?</c>

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.779
18<00:30:29.799><c> men.</c>

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.920
I<00:30:31.240><c> mean,</c><00:30:31.619><c> this</c><00:30:31.859><c> guy</c><00:30:32.019><c> knew</c><00:30:32.180><c> what</c><00:30:32.319><c> was</c><00:30:32.500><c> going</c><00:30:32.720><c> on,</c>

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.299
and<00:30:33.019><c> he</c><00:30:33.119><c> was</c><00:30:33.299><c> a</c><00:30:33.500><c> faithful</c><00:30:33.759><c> man.</c>

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:36.259
But<00:30:34.920><c> that's</c><00:30:35.440><c> not</c><00:30:35.720><c> a</c><00:30:35.880><c> lot.</c>

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.019
18<00:30:37.059><c> more.</c>

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.980
And<00:30:38.299><c> Ezra's</c><00:30:38.559><c> going</c><00:30:38.740><c> back</c><00:30:38.960><c> with</c><00:30:39.119><c> 18</c><00:30:39.579><c> Levites</c>

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:43.019
to<00:30:40.380><c> start</c><00:30:41.380><c> work</c><00:30:41.819><c> in</c><00:30:42.000><c> the</c><00:30:42.180><c> temple.</c>

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:45.440
There's<00:30:43.680><c> already</c><00:30:43.920><c> some</c><00:30:44.119><c> back</c><00:30:44.359><c> there,</c><00:30:44.519><c> of</c><00:30:44.680><c> course,</c><00:30:44.819><c> as</c><00:30:44.980><c> we</c><00:30:45.140><c> know,</c>

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:47.900
and<00:30:45.819><c> the</c><00:30:45.960><c> ones</c><00:30:46.099><c> that</c><00:30:46.279><c> are</c><00:30:46.420><c> back</c><00:30:46.599><c> there</c><00:30:46.779><c> are</c><00:30:47.000><c> faithful.</c>

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.119
Look<00:30:48.099><c> at</c><00:30:48.180><c> verse</c><00:30:48.380><c> 19</c><00:30:48.859><c> now.</c>

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:51.700
This<00:30:49.400><c> is</c><00:30:49.700><c> another</c><00:30:49.859><c> thing</c><00:30:50.039><c> to</c><00:30:50.220><c> notice,</c><00:30:50.559><c> brothers</c><00:30:50.640><c> and</c><00:30:50.759><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.180
And<00:30:51.920><c> Hashubiah,</c><00:30:52.559><c> and</c><00:30:52.720><c> with</c><00:30:52.920><c> him,</c>

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.700
Jeshiah,<00:30:53.680><c> the</c><00:30:53.880><c> sons</c><00:30:54.059><c> of</c><00:30:54.240><c> Moriah,</c><00:30:54.539><c> his</c><00:30:54.839><c> brothers</c><00:30:55.140><c> and</c><00:30:55.259><c> their</c><00:30:55.480><c> sons,</c>

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.900
20<00:30:55.960><c> men,</c><00:30:56.759><c> also</c><00:30:57.180><c> of</c><00:30:57.380><c> the</c><00:30:57.559><c> Nethanim.</c>

00:30:57.960 --> 00:31:00.079
Oh,<00:30:58.160><c> how</c><00:30:58.339><c> many</c><00:30:58.519><c> Nethanim</c><00:30:58.880><c> do</c><00:30:59.019><c> we</c><00:30:59.220><c> have?</c>

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.960
whom<00:31:00.660><c> David</c><00:31:01.000><c> and</c><00:31:01.140><c> the</c><00:31:01.279><c> leaders</c><00:31:01.480><c> had</c><00:31:01.660><c> appointed</c>

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:04.019
for<00:31:02.180><c> the</c><00:31:02.539><c> service</c><00:31:02.839><c> of</c><00:31:03.039><c> the</c><00:31:03.200><c> Levites.</c>

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.400
220<00:31:07.000><c> Nethanim.</c>

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:11.519
I<00:31:07.779><c> mean,</c><00:31:07.920><c> that</c><00:31:08.119><c> is</c><00:31:08.619><c> far</c><00:31:09.079><c> beyond</c><00:31:09.579><c> the</c><00:31:09.859><c> actual</c><00:31:10.220><c> Levites.</c>

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.960
And<00:31:13.519><c> brothers</c><00:31:13.660><c> and</c><00:31:13.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:16.099
I<00:31:14.359><c> think</c><00:31:14.519><c> there's</c><00:31:14.779><c> a</c><00:31:14.940><c> lesson</c><00:31:15.240><c> in</c><00:31:15.480><c> here</c>

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.960
at<00:31:16.839><c> the</c><00:31:17.039><c> time</c><00:31:17.160><c> of</c><00:31:17.380><c> the</c><00:31:17.519><c> exiles</c>

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:20.220
that<00:31:18.240><c> Ezra's</c><00:31:18.559><c> trying</c><00:31:18.799><c> to</c><00:31:19.019><c> stir</c><00:31:19.200><c> up.</c>

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:22.299
You<00:31:20.619><c> see,</c><00:31:20.740><c> these</c><00:31:21.000><c> people</c><00:31:21.480><c> had</c><00:31:21.859><c> grown</c>

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:24.480
so<00:31:23.160><c> comfortable</c><00:31:23.740><c> in</c><00:31:24.039><c> the</c><00:31:24.259><c> life</c>

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.079
that<00:31:24.680><c> they</c><00:31:24.839><c> had</c><00:31:25.000><c> been</c><00:31:25.240><c> living.</c>

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:28.160
People<00:31:26.559><c> that</c><00:31:26.799><c> had</c><00:31:26.900><c> been</c><00:31:27.359><c> called</c><00:31:27.559><c> out,</c>

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.859
right,<00:31:29.259><c> the</c><00:31:29.480><c> Levites,</c>

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.579
had<00:31:30.299><c> been</c><00:31:30.640><c> called</c><00:31:30.819><c> out</c><00:31:31.160><c> previously</c>

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:33.519
and<00:31:32.039><c> separated</c><00:31:32.339><c> to</c><00:31:32.619><c> God.</c>

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:35.339
And<00:31:33.960><c> because</c><00:31:34.279><c> it's</c><00:31:34.440><c> been</c><00:31:34.720><c> so</c><00:31:35.140><c> long</c>

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:37.200
since<00:31:35.559><c> they've</c><00:31:35.799><c> actually</c><00:31:36.059><c> had</c><00:31:36.220><c> a</c><00:31:36.400><c> temple,</c>

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:39.160
a<00:31:37.359><c> lot</c><00:31:37.660><c> of</c><00:31:37.980><c> families</c><00:31:38.240><c> in</c><00:31:38.519><c> the</c><00:31:38.599><c> Levites</c>

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:42.279
had<00:31:39.579><c> just</c><00:31:39.920><c> merged</c><00:31:40.160><c> right</c><00:31:40.460><c> into</c><00:31:40.680><c> the</c><00:31:40.819><c> rest</c><00:31:41.000><c> of</c><00:31:41.160><c> society.</c>

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:45.799
And<00:31:43.819><c> were</c><00:31:44.039><c> not</c><00:31:44.319><c> moved</c><00:31:44.799><c> by</c><00:31:45.059><c> the</c><00:31:45.339><c> messages</c>

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:47.119
that<00:31:46.319><c> should</c><00:31:46.539><c> have</c><00:31:46.799><c> happened</c>

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:49.180
under<00:31:47.460><c> Ezra</c><00:31:47.900><c> and</c><00:31:48.099><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.940
There<00:31:49.700><c> was</c><00:31:49.980><c> some</c><00:31:50.220><c> that</c><00:31:50.380><c> went</c><00:31:50.559><c> back,</c>

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.799
but<00:31:51.339><c> lots</c><00:31:51.519><c> didn't.</c>

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:54.259
Brothers<00:31:52.099><c> and</c><00:31:52.220><c> sisters,</c><00:31:52.380><c> maybe</c><00:31:52.619><c> that's</c><00:31:53.019><c> a</c><00:31:53.059><c> real</c><00:31:53.319><c> lesson</c><00:31:53.720><c> to</c><00:31:53.960><c> us.</c>

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:56.339
How<00:31:55.119><c> easy</c><00:31:55.680><c> it</c><00:31:56.039><c> is</c>

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:58.660
for<00:31:56.819><c> a</c><00:31:57.039><c> people</c><00:31:57.259><c> that</c><00:31:57.420><c> are</c><00:31:57.700><c> called</c><00:31:57.940><c> out</c><00:31:58.220><c> by</c><00:31:58.460><c> God</c>

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.819
and<00:31:59.019><c> separated</c><00:31:59.420><c> to</c><00:31:59.660><c> Him.</c>

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:01.779
I<00:31:59.940><c> mean,</c><00:32:00.380><c> how</c><00:32:00.700><c> special</c><00:32:01.099><c> would</c><00:32:01.299><c> you</c><00:32:01.559><c> feel</c>

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.759
as<00:32:02.180><c> being</c><00:32:02.599><c> a</c><00:32:02.700><c> member</c><00:32:02.859><c> of</c><00:32:03.039><c> the</c><00:32:03.160><c> tribe</c><00:32:03.299><c> of</c><00:32:03.539><c> Levi?</c>

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:06.160
How<00:32:04.599><c> special</c><00:32:04.900><c> do</c><00:32:05.119><c> we</c><00:32:05.279><c> feel,</c><00:32:05.640><c> brothers</c><00:32:05.740><c> and</c><00:32:05.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.279
as<00:32:06.380><c> being</c><00:32:06.579><c> called</c><00:32:06.839><c> out</c>

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:09.819
and<00:32:07.640><c> disciples</c><00:32:08.200><c> of</c><00:32:08.400><c> the</c><00:32:08.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:08.660><c> Jesus</c><00:32:09.059><c> Christ?</c>

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:12.519
Apart<00:32:10.980><c> from</c><00:32:11.259><c> all</c><00:32:11.480><c> other</c><00:32:11.700><c> men</c>

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:14.500
in<00:32:13.160><c> the</c><00:32:13.359><c> world</c><00:32:13.599><c> as</c><00:32:13.880><c> we</c><00:32:14.000><c> know</c><00:32:14.200><c> it,</c>

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:16.559
and<00:32:14.779><c> we</c><00:32:14.859><c> have</c><00:32:15.000><c> a</c><00:32:15.019><c> duty</c><00:32:15.240><c> to</c><00:32:15.500><c> extend</c><00:32:15.759><c> it</c><00:32:15.920><c> to</c><00:32:16.000><c> others</c><00:32:16.220><c> as</c><00:32:16.420><c> well,</c>

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.779
of<00:32:16.740><c> course.</c>

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:20.440
But<00:32:18.680><c> sometimes</c><00:32:19.180><c> we</c><00:32:19.339><c> can</c><00:32:19.680><c> lose</c>

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:22.519
the<00:32:20.980><c> sense</c><00:32:21.240><c> of</c><00:32:21.480><c> the</c><00:32:21.799><c> great</c><00:32:22.059><c> privilege</c>

