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brothers<00:12:04.740><c> and</c><00:12:04.879><c> sisters,</c><00:12:05.500><c> preeminently,</c><00:12:06.519><c> Samson</c><00:12:06.860><c> is</c><00:12:07.100><c> a</c><00:12:07.240><c> type</c>

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of<00:12:20.899><c> the</c><00:12:21.019><c> Lord</c><00:12:21.139><c> Jesus</c><00:12:21.600><c> Christ.</c><00:12:22.519><c> No</c><00:12:22.759><c> doubt</c><00:12:23.059><c> about</c><00:12:23.379><c> that.</c><00:12:24.740><c> And</c><00:12:24.899><c> yet,</c><00:12:25.100><c> even</c><00:12:25.519><c> in</c>

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that<00:12:26.159><c> type</c><00:12:26.419><c> in</c><00:12:26.679><c> which</c><00:12:26.799><c> he</c><00:12:27.039><c> foreshadowed</c>

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the<00:12:27.779><c> Lord,</c><00:12:29.000><c> there</c><00:12:29.120><c> was</c><00:12:29.399><c> portrayed</c><00:12:29.840><c> on</c><00:12:30.120><c> that</c><00:12:30.379><c> shadow</c><00:12:30.779><c> those</c><00:12:31.720><c> great</c><00:12:32.139><c> weaknesses</c><00:12:32.659><c> which</c><00:12:33.639><c> caused</c><00:12:33.919><c> him,</c><00:12:34.120><c> of</c>

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course,<00:12:34.659><c> to</c><00:12:34.659><c> fall</c><00:12:34.960><c> far,</c><00:12:35.379><c> far</c><00:12:35.720><c> short</c><00:12:35.980><c> of</c><00:12:36.120><c> that</c><00:12:36.340><c> great</c><00:12:36.539><c> ideal</c><00:12:36.980><c> that</c><00:12:37.360><c> God</c><00:12:37.580><c> would</c><00:12:37.840><c> set</c><00:12:38.019><c> forth</c><00:12:38.240><c> in</c>

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those<00:12:43.179><c> weaknesses,</c><00:12:43.899><c> brothers</c><00:12:43.980><c> and</c><00:12:44.179><c> sisters,</c>

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highlighted<00:12:45.200><c> the</c><00:12:45.500><c> strengths</c><00:12:45.679><c> of</c><00:12:46.039><c> the</c><00:12:46.200><c> Lord</c><00:12:46.379><c> Jesus,</c><00:12:47.139><c> so</c><00:12:47.259><c> that</c>

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Samson<00:12:47.899><c> has</c><00:12:48.299><c> served</c><00:12:48.659><c> his</c><00:12:48.980><c> nation</c><00:12:49.279><c> well.</c>

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that,<00:12:53.519><c> brothers</c><00:12:53.779><c> and</c><00:12:54.019><c> sisters,</c><00:12:54.620><c> to</c><00:12:54.799><c> lay</c><00:12:54.960><c> down</c>

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for<00:12:55.399><c> all</c><00:12:55.720><c> time</c><00:12:56.159><c> a</c><00:12:56.460><c> warning</c><00:12:56.740><c> to</c><00:12:56.940><c> the</c><00:12:57.100><c> sons</c><00:12:57.360><c> and</c><00:12:57.600><c> daughters</c><00:12:57.799><c> of</c>

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truth.<00:13:01.220><c> And</c><00:13:01.299><c> as</c><00:13:01.419><c> you</c><00:13:01.620><c> go</c><00:13:01.799><c> through</c><00:13:01.980><c> that</c><00:13:02.500><c> life,</c><00:13:03.200><c> the</c><00:13:03.299><c> question</c>

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which<00:13:03.960><c> everybody</c><00:13:04.340><c> wants</c><00:13:04.639><c> to</c><00:13:04.779><c> know,</c><00:13:05.179><c> well,</c>

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where<00:13:05.700><c> in</c><00:13:05.919><c> did</c><00:13:06.039><c> his</c><00:13:06.340><c> faith</c><00:13:06.580><c> lie?</c><00:13:07.360><c> We</c><00:13:07.539><c> know</c><00:13:07.759><c> all</c><00:13:07.919><c> about</c><00:13:08.039><c> his</c><00:13:08.240><c> weaknesses.</c><00:13:09.299><c> Where</c><00:13:09.600><c> was</c>

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his<00:13:10.039><c> faith?</c><00:13:11.360><c> What</c>

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did<00:13:11.799><c> he</c><00:13:11.940><c> have</c><00:13:12.139><c> faith</c><00:13:12.440><c> in?</c><00:13:12.659><c> Why</c><00:13:12.960><c> did</c><00:13:13.179><c> he</c><00:13:13.259><c> act?</c><00:13:14.159><c> What</c><00:13:14.539><c> stirred</c><00:13:14.860><c> him?</c><00:13:16.039><c> What</c><00:13:16.279><c> was</c><00:13:16.539><c> it</c>

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in<00:13:16.720><c> that</c><00:13:16.860><c> man's</c><00:13:17.399><c> soul</c>

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him,<00:13:23.100><c> I</c><00:13:23.279><c> believe,</c><00:13:23.700><c> finally</c><00:13:23.940><c> to</c><00:13:24.159><c> his</c><00:13:24.360><c> God,</c><00:13:24.799><c> and</c><00:13:24.940><c> that</c><00:13:25.100><c> through</c>

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his<00:13:25.539><c> life,</c><00:13:25.820><c> his</c><00:13:25.919><c> God</c><00:13:26.080><c> bore</c><00:13:26.360><c> patiently</c>

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it<00:13:30.700><c> in</c><00:13:30.840><c> that</c><00:13:31.000><c> mind,</c>

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brothers<00:13:31.539><c> and</c><00:13:31.700><c> sisters,</c><00:13:32.279><c> that</c><00:13:32.519><c> God</c><00:13:33.039><c> dealt</c><00:13:33.379><c> with</c><00:13:33.559><c> him</c><00:13:33.740><c> so</c><00:13:34.100><c> long</c>

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for<00:13:34.700><c> and</c><00:13:35.440><c> suffered</c><00:13:35.799><c> so</c><00:13:36.139><c> long</c><00:13:36.320><c> the</c><00:13:36.480><c> weaknesses</c>

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a<00:13:43.120><c> harlot,</c><00:13:45.000><c> and</c><00:13:45.120><c> get</c><00:13:45.240><c> out</c><00:13:45.419><c> of</c><00:13:45.559><c> that</c><00:13:45.879><c> bed</c><00:13:46.159><c> and</c><00:13:46.600><c> walk</c><00:13:46.860><c> away</c><00:13:47.100><c> with</c>

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him,<00:13:55.620><c> coming</c><00:13:55.620><c> out</c><00:13:55.799><c> of</c><00:13:55.820><c> that</c><00:13:56.080><c> bed.</c><00:13:56.919><c> What</c><00:13:57.240><c> was</c><00:13:57.559><c> it</c><00:13:58.399><c> in</c><00:13:59.179><c> that</c><00:13:59.500><c> mind</c>

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and<00:14:00.120><c> in</c><00:14:00.240><c> that</c><00:14:00.559><c> brain,</c><00:14:01.120><c> in</c><00:14:01.299><c> that</c><00:14:01.659><c> heart</c>

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that<00:14:02.580><c> endeared</c><00:14:03.019><c> it</c><00:14:03.200><c> to</c><00:14:03.299><c> God?</c><00:14:05.419><c> It</c><00:14:05.659><c> was,</c><00:14:06.179><c> brothers</c><00:14:06.299><c> and</c><00:14:06.460><c> sisters,</c><00:14:07.059><c> a</c><00:14:07.100><c> determination,</c><00:14:09.120><c> a</c><00:14:09.340><c> determination</c>

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which<00:14:11.600><c> the</c><00:14:11.879><c> flesh</c><00:14:12.139><c> very</c><00:14:12.299><c> often</c><00:14:12.720><c> overcome</c><00:14:13.279><c> to</c><00:14:14.860><c> take</c><00:14:15.200><c> hold</c><00:14:15.440><c> of</c>

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an<00:14:15.779><c> inheritance</c><00:14:16.399><c> that</c><00:14:17.320><c> God</c><00:14:17.620><c> had</c><00:14:17.899><c> promised</c>

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there's<00:14:23.960><c> an</c><00:14:24.139><c> epitome</c><00:14:24.600><c> of</c><00:14:25.059><c> the</c><00:14:25.220><c> man</c><00:14:25.320><c> we're</c>

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going<00:14:25.600><c> to</c><00:14:25.840><c> study,</c><00:14:27.559><c> and</c><00:14:27.620><c> as</c><00:14:27.799><c> I</c><00:14:27.899><c> say,</c><00:14:28.000><c> when</c><00:14:28.080><c> you</c><00:14:28.220><c> come</c><00:14:28.399><c> to</c><00:14:28.500><c> the</c><00:14:28.600><c> book</c><00:14:28.720><c> of</c>

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Judges,<00:14:29.679><c> the</c><00:14:29.799><c> wonderful</c><00:14:30.179><c> design</c>

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brilliant<00:14:33.360><c> fashion</c><00:14:33.840><c> that</c><00:14:34.279><c> the</c><00:14:34.659><c> background</c>

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grew<00:14:45.139><c> up.</c><00:14:46.860><c> See,</c><00:14:47.139><c> because</c><00:14:47.320><c> in</c><00:14:47.440><c> the</c><00:14:47.500><c> book</c><00:14:47.639><c> of</c><00:14:47.879><c> Judges,</c><00:14:48.519><c> we</c><00:14:48.539><c> have</c>

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book,<00:15:07.399><c> we</c><00:15:07.580><c> have</c><00:15:07.779><c> two</c><00:15:08.279><c> stories</c><00:15:08.700><c> that</c><00:15:08.940><c> are</c><00:15:09.200><c> told,</c><00:15:10.139><c> brilliantly</c>

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told.<00:15:12.039><c> And</c><00:15:12.240><c> there</c><00:15:12.360><c> are</c><00:15:12.519><c> two</c><00:15:12.840><c> stories,</c><00:15:13.320><c> brothers</c>

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which<00:15:17.620><c> great</c><00:15:18.039><c> corruption</c><00:15:18.500><c> was</c><00:15:18.720><c> manifest</c>

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are<00:15:24.080><c> deliberately</c><00:15:24.820><c> linked</c><00:15:25.120><c> together.</c>

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found,<00:15:46.139><c> in</c><00:15:46.659><c> what</c><00:15:46.919><c> portion</c><00:15:47.220><c> of</c><00:15:47.480><c> history</c><00:15:47.639><c> they</c><00:15:47.879><c> deal</c><00:15:48.159><c> with.</c><00:15:49.019><c> In</c>

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then<00:15:51.100><c> all</c><00:15:51.840><c> the</c><00:15:52.039><c> children</c><00:15:52.220><c> of</c><00:15:52.299><c> Israel</c><00:15:52.600><c> went</c><00:15:52.820><c> out</c><00:15:53.220><c> and</c><00:15:53.779><c> the</c><00:15:54.059><c> congregation</c><00:15:54.480><c> was</c>

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gathered<00:15:54.960><c> together</c><00:15:55.340><c> as</c>

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here,<00:16:00.039><c> brothers</c><00:16:00.179><c> and</c><00:16:00.379><c> sisters,</c><00:16:01.159><c> from</c>

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down<00:16:04.840><c> south</c><00:16:05.080><c> to</c><00:16:05.320><c> Beersheba.</c><00:16:06.360><c> But</c><00:16:06.519><c> you</c>

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see,<00:16:07.259><c> that</c><00:16:07.460><c> wasn't</c><00:16:07.759><c> the</c><00:16:08.000><c> inheritance</c><00:16:08.159><c> of</c><00:16:08.360><c> Dan</c><00:16:08.559><c> up</c><00:16:08.740><c> there</c><00:16:09.000><c> at</c>

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all.<00:16:10.360><c> Dan's</c><00:16:10.840><c> inheritance</c><00:16:11.360><c> was</c><00:16:11.960><c> down</c><00:16:12.200><c> here</c>

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in<00:16:12.779><c> this</c><00:16:13.059><c> area.</c><00:16:15.639><c> And</c><00:16:15.860><c> it</c><00:16:15.940><c> wasn't</c><00:16:16.179><c> until</c><00:16:16.500><c> the</c><00:16:16.840><c> first</c><00:16:17.259><c> story</c><00:16:17.740><c> was</c>

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told,<00:16:18.980><c> the</c><00:16:19.299><c> first</c><00:16:19.580><c> of</c><00:16:19.740><c> the</c><00:16:19.940><c> stories</c><00:16:20.159><c> told</c>

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at<00:16:20.600><c> the</c><00:16:20.740><c> back</c><00:16:20.919><c> of</c><00:16:21.039><c> the</c><00:16:21.080><c> book</c><00:16:21.279><c> of</c><00:16:21.480><c> Judges,</c><00:16:22.179><c> that</c><00:16:22.279><c> the</c><00:16:22.480><c> inheritance</c><00:16:22.759><c> of</c><00:16:22.980><c> Dan</c><00:16:23.240><c> is</c>

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up<00:16:24.679><c> north.</c><00:16:25.179><c> And</c><00:16:25.379><c> so</c><00:16:25.519><c> the</c><00:16:25.720><c> second</c><00:16:26.120><c> story</c><00:16:27.039><c> must</c><00:16:27.559><c> have</c><00:16:27.779><c> been</c><00:16:28.000><c> written</c><00:16:28.379><c> after</c><00:16:29.220><c> the</c>

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interesting<00:16:34.840><c> about</c><00:16:35.139><c> that?</c><00:16:35.340><c> Well,</c><00:16:35.419><c> look</c>

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Aaron,<00:16:47.000><c> stood</c><00:16:47.340><c> before</c><00:16:47.720><c> it</c><00:16:47.879><c> in</c><00:16:47.960><c> those</c><00:16:48.340><c> days.</c><00:16:50.159><c> Here</c><00:16:50.259><c> we've</c><00:16:50.440><c> got</c>

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sisters?<00:17:03.240><c> We're</c><00:17:03.519><c> learning</c><00:17:03.679><c> that</c>

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the<00:17:12.859><c> land.</c><00:17:14.480><c> And</c><00:17:14.740><c> those</c><00:17:15.019><c> two</c><00:17:15.380><c> stories,</c>

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as<00:17:16.579><c> I've</c><00:17:16.880><c> mentioned,</c><00:17:17.619><c> brilliantly</c><00:17:17.960><c> written.</c><00:17:18.240><c> And</c><00:17:18.319><c> we're</c><00:17:18.420><c> going</c><00:17:18.500><c> to</c>

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them<00:17:19.680><c> tonight</c><00:17:19.980><c> to</c><00:17:20.200><c> show</c><00:17:20.440><c> you</c><00:17:20.839><c> the</c><00:17:20.960><c> way</c><00:17:21.160><c> it</c><00:17:21.220><c> is</c><00:17:21.420><c> written.</c><00:17:22.200><c> Brilliantly</c><00:17:22.599><c> written</c><00:17:22.920><c> are</c>

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there,<00:17:23.900><c> brethren</c><00:17:24.019><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:17:24.460><c> that</c><00:17:24.700><c> we</c><00:17:24.819><c> might</c><00:17:25.180><c> see</c><00:17:25.660><c> what</c><00:17:26.039><c> was</c><00:17:26.319><c> happening</c><00:17:26.599><c> in</c><00:17:26.799><c> Israel</c><00:17:27.180><c> not</c>

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100,<00:17:28.839><c> 200,</c><00:17:29.779><c> 300,</c><00:17:30.579><c> or</c><00:17:30.779><c> 400</c><00:17:31.319><c> years</c>

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after<00:17:32.019><c> Joshua.</c><00:17:32.799><c> But</c><00:17:33.079><c> as</c><00:17:33.619><c> Joshua</c><00:17:34.000><c> closed</c><00:17:34.539><c> his</c><00:17:34.839><c> eyes</c><00:17:35.200><c> in</c><00:17:35.680><c> sleep,</c>

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the<00:17:36.980><c> mystery</c><00:17:37.319><c> of</c><00:17:37.500><c> iniquity,</c><00:17:38.079><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:38.460><c> sisters,</c><00:17:38.759><c> was</c><00:17:38.940><c> already</c><00:17:39.480><c> at</c><00:17:39.740><c> work.</c><00:17:40.579><c> And</c><00:17:40.779><c> Joshua</c><00:17:41.119><c> and</c><00:17:41.339><c> the</c>

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almost<00:17:56.400><c> unbelievable.</c><00:17:59.059><c> And</c><00:17:59.220><c> this</c><00:17:59.319><c> was</c>

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immediately<00:18:00.660><c> after</c><00:18:01.039><c> they</c><00:18:01.220><c> went</c><00:18:01.240><c> into</c><00:18:01.380><c> the</c><00:18:01.519><c> land</c><00:18:01.660><c> under</c><00:18:01.859><c> Joshua.</c><00:18:03.359><c> And</c>

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those<00:18:03.759><c> two</c><00:18:04.079><c> stories</c><00:18:04.359><c> are</c><00:18:04.660><c> told</c>

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for<00:18:05.059><c> that</c><00:18:05.220><c> reason.</c><00:18:06.839><c> You</c><00:18:06.920><c> know,</c><00:18:07.200><c> there</c><00:18:07.359><c> is</c><00:18:07.559><c> all</c><00:18:07.700><c> Israel.</c><00:18:08.759><c> The</c>

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writer<00:18:09.140><c> of</c><00:18:09.259><c> the</c><00:18:09.319><c> book</c><00:18:09.460><c> of</c><00:18:09.660><c> Judges</c><00:18:10.180><c> could</c><00:18:10.920><c> have</c>

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looked<00:18:11.240><c> at</c><00:18:11.519><c> any</c><00:18:12.119><c> hill,</c><00:18:13.160><c> any</c><00:18:13.400><c> mountain,</c><00:18:13.980><c> any</c><00:18:14.259><c> valley,</c><00:18:14.640><c> any</c><00:18:14.880><c> plain,</c><00:18:15.619><c> and</c>

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found<00:18:16.019><c> in</c><00:18:16.299><c> any</c><00:18:16.660><c> village</c><00:18:17.019><c> a</c><00:18:17.819><c> story</c>

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that<00:18:18.180><c> he</c><00:18:18.319><c> told</c><00:18:18.519><c> in</c><00:18:18.640><c> the</c><00:18:18.700><c> book</c><00:18:18.859><c> of</c><00:18:19.000><c> Judges</c><00:18:19.319><c> there.</c><00:18:19.480><c> But</c><00:18:19.599><c> what</c><00:18:19.680><c> did</c><00:18:19.880><c> he</c>

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do?<00:18:21.160><c> He</c><00:18:21.359><c> told</c><00:18:21.599><c> two</c><00:18:21.980><c> stories.</c><00:18:23.200><c> And</c>

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Bethlehem<00:18:29.640><c> Judah.</c><00:18:31.500><c> In</c>

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the<00:18:32.079><c> first</c><00:18:32.299><c> story,</c><00:18:33.299><c> Micah</c><00:18:33.380><c> lived</c><00:18:33.619><c> in</c><00:18:33.779><c> Mount</c><00:18:34.039><c> Ephraim,</c><00:18:35.599><c> and</c><00:18:35.859><c> the</c><00:18:36.099><c> idolatrous</c><00:18:36.599><c> priest</c><00:18:36.960><c> that</c><00:18:37.180><c> came</c><00:18:37.359><c> up</c><00:18:37.480><c> onto</c>

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his<00:18:37.819><c> house</c><00:18:37.960><c> came</c><00:18:38.259><c> from</c><00:18:38.579><c> Bethlehem</c><00:18:39.099><c> Judah.</c><00:18:40.579><c> In</c><00:18:40.779><c> the</c><00:18:41.059><c> second</c><00:18:41.319><c> story,</c><00:18:42.819><c> the</c><00:18:42.819><c> Levite</c><00:18:43.119><c> lived</c><00:18:43.359><c> in</c>

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Mount<00:18:43.839><c> Ephraim,</c>

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and<00:18:44.859><c> the</c><00:18:45.059><c> concubine</c><00:18:45.519><c> that</c><00:18:45.700><c> he</c><00:18:45.900><c> married</c><00:18:46.319><c> came</c><00:18:46.680><c> from</c><00:18:47.279><c> Bethlehem</c>

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Judah.<00:18:48.799><c> And</c><00:18:49.000><c> the</c><00:18:49.180><c> prophet</c><00:18:49.359><c> described</c>

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of<00:18:53.660><c> Judah.</c><00:18:54.519><c> So</c><00:18:54.740><c> here,</c><00:18:55.019><c> out</c><00:18:55.039><c> of</c><00:18:55.039><c> this</c><00:18:55.259><c> tiny</c>

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little<00:18:55.720><c> village,</c><00:18:56.420><c> comes</c><00:18:56.640><c> the</c><00:18:56.900><c> two</c><00:18:57.140><c> leading</c><00:18:57.440><c> characters</c><00:18:57.819><c> of</c>

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us?<00:19:04.339><c> He's</c><00:19:04.660><c> trying</c><00:19:04.799><c> to</c><00:19:04.980><c> show</c><00:19:05.099><c> us,</c><00:19:05.460><c> brethren</c><00:19:05.480><c> and</c><00:19:05.740><c> sisters,</c><00:19:06.380><c> that</c><00:19:06.500><c> whilst</c><00:19:06.680><c> he's</c><00:19:06.880><c> got</c>

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the<00:19:07.140><c> whole</c><00:19:07.440><c> nation</c><00:19:07.799><c> to</c><00:19:08.059><c> select</c>

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of<00:19:12.220><c> what</c><00:19:12.539><c> all</c><00:19:12.940><c> the</c><00:19:13.079><c> nation</c><00:19:13.339><c> was</c><00:19:13.579><c> like.</c><00:19:14.660><c> So</c>

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his<00:19:15.180><c> leading</c><00:19:15.579><c> characters</c><00:19:16.240><c> come</c><00:19:16.779><c> from</c><00:19:16.960><c> those</c><00:19:17.279><c> areas.</c><00:19:17.740><c> You</c><00:19:17.940><c> see</c>

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he<00:19:19.700><c> might</c><00:19:19.960><c> project</c><00:19:20.319><c> to</c><00:19:20.519><c> us</c><00:19:20.859><c> that</c><00:19:21.039><c> I'm</c><00:19:21.279><c> ready</c><00:19:21.420><c> to</c><00:19:21.599><c> do</c><00:19:21.680><c> about</c><00:19:21.819><c> the</c>

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whole<00:19:22.299><c> nation.</c><00:19:24.619><c> And</c><00:19:24.759><c> out</c><00:19:24.880><c> of</c><00:19:24.960><c> a</c><00:19:25.099><c> little</c>

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village<00:19:25.539><c> here,</c><00:19:26.640><c> and</c><00:19:26.839><c> out</c><00:19:26.940><c> of</c><00:19:27.039><c> the</c><00:19:27.180><c> center</c><00:19:27.319><c> of</c><00:19:27.500><c> the</c><00:19:27.579><c> land</c><00:19:27.700><c> there,</c><00:19:28.700><c> this</c>

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is<00:19:29.000><c> what</c><00:19:29.119><c> you</c><00:19:29.339><c> find,</c><00:19:29.539><c> and</c><00:19:29.680><c> you'll</c>

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find<00:19:30.059><c> it</c><00:19:30.420><c> everywhere</c><00:19:30.880><c> you</c><00:19:31.160><c> go</c><00:19:31.240><c> in</c><00:19:31.400><c> that</c><00:19:31.579><c> land.</c><00:19:33.019><c> Everywhere</c><00:19:33.500><c> you</c><00:19:33.839><c> go,</c><00:19:34.339><c> you</c><00:19:34.380><c> would</c><00:19:34.640><c> find</c><00:19:34.839><c> these</c><00:19:35.079><c> things.</c><00:19:36.359><c> And</c><00:19:36.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:37.119><c> story</c><00:19:37.119><c> of</c><00:19:37.380><c> Micah,</c><00:19:38.000><c> who</c><00:19:38.240><c> establishes</c><00:19:38.819><c> a</c><00:19:39.079><c> false</c><00:19:39.420><c> religion,</c>

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right<00:19:40.960><c> under</c><00:19:41.460><c> the</c><00:19:41.700><c> shadow</c><00:19:42.500><c> of</c><00:19:43.019><c> the</c><00:19:43.220><c> tabernacle,</c>

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right<00:19:44.619><c> in</c><00:19:45.200><c> the</c><00:19:45.339><c> very</c><00:19:45.779><c> area</c><00:19:46.420><c> where</c><00:19:46.680><c> Joshua</c><00:19:46.980><c> was</c><00:19:47.259><c> buried,</c><00:19:48.420><c> establishes</c><00:19:48.900><c> a</c><00:19:49.059><c> false</c><00:19:49.319><c> religion.</c><00:19:50.500><c> And</c>

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in<00:19:50.859><c> the</c><00:19:50.980><c> second</c>

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story,<00:19:51.859><c> a</c><00:19:51.940><c> woman</c><00:19:52.240><c> who</c><00:19:52.519><c> plays</c><00:19:52.759><c> fast</c><00:19:53.220><c> and</c><00:19:53.380><c> loose</c><00:19:53.480><c> with</c><00:19:53.660><c> her</c><00:19:53.799><c> husband,</c><00:19:54.559><c> who</c>

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suffers<00:19:54.960><c> the</c><00:19:55.299><c> abuse</c><00:19:55.539><c> of</c><00:19:55.700><c> one</c>

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of<00:19:55.900><c> the</c><00:19:56.079><c> tribes</c><00:19:56.380><c> and</c><00:19:56.680><c> is</c><00:19:56.980><c> carved</c><00:19:57.180><c> up</c><00:19:57.339><c> into</c><00:19:57.539><c> twelve</c><00:19:57.880><c> pieces</c><00:19:58.299><c> and</c>

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set<00:19:58.960><c> around</c><00:19:59.259><c> in</c><00:19:59.559><c> parcels</c><00:19:59.880><c> dripping</c>

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with<00:20:00.460><c> blood</c><00:20:00.680><c> all</c><00:20:00.920><c> over</c><00:20:01.059><c> the</c><00:20:01.200><c> nation.</c><00:20:01.740><c> And</c><00:20:01.920><c> this</c><00:20:02.099><c> is</c><00:20:02.339><c> a</c><00:20:02.539><c> dreadful,</c><00:20:03.319><c> gory,</c>

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immoral<00:20:04.759><c> story,</c><00:20:05.259><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:20:05.900><c> sisters.</c><00:20:06.279><c> And</c><00:20:06.319><c> it</c><00:20:06.380><c> came</c><00:20:06.759><c> to</c><00:20:06.940><c> pass</c><00:20:07.160><c> in</c><00:20:07.359><c> those</c><00:20:07.700><c> days</c><00:20:08.079><c> that</c>

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there<00:20:08.339><c> was</c><00:20:08.539><c> no</c><00:20:08.940><c> king</c><00:20:09.240><c> in</c><00:20:09.440><c> Israel.</c><00:20:10.160><c> Every</c>

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man<00:20:10.920><c> did</c><00:20:11.059><c> that</c><00:20:11.180><c> which</c><00:20:11.319><c> was</c><00:20:11.480><c> right</c><00:20:11.640><c> in</c><00:20:11.740><c> his</c><00:20:11.880><c> own</c><00:20:12.119><c> eyes.</c><00:20:14.039><c> Such</c><00:20:14.339><c> were</c><00:20:14.579><c> the</c><00:20:14.759><c> character</c><00:20:15.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:15.299><c> times.</c><00:20:16.980><c> Long</c>

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before<00:20:17.740><c> Samson</c><00:20:18.160><c> was</c><00:20:18.440><c> born.</c><00:20:20.420><c> Long</c><00:20:20.779><c> before</c><00:20:21.200><c> he</c><00:20:21.420><c> ever</c><00:20:21.579><c> saw</c><00:20:21.700><c> the</c>

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light<00:20:22.000><c> of</c><00:20:22.140><c> day.</c><00:20:24.299><c> And</c><00:20:24.440><c> brethren</c><00:20:24.619><c> and</c><00:20:24.880><c> sisters,</c>

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he<00:20:25.980><c> came</c><00:20:26.220><c> upon</c><00:20:26.480><c> the</c><00:20:26.680><c> scene</c><00:20:26.819><c> as</c><00:20:27.019><c> God's</c><00:20:27.640><c> last</c><00:20:28.119><c> attempt,</c><00:20:29.299><c> during</c>

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Israel<00:20:31.960><c> from</c><00:20:32.059><c> their</c><00:20:32.259><c> enemies.</c><00:20:33.920><c> He</c><00:20:34.039><c> began,</c><00:20:34.660><c> says</c><00:20:34.980><c> the</c><00:20:35.140><c> record,</c>

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to<00:20:35.920><c> deliver</c><00:20:36.119><c> Israel</c><00:20:36.779><c> from</c><00:20:37.819><c> the</c><00:20:38.000><c> hand</c>

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sisters.<00:20:43.059><c> Only</c><00:20:43.359><c> a</c><00:20:43.579><c> beginning.</c><00:20:44.779><c> If</c>

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only<00:20:45.180><c> Israel</c><00:20:45.519><c> had</c><00:20:45.680><c> rallied</c><00:20:46.079><c> to</c><00:20:46.279><c> him,</c><00:20:46.380><c> they</c><00:20:46.539><c> would</c><00:20:46.660><c> have</c><00:20:46.779><c> had</c><00:20:46.980><c> a</c>

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marvellous<00:20:47.680><c> success.</c><00:20:48.279><c> If</c><00:20:48.460><c> only</c><00:20:48.660><c> they</c>

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had<00:20:48.839><c> gotten</c><00:20:49.019><c> a</c><00:20:49.200><c> lesson</c><00:20:49.299><c> in</c><00:20:49.359><c> his</c><00:20:49.640><c> life</c><00:20:49.819><c> and</c><00:20:49.900><c> been</c><00:20:50.160><c> inspired</c><00:20:50.539><c> by</c>

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it,<00:20:51.099><c> no</c><00:20:51.220><c> doubt</c><00:20:51.339><c> he</c><00:20:51.440><c> would</c><00:20:51.579><c> have</c><00:20:51.660><c> finished</c><00:20:51.880><c> that</c>

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work,<00:20:52.160><c> but</c><00:20:52.299><c> he</c><00:20:52.420><c> didn't.</c><00:20:53.519><c> If</c><00:20:53.720><c> only</c><00:20:54.059><c> he</c><00:20:54.319><c> could</c><00:20:54.480><c> have</c><00:20:54.680><c> controlled</c>

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swept<00:20:56.420><c> the</c><00:20:56.720><c> plain</c><00:20:56.920><c> and</c><00:20:57.279><c> established</c><00:20:57.680><c> the</c><00:20:57.920><c> inheritance</c><00:20:58.200><c> of</c>

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death,<00:20:58.619><c> but</c><00:20:58.759><c> they</c><00:20:58.980><c> didn't.</c><00:21:00.779><c> And</c><00:21:01.039><c> the</c><00:21:01.140><c> Philistines</c>

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oppressed<00:21:02.160><c> Israel</c><00:21:02.519><c> for</c><00:21:02.819><c> 40</c><00:21:03.099><c> years.</c><00:21:04.039><c> Samson</c><00:21:04.220><c> judged</c><00:21:04.519><c> Israel</c>

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for<00:21:05.099><c> 20</c><00:21:05.400><c> years.</c><00:21:05.920><c> And</c><00:21:06.039><c> it</c><00:21:06.119><c> would</c><00:21:06.319><c> seem,</c><00:21:06.539><c> when</c>

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you<00:21:06.740><c> put</c><00:21:06.880><c> the</c><00:21:07.019><c> record</c><00:21:07.240><c> together,</c><00:21:08.000><c> that</c><00:21:08.160><c> his</c><00:21:09.200><c> judgeship,</c><00:21:09.799><c> brethren</c><00:21:09.920><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:21:10.720><c> young</c><00:21:10.940><c> people,</c><00:21:11.519><c> was</c><00:21:11.720><c> contemporary</c>

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well<00:21:17.940><c> and</c><00:21:18.099><c> truly</c><00:21:18.220><c> in</c><00:21:18.420><c> the</c><00:21:18.619><c> ascendancy,</c><00:21:19.500><c> right</c><00:21:19.619><c> up</c><00:21:19.740><c> until</c><00:21:19.900><c> the</c>

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days<00:21:20.160><c> of</c><00:21:20.440><c> David,</c><00:21:20.940><c> and</c><00:21:21.099><c> even</c><00:21:21.240><c> in</c><00:21:21.559><c> Solomon's</c>

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day<00:21:22.180><c> they</c><00:21:22.299><c> were</c><00:21:22.440><c> still</c><00:21:22.680><c> fighting,</c><00:21:22.980><c> and</c><00:21:23.099><c> up</c><00:21:23.180><c> in</c><00:21:23.359><c> Hezekiah's</c>

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day<00:21:24.200><c> further</c><00:21:24.539><c> still,</c><00:21:25.099><c> they</c><00:21:25.240><c> were</c><00:21:25.240><c> still</c><00:21:25.500><c> fighting</c>

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Israel,<00:21:26.660><c> as</c><00:21:26.960><c> far</c><00:21:27.160><c> as</c><00:21:27.319><c> that</c><00:21:27.500><c> 40</c><00:21:27.779><c> years</c><00:21:28.000><c> of</c><00:21:28.200><c> oppression</c><00:21:28.500><c> were</c><00:21:28.720><c> concerned,</c><00:21:29.339><c> I</c>

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believe<00:21:29.619><c> they</c><00:21:29.819><c> came</c><00:21:30.039><c> to</c><00:21:30.180><c> an</c>

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end<00:21:30.400><c> in</c><00:21:30.460><c> the</c><00:21:30.500><c> days</c><00:21:30.740><c> of</c><00:21:31.019><c> Samuel.</c><00:21:31.759><c> For</c><00:21:31.920><c> we</c><00:21:32.019><c> read</c><00:21:32.259><c> in</c><00:21:32.319><c> 1</c><00:21:32.640><c> Samuel</c><00:21:33.099><c> 7</c>

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and<00:21:33.880><c> verse</c><00:21:34.119><c> 13</c><00:21:34.599><c> that</c><00:21:34.940><c> in</c><00:21:35.019><c> the</c><00:21:35.140><c> days</c><00:21:35.339><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:21:36.099><c> the</c><00:21:36.500><c> Philistines</c><00:21:36.960><c> came</c><00:21:37.279><c> no</c><00:21:37.599><c> more</c><00:21:37.720><c> in</c><00:21:37.859><c> the</c><00:21:38.039><c> land.</c><00:21:39.359><c> And</c>

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so<00:21:39.660><c> I</c><00:21:39.779><c> believe</c><00:21:40.000><c> that</c><00:21:40.279><c> Samson</c><00:21:40.559><c> and</c><00:21:40.720><c> Samuel</c>

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divided<00:21:41.859><c> between</c><00:21:42.319><c> them</c><00:21:42.519><c> those</c><00:21:42.720><c> 40</c><00:21:43.039><c> years</c><00:21:43.500><c> in</c><00:21:43.900><c> which</c><00:21:44.079><c> the</c><00:21:44.299><c> Philistines</c><00:21:44.839><c> oppressed</c><00:21:45.240><c> Israel.</c><00:21:45.940><c> One</c><00:21:46.180><c> man</c>

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began<00:21:47.079><c> to</c><00:21:47.460><c> deliver</c><00:21:47.740><c> Israel</c><00:21:48.119><c> from</c><00:21:48.359><c> them,</c><00:21:48.480><c> the</c><00:21:48.640><c> other</c><00:21:48.859><c> man</c><00:21:49.099><c> finished</c><00:21:49.440><c> it.</c>

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They<00:21:50.740><c> were</c><00:21:50.900><c> both</c><00:21:51.180><c> Nazarites,</c>

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brethren<00:21:52.019><c> and</c><00:21:52.240><c> sisters.</c><00:21:52.900><c> And</c><00:21:53.039><c> isn't</c><00:21:53.180><c> that</c><00:21:53.380><c> absolutely</c><00:21:53.640><c> remarkable</c><00:21:54.500><c> that</c>

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in<00:21:55.619><c> all</c><00:21:55.819><c> the</c><00:21:56.160><c> centuries</c><00:21:56.480><c> of</c><00:21:56.680><c> the</c>

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record,<00:22:01.839><c> Joseph</c><00:22:02.319><c> being</c><00:22:02.619><c> the</c><00:22:02.839><c> first</c><00:22:03.059><c> before</c><00:22:03.339><c> the</c><00:22:03.519><c> law</c><00:22:03.680><c> ever</c><00:22:04.019><c> was</c><00:22:04.259><c> given,</c><00:22:06.279><c> there</c><00:22:06.400><c> were</c><00:22:06.519><c> so</c>

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few<00:22:07.140><c> Nazarites</c>

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portrayed<00:22:08.220><c> that</c><00:22:08.579><c> God</c><00:22:08.839><c> should</c><00:22:09.180><c> slam</c><00:22:09.539><c> together</c><00:22:09.940><c> in</c><00:22:10.099><c> history</c>

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Samson<00:22:11.220><c> and</c><00:22:11.380><c> Samuel.</c><00:22:11.799><c> Why?</c><00:22:13.180><c> Why</c><00:22:13.440><c> put</c><00:22:13.640><c> the</c>

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two<00:22:13.960><c> Nazarites</c><00:22:14.319><c> together?</c><00:22:15.000><c> Because</c><00:22:15.319><c> he</c><00:22:15.539><c> depicted</c><00:22:15.920><c> for</c><00:22:16.160><c> us</c><00:22:16.279><c> in</c>

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those<00:22:16.660><c> two</c><00:22:16.920><c> men's</c><00:22:17.319><c> lives</c><00:22:17.680><c> a</c><00:22:18.119><c> remarkable</c>

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fact.<00:22:19.720><c> Here</c><00:22:19.839><c> was</c><00:22:20.059><c> one</c><00:22:20.420><c> boy</c><00:22:20.599><c> that</c><00:22:20.759><c> was</c><00:22:21.039><c> chosen</c><00:22:21.299><c> to</c><00:22:21.460><c> be</c><00:22:21.599><c> a</c><00:22:21.799><c> Nazarite</c><00:22:22.039><c> from</c>

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his<00:22:22.339><c> mother's</c><00:22:22.819><c> womb.</c><00:22:23.180><c> His</c>

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mother<00:22:23.559><c> was</c><00:22:23.960><c> instructed</c><00:22:24.279><c> concerning</c><00:22:24.779><c> him.</c><00:22:25.200><c> He</c><00:22:25.359><c> was</c><00:22:25.539><c> a</c><00:22:25.700><c> Nazarite</c><00:22:26.039><c> according</c><00:22:26.319><c> to</c><00:22:26.619><c> law</c>

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and<00:22:26.920><c> he</c><00:22:27.220><c> failed.</c>

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The<00:22:27.680><c> other</c><00:22:27.940><c> boy</c><00:22:28.160><c> was</c><00:22:28.460><c> dedicated</c><00:22:28.980><c> by</c><00:22:29.259><c> his</c><00:22:29.420><c> mother.</c><00:22:31.299><c> She</c><00:22:31.420><c> wasn't</c>

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told<00:22:32.099><c> to</c><00:22:32.259><c> give</c><00:22:32.400><c> him,</c><00:22:32.660><c> she</c><00:22:32.960><c> volunteered</c>

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him<00:22:33.839><c> and</c><00:22:34.059><c> he</c><00:22:34.220><c> was</c><00:22:34.380><c> a</c><00:22:34.519><c> success.</c><00:22:36.059><c> And</c><00:22:36.140><c> there's</c><00:22:36.279><c> a</c><00:22:36.400><c> lesson</c><00:22:36.599><c> in</c><00:22:36.819><c> that.</c><00:22:38.900><c> And</c>

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the<00:22:39.160><c> Philistines</c><00:22:39.660><c> came</c><00:22:40.039><c> no</c><00:22:40.319><c> more</c>

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into<00:22:41.400><c> the</c><00:22:41.579><c> land</c><00:22:41.720><c> in</c><00:22:41.880><c> the</c><00:22:41.980><c> days</c><00:22:42.140><c> of</c><00:22:42.400><c> Samuel.</c><00:22:43.920><c> And</c><00:22:44.059><c> there</c><00:22:44.140><c> was</c><00:22:44.299><c> a</c>

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contrast,<00:22:44.859><c> wasn't</c><00:22:45.079><c> there</c><00:22:45.279><c> brethren</c><00:22:45.519><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:46.000><c> between</c><00:22:46.279><c> those</c><00:22:46.579><c> two</c><00:22:46.799><c> men</c><00:22:47.220><c> as</c><00:22:47.779><c> well</c><00:22:48.039><c> as</c><00:22:48.180><c> many</c><00:22:48.380><c> similarities.</c><00:22:51.539><c> I</c><00:22:51.880><c> suppose</c><00:22:52.160><c> Samson's</c><00:22:52.799><c> life</c>

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would<00:22:53.079><c> be</c><00:22:53.279><c> best</c><00:22:53.559><c> summed</c><00:22:53.799><c> up</c><00:22:54.299><c> in</c><00:22:54.720><c> many</c><00:22:55.000><c> ways</c><00:22:56.359><c> by</c><00:22:56.880><c> that</c><00:22:57.079><c> Proverbs</c>

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It's<00:23:02.460><c> as</c><00:23:02.660><c> better</c><00:23:02.859><c> is</c><00:23:03.119><c> he</c><00:23:03.339><c> that</c><00:23:03.539><c> ruleeth</c><00:23:03.940><c> his</c><00:23:04.240><c> spirit</c><00:23:04.900><c> than</c><00:23:05.839><c> he</c>

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which<00:23:06.359><c> taketh</c><00:23:06.579><c> a</c><00:23:06.839><c> city.</c><00:23:08.700><c> Better</c><00:23:08.960><c> is</c><00:23:09.180><c> he</c>

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that<00:23:09.720><c> ruleeth</c><00:23:10.140><c> his</c><00:23:10.420><c> spirit</c><00:23:11.039><c> than</c><00:23:11.519><c> he</c><00:23:11.839><c> which</c><00:23:12.180><c> taketh</c><00:23:12.480><c> a</c><00:23:12.700><c> city.</c>

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And<00:23:14.200><c> that's</c><00:23:14.440><c> where</c><00:23:15.200><c> poor</c><00:23:15.579><c> Samson,</c><00:23:16.059><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:23:16.700><c> sisters,</c><00:23:17.660><c> failed.</c><00:23:19.400><c> Now</c><00:23:19.640><c> then,</c><00:23:20.240><c> I</c><00:23:20.339><c> want</c><00:23:20.539><c> to</c><00:23:20.640><c> deal</c><00:23:20.759><c> with</c><00:23:20.940><c> the</c><00:23:21.160><c> story</c><00:23:21.640><c> in</c>

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chapters<00:23:22.460><c> 17</c><00:23:22.819><c> and</c><00:23:22.920><c> 18</c>

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of<00:23:23.420><c> Judges</c><00:23:25.200><c> in</c><00:23:26.519><c> which,</c><00:23:26.920><c> brethren</c><00:23:27.200><c> and</c><00:23:27.460><c> sisters,</c><00:23:29.880><c> we</c><00:23:30.240><c> have</c><00:23:30.460><c> the</c>

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tribe<00:23:31.039><c> of</c><00:23:31.319><c> Dan</c><00:23:31.680><c> so</c><00:23:32.519><c> vitally</c><00:23:32.980><c> involved.</c>

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Because,<00:23:34.839><c> you</c><00:23:34.980><c> see,</c><00:23:36.339><c> Samson</c><00:23:36.700><c> was</c><00:23:37.059><c> a</c><00:23:37.240><c> Danite.</c><00:23:38.359><c> He</c><00:23:38.500><c> was</c><00:23:38.740><c> of</c><00:23:38.900><c> the</c>

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family<00:23:39.619><c> of</c><00:23:39.960><c> the</c><00:23:40.140><c> Danites.</c><00:23:41.319><c> And</c><00:23:41.500><c> in</c><00:23:43.599><c> the</c>

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idolatrous<00:23:46.519><c> religion</c><00:23:47.200><c> that</c><00:23:47.480><c> Micah</c><00:23:47.700><c> set</c><00:23:47.880><c> up</c><00:23:48.039><c> in</c><00:23:48.140><c> his</c><00:23:48.299><c> idolatrous</c><00:23:48.779><c> priest,</c>

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the<00:23:49.839><c> family</c><00:23:50.180><c> of</c><00:23:50.480><c> Dan</c><00:23:50.880><c> became</c>

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vitally<00:23:52.519><c> involved</c><00:23:53.240><c> to</c><00:23:53.740><c> their</c><00:23:53.859><c> ultimate</c><00:23:54.319><c> destruction.</c><00:23:56.259><c> And</c><00:23:56.420><c> I</c>

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believe,<00:23:57.119><c> brethren</c><00:23:57.220><c> and</c><00:23:57.440><c> sisters,</c><00:23:58.259><c> that</c>

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whatever<00:23:58.640><c> reasons</c><00:23:59.119><c> may</c><00:23:59.400><c> be</c><00:23:59.579><c> given</c><00:24:00.000><c> why</c><00:24:00.880><c> the</c><00:24:01.119><c> tribe</c><00:24:01.299><c> of</c><00:24:01.579><c> Dan</c><00:24:01.819><c> is</c>

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not<00:24:02.220><c> mentioned</c><00:24:02.579><c> in</c><00:24:03.180><c> the</c><00:24:03.359><c> seventh</c><00:24:03.680><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:24:04.220><c> Revelation,</c><00:24:05.920><c> primarily</c><00:24:06.440><c> the</c><00:24:06.740><c> reasons</c><00:24:07.079><c> right</c><00:24:07.500><c> before</c><00:24:08.000><c> us</c>

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in<00:24:08.400><c> this</c><00:24:08.740><c> story.</c><00:24:09.400><c> Here's</c><00:24:09.880><c> the</c><00:24:10.099><c> reason</c>

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why<00:24:10.859><c> God</c><00:24:11.319><c> obliterated</c><00:24:12.299><c> that</c><00:24:12.599><c> tribe</c><00:24:12.759><c> from</c><00:24:12.960><c> history.</c><00:24:14.359><c> Just</c><00:24:14.700><c> took</c><00:24:14.980><c> it</c>

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out<00:24:15.299><c> of</c><00:24:15.480><c> history.</c><00:24:16.200><c> And</c><00:24:16.259><c> when</c><00:24:16.339><c> he</c>

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wrote<00:24:16.680><c> up</c><00:24:16.839><c> the</c><00:24:16.859><c> book</c><00:24:17.079><c> of</c><00:24:17.240><c> Revelation,</c><00:24:18.400><c> Dan</c><00:24:18.400><c> isn't</c><00:24:18.779><c> there.</c><00:24:19.880><c> And</c>

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it's<00:24:20.180><c> not</c><00:24:20.420><c> because</c><00:24:21.160><c> God</c><00:24:21.619><c> takes</c><00:24:21.960><c> the</c>

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no<00:24:27.099><c> inheritance.</c><00:24:28.319><c> Because</c><00:24:28.599><c> Dan</c><00:24:28.980><c> failed</c><00:24:29.359><c> their</c><00:24:29.579><c> God.</c><00:24:30.019><c> And</c><00:24:30.319><c> Dan</c>

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them.<00:24:33.819><c> Not</c><00:24:34.059><c> the</c><00:24:34.220><c> only</c><00:24:34.460><c> tribe</c><00:24:34.660><c> who</c><00:24:34.799><c> didn't</c><00:24:35.000><c> take</c><00:24:35.220><c> their</c><00:24:35.460><c> inheritance,</c><00:24:36.039><c> but</c>

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substituted<00:24:38.359><c> their</c><00:24:38.740><c> own</c><00:24:38.960><c> for</c><00:24:39.240><c> God's.</c><00:24:39.920><c> And</c><00:24:40.220><c> God</c><00:24:40.480><c> left</c><00:24:40.720><c> them</c>

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with<00:24:41.220><c> none.</c><00:24:42.759><c> And</c><00:24:43.019><c> here's</c><00:24:43.259><c> the</c><00:24:43.500><c> story.</c>

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And<00:24:44.180><c> here's</c><00:24:44.500><c> the</c><00:24:44.660><c> reason</c><00:24:44.980><c> why</c><00:24:45.359><c> a</c><00:24:45.539><c> young</c><00:24:45.720><c> man</c><00:24:45.980><c> was</c><00:24:46.359><c> pacing</c><00:24:46.599><c> up</c>

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and<00:24:46.960><c> down</c><00:24:47.099><c> between</c><00:24:47.420><c> Zorah</c><00:24:47.839><c> and</c><00:24:47.960><c> Eshtehol,</c>

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agitated<00:24:49.119><c> and</c><00:24:49.319><c> agitated</c><00:24:49.740><c> because</c><00:24:50.160><c> of</c><00:24:50.400><c> his</c><00:24:50.859><c> tribe.</c><00:24:51.799><c> This</c><00:24:52.160><c> is</c>

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what<00:24:52.380><c> his</c><00:24:52.660><c> fellows</c><00:24:52.960><c> were</c><00:24:53.200><c> doing.</c><00:24:53.900><c> And</c><00:24:54.079><c> this</c>

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is<00:24:54.420><c> what</c><00:24:54.500><c> had</c><00:24:54.740><c> happened</c><00:24:54.920><c> to</c><00:24:55.039><c> them,</c><00:24:55.200><c> brethren</c><00:24:55.359><c> and</c><00:24:55.579><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:24:56.400><c> here</c><00:24:56.519><c> is</c><00:24:56.740><c> the</c><00:24:56.920><c> thing</c><00:24:57.160><c> that</c><00:24:57.619><c> generated</c>