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.259
we<00:32:22.900><c> have</c><00:32:23.099><c> of</c><00:32:23.400><c> serving</c><00:32:23.660><c> our</c><00:32:23.980><c> God.</c>

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.660
Perhaps<00:32:24.980><c> like</c><00:32:25.319><c> the</c><00:32:25.640><c> Levites</c><00:32:26.079><c> enlarged</c>

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:28.059
at<00:32:26.819><c> this</c><00:32:27.079><c> time.</c>

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:30.019
And<00:32:28.380><c> that</c><00:32:28.539><c> maybe</c><00:32:28.920><c> comes,</c><00:32:29.480><c> brothers</c><00:32:29.660><c> and</c><00:32:29.779><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:32.099
by<00:32:30.400><c> taking</c><00:32:30.980><c> the</c><00:32:31.400><c> things</c><00:32:31.599><c> that</c><00:32:31.759><c> we</c><00:32:31.960><c> have</c>

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:33.859
and<00:32:32.200><c> the</c><00:32:32.420><c> truth</c><00:32:32.579><c> for</c><00:32:32.900><c> granted.</c>

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:36.380
Or<00:32:34.480><c> letting</c><00:32:34.740><c> them</c><00:32:35.059><c> become</c><00:32:35.759><c> mundane</c>

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:39.019
for<00:32:36.619><c> us</c><00:32:36.940><c> when</c><00:32:37.240><c> they're</c><00:32:37.519><c> totally</c><00:32:38.039><c> not.</c>

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.279
When<00:32:39.259><c> the</c><00:32:39.460><c> things</c><00:32:39.660><c> of</c><00:32:39.839><c> the</c><00:32:40.099><c> truth</c>

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.539
and<00:32:40.460><c> the</c><00:32:40.740><c> calling</c><00:32:40.859><c> that</c><00:32:41.059><c> we</c><00:32:41.299><c> have,</c>

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:43.140
our<00:32:42.059><c> high</c><00:32:42.299><c> and</c><00:32:42.519><c> holy</c><00:32:42.759><c> calling,</c>

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:45.980
is<00:32:43.960><c> absolutely</c><00:32:44.720><c> amazing.</c>

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:48.440
And<00:32:46.359><c> any</c><00:32:46.740><c> chance</c><00:32:47.019><c> we</c><00:32:47.279><c> have</c><00:32:47.440><c> to</c><00:32:47.680><c> serve</c><00:32:47.880><c> for</c><00:32:48.140><c> God,</c>

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.359
we're<00:32:48.880><c> there</c><00:32:49.099><c> with</c><00:32:49.759><c> absolutely</c>

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:52.599
all<00:32:50.799><c> of</c><00:32:50.980><c> our</c><00:32:51.220><c> energy,</c><00:32:51.640><c> 110%,</c>

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:54.099
to<00:32:52.819><c> do</c><00:32:52.960><c> it</c><00:32:53.299><c> whenever</c><00:32:53.660><c> we</c><00:32:53.920><c> can</c>

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.799
with<00:32:54.319><c> whatever</c><00:32:54.700><c> we</c><00:32:54.960><c> can.</c>

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.819
It's<00:32:59.160><c> a</c><00:32:59.240><c> good</c><00:32:59.400><c> lesson</c>

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:02.400
from<00:33:00.319><c> the</c><00:33:00.480><c> Levites</c><00:33:00.880><c> who</c><00:33:01.019><c> were</c><00:33:01.240><c> chosen</c><00:33:01.619><c> and</c><00:33:01.960><c> separated,</c>

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.319
sanctified<00:33:03.480><c> and</c><00:33:03.759><c> holy,</c>

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:06.420
and<00:33:05.259><c> had</c><00:33:05.519><c> lost</c><00:33:05.980><c> sight</c>

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:08.380
of<00:33:06.720><c> how</c><00:33:07.000><c> amazing</c><00:33:07.420><c> that</c><00:33:07.720><c> calling</c><00:33:07.920><c> was.</c>

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:10.839
And<00:33:08.960><c> there's</c><00:33:09.640><c> our</c><00:33:10.000><c> service,</c><00:33:10.279><c> brothers</c><00:33:10.359><c> and</c><00:33:10.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:13.220
and<00:33:11.240><c> maybe</c><00:33:11.680><c> in</c><00:33:12.079><c> the</c><00:33:12.180><c> next</c><00:33:12.480><c> time</c>

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:16.539
when<00:33:14.339><c> you're</c><00:33:16.059><c> debating</c>

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:19.680
whether<00:33:16.759><c> to</c><00:33:16.980><c> get</c><00:33:17.180><c> involved</c><00:33:17.539><c> in</c><00:33:17.680><c> the</c><00:33:17.819><c> next</c><00:33:18.019><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:18.500><c> project,</c>

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.740
or<00:33:19.900><c> maybe</c><00:33:20.180><c> the</c><00:33:20.299><c> next</c><00:33:20.500><c> time</c>

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:22.200
when<00:33:20.920><c> you're</c><00:33:21.099><c> debating</c><00:33:21.420><c> to</c><00:33:21.720><c> get</c><00:33:21.880><c> in</c>

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:24.039
and<00:33:22.440><c> really</c><00:33:22.759><c> drive</c><00:33:23.240><c> your</c><00:33:23.619><c> youth</c><00:33:23.880><c> group</c>

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.519
that<00:33:24.180><c> you're</c><00:33:24.380><c> part</c><00:33:24.519><c> of,</c>

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.859
remember<00:33:26.559><c> that</c><00:33:26.740><c> you've</c><00:33:26.960><c> been</c><00:33:27.240><c> called</c><00:33:27.480><c> out</c>

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:30.319
to<00:33:28.220><c> service</c><00:33:28.960><c> for</c><00:33:29.940><c> God.</c>

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:32.400
He's<00:33:31.119><c> given</c><00:33:31.299><c> you</c><00:33:31.740><c> as</c><00:33:31.940><c> a</c><00:33:32.160><c> gift,</c>

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:34.039
and<00:33:32.640><c> all</c><00:33:32.799><c> of</c><00:33:32.920><c> us</c><00:33:33.059><c> as</c><00:33:33.220><c> a</c><00:33:33.319><c> gift</c><00:33:33.460><c> to</c><00:33:33.660><c> each</c><00:33:33.839><c> other</c>

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.099
to<00:33:34.259><c> serve</c><00:33:34.480><c> each</c><00:33:34.720><c> other,</c>

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:37.819
and<00:33:35.380><c> to</c><00:33:35.640><c> serve</c><00:33:35.920><c> ultimately</c><00:33:36.460><c> the</c><00:33:36.740><c> Lord</c><00:33:36.960><c> Jesus</c><00:33:37.339><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:39.299
And<00:33:38.339><c> that</c><00:33:38.500><c> is</c><00:33:38.720><c> a</c><00:33:38.880><c> privilege</c>

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:42.559
that<00:33:39.759><c> we</c><00:33:39.940><c> don't</c><00:33:40.180><c> want</c><00:33:40.339><c> to</c><00:33:40.500><c> take</c><00:33:40.619><c> for</c><00:33:40.900><c> granted</c><00:33:41.160><c> and</c><00:33:41.380><c> leave</c><00:33:41.579><c> behind.</c>

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:44.900
Now<00:33:42.880><c> one</c><00:33:43.079><c> thing</c><00:33:43.259><c> that</c><00:33:43.420><c> we're</c><00:33:43.599><c> just</c><00:33:43.819><c> going</c><00:33:43.920><c> to</c><00:33:44.039><c> think</c><00:33:44.180><c> about</c>

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.319
in<00:33:45.460><c> this</c>

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:48.640
as<00:33:46.460><c> a</c><00:33:46.559><c> lesson</c><00:33:46.960><c> from</c><00:33:47.240><c> the</c><00:33:47.460><c> exiles</c>

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.380
is<00:33:50.599><c> a</c><00:33:51.039><c> matter</c>

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:53.240
that<00:33:51.740><c> has</c><00:33:52.019><c> to</c><00:33:52.200><c> do</c><00:33:52.319><c> with</c><00:33:52.640><c> tithing.</c>

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:55.380
And<00:33:53.779><c> I</c><00:33:53.859><c> want</c><00:33:53.940><c> you</c><00:33:54.079><c> to</c><00:33:54.220><c> come</c><00:33:54.460><c> back.</c>

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.720
Once<00:33:55.680><c> the</c><00:33:55.880><c> people</c><00:33:56.039><c> are</c><00:33:56.339><c> established</c>

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:58.740
and<00:33:56.880><c> there</c><00:33:57.019><c> are</c><00:33:57.200><c> some</c><00:33:57.680><c> Levites</c><00:33:58.019><c> who</c><00:33:58.220><c> came</c><00:33:58.420><c> back</c>

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.920
and<00:33:58.900><c> are</c><00:33:59.059><c> helping</c><00:33:59.279><c> out,</c>

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:02.660
and<00:34:00.079><c> are</c><00:34:00.599><c> gung</c><00:34:00.839><c> ho</c><00:34:00.960><c> and</c><00:34:01.099><c> the</c><00:34:01.319><c> priests</c><00:34:01.500><c> that</c><00:34:01.640><c> are</c><00:34:01.779><c> there,</c>

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.900
the<00:34:02.940><c> ones</c><00:34:03.099><c> that</c><00:34:03.299><c> did</c><00:34:03.440><c> come</c><00:34:03.700><c> back</c>

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:06.240
benefited<00:34:04.319><c> from</c><00:34:04.579><c> that,</c><00:34:05.000><c> got</c><00:34:05.059><c> their</c><00:34:05.240><c> hands</c><00:34:05.500><c> dirty</c><00:34:05.779><c> in</c><00:34:05.900><c> the</c><00:34:06.039><c> work.</c>

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.640
But<00:34:06.880><c> look</c><00:34:07.019><c> what</c><00:34:07.200><c> happens.</c>

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:09.300
Nehemiah<00:34:08.340><c> has</c><00:34:08.579><c> this</c><00:34:08.860><c> challenge</c>

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:12.539
once<00:34:09.539><c> they're</c><00:34:09.739><c> actually</c><00:34:10.099><c> there</c><00:34:10.380><c> and</c><00:34:10.920><c> doing</c><00:34:11.119><c> the</c><00:34:11.659><c> work.</c>

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.860
And<00:34:12.800><c> that</c><00:34:13.000><c> challenge</c><00:34:13.340><c> is</c>

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:16.099
making<00:34:14.219><c> sure</c><00:34:14.579><c> the</c><00:34:14.880><c> Levites</c><00:34:15.219><c> have</c><00:34:15.659><c> food</c>

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.960
to<00:34:16.539><c> live</c><00:34:16.780><c> off</c><00:34:17.000><c> of</c><00:34:17.139><c> so</c><00:34:17.260><c> they</c><00:34:17.400><c> can</c><00:34:17.599><c> actually</c>