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faith<00:24:58.539><c> in</c><00:24:58.700><c> that</c><00:24:58.880><c> young</c><00:24:59.160><c> boy</c><00:24:59.440><c> because</c><00:24:59.839><c> he</c><00:24:59.980><c> could</c><00:25:00.220><c> never</c><00:25:00.440><c> be</c><00:25:00.599><c> like</c><00:25:00.880><c> this.</c><00:25:01.240><c> With</c><00:25:01.500><c> all</c>

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his<00:25:01.900><c> weaknesses,</c><00:25:02.420><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:25:02.940><c> have</c><00:25:03.140><c> this</c><00:25:03.420><c> one.</c><00:25:04.859><c> Now</c><00:25:05.019><c> you</c><00:25:05.099><c> listen</c><00:25:05.359><c> to</c><00:25:05.519><c> this</c><00:25:05.740><c> story</c><00:25:05.940><c> that's</c><00:25:06.259><c> told.</c><00:25:07.579><c> And</c><00:25:07.680><c> all</c><00:25:07.819><c> we'll</c><00:25:08.099><c> do,</c><00:25:08.319><c> we</c><00:25:08.400><c> won't</c>

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expound<00:25:09.160><c> on</c><00:25:09.279><c> this</c><00:25:09.440><c> detail.</c><00:25:10.200><c> We'll</c><00:25:10.339><c> just</c><00:25:10.619><c> draw</c><00:25:10.720><c> out</c><00:25:10.900><c> the</c><00:25:11.039><c> salient</c><00:25:11.319><c> features.</c><00:25:13.140><c> And</c><00:25:13.319><c> if</c><00:25:13.420><c> I</c>

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was<00:25:13.680><c> writing</c>

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this<00:25:14.119><c> story,</c><00:25:15.559><c> I'd</c><00:25:15.920><c> write</c><00:25:16.019><c> the</c><00:25:16.259><c> history</c><00:25:16.500><c> of</c><00:25:16.640><c> it.</c><00:25:17.579><c> To</c><00:25:17.740><c> tell</c><00:25:17.940><c> you</c>

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the<00:25:18.200><c> history.</c><00:25:18.799><c> But</c><00:25:18.920><c> the</c><00:25:19.079><c> writer's</c><00:25:19.440><c> not</c>

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merely<00:25:19.859><c> wanting</c><00:25:20.059><c> to</c><00:25:20.259><c> tell</c><00:25:20.339><c> you</c><00:25:20.440><c> the</c><00:25:20.599><c> history</c><00:25:20.880><c> of</c><00:25:21.000><c> it.</c><00:25:22.400><c> He</c><00:25:22.579><c> wants</c><00:25:22.819><c> to</c>

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impress<00:25:23.339><c> you</c><00:25:23.819><c> with</c><00:25:24.200><c> the</c><00:25:24.599><c> characters</c>

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of<00:25:25.039><c> the</c><00:25:25.220><c> story.</c><00:25:27.079><c> The</c><00:25:27.359><c> stories</c><00:25:27.700><c> are</c><00:25:28.019><c> awful</c><00:25:28.500><c> stories.</c><00:25:30.480><c> If</c><00:25:30.660><c> they</c>

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weren't<00:25:31.119><c> so</c><00:25:31.619><c> tragic</c><00:25:32.039><c> that</c><00:25:32.259><c> even</c><00:25:32.480><c> the</c><00:25:32.680><c> human</c>

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is<00:25:33.000><c> humorous.</c><00:25:34.000><c> But</c><00:25:34.160><c> they're</c><00:25:34.380><c> tragic,</c><00:25:34.819><c> so</c><00:25:34.940><c> they're</c><00:25:35.039><c> not</c>

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humorous.<00:25:36.859><c> They're</c><00:25:37.180><c> pathetically</c><00:25:37.759><c> tragic.</c>

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And<00:25:39.019><c> they're</c><00:25:39.299><c> written</c><00:25:39.440><c> in</c><00:25:39.660><c> a</c><00:25:39.799><c> manner</c><00:25:40.180><c> to</c><00:25:41.000><c> highlight</c><00:25:41.440><c> the</c><00:25:41.720><c> weakness</c><00:25:41.980><c> of</c>

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that<00:25:42.420><c> time</c><00:25:42.640><c> that</c><00:25:42.819><c> we</c><00:25:43.039><c> might</c><00:25:43.339><c> know,</c>

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brethren<00:25:44.099><c> and</c><00:25:44.359><c> sisters,</c><00:25:44.940><c> how</c><00:25:45.140><c> the</c><00:25:45.579><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:46.039><c> went</c><00:25:46.220><c> downhill</c>

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and<00:25:47.240><c> that</c><00:25:47.460><c> hundreds</c><00:25:47.720><c> of</c><00:25:47.900><c> years</c><00:25:48.079><c> later</c>

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Samson<00:25:49.220><c> came</c><00:25:49.480><c> upon</c><00:25:49.720><c> the</c><00:25:49.940><c> scene.</c><00:25:50.339><c> Perhaps</c><00:25:50.599><c> 200</c><00:25:50.880><c> to</c><00:25:51.039><c> 300</c><00:25:51.480><c> years</c>

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later,<00:25:52.299><c> Samson</c><00:25:52.680><c> came</c><00:25:52.920><c> upon</c><00:25:53.160><c> the</c><00:25:53.380><c> scene.</c>

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And<00:25:53.960><c> this</c><00:25:54.400><c> is</c><00:25:54.859><c> the</c><00:25:55.000><c> nation</c><00:25:55.220><c> in</c><00:25:55.339><c> which</c><00:25:55.480><c> he'd</c><00:25:55.640><c> come</c><00:25:55.839><c> into,</c><00:25:56.500><c> not</c>

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at<00:25:57.039><c> this</c><00:25:57.319><c> point,</c><00:25:57.779><c> but</c><00:25:58.019><c> years</c><00:25:58.480><c> later.</c>

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Imagine<00:25:59.759><c> what</c><00:25:59.920><c> it</c><00:26:00.039><c> would</c><00:26:00.140><c> have</c><00:26:00.220><c> been</c><00:26:00.380><c> like</c><00:26:00.539><c> within</c><00:26:00.720><c> his</c><00:26:01.039><c> day.</c>

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Now<00:26:02.839><c> listen</c><00:26:03.279><c> to</c><00:26:03.480><c> what</c><00:26:03.680><c> happened</c><00:26:03.839><c> to</c><00:26:04.000><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:26:05.099><c> just</c><00:26:06.740><c> after</c><00:26:07.200><c> the</c><00:26:07.480><c> great</c><00:26:07.779><c> leader</c><00:26:08.099><c> Joshua</c><00:26:08.539><c> passed</c><00:26:08.920><c> off</c><00:26:09.160><c> the</c><00:26:09.359><c> scene.</c><00:26:09.960><c> A</c>

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man<00:26:10.339><c> whose</c><00:26:10.599><c> name</c><00:26:10.900><c> is</c>

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Yahoshua,<00:26:12.420><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:13.480><c> who</c><00:26:13.619><c> typified</c><00:26:14.019><c> the</c><00:26:14.220><c> Lord</c><00:26:14.380><c> in</c><00:26:14.500><c> a</c><00:26:14.640><c> remarkable</c><00:26:15.160><c> fashion</c>

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and<00:26:15.940><c> who</c><00:26:16.119><c> set</c><00:26:16.240><c> before</c><00:26:16.619><c> Israel</c>

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a<00:26:17.420><c> wonderful</c><00:26:17.859><c> principle.</c><00:26:18.500><c> The</c><00:26:18.619><c> man</c><00:26:18.779><c> is</c><00:26:19.039><c> hardly</c><00:26:19.319><c> dead.</c><00:26:20.619><c> And</c><00:26:20.839><c> listen</c><00:26:21.119><c> to</c>

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this.<00:26:22.599><c> There</c><00:26:22.720><c> was</c><00:26:22.859><c> a</c><00:26:22.980><c> man</c><00:26:23.180><c> of</c><00:26:23.420><c> Mount</c>

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Ephraim<00:26:24.039><c> whose</c><00:26:24.279><c> name</c><00:26:24.539><c> was</c><00:26:24.819><c> Micah.</c><00:26:26.700><c> Mount</c><00:26:26.960><c> Ephraim,</c><00:26:27.460><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:26:27.819><c> sisters,</c><00:26:28.039><c> we</c><00:26:28.200><c> learn</c><00:26:28.519><c> in</c><00:26:28.900><c> the</c><00:26:29.140><c> second</c>

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chapter<00:26:29.700><c> of</c><00:26:29.900><c> Judgment,</c><00:26:30.339><c> verse</c><00:26:30.559><c> 19,</c><00:26:31.099><c> was</c><00:26:31.339><c> Joshua's</c><00:26:32.059><c> burial</c>

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place.<00:26:34.539><c> Joshua's</c><00:26:35.099><c> burial</c><00:26:35.460><c> place.</c><00:26:38.039><c> And</c>

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right<00:26:38.500><c> in</c><00:26:38.700><c> that</c><00:26:38.960><c> region,</c><00:26:39.759><c> perhaps</c><00:26:39.920><c> around</c><00:26:40.099><c> about</c><00:26:40.319><c> the</c><00:26:40.519><c> same</c><00:26:40.880><c> time</c><00:26:41.200><c> that</c><00:26:41.339><c> he</c><00:26:41.500><c> died,</c><00:26:43.259><c> there</c><00:26:43.359><c> was</c><00:26:43.519><c> a</c><00:26:43.680><c> man</c>

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by<00:26:44.140><c> the</c><00:26:44.259><c> name</c><00:26:44.480><c> of</c><00:26:44.799><c> Micah</c><00:26:45.140><c> whose</c><00:26:45.440><c> name</c><00:26:45.779><c> means</c><00:26:46.539><c> who</c><00:26:47.460><c> is</c><00:26:47.839><c> like</c><00:26:48.220><c> Yahweh.</c><00:26:49.660><c> And</c>

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he<00:26:50.000><c> was</c><00:26:50.380><c> nothing</c><00:26:50.779><c> like</c><00:26:51.140><c> Yahweh.</c>

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It<00:26:52.880><c> was</c><00:26:53.200><c> a</c><00:26:53.259><c> region,</c><00:26:53.619><c> brethren</c><00:26:53.940><c> and</c><00:26:54.180><c> sisters,</c><00:26:55.380><c> which</c><00:26:55.779><c> housed</c>

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the<00:26:56.839><c> tabernacle.</c><00:26:58.240><c> Up</c><00:26:58.500><c> here</c><00:26:58.680><c> in</c><00:26:58.859><c> Mount</c><00:26:59.019><c> Ephraim</c>

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was<00:27:00.660><c> the</c><00:27:00.900><c> center</c><00:27:01.079><c> of</c><00:27:01.279><c> the</c><00:27:01.400><c> land.</c><00:27:02.759><c> And</c><00:27:02.900><c> in</c><00:27:03.119><c> the</c><00:27:03.180><c> center</c><00:27:03.359><c> of</c><00:27:03.500><c> the</c>

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land<00:27:03.779><c> was</c><00:27:04.119><c> Shiloh.</c><00:27:05.799><c> Shiloh,</c><00:27:06.339><c> brethren</c><00:27:06.559><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:07.440><c> where</c><00:27:07.539><c> the</c><00:27:07.819><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:08.259><c> was</c><00:27:08.559><c> housed.</c><00:27:09.880><c> And</c><00:27:10.140><c> there</c>

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in<00:27:10.519><c> Shiloh</c><00:27:10.880><c> was</c><00:27:11.099><c> the</c><00:27:11.279><c> symbol</c><00:27:11.500><c> of</c><00:27:11.640><c> God's</c>

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presence.<00:27:12.900><c> And</c><00:27:13.099><c> Micah</c><00:27:13.359><c> lived</c><00:27:13.579><c> in</c><00:27:13.720><c> that</c><00:27:14.000><c> region.</c><00:27:14.900><c> And</c><00:27:15.140><c> look</c><00:27:15.279><c> what</c><00:27:15.460><c> he</c>

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did.<00:27:17.200><c> In</c><00:27:17.420><c> the</c><00:27:17.619><c> very</c><00:27:17.960><c> shadow</c><00:27:18.359><c> of</c><00:27:18.539><c> that</c>

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tabernacle,<00:27:19.339><c> look</c><00:27:19.619><c> what</c><00:27:19.799><c> he</c><00:27:19.940><c> did.</c><00:27:21.059><c> And</c><00:27:21.279><c> the</c><00:27:21.460><c> story</c><00:27:21.779><c> starts</c><00:27:22.200><c> off</c><00:27:22.779><c> by</c>

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giving<00:27:23.339><c> us</c><00:27:23.779><c> a</c><00:27:23.980><c> little</c><00:27:24.200><c> insight</c><00:27:24.720><c> into</c>

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a<00:27:25.480><c> domestic</c><00:27:26.099><c> situation</c><00:27:27.019><c> in</c><00:27:27.579><c> Micah's</c><00:27:27.900><c> household.</c><00:27:29.740><c> And</c><00:27:29.819><c> he</c><00:27:29.940><c> said</c><00:27:30.039><c> unto</c><00:27:30.160><c> his</c>

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mother,<00:27:33.180><c> The</c><00:27:33.319><c> eleven</c><00:27:33.579><c> hundred</c>

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shekels<00:27:34.400><c> of</c><00:27:34.519><c> silver</c><00:27:34.779><c> that</c><00:27:34.920><c> were</c><00:27:35.099><c> taken</c><00:27:35.380><c> from</c><00:27:35.640><c> thee,</c><00:27:35.980><c> about</c><00:27:36.099><c> which</c><00:27:36.359><c> thou</c><00:27:36.599><c> cursest</c><00:27:37.099><c> and</c><00:27:37.400><c> spake</c><00:27:37.680><c> of</c><00:27:37.920><c> also</c>

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in<00:27:38.460><c> mine</c><00:27:38.519><c> ears,</c><00:27:39.619><c> behold</c><00:27:39.859><c> the</c><00:27:40.099><c> silver</c><00:27:40.339><c> is</c><00:27:40.480><c> with</c><00:27:40.740><c> me,</c><00:27:41.000><c> I</c><00:27:41.259><c> took</c><00:27:41.480><c> it.</c><00:27:42.720><c> So</c>

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here's<00:27:43.279><c> a</c><00:27:43.440><c> man</c><00:27:43.619><c> who</c><00:27:43.960><c> steals</c><00:27:44.319><c> from</c>

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his<00:27:44.759><c> mother.</c><00:27:46.119><c> This</c><00:27:46.359><c> is</c><00:27:46.640><c> the</c><00:27:46.680><c> first</c><00:27:47.079><c> thing</c><00:27:47.319><c> we</c><00:27:47.500><c> learn</c><00:27:47.640><c> about</c><00:27:47.920><c> it.</c><00:27:48.579><c> There's</c><00:27:48.839><c> no</c>

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mention<00:27:49.220><c> of</c><00:27:49.339><c> his</c><00:27:49.519><c> father,</c>

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brethren<00:27:50.039><c> and</c><00:27:50.200><c> sisters.</c><00:27:51.900><c> No</c><00:27:52.140><c> mention</c><00:27:52.319><c> of</c><00:27:52.500><c> his</c><00:27:52.700><c> father,</c><00:27:52.880><c> whatever.</c><00:27:54.380><c> And</c>

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it<00:27:54.579><c> would</c><00:27:54.839><c> seem</c><00:27:55.019><c> that</c><00:27:55.180><c> his</c><00:27:55.359><c> mother</c>

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was<00:27:55.720><c> a</c><00:27:55.839><c> widow.</c><00:27:57.440><c> So</c><00:27:57.660><c> here's</c><00:27:58.099><c> a</c><00:27:58.259><c> boy</c><00:27:58.660><c> who</c><00:27:59.319><c> steals</c><00:27:59.900><c> from</c><00:28:00.500><c> his</c><00:28:00.900><c> widowed</c><00:28:01.359><c> mother.</c><00:28:03.079><c> That's</c><00:28:03.559><c> one</c>

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of<00:28:04.619><c> the</c><00:28:04.680><c> leading</c>

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characters<00:28:05.539><c> of</c><00:28:06.059><c> this</c><00:28:06.400><c> story.</c><00:28:07.559><c> What</c><00:28:07.740><c> every</c><00:28:07.960><c> man</c><00:28:08.200><c> did</c><00:28:08.339><c> was</c><00:28:08.859><c> right</c><00:28:09.160><c> in</c>

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:11.140
his<00:28:09.460><c> own</c><00:28:09.700><c> eyes.</c><00:28:10.180><c> And</c><00:28:10.380><c> he</c><00:28:10.599><c> confesses</c>

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:14.440
to<00:28:11.140><c> his</c><00:28:11.140><c> mother,</c><00:28:11.660><c> he</c><00:28:11.960><c> stole</c><00:28:12.140><c> eleven</c><00:28:12.380><c> hundred</c><00:28:12.619><c> shekels</c><00:28:13.599><c> of</c><00:28:13.660><c> silver.</c><00:28:14.119><c> That's</c><00:28:14.440><c> a</c>

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:16.200
considerable<00:28:14.940><c> sum</c><00:28:15.140><c> of</c><00:28:15.279><c> money.</c>

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That's<00:28:16.960><c> a</c><00:28:17.099><c> small</c><00:28:17.319><c> fortune.</c><00:28:18.920><c> What</c><00:28:19.039><c> a</c><00:28:19.160><c> widow</c><00:28:19.299><c> is</c><00:28:19.480><c> doing</c><00:28:19.680><c> with</c><00:28:19.880><c> that</c><00:28:20.000><c> we</c>

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don't<00:28:20.559><c> know.</c><00:28:21.200><c> But</c><00:28:21.380><c> nonetheless</c><00:28:21.640><c> she's</c>

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:28.339
got<00:28:22.240><c> it.</c><00:28:23.680><c> And</c><00:28:23.779><c> you</c><00:28:23.859><c> know</c><00:28:24.019><c> brethren</c><00:28:24.279><c> and</c><00:28:24.500><c> sisters,</c><00:28:25.279><c> it's</c><00:28:25.460><c> remarkable.</c><00:28:26.960><c> Eleven</c><00:28:27.240><c> hundred</c><00:28:27.799><c> pieces</c><00:28:28.160><c> of</c>

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:31.039
silver.<00:28:28.940><c> Do</c><00:28:29.140><c> you</c><00:28:29.259><c> know</c><00:28:29.519><c> that</c><00:28:29.819><c> that</c><00:28:30.039><c> eleven</c><00:28:30.339><c> hundred</c><00:28:30.660><c> pieces</c>

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:33.440
of<00:28:31.140><c> silver</c><00:28:31.700><c> undermined</c><00:28:32.819><c> the</c><00:28:33.059><c> religious</c>

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:37.440
foundation<00:28:33.980><c> of</c><00:28:34.160><c> the</c><00:28:34.279><c> tribe</c><00:28:34.440><c> of</c><00:28:34.720><c> Dan?</c><00:28:36.420><c> So</c><00:28:36.819><c> what's</c><00:28:37.140><c> remarkable</c>

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:40.640
about<00:28:37.700><c> that?</c><00:28:38.319><c> Just</c><00:28:38.599><c> this.</c><00:28:40.039><c> That</c><00:28:40.240><c> Delilah</c>

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:44.940
was<00:28:40.880><c> given</c><00:28:41.480><c> eleven</c><00:28:42.039><c> hundred</c><00:28:42.539><c> pieces</c><00:28:42.900><c> of</c><00:28:43.640><c> silver</c><00:28:43.920><c> five</c><00:28:44.539><c> times</c>

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:47.279
over<00:28:45.480><c> by</c><00:28:45.900><c> the</c><00:28:46.119><c> five</c><00:28:46.359><c> lords</c><00:28:46.539><c> of</c><00:28:46.700><c> the</c><00:28:46.839><c> Philistines</c>

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:50.859
and<00:28:47.779><c> absolutely</c><00:28:48.599><c> undermined</c><00:28:49.279><c> the</c><00:28:49.460><c> whole</c><00:28:49.819><c> street</c><00:28:50.140><c> of</c><00:28:50.339><c> the</c><00:28:50.519><c> tribe</c><00:28:50.680><c> of</c>

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:53.480
Dan<00:28:50.980><c> with</c><00:28:51.140><c> it.</c><00:28:52.319><c> So</c><00:28:52.680><c> Dan</c><00:28:52.900><c> was</c><00:28:53.279><c> sold</c>

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:57.400
down<00:28:53.720><c> the</c><00:28:53.980><c> drain,</c><00:28:54.660><c> religiously</c><00:28:55.160><c> and</c><00:28:55.400><c> politically,</c><00:28:55.960><c> for</c><00:28:56.259><c> eleven</c><00:28:56.579><c> hundred</c><00:28:56.859><c> pieces</c><00:28:57.220><c> of</c>

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silver.<00:28:58.380><c> That's</c>

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poetic<00:28:59.140><c> justice.</c><00:29:00.539><c> Here,</c><00:29:00.779><c> years</c><00:29:01.140><c> before,</c><00:29:01.980><c> the</c><00:29:02.079><c> very</c><00:29:02.619><c> religious</c><00:29:02.980><c> fabric</c>

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.660
of<00:29:03.440><c> Dan</c><00:29:03.700><c> is</c><00:29:04.019><c> torn</c><00:29:04.160><c> out</c><00:29:04.380><c> of</c><00:29:04.460><c> him</c>

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:07.680
by<00:29:04.940><c> eleven</c><00:29:05.119><c> hundred</c><00:29:05.339><c> pieces</c><00:29:05.660><c> of</c><00:29:05.859><c> silver.</c><00:29:07.079><c> And</c><00:29:07.220><c> eleven,</c><00:29:07.480><c> you</c>

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.460
see,<00:29:07.880><c> just</c><00:29:08.160><c> falls</c><00:29:08.440><c> short</c><00:29:08.839><c> of</c><00:29:09.220><c> that</c><00:29:09.480><c> number</c><00:29:09.920><c> of</c>

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:14.480
orderly<00:29:10.940><c> perfection</c><00:29:11.319><c> of</c><00:29:11.559><c> twelve.</c><00:29:12.240><c> The</c><00:29:12.460><c> twelve</c><00:29:12.680><c> tribes</c><00:29:12.960><c> of</c><00:29:13.140><c> Israel</c><00:29:13.279><c> didn't</c><00:29:13.619><c> quite</c><00:29:13.880><c> come</c><00:29:14.119><c> to</c><00:29:14.259><c> that.</c>

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:19.220
It<00:29:15.180><c> caused</c><00:29:15.559><c> chaos</c><00:29:16.220><c> in</c><00:29:16.839><c> the</c><00:29:17.000><c> tribe</c><00:29:17.240><c> of</c><00:29:17.500><c> Dan.</c><00:29:18.119><c> He</c><00:29:18.119><c> got</c><00:29:18.259><c> eleven</c><00:29:18.519><c> hundred</c><00:29:18.759><c> pieces</c><00:29:19.019><c> of</c>

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.160
silver<00:29:19.519><c> and</c><00:29:19.920><c> it</c><00:29:20.079><c> went</c>

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:23.240
from<00:29:20.500><c> hand</c><00:29:20.740><c> to</c><00:29:20.940><c> hand.</c><00:29:22.019><c> First</c><00:29:22.299><c> of</c><00:29:22.460><c> all</c><00:29:22.559><c> it</c><00:29:22.619><c> was</c><00:29:22.799><c> owned</c><00:29:22.900><c> by</c><00:29:23.079><c> this</c>

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:25.359
widow<00:29:23.440><c> woman,</c><00:29:24.220><c> stolen</c><00:29:24.420><c> by</c><00:29:24.720><c> her</c><00:29:24.920><c> son</c><00:29:25.059><c> and</c>

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:28.799
then<00:29:25.519><c> given</c><00:29:25.680><c> back</c><00:29:25.960><c> to</c><00:29:26.119><c> him.</c><00:29:27.140><c> And</c><00:29:27.220><c> what</c><00:29:27.319><c> about</c><00:29:27.539><c> her</c><00:29:27.819><c> character?</c>

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:31.480
What<00:29:29.299><c> a</c><00:29:29.460><c> mother</c><00:29:29.680><c> he</c><00:29:30.039><c> had!</c><00:29:30.960><c> No</c><00:29:31.259><c> wonder</c>

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:35.019
brothers<00:29:31.740><c> and</c><00:29:31.859><c> sisters</c><00:29:32.319><c> that</c><00:29:32.700><c> Israel</c><00:29:32.940><c> were</c><00:29:33.140><c> going</c><00:29:33.400><c> astray.</c><00:29:34.180><c> Look</c><00:29:34.319><c> at</c><00:29:34.519><c> this</c><00:29:34.680><c> for</c><00:29:34.900><c> a</c>

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.420
mother.<00:29:36.079><c> And</c><00:29:36.259><c> learn</c>

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:39.140
a<00:29:36.559><c> lesson</c><00:29:36.720><c> from</c><00:29:36.960><c> this.</c><00:29:37.500><c> The</c><00:29:37.720><c> boy</c><00:29:37.859><c> says,</c><00:29:38.400><c> I</c><00:29:38.500><c> took</c><00:29:38.720><c> it.</c><00:29:38.839><c> What's</c>

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:43.359
her<00:29:39.279><c> reaction?</c><00:29:41.259><c> Blessed</c><00:29:41.779><c> be</c><00:29:42.200><c> thou</c><00:29:42.420><c> of</c><00:29:42.779><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:52.740
my<00:29:43.779><c> son.</c><00:29:45.759><c> The</c><00:29:46.019><c> man's</c><00:29:46.500><c> a</c><00:29:46.759><c> hero.</c><00:29:48.519><c> He's</c><00:29:48.940><c> a</c><00:29:49.200><c> hero</c><00:29:49.539><c> having</c><00:29:49.839><c> confessed</c><00:29:50.279><c> the</c><00:29:50.559><c> crime.</c><00:29:52.079><c> Blessed</c><00:29:52.420><c> be</c>

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.559
thou<00:29:52.920><c> of</c><00:29:53.099><c> Yahweh,</c>

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my<00:29:53.900><c> son.</c><00:29:55.160><c> What</c><00:29:55.380><c> an</c><00:29:55.680><c> incredible</c><00:29:56.420><c> reaction,</c><00:29:56.980><c> brothers</c><00:29:57.200><c> and</c><00:29:57.400><c> sisters.</c><00:29:58.140><c> There's</c><00:29:58.460><c> indulgence</c><00:29:59.059><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:59.460><c> nth</c>

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degree.<00:30:01.279><c> He</c><00:30:01.539><c> was</c><00:30:01.799><c> a</c><00:30:01.960><c> boy</c><00:30:02.160><c> built</c><00:30:02.579><c> up</c><00:30:02.859><c> to</c><00:30:02.940><c> do</c><00:30:03.099><c> exactly</c><00:30:03.539><c> what</c><00:30:03.720><c> his</c>

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:06.319
mother<00:30:04.099><c> wanted</c><00:30:04.319><c> him</c><00:30:04.519><c> to</c><00:30:04.680><c> do.</c><00:30:06.039><c> Brought</c>

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up<00:30:06.519><c> in</c><00:30:06.720><c> a</c><00:30:06.900><c> most</c><00:30:07.319><c> shocking</c><00:30:07.960><c> manner.</c><00:30:09.019><c> Virtually</c><00:30:09.420><c> that</c><00:30:09.579><c> woman</c><00:30:09.859><c> was</c><00:30:10.339><c> condemning</c><00:30:10.839><c> his</c><00:30:11.180><c> crime</c><00:30:11.420><c> and</c><00:30:11.779><c> he</c><00:30:12.019><c> turned</c>

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:15.500
out<00:30:12.319><c> to</c><00:30:12.420><c> be</c><00:30:12.579><c> an</c><00:30:12.799><c> absolute</c><00:30:13.180><c> hero</c><00:30:13.640><c> in</c><00:30:13.779><c> her</c><00:30:14.039><c> eyes</c><00:30:14.339><c> because</c><00:30:14.720><c> he</c><00:30:14.980><c> confessed</c><00:30:15.279><c> to</c>

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:18.640
it.<00:30:17.019><c> What</c><00:30:17.140><c> an</c><00:30:17.319><c> incredible</c><00:30:18.059><c> attitude</c>

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:21.000
that<00:30:18.960><c> this</c><00:30:19.140><c> parent's</c><00:30:19.539><c> got</c><00:30:19.660><c> to</c><00:30:19.799><c> his</c><00:30:20.000><c> child.</c><00:30:20.440><c> The</c><00:30:20.640><c> writer</c><00:30:20.880><c> and</c>

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:29.720
the<00:30:21.160><c> judges</c><00:30:21.380><c> want</c><00:30:21.640><c> you</c><00:30:21.819><c> to</c><00:30:21.980><c> see</c><00:30:22.160><c> that.</c><00:30:29.220><c> There's</c>

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:33.140
something<00:30:30.559><c> here</c><00:30:30.880><c> that's</c><00:30:31.319><c> out</c><00:30:31.480><c> of</c><00:30:31.599><c> the</c><00:30:31.740><c> ordinary.</c><00:30:32.279><c> This</c><00:30:32.460><c> is</c><00:30:32.660><c> common</c><00:30:32.900><c> to</c>

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:36.720
men.<00:30:35.079><c> Parents</c><00:30:35.319><c> are</c><00:30:35.539><c> like</c><00:30:35.720><c> that.</c>

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:40.259
They<00:30:37.579><c> know</c><00:30:37.759><c> what</c><00:30:37.940><c> their</c><00:30:38.119><c> children</c><00:30:38.380><c> do.</c><00:30:39.500><c> Brothers</c><00:30:39.599><c> and</c><00:30:39.819><c> sisters</c><00:30:40.000><c> bring</c>

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.759
them<00:30:40.400><c> a</c><00:30:40.579><c> report</c><00:30:40.740><c> of</c><00:30:40.859><c> their</c><00:30:41.099><c> disobedience,</c>

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:46.779
their<00:30:42.299><c> cheekiness,</c><00:30:43.319><c> their</c><00:30:43.480><c> disrespect,</c><00:30:45.240><c> their</c><00:30:45.420><c> evil</c><00:30:45.680><c> ways.</c>

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.759
And<00:30:47.400><c> they</c><00:30:47.619><c> tell</c><00:30:47.779><c> these</c><00:30:48.000><c> people,</c><00:30:48.500><c> these</c>

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:52.359
people<00:30:49.099><c> know.</c><00:30:50.240><c> They</c><00:30:50.460><c> get</c><00:30:50.579><c> over</c><00:30:50.759><c> the</c><00:30:51.019><c> child</c><00:30:51.200><c> and</c><00:30:51.359><c> bring</c><00:30:51.460><c> him</c><00:30:51.559><c> before</c><00:30:51.799><c> him</c><00:30:52.059><c> and</c><00:30:52.240><c> he</c>

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.460
says,<00:30:52.759><c> oh</c><00:30:52.779><c> yeah,</c><00:30:53.039><c> I've</c>

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:57.480
done<00:30:53.640><c> that.</c><00:30:54.059><c> And</c><00:30:54.279><c> they</c><00:30:54.599><c> commend</c><00:30:55.220><c> him</c><00:30:55.460><c> for</c><00:30:55.539><c> his</c><00:30:55.680><c> honesty.</c><00:30:57.180><c> Why,</c>

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:59.200
brothers<00:30:57.779><c> and</c><00:30:57.960><c> sisters?</c><00:30:58.380><c> Because</c><00:30:58.700><c> they</c><00:30:58.960><c> believe</c>

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:02.019
him?<00:30:59.519><c> No,</c><00:31:00.180><c> because</c><00:31:00.420><c> the</c><00:31:00.839><c> fools</c><00:31:01.000><c> are</c><00:31:01.180><c> in</c><00:31:01.299><c> love</c><00:31:01.460><c> with</c><00:31:01.619><c> that</c><00:31:01.880><c> boy</c>

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.279
to<00:31:02.240><c> the</c><00:31:02.400><c> point</c><00:31:02.539><c> they're</c><00:31:02.799><c> going</c><00:31:02.839><c> to</c><00:31:03.099><c> ruin</c>

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:07.079
him<00:31:03.519><c> and</c><00:31:03.680><c> murder</c><00:31:03.980><c> him.</c><00:31:05.240><c> And</c><00:31:05.480><c> I</c><00:31:05.779><c> witnessed</c><00:31:06.119><c> and</c><00:31:06.420><c> watched</c><00:31:06.640><c> in</c><00:31:06.880><c> my</c>

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:10.480
own<00:31:07.460><c> home,</c><00:31:08.079><c> children</c><00:31:08.660><c> slowly</c><00:31:09.400><c> murdered</c><00:31:10.039><c> before</c>

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:15.359
my<00:31:10.740><c> very</c><00:31:11.039><c> eyes</c><00:31:11.299><c> by</c><00:31:11.500><c> their</c><00:31:11.680><c> parents</c><00:31:11.980><c> with</c><00:31:12.319><c> that</c><00:31:12.720><c> sort</c><00:31:12.880><c> of</c><00:31:13.039><c> attitude.</c><00:31:15.119><c> What</c>

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.400
do<00:31:15.480><c> you</c><00:31:15.559><c> think</c><00:31:15.740><c> Michael</c><00:31:16.099><c> felt?</c>

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:18.619
Why,<00:31:16.960><c> his</c><00:31:17.079><c> mum</c><00:31:17.240><c> gave</c><00:31:17.380><c> that</c><00:31:17.500><c> money</c><00:31:17.720><c> back</c><00:31:17.960><c> to</c><00:31:18.039><c> him</c><00:31:18.140><c> or</c><00:31:18.359><c> part</c><00:31:18.519><c> of</c>

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:21.279
it?<00:31:19.539><c> And</c><00:31:19.980><c> he</c><00:31:20.079><c> just</c><00:31:20.380><c> stole</c><00:31:20.539><c> it</c><00:31:20.680><c> from</c><00:31:20.900><c> her.</c>

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:25.980
Now<00:31:21.759><c> this</c><00:31:21.900><c> is</c><00:31:22.119><c> a</c><00:31:22.319><c> house</c><00:31:22.880><c> in</c><00:31:23.299><c> Israel.</c><00:31:24.980><c> This</c><00:31:25.180><c> is</c><00:31:25.259><c> what</c><00:31:25.420><c> the</c><00:31:25.579><c> writer</c><00:31:25.720><c> wants</c>

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.880
us<00:31:26.140><c> to</c><00:31:26.240><c> look.</c><00:31:26.440><c> We're</c><00:31:26.660><c> looking</c>

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:30.299
right<00:31:27.140><c> into</c><00:31:27.339><c> the</c><00:31:27.500><c> doorway</c><00:31:27.779><c> of</c><00:31:27.940><c> the</c><00:31:28.000><c> house</c><00:31:28.299><c> in</c><00:31:28.420><c> Israel.</c><00:31:29.779><c> And</c><00:31:29.880><c> in</c>

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:32.119
verse<00:31:30.559><c> three,</c><00:31:31.200><c> when</c><00:31:31.299><c> he</c><00:31:31.420><c> had</c><00:31:31.640><c> restored</c><00:31:31.940><c> the</c>

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:36.160
1<00:31:32.220><c>,100</c><00:31:32.500><c> shekels</c><00:31:32.920><c> of</c><00:31:33.180><c> silver</c><00:31:33.200><c> to</c><00:31:33.359><c> his</c><00:31:33.519><c> mother,</c><00:31:34.000><c> his</c><00:31:34.160><c> mother</c><00:31:34.440><c> said,</c><00:31:35.799><c> listen</c><00:31:35.980><c> to</c>

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:39.160
this,<00:31:38.160><c> I</c><00:31:38.279><c> had</c><00:31:38.619><c> wholly</c>

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:42.920
dedicated<00:31:39.920><c> the</c><00:31:40.160><c> silver</c><00:31:40.380><c> under</c><00:31:40.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:41.240><c> from</c><00:31:41.759><c> my</c><00:31:42.079><c> hand</c><00:31:42.380><c> for</c><00:31:42.599><c> my</c>

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:45.420
son.<00:31:44.460><c> Now</c><00:31:44.740><c> this</c><00:31:44.920><c> woman,</c><00:31:45.279><c> brothers</c>

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:53.259
and<00:31:45.619><c> sisters,</c><00:31:46.259><c> was</c><00:31:46.480><c> a</c><00:31:46.660><c> hypocrite,</c><00:31:48.420><c> a</c><00:31:48.759><c> liar</c><00:31:49.160><c> and</c><00:31:49.940><c> a</c><00:31:50.460><c> fool.</c><00:31:52.839><c> Because</c><00:31:53.059><c> you</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:55.119
see,<00:31:53.920><c> I</c><00:31:54.160><c> had</c><00:31:54.420><c> wholly</c><00:31:54.859><c> dedicated</c>

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:59.299
the<00:31:55.680><c> silver.</c><00:31:56.359><c> When</c><00:31:56.519><c> she</c><00:31:56.680><c> gave</c><00:31:56.940><c> him</c><00:31:57.380><c> money</c><00:31:57.700><c> back</c><00:31:58.180><c> to</c><00:31:58.599><c> show</c><00:31:58.839><c> the</c>

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.839
strength<00:31:59.660><c> of</c><00:31:59.859><c> her</c><00:31:59.980><c> dedication,</c><00:32:00.640><c> she</c>

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:04.579
gave<00:32:01.079><c> him</c><00:32:01.380><c> 200</c><00:32:01.700><c> shekels,</c><00:32:02.519><c> less</c><00:32:02.720><c> than</c><00:32:02.920><c> a</c><00:32:03.119><c> fifth</c><00:32:03.240><c> of</c><00:32:03.420><c> the</c><00:32:03.579><c> 1</c><00:32:03.700><c>,100.</c>

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.960
That<00:32:06.079><c> was</c><00:32:06.299><c> the</c><00:32:06.460><c> determination</c><00:32:07.059><c> or</c><00:32:07.619><c> the</c>

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.839
strength<00:32:08.180><c> of</c><00:32:08.420><c> her</c><00:32:09.039><c> determination</c><00:32:09.640><c> to</c><00:32:09.819><c> serve</c><00:32:10.099><c> Yahweh.</c><00:32:10.619><c> That</c>

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.819
was<00:32:11.079><c> the</c><00:32:11.279><c> strength</c><00:32:11.460><c> of</c><00:32:11.680><c> her</c><00:32:11.839><c> dedication,</c><00:32:12.640><c> less</c>

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:15.859
than<00:32:13.079><c> one</c><00:32:13.339><c> fifth.</c><00:32:13.660><c> But</c><00:32:13.839><c> it</c><00:32:13.920><c> was</c><00:32:14.140><c> wholly</c><00:32:14.460><c> dedicated</c><00:32:14.940><c> under</c><00:32:15.119><c> Yahweh.</c><00:32:15.740><c> But</c>

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:17.779
look<00:32:15.960><c> at</c><00:32:16.039><c> the</c><00:32:16.319><c> phrase.</c><00:32:17.619><c> Look</c>

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:20.039
at<00:32:17.859><c> the</c><00:32:18.059><c> phrase</c><00:32:18.259><c> and</c><00:32:18.400><c> the</c><00:32:18.640><c> brilliance</c><00:32:18.859><c> of</c><00:32:18.960><c> this</c><00:32:19.200><c> writer</c><00:32:19.380><c> bringing</c><00:32:19.740><c> out</c>

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:21.680
for<00:32:20.200><c> our</c><00:32:20.380><c> benefit</c><00:32:20.779><c> what</c><00:32:21.119><c> was</c><00:32:21.319><c> in</c><00:32:21.420><c> her</c>

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:24.920
heart.<00:32:22.140><c> Listen</c><00:32:22.460><c> to</c><00:32:22.619><c> it.</c><00:32:22.940><c> I</c><00:32:23.059><c> had</c><00:32:23.319><c> wholly</c><00:32:23.640><c> dedicated</c><00:32:24.180><c> the</c><00:32:24.460><c> silver</c><00:32:24.640><c> under</c>

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:26.980
Yahweh<00:32:25.380><c> from</c><00:32:25.859><c> my</c><00:32:26.180><c> hand</c><00:32:26.319><c> for</c><00:32:26.599><c> my</c>

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:29.619
son.<00:32:27.660><c> There</c><00:32:27.839><c> is</c><00:32:27.940><c> your</c><00:32:28.119><c> motive,</c><00:32:28.519><c> never</c><00:32:28.740><c> mind</c><00:32:28.900><c> about</c><00:32:29.140><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:32.240
He's<00:32:30.119><c> secondary.</c><00:32:30.799><c> The</c><00:32:31.180><c> last</c><00:32:31.519><c> is</c><00:32:31.720><c> the</c><00:32:31.880><c> greatest</c>

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:36.359
motive,<00:32:32.980><c> brothers</c><00:32:33.059><c> and</c><00:32:33.200><c> sisters,</c><00:32:33.720><c> for</c><00:32:34.059><c> my</c><00:32:34.460><c> son.</c><00:32:35.960><c> There</c><00:32:36.200><c> is</c>

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:39.160
her<00:32:36.500><c> problem.</c><00:32:38.140><c> Transparent</c><00:32:38.680><c> for</c><00:32:38.960><c> all</c>

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:44.460
to<00:32:39.440><c> see</c><00:32:39.759><c> for</c><00:32:40.279><c> my</c><00:32:40.660><c> son.</c><00:32:42.099><c> And</c><00:32:42.279><c> what's</c><00:32:42.440><c> he</c><00:32:42.500><c> to</c><00:32:42.619><c> do</c><00:32:42.720><c> with</c><00:32:42.859><c> it?</c><00:32:43.420><c> Well,</c>

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:47.119
she<00:32:44.900><c> suggests</c><00:32:45.519><c> to</c><00:32:46.140><c> make</c><00:32:46.299><c> a</c><00:32:46.539><c> graven</c><00:32:46.779><c> image</c>

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:51.019
and<00:32:47.319><c> a</c><00:32:47.480><c> molten</c><00:32:47.720><c> image.</c><00:32:49.500><c> Now</c><00:32:49.779><c> she</c><00:32:49.920><c> says,</c><00:32:50.319><c> I</c><00:32:50.359><c> will</c><00:32:50.599><c> restore</c><00:32:50.880><c> it</c>

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.160
unto<00:32:51.140><c> thee.</c><00:32:51.380><c> And</c><00:32:51.440><c> she</c><00:32:51.559><c> gave</c><00:32:51.700><c> him</c><00:32:51.900><c> 200</c>

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:59.480
shekels<00:32:52.539><c> of</c><00:32:52.700><c> silver.</c><00:32:54.240><c> An</c><00:32:54.480><c> incredible</c><00:32:55.180><c> woman.</c><00:32:57.019><c> You</c><00:32:57.119><c> know,</c><00:32:57.539><c> even</c><00:32:58.000><c> more</c><00:32:58.299><c> incredible,</c><00:32:59.000><c> brothers</c><00:32:59.119><c> and</c><00:32:59.180><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:04.460
is<00:32:59.700><c> this</c><00:33:00.039><c> fact</c><00:33:00.579><c> that</c><00:33:01.920><c> Moses</c><00:33:02.319><c> had</c><00:33:02.579><c> told</c><00:33:03.059><c> Joshua</c><00:33:03.640><c> to</c><00:33:03.859><c> take</c><00:33:04.140><c> all</c>

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:06.119
Israel<00:33:04.920><c> between</c><00:33:05.460><c> the</c><00:33:05.640><c> tribes</c><00:33:05.859><c> Mount</c>

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:12.099
Ebal<00:33:06.519><c> and</c><00:33:07.740><c> Gerizim.</c><00:33:09.019><c> There</c><00:33:09.279><c> he</c><00:33:09.420><c> was</c><00:33:09.599><c> to</c><00:33:09.740><c> assemble</c><00:33:10.039><c> the</c><00:33:10.240><c> nation.</c><00:33:11.240><c> The</c><00:33:11.480><c> priests</c><00:33:11.720><c> were</c><00:33:11.900><c> to</c>

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:16.900
stand<00:33:12.339><c> in</c><00:33:16.779><c> the</c>

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:19.460
crossings<00:33:17.160><c> and</c><00:33:17.240><c> the</c><00:33:17.519><c> cursings</c><00:33:17.859><c> were</c><00:33:18.279><c> to</c><00:33:18.339><c> be</c><00:33:18.539><c> read</c><00:33:18.700><c> out.</c><00:33:19.140><c> Among</c>

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:21.460
which<00:33:19.819><c> were</c><00:33:20.019><c> these</c><00:33:20.440><c> words</c><00:33:20.839><c> that</c><00:33:21.279><c> are</c>

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:26.059
never<00:33:21.700><c> to</c><00:33:21.940><c> make</c><00:33:22.259><c> a</c><00:33:22.759><c> graven</c><00:33:23.119><c> image</c><00:33:23.599><c> and</c><00:33:24.220><c> a</c><00:33:24.460><c> molten</c><00:33:24.660><c> image.</c><00:33:25.240><c> Those</c><00:33:25.599><c> words</c><00:33:25.920><c> had</c>

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.980
only<00:33:26.200><c> just</c><00:33:26.440><c> echoed</c><00:33:26.740><c> down</c>

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:30.460
the<00:33:27.200><c> veil</c><00:33:27.380><c> of</c><00:33:27.660><c> Shechem.</c><00:33:27.980><c> And</c><00:33:28.019><c> here's</c><00:33:28.299><c> a</c><00:33:28.400><c> woman</c><00:33:29.000><c> who</c><00:33:29.900><c> dedicates</c>

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:33.700
that<00:33:30.700><c> silver</c><00:33:31.000><c> for</c><00:33:31.460><c> that</c><00:33:31.940><c> very</c><00:33:32.400><c> purpose.</c>

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:39.160
And<00:33:35.140><c> she</c><00:33:35.420><c> uses</c><00:33:35.900><c> the</c><00:33:36.240><c> very</c><00:33:36.799><c> words</c><00:33:37.099><c> of</c><00:33:37.420><c> Moses</c><00:33:37.680><c> used</c><00:33:38.099><c> on</c><00:33:38.220><c> that</c><00:33:38.380><c> occasion</c><00:33:38.799><c> in</c>

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.859
the<00:33:39.319><c> 27th</c><00:33:40.019><c> chapter</c><00:33:40.259><c> of</c><00:33:40.420><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:46.059
in<00:33:41.119><c> verse</c><00:33:41.240><c> 15.</c><00:33:42.579><c> The</c><00:33:42.839><c> former</c><00:33:43.079><c> generation,</c><00:33:44.000><c> maybe</c><00:33:44.380><c> her</c><00:33:44.960><c> own</c><00:33:45.299><c> self,</c><00:33:45.920><c> had</c>

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.619
been<00:33:46.339><c> witnesses</c><00:33:46.700><c> to</c><00:33:46.920><c> that</c><00:33:47.220><c> very</c>

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:50.500
statement.<00:33:48.099><c> And</c><00:33:48.220><c> she'd</c><00:33:48.500><c> forgotten</c><00:33:48.759><c> it</c><00:33:49.000><c> because</c><00:33:49.279><c> of</c><00:33:49.500><c> her</c><00:33:49.660><c> son.</c>

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:54.759
Her<00:33:51.779><c> son.</c><00:33:53.079><c> Her</c><00:33:53.380><c> son.</c><00:33:54.140><c> That's</c><00:33:54.440><c> all</c><00:33:54.579><c> she</c>

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:58.579
could<00:33:54.880><c> think</c><00:33:55.079><c> about.</c><00:33:56.380><c> And</c><00:33:56.519><c> so</c><00:33:56.599><c> she</c><00:33:56.720><c> gives</c><00:33:56.920><c> back</c><00:33:57.500><c> the</c><00:33:57.700><c> 200</c><00:33:58.000><c> pieces</c><00:33:58.319><c> of</c>

00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:00.619
silver.<00:33:59.680><c> What</c><00:33:59.819><c> does</c><00:34:00.039><c> Micah</c><00:34:00.279><c> do</c><00:34:00.440><c> with</c>

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:04.099
them?<00:34:01.980><c> Well,</c><00:34:02.319><c> he</c><00:34:02.420><c> made</c><00:34:02.640><c> a</c><00:34:02.980><c> graven</c><00:34:03.220><c> image</c><00:34:03.420><c> and</c><00:34:03.539><c> a</c><00:34:03.720><c> molten</c><00:34:03.859><c> image</c>

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:05.559
and<00:34:04.240><c> they</c><00:34:04.359><c> were</c><00:34:04.440><c> in</c><00:34:04.539><c> the</c><00:34:04.680><c> house</c><00:34:04.920><c> of</c><00:34:05.099><c> Micah.</c>

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:11.079
And<00:34:05.980><c> the</c><00:34:06.160><c> man</c><00:34:06.359><c> Micah</c><00:34:06.579><c> had</c><00:34:06.759><c> a</c><00:34:06.859><c> house</c><00:34:07.119><c> of</c><00:34:07.359><c> gods.</c><00:34:07.779><c> He</c><00:34:07.900><c> had</c><00:34:08.099><c> Beth</c><00:34:08.440><c> Erohim.</c><00:34:10.260><c> That</c><00:34:10.480><c> becomes</c><00:34:10.860><c> a</c>

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.460
name.<00:34:12.179><c> He's</c>