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.659
concentrate<00:34:18.380><c> and</c><00:34:18.539><c> do</c><00:34:18.719><c> temple</c><00:34:18.920><c> work,</c><00:34:19.360><c> right?</c>

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:21.139
Now<00:34:20.019><c> if</c><00:34:20.059><c> you</c><00:34:20.219><c> remember</c><00:34:20.500><c> from</c><00:34:20.679><c> the</c><00:34:20.860><c> law,</c>

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:25.119
the<00:34:21.719><c> Levites</c><00:34:22.079><c> were</c><00:34:22.380><c> dependent</c><00:34:22.840><c> on</c><00:34:24.099><c> tithing.</c>

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.420
If<00:34:25.699><c> the</c><00:34:26.000><c> people</c>

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.539
didn't<00:34:26.920><c> tithe,</c>

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:29.699
Levi<00:34:28.099><c> couldn't</c><00:34:28.760><c> work.</c>

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.639
Now<00:34:30.300><c> I</c><00:34:30.300><c> want</c><00:34:30.420><c> to</c><00:34:30.519><c> show</c><00:34:30.639><c> you</c><00:34:30.719><c> what</c><00:34:30.920><c> happens,</c><00:34:31.360><c> okay?</c>

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:33.340
Look<00:34:31.980><c> at</c><00:34:32.280><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:32.659><c> chapter</c><00:34:32.980><c> 13.</c>

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:35.880
This<00:34:33.480><c> was</c><00:34:33.760><c> just</c><00:34:34.019><c> the</c><00:34:34.260><c> problem</c><00:34:34.579><c> in</c><00:34:35.000><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:34:35.599><c> time.</c>

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:37.820
And<00:34:36.360><c> it</c><00:34:36.579><c> relates</c><00:34:36.820><c> to</c><00:34:37.019><c> an</c><00:34:37.239><c> overall</c><00:34:37.420><c> message</c>

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:39.699
I<00:34:37.920><c> think</c><00:34:38.099><c> that</c><00:34:38.280><c> we</c><00:34:38.380><c> can</c><00:34:38.539><c> take</c><00:34:38.760><c> away</c><00:34:38.960><c> from</c><00:34:39.179><c> this</c>

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:41.639
period<00:34:39.980><c> in</c><00:34:40.219><c> Levi's</c><00:34:40.679><c> history.</c>

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.059
An<00:34:43.579><c> appreciation</c>

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.860
for<00:34:44.280><c> the</c><00:34:44.480><c> calling</c><00:34:44.619><c> they</c><00:34:44.900><c> have</c><00:34:45.039><c> and</c><00:34:45.199><c> a</c><00:34:45.400><c> thankfulness</c>

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:47.420
for<00:34:46.059><c> it.</c><00:34:46.679><c> Look</c><00:34:46.860><c> what</c><00:34:47.059><c> happens</c>

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.260
in<00:34:47.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:48.000><c> 13.</c>

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.760
Verse

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10.

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When<00:34:53.500><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:54.019><c> returns,</c>

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.639
this<00:34:55.239><c> is</c><00:34:55.360><c> what</c><00:34:55.460><c> he</c><00:34:55.639><c> finds.</c>

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:58.980
I<00:34:56.980><c> realized</c><00:34:57.619><c> that</c><00:34:58.300><c> the</c><00:34:58.579><c> portions</c>

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.760
for<00:34:59.280><c> the</c><00:34:59.440><c> Levites</c><00:35:00.000><c> had</c><00:35:00.500><c> not</c>

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:02.739
been<00:35:01.019><c> given</c><00:35:01.239><c> them.</c><00:35:02.099><c> For</c><00:35:02.380><c> each</c><00:35:02.619><c> of</c>

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:04.320
the<00:35:02.860><c> Levites</c><00:35:03.340><c> and</c><00:35:03.599><c> the</c><00:35:03.860><c> singers</c>

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:06.940
who<00:35:05.119><c> did</c><00:35:05.460><c> the</c><00:35:05.800><c> work</c><00:35:06.179><c> had</c><00:35:06.519><c> gone</c>

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:08.719
back<00:35:07.440><c> to</c><00:35:07.639><c> his</c><00:35:07.920><c> field.</c>

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.800
And<00:35:10.619><c> the</c>

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:12.719
only<00:35:11.039><c> reason</c><00:35:11.300><c> they</c><00:35:11.500><c> did</c><00:35:11.639><c> that,</c><00:35:11.920><c> brothers</c><00:35:12.019><c> and</c><00:35:12.099><c> sisters,</c><00:35:12.300><c> is</c><00:35:12.480><c> because</c>

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.659
the<00:35:13.460><c> people</c><00:35:13.659><c> that</c><00:35:13.900><c> came</c><00:35:14.139><c> back</c>

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.599
gung<00:35:15.179><c>-ho</c><00:35:15.380><c> to</c><00:35:15.579><c> set</c><00:35:15.760><c> up</c><00:35:15.920><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:16.320><c> the</c><00:35:16.420><c> ones</c>

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:18.579
who<00:35:16.820><c> did,</c><00:35:17.260><c> some</c><00:35:17.460><c> of</c><00:35:17.639><c> them</c><00:35:17.860><c> started</c><00:35:18.159><c> just</c><00:35:18.420><c> taking</c>

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:20.659
it<00:35:18.780><c> for</c><00:35:18.940><c> granted.</c><00:35:19.340><c> Haggai</c><00:35:19.679><c> tells</c><00:35:19.920><c> us</c><00:35:20.059><c> some</c><00:35:20.260><c> of</c><00:35:20.340><c> them</c><00:35:20.440><c> just</c>

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.840
left<00:35:20.880><c> and</c><00:35:21.099><c> started</c><00:35:21.260><c> building</c><00:35:21.500><c> their</c><00:35:21.719><c> own</c><00:35:21.880><c> houses.</c>

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:25.639
And<00:35:23.500><c> forget</c><00:35:23.820><c> the</c><00:35:24.019><c> house</c><00:35:24.239><c> of</c><00:35:24.440><c> God.</c>

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.159
That's<00:35:25.980><c> what</c><00:35:26.119><c> Haggai</c><00:35:26.440><c> had</c><00:35:26.639><c> to</c>

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.719
actually<00:35:27.579><c> prophesy</c><00:35:27.880><c> against.</c><00:35:28.380><c> But</c><00:35:28.539><c> look</c>

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.420
what<00:35:28.860><c> happened</c><00:35:29.099><c> to</c><00:35:29.239><c> the</c><00:35:29.400><c> Levites.</c><00:35:30.039><c> They</c>

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:32.659
could<00:35:30.940><c> not</c><00:35:31.360><c> physically</c><00:35:31.900><c> go</c><00:35:32.320><c> to</c><00:35:32.460><c> the</c>

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:34.699
temple<00:35:32.880><c> and</c><00:35:33.099><c> work</c><00:35:33.300><c> if</c><00:35:33.599><c> there</c><00:35:33.800><c> wasn't</c><00:35:34.039><c> food</c><00:35:34.340><c> in</c><00:35:34.480><c> the</c>

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:36.039
storehouse<00:35:35.099><c> that</c><00:35:35.320><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:35.599><c> had</c><00:35:35.920><c> created.</c>

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:38.559
That<00:35:36.559><c> people</c><00:35:36.760><c> had</c><00:35:37.039><c> tied</c><00:35:37.199><c> to.</c><00:35:37.699><c> So</c><00:35:38.000><c> the</c><00:35:38.219><c> Levites</c>

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:40.900
are<00:35:38.820><c> stuck.</c><00:35:39.239><c> The</c><00:35:39.500><c> storehouse</c><00:35:39.880><c> dries</c><00:35:40.159><c> up.</c>

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.539
Joe<00:35:43.860><c> and</c><00:35:44.000><c> his</c><00:35:44.260><c> friends</c>

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.500
who<00:35:44.719><c> are</c><00:35:44.820><c> Levites</c><00:35:45.480><c> have</c><00:35:46.019><c> the</c><00:35:46.239><c> last</c>

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:48.679
bag<00:35:46.719><c> of</c><00:35:46.980><c> corn</c><00:35:47.199><c> in</c><00:35:47.360><c> the</c><00:35:47.559><c> storehouse</c><00:35:48.000><c> and</c><00:35:48.119><c> that's</c><00:35:48.440><c> it.</c>

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.480
Nothing<00:35:49.059><c> more</c><00:35:49.239><c> is</c><00:35:49.400><c> coming</c><00:35:49.559><c> in.</c><00:35:49.920><c> So</c><00:35:50.159><c> they</c><00:35:50.280><c> have</c><00:35:50.420><c> to</c>

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.920
go<00:35:50.699><c> back</c><00:35:50.780><c> to</c><00:35:50.900><c> their</c><00:35:51.079><c> fields</c><00:35:51.320><c> out</c><00:35:51.519><c> in</c><00:35:51.679><c> the</c><00:35:51.820><c> cities</c><00:35:52.019><c> around</c><00:35:52.400><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.860
and<00:35:53.360><c> elsewhere</c><00:35:53.619><c> in</c><00:35:53.760><c> the</c><00:35:53.900><c> land.</c>

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.500
See<00:35:55.360><c> the</c><00:35:55.579><c> Levites</c><00:35:55.820><c> were</c><00:35:56.079><c> completely</c>

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:58.500
dependent<00:35:56.820><c> on</c><00:35:57.179><c> tithing.</c><00:35:58.500><c> And</c>

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:00.780
the<00:35:58.820><c> amazing</c><00:35:59.179><c> thing</c><00:35:59.480><c> in</c><00:35:59.760><c> Israel's</c><00:36:00.480><c> structure</c>

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:02.780
that<00:36:00.980><c> God</c><00:36:01.199><c> designed</c><00:36:01.599><c> is</c><00:36:02.039><c> that</c><00:36:02.239><c> the</c><00:36:02.500><c> people</c>

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:04.599
were<00:36:03.099><c> dependent</c><00:36:03.480><c> on</c><00:36:03.699><c> the</c><00:36:03.880><c> Levites</c><00:36:04.360><c> and</c>

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:07.139
the<00:36:04.780><c> Levites</c><00:36:05.280><c> were</c><00:36:05.559><c> dependent</c><00:36:05.920><c> on</c><00:36:06.119><c> the</c><00:36:06.340><c> people.</c>

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.360
People<00:36:08.039><c> give</c>

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physical<00:36:08.800><c> food</c><00:36:09.079><c> to</c><00:36:09.239><c> the</c><00:36:09.360><c> Levites,</c><00:36:10.159><c> Levites</c>

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:12.219
give<00:36:10.699><c> spiritual</c><00:36:11.179><c> food</c><00:36:11.440><c> back</c><00:36:11.659><c> to</c><00:36:11.800><c> the</c><00:36:11.940><c> people</c>

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:14.480
and<00:36:12.599><c> they</c><00:36:12.920><c> both</c><00:36:13.159><c> can</c><00:36:13.440><c> focus</c><00:36:13.900><c> on</c><00:36:14.199><c> God</c>