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:15.980
got<00:34:12.619><c> Beth</c><00:34:13.019><c> Erohim.</c><00:34:13.519><c> He's</c><00:34:13.719><c> got</c><00:34:13.860><c> a</c><00:34:13.940><c> house</c><00:34:14.239><c> of</c><00:34:14.559><c> gods.</c><00:34:15.139><c> A</c><00:34:15.340><c> house</c><00:34:15.679><c> of</c>

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:18.320
mighty<00:34:16.219><c> ones.</c><00:34:16.820><c> The</c><00:34:17.099><c> RSV</c><00:34:17.519><c> says</c><00:34:17.820><c> he</c><00:34:18.099><c> had</c>

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:23.900
a<00:34:18.539><c> shrine.</c><00:34:20.340><c> He</c><00:34:20.619><c> established</c><00:34:21.139><c> a</c><00:34:21.400><c> church,</c><00:34:21.940><c> brothers</c><00:34:22.039><c> and</c><00:34:22.260><c> sisters.</c><00:34:23.239><c> He</c><00:34:23.400><c> had</c><00:34:23.619><c> a</c>

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.920
fair<00:34:24.119><c> dinkum</c><00:34:24.460><c> church</c>

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:27.079
right<00:34:25.260><c> there</c><00:34:25.500><c> in</c><00:34:25.579><c> the</c><00:34:25.639><c> middle</c><00:34:25.800><c> of</c><00:34:25.940><c> the</c><00:34:26.059><c> land,</c><00:34:26.539><c> right</c><00:34:26.760><c> in</c><00:34:26.940><c> the</c>

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.880
place<00:34:27.260><c> where</c><00:34:27.519><c> Joshua</c><00:34:27.820><c> was</c><00:34:28.079><c> born</c><00:34:28.340><c> and</c><00:34:28.639><c> right</c>

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:31.219
under<00:34:29.079><c> the</c><00:34:29.260><c> shadow</c><00:34:29.420><c> of</c><00:34:29.559><c> the</c><00:34:29.719><c> tabernacle.</c><00:34:30.380><c> In</c><00:34:30.480><c> the</c><00:34:30.599><c> very</c><00:34:30.980><c> first</c>

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.739
generation<00:34:31.820><c> that</c><00:34:31.980><c> came</c><00:34:32.179><c> into</c><00:34:32.400><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:36.800
the<00:34:33.079><c> first</c><00:34:33.579><c> church</c><00:34:34.199><c> was</c><00:34:34.480><c> established.</c><00:34:36.159><c> And</c><00:34:36.179><c> his</c><00:34:36.420><c> mother</c><00:34:36.599><c> was</c>

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:38.559
a<00:34:36.940><c> contributor</c><00:34:37.280><c> to</c><00:34:37.440><c> the</c><00:34:37.579><c> church.</c><00:34:38.440><c> And</c>

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:41.159
the<00:34:38.619><c> man</c><00:34:38.880><c> who</c><00:34:39.179><c> built</c><00:34:39.360><c> it</c><00:34:39.679><c> was</c><00:34:39.880><c> the</c><00:34:40.059><c> fellow</c><00:34:40.219><c> that</c><00:34:40.400><c> just</c><00:34:40.920><c> stole</c>

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:44.960
it<00:34:41.400><c> over.</c><00:34:42.679><c> For</c><00:34:42.800><c> which</c><00:34:42.980><c> he</c><00:34:43.159><c> was</c><00:34:43.400><c> highly</c><00:34:43.860><c> commended.</c>

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.139
Every<00:34:45.519><c> man</c><00:34:45.780><c> that</c><00:34:45.880><c> was</c><00:34:46.099><c> right</c><00:34:46.320><c> in</c><00:34:46.440><c> his</c><00:34:46.619><c> own</c><00:34:46.800><c> eyes.</c><00:34:47.280><c> What</c><00:34:47.420><c> an</c><00:34:47.659><c> incredible</c><00:34:48.460><c> state</c><00:34:48.960><c> of</c>

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.639
affairs,<00:34:49.579><c> brothers</c>

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.699
and<00:34:49.860><c> sisters,</c><00:34:50.480><c> was</c><00:34:50.599><c> in</c><00:34:50.719><c> Israel.</c><00:34:51.260><c> And</c><00:34:51.440><c> he</c><00:34:51.519><c> had</c><00:34:51.659><c> an</c><00:34:51.860><c> ephod</c><00:34:52.119><c> and</c><00:34:52.239><c> he</c><00:34:52.260><c> had</c><00:34:52.480><c> a</c>

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:54.940
terafim.<00:34:54.199><c> He</c><00:34:54.340><c> had</c><00:34:54.460><c> an</c><00:34:54.639><c> ephod,</c>

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.619
of<00:34:55.099><c> course,</c><00:34:55.360><c> because</c><00:34:55.480><c> that</c><00:34:55.639><c> was</c><00:34:55.980><c> the</c><00:34:56.139><c> divine</c><00:34:56.460><c> means</c><00:34:56.679><c> of</c><00:34:56.900><c> communication</c><00:34:57.480><c> in</c><00:34:58.059><c> those</c><00:34:58.340><c> days</c><00:34:58.519><c> as</c>

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.440
it<00:34:58.760><c> was</c><00:34:58.980><c> before.</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:08.239
He<00:34:59.820><c> had</c><00:35:00.039><c> terafim.</c><00:35:01.820><c> They</c><00:35:01.880><c> were</c><00:35:02.119><c> Syrian</c><00:35:02.559><c> gods.</c><00:35:04.400><c> Household</c><00:35:04.900><c> gods.</c><00:35:06.400><c> Little</c><00:35:06.579><c> household</c><00:35:07.159><c> gods.</c><00:35:08.000><c> Like</c>

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:15.119
Lucky<00:35:08.679><c> Charms.</c><00:35:11.019><c> He</c><00:35:11.320><c> truly</c><00:35:11.679><c> had</c><00:35:11.900><c> a</c><00:35:12.099><c> church,</c><00:35:12.880><c> Beth</c><00:35:13.079><c> Erohim.</c><00:35:14.960><c> He</c>

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.900
had<00:35:15.300><c> a</c><00:35:15.460><c> multiplicity</c><00:35:16.019><c> of</c><00:35:16.199><c> gods,</c><00:35:16.760><c> brothers</c>

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:20.159
and<00:35:17.079><c> sisters.</c><00:35:17.719><c> What</c><00:35:17.920><c> an</c><00:35:18.099><c> incredible</c><00:35:19.039><c> thing.</c><00:35:19.599><c> And</c><00:35:19.800><c> what</c><00:35:19.900><c> do</c><00:35:20.000><c> we</c>

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:22.820
read?<00:35:20.760><c> He</c><00:35:21.340><c> consecrated</c><00:35:22.039><c> one</c><00:35:22.420><c> of</c><00:35:22.539><c> his</c>

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:27.199
sons<00:35:23.159><c> who</c><00:35:23.219><c> became</c><00:35:23.659><c> a</c><00:35:23.920><c> priest.</c><00:35:25.380><c> One</c><00:35:25.599><c> of</c><00:35:25.699><c> his</c><00:35:25.940><c> sons.</c><00:35:26.780><c> Why?</c><00:35:27.199><c> The</c>

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:30.380
man<00:35:27.480><c> was</c><00:35:28.039><c> of</c><00:35:28.239><c> the</c><00:35:28.460><c> tribe</c><00:35:28.599><c> of</c><00:35:28.760><c> Ephraim.</c>

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:34.400
What<00:35:31.219><c> an</c><00:35:31.460><c> incredible</c><00:35:32.179><c> understanding</c><00:35:32.659><c> he's</c><00:35:33.039><c> got</c><00:35:33.079><c> of</c><00:35:33.219><c> the</c><00:35:33.420><c> truth.</c><00:35:34.300><c> But</c>

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:36.900
you<00:35:34.500><c> know</c><00:35:34.679><c> what?</c><00:35:36.300><c> He</c><00:35:36.440><c> knew</c><00:35:36.659><c> better</c>

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:40.059
than<00:35:37.159><c> that.</c><00:35:38.239><c> He</c><00:35:38.460><c> consecrated</c><00:35:38.900><c> one</c><00:35:39.079><c> of</c><00:35:39.179><c> his</c><00:35:39.340><c> own</c><00:35:39.599><c> sons</c><00:35:39.800><c> to</c><00:35:39.960><c> be</c>

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:41.679
the<00:35:40.280><c> priest.</c><00:35:40.679><c> But</c><00:35:40.860><c> he</c><00:35:41.039><c> knew</c><00:35:41.199><c> that</c><00:35:41.380><c> wasn't</c>

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:45.619
right.<00:35:42.960><c> Because</c><00:35:43.260><c> down</c><00:35:43.500><c> in</c><00:35:43.659><c> verse</c><00:35:43.900><c> 13,</c><00:35:44.340><c> then</c><00:35:44.519><c> Micah</c><00:35:44.840><c> said,</c><00:35:45.500><c> Now</c>

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:47.019
I<00:35:45.719><c> know</c><00:35:45.940><c> that</c><00:35:46.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:46.360><c> will</c><00:35:46.559><c> do</c><00:35:46.679><c> me</c><00:35:46.840><c> good,</c>

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:52.800
to<00:35:47.920><c> be</c><00:35:48.119><c> my</c><00:35:48.380><c> priest.</c><00:35:49.659><c> He</c><00:35:49.860><c> knew</c><00:35:50.179><c> it</c><00:35:50.280><c> was</c><00:35:50.599><c> wrong</c><00:35:50.780><c> to</c><00:35:51.079><c> have</c><00:35:51.420><c> a</c><00:35:51.860><c> member</c><00:35:52.099><c> of</c><00:35:52.280><c> the</c><00:35:52.440><c> tribe</c><00:35:52.599><c> of</c>

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.780
Ephraim.<00:35:53.539><c> But</c><00:35:53.659><c> that</c>

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:57.760
didn't<00:35:53.960><c> stop</c><00:35:54.159><c> him</c><00:35:54.280><c> from</c><00:35:54.420><c> making</c><00:35:54.619><c> one</c><00:35:54.820><c> of</c><00:35:54.900><c> his</c><00:35:55.039><c> sons</c><00:35:55.239><c> priest.</c><00:35:55.900><c> And</c><00:35:56.000><c> the</c><00:35:56.159><c> fact</c><00:35:56.340><c> that</c><00:35:57.019><c> he</c><00:35:57.079><c> could</c><00:35:57.239><c> get</c><00:35:57.400><c> a</c><00:35:57.559><c> Levi</c>

00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:00.380
only<00:35:58.360><c> meant</c><00:35:58.599><c> that</c><00:35:58.719><c> he</c><00:35:58.739><c> got</c><00:35:58.880><c> a</c><00:35:58.980><c> bit</c><00:35:59.119><c> closer</c><00:35:59.420><c> to</c><00:35:59.579><c> the</c><00:35:59.760><c> truth.</c><00:36:00.219><c> Or</c>

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:02.119
as<00:36:00.539><c> far</c><00:36:00.679><c> as</c><00:36:00.880><c> Micah</c><00:36:01.079><c> was</c><00:36:01.219><c> concerned,</c><00:36:01.679><c> he'd</c>

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:05.179
arrived<00:36:02.340><c> at</c><00:36:02.539><c> the</c><00:36:03.079><c> absolute</c><00:36:03.460><c> end</c><00:36:03.800><c> of</c><00:36:03.940><c> the</c><00:36:04.099><c> truth,</c><00:36:04.500><c> which</c><00:36:04.679><c> showed</c><00:36:04.860><c> his</c>

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:07.300
appalling<00:36:05.860><c> ignorance</c><00:36:06.260><c> because</c><00:36:06.539><c> he</c>

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:09.639
hadn't.<00:36:08.219><c> But</c><00:36:08.340><c> he</c><00:36:08.440><c> is</c><00:36:08.599><c> a</c><00:36:08.699><c> man</c><00:36:08.840><c> that</c><00:36:09.000><c> is</c><00:36:09.099><c> going</c><00:36:09.199><c> to</c><00:36:09.280><c> make</c><00:36:09.380><c> one</c><00:36:09.559><c> of</c>

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:11.079
his<00:36:09.820><c> own</c><00:36:10.059><c> sons</c><00:36:10.320><c> priest</c><00:36:10.639><c> from</c><00:36:10.800><c> the</c><00:36:10.960><c> tribe</c>

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:15.420
of<00:36:11.280><c> Ephraim.</c><00:36:11.900><c> Who</c><00:36:12.179><c> cares?</c><00:36:12.519><c> He</c><00:36:12.719><c> had</c><00:36:12.860><c> some</c><00:36:13.579><c> vague</c><00:36:13.980><c> idea</c><00:36:14.539><c> that</c><00:36:14.860><c> somewhere</c><00:36:15.219><c> in</c>

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:17.000
the<00:36:15.539><c> law</c><00:36:15.679><c> of</c><00:36:15.840><c> Moses,</c><00:36:16.679><c> goodness</c>

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:20.340
he<00:36:17.139><c> doesn't</c><00:36:17.139><c> even</c><00:36:17.280><c> know</c><00:36:17.340><c> where</c><00:36:17.539><c> to</c><00:36:17.719><c> find</c><00:36:18.000><c> it,</c><00:36:18.360><c> but</c><00:36:18.559><c> it</c><00:36:18.719><c> said</c><00:36:19.119><c> somewhere</c><00:36:19.800><c> that</c><00:36:20.139><c> a</c>

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:21.340
Levi<00:36:20.599><c> had</c><00:36:20.840><c> to</c><00:36:20.960><c> be</c><00:36:21.059><c> a</c>

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:25.780
priest.<00:36:23.920><c> Nowhere</c><00:36:24.320><c> does</c><00:36:24.619><c> he</c><00:36:24.800><c> say</c><00:36:24.960><c> that</c><00:36:25.159><c> in</c><00:36:25.239><c> the</c><00:36:25.380><c> law,</c><00:36:25.619><c> brethren</c>

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:27.539
and<00:36:26.039><c> sisters.</c><00:36:26.460><c> He</c><00:36:26.659><c> was</c><00:36:26.840><c> even</c><00:36:27.119><c> wrong</c><00:36:27.320><c> in</c>

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:31.619
that.<00:36:29.219><c> But</c><00:36:29.360><c> at</c><00:36:29.599><c> least</c><00:36:29.960><c> he</c><00:36:30.079><c> knew</c><00:36:30.260><c> he</c><00:36:30.360><c> was</c><00:36:30.559><c> wrong</c><00:36:30.760><c> as</c><00:36:30.980><c> far</c><00:36:31.119><c> as</c><00:36:31.219><c> making</c><00:36:31.420><c> one</c>

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.820
of<00:36:31.659><c> his</c><00:36:31.800><c> own</c><00:36:32.079><c> sons</c><00:36:32.280><c> priest</c><00:36:32.539><c> was</c>

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:36.219
concerned.<00:36:33.539><c> But</c><00:36:33.639><c> that's</c><00:36:33.820><c> what</c><00:36:33.960><c> it</c><00:36:34.119><c> was.</c><00:36:34.699><c> And</c><00:36:34.780><c> the</c><00:36:34.960><c> record</c><00:36:35.380><c> states,</c><00:36:36.099><c> in</c>

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.639
those<00:36:36.500><c> days,</c><00:36:37.219><c> there</c><00:36:37.260><c> was</c><00:36:37.420><c> no</c>

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:40.300
king<00:36:37.840><c> in</c><00:36:38.000><c> Israel,</c><00:36:38.920><c> but</c><00:36:39.099><c> every</c><00:36:39.300><c> man</c><00:36:39.519><c> did</c><00:36:39.619><c> that</c><00:36:39.739><c> which</c><00:36:39.860><c> was</c><00:36:40.059><c> right</c><00:36:40.219><c> in</c>

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:43.599
his<00:36:40.460><c> own</c><00:36:40.679><c> eyes.</c><00:36:42.900><c> And</c><00:36:43.139><c> that</c><00:36:43.340><c> phrase</c>

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.699
is<00:36:43.840><c> put</c><00:36:43.960><c> there,</c><00:36:44.219><c> brethren</c><00:36:44.380><c> and</c><00:36:44.599><c> sisters,</c><00:36:45.199><c> that</c><00:36:45.320><c> the</c><00:36:45.460><c> writer</c>

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:47.039
of<00:36:45.820><c> that</c><00:36:46.019><c> story</c><00:36:46.239><c> might</c><00:36:46.460><c> just</c><00:36:46.679><c> tell</c><00:36:46.860><c> you</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:51.719
and<00:36:47.199><c> I,</c><00:36:47.960><c> have</c><00:36:48.079><c> a</c><00:36:48.260><c> look</c><00:36:48.440><c> at</c><00:36:48.739><c> that.</c><00:36:50.500><c> Now</c><00:36:50.679><c> there's</c><00:36:50.940><c> a</c><00:36:51.079><c> door</c><00:36:51.260><c> open</c>

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:55.139
on<00:36:52.119><c> one</c><00:36:52.239><c> of</c><00:36:52.300><c> the</c><00:36:52.480><c> homes</c><00:36:52.699><c> in</c><00:36:52.820><c> Israel.</c><00:36:54.980><c> Dear</c>

00:36:55.139 --> 00:37:00.519
old<00:36:55.460><c> man,</c><00:36:57.099><c> and</c><00:36:57.260><c> dear</c><00:36:57.380><c> little</c><00:36:57.599><c> Micah,</c><00:36:59.159><c> come</c><00:36:59.380><c> in</c><00:36:59.760><c> and</c><00:37:00.059><c> look</c><00:37:00.300><c> at</c>

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:04.400
that.<00:37:02.139><c> In</c><00:37:02.320><c> the</c><00:37:02.559><c> first</c><00:37:02.900><c> 40</c><00:37:03.300><c> years</c><00:37:03.780><c> of</c><00:37:04.019><c> inheritance</c>

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:08.920
in<00:37:04.579><c> the</c><00:37:04.739><c> land,</c><00:37:05.900><c> have</c><00:37:06.039><c> a</c><00:37:06.099><c> look</c><00:37:06.280><c> at</c><00:37:06.440><c> that.</c><00:37:07.739><c> Every</c><00:37:08.179><c> man</c><00:37:08.539><c> who</c><00:37:08.699><c> did</c>

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:10.460
that<00:37:09.119><c> which</c><00:37:09.280><c> was</c><00:37:09.539><c> right</c><00:37:09.679><c> in</c><00:37:09.800><c> his</c><00:37:09.940><c> own</c><00:37:10.159><c> eyes,</c>

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:16.199
there's<00:37:10.940><c> no</c><00:37:11.219><c> king</c><00:37:11.480><c> in</c><00:37:11.739><c> Israel.</c><00:37:13.539><c> Then</c><00:37:13.639><c> the</c><00:37:13.780><c> story</c><00:37:13.960><c> goes</c><00:37:14.260><c> on.</c><00:37:16.000><c> And</c><00:37:16.099><c> it</c>

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:17.800
tells<00:37:16.440><c> us</c><00:37:16.679><c> about</c><00:37:17.199><c> this</c><00:37:17.500><c> young</c>

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:22.119
fellow<00:37:18.039><c> who</c><00:37:18.280><c> came</c><00:37:18.519><c> up</c><00:37:19.219><c> and</c><00:37:20.099><c> who</c><00:37:20.239><c> became</c><00:37:20.460><c> the</c><00:37:20.719><c> foundation</c><00:37:21.219><c> member</c><00:37:21.639><c> of</c>

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.659
the<00:37:22.320><c> greatest</c><00:37:22.659><c> apostasy</c><00:37:23.260><c> that</c><00:37:23.440><c> ever</c>

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:27.980
swept<00:37:23.880><c> Israel,</c><00:37:24.639><c> that</c><00:37:24.860><c> finally</c><00:37:25.260><c> swept</c><00:37:25.579><c> Jezebel</c><00:37:25.980><c> into</c><00:37:26.159><c> the</c><00:37:26.360><c> land.</c><00:37:27.760><c> There</c><00:37:27.820><c> was</c>

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:29.420
a<00:37:28.119><c> young</c><00:37:28.360><c> man</c><00:37:28.579><c> out</c><00:37:28.800><c> of</c><00:37:28.960><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:32.519
Judah.<00:37:29.699><c> Of</c><00:37:29.860><c> the</c><00:37:30.019><c> family</c><00:37:30.340><c> of</c><00:37:30.539><c> Judah,</c><00:37:31.039><c> he</c><00:37:31.179><c> was</c><00:37:31.380><c> a</c><00:37:31.500><c> Levite</c><00:37:31.940><c> and</c><00:37:32.239><c> he</c>

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:34.699
sojourned<00:37:33.019><c> there.</c><00:37:33.639><c> That</c><00:37:33.900><c> young</c><00:37:34.239><c> man,</c><00:37:34.440><c> brethren</c>

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:39.780
and<00:37:35.139><c> sisters,</c><00:37:35.539><c> was</c><00:37:35.579><c> the</c><00:37:35.840><c> grandson</c><00:37:36.320><c> of</c><00:37:36.559><c> Moses.</c><00:37:38.719><c> Incredible.</c>

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:43.260
Let<00:37:40.579><c> me</c><00:37:40.719><c> say</c><00:37:40.880><c> that</c><00:37:41.019><c> again.</c><00:37:42.059><c> He</c><00:37:42.199><c> was</c><00:37:42.420><c> the</c><00:37:42.760><c> grandson</c>

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:48.699
of<00:37:43.659><c> Moses.</c><00:37:46.300><c> Brethren</c><00:37:46.480><c> and</c><00:37:46.719><c> sisters,</c><00:37:47.539><c> if</c><00:37:47.940><c> a</c><00:37:48.239><c> brother</c><00:37:48.420><c> turned</c>

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:50.460
up<00:37:48.980><c> here</c><00:37:49.239><c> next</c><00:37:49.480><c> Sunday</c><00:37:49.800><c> morning</c><00:37:50.099><c> at</c><00:37:50.260><c> the</c>

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:56.280
door,<00:37:52.260><c> and</c><00:37:52.400><c> we</c><00:37:52.579><c> lived</c><00:37:52.800><c> it</c><00:37:53.079><c> back</c><00:37:53.219><c> in</c><00:37:53.400><c> the</c><00:37:53.480><c> days</c><00:37:53.659><c> of</c><00:37:53.840><c> the</c><00:37:54.019><c> pioneers,</c><00:37:55.739><c> and</c><00:37:56.000><c> he</c>

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:57.659
introduced<00:37:56.659><c> himself</c><00:37:57.260><c> as</c>

00:37:57.659 --> 00:38:00.280
the<00:37:58.119><c> grandson</c><00:37:58.300><c> of</c><00:37:58.539><c> brother</c><00:37:58.860><c> Thomas,</c><00:37:59.579><c> what</c><00:37:59.780><c> would</c><00:37:59.900><c> you</c><00:38:00.079><c> expect</c>

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:04.519
of<00:38:00.420><c> him?</c><00:38:02.320><c> What</c><00:38:02.699><c> would</c><00:38:03.199><c> you</c><00:38:03.780><c> expect</c><00:38:04.360><c> of</c>

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:11.400
him?<00:38:06.400><c> Now</c><00:38:06.639><c> you</c><00:38:06.820><c> know</c><00:38:07.139><c> what</c><00:38:07.340><c> you</c><00:38:07.440><c> would</c><00:38:07.619><c> expect</c><00:38:07.920><c> of</c><00:38:08.039><c> him.</c><00:38:09.500><c> You</c><00:38:09.559><c> would</c><00:38:09.719><c> expect</c><00:38:10.119><c> of</c><00:38:10.280><c> him</c><00:38:10.760><c> of</c><00:38:11.059><c> a</c>

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.300
big,<00:38:12.119><c> healthy</c>

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:16.760
attitude<00:38:13.039><c> to</c><00:38:13.280><c> the</c><00:38:13.480><c> truth.</c><00:38:14.840><c> You</c><00:38:15.000><c> would</c><00:38:15.179><c> expect</c><00:38:15.579><c> of</c><00:38:15.760><c> him</c><00:38:16.300><c> of</c><00:38:16.619><c> a</c>

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:18.699
robust<00:38:17.260><c> understanding</c><00:38:18.039><c> of</c><00:38:18.219><c> the</c><00:38:18.420><c> Scriptures</c>

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:24.000
that<00:38:19.000><c> led</c><00:38:19.139><c> him</c><00:38:20.239><c> to</c><00:38:20.579><c> an</c><00:38:20.900><c> absolute</c><00:38:21.380><c> intolerance</c><00:38:22.360><c> of</c><00:38:22.579><c> wrong</c><00:38:22.739><c> doctrine.</c><00:38:23.860><c> You</c>

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:27.079
would<00:38:24.159><c> expect</c><00:38:24.539><c> of</c><00:38:24.619><c> him,</c><00:38:27.079><c> brethren</c>

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:30.000
of<00:38:27.579><c> the</c><00:38:27.579><c> nation,</c><00:38:28.000><c> of</c><00:38:28.000><c> the</c><00:38:28.300><c> weak,</c><00:38:28.639><c> insipid</c><00:38:29.380><c> christened</c><00:38:29.800><c> which</c>

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.019
is<00:38:30.199><c> at</c><00:38:30.400><c> large.</c><00:38:30.880><c> You</c><00:38:31.059><c> would</c><00:38:31.239><c> expect</c><00:38:31.719><c> of</c><00:38:31.880><c> him</c>

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:37.380
because<00:38:32.260><c> he</c><00:38:32.360><c> was</c><00:38:32.619><c> brother</c><00:38:32.880><c> Thomas'</c><00:38:33.500><c> grandson.</c><00:38:34.159><c> Well,</c><00:38:34.480><c> this</c><00:38:34.820><c> fellow</c><00:38:35.239><c> is</c><00:38:35.980><c> the</c><00:38:36.280><c> grandson</c><00:38:36.679><c> of</c><00:38:37.219><c> a</c>

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.739
man<00:38:38.400><c> whom</c>

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:41.519
brother<00:38:39.019><c> Thomas</c><00:38:39.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:40.000><c> be</c><00:38:40.280><c> worthy</c><00:38:40.460><c> to</c><00:38:40.679><c> lose</c><00:38:40.840><c> his</c><00:38:41.099><c> shoes.</c>

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:47.679
Moses.<00:38:44.880><c> And</c><00:38:45.420><c> he's</c><00:38:45.820><c> so</c><00:38:46.019><c> damn</c><00:38:46.340><c> weak</c><00:38:46.940><c> and</c>

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:52.360
insipid<00:38:48.460><c> and</c><00:38:49.199><c> sickly</c><00:38:49.699><c> and</c><00:38:50.219><c> lazy</c><00:38:50.780><c> and</c><00:38:51.320><c> good</c><00:38:51.539><c> for</c><00:38:51.820><c> nothing,</c><00:38:52.219><c> he</c>

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:57.000
can't<00:38:52.639><c> get</c><00:38:52.800><c> a</c><00:38:53.000><c> job.</c><00:38:55.340><c> Would</c><00:38:55.460><c> a</c><00:38:55.639><c> man</c><00:38:55.780><c> like</c><00:38:56.039><c> that</c>

00:38:57.579 --> 00:39:03.320
find<00:38:58.139><c> a</c><00:38:58.139><c> job?</c><00:38:58.139><c> He</c><00:38:58.139><c> can't</c><00:38:58.139><c> find</c><00:38:58.659><c> a</c><00:38:58.840><c> job.</c><00:39:01.739><c> And</c><00:39:01.900><c> he's</c><00:39:02.079><c> the</c><00:39:02.340><c> grandson,</c><00:39:03.019><c> thinks</c>

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:04.239
he's<00:39:03.619><c> carrying</c><00:39:03.900><c> a</c><00:39:04.119><c> name</c>

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:07.960
around<00:39:04.500><c> like</c><00:39:04.800><c> that.</c><00:39:05.860><c> And</c><00:39:06.079><c> he</c><00:39:06.300><c> hasn't</c><00:39:06.659><c> got</c><00:39:06.960><c> the</c><00:39:07.159><c> initiative</c><00:39:07.659><c> to</c>

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:11.619
get<00:39:08.139><c> a</c><00:39:08.280><c> job</c><00:39:08.500><c> with</c><00:39:08.699><c> it.</c><00:39:10.239><c> And</c><00:39:10.500><c> he</c><00:39:10.800><c> wanders</c><00:39:11.119><c> up</c><00:39:11.380><c> into</c>

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:16.739
Mount<00:39:11.880><c> Ephraim.</c><00:39:13.659><c> A</c><00:39:14.139><c> useless</c><00:39:14.760><c> oath.</c><00:39:15.719><c> And</c><00:39:15.880><c> the</c><00:39:16.119><c> writer</c><00:39:16.380><c> in</c><00:39:16.440><c> that</c>

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:19.300
paints<00:39:17.099><c> a</c><00:39:17.340><c> picture</c><00:39:17.559><c> of</c><00:39:17.760><c> that</c><00:39:18.159><c> weak,</c><00:39:18.980><c> sickly,</c>

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:22.519
useless<00:39:19.739><c> oath</c><00:39:20.119><c> that</c><00:39:20.460><c> only</c><00:39:20.659><c> says</c><00:39:20.860><c> one</c><00:39:21.280><c> word</c><00:39:21.519><c> in</c><00:39:21.679><c> the</c><00:39:21.860><c> whole</c><00:39:22.039><c> record</c><00:39:22.340><c> and</c>

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.739
that<00:39:22.599><c> you</c><00:39:22.739><c> can</c><00:39:22.920><c> hardly</c><00:39:23.159><c> understand,</c>

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:27.380
a<00:39:24.159><c> generalization</c><00:39:24.780><c> which</c><00:39:24.980><c> means</c><00:39:25.320><c> nothing.</c><00:39:26.679><c> People</c><00:39:27.059><c> treat</c>

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:30.239
him<00:39:27.460><c> with</c><00:39:27.699><c> the</c><00:39:27.900><c> absolute</c><00:39:28.219><c> content</c><00:39:29.139><c> though</c>

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:34.239
they<00:39:30.760><c> indulge</c><00:39:31.099><c> him</c><00:39:31.199><c> because</c><00:39:31.480><c> of</c><00:39:31.619><c> his</c><00:39:31.880><c> name</c><00:39:32.199><c> and</c><00:39:32.539><c> he</c><00:39:32.780><c> can't</c><00:39:33.079><c> even</c><00:39:33.460><c> capitalize</c><00:39:33.940><c> on</c>

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:36.500
that.<00:39:36.019><c> And</c><00:39:36.139><c> the</c><00:39:36.340><c> writer</c>

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:41.599
is<00:39:36.820><c> showing</c><00:39:36.960><c> us,</c><00:39:37.219><c> brethren</c><00:39:37.400><c> and</c><00:39:37.619><c> sisters,</c><00:39:38.079><c> he's</c><00:39:38.280><c> not</c><00:39:38.440><c> only</c><00:39:39.219><c> opening</c><00:39:39.639><c> the</c><00:39:39.860><c> door</c><00:39:40.300><c> upon</c><00:39:40.619><c> what</c><00:39:40.840><c> we</c><00:39:41.099><c> sometimes</c>

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:44.360
call<00:39:42.099><c> the</c><00:39:42.440><c> rank</c><00:39:42.619><c> and</c><00:39:42.840><c> file</c><00:39:42.980><c> members</c><00:39:43.260><c> of</c><00:39:43.420><c> the</c><00:39:43.579><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:39:44.099><c> he's</c>

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.929
opened<00:39:44.599><c> the</c><00:39:44.820><c> door</c><00:39:45.300><c> upon</c><00:39:45.659><c> a</c><00:39:46.179><c> prominent</c><00:39:46.639><c> family</c>

00:39:46.929 --> 00:39:52.289
in<00:39:47.510><c> Israel.</c><00:39:50.170><c> We</c><00:39:50.309><c> know</c><00:39:50.610><c> he's</c><00:39:50.849><c> the</c><00:39:50.989><c> grandson</c><00:39:51.289><c> of</c><00:39:51.590><c> Moses</c><00:39:51.869><c> because</c>

00:39:52.289 --> 00:39:56.769
over<00:39:52.550><c> in</c><00:39:52.690><c> chapter</c><00:39:52.949><c> 18,</c><00:39:53.750><c> verse</c><00:39:54.010><c> 30,</c><00:39:56.429><c> he's</c>

00:39:56.769 --> 00:40:00.969
named<00:39:57.289><c> as,</c><00:39:58.829><c> and</c><00:39:59.469><c> the</c><00:39:59.650><c> children</c><00:39:59.789><c> of</c><00:40:00.050><c> Dan</c><00:40:00.230><c> set</c><00:40:00.409><c> up</c><00:40:00.550><c> the</c><00:40:00.750><c> graven</c>

00:40:00.969 --> 00:40:02.989
image<00:40:01.269><c> in</c><00:40:01.550><c> Jonathan,</c><00:40:02.090><c> the</c><00:40:02.150><c> son</c><00:40:02.369><c> of</c><00:40:02.570><c> Gershon,</c>

00:40:03.170 --> 00:40:08.090
the<00:40:03.289><c> son</c><00:40:03.530><c> of</c><00:40:03.730><c> Manasseh.</c><00:40:06.170><c> And</c><00:40:06.329><c> the</c><00:40:06.469><c> word</c><00:40:06.630><c> Manasseh,</c><00:40:07.150><c> of</c><00:40:07.349><c> course,</c><00:40:07.949><c> has</c>

00:40:08.090 --> 00:40:09.130
been<00:40:08.369><c> altered,</c><00:40:08.769><c> brethren</c><00:40:08.889><c> and</c>

00:40:09.130 --> 00:40:12.329
sisters.<00:40:09.989><c> All</c><00:40:10.150><c> the</c><00:40:10.349><c> ancient</c><00:40:10.670><c> manuscripts</c><00:40:11.230><c> of</c><00:40:11.750><c> any</c><00:40:11.969><c> validity,</c>

00:40:12.329 --> 00:40:14.110
of<00:40:12.610><c> course,</c><00:40:13.329><c> record</c><00:40:13.550><c> the</c><00:40:13.809><c> fact</c><00:40:13.989><c> that</c>

00:40:14.110 --> 00:40:19.090
it's<00:40:14.289><c> Moses.</c><00:40:15.730><c> Moses'</c><00:40:16.349><c> son,</c><00:40:16.409><c> you</c><00:40:16.469><c> remember</c><00:40:16.789><c> his</c><00:40:16.969><c> name</c><00:40:17.389><c> Gershon,</c><00:40:18.230><c> the</c><00:40:18.409><c> refugee</c><00:40:18.869><c> as</c>

00:40:19.090 --> 00:40:20.309
the<00:40:19.210><c> name</c><00:40:19.389><c> means.</c>

00:40:20.369 --> 00:40:25.190
Moses'<00:40:20.969><c> son</c><00:40:21.110><c> was</c><00:40:21.349><c> Gershon</c><00:40:21.829><c> and</c><00:40:21.949><c> Gershon's</c><00:40:22.530><c> son</c><00:40:22.829><c> was</c><00:40:23.369><c> Jonathan.</c><00:40:24.090><c> He</c><00:40:24.210><c> is</c><00:40:24.389><c> the</c><00:40:24.590><c> grandson</c><00:40:24.949><c> of</c>

00:40:25.190 --> 00:40:26.010
Moses.<00:40:25.909><c> And</c>

00:40:26.010 --> 00:40:28.750
the<00:40:26.230><c> Jewish</c><00:40:26.409><c> scribes</c><00:40:26.949><c> who</c><00:40:27.469><c> inscribed</c><00:40:27.929><c> the</c><00:40:28.170><c> record,</c><00:40:28.429><c> brethren</c>

00:40:28.750 --> 00:40:30.849
and<00:40:28.929><c> sisters,</c><00:40:29.789><c> painfully</c><00:40:30.130><c> from</c><00:40:30.329><c> the</c><00:40:30.510><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:40:31.250 --> 00:40:34.949
would<00:40:31.510><c> never</c><00:40:31.809><c> alter</c><00:40:32.010><c> the</c><00:40:32.210><c> Bible,</c><00:40:32.429><c> but</c><00:40:32.570><c> they</c><00:40:32.710><c> did</c><00:40:32.829><c> on</c><00:40:32.929><c> that</c><00:40:33.090><c> occasion,</c><00:40:34.750><c> to</c>

00:40:34.949 --> 00:40:36.190
protect<00:40:35.409><c> the</c><00:40:35.650><c> honour</c><00:40:35.849><c> of</c>

00:40:36.190 --> 00:40:40.889
a<00:40:36.329><c> man</c><00:40:36.730><c> that</c><00:40:36.909><c> they</c><00:40:37.150><c> almost</c><00:40:37.489><c> deified.</c><00:40:38.409><c> And</c><00:40:38.730><c> here</c><00:40:39.030><c> is</c><00:40:39.469><c> his</c><00:40:39.730><c> grandson.</c><00:40:40.730><c> What</c>

00:40:40.889 --> 00:40:42.250
an<00:40:41.090><c> incredible</c><00:40:41.769><c> individual.</c>

00:40:42.250 --> 00:40:49.469
Now<00:40:42.590><c> look</c><00:40:42.789><c> what</c><00:40:42.929><c> he's</c><00:40:43.130><c> doing.</c><00:40:43.510><c> Come</c><00:40:43.650><c> back</c><00:40:43.829><c> to</c><00:40:43.929><c> chapter</c><00:40:44.210><c> 17.</c><00:40:49.130><c> Verse</c><00:40:49.309><c> 8,</c>

00:40:49.510 --> 00:40:50.869
and<00:40:49.590><c> the</c><00:40:49.590><c> man</c><00:40:49.889><c> departed</c><00:40:50.429><c> out</c><00:40:50.650><c> of</c><00:40:50.750><c> the</c>

00:40:50.869 --> 00:40:53.269
city<00:40:51.030><c> from</c><00:40:51.210><c> Bethlehem</c><00:40:51.690><c> Judah</c><00:40:51.929><c> to</c><00:40:52.230><c> sojourn</c><00:40:52.710><c> where</c><00:40:52.869><c> he</c><00:40:52.969><c> could</c>

00:40:53.269 --> 00:40:58.150
find.<00:40:55.369><c> To</c><00:40:55.510><c> sojourn</c><00:40:56.530><c> where</c><00:40:56.730><c> he</c><00:40:56.829><c> could</c><00:40:57.130><c> find.</c>

00:40:59.250 --> 00:41:01.969
The<00:40:59.489><c> phrase</c><00:40:59.690><c> in</c><00:40:59.889><c> the</c><00:41:00.030><c> Hebrew,</c><00:41:00.570><c> brethren</c><00:41:00.889><c> and</c><00:41:01.110><c> sisters,</c><00:41:01.409><c> means</c>

00:41:01.969 --> 00:41:05.809
to<00:41:02.469><c> get</c><00:41:02.570><c> his</c><00:41:02.869><c> living</c><00:41:03.110><c> where</c><00:41:03.369><c> he</c><00:41:03.650><c> could.</c><00:41:05.469><c> Now</c>

00:41:05.809 --> 00:41:08.889
you<00:41:06.010><c> imagine,</c><00:41:06.690><c> if</c><00:41:06.869><c> you</c><00:41:06.969><c> had</c><00:41:07.070><c> a</c><00:41:07.210><c> name</c><00:41:07.349><c> like</c><00:41:07.710><c> that,</c><00:41:08.510><c> and</c><00:41:08.670><c> he</c><00:41:08.730><c> had</c>

00:41:08.889 --> 00:41:11.289
no<00:41:09.230><c> scruples,</c><00:41:10.090><c> there</c><00:41:10.269><c> wasn't</c><00:41:10.489><c> a</c><00:41:10.929><c> scruple</c>

00:41:11.289 --> 00:41:14.250
in<00:41:11.389><c> his</c><00:41:11.550><c> body.</c><00:41:12.050><c> If</c><00:41:12.210><c> you</c><00:41:12.429><c> had</c><00:41:12.570><c> a</c><00:41:12.710><c> name</c><00:41:12.849><c> like</c><00:41:13.110><c> that,</c><00:41:13.409><c> brethren</c><00:41:13.510><c> and</c><00:41:13.670><c> sisters,</c><00:41:13.929><c> and</c><00:41:14.050><c> no</c>

00:41:14.250 --> 00:41:14.690
scruples,<00:41:14.550><c> what</c>

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would<00:41:14.869><c> you</c><00:41:15.030><c> do</c><00:41:15.250><c> with</c><00:41:15.389><c> it?</c><00:41:16.690><c> I'd</c><00:41:17.050><c> be</c><00:41:17.190><c> living</c><00:41:17.349><c> in</c><00:41:17.510><c> the</c><00:41:17.650><c> lap</c><00:41:17.789><c> of</c><00:41:17.949><c> luxury.</c><00:41:18.690><c> I</c>

00:41:18.789 --> 00:41:20.750
make<00:41:18.949><c> no</c><00:41:19.190><c> mistake</c><00:41:19.489><c> about</c><00:41:19.769><c> that.</c>

00:41:21.150 --> 00:41:23.389
If<00:41:21.309><c> I</c><00:41:21.530><c> had</c><00:41:21.630><c> a</c><00:41:21.750><c> name</c><00:41:21.929><c> like</c><00:41:22.210><c> that</c><00:41:22.309><c> to</c><00:41:22.449><c> carve</c><00:41:22.650><c> around</c><00:41:22.889><c> Israel,</c><00:41:23.190><c> and</c>

00:41:23.389 --> 00:41:25.130
no<00:41:23.610><c> scruples,</c><00:41:24.269><c> I</c><00:41:24.469><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:24.670><c> be</c><00:41:24.869><c> working</c>

00:41:25.130 --> 00:41:28.929
for<00:41:25.309><c> my</c><00:41:25.429><c> living,</c><00:41:26.070><c> nor</c><00:41:26.170><c> would</c><00:41:26.289><c> I</c><00:41:26.349><c> be</c><00:41:26.570><c> hocking</c><00:41:27.409><c> it</c><00:41:27.530><c> around</c><00:41:27.750><c> Israel,</c><00:41:28.349><c> looking</c><00:41:28.590><c> for</c><00:41:28.769><c> a</c>

00:41:28.929 --> 00:41:29.530
job<00:41:29.070><c> where</c><00:41:29.210><c> I</c><00:41:29.250><c> could</c><00:41:29.349><c> get</c>

00:41:29.530 --> 00:41:32.409
one,<00:41:29.769><c> and</c><00:41:30.010><c> I</c><00:41:30.150><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:30.429><c> accept</c><00:41:30.730><c> a</c><00:41:30.889><c> job</c><00:41:31.070><c> for</c><00:41:31.309><c> $2</c><00:41:31.570><c>.50</c><00:41:31.909><c> a</c><00:41:32.150><c> year</c><00:41:32.250><c> to</c>

00:41:32.409 --> 00:41:34.289
act<00:41:32.570><c> as</c><00:41:32.710><c> part</c><00:41:32.809><c> of</c><00:41:32.929><c> a</c><00:41:33.110><c> priest,</c><00:41:33.389><c> which</c><00:41:33.550><c> he</c>

00:41:34.289 --> 00:41:42.050
did.<00:41:36.210><c> $2</c><00:41:36.730><c>.50</c><00:41:37.349><c> a</c><00:41:37.710><c> year.</c><00:41:39.489><c> And</c><00:41:39.690><c> he</c><00:41:39.750><c> took</c><00:41:39.989><c> it,</c><00:41:40.889><c> the</c><00:41:41.170><c> fool's</c><00:41:41.469><c> head,</c><00:41:41.750><c> with</c><00:41:41.909><c> a</c>

00:41:42.050 --> 00:41:44.170
name<00:41:42.170><c> like</c><00:41:42.489><c> that.</c><00:41:43.590><c> But</c><00:41:43.670><c> that's</c><00:41:44.010><c> the</c>

00:41:44.170 --> 00:41:48.789
character<00:41:44.489><c> of</c><00:41:44.630><c> the</c><00:41:44.750><c> man.</c><00:41:46.050><c> And</c><00:41:46.429><c> all</c><00:41:46.670><c> the</c><00:41:46.730><c> way</c><00:41:46.849><c> through</c><00:41:47.090><c> that</c><00:41:47.349><c> record,</c><00:41:48.010><c> he's</c><00:41:48.449><c> putty</c><00:41:48.650><c> in</c>

00:41:48.789 --> 00:41:49.610
the<00:41:48.929><c> hands</c><00:41:49.130><c> of</c><00:41:49.429><c> people.</c>

00:41:49.829 --> 00:41:54.909
He's<00:41:50.150><c> a</c><00:41:50.449><c> weak,</c><00:41:51.329><c> sickly,</c><00:41:52.309><c> insipid</c><00:41:52.710><c> individual.</c><00:41:54.050><c> And</c><00:41:54.369><c> he's</c><00:41:54.789><c> the</c>

00:41:54.909 --> 00:41:56.610
fellow,<00:41:55.409><c> brethren</c><00:41:55.409><c> and</c><00:41:55.650><c> sisters,</c><00:41:56.469><c> through</c>

00:41:56.610 --> 00:41:59.349
his<00:41:56.949><c> name.</c><00:41:57.230><c> Not</c><00:41:57.409><c> so</c><00:41:57.550><c> much</c><00:41:57.730><c> him,</c><00:41:58.250><c> but</c><00:41:58.369><c> the</c><00:41:58.510><c> very</c><00:41:58.809><c> name</c><00:41:58.949><c> that</c><00:41:59.110><c> he</c>

00:41:59.349 --> 00:42:01.929
bore,<00:42:00.429><c> and</c><00:42:00.590><c> the</c><00:42:00.829><c> influence</c><00:42:01.130><c> of</c><00:42:01.329><c> that</c><00:42:01.590><c> very</c>

00:42:01.929 --> 00:42:05.949
name<00:42:02.190><c> in</c><00:42:02.650><c> the</c><00:42:02.889><c> hands</c><00:42:03.110><c> of</c><00:42:03.329><c> that</c><00:42:03.710><c> stupid,</c><00:42:04.889><c> sickly,</c><00:42:05.170><c> no</c><00:42:05.449><c>-hoper,</c>

00:42:06.190 --> 00:42:07.969
was<00:42:06.329><c> the</c><00:42:06.630><c> cause</c><00:42:06.829><c> of</c><00:42:07.010><c> the</c><00:42:07.250><c> great</c><00:42:07.489><c> apostasy</c>

00:42:07.969 --> 00:42:12.710
of<00:42:08.190><c> damned</c><00:42:08.309><c> being</c><00:42:08.570><c> set</c><00:42:08.829><c> up</c><00:42:09.070><c> that</c><00:42:09.369><c> tore</c><00:42:09.550><c> the</c><00:42:09.769><c> heart</c><00:42:09.929><c> out</c><00:42:10.070><c> of</c><00:42:10.130><c> that</c><00:42:10.329><c> nation.</c><00:42:12.309><c> Every</c><00:42:12.570><c> man</c>

00:42:12.710 --> 00:42:13.110
did<00:42:12.829><c> that</c><00:42:13.010><c> which</c>

00:42:13.110 --> 00:42:17.309
was<00:42:13.309><c> right</c><00:42:13.449><c> in</c><00:42:13.570><c> his</c><00:42:13.730><c> own</c><00:42:13.909><c> eyes.</c><00:42:14.670><c> Looking</c><00:42:15.110><c> for</c><00:42:15.469><c> a</c><00:42:15.630><c> job.</c><00:42:16.949><c> What</c><00:42:17.110><c> an</c>

00:42:17.309 --> 00:42:18.889
incredible<00:42:17.929><c> thing.</c><00:42:18.550><c> And</c><00:42:18.690><c> do</c><00:42:18.789><c> you</c><00:42:18.789><c> know</c>

00:42:18.889 --> 00:42:22.590
what<00:42:19.130><c> else</c><00:42:19.250><c> we</c><00:42:19.469><c> learned</c><00:42:19.630><c> from</c><00:42:19.829><c> that?</c><00:42:22.070><c> Do</c><00:42:22.309><c> you</c><00:42:22.309><c> know</c><00:42:22.309><c> what</c><00:42:22.449><c> else</c>

00:42:22.590 --> 00:42:23.869
we<00:42:22.769><c> learned</c><00:42:22.909><c> from</c><00:42:23.110><c> that</c><00:42:23.409><c> fact</c><00:42:23.630><c> that</c><00:42:23.750><c> he</c>

00:42:23.869 --> 00:42:28.329
was<00:42:23.989><c> looking</c><00:42:24.190><c> for</c><00:42:24.389><c> a</c><00:42:24.489><c> job?</c><00:42:24.929><c> We</c><00:42:25.150><c> learned</c><00:42:25.429><c> this.</c><00:42:27.329><c> That</c><00:42:27.570><c> Israel</c>

00:42:28.329 --> 00:42:31.909
fleshed<00:42:29.989><c> into</c><00:42:30.170><c> the</c><00:42:30.409><c> land</c><00:42:30.789><c> from</c><00:42:31.110><c> the</c><00:42:31.329><c> conquests</c>

00:42:31.929 --> 00:42:37.690
of<00:42:32.210><c> Joshua,</c><00:42:33.289><c> fresh</c><00:42:33.550><c> into</c><00:42:33.849><c> that</c><00:42:34.150><c> land,</c><00:42:35.409><c> were</c><00:42:35.730><c> blatantly</c><00:42:36.429><c> disregarding</c><00:42:37.510><c> one</c>

00:42:37.690 --> 00:42:38.630
of<00:42:37.809><c> the</c><00:42:37.889><c> great</c><00:42:38.170><c> commandments</c>