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:16.880
and<00:36:14.659><c> their</c><00:36:14.739><c> purpose.</c><00:36:15.440><c> Look</c><00:36:15.659><c> at</c><00:36:15.900><c> why</c>

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.480
Chapter<00:36:17.880><c> 10</c>

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is<00:36:18.880><c> almost</c><00:36:19.380><c> entirely</c><00:36:20.199><c> to</c><00:36:20.500><c> do</c>

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:22.300
with<00:36:20.960><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:36:21.639><c> instructions</c><00:36:22.000><c> on</c>

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:25.400
we<00:36:22.579><c> must</c><00:36:23.039><c> tithe.</c><00:36:24.159><c> Look</c><00:36:24.260><c> at</c>

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.980
what<00:36:26.059><c> it</c><00:36:26.239><c> says.</c>

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.900
Where<00:36:31.539><c> can</c><00:36:31.659><c> we</c><00:36:31.860><c> start?</c>

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.780
Look<00:36:34.340><c> at</c><00:36:34.420><c> verse</c><00:36:34.619><c> 32.</c>

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.440
Also<00:36:37.559><c> we</c><00:36:37.739><c> made</c><00:36:38.019><c> ordinance</c>

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:40.179
for<00:36:38.659><c> ourselves</c><00:36:39.059><c> to</c><00:36:39.280><c> exact</c><00:36:39.579><c> from</c><00:36:39.760><c> ourselves</c>

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:42.440
yearly<00:36:40.519><c> one</c><00:36:40.900><c> third</c><00:36:41.019><c> of</c><00:36:41.199><c> a</c><00:36:41.320><c> shekel</c><00:36:41.559><c> for</c><00:36:41.760><c> the</c><00:36:41.980><c> service</c><00:36:42.179><c> of</c><00:36:42.340><c> the</c>

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:44.179
house<00:36:42.619><c> of</c><00:36:42.739><c> our</c><00:36:42.900><c> God,</c><00:36:43.340><c> for</c><00:36:43.559><c> the</c><00:36:43.800><c> showbread,</c>

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:46.239
for<00:36:44.400><c> the</c><00:36:44.599><c> regular</c><00:36:44.960><c> grain</c><00:36:45.260><c> offering,</c><00:36:45.659><c> for</c><00:36:45.800><c> the</c><00:36:45.940><c> regular</c>

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:48.420
burn<00:36:46.420><c> offering</c><00:36:46.699><c> on</c><00:36:46.920><c> the</c><00:36:47.059><c> Sabbath,</c><00:36:47.699><c> for</c><00:36:47.820><c> the</c><00:36:47.980><c> new</c><00:36:48.159><c> moons</c>

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:50.139
and<00:36:48.619><c> the</c><00:36:48.780><c> set</c><00:36:48.960><c> feast</c><00:36:49.280><c> and</c><00:36:49.460><c> the</c><00:36:49.579><c> holy</c><00:36:49.800><c> things,</c>

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:52.380
for<00:36:50.320><c> the</c><00:36:50.460><c> sin</c><00:36:50.579><c> offerings</c><00:36:50.960><c> to</c><00:36:51.159><c> make</c><00:36:51.320><c> atonement</c><00:36:51.679><c> for</c><00:36:51.860><c> Israel</c>

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:54.019
and<00:36:52.719><c> all</c><00:36:52.880><c> the</c><00:36:53.000><c> work</c><00:36:53.099><c> of</c><00:36:53.239><c> the</c><00:36:53.340><c> house</c><00:36:53.519><c> of</c><00:36:53.639><c> our</c><00:36:53.820><c> God.</c>

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:56.519
We<00:36:54.480><c> cast</c><00:36:54.760><c> lots</c><00:36:55.059><c> among</c><00:36:55.280><c> the</c><00:36:55.579><c> priests,</c><00:36:55.980><c> the</c><00:36:56.099><c> Levites</c>

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.800
and<00:36:56.639><c> the</c><00:36:56.860><c> people</c>

00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:00.460
for<00:36:58.500><c> bringing</c><00:36:58.800><c> the</c><00:36:59.079><c> wood</c><00:36:59.219><c> offering</c><00:36:59.539><c> into</c><00:36:59.739><c> the</c><00:36:59.880><c> house</c><00:37:00.000><c> of</c><00:37:00.159><c> our</c><00:37:00.320><c> God</c>

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:02.360
according<00:37:00.760><c> to</c><00:37:00.960><c> our</c><00:37:01.099><c> fathers</c><00:37:01.360><c> houses</c><00:37:01.719><c> at</c><00:37:01.940><c> the</c><00:37:02.139><c> appointed</c>

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:04.320
time<00:37:02.760><c> year</c><00:37:02.940><c> by</c><00:37:03.179><c> year</c><00:37:03.420><c> to</c><00:37:03.619><c> burn</c><00:37:03.800><c> on</c><00:37:03.960><c> the</c><00:37:04.119><c> altar</c>

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:06.239
of<00:37:04.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:04.780><c> our</c><00:37:04.940><c> God</c><00:37:05.300><c> as</c><00:37:05.840><c> it</c><00:37:06.000><c> is</c><00:37:06.119><c> written</c>

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:08.780
in<00:37:06.400><c> the</c><00:37:06.579><c> law.</c><00:37:07.460><c> We</c><00:37:07.719><c> made</c><00:37:08.079><c> ordinances</c>

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:10.420
to<00:37:09.119><c> bring</c><00:37:09.340><c> first</c><00:37:09.659><c> fruits</c><00:37:09.820><c> of</c><00:37:09.980><c> our</c><00:37:10.199><c> ground</c>

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:12.219
and<00:37:10.599><c> the</c><00:37:10.780><c> first</c><00:37:10.960><c> fruits</c><00:37:11.079><c> of</c><00:37:11.300><c> all</c><00:37:11.480><c> the</c><00:37:11.599><c> fruit</c><00:37:11.659><c> in</c><00:37:11.820><c> the</c><00:37:12.019><c> trees</c>

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:14.340
year<00:37:12.380><c> by</c><00:37:12.619><c> year</c><00:37:12.780><c> to</c><00:37:12.940><c> the</c><00:37:13.039><c> house</c><00:37:13.179><c> of</c><00:37:13.400><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.420
Verse<00:37:16.019><c> 37.</c>

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:18.059
To<00:37:16.880><c> bring</c><00:37:17.099><c> the</c><00:37:17.320><c> first</c><00:37:17.460><c> fruits</c><00:37:17.679><c> of</c><00:37:17.840><c> our</c>

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.920
dough<00:37:18.239><c> and</c><00:37:18.460><c> our</c><00:37:18.739><c> offerings,</c><00:37:19.320><c> the</c><00:37:19.400><c> fruit</c><00:37:19.579><c> of</c><00:37:19.760><c> all</c>

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.699
kinds<00:37:20.119><c> of</c><00:37:20.360><c> trees,</c><00:37:20.619><c> the</c><00:37:20.739><c> new</c><00:37:20.960><c> wine,</c><00:37:21.219><c> the</c><00:37:21.380><c> oil</c>

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:23.960
to<00:37:21.960><c> the</c><00:37:22.239><c> priest,</c><00:37:22.519><c> to</c><00:37:22.599><c> the</c><00:37:22.820><c> store</c><00:37:23.000><c> rooms,</c><00:37:23.260><c> to</c><00:37:23.320><c> the</c><00:37:23.460><c> house</c><00:37:23.599><c> of</c><00:37:23.780><c> our</c>

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.840
God,<00:37:24.420><c> and</c><00:37:24.539><c> to</c><00:37:24.659><c> bring</c><00:37:24.739><c> the</c><00:37:25.019><c> tithes</c><00:37:25.219><c> of</c><00:37:25.340><c> our</c><00:37:25.519><c> land</c><00:37:25.679><c> to</c>

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:27.880
the<00:37:26.019><c> Levites,</c><00:37:26.719><c> for</c><00:37:26.840><c> the</c><00:37:27.019><c> Levites</c><00:37:27.280><c> should</c><00:37:27.519><c> receive</c>

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:30.360
the<00:37:28.159><c> tithes</c><00:37:28.500><c> in</c><00:37:28.639><c> all</c><00:37:28.840><c> our</c><00:37:29.079><c> farming</c><00:37:29.320><c> communities.</c>

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.500
And<00:37:30.619><c> that's</c><00:37:30.800><c> what</c><00:37:30.920><c> they</c><00:37:31.179><c> decided</c>

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:33.880
that<00:37:32.099><c> had</c><00:37:32.519><c> to</c><00:37:32.800><c> happen</c><00:37:33.059><c> brothers</c><00:37:33.300><c> and</c><00:37:33.519><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:35.900
You<00:37:34.400><c> have</c><00:37:35.019><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:35.480><c> setting</c><00:37:35.699><c> that</c>

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:38.099
up<00:37:36.079><c> right</c><00:37:36.300><c> from</c><00:37:36.500><c> the</c><00:37:36.659><c> law.</c><00:37:37.019><c> This</c><00:37:37.219><c> is</c><00:37:37.340><c> what</c><00:37:37.460><c> you</c><00:37:37.719><c> have</c>

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.519
in<00:37:38.460><c> the</c><00:37:38.619><c> law.</c>

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.920
This<00:37:43.019><c> is</c>

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:46.460
our<00:37:45.119><c> little</c><00:37:45.340><c> circle</c><00:37:45.599><c> that</c><00:37:45.760><c> we</c><00:37:45.880><c> want</c><00:37:45.980><c> to</c><00:37:46.079><c> talk</c><00:37:46.219><c> about.</c>

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.139
This<00:37:47.000><c> is</c><00:37:47.199><c> how</c><00:37:47.400><c> God</c><00:37:47.659><c> designed</c>

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:50.239
Israel.<00:37:49.460><c> And</c><00:37:49.639><c> there</c><00:37:49.800><c> was</c><00:37:50.019><c> a</c>

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:52.039
dependence,<00:37:50.900><c> a</c><00:37:50.960><c> spiritual</c><00:37:51.360><c> dependence</c>

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:53.940
among<00:37:52.519><c> the</c><00:37:52.780><c> people</c><00:37:53.179><c> of</c><00:37:53.559><c> Israel</c>

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:56.199
in<00:37:54.159><c> that</c><00:37:54.400><c> time.</c><00:37:55.840><c> If</c><00:37:55.920><c> the</c>

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:57.960
people,<00:37:56.860><c> well</c><00:37:57.179><c> let's</c><00:37:57.440><c> just</c><00:37:57.579><c> start</c><00:37:57.719><c> here.</c>

00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:00.179
If<00:37:58.380><c> the</c><00:37:58.619><c> Levites</c><00:37:58.940><c> did</c><00:37:59.159><c> their</c><00:37:59.400><c> job</c><00:37:59.619><c> in</c><00:37:59.860><c> faithful</c>

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:02.019
teaching,<00:38:01.519><c> the</c><00:38:01.739><c> people</c>