00:42:38.630 --> 00:42:43.130
of<00:42:38.809><c> the</c><00:42:38.929><c> law.</c><00:42:40.170><c> That</c><00:42:40.389><c> is,</c><00:42:40.849><c> they</c><00:42:41.030><c> were</c><00:42:41.309><c> told</c><00:42:41.710><c> never</c><00:42:42.449><c> to</c><00:42:42.710><c> forsake</c>

00:42:43.130 --> 00:42:46.829
the<00:42:43.309><c> Levites.</c><00:42:45.429><c> Never</c><00:42:45.989><c> to</c><00:42:46.250><c> forsake</c><00:42:46.610><c> the</c>

00:42:46.829 --> 00:42:51.150
Levites.<00:42:48.090><c> Why?</c><00:42:49.429><c> Because</c><00:42:49.869><c> the</c><00:42:50.150><c> Levites</c><00:42:50.409><c> were</c><00:42:50.730><c> spread</c><00:42:50.949><c> through</c>

00:42:51.150 --> 00:42:53.949
Israel<00:42:51.469><c> in</c><00:42:51.630><c> the</c><00:42:51.769><c> 48</c><00:42:52.090><c> cities.</c><00:42:53.610><c> They</c><00:42:53.849><c> were</c>

00:42:53.949 --> 00:42:56.590
given<00:42:54.130><c> those</c><00:42:54.369><c> cities</c><00:42:54.650><c> and</c><00:42:54.989><c> suburbs.</c><00:42:55.750><c> And</c><00:42:55.969><c> Israel</c><00:42:56.190><c> was</c><00:42:56.449><c> told</c>

00:42:56.590 --> 00:42:58.489
they<00:42:56.710><c> had</c><00:42:56.829><c> to</c><00:42:57.010><c> keep</c><00:42:57.130><c> the</c><00:42:57.389><c> Levites.</c><00:42:57.929><c> Why?</c>

00:42:58.489 --> 00:43:00.949
Because<00:42:58.989><c> the</c><00:42:59.289><c> Levites</c><00:42:59.550><c> were</c><00:42:59.710><c> to</c><00:42:59.809><c> be</c><00:42:59.949><c> given</c><00:43:00.070><c> over</c><00:43:00.289><c> to</c><00:43:00.449><c> the</c><00:43:00.610><c> study</c><00:43:00.789><c> of</c>

00:43:00.949 --> 00:43:03.530
the<00:43:01.110><c> Word.</c><00:43:02.409><c> As</c><00:43:02.670><c> Hezekiah</c><00:43:03.230><c> said,</c>

00:43:03.789 --> 00:43:07.530
they<00:43:03.929><c> had</c><00:43:04.050><c> been</c><00:43:04.269><c> appointed</c><00:43:04.590><c> to</c><00:43:04.829><c> teach</c><00:43:05.269><c> the</c><00:43:05.690><c> good</c><00:43:06.030><c> knowledge</c><00:43:06.409><c> of</c><00:43:06.690><c> Yahweh.</c><00:43:07.289><c> Have</c><00:43:07.449><c> a</c>

00:43:07.530 --> 00:43:08.150
look<00:43:07.630><c> at</c><00:43:07.769><c> the</c><00:43:07.909><c> two</c>

00:43:08.150 --> 00:43:10.449
stories<00:43:08.409><c> in</c><00:43:08.570><c> the</c><00:43:08.630><c> book</c><00:43:08.789><c> of</c><00:43:08.989><c> Judges</c><00:43:09.269><c> concerning</c><00:43:09.730><c> the</c><00:43:10.170><c> Levite</c>

00:43:10.449 --> 00:43:12.349
of<00:43:10.630><c> Mount</c><00:43:10.849><c> Ephraim</c><00:43:11.130><c> that</c><00:43:11.489><c> carved</c><00:43:11.650><c> his</c><00:43:11.929><c> concubine</c>

00:43:12.349 --> 00:43:16.570
up<00:43:12.530><c> into</c><00:43:12.710><c> twelve</c><00:43:13.070><c> bits.</c><00:43:14.630><c> It</c><00:43:14.730><c> was</c><00:43:14.889><c> a</c><00:43:14.949><c> manifestation</c><00:43:15.630><c> of</c><00:43:15.809><c> the</c><00:43:15.889><c> good</c><00:43:16.090><c> knowledge</c><00:43:16.349><c> of</c>

00:43:16.570 --> 00:43:17.909
Yahweh,<00:43:17.010><c> wasn't</c><00:43:17.110><c> it?</c>

00:43:17.969 --> 00:43:20.489
Have<00:43:18.190><c> a</c><00:43:18.250><c> look</c><00:43:18.349><c> at</c><00:43:18.449><c> Jonathan,</c><00:43:18.909><c> the</c><00:43:19.050><c> grandson</c><00:43:19.429><c> of</c><00:43:19.710><c> Moses.</c><00:43:20.230><c> What</c>

00:43:20.489 --> 00:43:22.329
knowledge<00:43:20.769><c> did</c><00:43:20.969><c> he</c><00:43:21.230><c> have</c><00:43:21.510><c> of</c><00:43:21.690><c> Yahweh,</c><00:43:22.210><c> brothers</c>

00:43:22.329 --> 00:43:27.170
and<00:43:22.590><c> sisters?</c><00:43:23.130><c> The</c><00:43:23.269><c> sum</c><00:43:23.550><c> total</c><00:43:23.869><c> of</c><00:43:24.230><c> nil.</c><00:43:26.150><c> And</c><00:43:26.369><c> here</c><00:43:26.550><c> we</c><00:43:26.730><c> are</c><00:43:26.949><c> in</c>

00:43:27.170 --> 00:43:28.989
the<00:43:27.369><c> first</c><00:43:27.650><c> few</c><00:43:27.909><c> years</c><00:43:28.230><c> of</c><00:43:28.409><c> the</c><00:43:28.570><c> occupancy</c>

00:43:28.989 --> 00:43:33.269
of<00:43:29.130><c> the</c><00:43:29.289><c> land.</c><00:43:30.909><c> What</c><00:43:31.110><c> an</c><00:43:31.469><c> incredible</c><00:43:32.050><c> picture</c><00:43:32.349><c> is</c><00:43:32.489><c> being</c><00:43:32.710><c> painted</c><00:43:32.989><c> for</c>

00:43:33.269 --> 00:43:34.849
us.<00:43:33.809><c> And</c><00:43:33.909><c> that</c><00:43:34.010><c> is</c><00:43:34.230><c> Micah</c><00:43:34.550><c> doing.</c>

00:43:35.309 --> 00:43:38.530
Verse<00:43:35.570><c> 10,</c><00:43:35.829><c> Micah</c><00:43:36.150><c> said</c><00:43:36.309><c> unto</c><00:43:36.449><c> him,</c><00:43:36.670><c> dwell</c><00:43:36.989><c> with</c><00:43:37.309><c> me,</c><00:43:38.190><c> and</c><00:43:38.409><c> be</c>

00:43:38.530 --> 00:43:40.070
unto<00:43:38.690><c> me</c><00:43:38.929><c> a</c><00:43:39.070><c> father</c><00:43:39.429><c> and</c><00:43:39.590><c> a</c><00:43:39.829><c> priest,</c>

00:43:40.269 --> 00:43:44.610
and<00:43:40.349><c> I</c><00:43:40.489><c> will</c><00:43:40.650><c> give</c><00:43:40.809><c> thee</c><00:43:40.969><c> ten</c><00:43:41.289><c> shekels</c><00:43:41.630><c> of</c><00:43:41.750><c> silver</c><00:43:41.989><c> a</c><00:43:42.309><c> year.</c><00:43:43.550><c> That</c><00:43:43.909><c> results</c><00:43:44.389><c> in</c>

00:43:44.610 --> 00:43:48.010
about<00:43:44.929><c> $2</c><00:43:45.210><c>.50.</c><00:43:47.210><c> Ten</c><00:43:47.590><c> shekels</c>

00:43:48.010 --> 00:43:52.630
of<00:43:48.110><c> silver,</c><00:43:48.489><c> about</c><00:43:48.809><c> $2</c><00:43:49.110><c>.50</c><00:43:49.650><c> per</c><00:43:50.170><c> annum.</c><00:43:52.030><c> And</c><00:43:52.170><c> what's</c><00:43:52.469><c> he</c><00:43:52.469><c> going</c>

00:43:52.630 --> 00:43:54.650
to<00:43:52.809><c> be?</c><00:43:53.210><c> He's</c><00:43:53.409><c> going</c><00:43:53.530><c> to</c><00:43:53.630><c> be</c><00:43:53.769><c> a</c><00:43:54.150><c> father</c>

00:43:54.650 --> 00:43:58.289
and<00:43:55.090><c> a</c><00:43:55.349><c> priest.</c><00:43:56.909><c> Now</c><00:43:57.090><c> you</c><00:43:57.230><c> imagine,</c><00:43:57.670><c> brothers</c><00:43:57.829><c> and</c><00:43:58.070><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:58.309 --> 00:43:59.969
what's<00:43:58.530><c> being</c><00:43:58.809><c> done</c><00:43:59.010><c> here.</c><00:43:59.670><c> See</c><00:43:59.849><c> what</c>

00:43:59.969 --> 00:44:03.610
the<00:44:00.230><c> writer</c><00:44:00.389><c> is</c><00:44:00.630><c> telling</c><00:44:00.769><c> us.</c><00:44:01.449><c> See</c><00:44:01.590><c> the</c><00:44:01.809><c> graphic</c><00:44:02.090><c> picture</c><00:44:02.329><c> he's</c><00:44:02.869><c> portraying.</c><00:44:03.429><c> You</c>

00:44:03.610 --> 00:44:04.230
know<00:44:03.690><c> what</c><00:44:03.889><c> a</c><00:44:04.010><c> father</c>

00:44:04.230 --> 00:44:06.730
is.<00:44:04.769><c> You</c><00:44:05.070><c> can't</c><00:44:05.369><c> go</c><00:44:05.550><c> to</c><00:44:05.650><c> any</c><00:44:05.869><c> brother</c><00:44:06.010><c> in</c><00:44:06.130><c> the</c><00:44:06.250><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:06.550><c> and</c>

00:44:06.730 --> 00:44:08.130
say,<00:44:06.989><c> now</c><00:44:06.989><c> look,</c><00:44:07.150><c> brother,</c><00:44:07.690><c> we're</c><00:44:07.929><c> going</c><00:44:08.010><c> to</c>

00:44:08.130 --> 00:44:11.349
take<00:44:08.289><c> a</c><00:44:08.469><c> vote,</c><00:44:08.909><c> and</c><00:44:08.969><c> we're</c><00:44:09.550><c> going</c><00:44:09.730><c> to</c><00:44:09.750><c> have</c><00:44:09.849><c> a</c><00:44:09.969><c> vote</c><00:44:10.110><c> in</c><00:44:10.230><c> the</c><00:44:10.389><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:44:10.949><c> We're</c><00:44:11.150><c> going</c><00:44:11.210><c> to</c>

00:44:11.349 --> 00:44:11.869
vote<00:44:11.469><c> in</c><00:44:11.690><c> a</c>

00:44:11.869 --> 00:44:14.230
father,<00:44:12.610><c> or</c><00:44:12.809><c> we're</c><00:44:12.989><c> going</c><00:44:13.090><c> to</c><00:44:13.269><c> draw</c><00:44:13.409><c> names</c><00:44:13.670><c> out</c><00:44:13.829><c> of</c><00:44:13.949><c> the</c><00:44:14.090><c> hat.</c>

00:44:14.369 --> 00:44:15.670
Whoever's<00:44:14.610><c> name</c><00:44:14.829><c> comes</c><00:44:15.070><c> out</c><00:44:15.329><c> first</c><00:44:15.510><c> is</c>

00:44:15.670 --> 00:44:20.010
going<00:44:15.769><c> to</c><00:44:15.829><c> be</c><00:44:15.929><c> a</c><00:44:16.190><c> father.</c><00:44:18.429><c> Brothers</c><00:44:18.650><c> and</c><00:44:18.829><c> sisters,</c><00:44:19.449><c> run</c><00:44:19.570><c> through</c><00:44:19.869><c> the</c>

00:44:20.010 --> 00:44:21.050
Word<00:44:20.170><c> of</c><00:44:20.230><c> God,</c><00:44:20.489><c> which</c><00:44:20.610><c> I've</c><00:44:20.909><c> done</c>

00:44:21.050 --> 00:44:24.030
for<00:44:21.210><c> the</c><00:44:21.409><c> study</c><00:44:21.570><c> and</c><00:44:21.690><c> other</c><00:44:21.929><c> studies,</c><00:44:22.530><c> upon</c><00:44:22.750><c> what</c><00:44:23.030><c> constitutes</c><00:44:23.550><c> a</c><00:44:23.789><c> father.</c>

00:44:24.289 --> 00:44:24.969
You<00:44:24.349><c> know,</c><00:44:24.489><c> the</c><00:44:24.630><c> Apostle</c>

00:44:24.969 --> 00:44:29.210
Paul<00:44:25.210><c> said,</c><00:44:25.750><c> though</c><00:44:26.050><c> you</c><00:44:26.210><c> have</c><00:44:26.449><c> 10</c><00:44:26.869><c>,000</c><00:44:27.369><c> instructors</c><00:44:27.909><c> in</c><00:44:28.269><c> Christ,</c><00:44:28.789><c> you've</c><00:44:29.010><c> not</c>

00:44:29.210 --> 00:44:31.489
got<00:44:29.349><c> many</c><00:44:29.630><c> fathers.</c><00:44:31.329><c> A</c>

00:44:31.489 --> 00:44:35.869
father,<00:44:31.869><c> brothers</c><00:44:32.090><c> and</c><00:44:32.269><c> sisters,</c><00:44:32.949><c> isn't</c><00:44:33.210><c> made.</c><00:44:33.829><c> He</c><00:44:33.989><c> isn't</c><00:44:34.250><c> paid.</c><00:44:35.710><c> He</c>

00:44:35.869 --> 00:44:37.590
isn't<00:44:36.070><c> selected</c><00:44:36.489><c> like</c><00:44:36.789><c> that.</c>

00:44:37.889 --> 00:44:42.550
A<00:44:38.110><c> father</c><00:44:38.429><c> is</c><00:44:38.650><c> a</c><00:44:38.829><c> man</c><00:44:39.070><c> that</c><00:44:39.349><c> is</c><00:44:39.590><c> a</c><00:44:39.809><c> father</c><00:44:40.090><c> because</c><00:44:40.670><c> he</c><00:44:41.010><c> is</c><00:44:41.349><c> a</c><00:44:41.550><c> father.</c><00:44:42.309><c> He</c>

00:44:42.550 --> 00:44:44.090
shows<00:44:42.889><c> fatherly</c><00:44:43.550><c> characteristics.</c>

00:44:44.090 --> 00:44:47.949
He<00:44:44.489><c> shows</c><00:44:44.789><c> love</c><00:44:45.230><c> over</c><00:44:45.590><c> a</c><00:44:45.829><c> long</c><00:44:46.090><c> period</c><00:44:46.369><c> of</c><00:44:46.610><c> time.</c><00:44:46.889><c> He</c><00:44:46.929><c> manifests</c><00:44:47.489><c> himself</c>

00:44:47.949 --> 00:44:48.929
to<00:44:48.110><c> the</c><00:44:48.289><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:48.590><c> in</c><00:44:48.710><c> a</c>

00:44:48.929 --> 00:44:52.309
way<00:44:49.269><c> in</c><00:44:49.489><c> which</c><00:44:49.929><c> the</c><00:44:50.230><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:50.590><c> sees</c><00:44:50.929><c> him</c><00:44:51.349><c> as</c><00:44:51.550><c> a</c><00:44:51.710><c> man</c><00:44:51.949><c> guiding</c>

00:44:52.309 --> 00:44:53.949
their<00:44:52.690><c> fears,</c><00:44:53.130><c> guiding</c><00:44:53.369><c> their</c><00:44:53.630><c> destiny,</c>

00:44:54.150 --> 00:44:56.130
because<00:44:54.250><c> he</c><00:44:54.369><c> loves</c><00:44:54.630><c> them,</c><00:44:54.989><c> because</c><00:44:55.230><c> he</c><00:44:55.349><c> feels</c><00:44:55.570><c> a</c><00:44:55.750><c> sense</c><00:44:55.909><c> of</c>

00:44:56.130 --> 00:44:57.769
responsibility.<00:44:56.949><c> The</c><00:44:57.070><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:57.469><c> grows</c>

00:44:57.769 --> 00:45:00.050
to<00:44:57.969><c> love</c><00:44:58.090><c> him.</c><00:44:58.469><c> You</c><00:44:58.570><c> don't</c><00:44:58.929><c> make</c><00:44:59.250><c> a</c><00:44:59.349><c> father,</c><00:44:59.650><c> brothers</c><00:44:59.889><c> and</c>

00:45:00.050 --> 00:45:03.650
sisters.<00:45:00.349><c> He's</c><00:45:00.750><c> made.</c><00:45:02.070><c> And</c><00:45:02.289><c> here's</c><00:45:02.590><c> this</c><00:45:03.010><c> maker.</c>

00:45:03.829 --> 00:45:07.110
On<00:45:03.989><c> his</c><00:45:04.349><c> first</c><00:45:04.550><c> meeting</c><00:45:04.869><c> with</c><00:45:05.110><c> him,</c><00:45:05.630><c> he</c><00:45:05.809><c> can't</c><00:45:06.090><c> even</c><00:45:06.409><c> get</c><00:45:06.570><c> a</c><00:45:06.750><c> job,</c><00:45:06.949><c> and</c><00:45:07.070><c> he</c>

00:45:07.110 --> 00:45:09.349
wants<00:45:07.349><c> to</c><00:45:07.570><c> make</c><00:45:07.789><c> him</c><00:45:08.050><c> a</c><00:45:08.389><c> father.</c>

00:45:10.130 --> 00:45:14.789
Now,<00:45:10.550><c> there's</c><00:45:10.849><c> the</c><00:45:11.190><c> depth</c><00:45:11.530><c> of</c><00:45:11.829><c> maker's</c><00:45:12.309><c> mind,</c><00:45:13.809><c> about</c><00:45:13.989><c> as</c><00:45:14.429><c> deep</c>

00:45:14.789 --> 00:45:16.409
as<00:45:15.030><c> the</c><00:45:15.210><c> mud</c><00:45:15.329><c> of</c><00:45:15.449><c> that</c><00:45:15.650><c> footpath</c><00:45:16.030><c> at</c><00:45:16.210><c> the</c>

00:45:16.409 --> 00:45:18.809
front.<00:45:17.469><c> And</c><00:45:17.590><c> he's</c><00:45:17.750><c> not</c><00:45:17.849><c> only</c><00:45:17.949><c> going</c><00:45:18.110><c> to</c><00:45:18.110><c> make</c><00:45:18.230><c> him</c><00:45:18.429><c> a</c><00:45:18.610><c> father,</c>

00:45:19.070 --> 00:45:20.889
but<00:45:19.130><c> he's</c><00:45:19.250><c> going</c><00:45:19.329><c> to</c><00:45:19.409><c> make</c><00:45:19.530><c> him</c><00:45:19.730><c> a</c><00:45:19.989><c> priest.</c>

00:45:21.289 --> 00:45:23.949
What's<00:45:21.670><c> a</c><00:45:21.809><c> priest?</c><00:45:22.550><c> That</c><00:45:22.650><c> he</c><00:45:22.710><c> can</c><00:45:22.829><c> have</c><00:45:23.030><c> compassion</c><00:45:23.570><c> on</c><00:45:23.789><c> the</c>

00:45:23.949 --> 00:45:25.070
ignorant<00:45:24.110><c> and</c><00:45:24.389><c> them</c><00:45:24.510><c> that</c><00:45:24.690><c> are</c><00:45:24.690><c> out</c><00:45:24.829><c> of</c><00:45:24.949><c> the</c>

00:45:25.070 --> 00:45:27.909
way,<00:45:25.590><c> that</c><00:45:25.730><c> by</c><00:45:26.010><c> reason</c><00:45:26.329><c> of</c><00:45:26.510><c> the</c><00:45:26.769><c> experience</c><00:45:27.409><c> that</c><00:45:27.570><c> he's</c><00:45:27.789><c> had,</c>

00:45:28.050 --> 00:45:29.489
says<00:45:28.070><c> the</c><00:45:28.329><c> Apostle,</c><00:45:28.809><c> he</c><00:45:28.969><c> can</c><00:45:29.130><c> enter</c><00:45:29.309><c> into</c>

00:45:29.489 --> 00:45:33.929
the<00:45:29.610><c> feelings</c><00:45:29.869><c> of</c><00:45:30.130><c> others,</c><00:45:30.610><c> that</c><00:45:30.690><c> he's</c><00:45:31.070><c> merciful</c><00:45:31.469><c> and</c><00:45:32.110><c> faithful.</c><00:45:33.730><c> And</c>

00:45:33.929 --> 00:45:36.349
this<00:45:34.170><c> fellow</c><00:45:34.429><c> here</c><00:45:35.070><c> hadn't</c>

00:45:36.349 --> 00:45:38.929
even<00:45:36.590><c> shown</c><00:45:36.789><c> me</c><00:45:36.969><c> those</c><00:45:37.190><c> characteristics.</c><00:45:38.010><c> He</c><00:45:38.130><c> hadn't</c><00:45:38.329><c> had</c><00:45:38.510><c> time</c><00:45:38.809><c> to</c>

00:45:38.929 --> 00:45:40.989
show<00:45:39.090><c> them,</c><00:45:39.429><c> but</c><00:45:39.550><c> he's</c><00:45:39.829><c> paid</c><00:45:40.090><c> $2</c><00:45:40.469><c>.50</c>

00:45:40.989 --> 00:45:45.949
to<00:45:41.429><c> do</c><00:45:41.670><c> it.</c><00:45:43.469><c> Now,</c><00:45:43.650><c> that's</c><00:45:43.949><c> the</c><00:45:44.130><c> incredible</c><00:45:44.989><c> state</c><00:45:45.269><c> of</c><00:45:45.510><c> mind</c>

00:45:45.949 --> 00:45:47.690
that<00:45:46.489><c> the</c><00:45:46.690><c> Ecclesia</c><00:45:47.010><c> had</c><00:45:47.210><c> got</c><00:45:47.369><c> themselves</c>

00:45:47.690 --> 00:45:52.289
into.<00:45:48.670><c> An</c><00:45:48.969><c> incredible</c><00:45:49.789><c> state</c><00:45:50.110><c> of</c><00:45:50.329><c> mind.</c><00:45:51.449><c> And</c><00:45:51.630><c> Micah</c><00:45:51.849><c> says</c><00:45:52.150><c> in</c>

00:45:52.289 --> 00:45:53.929
verse<00:45:52.530><c> 13,</c><00:45:52.969><c> that</c><00:45:53.130><c> verse</c><00:45:53.389><c> that</c><00:45:53.510><c> we've</c><00:45:53.630><c> already</c>

00:45:53.929 --> 00:45:57.909
read,<00:45:54.550><c> now</c><00:45:54.750><c> Micah</c><00:45:55.130><c> said,</c><00:45:56.130><c> now</c><00:45:56.210><c> I</c><00:45:56.510><c> know</c><00:45:56.869><c> that</c><00:45:57.230><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:57.429><c> will</c><00:45:57.690><c> do</c>

00:45:57.909 --> 00:46:00.030
me<00:45:58.150><c> good,</c><00:45:58.889><c> seeing</c><00:45:58.989><c> I</c><00:45:59.210><c> have</c><00:45:59.369><c> a</c><00:45:59.489><c> Levite</c><00:45:59.829><c> to</c>

00:46:00.030 --> 00:46:02.949
be<00:46:00.190><c> my</c><00:46:00.469><c> priest.</c><00:46:01.250><c> And</c><00:46:01.449><c> do</c><00:46:01.550><c> you</c><00:46:01.550><c> know</c><00:46:01.690><c> what</c><00:46:01.969><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:02.489><c> said</c><00:46:02.670><c> about</c>

00:46:02.949 --> 00:46:04.929
that?<00:46:03.650><c> Back</c><00:46:03.869><c> in</c><00:46:04.050><c> the</c><00:46:04.170><c> 16th</c><00:46:04.630><c> chapter</c>

00:46:04.929 --> 00:46:06.909
of<00:46:05.269><c> Numbers,</c><00:46:05.489><c> during</c><00:46:05.670><c> the</c><00:46:05.849><c> wilderness</c><00:46:06.150><c> wandering,</c><00:46:06.909><c> brethren</c>

00:46:06.909 --> 00:46:08.130
and<00:46:07.070><c> sisters,</c><00:46:07.429><c> when</c><00:46:07.630><c> Korah,</c><00:46:07.969><c> Dathan,</c>

00:46:08.250 --> 00:46:11.349
and<00:46:08.349><c> Abiah</c><00:46:08.610><c> rose</c><00:46:08.909><c> up</c><00:46:09.110><c> against</c><00:46:09.369><c> Moses,</c><00:46:10.090><c> Moses</c><00:46:10.489><c> condemned</c><00:46:10.949><c> them,</c><00:46:11.170><c> and</c>

00:46:11.349 --> 00:46:13.570
Yahweh<00:46:12.070><c> supported</c><00:46:12.710><c> him</c><00:46:12.909><c> in</c><00:46:13.070><c> this</c><00:46:13.329><c> stand,</c>

00:46:13.789 --> 00:46:17.409
when<00:46:13.949><c> Moses</c><00:46:14.309><c> said,</c><00:46:14.730><c> look,</c><00:46:14.969><c> because</c><00:46:15.349><c> he</c><00:46:15.469><c> was</c><00:46:15.590><c> the</c><00:46:15.789><c> tribe</c><00:46:15.929><c> of</c><00:46:16.150><c> Levi,</c><00:46:17.110><c> seek</c><00:46:17.250><c> ye</c>

00:46:17.409 --> 00:46:18.969
the<00:46:17.670><c> priesthood</c><00:46:18.010><c> also.</c>

00:46:19.050 --> 00:46:21.809
And<00:46:19.269><c> they</c><00:46:19.389><c> were</c><00:46:19.570><c> told</c><00:46:19.769><c> that</c><00:46:19.889><c> if</c><00:46:20.030><c> any</c><00:46:20.230><c> man</c><00:46:20.469><c> came</c><00:46:21.150><c> in</c><00:46:21.530><c> the</c><00:46:21.670><c> office</c>

00:46:21.809 --> 00:46:22.949
of<00:46:22.010><c> the</c><00:46:22.170><c> priesthood,</c><00:46:22.389><c> if</c><00:46:22.489><c> he</c><00:46:22.550><c> was</c><00:46:22.769><c> not</c>

00:46:22.949 --> 00:46:27.110
a<00:46:23.030><c> member</c><00:46:23.230><c> of</c><00:46:24.210><c> the</c><00:46:24.449><c> family</c><00:46:24.710><c> at</c><00:46:24.909><c> all,</c><00:46:25.130><c> he</c><00:46:25.150><c> would</c><00:46:25.230><c> be</c><00:46:25.489><c> struck</c><00:46:25.710><c> dead.</c><00:46:27.010><c> And</c>

00:46:27.110 --> 00:46:29.809
Micah<00:46:27.349><c> thinks,</c><00:46:28.630><c> Micah</c><00:46:29.130><c> thinks</c>

00:46:29.809 --> 00:46:34.550
that<00:46:30.469><c> he's</c><00:46:30.789><c> keeping</c><00:46:31.210><c> the</c><00:46:31.610><c> letter</c><00:46:31.809><c> of</c><00:46:32.030><c> the</c><00:46:32.250><c> law.</c><00:46:34.050><c> There's</c><00:46:34.309><c> the</c>

00:46:34.550 --> 00:46:37.110
depth<00:46:34.710><c> of</c><00:46:34.929><c> his</c><00:46:35.150><c> knowledge.</c><00:46:36.269><c> 40</c><00:46:36.670><c> years</c>

00:46:37.110 --> 00:46:39.690
after<00:46:37.409><c> Joshua</c><00:46:37.829><c> had</c><00:46:37.989><c> taken</c><00:46:38.110><c> him</c><00:46:38.250><c> to</c><00:46:38.369><c> the</c><00:46:38.449><c> land</c><00:46:38.570><c> or</c><00:46:38.829><c> less.</c><00:46:39.610><c> What</c>

00:46:39.690 --> 00:46:42.289
an<00:46:39.889><c> incredible</c><00:46:40.690><c> thing.</c><00:46:41.869><c> And</c><00:46:42.050><c> there's</c>

00:46:42.289 --> 00:46:47.170
the<00:46:42.449><c> way</c><00:46:42.530><c> that</c><00:46:42.769><c> story's</c><00:46:43.130><c> written</c><00:46:43.289><c> up.</c><00:46:44.230><c> And</c><00:46:44.610><c> into</c><00:46:45.010><c> that</c><00:46:45.409><c> situation</c><00:46:46.309><c> comes</c>

00:46:47.170 --> 00:46:49.409
the<00:46:48.309><c> tribe</c><00:46:48.690><c> that</c><00:46:48.989><c> Samson</c>

00:46:49.409 --> 00:46:53.949
belonged<00:46:49.789><c> to.</c><00:46:51.409><c> In</c><00:46:52.010><c> those</c><00:46:52.369><c> days,</c><00:46:52.789><c> we</c><00:46:52.969><c> read</c><00:46:53.210><c> there</c><00:46:53.349><c> was</c><00:46:53.570><c> no</c><00:46:53.769><c> king</c>

00:46:53.949 --> 00:46:57.010
in<00:46:54.230><c> Israel.</c><00:46:56.090><c> And</c><00:46:56.170><c> so</c><00:46:56.369><c> chapter</c><00:46:56.630><c> 18,</c>

00:46:57.010 --> 00:47:00.909
brethren<00:46:57.250><c> and</c><00:46:57.429><c> sisters,</c><00:46:57.829><c> takes</c><00:46:58.010><c> up</c><00:46:58.250><c> the</c><00:46:58.469><c> story.</c><00:47:00.030><c> And</c><00:47:00.210><c> it</c><00:47:00.389><c> shows</c><00:47:00.610><c> us</c>

00:47:00.909 --> 00:47:03.869
that<00:47:02.510><c> Dan</c><00:47:02.849><c> got</c><00:47:03.070><c> themselves</c><00:47:03.489><c> tangled</c>

00:47:03.869 --> 00:47:09.210
up<00:47:04.090><c> in</c><00:47:04.469><c> that</c><00:47:04.769><c> scheme</c><00:47:05.090><c> of</c><00:47:05.309><c> affairs.</c><00:47:07.030><c> And</c><00:47:07.130><c> again</c><00:47:07.389><c> the</c><00:47:07.570><c> record</c><00:47:07.730><c> repeats</c><00:47:08.210><c> those</c><00:47:08.489><c> words.</c><00:47:09.130><c> In</c>

00:47:09.210 --> 00:47:09.769
those<00:47:09.570><c> days</c>

00:47:09.769 --> 00:47:11.789
there<00:47:09.909><c> was</c><00:47:10.090><c> no</c><00:47:10.329><c> king</c><00:47:10.469><c> in</c><00:47:10.670><c> Israel</c><00:47:10.909><c> because</c><00:47:11.170><c> it</c><00:47:11.309><c> wants</c><00:47:11.550><c> to</c><00:47:11.730><c> tell</c>

00:47:11.789 --> 00:47:13.809
us,<00:47:12.469><c> now</c><00:47:12.469><c> with</c><00:47:12.650><c> your</c><00:47:12.829><c> attention</c><00:47:13.250><c> upon</c><00:47:13.510><c> this,</c>

00:47:14.030 --> 00:47:16.650
if<00:47:14.170><c> you</c><00:47:14.409><c> think</c><00:47:14.570><c> that's</c><00:47:14.869><c> bad,</c><00:47:15.449><c> have</c><00:47:15.469><c> a</c><00:47:15.530><c> look</c><00:47:15.650><c> at</c><00:47:15.849><c> this.</c><00:47:16.389><c> Here's</c>

00:47:16.650 --> 00:47:18.489
a<00:47:16.869><c> family</c><00:47:17.070><c> in</c><00:47:17.250><c> Israel.</c><00:47:17.889><c> There's</c><00:47:18.150><c> a</c><00:47:18.309><c> great</c>

00:47:18.489 --> 00:47:23.230
family<00:47:18.809><c> in</c><00:47:19.010><c> Israel.</c><00:47:19.489><c> Here's</c><00:47:19.809><c> a</c><00:47:19.989><c> whole</c><00:47:20.329><c> tribe.</c><00:47:22.630><c> Now</c><00:47:22.809><c> have</c><00:47:22.949><c> a</c><00:47:23.030><c> look</c><00:47:23.110><c> at</c>

00:47:23.230 --> 00:47:24.309
a<00:47:23.369><c> whole</c><00:47:23.590><c> tribe</c><00:47:23.849><c> and</c><00:47:23.969><c> what</c><00:47:24.050><c> their</c>

00:47:24.309 --> 00:47:28.889
mind<00:47:24.489><c> is</c><00:47:24.750><c> like.</c><00:47:26.389><c> It</c><00:47:26.590><c> says</c><00:47:26.869><c> that</c><00:47:27.550><c> in</c><00:47:27.690><c> those</c><00:47:28.010><c> days</c><00:47:28.309><c> the</c><00:47:28.570><c> tribe</c><00:47:28.730><c> of</c>

00:47:28.889 --> 00:47:31.110
the<00:47:29.070><c> Danites</c><00:47:29.690><c> sought</c><00:47:30.429><c> them</c><00:47:30.670><c> in</c><00:47:30.869><c> inheritance</c>

00:47:31.110 --> 00:47:34.250
to<00:47:31.429><c> dwell</c><00:47:31.630><c> in.</c><00:47:32.690><c> For</c><00:47:32.829><c> until</c><00:47:33.010><c> that</c><00:47:33.329><c> day</c><00:47:33.550><c> all</c><00:47:33.769><c> their</c><00:47:33.969><c> inheritance</c>

00:47:34.250 --> 00:47:35.849
had<00:47:34.469><c> not</c><00:47:34.789><c> fallen</c><00:47:34.929><c> under</c><00:47:35.110><c> them</c><00:47:35.449><c> among</c>

00:47:35.849 --> 00:47:39.610
the<00:47:36.070><c> tribes</c><00:47:36.250><c> of</c><00:47:36.389><c> Israel.</c><00:47:38.170><c> And</c><00:47:38.329><c> in</c><00:47:38.469><c> that,</c><00:47:38.909><c> brethren</c><00:47:38.949><c> and</c><00:47:39.150><c> sisters,</c><00:47:39.449><c> the</c>

00:47:39.610 --> 00:47:42.349
record's<00:47:39.909><c> being</c><00:47:40.309><c> kind.</c><00:47:42.070><c> Their</c>

00:47:42.349 --> 00:47:45.010
inheritance<00:47:42.769><c> hadn't</c><00:47:43.269><c> fallen</c><00:47:43.510><c> under</c><00:47:43.710><c> them.</c><00:47:44.349><c> The</c><00:47:44.610><c> fact</c><00:47:44.829><c> of</c><00:47:44.969><c> the</c>

00:47:45.010 --> 00:47:46.829
matter<00:47:45.190><c> was</c><00:47:45.690><c> that</c><00:47:45.929><c> they</c><00:47:46.090><c> hadn't</c><00:47:46.469><c> fallen</c>

00:47:46.829 --> 00:47:51.510
under<00:47:47.010><c> the</c><00:47:47.230><c> inheritance.</c><00:47:49.150><c> Back</c><00:47:49.369><c> in</c><00:47:49.510><c> chapter</c><00:47:49.730><c> 1</c><00:47:49.929><c> and</c><00:47:50.090><c> verse</c><00:47:50.309><c> 34,</c><00:47:51.409><c> we</c>

00:47:51.510 --> 00:47:53.510
read<00:47:51.730><c> that</c><00:47:51.889><c> the</c><00:47:52.090><c> Danites</c><00:47:52.730><c> could</c><00:47:53.230><c> not</c>

00:47:53.510 --> 00:47:57.389
drive<00:47:53.710><c> the</c><00:47:53.929><c> Amorites</c><00:47:54.309><c> out</c><00:47:54.769><c> of</c><00:47:55.409><c> their</c><00:47:55.690><c> inheritance.</c><00:47:57.210><c> You</c><00:47:57.309><c> see,</c>

00:47:57.449 --> 00:47:59.269
it<00:47:57.449><c> wasn't</c><00:47:57.769><c> a</c><00:47:57.909><c> matter</c><00:47:58.289><c> that</c><00:47:58.730><c> the</c><00:47:58.989><c> inheritance</c>

00:47:59.269 --> 00:48:02.190
hadn't<00:47:59.530><c> fallen</c><00:47:59.789><c> under</c><00:47:59.909><c> them.</c><00:48:00.269><c> They</c><00:48:00.469><c> hadn't</c><00:48:00.710><c> fallen</c><00:48:00.949><c> upon</c><00:48:01.230><c> their</c><00:48:01.449><c> inheritance.</c><00:48:02.090><c> And</c>

00:48:02.190 --> 00:48:02.710
do<00:48:02.289><c> you</c><00:48:02.369><c> know</c><00:48:02.489><c> why</c>

00:48:02.710 --> 00:48:05.769
the<00:48:02.969><c> writer</c><00:48:03.150><c> chose</c><00:48:03.530><c> that</c><00:48:03.789><c> to</c><00:48:04.010><c> tell</c><00:48:04.230><c> us</c><00:48:04.469><c> that?</c><00:48:05.210><c> Because</c><00:48:05.449><c> that's</c>

00:48:05.769 --> 00:48:09.389
the<00:48:05.849><c> most</c><00:48:06.130><c> despicable</c><00:48:06.590><c> thing.</c><00:48:08.090><c> You</c><00:48:08.250><c> see,</c>

00:48:10.309 --> 00:48:15.289
Psalm<00:48:10.530><c> 16,</c><00:48:11.190><c> dealing</c><00:48:11.469><c> with</c><00:48:11.690><c> the</c><00:48:11.829><c> Messiah,</c><00:48:12.309><c> says</c><00:48:12.489><c> this.</c><00:48:14.550><c> He</c><00:48:14.650><c> said,</c><00:48:14.789><c> I</c><00:48:14.869><c> have</c><00:48:15.130><c> a</c>

00:48:15.289 --> 00:48:16.630
goodly<00:48:15.570><c> heritage</c><00:48:15.889><c> from</c><00:48:16.190><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:48:17.090 --> 00:48:21.150
The<00:48:17.489><c> lambs</c><00:48:17.889><c> have</c><00:48:18.110><c> fallen</c><00:48:18.230><c> under</c><00:48:18.469><c> me</c><00:48:18.730><c> in</c><00:48:19.010><c> pleasant</c><00:48:19.309><c> places.</c><00:48:20.809><c> He</c>

00:48:21.150 --> 00:48:23.110
gloried<00:48:21.530><c> in</c><00:48:21.730><c> Yahweh's</c><00:48:22.190><c> inheritance.</c>

00:48:23.750 --> 00:48:27.849
So<00:48:24.150><c> did</c><00:48:24.550><c> Naboth,</c><00:48:25.750><c> the</c><00:48:25.929><c> Jezreelite,</c><00:48:26.929><c> when</c><00:48:27.070><c> I</c><00:48:27.250><c> had</c><00:48:27.409><c> gone</c><00:48:27.489><c> to</c><00:48:27.610><c> buy</c>

00:48:27.849 --> 00:48:29.289
his<00:48:28.269><c> field.</c><00:48:28.590><c> What</c><00:48:28.630><c> did</c><00:48:28.750><c> he</c><00:48:28.889><c> say,</c><00:48:29.210><c> brethren</c>

00:48:29.289 --> 00:48:32.809
and<00:48:29.530><c> sisters?</c><00:48:30.190><c> Not</c><00:48:30.369><c> on</c><00:48:30.530><c> the</c><00:48:30.730><c> life.</c><00:48:31.590><c> This</c><00:48:31.769><c> was</c><00:48:32.050><c> given</c><00:48:32.269><c> to</c><00:48:32.429><c> me</c><00:48:32.489><c> by</c>

00:48:32.809 --> 00:48:34.230
Yahweh.<00:48:33.289><c> I'm</c><00:48:33.489><c> not</c><00:48:33.630><c> going</c><00:48:33.789><c> to</c><00:48:33.969><c> sell</c><00:48:34.050><c> that</c>

00:48:34.230 --> 00:48:38.530
for<00:48:34.550><c> any</c><00:48:34.889><c> price.</c><00:48:35.809><c> It</c><00:48:35.929><c> was</c><00:48:36.150><c> a</c><00:48:36.250><c> matter</c><00:48:36.389><c> of</c><00:48:36.750><c> faith.</c><00:48:38.090><c> Here</c><00:48:38.250><c> was</c><00:48:38.429><c> the</c>

00:48:38.530 --> 00:48:40.030
whole<00:48:38.789><c> tribe</c><00:48:39.050><c> and</c><00:48:39.329><c> they</c><00:48:39.530><c> couldn't</c><00:48:39.750><c> take</c>

00:48:40.030 --> 00:48:42.849
their<00:48:40.210><c> inheritance.</c><00:48:40.869><c> You</c><00:48:40.989><c> might</c><00:48:41.250><c> say,</c><00:48:42.449><c> well,</c><00:48:42.530><c> neither</c><00:48:42.650><c> could</c>

00:48:42.849 --> 00:48:44.250
all<00:48:42.969><c> the</c><00:48:43.070><c> rest</c><00:48:43.210><c> of</c><00:48:43.369><c> the</c><00:48:43.510><c> tribes.</c><00:48:43.929><c> But</c><00:48:44.070><c> wait</c>

00:48:44.250 --> 00:48:50.070
a<00:48:44.289><c> minute.</c><00:48:45.010><c> This</c><00:48:45.349><c> was</c><00:48:45.769><c> doubly</c><00:48:46.349><c> as</c><00:48:46.869><c> bad</c><00:48:47.030><c> as</c><00:48:47.170><c> the</c><00:48:47.289><c> rest.</c><00:48:47.610><c> You</c><00:48:47.650><c> know</c><00:48:47.789><c> why?</c><00:48:48.710><c> Look.</c><00:48:49.929><c> See</c>

00:48:50.070 --> 00:48:52.530
that<00:48:50.309><c> land?</c><00:48:52.190><c> When</c><00:48:52.349><c> they</c>

00:48:52.530 --> 00:48:54.150
came<00:48:52.690><c> into</c><00:48:52.809><c> that</c><00:48:52.989><c> land,</c><00:48:53.309><c> brethren</c><00:48:53.469><c> and</c><00:48:53.650><c> sisters,</c><00:48:53.869><c> there</c><00:48:53.989><c> were</c>

00:48:54.150 --> 00:48:56.829
12<00:48:54.489><c> tribes</c><00:48:54.809><c> in</c><00:48:54.969><c> Israel.</c><00:48:56.489><c> Judah</c><00:48:56.650><c> was</c>

00:48:56.829 --> 00:49:03.110
the<00:48:57.010><c> largest.</c><00:48:58.789><c> Dan</c><00:48:59.190><c> was</c><00:49:00.050><c> the</c><00:49:00.489><c> second</c><00:49:00.730><c> largest.</c><00:49:02.530><c> And</c><00:49:02.710><c> when</c><00:49:02.889><c> Dan</c>

00:49:03.110 --> 00:49:04.769
came<00:49:03.349><c> into</c><00:49:03.489><c> that</c><00:49:03.730><c> land,</c><00:49:04.309><c> they</c><00:49:04.449><c> numbered</c>

00:49:04.769 --> 00:49:09.690
64<00:49:05.510><c>,400</c><00:49:06.489><c> people.</c><00:49:07.889><c> And</c><00:49:08.210><c> they</c><00:49:08.309><c> were</c><00:49:08.489><c> the</c><00:49:08.630><c> second</c><00:49:08.929><c> largest</c><00:49:09.349><c> tribe</c>

00:49:09.690 --> 00:49:12.170
in<00:49:09.869><c> Israel.</c><00:49:11.429><c> And</c><00:49:11.550><c> you</c><00:49:11.610><c> know</c><00:49:11.750><c> what</c><00:49:11.909><c> Yahweh</c>

00:49:12.170 --> 00:49:17.289
did?<00:49:13.329><c> He</c><00:49:13.809><c> gave</c><00:49:14.110><c> them</c><00:49:14.349><c> down</c><00:49:14.610><c> here</c><00:49:15.349><c> the</c><00:49:16.050><c> smallest</c><00:49:16.690><c> portion</c><00:49:17.130><c> of</c>

00:49:17.289 --> 00:49:22.389
any<00:49:17.610><c> tribe.</c><00:49:20.670><c> And</c><00:49:20.750><c> so</c><00:49:20.929><c> here's</c><00:49:21.309><c> 64</c><00:49:21.690><c>,000</c><00:49:22.150><c> people</c>

00:49:22.750 --> 00:49:26.389
given<00:49:23.030><c> a</c><00:49:23.409><c> small</c><00:49:23.650><c> portion</c><00:49:24.090><c> and</c><00:49:24.429><c> they</c><00:49:24.670><c> can't</c><00:49:25.050><c> take</c><00:49:25.230><c> it.</c><00:49:25.869><c> But</c><00:49:26.050><c> wait</c><00:49:26.289><c> a</c>

00:49:26.389 --> 00:49:28.070
minute.<00:49:26.489><c> It</c><00:49:26.590><c> doesn't</c><00:49:26.849><c> finish</c><00:49:27.190><c> there.</c>

00:49:28.329 --> 00:49:30.530
You<00:49:28.409><c> know</c><00:49:28.570><c> what</c><00:49:28.789><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:28.989><c> also</c><00:49:29.469><c> did</c><00:49:29.630><c> for</c><00:49:29.769><c> the</c><00:49:29.949><c> tribe</c><00:49:30.110><c> of</c><00:49:30.329><c> Dan?</c>

00:49:30.789 --> 00:49:33.429
He<00:49:30.969><c> put</c><00:49:31.150><c> the</c><00:49:31.429><c> biggest</c><00:49:31.769><c> tribe</c><00:49:32.050><c> to</c><00:49:32.989><c> the</c><00:49:33.230><c> south</c>

00:49:33.429 --> 00:49:36.750
and<00:49:33.590><c> to</c><00:49:33.989><c> the</c><00:49:34.070><c> east</c><00:49:34.349><c> of</c><00:49:34.550><c> them,</c><00:49:34.690><c> the</c><00:49:34.849><c> tribe</c><00:49:35.010><c> of</c><00:49:35.289><c> Judah.</c><00:49:36.429><c> And</c><00:49:36.650><c> he</c>

00:49:36.750 --> 00:49:38.349
put<00:49:36.849><c> the</c><00:49:37.030><c> next</c><00:49:37.289><c> biggest</c><00:49:37.650><c> tribe</c><00:49:37.829><c> of</c><00:49:38.030><c> Israel,</c>

00:49:38.349 --> 00:49:41.289
the<00:49:38.550><c> two</c><00:49:38.550><c> tribes</c><00:49:38.730><c> of</c><00:49:38.849><c> the</c><00:49:38.989><c> north.</c><00:49:40.369><c> Now</c><00:49:40.570><c> here</c><00:49:40.690><c> is</c><00:49:40.909><c> the</c><00:49:41.010><c> second</c>

00:49:41.289 --> 00:49:43.269
largest<00:49:41.670><c> tribe,</c><00:49:42.510><c> crammed</c><00:49:42.750><c> between</c><00:49:43.130><c> the</c>

00:49:43.269 --> 00:49:46.670
other<00:49:43.469><c> two</c><00:49:43.670><c> big</c><00:49:43.929><c> tribes.</c><00:49:45.110><c> They've</c><00:49:45.190><c> got</c><00:49:45.289><c> their</c><00:49:45.530><c> flanks</c><00:49:45.769><c> protected</c><00:49:46.289><c> by</c>

00:49:46.670 --> 00:49:48.610
massive<00:49:47.090><c> tribes</c><00:49:47.809><c> that</c><00:49:48.210><c> have</c><00:49:48.429><c> tiny</c>

00:49:48.610 --> 00:49:52.829
little<00:49:48.829><c> inheritance</c><00:49:49.150><c> to</c><00:49:49.389><c> take</c><00:49:49.650><c> and</c><00:49:50.190><c> they</c><00:49:50.469><c> can't</c><00:49:50.849><c> take</c><00:49:51.130><c> it.</c><00:49:52.489><c> And</c><00:49:52.690><c> so</c>

00:49:52.829 --> 00:49:55.170
the<00:49:53.050><c> writer</c><00:49:53.190><c> tells</c><00:49:53.550><c> us</c><00:49:53.969><c> what</c><00:49:54.670><c> they're</c>

00:49:55.170 --> 00:49:57.570
trying<00:49:55.170><c> to</c><00:49:55.349><c> do</c><00:49:55.449><c> to</c><00:49:55.650><c> establish</c><00:49:56.010><c> an</c><00:49:56.250><c> inheritance</c><00:49:56.590><c> because</c><00:49:57.150><c> they</c>

00:49:57.570 --> 00:50:00.369
haven't<00:49:57.829><c> got</c><00:49:58.130><c> the</c><00:49:58.610><c> stomach</c><00:49:59.030><c> to</c><00:49:59.449><c> go</c><00:49:59.590><c> and</c><00:49:59.849><c> get</c>

00:50:00.369 --> 00:50:03.050
what<00:50:00.929><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:01.190><c> gave</c><00:50:01.469><c> them.</c><00:50:01.789><c> And</c><00:50:02.070><c> for</c><00:50:02.269><c> the</c><00:50:02.369><c> lack</c><00:50:02.550><c> of</c><00:50:02.829><c> courage,</c>

00:50:03.230 --> 00:50:04.469
brethren<00:50:03.349><c> and</c><00:50:03.550><c> sisters,</c><00:50:03.929><c> and</c><00:50:04.130><c> the</c><00:50:04.289><c> lack</c>

00:50:04.469 --> 00:50:08.309
of<00:50:04.650><c> initiative,</c><00:50:05.630><c> and</c><00:50:05.730><c> the</c><00:50:05.909><c> fact</c><00:50:06.050><c> that</c><00:50:06.190><c> they</c><00:50:06.349><c> couldn't</c><00:50:06.630><c> get</c><00:50:06.889><c> off</c><00:50:07.070><c> their</c><00:50:07.389><c> seats</c><00:50:07.809><c> to</c>

00:50:08.309 --> 00:50:09.489
stand<00:50:08.570><c> up</c><00:50:08.809><c> and</c><00:50:09.090><c> make</c><00:50:09.289><c> an</c>

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effort<00:50:09.570><c> of</c><00:50:09.710><c> it,</c><00:50:09.809><c> and</c><00:50:09.969><c> this</c><00:50:10.110><c> is</c><00:50:10.289><c> the</c><00:50:10.369><c> words</c><00:50:10.550><c> of</c><00:50:10.690><c> one</c><00:50:10.829><c> of</c><00:50:11.010><c> their</c>

00:50:11.150 --> 00:50:13.610
own<00:50:11.289><c> men</c><00:50:11.550><c> said</c><00:50:11.769><c> that,</c><00:50:13.030><c> because</c><00:50:13.210><c> they</c><00:50:13.369><c> were</c>

00:50:13.610 --> 00:50:17.369
so<00:50:13.989><c> damn</c><00:50:14.230><c> lazy</c><00:50:14.750><c> that</c><00:50:15.329><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:15.929><c> tells</c><00:50:16.309><c> us</c><00:50:16.610><c> this</c><00:50:16.829><c> story</c><00:50:17.130><c> through</c>

00:50:17.369 --> 00:50:19.170
the<00:50:17.590><c> hands</c><00:50:17.889><c> of</c><00:50:18.510><c> the</c><00:50:18.510><c> writer</c><00:50:18.690><c> of</c><00:50:18.909><c> this</c><00:50:19.010><c> story</c>

00:50:19.170 --> 00:50:23.869
to<00:50:19.429><c> indicate</c><00:50:19.849><c> to</c><00:50:20.110><c> us</c><00:50:20.469><c> what</c><00:50:21.070><c> sort</c><00:50:21.409><c> of</c><00:50:21.670><c> tribe</c><00:50:21.989><c> that</c><00:50:23.250><c> Samson</c><00:50:23.610><c> was</c>

00:50:23.869 --> 00:50:26.530
born<00:50:24.130><c> into</c><00:50:24.510><c> and</c><00:50:24.909><c> why</c><00:50:25.309><c> he</c><00:50:25.530><c> was</c><00:50:25.849><c> so</c><00:50:26.269><c> agitated</c>

00:50:26.989 --> 00:50:31.050
when<00:50:27.429><c> he</c><00:50:27.630><c> came</c><00:50:27.809><c> upon</c><00:50:28.070><c> the</c><00:50:28.309><c> scene.</c><00:50:28.809><c> Here's</c><00:50:29.150><c> why.</c><00:50:30.250><c> The</c><00:50:30.429><c> very</c><00:50:30.650><c> reason</c><00:50:30.889><c> of</c>

00:50:31.050 --> 00:50:33.869
this<00:50:31.289><c> story</c><00:50:31.710><c> and</c><00:50:32.730><c> what</c><00:50:32.969><c> happened.</c>

00:50:34.449 --> 00:50:37.050
Well,<00:50:35.130><c> the</c><00:50:35.210><c> children</c><00:50:35.449><c> of</c><00:50:35.630><c> Dan</c><00:50:35.789><c> sent</c><00:50:36.010><c> to</c><00:50:36.090><c> their</c><00:50:36.269><c> family</c><00:50:36.570><c> five</c>

00:50:37.050 --> 00:50:40.849
men<00:50:37.289><c> from</c><00:50:37.449><c> their</c><00:50:37.710><c> coasts,</c><00:50:38.570><c> men</c><00:50:38.769><c> of</c><00:50:39.010><c> Bala,</c><00:50:40.610><c> from</c>

00:50:40.849 --> 00:50:45.630
Zorah<00:50:41.289><c> and</c><00:50:41.449><c> from</c><00:50:41.730><c> Eshtahol,</c><00:50:42.230><c> to</c><00:50:42.429><c> spy</c><00:50:42.590><c> out</c><00:50:42.829><c> the</c><00:50:43.070><c> land.</c><00:50:45.150><c> Zorah</c>

00:50:45.630 --> 00:50:48.929
and<00:50:45.710><c> Eshtahol,</c><00:50:47.909><c> those</c><00:50:48.070><c> are</c><00:50:48.269><c> two</c><00:50:48.349><c> little</c><00:50:48.570><c> villages</c>

00:50:48.929 --> 00:50:51.829
here,<00:50:49.409><c> brethren</c><00:50:49.409><c> and</c><00:50:49.630><c> sisters,</c><00:50:50.429><c> in</c><00:50:50.590><c> this</c><00:50:50.829><c> region</c><00:50:51.190><c> at</c><00:50:51.489><c> the</c><00:50:51.630><c> head</c><00:50:51.710><c> of</c>

00:50:51.829 --> 00:50:54.090
the<00:50:51.969><c> valley</c><00:50:52.110><c> of</c><00:50:52.329><c> Sorek.</c><00:50:53.610><c> Zorah</c>

00:50:54.090 --> 00:50:58.130
and<00:50:54.190><c> Eshtahol,</c><00:50:55.250><c> two</c><00:50:55.630><c> tiny</c><00:50:55.949><c> little</c><00:50:56.170><c> villages</c><00:50:56.570><c> out</c><00:50:56.949><c> on</c><00:50:57.110><c> the</c><00:50:57.230><c> Shefila,</c><00:50:58.010><c> the</c>

00:50:58.130 --> 00:51:00.769
low<00:50:58.349><c> country,</c><00:50:59.610><c> before</c><00:50:59.889><c> it</c>

00:51:00.769 --> 00:51:02.969
was<00:51:00.949><c> a</c><00:51:00.949><c> broad</c><00:51:00.949><c> plain</c><00:51:01.230><c> of</c><00:51:01.369><c> the</c><00:51:01.510><c> Philistines.</c><00:51:02.349><c> They</c><00:51:02.570><c> lived</c><00:51:02.789><c> in</c>

00:51:02.969 --> 00:51:04.929
the<00:51:03.429><c> region</c><00:51:03.610><c> of</c><00:51:03.789><c> the</c><00:51:03.929><c> undulating</c><00:51:04.489><c> hills</c>

00:51:04.929 --> 00:51:09.329
of<00:51:05.070><c> about</c><00:51:05.429><c> 500</c><00:51:05.769><c> feet</c><00:51:06.010><c> above</c><00:51:06.250><c> sea</c><00:51:06.530><c> level,</c><00:51:07.110><c> undulating</c><00:51:07.570><c> and</c><00:51:07.889><c> open,</c><00:51:08.909><c> spilling</c><00:51:09.150><c> out</c>

00:51:09.329 --> 00:51:10.010
on<00:51:09.449><c> the</c><00:51:09.630><c> broad</c><00:51:09.829><c> plain</c>

00:51:10.010 --> 00:51:13.869
of<00:51:10.150><c> the</c><00:51:10.269><c> Philistines,</c><00:51:10.730><c> and</c><00:51:10.829><c> behind</c><00:51:11.230><c> them</c><00:51:11.710><c> the</c><00:51:11.989><c> gorges</c><00:51:12.449><c> and</c><00:51:13.130><c> the</c><00:51:13.289><c> rises</c><00:51:13.650><c> of</c>

00:51:13.869 --> 00:51:15.769
the<00:51:13.949><c> hills</c><00:51:14.210><c> of</c><00:51:14.429><c> Judea,</c><00:51:15.349><c> rising</c>

00:51:15.769 --> 00:51:18.650
steeply<00:51:16.269><c> up</c><00:51:16.449><c> behind</c><00:51:16.730><c> them,</c><00:51:16.989><c> and</c><00:51:16.989><c> they</c><00:51:17.130><c> were</c><00:51:17.610><c> right</c><00:51:17.929><c> on</c><00:51:18.150><c> the</c><00:51:18.329><c> edge</c><00:51:18.510><c> of</c>

00:51:18.650 --> 00:51:19.750
the<00:51:18.849><c> two,</c><00:51:19.190><c> and</c><00:51:19.309><c> they</c><00:51:19.550><c> couldn't</c>

00:51:19.750 --> 00:51:22.329
get<00:51:19.949><c> out</c><00:51:20.050><c> on</c><00:51:20.170><c> the</c><00:51:20.369><c> plain</c><00:51:20.570><c> for</c><00:51:20.949><c> fear</c><00:51:21.190><c> of</c><00:51:21.309><c> the</c><00:51:21.449><c> Philistines,</c><00:51:22.230><c> and</c>

00:51:22.329 --> 00:51:23.869
they<00:51:22.469><c> couldn't</c><00:51:22.730><c> get</c><00:51:22.909><c> up</c><00:51:23.070><c> north</c><00:51:23.210><c> for</c><00:51:23.590><c> fear</c><00:51:23.789><c> of</c>

00:51:23.869 --> 00:51:26.769
the<00:51:24.070><c> Amorites,</c><00:51:24.590><c> and</c><00:51:24.789><c> they</c><00:51:24.949><c> were</c><00:51:25.449><c> jammed</c><00:51:25.909><c> between</c><00:51:26.190><c> Zorah</c><00:51:26.630><c> and</c>

00:51:26.769 --> 00:51:28.409
Eshtahol,<00:51:27.389><c> and</c><00:51:27.570><c> that's</c><00:51:27.769><c> where</c><00:51:27.989><c> Samson</c>

00:51:28.409 --> 00:51:35.409
was<00:51:28.630><c> born.</c><00:51:30.230><c> And</c><00:51:30.389><c> these</c><00:51:30.730><c> five</c><00:51:31.309><c> men</c><00:51:31.909><c> of</c><00:51:32.849><c> valor,</c><00:51:34.809><c> and</c><00:51:34.989><c> there's</c><00:51:35.250><c> an</c>

00:51:35.409 --> 00:51:36.710
ironical<00:51:35.909><c> statement,</c><00:51:36.409><c> brethren</c><00:51:36.489><c> and</c>

00:51:36.710 --> 00:51:42.889
sisters,<00:51:37.070><c> the</c><00:51:37.230><c> Hebrew</c><00:51:37.550><c> word</c><00:51:37.809><c> means</c><00:51:38.230><c> men</c><00:51:38.610><c> of</c><00:51:38.889><c> force.</c><00:51:41.230><c> Five</c><00:51:41.769><c> great</c><00:51:42.329><c> big</c>

00:51:42.889 --> 00:51:47.030
men<00:51:43.190><c> of</c><00:51:43.610><c> force,</c><00:51:46.369><c> and</c><00:51:46.469><c> they</c><00:51:46.630><c> couldn't</c>

00:51:47.030 --> 00:51:55.170
go<00:51:47.170><c> out</c><00:51:47.289><c> a</c><00:51:47.469><c> candle,</c><00:51:49.409><c> and</c><00:51:49.750><c> they</c><00:51:49.989><c> showed</c><00:51:50.130><c> themselves</c><00:51:50.630><c> to</c><00:51:50.889><c> be</c><00:51:51.210><c> absolute</c><00:51:52.010><c> cowards,</c><00:51:53.769><c> these</c><00:51:54.150><c> five</c><00:51:54.530><c> great</c><00:51:54.909><c> big</c>

00:51:55.170 --> 00:52:00.949
men<00:51:55.369><c> of</c><00:51:55.610><c> force.</c><00:51:57.090><c> And</c><00:51:57.170><c> the</c><00:51:57.289><c> record</c><00:51:57.750><c> just</c><00:51:58.250><c> indicates</c><00:51:58.829><c> to</c><00:51:59.070><c> us,</c><00:51:59.429><c> brethren</c><00:51:59.429><c> and</c><00:51:59.670><c> sisters,</c><00:52:00.230><c> what</c><00:52:00.550><c> sort</c><00:52:00.849><c> of</c>

00:52:00.949 --> 00:52:05.489
men<00:52:01.130><c> they</c><00:52:01.510><c> were.</c><00:52:02.650><c> And</c><00:52:02.809><c> away</c><00:52:03.150><c> they</c><00:52:03.530><c> go</c><00:52:03.730><c> to</c><00:52:04.050><c> spill</c><00:52:04.170><c> out</c><00:52:04.309><c> the</c><00:52:04.510><c> land,</c><00:52:04.929><c> because</c><00:52:05.190><c> Dan</c>

00:52:05.489 --> 00:52:06.469
can't<00:52:05.869><c> get</c><00:52:06.050><c> inheritance.</c>

00:52:06.809 --> 00:52:10.489
They<00:52:06.969><c> were</c><00:52:07.090><c> all</c><00:52:07.449><c> crowded</c><00:52:07.730><c> between</c><00:52:08.170><c> Zorah</c><00:52:08.550><c> and</c><00:52:08.730><c> Eshtahol.</c><00:52:10.250><c> And</c>

00:52:10.489 --> 00:52:11.989
what<00:52:10.570><c> an</c><00:52:10.769><c> incredible</c><00:52:11.150><c> thing,</c><00:52:11.510><c> brethren</c><00:52:11.670><c> and</c>

00:52:11.989 --> 00:52:14.750
sisters,<00:52:12.110><c> we</c><00:52:12.429><c> read.</c><00:52:12.849><c> They</c><00:52:13.010><c> were</c><00:52:13.150><c> crowded</c><00:52:13.469><c> between</c><00:52:14.150><c> Zorah</c><00:52:14.710><c> and</c>

00:52:14.750 --> 00:52:16.389
Eshtahol,<00:52:15.550><c> and</c><00:52:15.690><c> those</c><00:52:15.909><c> of</c><00:52:16.050><c> these</c><00:52:16.190><c> men</c>

00:52:16.389 --> 00:52:18.929
came<00:52:16.690><c> out</c><00:52:16.889><c> of</c><00:52:16.929><c> Zorah</c><00:52:17.289><c> and</c><00:52:17.389><c> out</c><00:52:17.590><c> of</c><00:52:17.670><c> Eshtahol.</c><00:52:18.130><c> The</c><00:52:18.250><c> fact</c><00:52:18.409><c> of</c><00:52:18.570><c> the</c><00:52:18.590><c> matter</c><00:52:18.789><c> is</c>

00:52:18.929 --> 00:52:19.690
they<00:52:19.050><c> lived</c><00:52:19.269><c> in</c><00:52:19.570><c> neither</c>

00:52:19.690 --> 00:52:23.789
village.<00:52:21.289><c> Dan</c><00:52:21.670><c> was</c><00:52:22.250><c> so</c><00:52:22.469><c> despicable</c><00:52:22.889><c> on</c><00:52:23.090><c> the</c><00:52:23.190><c> side</c><00:52:23.329><c> of</c><00:52:23.550><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:52:24.170 --> 00:52:25.530
because<00:52:24.269><c> they</c><00:52:24.550><c> couldn't</c><00:52:24.849><c> even</c><00:52:25.210><c> establish</c>

00:52:25.530 --> 00:52:28.809
their<00:52:25.769><c> identity</c><00:52:26.130><c> in</c><00:52:26.309><c> one</c><00:52:26.389><c> of</c><00:52:26.489><c> those</c><00:52:26.650><c> little</c><00:52:26.829><c> villages.</c><00:52:28.610><c> When</c>

00:52:28.809 --> 00:52:31.070
they<00:52:28.969><c> did</c><00:52:29.190><c> at</c><00:52:29.429><c> least</c><00:52:29.690><c> live</c><00:52:29.969><c> in</c><00:52:30.329><c> Zorah,</c><00:52:30.829><c> they</c>

00:52:31.070 --> 00:52:35.829
lived<00:52:31.250><c> between</c><00:52:31.750><c> the</c><00:52:31.929><c> two</c><00:52:32.090><c> places.</c><00:52:33.409><c> They</c><00:52:33.710><c> never</c><00:52:34.230><c> had,</c><00:52:34.670><c> as</c><00:52:34.889><c> it</c><00:52:35.130><c> were,</c><00:52:35.650><c> a</c>

00:52:35.829 --> 00:52:38.090
place<00:52:36.010><c> to</c><00:52:36.269><c> lay</c><00:52:36.409><c> their</c><00:52:36.730><c> head.</c><00:52:37.849><c> They</c>

00:52:38.090 --> 00:52:40.150
never<00:52:38.369><c> had</c><00:52:38.590><c> an</c><00:52:38.750><c> inch</c><00:52:38.949><c> of</c><00:52:39.130><c> ground</c><00:52:39.210><c> to</c><00:52:39.349><c> put</c><00:52:39.449><c> their</c><00:52:39.710><c> feet</c><00:52:39.829><c> on.</c>

00:52:40.510 --> 00:52:43.230
They<00:52:40.730><c> were</c><00:52:41.190><c> crammed</c><00:52:41.630><c> into</c><00:52:41.929><c> this</c><00:52:42.369><c> camp</c><00:52:42.730><c> between</c>

00:52:43.230 --> 00:52:46.230
Zorah<00:52:43.650><c> and</c><00:52:43.769><c> Eshtahol,</c><00:52:44.429><c> and</c><00:52:44.570><c> being</c><00:52:44.769><c> uncomfortable</c><00:52:45.409><c> there</c><00:52:45.789><c> because</c><00:52:46.090><c> it</c>

00:52:46.230 --> 00:52:47.250
was<00:52:46.349><c> too</c><00:52:46.650><c> difficult</c><00:52:46.929><c> to</c><00:52:47.130><c> live</c>

00:52:47.250 --> 00:52:49.429
there.<00:52:47.630><c> That</c><00:52:47.849><c> God</c><00:52:48.070><c> had</c><00:52:48.250><c> given</c><00:52:48.369><c> them</c><00:52:48.550><c> this,</c><00:52:48.690><c> but</c><00:52:48.789><c> He</c><00:52:48.969><c> had</c><00:52:49.010><c> chosen</c><00:52:49.289><c> the</c>

00:52:49.429 --> 00:52:50.650
wrong<00:52:49.690><c> place.</c><00:52:50.210><c> And</c><00:52:50.349><c> this</c><00:52:50.489><c> is</c>

00:52:50.650 --> 00:52:53.769
not<00:52:50.849><c> the</c><00:52:50.989><c> place</c><00:52:51.230><c> false.</c><00:52:51.829><c> God</c><00:52:52.090><c> is</c><00:52:52.289><c> not</c><00:52:52.449><c> with</c><00:52:52.610><c> us</c><00:52:52.769><c> here.</c><00:52:53.369><c> Let's</c>

00:52:53.769 --> 00:52:55.969
send<00:52:53.969><c> these</c><00:52:54.250><c> five</c><00:52:54.690><c> men</c><00:52:54.889><c> of</c><00:52:55.190><c> false,</c><00:52:55.630><c> and</c><00:52:55.809><c> let's</c>

00:52:55.969 --> 00:53:00.230
see<00:52:56.090><c> what</c><00:52:56.110><c> they</c><00:52:56.230><c> can</c><00:52:56.449><c> do</c><00:52:56.670><c> for</c><00:52:56.829><c> us.</c><00:52:57.070><c> And</c><00:52:57.130><c> away</c><00:52:57.550><c> they</c><00:52:57.949><c> go.</c><00:52:59.789><c> And</c><00:52:59.989><c> in</c>

00:53:00.230 --> 00:53:01.690
the<00:53:00.329><c> course</c><00:53:00.530><c> of</c><00:53:00.730><c> their</c><00:53:01.130><c> journey,</c><00:53:01.550><c> they</c>

00:53:01.690 --> 00:53:05.869
come<00:53:01.909><c> up</c><00:53:02.110><c> through</c><00:53:02.329><c> Mount</c><00:53:02.610><c> Ephraim.</c><00:53:04.469><c> And</c><00:53:04.849><c> of</c><00:53:05.070><c> course,</c><00:53:05.329><c> they</c><00:53:05.510><c> come</c><00:53:05.730><c> to</c>

00:53:05.869 --> 00:53:08.190
the<00:53:05.989><c> house</c><00:53:06.190><c> of</c><00:53:06.429><c> Micah.</c><00:53:07.889><c> You</c><00:53:08.070><c> know,</c>

00:53:08.210 --> 00:53:12.070
it's<00:53:08.329><c> rather</c><00:53:08.650><c> interesting,</c><00:53:09.230><c> brethren</c><00:53:09.349><c> and</c><00:53:09.550><c> sisters.</c><00:53:11.309><c> In</c><00:53:11.570><c> verse</c><00:53:11.789><c> 3</c>

00:53:12.070 --> 00:53:14.090
we<00:53:12.269><c> read</c><00:53:12.789><c> that</c><00:53:13.469><c> when</c><00:53:13.610><c> they</c><00:53:13.769><c> came</c><00:53:13.949><c> to</c>

00:53:14.090 --> 00:53:17.869
the<00:53:14.409><c> house</c><00:53:14.409><c> of</c><00:53:14.650><c> Micah,</c><00:53:16.289><c> they</c><00:53:16.670><c> knew</c><00:53:16.849><c> the</c><00:53:17.070><c> voice</c><00:53:17.369><c> of</c><00:53:17.550><c> the</c><00:53:17.670><c> young</c>

00:53:17.869 --> 00:53:21.469
man,<00:53:18.369><c> the</c><00:53:18.469><c> Levite.</c><00:53:19.809><c> You</c><00:53:20.070><c> see,</c><00:53:21.210><c> everybody</c>

00:53:21.469 --> 00:53:25.429
knew<00:53:21.750><c> him.</c><00:53:22.789><c> Bear</c><00:53:22.889><c> this</c><00:53:23.110><c> in</c><00:53:23.369><c> mind.</c><00:53:23.829><c> He</c><00:53:24.030><c> was</c><00:53:24.469><c> from</c><00:53:24.750><c> the</c><00:53:24.929><c> tribe</c><00:53:25.150><c> of</c>

00:53:25.429 --> 00:53:28.090
Levi,<00:53:26.710><c> this</c><00:53:26.909><c> young</c><00:53:27.150><c> man,</c><00:53:27.630><c> but</c><00:53:27.750><c> he'd</c><00:53:27.929><c> come</c>

00:53:28.090 --> 00:53:31.010
down<00:53:28.309><c> from</c><00:53:28.530><c> Bethlehem</c><00:53:28.969><c> Judah,</c><00:53:29.929><c> which</c><00:53:30.130><c> of</c><00:53:30.309><c> course</c><00:53:30.550><c> is</c><00:53:30.769><c> just</c>

00:53:31.010 --> 00:53:33.190
down<00:53:31.269><c> lower</c><00:53:31.969><c> than</c><00:53:32.150><c> Jerusalem</c><00:53:32.590><c> down</c><00:53:32.889><c> here.</c>

00:53:33.389 --> 00:53:35.730
He<00:53:33.550><c> wasn't</c><00:53:33.849><c> actually</c><00:53:34.250><c> in</c><00:53:34.409><c> the</c><00:53:34.530><c> portion</c><00:53:34.769><c> of</c><00:53:35.010><c> Dan.</c><00:53:35.329><c> He</c><00:53:35.489><c> was</c><00:53:35.630><c> in</c>

00:53:35.730 --> 00:53:38.309
the<00:53:35.889><c> portion</c><00:53:36.070><c> of</c><00:53:36.349><c> Judah.</c><00:53:37.809><c> He</c><00:53:38.030><c> didn't</c>

00:53:38.309 --> 00:53:40.469
live<00:53:38.469><c> in</c><00:53:38.590><c> the</c><00:53:38.730><c> tribe</c><00:53:38.869><c> of</c><00:53:39.070><c> Dan,</c><00:53:39.449><c> but</c><00:53:39.590><c> he</c><00:53:39.650><c> did</c><00:53:39.869><c> live</c><00:53:40.010><c> in</c><00:53:40.110><c> the</c><00:53:40.230><c> next</c>

00:53:40.469 --> 00:53:42.110
-door<00:53:40.670><c> tribe.</c><00:53:41.510><c> But</c><00:53:41.650><c> they</c><00:53:41.730><c> didn't</c><00:53:41.929><c> have</c>

00:53:42.110 --> 00:53:44.349
much<00:53:42.369><c> interchange</c><00:53:42.730><c> between</c><00:53:43.110><c> them</c><00:53:43.250><c> because</c><00:53:43.550><c> of</c><00:53:43.670><c> the</c><00:53:43.809><c> oppression</c><00:53:44.090><c> of</c><00:53:44.289><c> their</c>

00:53:44.349 --> 00:53:45.329
enemies.<00:53:44.889><c> But</c><00:53:45.050><c> everyone</c>

00:53:45.329 --> 00:53:48.670
knew<00:53:45.530><c> that</c><00:53:45.710><c> fellow.</c><00:53:46.409><c> And</c><00:53:46.610><c> they</c><00:53:46.750><c> came</c><00:53:46.949><c> into</c><00:53:47.130><c> the</c><00:53:47.250><c> house</c><00:53:47.369><c> of</c><00:53:47.630><c> Micah.</c><00:53:48.090><c> Hey,</c><00:53:48.309><c> listen</c><00:53:48.510><c> to</c>

00:53:48.670 --> 00:53:49.389
that<00:53:48.809><c> voice.</c><00:53:49.070><c> I</c><00:53:49.269><c> know</c>

00:53:49.389 --> 00:53:54.869
that<00:53:49.590><c> voice.</c><00:53:51.469><c> That's</c><00:53:51.909><c> the</c><00:53:52.130><c> grandson</c><00:53:52.409><c> of</c><00:53:52.730><c> Moses.</c><00:53:53.630><c> And</c><00:53:53.829><c> you</c><00:53:53.909><c> know,</c><00:53:54.550><c> the</c>

00:53:54.869 --> 00:53:55.889
record,<00:53:55.349><c> brethren</c><00:53:55.510><c> and</c><00:53:55.730><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:56.050 --> 00:53:58.710
written<00:53:56.289><c> so</c><00:53:56.710><c> brilliantly</c><00:53:57.050><c> to</c><00:53:57.289><c> indicate</c><00:53:57.670><c> to</c><00:53:57.889><c> us</c><00:53:58.190><c> the</c><00:53:58.489><c> measure</c>

00:53:58.710 --> 00:54:00.170
of<00:53:59.010><c> surprise.</c><00:53:59.610><c> Look</c><00:53:59.690><c> at</c><00:53:59.769><c> the</c><00:53:59.909><c> questions</c>

00:54:00.170 --> 00:54:02.130
as<00:54:00.289><c> they</c><00:54:00.469><c> come</c><00:54:00.590><c> out</c><00:54:00.730><c> of</c><00:54:00.829><c> these</c><00:54:01.010><c> men,</c><00:54:01.289><c> the</c><00:54:01.510><c> quick</c><00:54:01.650><c> questions.</c>

00:54:02.570 --> 00:54:04.650
Who<00:54:02.809><c> brought</c><00:54:02.949><c> you</c><00:54:03.130><c> here?</c><00:54:04.170><c> What</c><00:54:04.329><c> are</c><00:54:04.369><c> you</c><00:54:04.489><c> making</c>

00:54:04.650 --> 00:54:08.909
here?<00:54:05.769><c> What</c><00:54:05.969><c> are</c><00:54:06.090><c> you</c><00:54:06.130><c> doing</c><00:54:06.190><c> here?</c><00:54:07.789><c> You</c><00:54:08.110><c> see</c><00:54:08.369><c> the</c><00:54:08.510><c> surprise</c>

00:54:08.909 --> 00:54:12.489
in<00:54:09.030><c> their</c><00:54:09.190><c> voice.</c><00:54:09.969><c> But</c><00:54:10.110><c> no</c><00:54:10.309><c> respect.</c><00:54:12.250><c> No</c>

00:54:12.489 --> 00:54:15.409
respect.<00:54:13.650><c> You</c><00:54:13.650><c> know,</c><00:54:13.949><c> no</c><00:54:14.170><c> greeting</c><00:54:14.469><c> him</c><00:54:14.730><c> and</c><00:54:14.869><c> saying</c><00:54:15.150><c> thus</c>

00:54:15.409 --> 00:54:16.969
and<00:54:15.610><c> thus.</c><00:54:16.289><c> What</c><00:54:16.369><c> are</c><00:54:16.510><c> you</c><00:54:16.510><c> doing</c><00:54:16.650><c> here?</c><00:54:16.829><c> Who</c>

00:54:16.969 --> 00:54:19.210
brought<00:54:17.190><c> you</c><00:54:17.329><c> here?</c><00:54:17.889><c> What</c><00:54:18.070><c> are</c><00:54:18.150><c> you</c><00:54:18.250><c> making</c><00:54:18.449><c> here?</c><00:54:18.929><c> What</c><00:54:19.090><c> have</c>

00:54:19.210 --> 00:54:22.429
you<00:54:19.349><c> got</c><00:54:19.530><c> here?</c><00:54:21.110><c> And</c><00:54:21.449><c> that's</c><00:54:21.789><c> the</c><00:54:21.969><c> surprise.</c>

00:54:22.570 --> 00:54:25.170
You<00:54:22.690><c> see,</c><00:54:22.789><c> they</c><00:54:22.909><c> can't</c><00:54:23.869><c> figure</c><00:54:24.150><c> out</c><00:54:24.389><c> why</c><00:54:24.590><c> he</c><00:54:24.650><c> should</c><00:54:24.809><c> be</c><00:54:25.010><c> here.</c>

00:54:25.489 --> 00:54:27.269
And<00:54:25.750><c> he</c><00:54:26.070><c> told</c><00:54:26.309><c> them</c><00:54:26.489><c> that</c><00:54:26.730><c> thus</c><00:54:26.929><c> and</c><00:54:27.130><c> thus</c>

00:54:27.269 --> 00:54:29.309
dealeth<00:54:27.630><c> Micah</c><00:54:27.889><c> with</c><00:54:28.070><c> me</c><00:54:28.250><c> and</c><00:54:28.349><c> hath</c><00:54:28.570><c> hired</c><00:54:28.710><c> me,</c><00:54:28.869><c> and</c><00:54:28.949><c> I'm</c><00:54:29.110><c> his</c>

00:54:29.309 --> 00:54:31.309
priest.<00:54:30.530><c> And</c><00:54:30.710><c> that</c><00:54:30.730><c> was</c><00:54:30.949><c> true</c><00:54:31.110><c> enough,</c>

00:54:31.309 --> 00:54:36.010
brethren<00:54:31.590><c> and</c><00:54:31.730><c> sisters.</c><00:54:32.250><c> He</c><00:54:32.269><c> was</c><00:54:32.550><c> his</c><00:54:32.789><c> priest.</c><00:54:33.369><c> He</c><00:54:33.409><c> wasn't</c><00:54:33.730><c> Yahweh's.</c><00:54:35.710><c> He</c>

00:54:36.010 --> 00:54:37.210
certainly<00:54:36.309><c> wasn't</c><00:54:36.630><c> Yahweh's</c>

00:54:37.210 --> 00:54:42.190
priest.<00:54:37.710><c> He</c><00:54:37.789><c> was,</c><00:54:38.429><c> in</c><00:54:38.449><c> the</c><00:54:38.650><c> truest</c><00:54:38.849><c> sense</c><00:54:39.090><c> of</c><00:54:39.289><c> the</c><00:54:39.429><c> word,</c><00:54:40.170><c> Micah's</c><00:54:40.610><c> priest.</c><00:54:42.010><c> And</c>

00:54:42.190 --> 00:54:43.289
what<00:54:42.289><c> are</c><00:54:42.349><c> these</c><00:54:42.650><c> five</c>

00:54:43.289 --> 00:54:47.670
men<00:54:43.570><c> enforced</c><00:54:44.010><c> to?</c><00:54:44.710><c> Well,</c><00:54:45.210><c> they</c><00:54:45.389><c> said,</c><00:54:46.369><c> ask</c><00:54:46.510><c> counsel,</c><00:54:46.929><c> we</c><00:54:47.130><c> pray</c><00:54:47.349><c> thee</c><00:54:47.530><c> of</c>

00:54:47.670 --> 00:54:49.210
God,<00:54:48.210><c> that</c><00:54:48.329><c> we</c><00:54:48.530><c> may</c><00:54:48.710><c> know</c><00:54:48.969><c> whether</c>

00:54:49.210 --> 00:54:53.929
our<00:54:49.510><c> way,</c><00:54:49.989><c> which</c><00:54:50.230><c> we</c><00:54:50.510><c> go,</c><00:54:50.730><c> shall</c><00:54:50.909><c> be</c><00:54:51.170><c> prosperous.</c><00:54:52.309><c> Now</c><00:54:52.570><c> can</c><00:54:52.710><c> you</c><00:54:52.889><c> imagine</c><00:54:53.210><c> the</c><00:54:53.510><c> depth</c><00:54:53.730><c> of</c>

00:54:53.929 --> 00:54:54.769
their<00:54:54.130><c> misunderstanding</c>

00:54:54.769 --> 00:55:00.250
of<00:54:54.969><c> God's</c><00:54:55.329><c> purpose,</c><00:54:55.710><c> brethren</c><00:54:55.829><c> and</c><00:54:56.110><c> sisters?</c><00:54:57.789><c> You</c><00:54:58.010><c> know,</c><00:54:58.130><c> it's</c><00:54:58.469><c> comparable</c><00:54:59.010><c> to</c>

00:55:00.250 --> 00:55:01.190
a<00:55:00.389><c> person</c><00:55:00.710><c> coming</c><00:55:00.949><c> into</c>

00:55:01.190 --> 00:55:03.550
Yahweh's<00:55:01.570><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:55:01.730><c> or</c><00:55:01.909><c> any</c><00:55:02.090><c> Ecclesia</c><00:55:02.369><c> for</c><00:55:02.510><c> that</c><00:55:02.710><c> matter,</c>

00:55:03.889 --> 00:55:06.789
and<00:55:04.070><c> being</c><00:55:04.329><c> baptized</c><00:55:05.150><c> and</c><00:55:06.190><c> finding</c><00:55:06.510><c> the</c>

00:55:06.789 --> 00:55:08.969
difficulties<00:55:07.110><c> of</c><00:55:07.349><c> life</c><00:55:07.550><c> so</c><00:55:07.949><c> great</c><00:55:08.110><c> they</c><00:55:08.269><c> can't</c><00:55:08.510><c> stop</c><00:55:08.710><c> in</c><00:55:08.829><c> the</c>

00:55:08.969 --> 00:55:11.530
Ecclesia.<00:55:10.090><c> And</c><00:55:10.349><c> they</c><00:55:10.610><c> leave</c><00:55:10.750><c> the</c><00:55:10.949><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:55:11.530 --> 00:55:13.769
and<00:55:11.869><c> go</c><00:55:12.090><c> hoofing</c><00:55:12.329><c> it</c><00:55:12.510><c> around</c><00:55:12.710><c> Adelaide</c><00:55:12.989><c> and</c><00:55:13.170><c> all</c><00:55:13.289><c> the</c><00:55:13.550><c> capital</c>

00:55:13.769 --> 00:55:16.389
cities<00:55:14.230><c> to</c><00:55:14.690><c> find</c><00:55:14.929><c> some</c><00:55:15.349><c> luxurious</c><00:55:16.070><c> way</c>

00:55:16.389 --> 00:55:19.150
of<00:55:16.550><c> life,</c><00:55:16.789><c> an</c><00:55:16.909><c> easy</c><00:55:17.250><c> way</c><00:55:17.469><c> of</c><00:55:17.630><c> life,</c><00:55:18.289><c> and</c><00:55:18.469><c> stumbling</c><00:55:18.690><c> upon</c><00:55:18.929><c> a</c>

00:55:19.150 --> 00:55:21.110
Roman<00:55:19.349><c> Catholic</c><00:55:19.769><c> bishop</c><00:55:20.170><c> and</c><00:55:20.570><c> asking</c><00:55:20.849><c> him</c>

00:55:21.110 --> 00:55:26.550
whether<00:55:21.309><c> their</c><00:55:21.550><c> way</c><00:55:21.690><c> would</c><00:55:21.969><c> be</c><00:55:22.349><c> prosperous.</c><00:55:25.110><c> What</c><00:55:25.269><c> an</c><00:55:25.530><c> incredible</c><00:55:26.289><c> friend</c>

00:55:26.550 --> 00:55:27.630
of<00:55:26.829><c> mine.</c><00:55:27.309><c> And</c><00:55:27.429><c> here</c><00:55:27.530><c> are</c>

00:55:27.630 --> 00:55:32.110
these<00:55:27.690><c> five</c><00:55:28.070><c> men</c><00:55:28.349><c> enforced</c><00:55:28.869><c> who</c><00:55:29.210><c> had</c><00:55:29.349><c> left</c><00:55:29.550><c> Yahweh's</c><00:55:30.110><c> inheritance,</c><00:55:31.730><c> spurned</c>

00:55:32.110 --> 00:55:32.889
that<00:55:32.230><c> which</c><00:55:32.369><c> God</c><00:55:32.570><c> had</c><00:55:32.730><c> given</c>

00:55:32.889 --> 00:55:36.570
them,<00:55:33.510><c> turned</c><00:55:33.750><c> their</c><00:55:34.010><c> back</c><00:55:34.269><c> upon</c><00:55:34.469><c> it,</c><00:55:35.210><c> free</c><00:55:35.429><c> booting</c><00:55:35.710><c> it</c><00:55:35.889><c> around</c><00:55:36.010><c> looking</c><00:55:36.250><c> for</c>

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somewhere<00:55:36.730><c> to</c><00:55:37.010><c> go,</c><00:55:37.449><c> and</c>

00:55:37.570 --> 00:55:40.489
they<00:55:37.750><c> got</c><00:55:37.929><c> the</c><00:55:38.170><c> audacity</c><00:55:38.909><c> to</c><00:55:39.170><c> come</c><00:55:39.309><c> to</c><00:55:39.469><c> this</c><00:55:39.690><c> fellow</c><00:55:39.889><c> who's</c><00:55:40.309><c> an</c>

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adulterous<00:55:41.010><c> priest</c><00:55:41.250><c> and</c><00:55:41.449><c> say</c><00:55:41.610><c> whether</c>

00:55:41.789 --> 00:55:46.150
their<00:55:42.130><c> way</c><00:55:42.230><c> shall</c><00:55:42.409><c> be</c><00:55:42.630><c> prosperous.</c><00:55:44.929><c> Every</c><00:55:45.329><c> man</c><00:55:45.530><c> did</c><00:55:45.670><c> that</c><00:55:45.829><c> which</c><00:55:45.949><c> was</c>

00:55:46.150 --> 00:55:48.250
right<00:55:46.289><c> in</c><00:55:46.389><c> his</c><00:55:46.510><c> own</c><00:55:46.730><c> eyes.</c><00:55:48.050><c> Here</c>

00:55:48.250 --> 00:55:52.869
is<00:55:48.530><c> Israel</c><00:55:48.869><c> asking</c><00:55:49.269><c> an</c><00:55:49.489><c> apostate</c><00:55:50.070><c> priest</c><00:55:50.449><c> for</c><00:55:50.769><c> counsel.</c><00:55:52.650><c> And</c>

00:55:52.869 --> 00:55:54.250
bear<00:55:52.969><c> this</c><00:55:53.110><c> in</c><00:55:53.349><c> mind,</c><00:55:53.710><c> brethren</c><00:55:53.730><c> and</c><00:55:53.949><c> sisters,</c>

00:55:54.250 --> 00:55:58.710
asking<00:55:55.230><c> counsel</c><00:55:55.869><c> after</c><00:55:57.030><c> the</c><00:55:57.309><c> mission</c><00:55:57.570><c> had</c><00:55:57.849><c> been</c><00:55:58.150><c> commenced,</c>

00:55:58.849 --> 00:56:00.409
they<00:55:59.010><c> were</c><00:55:59.010><c> already</c><00:55:59.130><c> on</c><00:55:59.389><c> their</c><00:55:59.469><c> way.</c>

00:56:01.849 --> 00:56:05.429
Already<00:56:02.369><c> on</c><00:56:02.630><c> their</c><00:56:02.769><c> way</c><00:56:03.110><c> and</c><00:56:03.530><c> in</c><00:56:03.829><c> the</c><00:56:03.989><c> face</c><00:56:04.170><c> of</c><00:56:04.349><c> the</c><00:56:04.610><c> fact</c><00:56:04.909><c> that</c>

00:56:05.429 --> 00:56:07.750
what<00:56:05.650><c> they</c><00:56:05.869><c> were</c><00:56:06.050><c> doing</c><00:56:06.449><c> was</c><00:56:07.269><c> blatantly</c>

00:56:07.750 --> 00:56:11.309
wrong<00:56:08.050><c> in</c><00:56:08.269><c> God's</c><00:56:08.769><c> sight.</c><00:56:10.110><c> Now</c><00:56:10.230><c> you</c><00:56:10.429><c> see</c><00:56:10.550><c> what</c><00:56:10.730><c> the</c><00:56:10.929><c> record</c><00:56:11.110><c> is</c>

00:56:11.309 --> 00:56:13.570
telling<00:56:11.469><c> us.</c><00:56:12.530><c> This</c><00:56:12.710><c> is</c><00:56:12.949><c> the</c><00:56:13.150><c> frame</c><00:56:13.349><c> of</c>

00:56:13.570 --> 00:56:17.489
mind<00:56:13.750><c> of</c><00:56:13.889><c> Israel</c><00:56:14.409><c> in</c><00:56:15.349><c> those</c><00:56:15.570><c> very</c><00:56:15.889><c> early</c><00:56:16.130><c> years.</c><00:56:16.949><c> And</c><00:56:17.110><c> what</c><00:56:17.369><c> a</c>

00:56:17.489 --> 00:56:19.989
splendid<00:56:18.170><c> answer</c><00:56:18.429><c> they</c><00:56:18.670><c> got.</c><00:56:19.789><c> What</c>

00:56:19.989 --> 00:56:24.190
an<00:56:20.329><c> eloquent</c><00:56:21.070><c> learning,</c><00:56:21.829><c> dissertation,</c><00:56:23.150><c> and</c><00:56:23.250><c> what</c><00:56:23.730><c> great</c>

00:56:24.190 --> 00:56:26.489
detail<00:56:24.690><c> they</c><00:56:24.909><c> got</c><00:56:25.090><c> from</c><00:56:25.610><c> this</c><00:56:25.869><c> fellow,</c><00:56:26.289><c> Jonathan.</c>

00:56:26.849 --> 00:56:29.889
And<00:56:26.969><c> here's</c><00:56:27.170><c> about</c><00:56:27.389><c> all</c><00:56:27.650><c> the</c><00:56:27.809><c> record</c><00:56:28.070><c> says</c><00:56:28.289><c> that</c><00:56:28.369><c> he</c><00:56:28.510><c> ever</c><00:56:28.750><c> says</c><00:56:29.070><c> apart</c><00:56:29.610><c> from</c><00:56:29.769><c> a</c>

00:56:29.889 --> 00:56:31.130
few<00:56:30.010><c> other</c><00:56:30.230><c> words.</c>

00:56:31.309 --> 00:56:33.889
It<00:56:31.309><c> says,</c><00:56:31.610><c> the</c><00:56:31.769><c> priest</c><00:56:32.030><c> said</c><00:56:32.150><c> to</c><00:56:32.289><c> them,</c><00:56:32.489><c> go</c><00:56:32.769><c> in</c><00:56:33.050><c> peace</c><00:56:33.309><c> before</c>

00:56:33.889 --> 00:56:36.530
Yahweh<00:56:34.289><c> is</c><00:56:34.570><c> your</c><00:56:34.809><c> way,</c><00:56:35.289><c> wherein</c><00:56:35.449><c> you</c><00:56:35.730><c> go.</c>

00:56:38.489 --> 00:56:42.769
Literally<00:56:39.010><c> translated,</c><00:56:41.269><c> the</c><00:56:41.389><c> journey</c><00:56:41.710><c> which</c><00:56:41.909><c> you</c><00:56:42.170><c> take</c><00:56:42.469><c> is</c>

00:56:42.769 --> 00:56:46.230
under<00:56:42.949><c> the</c><00:56:43.130><c> eyes</c><00:56:43.269><c> of</c><00:56:43.489><c> Yahweh,</c><00:56:45.750><c> which</c><00:56:46.050><c> meant</c>

00:56:46.230 --> 00:56:49.789
nothing.<00:56:48.309><c> You</c><00:56:48.469><c> know,</c><00:56:48.869><c> it</c><00:56:48.949><c> would</c><00:56:48.969><c> just</c><00:56:49.190><c> be</c><00:56:49.389><c> like</c><00:56:49.510><c> what</c><00:56:49.690><c> you're</c>

00:56:49.789 --> 00:56:51.750
here<00:56:49.949><c> today,</c><00:56:50.250><c> wouldn't</c><00:56:50.449><c> it?</c><00:56:51.329><c> The</c><00:56:51.570><c> holy</c>

00:56:51.750 --> 00:56:54.269
digits,<00:56:52.110><c> you</c><00:56:52.289><c> know,</c><00:56:52.469><c> go</c><00:56:52.590><c> in</c><00:56:52.710><c> the</c><00:56:52.869><c> water</c><00:56:53.030><c> and</c><00:56:53.289><c> sprinkle</c><00:56:53.570><c> blessings</c><00:56:54.010><c> upon</c>

00:56:54.269 --> 00:56:56.130
the<00:56:54.489><c> people.</c><00:56:55.289><c> Peace</c><00:56:55.650><c> be</c><00:56:55.869><c> with</c><00:56:55.989><c> you,</c>

00:56:56.170 --> 00:57:02.150
my<00:56:56.429><c> sons.</c><00:56:57.570><c> But</c><00:56:57.869><c> as</c><00:56:58.389><c> general</c><00:56:58.750><c> as</c><00:56:58.969><c> you</c><00:56:59.150><c> like,</c><00:56:59.690><c> no</c><00:57:00.010><c> specific</c><00:57:00.530><c> application,</c><00:57:01.510><c> nothing</c><00:57:01.730><c> about</c><00:57:01.969><c> what</c>

00:57:02.150 --> 00:57:02.530
will<00:57:02.369><c> happen</c>

00:57:02.530 --> 00:57:04.510
here<00:57:02.769><c> or</c><00:57:02.869><c> what</c><00:57:03.010><c> will</c><00:57:03.110><c> happen</c><00:57:03.210><c> there,</c><00:57:03.329><c> because</c><00:57:03.449><c> he</c><00:57:03.650><c> didn't</c><00:57:03.949><c> have</c><00:57:04.210><c> a</c>

00:57:04.510 --> 00:57:07.869
clue.<00:57:06.150><c> He</c><00:57:06.389><c> didn't</c><00:57:06.690><c> have</c><00:57:06.949><c> the</c><00:57:07.409><c> slightest</c>

00:57:07.869 --> 00:57:10.809
clue<00:57:08.650><c> what</c><00:57:09.010><c> to</c><00:57:09.289><c> say.</c><00:57:09.730><c> So</c><00:57:09.929><c> he</c><00:57:10.030><c> said</c><00:57:10.190><c> what</c><00:57:10.309><c> he</c><00:57:10.489><c> thought</c><00:57:10.590><c> would</c><00:57:10.730><c> be</c>

00:57:10.809 --> 00:57:12.389
the<00:57:10.969><c> right</c><00:57:11.170><c> thing</c><00:57:11.369><c> to</c><00:57:11.610><c> say</c><00:57:11.789><c> and</c><00:57:12.070><c> he</c><00:57:12.250><c> made</c>

00:57:12.389 --> 00:57:18.409
a<00:57:12.989><c> generalization.</c><00:57:14.190><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:14.530><c> is</c><00:57:14.769><c> watching</c><00:57:14.949><c> over</c><00:57:15.269><c> your</c><00:57:15.510><c> journey.</c><00:57:16.710><c> Remarkable.</c><00:57:18.250><c> And</c>

00:57:18.409 --> 00:57:19.170
the<00:57:18.690><c> five</c><00:57:18.909><c> men</c>

00:57:19.170 --> 00:57:23.909
of<00:57:19.369><c> force,</c><00:57:19.949><c> fortified</c><00:57:20.750><c> by</c><00:57:20.989><c> that</c><00:57:21.429><c> stirring</c><00:57:22.150><c> exhortation,</c><00:57:23.730><c> go</c>

00:57:23.909 --> 00:57:26.130
forth,<00:57:24.449><c> brethren</c><00:57:24.489><c> and</c><00:57:24.769><c> sisters,</c><00:57:25.289><c> to</c><00:57:25.730><c> conquer</c>

00:57:26.130 --> 00:57:29.010
and<00:57:26.550><c> to</c><00:57:26.889><c> conquer.</c><00:57:27.510><c> And</c><00:57:27.650><c> so</c><00:57:27.750><c> they</c><00:57:27.989><c> come,</c><00:57:28.250><c> they</c><00:57:28.449><c> read</c><00:57:28.590><c> in</c><00:57:28.809><c> verse</c>

00:57:29.010 --> 00:57:32.989
nine,<00:57:29.769><c> to</c><00:57:29.929><c> Laish,</c><00:57:32.070><c> or</c><00:57:32.190><c> verse,</c><00:57:32.710><c> sorry,</c>