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:04.139
would<00:38:02.239><c> be</c><00:38:02.519><c> educated.</c><00:38:03.500><c> And</c><00:38:03.739><c> the</c><00:38:03.960><c> people</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:05.860
could<00:38:04.360><c> obey</c><00:38:04.760><c> God</c><00:38:05.039><c> and</c><00:38:05.219><c> learn</c><00:38:05.400><c> about</c><00:38:05.659><c> Him</c>

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:07.940
and<00:38:06.019><c> serve</c><00:38:06.280><c> God.</c><00:38:06.880><c> And</c><00:38:07.139><c> that</c><00:38:07.280><c> as</c><00:38:07.440><c> we</c><00:38:07.579><c> know</c><00:38:07.699><c> from</c>

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:09.820
Deuteronomy<00:38:08.440><c> and</c><00:38:08.599><c> other</c><00:38:08.739><c> places</c><00:38:09.039><c> would</c><00:38:09.239><c> bring</c><00:38:09.460><c> blessings</c>

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:12.139
on<00:38:10.000><c> the</c><00:38:10.199><c> people.</c><00:38:10.739><c> And</c><00:38:11.019><c> that</c><00:38:11.219><c> blessing</c><00:38:11.539><c> came</c><00:38:11.800><c> in</c><00:38:11.940><c> the</c>

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:14.260
form<00:38:12.239><c> of</c><00:38:12.500><c> rain</c><00:38:12.780><c> and</c><00:38:13.059><c> grain</c><00:38:13.280><c> and</c><00:38:13.500><c> new</c><00:38:13.719><c> wine</c><00:38:13.960><c> and</c><00:38:14.119><c> all</c>

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:16.059
those<00:38:14.400><c> things.</c><00:38:15.099><c> Then</c><00:38:15.239><c> the</c><00:38:15.480><c> people</c><00:38:15.619><c> would</c><00:38:15.840><c> have</c>

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:18.260
provisions.<00:38:16.820><c> They'd</c><00:38:17.099><c> be</c><00:38:17.159><c> able</c><00:38:17.300><c> to</c><00:38:17.460><c> feed</c><00:38:17.579><c> the</c><00:38:17.760><c> Levites</c>

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:20.099
if<00:38:18.559><c> they</c><00:38:18.739><c> were</c><00:38:18.960><c> still</c><00:38:19.239><c> faithful</c><00:38:19.480><c> in</c><00:38:19.579><c> obedience.</c><00:38:20.000><c> They'd</c>

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:22.199
bring<00:38:20.219><c> a</c><00:38:20.400><c> tent.</c><00:38:20.940><c> And</c><00:38:21.139><c> Levites</c><00:38:21.480><c> would</c><00:38:21.619><c> be</c><00:38:21.719><c> able</c><00:38:21.800><c> to</c><00:38:21.900><c> go</c><00:38:22.000><c> on</c>

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:24.039
teaching.<00:38:22.840><c> And</c><00:38:22.960><c> the</c><00:38:23.119><c> people</c><00:38:23.280><c> would</c><00:38:23.480><c> be</c><00:38:23.599><c> obedient.</c>

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:26.219
And<00:38:24.400><c> the</c><00:38:24.559><c> people</c><00:38:24.739><c> could</c><00:38:24.980><c> harvest.</c><00:38:25.679><c> And</c><00:38:25.860><c> it's</c><00:38:26.079><c> a</c>

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:28.039
circle<00:38:26.460><c> of</c><00:38:26.780><c> dependence</c><00:38:27.119><c> that</c><00:38:27.320><c> God</c><00:38:27.519><c> designed</c><00:38:27.820><c> in</c>

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:30.300
Israel.<00:38:28.800><c> If</c><00:38:29.099><c> we</c><00:38:29.659><c> miss</c><00:38:29.880><c> this,</c>

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.940
God<00:38:30.920><c> directly</c>

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talks<00:38:32.400><c> about</c><00:38:32.639><c> this</c><00:38:33.099><c> many</c><00:38:33.480><c> times</c>

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:36.719
in<00:38:34.559><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:35.119><c> chapter</c>

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12.

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The<00:38:39.900><c> people</c>

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were<00:38:40.340><c> supposed</c><00:38:40.760><c> to</c><00:38:40.920><c> look</c><00:38:41.079><c> after</c><00:38:41.280><c> these</c><00:38:41.579><c> Levites</c><00:38:41.980><c> as</c><00:38:42.239><c> if</c>

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:44.420
they<00:38:42.480><c> were</c><00:38:42.719><c> widows,</c><00:38:43.280><c> strangers,</c><00:38:43.840><c> and</c><00:38:43.940><c> poor</c><00:38:44.139><c> people</c>

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:46.300
in<00:38:44.519><c> their</c><00:38:44.719><c> land.</c><00:38:45.260><c> That's</c><00:38:45.539><c> how</c><00:38:45.699><c> important</c><00:38:45.960><c> they</c><00:38:46.079><c> were</c>

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:49.059
in<00:38:46.440><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:38:47.579><c> Look</c><00:38:47.739><c> at</c><00:38:47.920><c> verse</c>

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18.

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But<00:38:51.239><c> you</c><00:38:51.420><c> must</c><00:38:51.679><c> eat</c><00:38:51.900><c> them</c><00:38:52.139><c> before</c>

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:54.300
Yahweh<00:38:52.820><c> your</c><00:38:52.980><c> God</c><00:38:53.159><c> in</c><00:38:53.300><c> the</c><00:38:53.480><c> place</c><00:38:53.659><c> which</c><00:38:53.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:54.179><c> your</c>

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:56.260
God<00:38:54.559><c> chooses.</c><00:38:55.159><c> This</c><00:38:55.380><c> is</c><00:38:55.800><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:58.179
12<00:38:56.639><c> verse</c><00:38:56.980><c> 18.</c>

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.320
You<00:38:59.860><c> must</c><00:38:59.960><c> eat</c><00:39:00.119><c> them</c>

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:02.260
before<00:39:00.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:00.860><c> your</c><00:39:01.000><c> God</c><00:39:01.179><c> in</c><00:39:01.300><c> the</c><00:39:01.500><c> place</c><00:39:01.639><c> which</c><00:39:01.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:02.099><c> your</c>

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:04.280
God<00:39:02.460><c> chooses.</c><00:39:03.039><c> You</c><00:39:03.320><c> and</c><00:39:03.400><c> your</c><00:39:03.619><c> son</c><00:39:03.760><c> and</c><00:39:03.900><c> your</c><00:39:04.139><c> daughter</c>

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:06.099
and<00:39:04.460><c> your</c><00:39:04.599><c> male</c><00:39:04.880><c> servant</c><00:39:05.159><c> and</c><00:39:05.320><c> your</c><00:39:05.460><c> female</c><00:39:05.800><c> servant</c>

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:08.360
and<00:39:06.380><c> the</c><00:39:06.639><c> Levite</c><00:39:07.260><c> who</c><00:39:07.739><c> is</c><00:39:07.920><c> within</c><00:39:08.119><c> your</c>

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:10.599
hands.<00:39:08.619><c> And</c><00:39:09.099><c> you</c><00:39:09.300><c> shall</c><00:39:09.460><c> rejoice</c><00:39:09.920><c> before</c><00:39:10.280><c> Yahweh</c>

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:12.400
your<00:39:10.800><c> God</c><00:39:10.920><c> in</c><00:39:11.119><c> all</c><00:39:11.300><c> that</c><00:39:11.420><c> which</c><00:39:11.699><c> you</c><00:39:11.860><c> put</c><00:39:12.019><c> your</c><00:39:12.199><c> hands</c>

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:14.500
to<00:39:12.619><c> do.</c><00:39:13.159><c> Verse</c><00:39:13.320><c> 19.</c>

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:16.900
Take<00:39:14.860><c> heed</c><00:39:15.500><c> to</c><00:39:16.099><c> yourself</c>

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.599
that<00:39:17.579><c> you</c><00:39:17.920><c> do</c><00:39:18.320><c> not</c>

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forsake<00:39:19.360><c> the</c><00:39:19.639><c> Levite.</c>

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:22.420
And<00:39:20.820><c> that's</c><00:39:21.139><c> exactly</c><00:39:21.639><c> what</c><00:39:21.900><c> was</c><00:39:22.079><c> happening</c>

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:24.780
in<00:39:22.679><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:39:23.300><c> time</c><00:39:23.460><c> towards</c><00:39:23.780><c> the</c><00:39:24.000><c> end.</c>

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:26.519
People<00:39:25.260><c> had</c><00:39:25.559><c> forsaken</c><00:39:26.260><c> the</c>

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:28.659
Levites.<00:39:27.300><c> They</c><00:39:27.420><c> were</c><00:39:27.639><c> like,</c><00:39:28.019><c> you</c><00:39:28.199><c> know</c><00:39:28.340><c> what?</c>

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.679
We've<00:39:29.639><c> been</c><00:39:29.900><c> in</c><00:39:30.219><c> captivity</c>

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:32.159
for<00:39:31.159><c> 70</c><00:39:31.579><c> years.</c>

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:34.559
We<00:39:32.800><c> finally</c><00:39:33.139><c> have</c><00:39:33.320><c> our</c><00:39:33.559><c> own</c><00:39:33.719><c> land.</c>

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:36.159
I'm<00:39:35.139><c> just</c><00:39:35.340><c> imagining</c><00:39:35.719><c> it,</c><00:39:35.900><c> right?</c>

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:38.780
I'm<00:39:36.719><c> going</c><00:39:36.880><c> to</c><00:39:36.960><c> keep</c><00:39:37.219><c> my</c><00:39:37.659><c> goods</c><00:39:37.840><c> for</c><00:39:38.079><c> myself.</c>

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.340
I<00:39:39.599><c> don't</c><00:39:39.760><c> need</c><00:39:39.940><c> to</c><00:39:40.079><c> bring</c><00:39:40.179><c> it</c>

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:42.219
to<00:39:40.440><c> the</c><00:39:40.659><c> temple.</c><00:39:41.480><c> I</c><00:39:41.559><c> mean</c><00:39:41.639><c> we</c><00:39:41.760><c> haven't</c><00:39:41.980><c> had</c><00:39:42.099><c> a</c>

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:44.219
temple<00:39:42.519><c> for</c><00:39:42.800><c> 70</c><00:39:43.119><c> years.</c><00:39:43.460><c> We</c><00:39:43.539><c> don't</c><00:39:43.719><c> really</c><00:39:43.900><c> need</c><00:39:44.059><c> one</c>

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:46.039
now.<00:39:44.739><c> Maybe</c><00:39:44.980><c> that's</c><00:39:45.280><c> the</c><00:39:45.400><c> thinking</c><00:39:45.559><c> that</c><00:39:45.880><c> happened,</c>

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:48.199
brothers<00:39:46.260><c> and</c><00:39:46.460><c> sisters.</c><00:39:46.920><c> We</c><00:39:47.059><c> don't</c><00:39:47.360><c> really</c><00:39:47.780><c> need</c>

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:50.119
to<00:39:48.480><c> depend</c><00:39:48.840><c> on</c><00:39:49.380><c> spiritual</c><00:39:49.780><c> leaders</c>