00:57:33.329 --> 00:57:36.630
come<00:57:33.469><c> in</c><00:57:33.630><c> there</c><00:57:33.769><c> to</c><00:57:33.949><c> verse</c><00:57:34.130><c> seven,</c><00:57:34.750><c> and</c><00:57:34.909><c> the</c><00:57:35.130><c> five</c><00:57:35.389><c> men</c><00:57:35.590><c> departed</c><00:57:35.949><c> and</c><00:57:36.150><c> came</c><00:57:36.389><c> to</c>

00:57:36.630 --> 00:57:37.849
Laish<00:57:37.010><c> and</c><00:57:37.369><c> saw</c><00:57:37.610><c> the</c>

00:57:37.849 --> 00:57:40.289
people<00:57:38.050><c> there.</c><00:57:38.730><c> Now</c><00:57:39.070><c> Laish,</c><00:57:39.349><c> brethren</c><00:57:39.630><c> and</c><00:57:39.849><c> sisters,</c><00:57:40.010><c> means</c>

00:57:40.289 --> 00:57:44.789
a<00:57:40.570><c> lion.</c><00:57:41.610><c> It's</c><00:57:41.809><c> right</c><00:57:42.030><c> up</c><00:57:42.469><c> north,</c><00:57:44.530><c> right</c>

00:57:44.789 --> 00:57:47.909
under<00:57:44.989><c> the,</c><00:57:45.530><c> almost</c><00:57:45.929><c> under</c><00:57:46.150><c> the</c><00:57:46.329><c> shadow</c><00:57:46.550><c> of</c><00:57:46.769><c> Holman</c><00:57:46.969><c> up</c><00:57:47.170><c> here.</c>

00:57:48.130 --> 00:57:50.349
And<00:57:48.369><c> it's</c><00:57:48.550><c> up</c><00:57:48.650><c> in</c><00:57:48.789><c> the</c><00:57:48.929><c> region</c><00:57:49.489><c> where</c>

00:57:50.449 --> 00:57:53.809
Jordan<00:57:50.949><c> has</c><00:57:51.210><c> its</c><00:57:51.489><c> source.</c><00:57:52.550><c> There</c><00:57:52.710><c> are</c><00:57:52.909><c> three</c><00:57:53.170><c> sources</c><00:57:53.530><c> to</c><00:57:53.730><c> the</c>

00:57:53.809 --> 00:57:55.929
River<00:57:53.969><c> Jordan</c><00:57:54.369><c> and</c><00:57:54.809><c> this</c><00:57:55.110><c> region</c><00:57:55.349><c> of</c><00:57:55.610><c> Laish,</c>

00:57:55.969 --> 00:57:59.130
which<00:57:56.130><c> is</c><00:57:56.309><c> near</c><00:57:56.550><c> Banius,</c><00:57:57.010><c> is</c><00:57:57.130><c> one</c><00:57:57.369><c> of</c><00:57:57.510><c> them.</c><00:57:58.429><c> It's</c><00:57:58.730><c> the</c><00:57:58.889><c> most</c>

00:57:59.130 --> 00:58:00.730
northern<00:57:59.449><c> town</c><00:57:59.710><c> of</c><00:57:59.869><c> Israel</c><00:58:00.170><c> because</c><00:58:00.409><c> that's</c>

00:58:00.730 --> 00:58:05.469
the<00:58:00.909><c> phrase,</c><00:58:01.690><c> from</c><00:58:02.010><c> Dan</c><00:58:02.309><c> to</c><00:58:02.530><c> Beersheba.</c><00:58:04.050><c> It</c><00:58:04.230><c> is</c><00:58:04.590><c> a</c><00:58:04.829><c> strikingly</c>

00:58:05.469 --> 00:58:06.909
beautiful<00:58:05.829><c> place,</c><00:58:06.190><c> brethren</c><00:58:06.369><c> and</c><00:58:06.610><c> sisters.</c>

00:58:06.909 --> 00:58:11.150
Describe<00:58:07.750><c> Vardeen</c><00:58:08.289><c> Stanley</c><00:58:08.690><c> and</c><00:58:08.869><c> his</c><00:58:09.070><c> work</c><00:58:09.309><c> on</c><00:58:09.650><c> Sinai</c><00:58:09.969><c> and</c><00:58:10.150><c> Palestine</c><00:58:10.670><c> as</c>

00:58:11.150 --> 00:58:12.530
the<00:58:11.289><c> most</c><00:58:11.769><c> beautiful</c>

00:58:12.969 --> 00:58:18.389
portion<00:58:13.489><c> of</c><00:58:13.929><c> God's</c><00:58:14.309><c> land.</c><00:58:14.829><c> That's</c><00:58:14.929><c> how</c><00:58:15.070><c> he</c><00:58:15.269><c> describes</c><00:58:15.690><c> it.</c><00:58:16.150><c> The</c><00:58:16.230><c> most</c><00:58:16.570><c> glorious</c><00:58:17.250><c> portion,</c><00:58:17.650><c> he</c><00:58:17.989><c> describes</c>

00:58:18.389 --> 00:58:22.909
it,<00:58:18.690><c> of</c><00:58:18.869><c> the</c><00:58:19.070><c> whole</c><00:58:19.369><c> land</c><00:58:19.510><c> of</c><00:58:19.670><c> Israel</c><00:58:20.050><c> is</c><00:58:20.329><c> in</c><00:58:20.469><c> that</c><00:58:20.610><c> region.</c><00:58:21.769><c> With</c><00:58:22.050><c> Heron</c><00:58:22.309><c> tearing</c><00:58:22.710><c> in</c>

00:58:22.909 --> 00:58:23.449
the<00:58:23.050><c> background</c>

00:58:23.449 --> 00:58:27.389
and<00:58:24.010><c> the</c><00:58:24.150><c> ring</c><00:58:24.289><c> of</c><00:58:25.469><c> the</c><00:58:25.590><c> Galilean</c><00:58:25.949><c> mountains</c><00:58:26.269><c> before</c><00:58:26.670><c> them,</c>

00:58:27.469 --> 00:58:29.650
the<00:58:27.590><c> snows</c><00:58:27.849><c> of</c><00:58:28.110><c> Heron</c><00:58:28.309><c> feeding</c><00:58:28.610><c> the</c><00:58:29.289><c> glorious</c>

00:58:29.650 --> 00:58:31.690
waters,<00:58:30.010><c> as</c><00:58:30.150><c> they</c><00:58:30.369><c> are</c><00:58:30.630><c> there</c><00:58:30.829><c> up</c><00:58:30.929><c> in</c><00:58:31.030><c> the</c><00:58:31.110><c> north</c><00:58:31.250><c> of</c><00:58:31.489><c> Jordan,</c>

00:58:31.750 --> 00:58:32.829
they<00:58:31.989><c> become,</c><00:58:32.190><c> of</c><00:58:32.349><c> course,</c><00:58:32.630><c> different</c>

00:58:32.829 --> 00:58:36.610
down<00:58:33.090><c> south.</c><00:58:33.849><c> And</c><00:58:34.030><c> over</c><00:58:34.110><c> to</c><00:58:34.269><c> the</c><00:58:34.409><c> west,</c><00:58:34.829><c> of</c><00:58:34.829><c> course,</c><00:58:35.489><c> the</c><00:58:35.849><c> great</c><00:58:36.250><c> sea,</c>

00:58:36.829 --> 00:58:38.210
of<00:58:36.889><c> course,</c><00:58:37.510><c> beyond</c><00:58:37.829><c> the</c><00:58:38.070><c> hills</c>

00:58:38.210 --> 00:58:40.929
of<00:58:38.489><c> Galilee.</c><00:58:39.070><c> And</c><00:58:39.309><c> to</c><00:58:39.449><c> their</c><00:58:39.630><c> left,</c><00:58:39.849><c> the</c><00:58:40.030><c> great</c><00:58:40.389><c> gulf</c><00:58:40.710><c> which</c>

00:58:40.929 --> 00:58:43.449
dips<00:58:41.150><c> down</c><00:58:41.670><c> past</c><00:58:42.190><c> the</c><00:58:42.289><c> lake</c><00:58:42.449><c> of</c><00:58:42.670><c> Galilee</c><00:58:43.090><c> and</c>

00:58:43.449 --> 00:58:46.710
across<00:58:43.670><c> to</c><00:58:43.829><c> the</c><00:58:43.909><c> hills</c><00:58:44.050><c> of</c><00:58:44.230><c> Gilead.</c><00:58:44.650><c> It's</c><00:58:44.989><c> a</c><00:58:45.110><c> beautiful</c><00:58:45.750><c> locality.</c><00:58:46.530><c> And</c>

00:58:46.710 --> 00:58:48.289
they<00:58:46.869><c> came</c><00:58:47.110><c> up</c><00:58:47.369><c> there</c><00:58:47.730><c> and</c><00:58:48.050><c> there</c>

00:58:48.289 --> 00:58:50.789
they<00:58:48.469><c> found</c><00:58:48.750><c> what</c><00:58:48.889><c> they</c><00:58:49.070><c> were</c><00:58:49.130><c> looking</c><00:58:49.389><c> for.</c><00:58:49.909><c> The</c><00:58:50.250><c> five</c><00:58:50.590><c> men</c>

00:58:50.789 --> 00:58:53.429
of<00:58:51.070><c> force.</c><00:58:52.550><c> They</c><00:58:52.730><c> found</c><00:58:52.869><c> the</c><00:58:53.030><c> people</c><00:58:53.190><c> that</c>

00:58:53.429 --> 00:58:57.949
dwelt<00:58:53.570><c> careless.</c><00:58:55.829><c> The</c><00:58:56.030><c> word</c><00:58:56.150><c> means</c><00:58:56.429><c> secure.</c><00:58:57.389><c> Same</c><00:58:57.630><c> as</c><00:58:57.809><c> that</c>

00:58:57.949 --> 00:59:00.769
word<00:58:58.110><c> in</c><00:58:58.289><c> Ezekiel</c><00:58:58.650><c> 38,</c><00:58:59.250><c> you</c><00:58:59.409><c> know?</c><00:59:00.510><c> They</c>

00:59:00.769 --> 00:59:03.690
will<00:59:01.030><c> dwell</c><00:59:01.230><c> safely,</c><00:59:02.010><c> all</c><00:59:02.250><c> of</c><00:59:02.369><c> them.</c><00:59:03.230><c> They'll</c><00:59:03.449><c> give</c><00:59:03.530><c> you</c><00:59:03.630><c> an</c>

00:59:03.690 --> 00:59:06.789
idea<00:59:03.969><c> of</c><00:59:04.130><c> what</c><00:59:04.269><c> the</c><00:59:04.449><c> word</c><00:59:04.590><c> means</c><00:59:04.949><c> here.</c><00:59:06.570><c> They</c>

00:59:06.789 --> 00:59:11.869
were<00:59:06.969><c> like</c><00:59:07.150><c> the</c><00:59:07.329><c> Zidonians,</c><00:59:09.329><c> quiet</c><00:59:09.710><c> and</c><00:59:10.010><c> secure.</c><00:59:10.710><c> The</c><00:59:10.789><c> Zidonians,</c><00:59:11.530><c> brothers</c><00:59:11.670><c> and</c>

00:59:11.869 --> 00:59:12.250
sisters,<00:59:12.210><c> were</c>

00:59:12.250 --> 00:59:17.750
people<00:59:12.550><c> who</c><00:59:12.710><c> lived</c><00:59:12.829><c> over</c><00:59:13.030><c> on</c><00:59:13.250><c> the</c><00:59:13.349><c> coast.</c><00:59:14.710><c> They</c><00:59:14.849><c> were</c><00:59:15.010><c> merchants,</c><00:59:16.130><c> businessmen.</c><00:59:17.670><c> You</c>

00:59:17.750 --> 00:59:18.610
know,<00:59:17.889><c> these</c><00:59:18.170><c> businessmen</c>

00:59:18.610 --> 00:59:21.469
that<00:59:18.690><c> can</c><00:59:18.889><c> hardly</c><00:59:19.110><c> do</c><00:59:19.269><c> up</c><00:59:19.429><c> the</c><00:59:19.550><c> front</c><00:59:19.670><c> of</c><00:59:19.750><c> their</c><00:59:20.030><c> coat</c><00:59:20.329><c> because</c>

00:59:21.469 --> 00:59:25.969
they<00:59:21.969><c> live</c><00:59:22.269><c> so</c><00:59:23.210><c> sparingly.</c><00:59:24.909><c> Great</c><00:59:25.309><c> businessmen,</c>

00:59:25.969 --> 00:59:28.849
you<00:59:25.989><c> know,</c><00:59:26.570><c> that</c><00:59:26.809><c> had</c><00:59:26.949><c> all</c><00:59:27.250><c> the</c><00:59:27.570><c> cash</c><00:59:27.809><c> in</c><00:59:28.010><c> the</c><00:59:28.190><c> world.</c><00:59:28.530><c> This</c><00:59:28.750><c> is</c>

00:59:28.849 --> 00:59:30.750
what<00:59:28.989><c> these</c><00:59:29.250><c> people</c><00:59:29.429><c> were</c><00:59:29.650><c> like.</c><00:59:29.969><c> And</c><00:59:30.210><c> they</c>

00:59:30.750 --> 00:59:32.849
lived<00:59:30.750><c> in</c><00:59:30.750><c> this</c><00:59:30.789><c> region.</c><00:59:31.389><c> And</c><00:59:31.449><c> they</c><00:59:31.590><c> were</c><00:59:31.989><c> a</c><00:59:32.190><c> careless</c><00:59:32.429><c> people.</c><00:59:32.769><c> That</c>

00:59:32.849 --> 00:59:34.210
is,<00:59:33.170><c> they</c><00:59:33.210><c> dwelt</c><00:59:33.449><c> securely.</c><00:59:34.070><c> There's</c>

00:59:34.210 --> 00:59:38.309
no<00:59:34.449><c> worries</c><00:59:34.869><c> up</c><00:59:35.190><c> here.</c><00:59:35.809><c> No</c><00:59:36.050><c> worries.</c><00:59:36.869><c> Beautiful</c><00:59:37.309><c> place.</c><00:59:38.130><c> They</c>

00:59:38.309 --> 00:59:40.530
had<00:59:38.449><c> no</c><00:59:38.809><c> magistrates.</c><00:59:40.130><c> We</c><00:59:40.329><c> don't</c><00:59:40.429><c> want</c>

00:59:40.530 --> 00:59:45.309
nothing<00:59:40.690><c> to</c><00:59:40.809><c> do</c><00:59:40.849><c> with</c><00:59:41.010><c> the</c><00:59:41.250><c> law.</c><00:59:42.269><c> Who</c><00:59:42.469><c> wants</c><00:59:42.769><c> law?</c><00:59:44.409><c> As</c><00:59:44.690><c> Radaham</c>

00:59:45.309 --> 00:59:47.210
renders<00:59:45.710><c> it,</c><00:59:46.130><c> there</c><00:59:46.210><c> is</c><00:59:46.489><c> none</c><00:59:46.750><c> to</c><00:59:46.969><c> possess</c>

00:59:47.210 --> 00:59:49.690
himself<00:59:47.510><c> of</c><00:59:47.750><c> dominion</c><00:59:48.090><c> over</c><00:59:48.289><c> them.</c><00:59:48.710><c> That</c><00:59:48.869><c> is,</c><00:59:49.289><c> they</c><00:59:49.530><c> said,</c>

00:59:49.869 --> 00:59:52.730
look,<00:59:50.530><c> let's</c><00:59:50.889><c> dispense</c><00:59:51.269><c> with</c><00:59:51.550><c> laws</c><00:59:51.789><c> because</c>

00:59:52.929 --> 00:59:56.309
well,<00:59:53.489><c> you</c><00:59:53.670><c> know,</c><00:59:54.030><c> there's</c><00:59:54.389><c> nobody</c><00:59:54.789><c> around</c><00:59:55.349><c> and</c><00:59:55.829><c> we've</c><00:59:56.230><c> got</c>

00:59:56.309 --> 00:59:57.769
our<00:59:56.489><c> own</c><00:59:56.670><c> way</c><00:59:56.829><c> of</c><00:59:57.050><c> life</c><00:59:57.230><c> and</c><00:59:57.369><c> after</c><00:59:57.630><c> all</c>

00:59:57.769 --> 00:59:59.730
that's<00:59:57.769><c> been</c><00:59:57.909><c> done,</c><00:59:58.230><c> we're</c><00:59:58.329><c> living</c><00:59:58.510><c> in</c><00:59:58.710><c> retirement</c><00:59:59.210><c> and</c><00:59:59.530><c> it's</c>

00:59:59.730 --> 01:00:01.650
time<00:59:59.909><c> we</c><01:00:00.190><c> enjoyed</c><01:00:00.389><c> ourselves</c><01:00:00.789><c> a</c><01:00:00.929><c> little</c>

01:00:01.590 --> 01:00:04.449
and<01:00:01.789><c> things</c><01:00:02.090><c> may</c><01:00:02.349><c> be</c><01:00:02.489><c> a</c><01:00:02.570><c> little</c><01:00:02.769><c> illegal,</c><01:00:03.230><c> a</c><01:00:03.289><c> little</c><01:00:03.550><c> immoral,</c>

01:00:04.690 --> 01:00:06.769
but<01:00:04.690><c> well,</c><01:00:05.429><c> you</c><01:00:05.630><c> know</c><01:00:05.809><c> how</c><01:00:06.030><c> it</c><01:00:06.150><c> is.</c><01:00:06.650><c> And</c>

01:00:06.769 --> 01:00:10.110
this<01:00:06.909><c> is</c><01:00:07.050><c> what</c><01:00:07.130><c> they</c><01:00:07.289><c> were</c><01:00:07.449><c> like.</c><01:00:07.789><c> And</c><01:00:08.050><c> they</c><01:00:08.230><c> lived</c><01:00:08.530><c> there,</c><01:00:08.849><c> you</c><01:00:08.969><c> see.</c><01:00:09.449><c> They</c><01:00:09.590><c> had</c><01:00:09.809><c> no</c>

01:00:10.110 --> 01:00:10.570
business<01:00:10.389><c> with</c>

01:00:10.570 --> 01:00:12.969
any<01:00:10.670><c> men.</c><01:00:10.989><c> In</c><01:00:11.190><c> other</c><01:00:11.349><c> words,</c><01:00:11.730><c> brothers</c><01:00:11.809><c> and</c><01:00:12.010><c> sisters,</c><01:00:12.489><c> it</c><01:00:12.710><c> was</c>

01:00:12.969 --> 01:00:15.769
a<01:00:13.170><c> centre</c><01:00:13.769><c> where</c><01:00:14.530><c> all</c><01:00:14.690><c> the</c><01:00:14.869><c> big</c><01:00:15.130><c> businessmen</c>

01:00:15.769 --> 01:00:23.789
had<01:00:16.050><c> retired</c><01:00:16.889><c> and</c><01:00:18.389><c> were</c><01:00:18.550><c> living</c><01:00:18.750><c> it</c><01:00:18.969><c> up.</c><01:00:20.170><c> She</c><01:00:20.369><c> was</c><01:00:20.550><c> a</c><01:00:20.849><c> great</c><01:00:21.050><c> life.</c><01:00:23.010><c> And</c><01:00:23.230><c> the</c><01:00:23.329><c> men</c><01:00:23.449><c> of</c>

01:00:23.789 --> 01:00:25.130
force<01:00:24.090><c> saw</c><01:00:24.389><c> this.</c>

01:00:25.130 --> 01:00:34.289
And<01:00:25.829><c> they</c><01:00:26.090><c> said,</c><01:00:27.849><c> God</c><01:00:28.050><c> is</c><01:00:28.309><c> with</c><01:00:28.469><c> us.</c><01:00:30.670><c> Plenty</c><01:00:30.909><c> of</c><01:00:31.150><c> faith.</c><01:00:32.969><c> Incredible</c><01:00:33.489><c> statement.</c><01:00:34.090><c> Verse</c>

01:00:34.289 --> 01:00:36.110
10.<01:00:35.329><c> God</c><01:00:35.730><c> has</c><01:00:35.989><c> given</c>

01:00:36.110 --> 01:00:39.769
into<01:00:36.349><c> our</c><01:00:36.630><c> hands.</c><01:00:38.409><c> Now</c><01:00:38.590><c> there,</c><01:00:38.969><c> brothers</c><01:00:39.090><c> and</c><01:00:39.329><c> sisters,</c><01:00:39.650><c> is</c>

01:00:39.769 --> 01:00:42.469
an<01:00:39.949><c> indication</c><01:00:40.469><c> of</c><01:00:40.929><c> the</c><01:00:41.250><c> tribe</c><01:00:41.449><c> of</c><01:00:41.750><c> Dan's</c><01:00:42.190><c> mind.</c>

01:00:42.829 --> 01:00:46.829
This<01:00:43.150><c> is</c><01:00:43.389><c> the</c><01:00:43.570><c> therapy</c><01:00:43.789><c> that</c><01:00:44.010><c> God</c><01:00:44.210><c> had</c><01:00:44.349><c> given</c><01:00:44.449><c> into</c><01:00:44.670><c> their</c><01:00:44.829><c> hands</c><01:00:45.090><c> down</c><01:00:45.409><c> here.</c><01:00:46.590><c> Who</c>

01:00:46.829 --> 01:00:47.570
lived<01:00:47.010><c> down</c><01:00:47.309><c> there?</c>

01:00:47.570 --> 01:00:53.210
I'll<01:00:48.130><c> tell</c><01:00:48.210><c> you</c><01:00:48.289><c> who</c><01:00:48.429><c> lived</c><01:00:48.590><c> down</c><01:00:48.829><c> there.</c><01:00:49.429><c> A</c><01:00:49.590><c> man</c><01:00:50.730><c> whose</c><01:00:51.550><c> courage</c><01:00:52.510><c> was</c>

01:00:53.210 --> 01:00:54.849
such<01:00:53.369><c> that</c><01:00:53.590><c> the</c><01:00:53.789><c> Apostle</c><01:00:54.230><c> Paul</c>

01:00:54.849 --> 01:00:59.170
quoted<01:00:55.349><c> his</c><01:00:55.750><c> war</c><01:00:56.070><c> cry</c><01:00:56.409><c> in</c><01:00:56.789><c> one</c><01:00:56.909><c> of</c><01:00:57.050><c> the</c><01:00:57.150><c> epistles.</c><01:00:58.329><c> And</c><01:00:58.510><c> he</c><01:00:58.670><c> told</c><01:00:58.909><c> the</c>

01:00:59.170 --> 01:01:01.130
Ephesians<01:00:59.949><c> to</c><01:01:00.349><c> quit</c><01:01:00.590><c> themselves</c>

01:01:01.130 --> 01:01:04.510
like<01:01:01.510><c> men.</c><01:01:02.130><c> That</c><01:01:02.369><c> was</c><01:01:02.610><c> the</c><01:01:02.789><c> war</c><01:01:02.989><c> cry</c><01:01:03.130><c> of</c><01:01:03.269><c> the</c><01:01:03.429><c> Philistines.</c>

01:01:04.949 --> 01:01:06.449
And<01:01:05.090><c> the</c><01:01:05.230><c> Philistines,</c><01:01:05.889><c> brothers</c><01:01:05.949><c> and</c><01:01:06.050><c> sisters,</c>

01:01:06.769 --> 01:01:10.090
who<01:01:07.010><c> blocked</c><01:01:07.309><c> the</c><01:01:07.590><c> inheritance</c><01:01:07.909><c> of</c><01:01:08.150><c> Dan,</c><01:01:08.489><c> and</c><01:01:08.730><c> Dan,</c><01:01:09.070><c> who</c><01:01:09.070><c> couldn't</c><01:01:09.489><c> get</c>

01:01:10.090 --> 01:01:11.269
through<01:01:10.329><c> their</c><01:01:10.550><c> ranks,</c><01:01:11.150><c> was</c>

01:01:11.269 --> 01:01:15.110
a<01:01:11.469><c> man</c><01:01:11.670><c> who</c><01:01:12.230><c> had</c><01:01:12.349><c> learnt</c><01:01:12.389><c> the</c><01:01:12.610><c> name</c><01:01:12.809><c> of</c><01:01:13.010><c> the</c><01:01:13.289><c> uncircumcised</c><01:01:14.070><c> and</c><01:01:14.210><c> the</c><01:01:14.429><c> unclean.</c><01:01:14.909><c> He</c>

01:01:15.110 --> 01:01:16.489
was<01:01:15.349><c> a</c><01:01:15.550><c> filthy</c><01:01:15.989><c> brute</c><01:01:16.349><c> of</c>

01:01:16.489 --> 01:01:20.429
a<01:01:16.949><c> man.</c><01:01:17.710><c> And</c><01:01:17.849><c> he</c><01:01:17.889><c> had</c><01:01:18.190><c> nothing</c><01:01:18.510><c> to</c><01:01:18.769><c> commend</c><01:01:18.969><c> him</c><01:01:19.150><c> except</c><01:01:19.489><c> his</c>

01:01:20.429 --> 01:01:22.230
bold<01:01:20.690><c> courage.</c><01:01:21.590><c> And</c><01:01:21.690><c> that</c><01:01:21.929><c> courage,</c>

01:01:22.369 --> 01:01:24.630
brothers<01:01:22.489><c> and</c><01:01:22.710><c> sisters,</c><01:01:23.090><c> was</c><01:01:23.190><c> such</c><01:01:23.409><c> that</c><01:01:23.690><c> blocked</c><01:01:23.949><c> Israel's</c>

01:01:24.630 --> 01:01:26.750
path<01:01:25.110><c> to</c><01:01:25.530><c> the</c><01:01:25.670><c> Shefira,</c><01:01:26.369><c> and</c><01:01:26.449><c> to</c><01:01:26.610><c> the</c>

01:01:26.750 --> 01:01:28.829
plains<01:01:26.929><c> of</c><01:01:27.050><c> the</c><01:01:27.150><c> Philistines.</c><01:01:27.829><c> That's</c><01:01:28.190><c> the</c><01:01:28.250><c> end</c><01:01:28.389><c> that</c><01:01:28.610><c> God</c>

01:01:28.829 --> 01:01:30.010
had<01:01:29.050><c> given</c><01:01:29.170><c> into</c><01:01:29.409><c> their</c><01:01:29.650><c> hands</c><01:01:29.769><c> and</c><01:01:29.869><c> they</c>

01:01:30.010 --> 01:01:32.369
couldn't<01:01:30.269><c> take</c><01:01:30.510><c> it</c><01:01:30.849><c> until</c><01:01:31.030><c> they</c><01:01:31.190><c> came</c><01:01:31.389><c> and</c><01:01:31.489><c> they</c><01:01:31.670><c> found</c><01:01:31.809><c> a</c><01:01:31.969><c> big</c>

01:01:32.369 --> 01:01:34.110
business<01:01:32.710><c> man</c><01:01:32.949><c> sitting</c><01:01:33.210><c> back</c><01:01:33.530><c> in</c><01:01:33.869><c> his</c>

01:01:34.110 --> 01:01:36.070
armchair<01:01:34.309><c> with</c><01:01:34.449><c> a</c><01:01:34.550><c> big</c><01:01:34.829><c> seagull,</c><01:01:35.289><c> you</c><01:01:35.389><c> know,</c><01:01:35.769><c> saying,</c><01:01:35.849><c> well,</c>

01:01:36.110 --> 01:01:38.050
this<01:01:36.250><c> is</c><01:01:36.510><c> great.</c><01:01:37.010><c> We</c><01:01:37.030><c> have</c><01:01:37.130><c> no</c><01:01:37.409><c> problems</c><01:01:37.809><c> up</c>

01:01:38.050 --> 01:01:43.710
here.<01:01:39.150><c> And</c><01:01:39.289><c> they</c><01:01:39.510><c> said,</c><01:01:39.869><c> ha</c><01:01:40.269><c>-ha,</c><01:01:40.710><c> God</c><01:01:41.250><c> is</c><01:01:41.510><c> with</c><01:01:41.670><c> us.</c><01:01:43.289><c> What</c><01:01:43.489><c> an</c>

01:01:43.710 --> 01:01:46.070
incredible<01:01:44.630><c> frame</c><01:01:44.869><c> of</c><01:01:45.170><c> mind.</c><01:01:45.650><c> Here</c><01:01:45.969><c> are</c>

01:01:46.070 --> 01:01:50.130
the<01:01:46.269><c> five</c><01:01:46.530><c> great</c><01:01:46.949><c> big</c><01:01:47.250><c> men</c><01:01:47.409><c> of</c><01:01:47.710><c> force.</c><01:01:49.349><c> This,</c><01:01:49.869><c> brothers</c><01:01:49.909><c> and</c>

01:01:50.130 --> 01:01:53.050
sisters,<01:01:50.809><c> is</c><01:01:51.090><c> the</c><01:01:51.289><c> mind</c><01:01:51.510><c> of</c><01:01:51.690><c> God's</c><01:01:52.130><c> people.</c>

01:01:54.090 --> 01:01:56.710
And<01:01:54.269><c> that's</c><01:01:54.369><c> what</c><01:01:54.590><c> the</c><01:01:54.769><c> report</c><01:01:54.949><c> is</c><01:01:55.090><c> trying</c><01:01:55.250><c> to</c><01:01:55.429><c> tell</c><01:01:55.510><c> us.</c><01:01:56.550><c> And</c>

01:01:56.710 --> 01:01:58.710
you<01:01:56.829><c> know,</c><01:01:57.130><c> when</c><01:01:57.309><c> they</c><01:01:57.489><c> went</c><01:01:57.750><c> back</c><01:01:58.170><c> to</c><01:01:58.489><c> tell</c>

01:01:58.710 --> 01:02:01.110
their<01:01:58.949><c> tribe</c><01:01:59.210><c> about</c><01:01:59.409><c> this</c><01:01:59.670><c> wonderful</c><01:02:00.190><c> place</c><01:02:00.489><c> they</c><01:02:00.650><c> had</c><01:02:00.789><c> found,</c><01:02:00.969><c> look</c>

01:02:01.110 --> 01:02:02.710
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01:02:02.710 --> 01:02:06.130
to<01:02:02.829><c> them.</c><01:02:03.170><c> And</c><01:02:03.289><c> they</c><01:02:03.429><c> said,</c><01:02:03.710><c> arise,</c><01:02:04.190><c> that</c><01:02:04.289><c> we</c><01:02:04.449><c> may</c><01:02:04.650><c> go</c><01:02:04.969><c> up</c><01:02:05.110><c> against</c><01:02:05.469><c> them,</c><01:02:05.989><c> for</c>

01:02:06.130 --> 01:02:06.989
we<01:02:06.250><c> have</c><01:02:06.530><c> seen</c><01:02:06.710><c> the</c><01:02:06.889><c> land.</c>

01:02:07.010 --> 01:02:12.369
Behold,<01:02:07.429><c> it</c><01:02:07.530><c> is</c><01:02:07.690><c> very</c><01:02:08.010><c> good.</c><01:02:09.210><c> And</c><01:02:09.469><c> are</c><01:02:09.670><c> ye</c><01:02:09.889><c> still?</c><01:02:11.309><c> Be</c><01:02:11.510><c> not</c><01:02:11.769><c> slothful</c><01:02:12.170><c> to</c>

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go<01:02:12.530><c> and</c><01:02:12.710><c> enter</c><01:02:12.829><c> into</c><01:02:12.969><c> possess</c>

01:02:13.309 --> 01:02:16.809
the<01:02:13.730><c> land.</c><01:02:14.090><c> There's</c><01:02:14.369><c> the</c><01:02:14.510><c> words</c><01:02:14.650><c> of</c><01:02:14.789><c> one</c><01:02:14.869><c> of</c><01:02:14.989><c> the</c><01:02:15.110><c> spies.</c><01:02:16.630><c> Come</c>

01:02:16.809 --> 01:02:19.570
on,<01:02:17.050><c> come</c><01:02:17.269><c> on,</c><01:02:17.869><c> get</c><01:02:18.010><c> up,</c><01:02:18.369><c> get</c><01:02:18.590><c> up.</c><01:02:19.289><c> Don't</c>

01:02:19.570 --> 01:02:22.510
sit<01:02:19.789><c> there.</c><01:02:20.429><c> Don't</c><01:02:20.710><c> be</c><01:02:20.849><c> so</c><01:02:21.130><c> slothful.</c><01:02:21.650><c> Get</c><01:02:21.829><c> up</c><01:02:21.969><c> on</c><01:02:22.090><c> your</c><01:02:22.269><c> feet.</c>

01:02:22.809 --> 01:02:25.630
God<01:02:22.989><c> is</c><01:02:23.150><c> with</c><01:02:23.289><c> us.</c><01:02:24.869><c> Now</c><01:02:25.070><c> there's</c><01:02:25.449><c> the</c>

01:02:25.630 --> 01:02:28.210
words<01:02:25.789><c> of</c><01:02:25.909><c> one</c><01:02:26.070><c> of</c><01:02:26.250><c> the</c><01:02:26.250><c> spies</c><01:02:26.789><c> and</c><01:02:27.289><c> that's</c><01:02:27.630><c> the</c><01:02:27.769><c> character</c><01:02:28.050><c> of</c>

01:02:28.210 --> 01:02:33.570
his<01:02:28.409><c> people.</c><01:02:29.829><c> Sitting</c><01:02:30.070><c> still,</c><01:02:31.949><c> slothful,</c><01:02:33.210><c> not</c>

01:02:33.570 --> 01:02:38.489
taking<01:02:33.849><c> their</c><01:02:34.070><c> inheritance.</c><01:02:35.409><c> And</c><01:02:35.650><c> that</c><01:02:35.869><c> was</c><01:02:36.210><c> Samson's</c><01:02:36.829><c> problem.</c><01:02:38.050><c> That</c>

01:02:38.489 --> 01:02:39.889
burned<01:02:38.789><c> him</c><01:02:38.989><c> out,</c><01:02:39.429><c> ate</c><01:02:39.510><c> him</c><01:02:39.730><c> up,</c>

01:02:39.889 --> 01:02:42.849
and<01:02:40.210><c> caused</c><01:02:40.510><c> him</c><01:02:40.809><c> backwards</c><01:02:41.210><c> and</c><01:02:41.510><c> forwards</c><01:02:42.130><c> between</c><01:02:42.409><c> Zor</c><01:02:42.789><c> and</c>

01:02:42.849 --> 01:02:44.269
the<01:02:42.929><c> earth</c><01:02:43.170><c> to</c><01:02:43.329><c> whole,</c><01:02:43.829><c> into</c><01:02:43.969><c> the</c><01:02:44.150><c> land</c>

01:02:44.269 --> 01:02:46.789
of<01:02:44.409><c> the</c><01:02:44.550><c> Philistines,</c><01:02:45.269><c> to</c><01:02:45.550><c> fight</c><01:02:45.809><c> for</c><01:02:46.010><c> his</c><01:02:46.130><c> very</c><01:02:46.309><c> existence.</c>

01:02:47.170 --> 01:02:48.409
That's<01:02:47.489><c> what</c><01:02:47.650><c> drove</c><01:02:47.989><c> him,</c><01:02:48.250><c> brothers</c>

01:02:48.409 --> 01:02:50.409
and<01:02:48.630><c> sisters,</c><01:02:48.869><c> from</c><01:02:49.070><c> one</c><01:02:49.429><c> place</c><01:02:49.630><c> to</c><01:02:49.690><c> another.</c><01:02:49.889><c> And</c><01:02:50.010><c> I'll</c><01:02:50.329><c> show</c>

01:02:50.409 --> 01:02:51.969
you<01:02:50.550><c> this</c><01:02:50.710><c> is</c><01:02:50.909><c> one</c><01:02:51.269><c> verse</c><01:02:51.489><c> in</c><01:02:51.650><c> the</c><01:02:51.809><c> Bible</c>

01:02:51.969 --> 01:02:54.349
which<01:02:52.190><c> says</c><01:02:52.429><c> this,</c><01:02:52.989><c> gives</c><01:02:53.150><c> an</c><01:02:53.269><c> epitome</c><01:02:53.590><c> of</c><01:02:53.690><c> his</c><01:02:53.889><c> whole</c><01:02:54.170><c> life</c>

01:02:54.349 --> 01:02:56.670
and<01:02:54.510><c> tells</c><01:02:54.710><c> us</c><01:02:54.829><c> what</c><01:02:54.949><c> was</c><01:02:55.210><c> in</c><01:02:55.289><c> his</c><01:02:55.510><c> mind.</c><01:02:56.289><c> It</c>

01:02:56.670 --> 01:02:59.349
drove<01:02:56.909><c> him</c><01:02:57.110><c> and</c><01:02:57.210><c> drove</c><01:02:57.530><c> him</c><01:02:57.750><c> on</c><01:02:57.949><c> that</c><01:02:58.210><c> he</c><01:02:58.289><c> would</c><01:02:58.670><c> never</c><01:02:58.949><c> accept</c>

01:02:59.349 --> 01:03:01.889
that<01:02:59.650><c> fact,</c><01:03:00.750><c> that</c><01:03:00.809><c> he</c><01:03:00.909><c> would</c><01:03:01.050><c> have</c><01:03:01.190><c> no</c><01:03:01.449><c> inheritance.</c>

01:03:02.150 --> 01:03:04.750
He<01:03:02.309><c> would</c><01:03:02.610><c> never</c><01:03:02.889><c> accept</c><01:03:03.230><c> that.</c><01:03:03.690><c> And</c><01:03:03.869><c> in</c><01:03:03.989><c> that</c><01:03:04.090><c> he</c><01:03:04.150><c> was</c><01:03:04.409><c> a</c><01:03:04.610><c> man</c>

01:03:04.750 --> 01:03:06.690
above<01:03:05.070><c> men.</c><01:03:05.510><c> And</c><01:03:05.670><c> that's</c><01:03:05.949><c> why</c><01:03:06.170><c> the</c><01:03:06.489><c> spirit</c>

01:03:06.690 --> 01:03:11.250
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with<01:03:11.449><c> that.</c><01:03:12.750><c> And</c><01:03:12.789><c> so</c><01:03:13.050><c> away</c><01:03:13.349><c> go</c><01:03:13.630><c> the</c>

01:03:13.769 --> 01:03:17.650
mighty<01:03:14.130><c> tribe</c><01:03:14.369><c> of</c><01:03:14.650><c> Den.</c><01:03:15.329><c> Verse</c><01:03:15.630><c> 11</c><01:03:15.929><c> says</c><01:03:16.190><c> there</c><01:03:16.349><c> were</c><01:03:16.530><c> 600</c><01:03:17.150><c> men</c>

01:03:17.650 --> 01:03:20.809
appointed<01:03:17.969><c> with</c><01:03:18.269><c> weapons</c><01:03:18.570><c> of</c><01:03:18.869><c> war.</c><01:03:20.550><c> Why</c>

01:03:20.809 --> 01:03:25.369
didn't<01:03:21.010><c> they</c><01:03:21.170><c> go</c><01:03:21.369><c> and</c><01:03:21.550><c> fight</c><01:03:21.670><c> the</c><01:03:21.909><c> Philistines?</c><01:03:24.769><c> Why</c><01:03:25.110><c> didn't</c>

01:03:25.369 --> 01:03:27.530
they<01:03:25.610><c> go</c><01:03:25.869><c> and</c><01:03:26.050><c> fight</c><01:03:26.210><c> the</c><01:03:26.409><c> Philistines?</c>

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Because<01:03:28.610><c> they</c><01:03:28.849><c> didn't</c><01:03:29.070><c> have</c><01:03:29.289><c> the</c><01:03:29.570><c> stomach</c><01:03:29.789><c> to</c><01:03:30.070><c> fight</c><01:03:30.250><c> them.</c>

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They<01:03:31.250><c> had</c><01:03:31.349><c> plenty</c><01:03:31.630><c> of</c><01:03:31.789><c> courage</c><01:03:31.949><c> to</c><01:03:32.170><c> fight</c>

01:03:32.329 --> 01:03:35.889
this<01:03:32.530><c> crowd</c><01:03:32.730><c> up</c><01:03:32.989><c> here.</c><01:03:33.730><c> No</c><01:03:33.849><c> worries</c><01:03:34.130><c> at</c><01:03:34.349><c> all</c><01:03:34.469><c> about</c><01:03:34.750><c> that.</c><01:03:35.530><c> Notice</c><01:03:35.750><c> the</c>

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number,<01:03:36.289><c> brothers</c><01:03:36.449><c> and</c><01:03:36.650><c> sisters,</c>

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600.<01:03:39.610><c> You</c><01:03:39.849><c> might</c><01:03:40.030><c> say,</c><01:03:40.309><c> yeah,</c><01:03:40.389><c> that's</c><01:03:40.570><c> interesting.</c><01:03:41.130><c> That's</c>

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the<01:03:41.489><c> number</c><01:03:41.690><c> of</c><01:03:41.929><c> flesh.</c><01:03:42.489><c> It's</c><01:03:42.849><c> also</c>

01:03:43.150 --> 01:03:47.750
exactly<01:03:43.789><c> one</c><01:03:44.210><c> thousandth</c><01:03:45.690><c> of</c><01:03:46.469><c> the</c><01:03:46.750><c> crowd</c><01:03:46.929><c> that</c><01:03:47.150><c> come</c><01:03:47.250><c> out</c><01:03:47.469><c> of</c>

01:03:47.750 --> 01:03:50.750
Egypt.<01:03:49.010><c> Six</c><01:03:49.230><c> hundred</c><01:03:49.550><c> thousand</c><01:03:50.190><c> men</c>

01:03:50.750 --> 01:03:54.929
besides<01:03:51.469><c> women</c><01:03:51.710><c> and</c><01:03:51.969><c> children.</c><01:03:52.710><c> Here</c><01:03:53.010><c> was,</c><01:03:53.269><c> as</c><01:03:53.409><c> it</c><01:03:53.650><c> were,</c><01:03:54.710><c> an</c>

01:03:54.929 --> 01:03:57.030
epitome<01:03:55.309><c> of</c><01:03:55.650><c> the</c><01:03:55.989><c> faithless</c><01:03:56.469><c> generation</c>

01:03:57.030 --> 01:04:01.070
that<01:03:57.110><c> come</c><01:03:57.289><c> out</c><01:03:57.469><c> of</c><01:03:57.530><c> Egypt.</c><01:03:58.070><c> Here's</c><01:03:58.349><c> the</c><01:03:58.670><c> cream</c><01:03:58.989><c> of</c><01:03:59.289><c> them.</c><01:04:00.789><c> Six</c>

01:04:01.070 --> 01:04:03.409
hundred<01:04:01.409><c> who</c><01:04:01.750><c> were</c><01:04:01.989><c> an</c><01:04:02.070><c> epitome</c><01:04:02.289><c> of</c><01:04:02.469><c> the</c><01:04:02.570><c> whole</c><01:04:02.949><c> faithless</c>

01:04:03.409 --> 01:04:06.349
generation<01:04:03.929><c> that</c><01:04:04.070><c> come</c><01:04:04.150><c> out</c><01:04:04.349><c> of</c><01:04:04.369><c> Egypt.</c><01:04:05.210><c> Six</c><01:04:05.590><c> hundred</c><01:04:05.929><c> men.</c>

01:04:06.670 --> 01:04:08.070
They<01:04:06.670><c> weren't</c><01:04:06.909><c> only</c><01:04:07.130><c> men</c><01:04:07.369><c> armed</c><01:04:07.590><c> with</c><01:04:07.849><c> war.</c>

01:04:08.349 --> 01:04:10.650
We<01:04:08.510><c> come</c><01:04:08.630><c> out</c><01:04:08.769><c> in</c><01:04:08.869><c> verse</c><01:04:09.110><c> 21</c><01:04:09.550><c> and</c><01:04:09.730><c> we</c><01:04:09.849><c> read</c><01:04:09.989><c> they've</c><01:04:10.250><c> got</c><01:04:10.329><c> their</c>

01:04:10.650 --> 01:04:12.210
wives<01:04:10.929><c> and</c><01:04:11.070><c> their</c><01:04:11.210><c> little</c><01:04:11.329><c> ones</c><01:04:11.530><c> and</c><01:04:11.650><c> their</c><01:04:11.909><c> carriages</c>

01:04:12.210 --> 01:04:14.269
with<01:04:12.369><c> them,</c><01:04:12.670><c> brothers</c><01:04:12.789><c> and</c><01:04:12.929><c> sisters,</c><01:04:13.289><c> and</c><01:04:13.510><c> their</c><01:04:13.769><c> cattle.</c><01:04:14.170><c> It</c>

01:04:14.269 --> 01:04:17.389
was<01:04:14.530><c> a</c><01:04:14.690><c> mass</c><01:04:14.869><c> migration.</c><01:04:16.590><c> They're</c><01:04:16.769><c> all</c><01:04:16.969><c> migrating,</c>

01:04:17.489 --> 01:04:20.989
getting<01:04:17.769><c> out</c><01:04:18.090><c> of</c><01:04:18.250><c> God's</c><01:04:18.530><c> inheritance</c><01:04:18.789><c> and</c><01:04:19.030><c> away</c><01:04:19.429><c> they</c><01:04:19.869><c> go.</c>

01:04:21.110 --> 01:04:25.070
And<01:04:21.429><c> they're</c><01:04:21.710><c> going</c><01:04:21.969><c> north.</c><01:04:23.889><c> What</c><01:04:24.170><c> happens?</c>

01:04:25.210 --> 01:04:29.269
They<01:04:25.730><c> come,</c><01:04:26.030><c> we</c><01:04:26.210><c> read,</c><01:04:26.530><c> in</c><01:04:26.630><c> verse</c><01:04:26.909><c> 13.</c><01:04:28.409><c> And</c><01:04:28.510><c> they</c><01:04:28.610><c> passed</c><01:04:29.030><c> then</c>

01:04:29.269 --> 01:04:30.949
from<01:04:29.389><c> the</c><01:04:29.550><c> Mount</c><01:04:29.730><c> Ephraim</c><01:04:30.170><c> and</c><01:04:30.309><c> came</c><01:04:30.550><c> under</c><01:04:30.750><c> the</c>

01:04:30.949 --> 01:04:34.110
house<01:04:31.230><c> of</c><01:04:31.570><c> Micah.</c><01:04:32.750><c> And</c><01:04:32.929><c> when</c><01:04:33.010><c> you</c><01:04:33.170><c> read</c><01:04:33.349><c> the</c><01:04:33.510><c> word</c><01:04:33.650><c> correctly,</c>

01:04:34.329 --> 01:04:36.070
brothers<01:04:34.469><c> and</c><01:04:34.690><c> sisters,</c><01:04:35.309><c> you'll</c><01:04:35.570><c> notice</c><01:04:35.690><c> that</c><01:04:35.909><c> in</c>

01:04:36.070 --> 01:04:39.349
verse<01:04:36.269><c> 22</c><01:04:37.070><c> there</c><01:04:37.389><c> were</c><01:04:37.510><c> the</c><01:04:37.690><c> houses</c><01:04:37.989><c> near</c><01:04:38.429><c> to</c><01:04:38.690><c> Micah's</c><01:04:39.110><c> house.</c>

01:04:39.750 --> 01:04:41.530
Micah's<01:04:40.130><c> house</c><01:04:40.250><c> had</c><01:04:40.489><c> become</c><01:04:40.690><c> the</c><01:04:40.949><c> center</c><01:04:41.130><c> of</c><01:04:41.349><c> some</c>

01:04:41.530 --> 01:04:44.929
great<01:04:41.889><c> communal</c><01:04:42.329><c> center</c><01:04:42.769><c> where</c><01:04:43.190><c> Israel</c><01:04:43.570><c> had</c><01:04:43.989><c> gravitated</c><01:04:44.530><c> to</c>

01:04:44.929 --> 01:04:48.269
this<01:04:45.230><c> idolatrous</c><01:04:45.889><c> center.</c><01:04:47.110><c> It</c><01:04:47.369><c> already</c><01:04:47.829><c> was</c>

01:04:48.269 --> 01:04:53.170
growing<01:04:48.849><c> apace</c><01:04:49.469><c> in</c><01:04:49.710><c> Israel.</c><01:04:50.710><c> The</c><01:04:51.050><c> house</c><01:04:51.329><c> was</c><01:04:51.590><c> near</c><01:04:51.769><c> under</c><01:04:52.030><c> Micah's</c><01:04:52.590><c> house</c><01:04:52.809><c> and</c>

01:04:53.170 --> 01:04:53.949
the<01:04:53.389><c> people</c><01:04:53.630><c> were</c>

01:04:53.949 --> 01:04:57.909
gathered<01:04:54.090><c> together.</c><01:04:54.789><c> It</c><01:04:54.909><c> was</c><01:04:55.170><c> a</c><01:04:55.329><c> communal</c><01:04:55.769><c> center</c><01:04:56.090><c> where</c><01:04:56.349><c> this</c><01:04:56.570><c> great</c><01:04:56.849><c> apostasy</c><01:04:57.570><c> was</c>

01:04:57.909 --> 01:04:59.409
already<01:04:58.369><c> going</c><01:04:58.650><c> on</c><01:04:58.929><c> apace.</c>

01:04:59.570 --> 01:05:01.989
And<01:04:59.710><c> they</c><01:04:59.829><c> come</c><01:05:00.030><c> to</c><01:05:00.250><c> Micah's</c><01:05:00.510><c> house</c><01:05:00.809><c> and</c><01:05:01.170><c> they</c><01:05:01.329><c> said,</c><01:05:01.449><c> you</c><01:05:01.510><c> know</c><01:05:01.630><c> what's</c><01:05:01.809><c> in</c>

01:05:01.989 --> 01:05:03.949
there?<01:05:02.389><c> There's</c><01:05:02.570><c> a</c><01:05:02.750><c> graven</c><01:05:03.010><c> image.</c>

01:05:04.769 --> 01:05:07.449
There's<01:05:05.289><c> a</c><01:05:05.510><c> modern</c><01:05:05.710><c> image.</c><01:05:06.329><c> There's</c><01:05:06.469><c> an</c><01:05:06.630><c> ephod.</c><01:05:07.050><c> There's</c><01:05:07.289><c> a</c>

01:05:07.449 --> 01:05:09.949
teraphim.<01:05:08.130><c> Now</c><01:05:08.269><c> consider,</c><01:05:09.050><c> end</c><01:05:09.250><c> of</c><01:05:09.389><c> verse</c><01:05:09.570><c> 14,</c>

01:05:10.309 --> 01:05:16.130
now<01:05:10.409><c> consider</c><01:05:11.010><c> what</c><01:05:11.510><c> you</c><01:05:11.869><c> have</c><01:05:12.150><c> to</c><01:05:12.369><c> do.</c><01:05:14.829><c> Consider</c><01:05:15.269><c> what</c><01:05:15.730><c> you</c>

01:05:16.130 --> 01:05:19.250
have<01:05:16.449><c> to</c><01:05:16.670><c> do.</c><01:05:18.510><c> Imagine</c><01:05:18.969><c> that,</c>

01:05:19.250 --> 01:05:22.170
brothers<01:05:19.409><c> and</c><01:05:19.510><c> sisters.</c><01:05:20.789><c> So</c><01:05:20.969><c> the</c><01:05:21.230><c> tribe</c><01:05:21.489><c> has</c><01:05:21.690><c> got</c><01:05:21.789><c> to</c><01:05:21.889><c> have</c><01:05:22.130><c> a</c>

01:05:22.170 --> 01:05:25.630
semblance<01:05:22.530><c> of</c><01:05:22.809><c> religion.</c><01:05:24.530><c> So</c><01:05:24.690><c> they're</c><01:05:24.989><c> going</c><01:05:25.130><c> to</c>

01:05:25.630 --> 01:05:31.929
steal<01:05:25.909><c> it.</c><01:05:28.510><c> You</c><01:05:28.630><c> know</c><01:05:28.710><c> what</c><01:05:28.750><c> they</c><01:05:28.989><c> do?</c><01:05:30.769><c> Now</c><01:05:31.130><c> we've</c><01:05:31.590><c> read</c><01:05:31.690><c> the</c>

01:05:31.929 --> 01:05:33.429
record.<01:05:32.429><c> Let</c><01:05:32.610><c> me</c><01:05:32.730><c> just</c><01:05:32.969><c> tell</c><01:05:33.150><c> you,</c>

01:05:33.929 --> 01:05:37.650
in<01:05:34.329><c> my</c><01:05:34.590><c> own</c><01:05:34.789><c> words,</c><01:05:35.289><c> what</c><01:05:35.429><c> happened.</c><01:05:36.889><c> Now</c><01:05:37.110><c> this</c><01:05:37.269><c> is</c><01:05:37.369><c> how</c><01:05:37.489><c> they</c>

01:05:37.650 --> 01:05:40.530
get<01:05:37.789><c> their</c><01:05:37.989><c> religion.</c><01:05:39.889><c> And</c><01:05:40.010><c> the</c><01:05:40.150><c> writer</c><01:05:40.329><c> of</c><01:05:40.409><c> the</c>

01:05:40.530 --> 01:05:43.429
book<01:05:40.650><c> of</c><01:05:40.789><c> Judges</c><01:05:40.989><c> is</c><01:05:41.190><c> telling</c><01:05:41.309><c> us,</c><01:05:42.010><c> every</c><01:05:42.449><c> man</c><01:05:42.710><c> did</c><01:05:42.889><c> that</c><01:05:43.090><c> which</c><01:05:43.190><c> was</c>

01:05:43.429 --> 01:05:44.869
right<01:05:43.590><c> in</c><01:05:43.650><c> his</c><01:05:43.849><c> own</c><01:05:44.070><c> eyes.</c><01:05:44.230><c> This</c><01:05:44.469><c> is</c><01:05:44.670><c> the</c>

01:05:44.869 --> 01:05:49.889
incredible<01:05:45.469><c> frame</c><01:05:45.829><c> of</c><01:05:46.130><c> mind</c><01:05:46.530><c> of</c><01:05:46.929><c> God's</c><01:05:47.329><c> Ecclesia.</c><01:05:49.570><c> They</c><01:05:49.690><c> go</c>

01:05:49.889 --> 01:05:54.309
to<01:05:50.050><c> the</c><01:05:50.130><c> house</c><01:05:50.329><c> of</c><01:05:50.550><c> Micah</c><01:05:51.190><c> and</c><01:05:51.889><c> 600</c><01:05:52.349><c> men</c><01:05:53.550><c> stand</c><01:05:54.050><c> at</c><01:05:54.230><c> the</c>

01:05:54.309 --> 01:05:58.449
gate<01:05:54.550><c> and</c><01:05:54.730><c> they</c><01:05:54.949><c> call</c><01:05:55.090><c> out</c><01:05:55.309><c> to</c><01:05:55.829><c> Jonathan,</c><01:05:56.230><c> the</c><01:05:56.449><c> priest.</c><01:05:57.650><c> G'day.</c><01:05:58.230><c> They</c>

01:05:58.449 --> 01:06:00.989
salute<01:05:58.750><c> him.</c><01:05:59.269><c> G'day.</c><01:06:00.010><c> Come</c><01:06:00.269><c> here.</c>

01:06:02.250 --> 01:06:06.789
And<01:06:02.510><c> this</c><01:06:02.789><c> insipid</c><01:06:03.389><c> creature</c><01:06:04.230><c> comes</c><01:06:04.769><c> out,</c><01:06:06.570><c> you</c><01:06:06.650><c> know,</c><01:06:06.750><c> what</c>

01:06:06.789 --> 01:06:08.949
do<01:06:06.909><c> you</c><01:06:07.010><c> want?</c><01:06:08.090><c> And</c><01:06:08.329><c> they</c><01:06:08.510><c> keep</c><01:06:08.710><c> talking.</c>

01:06:08.949 --> 01:06:11.869
How<01:06:09.210><c> are</c><01:06:09.349><c> you,</c><01:06:09.590><c> mate?</c><01:06:09.969><c> Patty</c><01:06:10.150><c> on</c><01:06:10.289><c> the</c><01:06:10.489><c> back.</c><01:06:11.210><c> And</c><01:06:11.210><c> while</c><01:06:11.489><c> they're</c><01:06:11.630><c> doing</c>

01:06:11.869 --> 01:06:15.250
that,<01:06:12.530><c> the</c><01:06:12.670><c> five</c><01:06:13.610><c> spies</c><01:06:14.150><c> slip</c><01:06:14.829><c> around</c>

01:06:15.250 --> 01:06:19.849
and<01:06:15.530><c> into</c><01:06:15.650><c> his</c><01:06:15.929><c> room</c><01:06:16.269><c> and</c><01:06:17.030><c> start</c><01:06:17.369><c> stuffing</c><01:06:17.570><c> his</c><01:06:17.929><c> gods</c><01:06:18.050><c> in</c><01:06:18.210><c> their</c><01:06:18.409><c> pocket.</c><01:06:19.630><c> His</c>

01:06:19.849 --> 01:06:22.809
gods,<01:06:20.269><c> mind</c><01:06:20.389><c> you,</c><01:06:21.070><c> this</c><01:06:22.070><c> is</c><01:06:22.269><c> the</c><01:06:22.289><c> gods</c>

01:06:22.809 --> 01:06:25.309
that's<01:06:23.269><c> going</c><01:06:23.389><c> to</c><01:06:23.769><c> strengthen</c><01:06:24.130><c> them</c><01:06:24.349><c> in</c><01:06:24.530><c> their</c><01:06:24.789><c> campaigns</c>

01:06:25.309 --> 01:06:29.550
against<01:06:25.650><c> those</c><01:06:26.170><c> powerful</c><01:06:26.710><c> Zidonians.</c><01:06:28.849><c> And</c><01:06:29.050><c> they're</c>

01:06:29.550 --> 01:06:32.630
filtering<01:06:29.869><c> his</c><01:06:30.230><c> room</c><01:06:30.690><c> while</c><01:06:31.070><c> the</c><01:06:31.309><c> 600</c><01:06:31.730><c> keep</c><01:06:31.989><c> him</c><01:06:32.329><c> talking</c><01:06:32.449><c> at</c>

01:06:32.630 --> 01:06:36.630
the<01:06:32.809><c> gate.</c><01:06:34.889><c> This</c><01:06:35.110><c> is</c><01:06:35.309><c> getting</c><01:06:35.510><c> religion.</c>

01:06:37.070 --> 01:06:40.570
What<01:06:37.429><c> an</c><01:06:37.670><c> incredible</c><01:06:38.230><c> frame</c><01:06:38.489><c> of</c><01:06:38.710><c> mind.</c><01:06:39.070><c> And</c><01:06:39.190><c> then</c><01:06:39.329><c> what</c><01:06:39.409><c> happens?</c><01:06:39.969><c> He</c><01:06:40.090><c> wakes</c><01:06:40.309><c> up,</c><01:06:40.530><c> he</c>

01:06:40.570 --> 01:06:41.510
looks<01:06:40.789><c> over,</c><01:06:41.349><c> hey,</c>

01:06:41.590 --> 01:06:43.230
there's<01:06:41.650><c> someone</c><01:06:41.829><c> going</c><01:06:42.050><c> there.</c><01:06:42.309><c> What</c><01:06:42.469><c> are</c><01:06:42.550><c> they</c><01:06:42.670><c> doing?</c><01:06:43.070><c> You</c>

01:06:43.230 --> 01:06:44.449
know<01:06:43.289><c> what</c><01:06:43.469><c> they're</c><01:06:43.610><c> doing?</c><01:06:43.769><c> They</c><01:06:44.010><c> slap</c><01:06:44.210><c> their</c>

01:06:44.449 --> 01:06:53.349
head<01:06:44.590><c> in</c><01:06:44.710><c> every's</c><01:06:45.050><c> mouth.</c><01:06:51.010><c> They</c><01:06:51.210><c> say,</c><01:06:51.610><c> be</c><01:06:51.829><c> quiet,</c><01:06:52.230><c> be</c><01:06:52.429><c> quiet.</c>

01:06:55.090 --> 01:07:01.690
And<01:06:55.230><c> they're</c><01:06:55.389><c> saying,</c><01:06:55.750><c> you're</c><01:06:55.969><c> going</c><01:06:56.030><c> to</c><01:06:56.130><c> be</c><01:06:56.250><c> a</c>

01:07:01.690 --> 01:07:06.130
father<01:07:02.349><c> and</c><01:07:02.889><c> a</c><01:07:03.210><c> priest.</c><01:07:05.050><c> Dearie</c><01:07:05.329><c> me,</c><01:07:05.510><c> brethren</c><01:07:05.710><c> and</c><01:07:05.909><c> sisters,</c>

01:07:06.349 --> 01:07:07.690
do<01:07:06.510><c> you</c><01:07:06.530><c> know,</c><01:07:06.710><c> you</c><01:07:06.889><c> go</c><01:07:07.070><c> through</c><01:07:07.230><c> the</c><01:07:07.409><c> scriptures</c>

01:07:07.690 --> 01:07:10.349
on<01:07:08.090><c> people</c><01:07:08.329><c> putting</c><01:07:08.530><c> hands</c><01:07:08.889><c> over</c><01:07:09.050><c> other</c><01:07:09.269><c> people's</c><01:07:09.630><c> mouths.</c><01:07:09.829><c> It's</c><01:07:10.190><c> a</c>

01:07:10.349 --> 01:07:13.070
sign<01:07:10.489><c> of</c><01:07:10.710><c> disgrace.</c><01:07:12.329><c> In</c><01:07:12.530><c> the</c><01:07:12.670><c> book</c><01:07:12.829><c> of</c>

01:07:13.070 --> 01:07:15.489
Job,<01:07:13.289><c> in</c><01:07:13.389><c> the</c><01:07:13.429><c> book</c><01:07:13.630><c> of</c><01:07:13.869><c> Isaiah,</c><01:07:14.349><c> it's</c><01:07:14.610><c> a</c><01:07:14.710><c> sign</c><01:07:14.909><c> of</c><01:07:15.070><c> disgrace.</c>

01:07:15.690 --> 01:07:17.730
And<01:07:15.929><c> here's</c><01:07:16.210><c> the</c><01:07:16.409><c> man</c><01:07:16.710><c> that's</c><01:07:17.050><c> going</c><01:07:17.150><c> to</c><01:07:17.269><c> be</c><01:07:17.469><c> the</c>

01:07:17.730 --> 01:07:19.989
father<01:07:18.050><c> of</c><01:07:18.250><c> the</c><01:07:18.289><c> nation</c><01:07:18.510><c> and</c><01:07:18.670><c> a</c><01:07:18.889><c> priest.</c><01:07:19.230><c> And</c><01:07:19.329><c> he</c><01:07:19.449><c> can't</c><01:07:19.769><c> talk</c>

01:07:19.989 --> 01:07:22.469
because<01:07:20.309><c> his</c><01:07:20.670><c> 600</c><01:07:21.010><c> hands</c><01:07:21.389><c> can't</c><01:07:21.710><c> go</c><01:07:21.849><c> over</c><01:07:21.889><c> his</c><01:07:22.130><c> mouth.</c>

01:07:22.969 --> 01:07:26.010
And<01:07:22.969><c> he's</c><01:07:23.670><c> pinching</c><01:07:24.329><c> his</c><01:07:24.590><c> room.</c><01:07:24.969><c> And</c><01:07:25.170><c> they're</c><01:07:25.449><c> pinching</c><01:07:25.750><c> his</c>

01:07:26.010 --> 01:07:31.670
gods<01:07:26.250><c> while</c><01:07:26.630><c> they</c><01:07:26.869><c> keep</c><01:07:27.010><c> him</c><01:07:27.329><c> talking.</c><01:07:27.730><c> And</c><01:07:27.929><c> he's</c>

01:07:31.670 --> 01:07:35.369
Now<01:07:32.369><c> there's</c><01:07:32.730><c> the</c><01:07:32.849><c> depravity</c><01:07:33.750><c> and</c><01:07:34.130><c> the</c><01:07:34.449><c> shallowness</c><01:07:34.969><c> of</c><01:07:35.150><c> the</c>

01:07:35.369 --> 01:07:38.190
mind<01:07:35.590><c> of</c><01:07:35.809><c> God's</c><01:07:36.269><c> people.</c><01:07:37.150><c> And</c><01:07:37.269><c> if</c><01:07:37.369><c> that</c><01:07:37.710><c> story's</c>

01:07:38.190 --> 01:07:40.429
not<01:07:38.349><c> written</c><01:07:38.650><c> deliberately,</c><01:07:39.349><c> brethren</c><01:07:39.489><c> and</c><01:07:39.750><c> sisters,</c><01:07:40.309><c> if</c>

01:07:40.429 --> 01:07:42.469
that<01:07:40.710><c> story's</c><01:07:41.130><c> not</c><01:07:41.269><c> written</c><01:07:41.769><c> deliberately</c><01:07:42.210><c> and</c>

01:07:42.469 --> 01:07:44.590
dramatically<01:07:42.809><c> to</c><01:07:43.050><c> present</c><01:07:43.309><c> that</c><01:07:43.530><c> picture</c><01:07:43.789><c> to</c><01:07:43.989><c> us,</c><01:07:44.349><c> I'll</c><01:07:44.530><c> read</c>

01:07:44.590 --> 01:07:46.969
every<01:07:44.909><c> word</c><01:07:45.050><c> of</c><01:07:45.190><c> it.</c><01:07:46.170><c> And</c><01:07:46.349><c> you</c><01:07:46.469><c> can</c><01:07:46.650><c> see</c><01:07:46.829><c> the</c>

01:07:46.969 --> 01:07:49.829
way<01:07:47.110><c> it's</c><01:07:47.309><c> written.</c><01:07:48.389><c> It's</c><01:07:48.710><c> written</c><01:07:48.829><c> in</c><01:07:49.110><c> a</c><01:07:49.210><c> manner</c><01:07:49.269><c> to</c><01:07:49.530><c> impress</c>

01:07:49.829 --> 01:07:52.010
us<01:07:50.050><c> with</c><01:07:50.309><c> the</c><01:07:50.530><c> utter</c><01:07:50.730><c> depravity</c><01:07:51.409><c> of</c><01:07:51.530><c> God's</c>

01:07:52.010 --> 01:07:55.510
people.<01:07:53.050><c> And</c><01:07:53.230><c> that</c><01:07:53.309><c> can</c><01:07:53.469><c> happen</c><01:07:53.690><c> to</c><01:07:53.929><c> you</c><01:07:54.210><c> and</c><01:07:54.309><c> I.</c><01:07:54.829><c> Verse</c><01:07:55.130><c> 19,</c>

01:07:55.570 --> 01:08:01.150
they<01:07:55.730><c> said</c><01:07:55.889><c> unto</c><01:07:56.090><c> him,</c><01:07:56.349><c> hold</c><01:07:56.590><c> thy</c><01:07:56.929><c> peace</c><01:07:57.190><c> and</c><01:08:00.789><c> lay</c>

01:08:01.150 --> 01:08:05.269
thyself<01:08:01.329><c> as</c><01:08:01.550><c> a</c><01:08:01.570><c> father</c><01:08:01.829><c> of</c><01:08:02.030><c> the</c><01:08:02.150><c> priest.</c><01:08:02.630><c> Where's</c><01:08:02.889><c> the</c><01:08:03.030><c> respect</c><01:08:03.489><c> in</c><01:08:03.650><c> those</c><01:08:03.929><c> words?</c><01:08:04.489><c> Where's</c><01:08:04.849><c> the</c><01:08:05.050><c> standing</c>

01:08:05.269 --> 01:08:08.710
in<01:08:05.550><c> awe</c><01:08:05.690><c> of</c><01:08:05.829><c> the</c><01:08:05.929><c> grandson</c><01:08:06.269><c> of</c><01:08:06.550><c> Moses?</c><01:08:07.110><c> Where's</c><01:08:07.389><c> looking</c><01:08:07.610><c> up</c><01:08:07.849><c> to</c><01:08:07.949><c> him</c><01:08:08.130><c> and</c><01:08:08.269><c> saying</c><01:08:08.369><c> what</c><01:08:08.570><c> a</c>

01:08:08.710 --> 01:08:09.210
wonderful<01:08:08.909><c> fellow</c>

01:08:09.210 --> 01:08:13.230
he<01:08:09.329><c> is?</c><01:08:09.670><c> They</c><01:08:09.829><c> told</c><01:08:09.949><c> him</c><01:08:10.090><c> to</c><01:08:10.389><c> be</c><01:08:10.730><c> quiet.</c><01:08:12.570><c> Put</c><01:08:12.789><c> your</c><01:08:12.909><c> hand</c><01:08:13.010><c> over</c>

01:08:13.230 --> 01:08:14.489
your<01:08:13.429><c> mouth.</c><01:08:13.949><c> You're</c><01:08:14.110><c> going</c><01:08:14.150><c> to</c><01:08:14.190><c> be</c><01:08:14.349><c> a</c>

01:08:14.489 --> 01:08:16.789
father<01:08:14.690><c> of</c><01:08:14.869><c> the</c><01:08:14.949><c> priest</c><01:08:15.090><c> unto</c><01:08:15.250><c> us.</c><01:08:15.789><c> Just</c><01:08:16.029><c> keep</c><01:08:16.229><c> out</c><01:08:16.329><c> of</c><01:08:16.430><c> the</c><01:08:16.550><c> way</c><01:08:16.649><c> for</c><01:08:16.770><c> a</c>

01:08:16.789 --> 01:08:17.390
minute<01:08:16.850><c> while</c><01:08:16.989><c> we</c><01:08:17.050><c> get</c><01:08:17.229><c> your</c>

01:08:17.390 --> 01:08:23.609
gods.<01:08:19.869><c> And</c><01:08:19.989><c> then</c><01:08:20.189><c> they</c><01:08:20.430><c> said</c><01:08:20.609><c> to</c><01:08:20.689><c> him,</c><01:08:20.890><c> look,</c><01:08:22.029><c> carrying</c><01:08:22.289><c> on</c><01:08:22.470><c> like</c><01:08:22.770><c> that,</c><01:08:23.289><c> isn't</c><01:08:23.470><c> it</c>

01:08:23.609 --> 01:08:24.289
better<01:08:23.750><c> for</c><01:08:23.909><c> you</c><01:08:24.029><c> to</c><01:08:24.109><c> be</c>

01:08:24.289 --> 01:08:28.590
a<01:08:24.449><c> priest</c><01:08:24.670><c> unto</c><01:08:24.989><c> one</c><01:08:25.149><c> house</c><01:08:25.510><c> than</c><01:08:26.630><c> unto</c><01:08:26.869><c> one</c><01:08:27.130><c> man?</c><01:08:27.890><c> But</c><01:08:27.970><c> if</c><01:08:28.109><c> I</c><01:08:28.210><c> be</c><01:08:28.430><c> a</c>

01:08:28.590 --> 01:08:29.710
priest<01:08:28.710><c> unto</c><01:08:28.909><c> the</c><01:08:29.130><c> tribe</c><01:08:29.270><c> of</c><01:08:29.510><c> Israel</c>

01:08:29.710 --> 01:08:35.109
and<01:08:29.909><c> a</c><01:08:29.909><c> family</c><01:08:30.270><c> in</c><01:08:30.470><c> Israel,</c><01:08:31.189><c> and</c><01:08:31.329><c> the</c><01:08:31.529><c> priest's</c><01:08:31.909><c> heart</c><01:08:31.989><c> was</c><01:08:32.270><c> glad.</c><01:08:34.430><c> His</c><01:08:34.649><c> heart</c><01:08:34.909><c> gave</c><01:08:35.050><c> a</c>

01:08:35.109 --> 01:08:36.109
little<01:08:35.369><c> skip</c><01:08:35.649><c> and</c>

01:08:36.109 --> 01:08:38.970
a<01:08:36.109><c> bit</c><01:08:36.329><c> of</c><01:08:36.609><c> excitement.</c><01:08:37.850><c> He's</c><01:08:38.130><c> going</c><01:08:38.229><c> to</c><01:08:38.270><c> be</c><01:08:38.409><c> the</c><01:08:38.609><c> priest</c><01:08:38.789><c> of</c>

01:08:38.970 --> 01:08:40.609
the<01:08:39.050><c> whole</c><01:08:39.310><c> tribe.</c><01:08:39.970><c> Why,</c><01:08:40.250><c> if</c><01:08:40.350><c> he</c><01:08:40.409><c> got</c>

01:08:40.609 --> 01:08:49.529
$2<01:08:41.289><c>.50</c><01:08:42.130><c> for</c><01:08:42.789><c> one</c><01:08:43.050><c> house,</c><01:08:43.489><c> he</c><01:08:43.710><c> might</c><01:08:43.909><c> even</c><01:08:44.170><c> get</c><01:08:44.350><c> $5</c><01:08:45.010><c> a</c><01:08:45.430><c> year.</c><01:08:48.369><c> Incredible</c><01:08:48.869><c> frame</c><01:08:49.229><c> of</c>

01:08:49.529 --> 01:08:50.470
mind.<01:08:49.869><c> And</c><01:08:49.970><c> so</c><01:08:50.090><c> they</c>

01:08:50.470 --> 01:08:54.810
carried<01:08:50.689><c> him</c><01:08:50.989><c> off.</c><01:08:52.270><c> And</c><01:08:52.489><c> what</c><01:08:52.729><c> did</c><01:08:52.829><c> he</c><01:08:52.970><c> do?</c><01:08:53.510><c> Well,</c><01:08:54.310><c> you</c><01:08:54.430><c> see</c><01:08:54.649><c> in</c>

01:08:54.810 --> 01:08:59.689
verse<01:08:54.989><c> 20,</c><01:08:55.329><c> the</c><01:08:55.390><c> priest's</c><01:08:55.850><c> heart</c><01:08:55.949><c> was</c>

01:08:59.689 --> 01:09:03.350
placed<01:08:59.869><c> to</c><01:09:00.029><c> the</c><01:09:00.130><c> people.</c><01:09:01.670><c> Of</c><01:09:02.010><c> course</c><01:09:02.229><c> he</c><01:09:02.350><c> was</c><01:09:02.630><c> going</c><01:09:02.850><c> in</c><01:09:03.170><c> the</c>

01:09:03.350 --> 01:09:05.609
midst<01:09:03.590><c> because</c><01:09:04.149><c> God's</c><01:09:04.869><c> presence</c><01:09:05.130><c> always</c>

01:09:05.609 --> 01:09:08.189
travels<01:09:05.909><c> in</c><01:09:06.170><c> the</c><01:09:06.210><c> midst.</c><01:09:06.449><c> It</c><01:09:06.449><c> had</c><01:09:06.630><c> nothing</c><01:09:06.810><c> to</c><01:09:06.949><c> do</c><01:09:07.029><c> with</c><01:09:07.189><c> the</c><01:09:07.289><c> fact</c><01:09:07.510><c> that</c><01:09:07.890><c> Micah</c><01:09:07.949><c> was</c><01:09:08.109><c> a</c>

01:09:08.189 --> 01:09:09.390
bit<01:09:08.310><c> angry.</c>

01:09:10.010 --> 01:09:13.210
And<01:09:10.170><c> he</c><01:09:10.270><c> was</c><01:09:10.289><c> going</c><01:09:10.409><c> to</c><01:09:10.529><c> chase</c><01:09:10.750><c> him.</c><01:09:12.090><c> Nothing</c><01:09:12.270><c> to</c><01:09:12.430><c> do</c><01:09:12.529><c> with</c><01:09:12.689><c> that</c><01:09:12.810><c> fact</c><01:09:12.930><c> at</c>

01:09:13.210 --> 01:09:14.170
all,<01:09:13.590><c> except</c><01:09:13.890><c> of</c><01:09:14.069><c> course</c>

01:09:14.170 --> 01:09:16.630
the<01:09:14.289><c> next</c><01:09:14.550><c> verse</c><01:09:14.710><c> happens</c><01:09:14.970><c> to</c><01:09:15.189><c> tell</c><01:09:15.329><c> us</c><01:09:15.489><c> that</c><01:09:15.609><c> they</c><01:09:16.109><c> turn</c><01:09:16.470><c> and</c>

01:09:16.630 --> 01:09:17.949
they<01:09:16.909><c> departed</c><01:09:17.130><c> and</c><01:09:17.270><c> put</c><01:09:17.430><c> the</c><01:09:17.550><c> blue</c><01:09:17.710><c> ones</c>

01:09:18.390 --> 01:09:21.270
and<01:09:18.789><c> the</c><01:09:19.010><c> cattle</c><01:09:19.210><c> in</c><01:09:19.430><c> the</c><01:09:19.569><c> carriage</c><01:09:19.789><c> before</c><01:09:20.270><c> them.</c><01:09:20.810><c> That</c><01:09:21.029><c> is,</c>

01:09:21.470 --> 01:09:22.489
they<01:09:21.590><c> sent</c><01:09:21.750><c> it</c><01:09:21.909><c> all</c><01:09:21.970><c> up</c><01:09:22.109><c> in</c><01:09:22.250><c> the</c><01:09:22.390><c> front</c>

01:09:22.489 --> 01:09:25.090
of<01:09:22.609><c> them</c><01:09:22.689><c> and</c><01:09:22.829><c> the</c><01:09:22.989><c> 600</c><01:09:23.250><c> men</c><01:09:23.569><c> stayed</c><01:09:23.829><c> behind</c><01:09:24.310><c> so</c><01:09:24.710><c> that</c><01:09:24.890><c> Micah</c>

01:09:25.090 --> 01:09:27.689
was<01:09:25.350><c> nicely</c><01:09:25.789><c> placed</c><01:09:26.210><c> with</c><01:09:26.630><c> the</c><01:09:26.829><c> 600</c><01:09:27.170><c> men</c><01:09:27.430><c> between</c>

01:09:27.689 --> 01:09:30.670
him<01:09:27.989><c> and</c><01:09:27.989><c> Micah</c><01:09:28.470><c> and</c><01:09:28.729><c> up</c><01:09:28.810><c> amongst</c><01:09:29.109><c> all</c><01:09:29.289><c> the</c><01:09:29.350><c> women</c><01:09:29.569><c> and</c><01:09:29.789><c> kids.</c>

01:09:32.409 --> 01:09:33.930
And<01:09:32.529><c> he</c><01:09:32.590><c> is</c><01:09:32.729><c> going</c><01:09:32.829><c> to</c><01:09:32.930><c> be</c><01:09:33.069><c> the</c><01:09:33.310><c> father</c>

01:09:33.930 --> 01:09:39.430
and<01:09:34.390><c> the</c><01:09:34.729><c> priest</c><01:09:35.029><c> of</c><01:09:35.470><c> the</c><01:09:35.630><c> nation.</c><01:09:36.569><c> What</c><01:09:36.689><c> an</c><01:09:36.970><c> inspiration,</c><01:09:38.130><c> brethren</c><01:09:38.149><c> and</c><01:09:38.430><c> sisters.</c><01:09:38.949><c> Wouldn't</c><01:09:39.189><c> he</c>

01:09:39.430 --> 01:09:40.529
lift<01:09:39.729><c> them?</c>

01:09:40.810 --> 01:09:42.909
Isn't<01:09:40.989><c> he</c><01:09:41.189><c> going</c><01:09:41.390><c> to</c><01:09:41.630><c> present</c><01:09:41.850><c> some</c><01:09:42.130><c> power</c><01:09:42.350><c> to</c><01:09:42.510><c> the</c><01:09:42.630><c> nation?</c>

01:09:43.270 --> 01:09:45.149
No<01:09:43.609><c> wonder</c><01:09:43.989><c> then,</c><01:09:44.470><c> brethren</c><01:09:44.729><c> and</c><01:09:44.989><c> sisters,</c>

01:09:45.270 --> 01:09:48.369
was<01:09:45.489><c> wiped</c><01:09:45.789><c> out</c><01:09:45.949><c> of</c><01:09:46.170><c> existence</c><01:09:46.470><c> by</c><01:09:46.789><c> God.</c><01:09:47.770><c> But</c><01:09:47.909><c> in</c><01:09:48.010><c> the</c><01:09:48.090><c> book</c><01:09:48.210><c> of</c>

01:09:48.369 --> 01:09:50.609
Revelation,<01:09:49.289><c> no</c><01:09:49.409><c> longer</c><01:09:49.630><c> there.</c><01:09:50.289><c> Oh,</c>

01:09:50.649 --> 01:09:52.529
you<01:09:50.729><c> don't</c><01:09:50.890><c> have</c><01:09:51.050><c> that</c><01:09:51.250><c> sort</c><01:09:51.390><c> of</c><01:09:51.569><c> people</c><01:09:51.810><c> in</c><01:09:52.149><c> the</c><01:09:52.329><c> kingdom,</c>

01:09:52.550 --> 01:09:53.710
brethren<01:09:52.810><c> and</c><01:09:53.029><c> sisters.</c><01:09:53.329><c> They</c><01:09:53.489><c> won't</c>

01:09:53.710 --> 01:09:57.510
be<01:09:54.090><c> there.</c><01:09:55.069><c> God's</c><01:09:55.430><c> not</c><01:09:55.590><c> with</c><01:09:55.810><c> that.</c><01:09:56.689><c> And</c><01:09:56.770><c> the</c><01:09:56.930><c> way</c><01:09:57.050><c> they</c><01:09:57.329><c> went,</c>

01:09:57.649 --> 01:09:59.350
of<01:09:57.710><c> course</c><01:09:57.890><c> you</c><01:09:57.970><c> know</c><01:09:58.149><c> the</c><01:09:58.329><c> story,</c><01:09:59.270><c> Micah</c>

01:09:59.350 --> 01:10:02.470
comes<01:09:59.710><c> charging</c><01:10:00.149><c> out</c><01:10:00.369><c> with</c><01:10:00.529><c> all</c><01:10:00.670><c> the</c><01:10:00.789><c> people</c><01:10:01.010><c> in</c><01:10:01.229><c> verse</c><01:10:01.569><c> 23,</c>

01:10:02.689 --> 01:10:04.149
they<01:10:02.689><c> cried</c><01:10:03.109><c> unto</c><01:10:03.270><c> the</c><01:10:03.430><c> children</c><01:10:03.609><c> of</c>

01:10:04.149 --> 01:10:07.850
Dan<01:10:04.149><c> and</c><01:10:04.869><c> they</c><01:10:05.130><c> turned</c><01:10:05.289><c> their</c><01:10:05.510><c> faces</c><01:10:05.989><c> and</c><01:10:07.250><c> said</c><01:10:07.390><c> unto</c><01:10:07.609><c> Micah,</c>

01:10:08.029 --> 01:10:09.350
what<01:10:08.170><c> I</c><01:10:08.430><c> lift</c><01:10:08.590><c> thee,</c><01:10:08.869><c> that</c><01:10:08.970><c> thou</c><01:10:09.130><c> comest</c>

01:10:09.350 --> 01:10:13.630
with<01:10:09.609><c> such</c><01:10:09.789><c> a</c><01:10:09.930><c> company?</c><01:10:10.989><c> You</c><01:10:11.109><c> see</c><01:10:11.210><c> them</c><01:10:11.390><c> all</c><01:10:11.569><c> come</c><01:10:11.770><c> rushing</c><01:10:12.149><c> out,</c><01:10:13.170><c> singing</c><01:10:13.289><c> out</c><01:10:13.510><c> in</c>

01:10:13.630 --> 01:10:14.369
the<01:10:13.729><c> trial</c><01:10:13.810><c> of</c><01:10:13.930><c> Dan.</c>

01:10:14.569 --> 01:10:19.109
The<01:10:14.770><c> trial</c><01:10:14.869><c> of</c><01:10:14.989><c> Dan</c><01:10:15.149><c> turned</c><01:10:15.369><c> around.</c><01:10:16.630><c> It</c><01:10:16.729><c> was</c><01:10:16.750><c> a</c><01:10:16.930><c> confrontation,</c><01:10:17.949><c> a</c><01:10:17.949><c> mighty</c><01:10:18.270><c> confrontation,</c><01:10:19.069><c> you</c>

01:10:19.109 --> 01:10:19.909
know.<01:10:19.710><c> Nobody</c>

01:10:19.909 --> 01:10:21.789
goes<01:10:20.130><c> to</c><01:10:20.289><c> the</c><01:10:20.449><c> guns</c><01:10:20.630><c> or</c><01:10:20.710><c> anything</c><01:10:20.850><c> like</c><01:10:21.010><c> that.</c><01:10:21.489><c> Just</c><01:10:21.550><c> they</c><01:10:21.670><c> all</c>

01:10:21.789 --> 01:10:23.289
turn<01:10:21.989><c> around.</c><01:10:22.550><c> Other</c><01:10:22.710><c> chaps</c><01:10:22.890><c> sing</c><01:10:23.130><c> out</c>

01:10:23.289 --> 01:10:24.989
and<01:10:23.369><c> of</c><01:10:23.430><c> course</c><01:10:23.609><c> all</c><01:10:23.770><c> they're</c><01:10:23.909><c> telling</c><01:10:24.109><c> you</c><01:10:24.270><c> now,</c><01:10:24.430><c> they're</c><01:10:24.470><c> all</c><01:10:24.689><c> pulling</c><01:10:24.829><c> up</c>

01:10:24.989 --> 01:10:25.710
with<01:10:25.109><c> a</c><01:10:25.229><c> halt,</c><01:10:25.430><c> you</c><01:10:25.430><c> know.</c>

01:10:25.890 --> 01:10:27.670
Oh<01:10:25.970><c> yes,</c><01:10:26.229><c> I'm</c><01:10:26.390><c> going</c><01:10:26.489><c> to</c><01:10:26.489><c> stand</c><01:10:26.609><c> apart</c><01:10:26.909><c> for</c><01:10:27.090><c> a</c><01:10:27.149><c> bit.</c><01:10:27.489><c> And</c><01:10:27.590><c> it's</c>

01:10:27.670 --> 01:10:29.109
a<01:10:27.729><c> bit</c><01:10:27.810><c> of</c><01:10:27.970><c> a</c><01:10:28.109><c> conversation.</c><01:10:28.869><c> Here's</c>

01:10:29.109 --> 01:10:33.949
a<01:10:29.189><c> picture</c><01:10:29.550><c> the</c><01:10:29.810><c> writer</c><01:10:29.949><c> presents.</c><01:10:31.569><c> And</c><01:10:31.670><c> he</c><01:10:32.010><c> said,</c><01:10:32.689><c> you've</c><01:10:32.970><c> taken</c><01:10:33.109><c> away</c><01:10:33.489><c> my</c>

01:10:33.949 --> 01:10:37.850
gods<01:10:34.289><c> which</c><01:10:34.850><c> I</c><01:10:35.270><c> made.</c><01:10:37.449><c> Fancy</c>

01:10:37.850 --> 01:10:43.029
standing<01:10:38.130><c> with</c><01:10:38.310><c> your</c><01:10:38.510><c> face</c><01:10:38.710><c> hanging</c><01:10:38.930><c> out</c><01:10:39.170><c> so</c><01:10:39.409><c> that.</c><01:10:40.649><c> You've</c><01:10:41.050><c> taken</c><01:10:41.250><c> my</c><01:10:41.630><c> gods</c><01:10:42.069><c> which</c><01:10:42.649><c> I</c>

01:10:43.029 --> 01:10:49.869
have<01:10:43.270><c> made.</c><01:10:49.470><c> And</c>

01:10:49.869 --> 01:10:52.149
the<01:10:50.050><c> legend</c><01:10:50.170><c> of</c><01:10:50.350><c> Israel,</c><01:10:50.810><c> brothers</c><01:10:50.930><c> and</c><01:10:51.029><c> sisters,</c><01:10:51.649><c> under</c><01:10:51.869><c> the</c>

01:10:52.149 --> 01:10:54.710
shadow<01:10:52.369><c> of</c><01:10:52.550><c> the</c><01:10:52.750><c> tabernacle.</c><01:10:54.270><c> And</c><01:10:54.470><c> here's</c>

01:10:54.710 --> 01:10:57.789
a<01:10:54.810><c> man</c><01:10:55.029><c> saying,</c><01:10:55.909><c> well</c><01:10:56.069><c> plainly,</c><01:10:56.449><c> you've</c><01:10:56.850><c> taken</c><01:10:56.869><c> my</c><01:10:57.210><c> gods</c><01:10:57.390><c> which</c><01:10:57.670><c> I</c>

01:10:57.789 --> 01:10:59.229
have<01:10:57.989><c> made.</c><01:10:58.329><c> And</c><01:10:58.710><c> furthermore,</c>

01:10:59.229 --> 01:11:04.310
he<01:10:59.390><c> went</c><01:10:59.529><c> on</c><01:10:59.670><c> to</c><01:10:59.869><c> say,</c><01:11:00.869><c> and</c><01:11:01.069><c> what</c><01:11:01.289><c> have</c><01:11:01.510><c> I</c><01:11:01.810><c> more?</c><01:11:03.489><c> What</c><01:11:03.829><c> have</c><01:11:04.090><c> I</c>

01:11:04.310 --> 01:11:07.789
more?<01:11:05.949><c> In</c><01:11:06.229><c> the</c><01:11:06.449><c> RSP</c><01:11:06.850><c> it</c><01:11:06.989><c> has,</c><01:11:07.470><c> what</c><01:11:07.630><c> have</c>

01:11:07.789 --> 01:11:11.689
I<01:11:07.930><c> got</c><01:11:08.109><c> left?</c><01:11:09.970><c> Here's</c><01:11:10.350><c> a</c><01:11:10.489><c> man</c><01:11:10.569><c> which</c><01:11:10.890><c> manufactured</c><01:11:11.369><c> with</c>

01:11:11.689 --> 01:11:14.470
those<01:11:12.010><c> hands,</c><01:11:12.689><c> manufactured</c><01:11:13.270><c> gods,</c><01:11:14.170><c> admits</c>

01:11:14.470 --> 01:11:17.550
it<01:11:14.609><c> and</c><01:11:14.949><c> says,</c><01:11:15.310><c> when</c><01:11:15.310><c> you</c><01:11:15.529><c> take</c><01:11:15.670><c> them</c><01:11:15.890><c> away,</c><01:11:16.750><c> you've</c><01:11:16.970><c> taken</c><01:11:17.130><c> me</c>

01:11:17.550 --> 01:11:22.189
out.<01:11:19.649><c> He</c><01:11:19.869><c> had</c><01:11:20.170><c> nothing</c><01:11:20.609><c> left.</c><01:11:21.789><c> That's</c>

01:11:22.189 --> 01:11:25.970
the<01:11:22.310><c> religion</c><01:11:22.609><c> of</c><01:11:22.770><c> Israel,</c><01:11:23.369><c> brothers</c><01:11:23.489><c> and</c><01:11:23.670><c> sisters.</c><01:11:24.989><c> You</c><01:11:25.109><c> know</c><01:11:25.250><c> what</c><01:11:25.449><c> our</c>

01:11:25.970 --> 01:11:27.810
anthem<01:11:26.189><c> says?</c><01:11:27.069><c> Whom</c><01:11:27.409><c> have</c><01:11:27.590><c> I</c>

01:11:27.810 --> 01:11:31.350
in<01:11:27.949><c> heaven</c><01:11:28.250><c> but</c><01:11:28.569><c> thee?</c><01:11:29.909><c> And</c><01:11:30.149><c> there</c><01:11:30.310><c> is</c><01:11:30.430><c> none</c><01:11:30.630><c> upon</c><01:11:31.010><c> earth</c><01:11:31.130><c> that</c>

01:11:31.350 --> 01:11:33.489
I<01:11:31.529><c> desire</c><01:11:32.170><c> before</c><01:11:32.670><c> thee.</c><01:11:33.069><c> Those</c><01:11:33.350><c> are</c>

01:11:33.489 --> 01:11:35.970
the<01:11:33.550><c> words</c><01:11:33.789><c> of</c><01:11:34.029><c> Psalm</c><01:11:34.270><c> 72,</c><01:11:34.829><c> brothers</c><01:11:35.130><c> and</c><01:11:35.350><c> sisters.</c><01:11:35.750><c> Put</c><01:11:35.789><c> the</c>

01:11:35.970 --> 01:11:37.909
music<01:11:36.229><c> in</c><01:11:36.430><c> our</c><01:11:36.649><c> anthem,</c><01:11:37.029><c> a</c><01:11:37.149><c> beautiful</c><01:11:37.630><c> anthem.</c>

01:11:37.909 --> 01:11:43.010
Whom<01:11:38.689><c> have</c><01:11:38.909><c> I</c><01:11:39.470><c> in</c><01:11:39.909><c> heaven</c><01:11:40.329><c> but</c><01:11:40.689><c> thee?</c><01:11:41.630><c> Micah's</c><01:11:42.130><c> saying,</c><01:11:42.609><c> you've</c><01:11:42.909><c> taken</c>

01:11:43.010 --> 01:11:44.010
away<01:11:43.250><c> that</c><01:11:43.470><c> and</c><01:11:43.470><c> I've</c><01:11:43.770><c> got</c>

01:11:44.010 --> 01:11:47.729
nothing<01:11:44.430><c> left.</c><01:11:46.369><c> Mind</c><01:11:46.550><c> your</c><01:11:46.689><c> business,</c><01:11:47.149><c> said</c><01:11:47.170><c> the</c><01:11:47.390><c> tribe</c><01:11:47.489><c> of</c>

01:11:47.729 --> 01:11:50.090
Ben.<01:11:48.350><c> Or</c><01:11:48.569><c> angry</c><01:11:49.069><c> fellows</c><01:11:49.390><c> will</c><01:11:49.609><c> run</c><01:11:49.789><c> upon</c>

01:11:50.090 --> 01:11:58.369
thee.<01:11:50.729><c> There's</c><01:11:50.949><c> 600</c><01:11:51.250><c> of</c><01:11:51.430><c> us.</c><01:11:54.090><c> And</c><01:11:54.250><c> with</c><01:11:54.430><c> that,</c><01:11:55.409><c> Micah</c><01:11:55.609><c> goes</c><01:11:55.890><c> back.</c><01:11:57.050><c> Now</c><01:11:57.470><c> the</c><01:11:57.710><c> tribe</c><01:11:58.029><c> of</c>

01:11:58.369 --> 01:11:59.189
Dan<01:11:58.569><c> are</c><01:11:58.810><c> really</c>

01:11:59.189 --> 01:12:01.909
equipped<01:11:59.609><c> with</c><01:12:00.029><c> the</c><01:12:00.189><c> weapons</c><01:12:00.409><c> of</c><01:12:00.670><c> war,</c><01:12:01.010><c> brothers</c><01:12:01.109><c> and</c><01:12:01.329><c> sisters.</c><01:12:01.609><c> And</c><01:12:01.729><c> in</c>

01:12:01.909 --> 01:12:04.510
verse<01:12:02.130><c> 27,</c><01:12:03.050><c> they</c><01:12:03.970><c> go</c><01:12:04.310><c> forth</c>

01:12:04.510 --> 01:12:08.310
to<01:12:04.630><c> conquer.</c><01:12:06.010><c> And</c><01:12:06.010><c> they</c><01:12:06.270><c> took</c><01:12:06.489><c> the</c><01:12:06.770><c> things</c><01:12:07.090><c> which</c><01:12:07.569><c> Micah</c><01:12:07.909><c> had</c>

01:12:08.310 --> 01:12:12.869
made<01:12:08.949><c> and</c><01:12:10.510><c> the</c><01:12:10.850><c> priest</c><01:12:11.109><c> which</c><01:12:11.430><c> he</c><01:12:11.810><c> had</c>

01:12:13.170 --> 01:12:16.189
and<01:12:13.729><c> came</c><01:12:14.069><c> and</c><01:12:14.270><c> delirious</c><01:12:14.689><c> under</c><01:12:14.890><c> the</c><01:12:15.149><c> people</c><01:12:15.350><c> that</c><01:12:15.470><c> were</c><01:12:15.729><c> quiet</c><01:12:15.930><c> and</c>

01:12:16.189 --> 01:12:17.569
secure<01:12:16.529><c> and</c><01:12:16.869><c> they</c><01:12:17.189><c> smote</c><01:12:17.369><c> them</c>

01:12:17.569 --> 01:12:23.350
with<01:12:17.710><c> the</c><01:12:17.850><c> edge</c><01:12:17.970><c> of</c><01:12:18.189><c> the</c><01:12:18.250><c> sword</c><01:12:18.390><c> and</c><01:12:18.649><c> burnt</c><01:12:18.770><c> the</c><01:12:18.949><c> city</c><01:12:19.130><c> with</c><01:12:19.409><c> fire.</c><01:12:21.289><c> Tremendous,</c><01:12:22.250><c> inspiring.</c><01:12:23.210><c> Do</c>

01:12:23.350 --> 01:12:23.430
you<01:12:23.350><c> know</c>

01:12:23.430 --> 01:12:26.510
what<01:12:23.550><c> they've</c><01:12:23.829><c> done?</c><01:12:24.409><c> Listen,</c><01:12:25.050><c> look</c><01:12:25.149><c> at</c><01:12:25.270><c> the</c><01:12:25.430><c> light</c><01:12:25.510><c> of</c><01:12:25.670><c> Pipset.</c><01:12:26.270><c> They</c>

01:12:26.510 --> 01:12:28.390
took<01:12:26.829><c> the</c><01:12:27.130><c> things</c><01:12:27.430><c> which</c><01:12:27.770><c> Micah</c>

01:12:28.390 --> 01:12:33.989
had<01:12:28.710><c> made</c><01:12:29.350><c> and</c><01:12:30.609><c> the</c><01:12:30.890><c> priest</c><01:12:31.229><c> which</c><01:12:31.630><c> he</c><01:12:32.029><c> had.</c><01:12:33.010><c> But</c><01:12:33.189><c> the</c><01:12:33.350><c> previous</c><01:12:33.689><c> verse</c>

01:12:33.989 --> 01:12:36.270
says,<01:12:35.810><c> and</c><01:12:35.829><c> the</c><01:12:36.010><c> children</c>

01:12:36.270 --> 01:12:45.510
of<01:12:36.470><c> Dan</c><01:12:36.729><c> went</c><01:12:37.010><c> their</c><01:12:37.329><c> way</c><01:12:37.710><c> and</c><01:12:37.989><c> when</c><01:12:38.289><c> Micah</c><01:12:38.670><c> saw</c><01:12:39.189><c> that</c><01:12:39.609><c> they</c><01:12:39.789><c> were</c><01:12:40.029><c> too</c><01:12:40.630><c> strong</c><01:12:41.329><c> for</c><01:12:41.829><c> him.</c><01:12:44.369><c> Now,</c><01:12:45.229><c> class</c><01:12:45.310><c> is</c>

01:12:45.510 --> 01:12:52.510
over<01:12:45.689><c> there,</c><01:12:46.850><c> see.</c><01:12:49.810><c> He's</c><01:12:50.430><c> got</c><01:12:50.569><c> that</c><01:12:50.869><c> God.</c><01:12:51.270><c> He's</c><01:12:51.630><c> made</c><01:12:51.810><c> it.</c><01:12:52.390><c> It</c>

01:12:52.510 --> 01:12:54.210
took<01:12:52.510><c> all</c><01:12:52.710><c> day</c><01:12:52.829><c> to</c><01:12:52.930><c> whittle</c><01:12:53.069><c> that</c><01:12:53.289><c> down.</c>