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:52.199
and<00:39:50.500><c> they</c><00:39:50.719><c> don't</c><00:39:50.940><c> need</c><00:39:51.079><c> to</c><00:39:51.320><c> actually</c><00:39:51.559><c> help</c><00:39:51.780><c> us.</c>

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:54.260
In<00:39:52.519><c> fact,</c><00:39:52.699><c> we're</c><00:39:52.980><c> self</c><00:39:53.139><c>-sufficient.</c><00:39:53.760><c> So</c><00:39:53.960><c> I'm</c><00:39:54.039><c> not</c>

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:56.579
going<00:39:54.380><c> to</c><00:39:54.480><c> bring</c><00:39:54.599><c> my</c><00:39:54.960><c> tithe</c><00:39:55.300><c> into</c><00:39:55.679><c> the</c>

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:58.320
temple<00:39:56.780><c> for</c><00:39:57.019><c> the</c><00:39:57.119><c> Levites.</c><00:39:57.679><c> And</c><00:39:57.820><c> so</c><00:39:57.940><c> the</c><00:39:58.099><c> Levites</c>

00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:00.320
had<00:39:58.440><c> to</c><00:39:58.539><c> go</c><00:39:58.699><c> out</c><00:39:58.900><c> and</c><00:39:59.059><c> make</c><00:39:59.139><c> their</c><00:39:59.340><c> own</c><00:39:59.539><c> food.</c>

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:02.280
And<00:40:01.159><c> God</c><00:40:01.420><c> says</c><00:40:01.619><c> over</c><00:40:01.960><c> and</c><00:40:02.099><c> over</c>

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:04.199
again<00:40:02.519><c> in</c><00:40:02.679><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:40:03.880><c> do</c><00:40:03.920><c> not</c>

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:06.139
neglect<00:40:04.559><c> the</c><00:40:04.760><c> Levites,</c><00:40:05.199><c> brothers</c><00:40:05.300><c> and</c><00:40:05.460><c> sisters,</c><00:40:05.940><c> because</c>

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:08.679
God<00:40:06.400><c> created</c><00:40:06.920><c> in</c><00:40:07.320><c> the</c><00:40:07.519><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:07.860><c> as</c><00:40:08.199><c> well</c>

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:10.260
a<00:40:09.119><c> dependency</c><00:40:09.739><c> on</c><00:40:10.059><c> one</c>

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:12.300
another<00:40:10.599><c> for</c><00:40:10.960><c> our</c><00:40:11.199><c> own</c><00:40:11.400><c> health</c><00:40:11.659><c> and</c><00:40:11.860><c> well</c><00:40:12.059><c>-being.</c>

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:14.420
We<00:40:12.739><c> cannot,</c><00:40:13.500><c> it's</c><00:40:13.780><c> like</c><00:40:14.000><c> the</c><00:40:14.139><c> analogy</c>

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:16.219
of<00:40:14.599><c> the</c><00:40:14.760><c> body,</c><00:40:15.340><c> we</c><00:40:15.579><c> cannot</c>

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:18.320
despise<00:40:16.860><c> each</c><00:40:17.119><c> other.</c><00:40:17.679><c> We</c><00:40:17.960><c> cannot</c>

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:20.179
neglect<00:40:18.860><c> the</c><00:40:19.539><c> observation</c>

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:21.820
that<00:40:20.460><c> we</c><00:40:20.619><c> need</c><00:40:20.860><c> each</c><00:40:21.260><c> other</c>

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:24.280
in<00:40:22.559><c> our</c><00:40:22.800><c> spiritual</c><00:40:23.300><c> well</c><00:40:23.599><c>-being</c><00:40:23.780><c> and</c><00:40:24.000><c> health</c>

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:26.380
in<00:40:24.480><c> this</c><00:40:24.679><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:40:25.699><c> And</c><00:40:26.000><c> Israel</c>

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:28.619
did<00:40:26.719><c> too.</c><00:40:27.219><c> God</c><00:40:27.420><c> made</c><00:40:27.619><c> that</c><00:40:28.000><c> abundantly</c>

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:30.239
clear.<00:40:29.820><c> And</c><00:40:29.940><c> you</c><00:40:30.059><c> know,</c>

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:32.159
at<00:40:30.500><c> the</c><00:40:30.699><c> heart</c><00:40:30.820><c> of</c><00:40:31.019><c> that</c><00:40:31.360><c> was</c>

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.960
a<00:40:32.960><c> root</c><00:40:33.059><c> of</c><00:40:33.340><c> thanksgiving.</c>

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:36.079
I<00:40:34.380><c> believe</c><00:40:34.619><c> this</c><00:40:34.920><c> whole</c><00:40:35.219><c> circle</c><00:40:35.519><c> instilled</c>

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:38.159
one<00:40:36.659><c> particular</c><00:40:37.219><c> thing</c><00:40:37.500><c> in</c><00:40:37.659><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.239
And<00:40:38.659><c> that</c><00:40:38.820><c> was</c><00:40:39.420><c> thanksgiving</c>

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:42.059
and<00:40:40.579><c> dependency</c><00:40:41.039><c> on</c><00:40:41.260><c> God.</c>

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:44.460
You<00:40:42.440><c> see,</c><00:40:42.880><c> if</c><00:40:42.980><c> you</c><00:40:43.139><c> were</c><00:40:43.280><c> to</c><00:40:43.380><c> get</c><00:40:43.480><c> all</c><00:40:43.659><c> your</c><00:40:44.079><c> harvest</c>

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:46.300
in,<00:40:45.199><c> the</c><00:40:45.360><c> first</c><00:40:45.579><c> thing</c><00:40:45.719><c> you</c><00:40:45.940><c> do</c><00:40:46.099><c> is</c>

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:48.480
collect<00:40:46.579><c> a</c><00:40:46.800><c> tenth</c><00:40:47.000><c> off</c><00:40:47.199><c> and</c><00:40:47.360><c> take</c><00:40:47.559><c> it</c><00:40:47.719><c> into</c><00:40:47.900><c> the</c><00:40:48.079><c> temple</c>

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:50.500
for<00:40:49.179><c> the</c><00:40:49.380><c> Levites</c><00:40:49.699><c> or</c><00:40:49.880><c> the</c><00:40:50.119><c> Tabernacle</c>

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:52.260
at<00:40:50.659><c> that</c><00:40:50.860><c> time.</c><00:40:51.920><c> That's</c>

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:54.280
going<00:40:52.380><c> to</c><00:40:52.599><c> tell</c><00:40:52.800><c> you</c><00:40:53.159><c> that</c><00:40:53.440><c> you</c><00:40:53.599><c> are</c><00:40:53.800><c> extremely</c>

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:56.119
thankful.<00:40:55.119><c> And</c><00:40:55.320><c> it's</c><00:40:55.480><c> going</c><00:40:55.559><c> to</c><00:40:55.780><c> remind</c><00:40:55.980><c> you</c>

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:58.179
to<00:40:56.219><c> be</c><00:40:56.460><c> thankful</c><00:40:56.719><c> that</c><00:40:56.920><c> God</c><00:40:57.179><c> gave</c><00:40:57.360><c> you</c><00:40:57.539><c> this</c><00:40:57.679><c> and</c><00:40:57.860><c> not</c><00:40:57.960><c> your</c>

00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:59.860
own.<00:40:58.699><c> And</c><00:40:58.780><c> you</c><00:40:58.880><c> know,</c><00:40:59.599><c> Numbers</c>

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:01.980
chapter<00:41:00.179><c> 18</c><00:41:00.820><c> tells</c><00:41:01.199><c> us</c><00:41:01.440><c> that</c><00:41:01.639><c> the</c>

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:03.820
Levites<00:41:02.300><c> even</c><00:41:02.559><c> had</c><00:41:02.780><c> to</c><00:41:03.059><c> tithe.</c><00:41:03.599><c> If</c>

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:05.900
you<00:41:04.059><c> were</c><00:41:04.519><c> a</c><00:41:04.800><c> person</c><00:41:05.179><c> and</c><00:41:05.719><c> you</c>

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:07.820
brought<00:41:06.019><c> in</c><00:41:06.400><c> like</c><00:41:06.659><c> maybe</c><00:41:07.099><c> a</c><00:41:07.320><c> bushel</c><00:41:07.559><c> of</c>

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:09.539
grapes<00:41:07.960><c> because</c><00:41:08.139><c> you</c><00:41:08.300><c> got</c><00:41:08.440><c> ten</c><00:41:08.739><c> bushels</c><00:41:09.059><c> and</c><00:41:09.159><c> you</c><00:41:09.300><c> brought</c><00:41:09.420><c> it</c>

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.920
into<00:41:09.699><c> the</c>

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:12.000
Tabernacle<00:41:10.340><c> for</c><00:41:10.579><c> people</c><00:41:10.840><c> to</c><00:41:11.139><c> use,</c>

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:13.840
the<00:41:12.519><c> Levites</c><00:41:12.900><c> would</c><00:41:13.099><c> take</c><00:41:13.320><c> that</c><00:41:13.519><c> bushel</c>

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:15.860
of<00:41:14.079><c> grapes</c><00:41:14.320><c> and</c><00:41:14.699><c> it</c><00:41:14.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:15.000><c> be</c><00:41:15.260><c> that</c><00:41:15.360><c> they'd</c><00:41:15.659><c> just</c>

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:17.820
start<00:41:16.059><c> going</c><00:41:16.280><c> into</c><00:41:16.579><c> it,</c><00:41:17.340><c> okay?</c>

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:20.440
The<00:41:18.260><c> Levites</c><00:41:18.559><c> would</c><00:41:18.739><c> take</c><00:41:18.920><c> that</c><00:41:19.119><c> bushel</c><00:41:19.400><c> of</c><00:41:19.619><c> grapes,</c>

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.840
whatever<00:41:20.840><c> it</c><00:41:21.000><c> is,</c><00:41:21.380><c> and</c><00:41:21.579><c> take</c>

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:23.860
a<00:41:22.019><c> tenth</c><00:41:22.280><c> of</c><00:41:22.500><c> those</c><00:41:22.780><c> grapes</c><00:41:23.260><c> and</c>

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:25.480
those<00:41:24.199><c> would</c><00:41:24.420><c> be</c><00:41:24.619><c> dedicated</c><00:41:24.980><c> to</c><00:41:25.199><c> God.</c>

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:27.820
So<00:41:26.159><c> the</c><00:41:26.360><c> Levites</c><00:41:26.719><c> would</c><00:41:27.019><c> tie</c><00:41:27.260><c> the</c><00:41:27.539><c> tenth</c>

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:29.739
of<00:41:28.059><c> the</c><00:41:28.159><c> tenth</c><00:41:28.480><c> that</c><00:41:28.659><c> they</c><00:41:28.860><c> got.</c>

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:32.159
And<00:41:30.059><c> God</c><00:41:30.280><c> instilled</c><00:41:30.699><c> the</c><00:41:30.980><c> whole</c><00:41:31.579><c> process</c>