01:12:54.510 --> 01:12:58.109
Poet<01:12:54.869><c> is</c><01:12:55.010><c> up</c><01:12:55.069><c> with</c><01:12:55.310><c> sandpaper.</c><01:12:56.329><c> That's</c><01:12:56.529><c> his</c><01:12:56.649><c> protection.</c><01:12:58.010><c> So</c>

01:12:58.109 --> 01:13:01.550
while<01:12:58.250><c> he's</c><01:12:58.449><c> not</c><01:12:58.670><c> looking,</c><01:12:59.369><c> he</c><01:13:00.250><c> comes</c><01:13:01.270><c> rushing</c>

01:13:01.550 --> 01:13:03.569
up<01:13:01.729><c> to</c><01:13:01.829><c> me</c><01:13:01.949><c> and</c><01:13:02.010><c> he</c><01:13:02.069><c> says,</c><01:13:02.289><c> what</c><01:13:02.329><c> are</c><01:13:02.470><c> you</c><01:13:02.649><c> doing</c><01:13:02.649><c> with</c><01:13:02.789><c> my</c><01:13:02.970><c> gods?</c><01:13:03.329><c> Keep</c>

01:13:03.569 --> 01:13:05.689
quiet.<01:13:05.050><c> That's</c><01:13:05.170><c> all</c><01:13:05.310><c> I've</c><01:13:05.510><c> got.</c>

01:13:05.869 --> 01:13:07.829
Never<01:13:06.069><c> mind,</c><01:13:06.369><c> get</c><01:13:06.529><c> out</c><01:13:06.569><c> of</c><01:13:06.670><c> us</c><01:13:06.789><c> or</c><01:13:06.909><c> I'll</c><01:13:06.989><c> knock</c><01:13:07.109><c> you</c><01:13:07.289><c> down.</c><01:13:07.810><c> He</c>

01:13:07.829 --> 01:13:10.029
says,<01:13:08.569><c> okay,</c><01:13:08.930><c> okay,</c><01:13:09.170><c> you</c><01:13:09.270><c> can</c><01:13:09.489><c> go.</c><01:13:09.850><c> Now</c>

01:13:10.029 --> 01:13:12.710
I've<01:13:10.229><c> got</c><01:13:10.310><c> his</c><01:13:10.569><c> gods</c><01:13:10.710><c> which</c><01:13:10.869><c> are</c><01:13:10.949><c> going</c><01:13:11.029><c> to</c><01:13:11.050><c> go</c><01:13:11.229><c> to</c><01:13:11.390><c> war.</c><01:13:12.590><c> What</c>

01:13:12.710 --> 01:13:18.890
are<01:13:12.770><c> they</c><01:13:12.890><c> going</c><01:13:12.949><c> to</c><01:13:12.949><c> do</c><01:13:13.069><c> for</c><01:13:13.069><c> him?</c><01:13:18.529><c> You</c>

01:13:18.890 --> 01:13:21.350
couldn't<01:13:19.210><c> believe</c><01:13:19.609><c> it,</c><01:13:19.770><c> could</c><01:13:19.949><c> you?</c><01:13:20.649><c> Wouldn't</c><01:13:20.890><c> you</c><01:13:21.069><c> expect</c>

01:13:21.350 --> 01:13:22.569
that<01:13:21.649><c> god</c><01:13:21.789><c> to</c><01:13:21.949><c> jump</c><01:13:22.069><c> out</c><01:13:22.210><c> of</c><01:13:22.250><c> here</c><01:13:22.310><c> and</c><01:13:22.390><c> go</c>

01:13:22.569 --> 01:13:27.710
clank?<01:13:24.329><c> What</c><01:13:24.630><c> did</c><01:13:24.750><c> they</c><01:13:24.930><c> do</c><01:13:25.109><c> for</c><01:13:25.489><c> him?</c><01:13:26.510><c> And</c><01:13:26.649><c> when</c><01:13:26.970><c> Micah</c><01:13:27.270><c> saw</c>

01:13:27.710 --> 01:13:29.949
that<01:13:27.869><c> they</c><01:13:27.909><c> were</c><01:13:28.090><c> too</c><01:13:28.449><c> strong</c><01:13:28.729><c> for</c><01:13:29.010><c> him,</c>

01:13:30.010 --> 01:13:33.430
the<01:13:30.130><c> record</c><01:13:30.489><c> says,</c><01:13:31.350><c> and</c><01:13:31.350><c> they</c><01:13:31.569><c> took</c><01:13:31.810><c> the</c><01:13:32.109><c> things</c><01:13:32.350><c> which</c><01:13:32.890><c> Micah</c>

01:13:33.430 --> 01:13:36.090
had<01:13:33.989><c> made</c><01:13:34.449><c> and</c><01:13:35.069><c> the</c><01:13:35.430><c> priest</c><01:13:35.689><c> which</c>

01:13:36.090 --> 01:13:42.750
Micah<01:13:36.789><c> had</c><01:13:37.430><c> and</c><01:13:38.909><c> went</c><01:13:39.069><c> under</c><01:13:39.369><c> Coker.</c><01:13:41.130><c> What</c><01:13:41.390><c> an</c><01:13:41.649><c> incredible</c><01:13:42.270><c> sound</c><01:13:42.550><c> of</c>

01:13:42.750 --> 01:13:45.210
man.<01:13:43.090><c> And</c><01:13:43.270><c> of</c><01:13:43.449><c> course,</c><01:13:44.350><c> the</c><01:13:44.430><c> god</c><01:13:44.609><c> was</c><01:13:44.890><c> demonstrated</c>

01:13:45.210 --> 01:13:48.109
to<01:13:45.409><c> be</c><01:13:45.430><c> a</c><01:13:45.449><c> very</c><01:13:45.789><c> powerful</c><01:13:46.109><c> god</c><01:13:46.470><c> because</c><01:13:46.869><c> they</c><01:13:47.090><c> hit</c><01:13:47.170><c> a</c><01:13:47.350><c> big</c><01:13:47.609><c> tourist</c><01:13:47.850><c> over</c>

01:13:48.109 --> 01:13:49.149
the<01:13:48.229><c> head</c><01:13:48.369><c> and</c><01:13:48.529><c> killed</c><01:13:48.710><c> him.</c>

01:13:49.149 --> 01:13:52.510
And<01:13:50.010><c> he</c><01:13:50.090><c> was</c><01:13:50.329><c> that</c><01:13:50.609><c> big</c><01:13:50.829><c> he</c><01:13:50.930><c> couldn't</c><01:13:51.229><c> move.</c><01:13:51.829><c> And</c><01:13:51.909><c> that</c><01:13:52.250><c> filled</c>

01:13:52.510 --> 01:13:53.630
up,<01:13:52.810><c> we're</c><01:13:52.989><c> going</c><01:13:53.109><c> to</c><01:13:53.170><c> insist,</c><01:13:53.510><c> with</c>

01:13:53.630 --> 01:13:56.770
all<01:13:53.810><c> the</c><01:13:53.989><c> goodness</c><01:13:54.210><c> of</c><01:13:54.449><c> this</c><01:13:54.689><c> life</c><01:13:54.930><c> and</c><01:13:55.350><c> so</c><01:13:55.569><c> much</c><01:13:55.789><c> pleasure</c><01:13:56.250><c> that</c><01:13:56.689><c> he</c>

01:13:56.770 --> 01:13:57.810
couldn't<01:13:57.069><c> raise</c><01:13:57.329><c> a</c><01:13:57.550><c> fight</c><01:13:57.649><c> in</c>

01:13:57.810 --> 01:14:00.810
his<01:13:58.010><c> body.</c><01:13:58.630><c> And</c><01:13:58.630><c> they</c><01:13:59.310><c> smote</c><01:13:59.789><c> them</c><01:13:59.949><c> with</c><01:14:00.109><c> the</c><01:14:00.289><c> edge</c><01:14:00.430><c> of</c><01:14:00.710><c> the</c>

01:14:00.810 --> 01:14:03.229
sword<01:14:00.970><c> and</c><01:14:01.329><c> burnt</c><01:14:01.489><c> the</c><01:14:01.770><c> city</c><01:14:01.989><c> with</c><01:14:02.369><c> fire.</c>

01:14:03.770 --> 01:14:06.789
When<01:14:03.930><c> you</c><01:14:04.130><c> read</c><01:14:04.229><c> the</c><01:14:04.470><c> Bible,</c><01:14:04.729><c> read</c><01:14:04.850><c> it</c><01:14:05.109><c> carefully.</c><01:14:06.550><c> You</c><01:14:06.649><c> know</c>

01:14:06.789 --> 01:14:10.210
why?<01:14:09.250><c> Because</c><01:14:09.670><c> you</c><01:14:09.829><c> know</c><01:14:09.890><c> where</c><01:14:09.989><c> those</c>

01:14:10.210 --> 01:14:14.909
words<01:14:10.470><c> are</c><01:14:10.729><c> found,</c><01:14:11.470><c> those</c><01:14:11.810><c> very</c><01:14:12.069><c> words?</c><01:14:14.029><c> There</c><01:14:14.189><c> was</c><01:14:14.390><c> a</c><01:14:14.569><c> law</c><01:14:14.710><c> in</c>

01:14:14.909 --> 01:14:18.649
Israel<01:14:15.210><c> which</c><01:14:15.529><c> said</c><01:14:15.670><c> that</c><01:14:16.909><c> if</c><01:14:17.829><c> Israel</c>

01:14:19.489 --> 01:14:24.710
heard<01:14:19.970><c> that</c><01:14:20.449><c> there</c><01:14:20.670><c> was</c><01:14:20.869><c> apostasy</c><01:14:22.029><c> in</c><01:14:22.810><c> a</c><01:14:23.010><c> village</c><01:14:23.270><c> or</c><01:14:23.449><c> a</c><01:14:23.630><c> city,</c>

01:14:24.949 --> 01:14:26.189
they<01:14:25.189><c> had</c><01:14:25.289><c> to</c><01:14:25.430><c> make</c><01:14:25.649><c> diligent</c><01:14:25.949><c> inquiry</c>

01:14:26.670 --> 01:14:30.390
as<01:14:27.109><c> to</c><01:14:27.229><c> whether</c><01:14:27.369><c> it</c><01:14:27.510><c> was</c><01:14:27.850><c> so</c><01:14:28.029><c> or</c><01:14:28.149><c> not.</c><01:14:29.050><c> If</c><01:14:29.270><c> it</c><01:14:29.550><c> was,</c><01:14:29.909><c> the</c><01:14:30.050><c> record</c>

01:14:30.390 --> 01:14:34.649
says,<01:14:32.329><c> that</c><01:14:32.430><c> they</c><01:14:32.689><c> had</c><01:14:33.029><c> to</c><01:14:33.970><c> smite</c><01:14:34.430><c> it</c>

01:14:34.649 --> 01:14:41.109
with<01:14:34.850><c> the</c><01:14:35.029><c> edge</c><01:14:35.210><c> of</c><01:14:35.489><c> the</c><01:14:35.569><c> sword</c><01:14:35.970><c> and</c><01:14:36.729><c> burn</c><01:14:37.050><c> it</c><01:14:37.270><c> with</c><01:14:37.529><c> fire.</c><01:14:39.590><c> That's</c><01:14:39.989><c> precisely</c><01:14:40.510><c> what</c><01:14:40.670><c> they</c><01:14:40.850><c> did</c><01:14:40.970><c> with</c>

01:14:41.109 --> 01:14:44.329
the<01:14:41.130><c> men</c><01:14:41.270><c> of</c><01:14:41.510><c> Laish.</c><01:14:42.229><c> When</c><01:14:42.350><c> in</c><01:14:42.550><c> effect,</c><01:14:43.050><c> brethren</c><01:14:43.189><c> and</c><01:14:43.430><c> sisters,</c><01:14:43.970><c> that's</c>

01:14:44.329 --> 01:14:45.170
what<01:14:44.529><c> ought</c><01:14:44.710><c> to</c><01:14:44.970><c> happen</c>

01:14:45.170 --> 01:14:50.170
to<01:14:45.350><c> them.</c><01:14:46.869><c> That's</c><01:14:47.229><c> what</c><01:14:47.510><c> ought</c><01:14:47.729><c> to</c><01:14:47.869><c> happen</c><01:14:48.090><c> to</c><01:14:48.229><c> them.</c><01:14:49.369><c> What</c><01:14:49.590><c> an</c>

01:14:50.170 --> 01:14:52.810
incredible<01:14:50.850><c> story</c><01:14:51.210><c> this</c><01:14:51.510><c> is.</c><01:14:52.489><c> And</c><01:14:52.649><c> so</c>

01:14:52.810 --> 01:14:56.210
we<01:14:52.949><c> read</c><01:14:53.130><c> in</c><01:14:53.270><c> verse</c><01:14:53.489><c> 29,</c><01:14:54.670><c> And</c><01:14:54.850><c> the</c><01:14:54.890><c> children</c><01:14:55.250><c> of</c><01:14:55.529><c> Dan</c><01:14:55.750><c> set</c><01:14:55.970><c> up</c>

01:14:56.210 --> 01:14:57.649
the<01:14:56.430><c> grave,</c><01:14:56.789><c> or</c><01:14:56.850><c> rather,</c><01:14:57.170><c> and</c><01:14:57.229><c> they</c><01:14:57.470><c> called</c>

01:14:57.649 --> 01:15:00.689
the<01:14:57.750><c> name</c><01:14:57.949><c> of</c><01:14:58.149><c> the</c><01:14:58.170><c> city</c><01:14:58.430><c> Dan,</c><01:14:59.369><c> after</c><01:14:59.609><c> the</c><01:14:59.729><c> name</c><01:15:00.029><c> of</c><01:15:00.270><c> Dan</c><01:15:00.510><c> their</c>

01:15:00.689 --> 01:15:06.010
father,<01:15:02.350><c> who</c><01:15:02.569><c> was</c><01:15:02.949><c> born</c><01:15:03.710><c> unto</c><01:15:04.449><c> Israel.</c>

01:15:07.970 --> 01:15:12.930
And<01:15:08.350><c> no</c><01:15:08.510><c> doubt,</c><01:15:08.909><c> brethren</c><01:15:09.109><c> and</c><01:15:09.390><c> sisters,</c><01:15:09.989><c> when</c><01:15:10.229><c> the</c><01:15:10.390><c> Rev.</c><01:15:10.789><c> Penman</c><01:15:11.229><c> wrote</c><01:15:11.510><c> that,</c><01:15:12.689><c> he</c>

01:15:12.930 --> 01:15:13.470
wrote<01:15:13.069><c> it</c><01:15:13.210><c> with</c><01:15:13.310><c> a</c>

01:15:13.470 --> 01:15:16.329
broken<01:15:13.710><c> heart.</c><01:15:14.550><c> They</c><01:15:14.909><c> called</c><01:15:15.130><c> the</c><01:15:15.250><c> name</c><01:15:15.449><c> of</c><01:15:15.569><c> the</c><01:15:15.609><c> city</c><01:15:15.890><c> Dan,</c>

01:15:16.750 --> 01:15:18.569
after<01:15:16.989><c> the</c><01:15:17.109><c> name</c><01:15:17.390><c> of</c><01:15:17.590><c> Dan</c><01:15:17.810><c> their</c><01:15:18.010><c> father,</c>

01:15:19.029 --> 01:15:26.590
who<01:15:19.189><c> was</c><01:15:19.630><c> born</c><01:15:20.369><c> unto</c><01:15:21.229><c> Israel.</c><01:15:23.750><c> And</c><01:15:24.029><c> who</c><01:15:24.229><c> was</c><01:15:24.390><c> Israel?</c><01:15:26.189><c> He</c><01:15:26.369><c> was</c>

01:15:26.590 --> 01:15:27.909
a<01:15:26.729><c> man,</c><01:15:27.029><c> brethren</c><01:15:27.210><c> and</c><01:15:27.449><c> sisters,</c><01:15:27.729><c> who</c><01:15:27.850><c> had</c>

01:15:27.909 --> 01:15:31.630
his<01:15:28.130><c> name</c><01:15:28.449><c> changed</c><01:15:28.829><c> to</c><01:15:29.149><c> Israel,</c><01:15:29.590><c> which</c><01:15:29.789><c> means</c><01:15:30.310><c> he</c><01:15:30.930><c> who</c><01:15:31.170><c> has</c>

01:15:31.630 --> 01:15:35.289
power<01:15:32.590><c> with</c><01:15:32.949><c> God.</c><01:15:34.430><c> And</c><01:15:34.670><c> that's</c><01:15:35.050><c> written</c>

01:15:35.289 --> 01:15:40.050
to<01:15:35.529><c> indicate</c><01:15:35.930><c> to</c><01:15:36.189><c> us</c><01:15:36.750><c> how</c><01:15:37.529><c> low</c><01:15:38.010><c> people</c><01:15:38.590><c> could</c><01:15:38.949><c> come</c><01:15:39.310><c> with</c><01:15:39.770><c> such</c>

01:15:40.050 --> 01:15:42.090
a<01:15:40.329><c> wonderful</c><01:15:40.789><c> heritage</c><01:15:41.289><c> before</c><01:15:41.729><c> them.</c>

01:15:42.090 --> 01:15:47.989
Who<01:15:42.989><c> was</c><01:15:43.409><c> born</c><01:15:44.029><c> unto</c><01:15:44.850><c> Israel.</c><01:15:46.130><c> How</c><01:15:46.329><c> incredibly</c><01:15:47.069><c> low</c><01:15:47.470><c> a</c><01:15:47.750><c> nation</c>

01:15:47.989 --> 01:15:49.470
could<01:15:48.390><c> fall,</c><01:15:48.789><c> brethren</c><01:15:48.970><c> and</c><01:15:49.229><c> sisters,</c>

01:15:49.710 --> 01:15:52.750
from<01:15:49.930><c> the</c><01:15:50.170><c> high</c><01:15:50.409><c> and</c><01:15:50.550><c> the</c><01:15:50.829><c> lofty</c><01:15:51.350><c> calling</c><01:15:51.649><c> to</c><01:15:52.109><c> which</c><01:15:52.270><c> they</c><01:15:52.529><c> had</c>

01:15:52.750 --> 01:15:54.670
been<01:15:53.149><c> called.</c><01:15:53.770><c> And</c><01:15:53.930><c> we</c><01:15:54.229><c> read</c><01:15:54.229><c> the</c><01:15:54.449><c> children</c>

01:15:54.670 --> 01:15:57.109
of<01:15:54.890><c> Dan</c><01:15:55.109><c> set</c><01:15:55.350><c> up</c><01:15:55.510><c> the</c><01:15:55.710><c> grave</c><01:15:55.869><c> and</c><01:15:56.029><c> image</c><01:15:56.210><c> of</c><01:15:56.470><c> Jonathan</c><01:15:56.729><c> the</c><01:15:56.890><c> son</c>

01:15:57.109 --> 01:15:59.649
of<01:15:57.289><c> Gershon,</c><01:15:58.010><c> the</c><01:15:58.069><c> son</c><01:15:58.250><c> of</c><01:15:58.529><c> Mazes.</c><01:15:59.250><c> He</c><01:15:59.489><c> and</c>

01:15:59.649 --> 01:16:04.270
his<01:15:59.930><c> sons</c><01:16:00.109><c> were</c><01:16:00.470><c> priests,</c><01:16:00.890><c> the</c><01:16:01.050><c> tribe</c><01:16:01.229><c> of</c><01:16:01.489><c> Dan,</c><01:16:02.409><c> until</c><01:16:02.949><c> the</c><01:16:03.310><c> day</c><01:16:03.890><c> of</c>

01:16:04.270 --> 01:16:06.250
the<01:16:04.449><c> captivity</c><01:16:05.149><c> of</c><01:16:05.630><c> the</c><01:16:05.909><c> land.</c>

01:16:06.250 --> 01:16:12.909
What<01:16:06.590><c> does</c><01:16:06.750><c> that</c><01:16:06.949><c> mean?</c><01:16:09.529><c> Well,</c><01:16:09.770><c> you</c><01:16:09.890><c> see,</c><01:16:11.789><c> the</c><01:16:11.829><c> word</c><01:16:12.149><c> for</c><01:16:12.390><c> land</c>

01:16:12.909 --> 01:16:17.109
and<01:16:13.930><c> the</c><01:16:14.010><c> word</c><01:16:14.329><c> for</c><01:16:14.750><c> ark</c><01:16:15.170><c> are</c><01:16:16.710><c> similar,</c>

01:16:17.350 --> 01:16:20.770
brethren<01:16:17.409><c> and</c><01:16:17.609><c> sisters.</c><01:16:19.170><c> And</c><01:16:19.329><c> it</c><01:16:19.369><c> has</c><01:16:19.609><c> been</c><01:16:19.890><c> suggested</c><01:16:20.449><c> that</c>

01:16:20.770 --> 01:16:22.430
there<01:16:20.949><c> has</c><01:16:21.130><c> been</c><01:16:21.270><c> an</c><01:16:21.470><c> error</c><01:16:21.609><c> in</c><01:16:21.930><c> transcription</c>

01:16:22.430 --> 01:16:25.729
here,<01:16:23.210><c> and</c><01:16:23.250><c> that</c><01:16:23.430><c> phrase</c><01:16:23.770><c> should</c><01:16:24.069><c> read,</c><01:16:24.890><c> until</c><01:16:24.949><c> the</c><01:16:25.270><c> day</c><01:16:25.529><c> of</c>

01:16:25.729 --> 01:16:29.470
the<01:16:25.890><c> captivity</c><01:16:26.390><c> of</c><01:16:26.789><c> the</c><01:16:27.130><c> ark.</c><01:16:28.130><c> What</c><01:16:28.369><c> is</c><01:16:28.630><c> right?</c>

01:16:29.810 --> 01:16:33.449
Does<01:16:30.029><c> the</c><01:16:30.270><c> earth</c><01:16:30.449><c> always</c><01:16:30.710><c> indicate</c><01:16:31.270><c> the</c><01:16:31.550><c> truth</c><01:16:31.689><c> of</c><01:16:31.850><c> the</c><01:16:31.970><c> matter,</c><01:16:32.470><c> or</c><01:16:32.970><c> is</c>

01:16:33.449 --> 01:16:34.310
it<01:16:33.449><c> the</c><01:16:33.630><c> other</c><01:16:33.850><c> way</c><01:16:34.050><c> around?</c>

01:16:34.310 --> 01:16:37.569
If<01:16:34.729><c> it</c><01:16:34.890><c> means</c><01:16:35.149><c> the</c><01:16:35.369><c> captivity</c><01:16:35.750><c> of</c><01:16:35.970><c> the</c><01:16:36.130><c> land,</c><01:16:36.470><c> it's</c><01:16:36.590><c> very</c><01:16:36.949><c> difficult</c><01:16:37.310><c> to</c>

01:16:37.569 --> 01:16:38.569
imagine<01:16:37.850><c> how</c><01:16:38.029><c> that</c><01:16:38.210><c> could</c><01:16:38.350><c> have</c>

01:16:38.569 --> 01:16:41.390
been<01:16:38.750><c> sustained</c><01:16:39.250><c> over</c><01:16:39.470><c> that</c><01:16:39.630><c> period</c><01:16:39.890><c> of</c><01:16:40.149><c> time,</c><01:16:40.569><c> until</c><01:16:40.989><c> Israel</c>

01:16:41.390 --> 01:16:44.090
were<01:16:41.630><c> carried</c><01:16:41.729><c> away</c><01:16:42.050><c> into</c><01:16:42.670><c> captivity.</c><01:16:44.010><c> That</c>

01:16:44.090 --> 01:16:47.949
these<01:16:44.449><c> priests</c><01:16:45.329><c> maintained</c><01:16:46.329><c> that</c><01:16:46.569><c> position</c><01:16:47.050><c> right</c><01:16:47.689><c> through</c>

01:16:47.949 --> 01:16:50.369
that<01:16:48.069><c> history.</c><01:16:49.470><c> I</c><01:16:49.750><c> believe</c><01:16:49.970><c> the</c><01:16:50.210><c> latter</c>

01:16:50.369 --> 01:16:53.210
is<01:16:50.649><c> true,</c><01:16:51.229><c> until</c><01:16:51.470><c> the</c><01:16:51.649><c> day</c><01:16:51.810><c> of</c><01:16:51.989><c> the</c><01:16:52.130><c> captivity</c><01:16:52.449><c> of</c><01:16:52.670><c> the</c><01:16:52.930><c> ark,</c>

01:16:53.569 --> 01:16:55.350
because<01:16:53.970><c> we</c><01:16:54.229><c> read</c><01:16:54.350><c> in</c><01:16:54.550><c> the</c><01:16:54.630><c> last</c><01:16:55.029><c> verse,</c>

01:16:55.649 --> 01:16:58.850
and<01:16:55.750><c> they</c><01:16:56.050><c> set</c><01:16:56.250><c> them</c><01:16:56.529><c> up</c><01:16:56.909><c> like</c><01:16:57.170><c> a</c><01:16:57.350><c> grave</c><01:16:57.649><c> and</c><01:16:57.850><c> image,</c><01:16:58.350><c> which</c><01:16:58.569><c> he</c>

01:16:58.850 --> 01:17:01.949
made<01:16:59.069><c> all</c><01:16:59.970><c> the</c><01:17:00.270><c> time</c><01:17:00.829><c> that</c><01:17:01.390><c> the</c><01:17:01.630><c> house</c>

01:17:01.949 --> 01:17:06.970
of<01:17:02.569><c> God</c><01:17:02.569><c> was</c><01:17:03.489><c> in</c><01:17:04.090><c> Shiloh.</c><01:17:05.409><c> And</c><01:17:05.670><c> we</c><01:17:05.810><c> know</c><01:17:05.970><c> what</c><01:17:06.189><c> happened,</c><01:17:06.689><c> brethren</c><01:17:06.689><c> and</c>

01:17:06.970 --> 01:17:08.390
sisters,<01:17:07.090><c> at</c><01:17:07.289><c> Shiloh.</c><01:17:08.010><c> But</c><01:17:08.149><c> in</c><01:17:08.310><c> the</c>

01:17:08.390 --> 01:17:11.729
days<01:17:08.649><c> when</c><01:17:08.869><c> the</c><01:17:09.069><c> Philistines</c><01:17:09.470><c> got</c><01:17:09.670><c> the</c><01:17:09.869><c> upper</c><01:17:10.170><c> hand,</c><01:17:10.810><c> just</c><01:17:11.130><c> after,</c><01:17:11.489><c> I</c>

01:17:11.729 --> 01:17:13.449
believe,<01:17:11.930><c> the</c><01:17:12.090><c> time</c><01:17:12.390><c> of</c><01:17:12.630><c> Samson,</c>

01:17:13.890 --> 01:17:17.510
and<01:17:14.069><c> they</c><01:17:14.250><c> invaded</c><01:17:14.590><c> the</c><01:17:14.869><c> land,</c><01:17:15.310><c> and</c><01:17:15.409><c> they</c><01:17:15.670><c> took</c><01:17:15.810><c> the</c><01:17:16.149><c> ark</c><01:17:16.369><c> captive,</c><01:17:17.369><c> and</c>

01:17:17.510 --> 01:17:18.810
they<01:17:17.850><c> dragged</c><01:17:18.130><c> it</c><01:17:18.270><c> up</c><01:17:18.409><c> into</c><01:17:18.590><c> the</c>

01:17:18.810 --> 01:17:23.029
land<01:17:19.029><c> of</c><01:17:19.170><c> the</c><01:17:19.329><c> Philistines,</c><01:17:20.069><c> and</c><01:17:20.229><c> I</c><01:17:20.430><c> believe</c><01:17:20.649><c> that</c><01:17:21.109><c> marked</c><01:17:21.369><c> the</c><01:17:21.729><c> terminal</c><01:17:22.090><c> epoch</c><01:17:22.770><c> of</c>

01:17:23.029 --> 01:17:23.829
the<01:17:23.250><c> house</c><01:17:23.529><c> of</c>

01:17:23.829 --> 01:17:26.449
Mazes<01:17:24.210><c> established</c><01:17:24.710><c> in</c><01:17:24.869><c> the</c><01:17:25.050><c> north</c><01:17:25.229><c> and</c><01:17:25.649><c> the</c><01:17:25.850><c> tribe</c><01:17:26.029><c> of</c><01:17:26.329><c> Dan,</c>

01:17:26.729 --> 01:17:29.170
until<01:17:27.050><c> God</c><01:17:27.449><c> could</c><01:17:27.770><c> tolerate</c><01:17:28.010><c> it</c><01:17:28.310><c> no</c><01:17:28.649><c> more.</c>

01:17:29.170 --> 01:17:32.369
And<01:17:29.930><c> he</c><01:17:30.069><c> got</c><01:17:30.270><c> out</c><01:17:30.489><c> there</c><01:17:30.649><c> Philistines,</c><01:17:31.529><c> and</c><01:17:31.649><c> I</c><01:17:31.810><c> believe</c><01:17:32.029><c> his</c>

01:17:32.369 --> 01:17:34.630
providence<01:17:32.869><c> overruled</c><01:17:33.590><c> the</c><01:17:33.789><c> situation,</c><01:17:34.529><c> and</c>

01:17:34.630 --> 01:17:37.930
the<01:17:34.789><c> Philistines</c><01:17:35.189><c> came</c><01:17:35.569><c> in</c><01:17:35.890><c> and</c><01:17:36.149><c> he</c><01:17:36.470><c> tore</c><01:17:36.630><c> the</c><01:17:36.930><c> ark</c><01:17:36.970><c> out</c><01:17:37.210><c> of</c><01:17:37.350><c> Israel.</c><01:17:37.810><c> He</c>

01:17:37.930 --> 01:17:39.949
would<01:17:38.170><c> tolerate</c><01:17:38.350><c> it</c><01:17:38.729><c> no</c><01:17:39.010><c> more,</c>

01:17:40.210 --> 01:17:43.289
because<01:17:40.470><c> of</c><01:17:40.670><c> that</c><01:17:41.130><c> stinking</c><01:17:41.670><c> corruption</c><01:17:42.109><c> up</c><01:17:42.409><c> there.</c><01:17:42.970><c> And</c><01:17:43.069><c> the</c>

01:17:43.289 --> 01:17:45.189
ark<01:17:43.430><c> was</c><01:17:43.689><c> taken</c><01:17:43.930><c> away,</c><01:17:44.489><c> and</c><01:17:44.590><c> that</c><01:17:44.729><c> was</c><01:17:44.930><c> the</c>

01:17:45.189 --> 01:17:48.510
terminal<01:17:45.590><c> epoch</c><01:17:46.189><c> of</c><01:17:46.430><c> the</c><01:17:46.590><c> house</c><01:17:46.829><c> of</c><01:17:47.090><c> Mazes</c><01:17:47.689><c> established</c><01:17:48.250><c> up</c>

01:17:48.510 --> 01:17:50.770
there<01:17:48.630><c> in</c><01:17:48.750><c> the</c><01:17:48.930><c> tribe</c><01:17:49.109><c> of</c><01:17:49.430><c> Dan.</c><01:17:49.989><c> And</c><01:17:50.170><c> God</c><01:17:50.449><c> took</c>

01:17:50.770 --> 01:17:53.930
the<01:17:51.050><c> ark,</c><01:17:51.329><c> brethren</c><01:17:51.489><c> and</c><01:17:51.689><c> sisters,</c><01:17:52.289><c> and</c><01:17:52.470><c> a</c><01:17:52.590><c> woman</c><01:17:52.810><c> died</c><01:17:53.109><c> in</c><01:17:53.369><c> agony</c><01:17:53.609><c> in</c>

01:17:53.930 --> 01:17:56.350
childbirth,<01:17:55.850><c> while</c><01:17:55.949><c> the</c><01:17:56.189><c> ark</c>

01:17:56.350 --> 01:18:01.250
was<01:17:56.449><c> being</c><01:17:56.770><c> taken.</c><01:17:58.130><c> And</c><01:17:58.270><c> they</c><01:17:58.489><c> brought</c><01:17:58.689><c> news</c><01:17:59.250><c> out</c><01:17:59.550><c> of</c><01:17:59.630><c> the</c><01:17:59.829><c> battlefield</c><01:18:00.310><c> to</c>

01:18:01.250 --> 01:18:02.229
the<01:18:01.369><c> woman</c><01:18:01.529><c> who</c><01:18:01.670><c> was</c><01:18:01.970><c> bearing</c>

01:18:02.229 --> 01:18:05.590
her<01:18:02.470><c> child</c><01:18:02.750><c> in</c><01:18:02.989><c> agony,</c><01:18:04.470><c> to</c><01:18:04.630><c> tell</c><01:18:04.750><c> her</c><01:18:04.810><c> that</c><01:18:04.930><c> her</c><01:18:05.029><c> husband</c><01:18:05.289><c> was</c>

01:18:05.590 --> 01:18:08.109
dead,<01:18:05.750><c> and</c><01:18:05.869><c> she</c><01:18:06.170><c> never</c><01:18:06.430><c> even</c><01:18:06.710><c> heard</c><01:18:06.890><c> it.</c><01:18:07.909><c> And</c>

01:18:08.109 --> 01:18:15.510
all<01:18:08.270><c> she</c><01:18:08.409><c> could</c><01:18:08.609><c> say</c><01:18:08.890><c> was,</c><01:18:10.510><c> the</c><01:18:10.689><c> glory</c><01:18:11.350><c> is</c><01:18:12.310><c> departed.</c><01:18:15.109><c> A</c><01:18:15.310><c> woman</c>

01:18:15.510 --> 01:18:17.689
in<01:18:15.750><c> childbirth,</c><01:18:16.229><c> brethren</c><01:18:16.489><c> and</c><01:18:16.770><c> sisters,</c>

01:18:17.750 --> 01:18:21.090
thinks<01:18:17.970><c> of</c><01:18:18.149><c> her</c><01:18:18.430><c> partner,</c><01:18:19.949><c> for</c><01:18:20.029><c> the</c><01:18:20.250><c> child</c><01:18:20.510><c> to</c><01:18:20.609><c> come</c><01:18:20.729><c> into</c><01:18:20.829><c> the</c>

01:18:21.090 --> 01:18:23.869
world<01:18:21.569><c> is</c><01:18:22.270><c> between</c><01:18:22.630><c> the</c><01:18:22.810><c> two</c><01:18:22.989><c> of</c><01:18:23.090><c> them.</c>

01:18:24.329 --> 01:18:30.569
It's<01:18:24.989><c> theirs.</c><01:18:26.510><c> It's</c><01:18:26.630><c> part</c><01:18:26.890><c> of</c><01:18:27.069><c> each.</c><01:18:27.949><c> It</c><01:18:28.029><c> links</c><01:18:28.430><c> both</c><01:18:28.750><c> together.</c><01:18:30.390><c> That</c>

01:18:30.569 --> 01:18:32.229
woman<01:18:30.930><c> never</c><01:18:31.529><c> thought</c><01:18:31.970><c> about</c>

01:18:32.229 --> 01:18:40.649
that.<01:18:32.850><c> One</c><01:18:33.210><c> thing</c><01:18:33.590><c> dominated</c><01:18:34.029><c> her</c><01:18:34.369><c> mind.</c><01:18:35.329><c> The</c><01:18:35.569><c> glory</c><01:18:36.149><c> is</c><01:18:37.289><c> departed.</c><01:18:39.770><c> God's</c><01:18:40.170><c> ecclesia</c><01:18:40.449><c> was</c>

01:18:40.649 --> 01:18:41.210
not<01:18:40.869><c> one</c><01:18:41.010><c> with</c>

01:18:41.210 --> 01:18:47.989
him,<01:18:41.409><c> brethren</c><01:18:41.609><c> and</c><01:18:41.829><c> sisters.</c><01:18:43.149><c> The</c><01:18:43.329><c> marriage</c><01:18:43.590><c> was</c><01:18:44.069><c> washed</c><01:18:44.289><c> up,</c><01:18:44.810><c> was</c><01:18:45.069><c> all</c><01:18:45.310><c> over.</c><01:18:46.770><c> Washed</c><01:18:47.050><c> up</c><01:18:47.350><c> completely</c>

01:18:47.989 --> 01:18:51.569
as<01:18:48.649><c> far</c><01:18:48.789><c> as</c><01:18:48.890><c> God</c><01:18:49.109><c> was</c><01:18:49.390><c> concerned</c><01:18:49.670><c> in</c><01:18:49.989><c> this</c><01:18:50.189><c> situation,</c><01:18:51.149><c> and</c><01:18:51.250><c> he</c>

01:18:51.569 --> 01:18:53.729
tore<01:18:51.689><c> the</c><01:18:51.949><c> ark</c><01:18:52.090><c> out</c><01:18:52.250><c> of</c><01:18:52.409><c> Israel.</c><01:18:53.350><c> And</c><01:18:53.550><c> that,</c>

01:18:53.750 --> 01:18:58.090
I<01:18:53.930><c> believe,</c><01:18:54.250><c> marked</c><01:18:54.529><c> that</c><01:18:54.869><c> epoch</c><01:18:55.250><c> which</c><01:18:55.470><c> saw</c><01:18:55.689><c> the</c><01:18:55.989><c> end</c><01:18:56.270><c> of</c><01:18:56.470><c> that</c><01:18:56.710><c> adulterous</c><01:18:57.189><c> house</c><01:18:57.590><c> in</c>

01:18:58.090 --> 01:18:58.470
the<01:18:58.310><c> tribe</c>

01:18:58.470 --> 01:19:01.369
of<01:18:58.729><c> Dan</c><01:18:58.850><c> in</c><01:18:58.970><c> the</c><01:18:59.109><c> north</c><01:18:59.270><c> of</c><01:18:59.489><c> Israel.</c><01:19:00.069><c> And</c><01:19:00.250><c> that</c><01:19:00.430><c> was</c><01:19:00.729><c> Samson's</c>

01:19:01.369 --> 01:19:02.390
tribe,<01:19:01.729><c> brethren</c><01:19:01.850><c> and</c><01:19:02.090><c> sisters,</c><01:19:02.250><c> and</c>

01:19:02.390 --> 01:19:05.989
that's<01:19:02.670><c> the</c><01:19:02.810><c> background</c><01:19:03.189><c> for</c><01:19:03.430><c> our</c><01:19:03.649><c> story.</c><01:19:04.789><c> When</c><01:19:04.890><c> we</c><01:19:05.010><c> come</c><01:19:05.189><c> back</c><01:19:05.350><c> next</c><01:19:05.609><c> time,</c><01:19:05.869><c> God</c>

01:19:05.989 --> 01:19:06.750
willing,<01:19:06.609><c> we're</c>

01:19:06.750 --> 01:19:10.189
going<01:19:06.850><c> to</c><01:19:06.989><c> see</c><01:19:07.229><c> how</c><01:19:07.449><c> in</c><01:19:07.970><c> that</c><01:19:08.409><c> tribe,</c><01:19:09.310><c> not</c><01:19:09.430><c> up</c><01:19:09.670><c> here,</c><01:19:10.109><c> Aleph,</c>

01:19:10.630 --> 01:19:13.550
in<01:19:10.970><c> that</c><01:19:11.229><c> tribe,</c><01:19:11.609><c> not</c><01:19:11.750><c> up</c><01:19:11.970><c> here,</c><01:19:12.949><c> but</c><01:19:13.130><c> down</c>

01:19:13.550 --> 01:19:17.869
there,<01:19:14.449><c> a</c><01:19:14.810><c> savior</c><01:19:15.130><c> was</c><01:19:15.449><c> born.</c><01:19:15.949><c> Not</c><01:19:16.069><c> up</c><01:19:16.329><c> there.</c><01:19:17.109><c> God</c><01:19:17.350><c> wasn't</c><01:19:17.590><c> in</c>

01:19:17.869 --> 01:19:20.470
that.<01:19:19.109><c> Nothing</c><01:19:19.329><c> to</c><01:19:19.529><c> do</c><01:19:19.609><c> with</c><01:19:19.789><c> it.</c><01:19:20.310><c> This</c>

01:19:20.470 --> 01:19:25.970
is<01:19:20.649><c> where</c><01:19:20.750><c> God</c><01:19:20.970><c> was.</c><01:19:23.050><c> And</c><01:19:23.210><c> years</c><01:19:23.829><c> later,</c><01:19:24.630><c> brethren</c><01:19:24.750><c> and</c><01:19:24.970><c> sisters,</c><01:19:25.850><c> there</c>

01:19:25.970 --> 01:19:27.949
was<01:19:26.289><c> still</c><01:19:26.689><c> a</c><01:19:26.890><c> little</c><01:19:27.130><c> family</c>

01:19:27.949 --> 01:19:32.789
clinging<01:19:28.670><c> tenaciously</c><01:19:29.569><c> to</c><01:19:29.810><c> their</c><01:19:30.029><c> inheritance.</c><01:19:30.989><c> And</c><01:19:31.170><c> into</c><01:19:31.369><c> that</c><01:19:31.590><c> family,</c><01:19:32.550><c> a</c>

01:19:32.789 --> 01:19:34.470
savior<01:19:33.050><c> was</c><01:19:33.350><c> born</c><01:19:33.689><c> who</c>

01:19:34.470 --> 01:19:39.010
would<01:19:34.689><c> begin</c><01:19:35.170><c> to</c><01:19:35.829><c> deliver</c><01:19:36.090><c> Israel</c><01:19:36.609><c> from</c><01:19:36.810><c> the</c><01:19:36.970><c> Philistines.</c><01:19:37.850><c> And</c><01:19:38.090><c> they</c><01:19:38.289><c> may</c><01:19:38.529><c> have</c><01:19:38.649><c> been</c><01:19:38.829><c> a</c>

01:19:39.010 --> 01:19:39.670
man<01:19:39.130><c> of</c><01:19:39.270><c> the</c><01:19:39.449><c> world,</c>

01:19:39.670 --> 01:19:43.470
brethren<01:19:39.970><c> and</c><01:19:40.149><c> sisters,</c><01:19:41.029><c> a</c><01:19:41.210><c> whole</c><01:19:41.829><c> fellow,</c><01:19:42.590><c> you</c><01:19:42.670><c> know,</c><01:19:43.350><c> happy</c>

01:19:43.470 --> 01:19:45.689
-go<01:19:43.689><c>-lucky</c><01:19:44.069><c> type,</c><01:19:44.829><c> full</c><01:19:45.050><c> of</c><01:19:45.310><c> sunshine</c>

01:19:45.689 --> 01:19:49.869
and<01:19:46.010><c> life,</c><01:19:46.390><c> jokes</c><01:19:46.770><c> and</c><01:19:46.949><c> laughter,</c><01:19:47.569><c> full</c><01:19:47.789><c> of</c><01:19:47.989><c> poetry,</c><01:19:49.470><c> full</c><01:19:49.729><c> of</c>

01:19:49.869 --> 01:19:51.329
all<01:19:50.109><c> that</c><01:19:50.229><c> he</c><01:19:50.449><c> thought</c><01:19:50.590><c> this</c><01:19:50.909><c> life</c><01:19:51.050><c> could</c>

01:19:51.329 --> 01:19:57.069
give<01:19:51.489><c> him,</c><01:19:52.270><c> and</c><01:19:52.470><c> happiness</c><01:19:52.810><c> overflowing</c><01:19:53.689><c> out</c><01:19:54.010><c> of</c><01:19:54.109><c> his</c><01:19:54.289><c> good</c><01:19:54.569><c> nature.</c><01:19:55.250><c> They</c><01:19:55.350><c> may</c><01:19:55.590><c> have</c><01:19:55.810><c> been</c><01:19:56.229><c> a</c><01:19:56.750><c> foolish</c>

01:19:57.069 --> 01:20:00.210
man<01:19:57.409><c> in</c><01:19:57.569><c> many</c><01:19:57.789><c> ways.</c><01:19:58.289><c> They</c><01:19:58.489><c> may</c><01:19:58.689><c> have</c><01:19:58.810><c> mixed</c><01:19:59.130><c> with</c><01:19:59.329><c> women.</c><01:19:59.789><c> They</c><01:19:59.989><c> may</c>

01:20:00.210 --> 01:20:01.449
have<01:20:00.409><c> been</c><01:20:00.609><c> reduced</c><01:20:00.949><c> to</c><01:20:01.229><c> nothing</c>

01:20:01.449 --> 01:20:04.130
in<01:20:01.810><c> the</c><01:20:01.970><c> hands</c><01:20:02.109><c> of</c><01:20:02.270><c> women,</c><01:20:02.590><c> brethren</c><01:20:02.710><c> and</c><01:20:02.949><c> sisters.</c><01:20:03.449><c> One</c><01:20:03.770><c> thing</c><01:20:03.970><c> they</c>

01:20:04.130 --> 01:20:05.949
could<01:20:04.470><c> never</c><01:20:04.810><c> say</c><01:20:05.029><c> about</c><01:20:05.270><c> him</c><01:20:05.689><c> was</c>

01:20:05.949 --> 01:20:09.029
that<01:20:06.090><c> he</c><01:20:06.170><c> was</c><01:20:06.569><c> not</c><01:20:06.909><c> truly</c><01:20:07.409><c> one</c><01:20:07.829><c> of</c><01:20:07.869><c> those</c><01:20:08.210><c> Danites</c><01:20:08.590><c> up</c><01:20:08.770><c> in</c><01:20:08.930><c> the</c>

01:20:09.029 --> 01:20:11.069
north.<01:20:09.510><c> He</c><01:20:09.630><c> was</c><01:20:09.829><c> a</c><01:20:10.050><c> Danite</c><01:20:10.430><c> in</c><01:20:10.649><c> whom</c><01:20:10.789><c> the</c>

01:20:11.069 --> 01:20:15.550
faith<01:20:11.270><c> of</c><01:20:11.449><c> God</c><01:20:11.649><c> built</c><01:20:11.970><c> and</c><01:20:12.369><c> he</c><01:20:12.590><c> would</c><01:20:12.949><c> not</c><01:20:13.210><c> accept</c><01:20:14.789><c> any</c><01:20:15.250><c> other</c>

01:20:15.550 --> 01:20:17.189
inheritance<01:20:16.069><c> than</c><01:20:16.550><c> that</c><01:20:16.729><c> which</c><01:20:16.890><c> God</c>

01:20:17.189 --> 01:20:21.170
had<01:20:17.449><c> deemed</c><01:20:17.649><c> he</c><01:20:17.930><c> should.</c><01:20:18.710><c> And</c><01:20:18.890><c> in</c><01:20:19.090><c> that,</c><01:20:20.270><c> he</c><01:20:20.449><c> found</c><01:20:20.710><c> an</c><01:20:20.970><c> ally</c>

01:20:21.170 --> 01:20:24.130
in<01:20:21.470><c> God.</c><01:20:22.010><c> And</c><01:20:22.189><c> God</c><01:20:22.390><c> was</c><01:20:22.689><c> with</c><01:20:22.869><c> him</c><01:20:23.250><c> and</c><01:20:23.770><c> endeavored</c>

01:20:24.130 --> 01:20:27.090
with<01:20:24.369><c> all</c><01:20:24.609><c> his</c><01:20:24.970><c> might,</c><01:20:25.489><c> brethren</c><01:20:25.489><c> and</c><01:20:25.710><c> sisters,</c><01:20:26.329><c> and</c><01:20:26.489><c> all</c><01:20:26.750><c> the</c>

01:20:27.090 --> 01:20:28.489
providence<01:20:27.430><c> that</c><01:20:27.689><c> overshadowed</c><01:20:28.329><c> that</c>

01:20:28.489 --> 01:20:31.590
man,<01:20:29.149><c> endeavored</c><01:20:29.430><c> to</c><01:20:29.710><c> try</c><01:20:29.970><c> not</c><01:20:30.130><c> only</c><01:20:30.329><c> to</c><01:20:30.489><c> set</c><01:20:30.590><c> him</c><01:20:30.729><c> on</c><01:20:30.869><c> the</c><01:20:31.050><c> pathway</c><01:20:31.329><c> of</c>

01:20:31.590 --> 01:20:33.069
right,<01:20:32.050><c> but</c><01:20:32.210><c> to</c><01:20:32.430><c> set</c><01:20:32.590><c> that</c><01:20:32.829><c> man</c>

01:20:33.069 --> 01:20:35.810
before<01:20:33.430><c> the</c><01:20:33.569><c> nation</c><01:20:33.909><c> of</c><01:20:34.170><c> Israel</c><01:20:34.390><c> and</c><01:20:34.789><c> the</c><01:20:35.010><c> tribe</c><01:20:35.170><c> of</c><01:20:35.430><c> Dan</c><01:20:35.590><c> in</c>

01:20:35.810 --> 01:20:37.289
particular,<01:20:36.189><c> that</c><01:20:36.289><c> he</c><01:20:36.409><c> might</c><01:20:36.670><c> inspire</c>

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some<01:20:38.050><c> better</c><01:20:38.369><c> thing</c><01:20:38.510><c> in</c><01:20:38.689><c> that</c><01:20:38.869><c> tribe,</c><01:20:39.489><c> that</c><01:20:39.569><c> with</c><01:20:39.810><c> courage</c><01:20:40.130><c> and</c><01:20:40.369><c> determination,</c><01:20:41.409><c> they</c><01:20:41.550><c> might</c><01:20:41.810><c> go</c><01:20:42.109><c> in</c>

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and<01:20:43.050><c> seize</c><01:20:43.229><c> the</c><01:20:43.489><c> inheritance</c><01:20:43.770><c> which</c><01:20:44.069><c> God</c><01:20:44.149><c> had</c><01:20:44.310><c> given</c><01:20:44.430><c> them.</c>