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:34.079
of<00:41:32.760><c> thanksgiving</c><00:41:33.480><c> and</c><00:41:33.719><c> dependence</c>

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:36.039
on<00:41:34.280><c> me.</c><00:41:34.900><c> And</c><00:41:35.119><c> after</c><00:41:35.400><c> the</c><00:41:35.599><c> people</c><00:41:35.780><c> came</c>

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:38.039
back<00:41:36.280><c> from</c><00:41:36.480><c> captivity,</c><00:41:37.320><c> I</c><00:41:37.340><c> think</c><00:41:37.500><c> one</c><00:41:37.659><c> of</c><00:41:37.780><c> the</c><00:41:37.820><c> things</c>

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:39.860
that<00:41:38.179><c> we're</c><00:41:38.420><c> lacking,</c><00:41:38.860><c> brothers</c><00:41:38.920><c> and</c><00:41:39.099><c> sisters,</c><00:41:39.699><c> is</c>

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:41.920
a<00:41:40.039><c> sincere</c><00:41:40.519><c> gratitude</c><00:41:41.340><c> for</c>

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:44.019
God<00:41:42.139><c> bringing</c><00:41:42.420><c> them</c><00:41:43.360><c> back</c><00:41:43.639><c> to</c><00:41:43.820><c> that</c>

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:46.039
land.<00:41:44.480><c> I</c><00:41:44.539><c> mean,</c><00:41:45.059><c> they</c><00:41:45.300><c> did</c><00:41:45.639><c> have</c>

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:48.059
thanksgiving<00:41:46.679><c> choirs</c><00:41:47.119><c> on</c><00:41:47.539><c> the</c><00:41:47.780><c> walls</c>

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:49.980
of<00:41:48.340><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:41:49.539><c> And</c><00:41:49.800><c> that</c>

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:52.059
was<00:41:50.139><c> when</c><00:41:50.400><c> they</c><00:41:50.820><c> were</c><00:41:51.019><c> thankful,</c><00:41:51.380><c> but</c><00:41:51.539><c> that</c><00:41:51.800><c> quickly</c>

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:54.000
diminished,<00:41:53.619><c> realizing</c>

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:56.079
or<00:41:54.699><c> forgetting</c><00:41:55.079><c> that</c><00:41:55.360><c> God</c><00:41:55.579><c> had</c><00:41:55.800><c> actually</c>

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:58.059
brought<00:41:56.320><c> them</c><00:41:56.559><c> back</c><00:41:56.800><c> to</c><00:41:56.980><c> this</c><00:41:57.219><c> land</c><00:41:57.360><c> and</c><00:41:57.619><c> given</c><00:41:57.739><c> them</c>

00:41:58.059 --> 00:42:00.260
everything<00:41:58.679><c> and</c><00:41:59.780><c> had</c><00:42:00.059><c> taken</c>

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:02.480
care<00:42:00.579><c> of</c><00:42:00.619><c> them</c><00:42:00.800><c> in</c><00:42:01.000><c> captivity</c><00:42:01.360><c> as</c><00:42:01.639><c> well.</c>

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:04.019
And<00:42:03.360><c> this</c><00:42:03.579><c> thanksgiving</c>

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:06.179
was<00:42:04.300><c> tied</c><00:42:04.500><c> to</c><00:42:04.659><c> the</c><00:42:04.800><c> Levites.</c><00:42:05.019><c> You</c><00:42:05.139><c> know,</c><00:42:06.000><c> the</c>

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:08.300
Levites<00:42:06.519><c> brought</c><00:42:06.860><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:42:08.000><c> a</c>

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:10.940
spirit<00:42:08.500><c> of</c><00:42:08.840><c> thanks</c><00:42:09.019><c> to</c><00:42:09.219><c> the</c><00:42:09.340><c> nation</c><00:42:09.579><c> in</c><00:42:09.780><c> two</c><00:42:09.920><c> ways.</c>

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:12.219
One,<00:42:11.920><c> the</c><00:42:12.059><c> people</c>

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:14.500
had<00:42:12.420><c> to</c><00:42:12.719><c> tithe</c><00:42:13.000><c> to</c><00:42:13.219><c> the</c><00:42:13.360><c> Levites.</c>

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:16.059
That<00:42:14.800><c> was</c><00:42:15.280><c> instilling</c><00:42:15.679><c> a</c><00:42:15.920><c> spirit</c>

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:18.159
of<00:42:16.360><c> thankfulness</c><00:42:16.760><c> that</c><00:42:16.920><c> God</c><00:42:17.099><c> had</c><00:42:17.280><c> given</c><00:42:17.400><c> them</c><00:42:17.599><c> so</c><00:42:17.800><c> they</c><00:42:17.960><c> weren't</c>

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:19.900
hoarding<00:42:18.460><c> to</c><00:42:18.579><c> themselves.</c><00:42:19.239><c> And</c><00:42:19.599><c> two,</c>

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:22.139
one<00:42:20.239><c> of</c><00:42:20.340><c> the</c><00:42:20.619><c> main</c><00:42:20.940><c> jobs</c><00:42:21.280><c> of</c><00:42:21.500><c> the</c><00:42:21.639><c> Levites</c>

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:24.400
is<00:42:22.780><c> to</c><00:42:23.139><c> stand</c><00:42:23.480><c> before</c><00:42:23.960><c> Yahweh</c>

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:26.300
and<00:42:24.920><c> thank</c><00:42:25.239><c> and</c><00:42:25.559><c> praise</c><00:42:25.880><c> Him.</c>

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:28.260
In<00:42:26.980><c> 1st</c><00:42:27.320><c> Chronicles</c><00:42:27.639><c> 16</c>

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:30.340
and<00:42:28.800><c> in</c><00:42:28.960><c> 1st</c><00:42:29.260><c> Chronicles</c><00:42:29.599><c> 23,</c>

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:32.280
David<00:42:30.940><c> makes</c><00:42:31.199><c> it</c><00:42:31.460><c> very</c><00:42:31.739><c> clear.</c><00:42:32.119><c> He</c>

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:34.380
gives<00:42:32.539><c> the</c><00:42:32.780><c> Levites</c><00:42:33.199><c> to</c><00:42:34.019><c> thank</c>

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:36.519
and<00:42:34.840><c> praise</c><00:42:35.420><c> God.</c>

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:38.380
And<00:42:37.360><c> that</c><00:42:37.639><c> was</c><00:42:38.000><c> for,</c>

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:40.380
I<00:42:38.760><c> believe,</c><00:42:39.239><c> the</c><00:42:39.300><c> purpose</c><00:42:39.719><c> of</c><00:42:40.059><c> instilling</c>

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:42.599
a<00:42:40.719><c> spirit</c><00:42:40.860><c> of</c><00:42:41.280><c> thankfulness</c><00:42:41.860><c> right</c><00:42:42.260><c> throughout</c>

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:44.519
the<00:42:42.780><c> nation.</c><00:42:44.039><c> Maybe</c><00:42:44.260><c> people</c>

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:46.300
could<00:42:44.780><c> hear</c><00:42:44.940><c> the</c><00:42:45.239><c> thanksgiving</c><00:42:45.760><c> choirs</c>

00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:48.760
in<00:42:46.719><c> 1st</c><00:42:46.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:42:47.280><c> 23</c><00:42:47.699><c> in</c><00:42:47.900><c> David's</c><00:42:48.300><c> time.</c>

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:50.360
And<00:42:49.199><c> they</c><00:42:49.760><c> certainly</c>

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:52.739
could<00:42:50.539><c> when</c><00:42:50.659><c> the</c><00:42:50.880><c> Levites</c><00:42:51.139><c> developed</c><00:42:51.519><c> out</c><00:42:51.659><c> on</c><00:42:51.760><c> the</c><00:42:51.900><c> walls</c><00:42:52.039><c> of</c><00:42:52.260><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:54.940
Brothers<00:42:53.400><c> and</c><00:42:53.599><c> sisters,</c><00:42:54.619><c> maybe</c>

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:57.360
one<00:42:55.139><c> of</c><00:42:55.280><c> the</c><00:42:55.360><c> lessons</c><00:42:55.619><c> from</c><00:42:55.940><c> Levi</c><00:42:56.199><c> and</c><00:42:56.420><c> the</c><00:42:56.599><c> exiles,</c>

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.880
from<00:42:58.159><c> the</c><00:42:58.420><c> people</c><00:42:58.639><c> that</c>

00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:01.420
didn't<00:42:59.199><c> actually</c><00:42:59.639><c> go</c><00:42:59.900><c> back</c><00:43:00.139><c> when</c><00:43:00.260><c> they</c><00:43:00.500><c> should</c><00:43:00.659><c> have,</c>

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.780
despite<00:43:01.940><c> their</c><00:43:02.260><c> holy</c><00:43:02.519><c> calling</c>

00:43:02.780 --> 00:43:04.679
and<00:43:02.940><c> all</c><00:43:03.079><c> the</c><00:43:03.280><c> privileges</c><00:43:03.599><c> that</c><00:43:03.840><c> they</c><00:43:03.940><c> were</c><00:43:04.119><c> given</c><00:43:04.300><c> to</c><00:43:04.539><c> work</c>

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:04.900
in<00:43:04.800><c> the</c>

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:06.199
house<00:43:05.059><c> of</c><00:43:05.260><c> God,</c>

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:08.719
maybe<00:43:07.179><c> it's</c><00:43:07.380><c> because</c><00:43:07.659><c> they</c><00:43:07.880><c> weren't</c><00:43:08.219><c> thankful</c>

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:10.780
enough<00:43:09.119><c> and</c><00:43:09.280><c> hadn't</c><00:43:09.539><c> stopped</c><00:43:09.880><c> to</c><00:43:10.099><c> think</c><00:43:10.239><c> of</c><00:43:10.380><c> what</c><00:43:10.599><c> God</c>

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:12.360
had<00:43:10.960><c> done</c><00:43:11.059><c> on</c><00:43:11.199><c> their</c><00:43:11.360><c> behalf.</c>

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:14.780
And<00:43:13.119><c> maybe</c><00:43:13.400><c> you</c><00:43:13.900><c> have</c><00:43:14.119><c> this</c><00:43:14.400><c> neglect</c>

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:16.619
of<00:43:14.960><c> the</c><00:43:15.159><c> Levites</c><00:43:15.480><c> in</c><00:43:15.699><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:43:16.340><c> time</c>

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:19.119
and<00:43:16.980><c> people</c><00:43:17.300><c> not</c><00:43:17.500><c> really</c><00:43:17.780><c> giving</c><00:43:17.940><c> much</c><00:43:18.159><c> attention</c><00:43:18.539><c> to</c><00:43:18.820><c> tithing</c>

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:21.239
because<00:43:19.500><c> people</c><00:43:20.400><c> weren't</c>

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:23.239
thankful<00:43:22.599><c> enough</c>

00:43:23.239 --> 00:43:24.719
for<00:43:23.619><c> what</c><00:43:23.840><c> God</c><00:43:24.039><c> had</c><00:43:24.400><c> stopped</c>

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:26.619
and<00:43:25.360><c> given</c><00:43:25.539><c> them</c><00:43:25.860><c> as</c><00:43:26.059><c> a</c><00:43:26.219><c> nation,</c>

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:28.559
bringing<00:43:26.920><c> them</c><00:43:27.159><c> right</c><00:43:27.400><c> through</c><00:43:27.619><c> captivity,</c><00:43:28.139><c> bringing</c><00:43:28.300><c> them</c>

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:29.019
right<00:43:28.739><c> back</c>

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:31.639
to<00:43:29.159><c> the</c><00:43:29.320><c> land,</c><00:43:29.780><c> giving</c><00:43:29.940><c> them</c><00:43:30.199><c> everything</c><00:43:30.539><c> they</c><00:43:30.820><c> needed.</c>

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.920
Maybe

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:35.239
at<00:43:33.440><c> the</c><00:43:33.679><c> core</c><00:43:33.820><c> of</c><00:43:34.059><c> our</c><00:43:34.380><c> discipleship</c>

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:37.139
is<00:43:36.420><c> a</c><00:43:36.679><c> very</c>

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:39.000
important<00:43:37.960><c> foundation</c><00:43:38.659><c> of</c>

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:41.420
thankfulness<00:43:39.539><c> that</c><00:43:39.820><c> needs</c><00:43:40.099><c> to</c><00:43:40.320><c> be</c><00:43:40.480><c> there.</c>

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:43.079
And<00:43:41.739><c> brothers</c><00:43:41.920><c> and</c><00:43:42.119><c> sisters,</c><00:43:42.760><c> maybe</c>

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:44.900
Levi<00:43:43.440><c> teaches</c><00:43:43.960><c> Israel</c><00:43:44.559><c> and</c>

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:46.480
teaches<00:43:45.239><c> us</c>

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:49.079
that<00:43:47.059><c> it</c><00:43:47.340><c> is</c><00:43:47.940><c> so</c><00:43:48.440><c> important</c>

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:51.559
for<00:43:49.739><c> us</c><00:43:49.960><c> to</c><00:43:50.260><c> thank</c><00:43:50.579><c> God</c>

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:53.099
as<00:43:52.039><c> much</c><00:43:52.280><c> as</c><00:43:52.480><c> we</c><00:43:52.659><c> can</c>

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:55.280
for<00:43:53.420><c> what</c><00:43:53.559><c> he</c><00:43:53.739><c> gives</c><00:43:54.000><c> us,</c><00:43:54.920><c> because</c>

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:57.320
when<00:43:55.840><c> we</c><00:43:56.340><c> lose</c><00:43:56.719><c> our</c><00:43:57.079><c> spirit</c>

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:59.519
of<00:43:57.639><c> thankfulness,</c><00:43:58.199><c> we</c><00:43:58.400><c> lose</c><00:43:58.820><c> perspective</c>

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:01.159
on<00:43:59.699><c> what</c><00:43:59.900><c> God</c><00:44:00.139><c> has</c><00:44:00.500><c> actually</c><00:44:00.920><c> done</c>

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:03.380
for<00:44:01.360><c> us.</c><00:44:02.840><c> When</c><00:44:02.980><c> we,</c>

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:05.260
and<00:44:03.719><c> brothers</c><00:44:03.860><c> and</c><00:44:04.019><c> sisters,</c><00:44:04.440><c> we</c><00:44:04.559><c> sort</c><00:44:04.719><c> of</c><00:44:04.860><c> think</c><00:44:04.980><c> this,</c>

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:07.099
right?<00:44:05.820><c> Jesus</c><00:44:06.139><c> says</c><00:44:06.400><c> it's</c><00:44:06.579><c> more</c><00:44:06.840><c> blessed</c>

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:09.199
to<00:44:07.420><c> give</c><00:44:07.639><c> than</c><00:44:07.820><c> to</c><00:44:08.119><c> receive,</c><00:44:08.679><c> and</c><00:44:08.820><c> I</c><00:44:08.980><c> believe</c>

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:11.079
that<00:44:09.420><c> is</c><00:44:09.760><c> sort</c><00:44:09.960><c> of</c><00:44:10.340><c> interestingly</c><00:44:10.719><c> related</c>

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:13.260
to<00:44:11.280><c> the</c><00:44:11.420><c> Levites,</c><00:44:12.780><c> because</c>

00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:14.900
it<00:44:13.619><c> was</c><00:44:13.800><c> actually</c><00:44:14.199><c> through</c><00:44:14.539><c> giving</c>

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:17.639
that<00:44:15.500><c> you</c><00:44:15.840><c> express</c><00:44:16.460><c> your</c><00:44:16.840><c> thankfulness,</c>

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:19.800
not<00:44:18.500><c> through</c><00:44:18.760><c> receiving.</c>

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:21.880
Right?<00:44:21.000><c> Someone,</c><00:44:21.719><c> I</c><00:44:21.719><c> think,</c>

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:23.619
I<00:44:22.219><c> believe,</c><00:44:22.500><c> I've</c><00:44:22.719><c> just</c><00:44:22.840><c> been</c><00:44:22.940><c> thinking</c><00:44:23.099><c> about</c><00:44:23.300><c> this,</c>

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:25.900
that<00:44:23.940><c> a</c><00:44:24.179><c> person</c><00:44:24.500><c> is</c><00:44:25.079><c> more</c><00:44:25.460><c> deeply</c>

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:27.519
thankful<00:44:26.400><c> when</c><00:44:26.699><c> you</c><00:44:27.019><c> are</c><00:44:27.219><c> giving</c>

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:29.500
yourself,<00:44:29.119><c> because</c>

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:31.460
you<00:44:30.000><c> realize</c><00:44:30.460><c> that</c><00:44:30.679><c> what</c><00:44:30.800><c> you've</c><00:44:30.980><c> been</c><00:44:31.260><c> given</c>

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:33.539
isn't<00:44:31.699><c> necessarily</c><00:44:32.179><c> yours,</c><00:44:32.539><c> and</c><00:44:32.820><c> other</c><00:44:33.039><c> people</c><00:44:33.239><c> have</c><00:44:33.420><c> given</c>

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:35.480
to<00:44:33.780><c> you</c><00:44:33.940><c> and</c><00:44:34.059><c> provided</c><00:44:34.320><c> for</c><00:44:34.619><c> you,</c><00:44:34.860><c> so</c><00:44:34.980><c> you're</c><00:44:35.260><c> going</c><00:44:35.360><c> to</c>

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:37.440
give<00:44:35.559><c> as</c><00:44:35.800><c> well.</c><00:44:36.500><c> And</c><00:44:36.739><c> that's</c><00:44:36.980><c> sort</c><00:44:37.139><c> of</c>

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:39.280
maybe<00:44:37.699><c> a</c><00:44:37.940><c> paradox</c><00:44:38.460><c> in</c><00:44:39.019><c> the</c>

00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:41.400
life<00:44:40.039><c> of</c><00:44:40.360><c> Levi</c><00:44:40.659><c> and</c><00:44:41.059><c> the</c><00:44:41.159><c> nation</c>

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:43.500
of<00:44:41.659><c> Israel.</c><00:44:42.659><c> The</c><00:44:42.900><c> thankfulness</c><00:44:43.300><c> is</c>

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probably<00:44:43.860><c> more</c><00:44:44.079><c> connected</c><00:44:44.420><c> to</c><00:44:44.679><c> giving</c><00:44:44.900><c> than</c><00:44:45.159><c> to</c>

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receiving.

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to<00:44:49.780><c> just</c><00:44:50.059><c> think</c><00:44:50.260><c> then,</c><00:44:50.639><c> in</c><00:44:50.800><c> our</c><00:44:50.920><c> own</c><00:44:51.239><c> discipleship,</c>

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how<00:44:52.980><c> thankful</c>

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we<00:44:53.800><c> are</c><00:44:54.360><c> from</c><00:44:54.860><c> the</c><00:44:55.039><c> lessons</c>

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of<00:44:55.800><c> the</c><00:44:56.000><c> time</c><00:44:56.199><c> of</c><00:44:56.460><c> Ezra</c><00:44:56.739><c> and</c><00:44:56.920><c> Nehemiah</c>

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for<00:44:58.059><c> the</c><00:44:58.320><c> things</c><00:44:58.480><c> that</c><00:44:58.699><c> God</c><00:44:58.880><c> has</c><00:44:59.300><c> given</c>

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us,<00:44:59.840><c> despite</c><00:45:00.300><c> what</c><00:45:00.619><c> might</c><00:45:00.880><c> be</c><00:45:01.159><c> true</c><00:45:01.340><c> in</c>

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our<00:45:01.679><c> life,</c><00:45:02.300><c> and</c><00:45:02.500><c> things</c><00:45:02.659><c> that</c><00:45:02.860><c> might</c><00:45:03.019><c> have</c><00:45:03.260><c> happened</c>

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or<00:45:03.739><c> happening.</c><00:45:04.460><c> And</c><00:45:04.880><c> maybe</c><00:45:05.139><c> we</c><00:45:05.320><c> need</c>

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to<00:45:05.659><c> be</c><00:45:05.920><c> thankful</c><00:45:06.420><c> more</c><00:45:06.920><c> often</c><00:45:07.300><c> for</c>

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the<00:45:07.800><c> brotherhood</c><00:45:08.340><c> in</c><00:45:08.559><c> our</c><00:45:08.780><c> prayers.</c>

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Deeply<00:45:11.039><c> thankful</c>

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that<00:45:11.579><c> we</c><00:45:11.739><c> have</c><00:45:11.880><c> a</c><00:45:12.079><c> brotherhood</c><00:45:12.400><c> that's</c><00:45:12.739><c> here,</c><00:45:13.179><c> and</c><00:45:13.460><c> sure</c>

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it's<00:45:13.900><c> going</c><00:45:14.019><c> through</c><00:45:14.320><c> trouble,</c><00:45:14.920><c> but</c><00:45:15.079><c> we're</c><00:45:15.400><c> still</c>

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thankful<00:45:16.099><c> that</c><00:45:16.300><c> we</c><00:45:16.460><c> have</c><00:45:16.659><c> brothers</c><00:45:16.900><c> and</c><00:45:17.199><c> sisters</c><00:45:17.480><c> to</c>

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be<00:45:17.920><c> with,</c><00:45:18.500><c> and</c><00:45:18.599><c> to</c><00:45:18.699><c> head</c><00:45:18.860><c> towards</c><00:45:19.199><c> the</c><00:45:19.420><c> kingdom</c>

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with,<00:45:19.980><c> and</c><00:45:20.099><c> to</c><00:45:20.280><c> help</c><00:45:20.440><c> along</c><00:45:20.659><c> the</c><00:45:20.840><c> way.</c><00:45:21.360><c> We</c>

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are<00:45:21.880><c> dependent</c><00:45:22.559><c> on</c><00:45:23.019><c> each</c><00:45:23.239><c> other.</c>