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or</c><00:13:51.200><c> would</c><00:13:51.639><c> God</c><00:13:51.879><c> we'd</c><00:13:52.200><c> died</c> 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:54.899 in<00:13:52.419><c> this</c><00:13:52.620><c> wilderness.</c><00:13:53.299><c> They</c><00:13:53.620><c> were</c><00:13:53.820><c> the</c><00:13:54.019><c> murmurings</c><00:13:54.440><c> in</c><00:13:54.639><c> their</c> 00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:58.779 tents.<00:13:56.679><c> Not</c><00:13:57.100><c> necessarily</c><00:13:57.879><c> spoken</c><00:13:58.259><c> openly,</c> 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:03.100 but<00:13:59.399><c> ultimately</c><00:13:59.879><c> that</c><00:14:00.100><c> was</c><00:14:00.299><c> the</c><00:14:00.480><c> case.</c><00:14:00.779><c> They</c><00:14:01.019><c> spoke</c><00:14:01.279><c> it</c><00:14:01.519><c> openly</c><00:14:01.799><c> to</c><00:14:02.279><c> Moses</c><00:14:02.679><c> and</c><00:14:02.919><c> to</c> 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:04.480 Aaron.<00:14:03.860><c> But</c><00:14:04.019><c> in</c><00:14:04.220><c> 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twenty</c><00:14:29.179><c>-six,</c><00:14:30.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:30.340><c> spoke</c><00:14:30.620><c> unto</c><00:14:30.860><c> Moses</c> 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:33.899 and<00:14:31.500><c> unto</c><00:14:31.639><c> Aaron,</c><00:14:32.139><c> saying,</c><00:14:32.500><c> How</c><00:14:32.899><c> long</c><00:14:33.139><c> shall</c><00:14:33.340><c> I</c><00:14:33.500><c> bear</c><00:14:33.700><c> with</c> 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:36.919 this<00:14:34.200><c> evil</c><00:14:34.559><c> congregation,</c><00:14:36.379><c> which</c><00:14:36.600><c> murmur</c> 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:40.340 against<00:14:37.279><c> me?</c><00:14:38.360><c> I</c><00:14:38.679><c> have</c><00:14:38.919><c> heard</c><00:14:39.100><c> the</c><00:14:39.320><c> murmurings</c><00:14:39.700><c> of</c><00:14:39.840><c> the</c><00:14:39.960><c> children</c><00:14:40.220><c> of</c> 00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:41.740 Israel,<00:14:40.700><c> which</c><00:14:40.940><c> they</c><00:14:41.440><c> murmur</c> 00:14:41.740 --> 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this</c><00:15:57.919><c> wilderness?</c><00:15:59.799><c> And</c><00:15:59.860><c> verse</c><00:16:00.039><c> 27,</c><00:16:00.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:00.899><c> spoke</c><00:16:01.240><c> unto</c> 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:03.480 Moses<00:16:01.779><c> and</c><00:16:02.000><c> unto</c><00:16:02.340><c> Aaron,</c><00:16:02.799><c> saying,</c><00:16:02.960><c> How</c><00:16:03.179><c> long</c> 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:07.340 shall<00:16:03.679><c> I</c><00:16:03.860><c> bear</c><00:16:04.019><c> with</c><00:16:04.159><c> this</c><00:16:04.340><c> evil</c><00:16:04.620><c> congregation,</c><00:16:05.759><c> which</c><00:16:06.019><c> murmur</c><00:16:06.500><c> against</c><00:16:07.019><c> me?</c> 00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.360 Not<00:16:07.639><c> against</c><00:16:08.019><c> Moses</c> 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:13.360 and<00:16:08.600><c> Aaron.</c><00:16:10.360><c> I</c><00:16:10.539><c> have</c><00:16:10.779><c> heard</c><00:16:10.980><c> the</c><00:16:11.200><c> 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adds</c><00:16:28.179><c> to</c><00:16:28.360><c> the</c><00:16:28.559><c> sense</c><00:16:28.879><c> of</c> 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.899 what<00:16:29.279><c> is</c><00:16:29.500><c> meant.</c><00:16:30.080><c> But</c><00:16:30.279><c> let's</c><00:16:30.659><c> leave</c> 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:36.120 them<00:16:31.100><c> out</c><00:16:31.279><c> for</c><00:16:31.460><c> a</c><00:16:31.620><c> moment.</c><00:16:32.679><c> And</c><00:16:32.759><c> verse</c><00:16:33.240><c> 28,</c><00:16:34.279><c> Say</c><00:16:34.360><c> unto</c><00:16:34.639><c> them,</c><00:16:35.919><c> I</c> 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:42.559 live.<00:16:38.399><c> I</c><00:16:38.600><c> live.</c><00:16:41.360><c> Seth</c><00:16:41.539><c> Yahweh,</c><00:16:41.980><c> as</c><00:16:42.159><c> ye</c><00:16:42.340><c> have</c> 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:46.600 spoken<00:16:42.860><c> in</c><00:16:43.179><c> mine</c><00:16:43.419><c> ears,</c><00:16:43.899><c> so</c><00:16:44.100><c> will</c><00:16:44.299><c> I</c><00:16:44.360><c> do</c><00:16:44.580><c> to</c><00:16:44.740><c> you.</c><00:16:45.379><c> Your</c><00:16:45.659><c> carcass</c><00:16:46.059><c> shall</c> 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:48.340 fall<00:16:47.000><c> in</c><00:16:47.120><c> this</c><00:16:47.379><c> wilderness.</c> 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.659 And<00:16:49.899><c> all</c><00:16:50.080><c> that</c><00:16:50.200><c> were</c><00:16:50.419><c> numbered</c><00:16:50.639><c> of</c><00:16:50.759><c> you,</c><00:16:51.019><c> according</c><00:16:51.279><c> to</c><00:16:51.460><c> your</c> 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:53.039 whole<00:16:51.860><c> number</c><00:16:52.159><c> from</c><00:16:52.360><c> twenty</c><00:16:52.639><c> years</c><00:16:52.879><c> old</c> 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.659 and<00:16:53.220><c> upwards,</c><00:16:53.480><c> which</c><00:16:53.639><c> have</c><00:16:53.899><c> murmured</c><00:16:54.059><c> against</c><00:16:54.379><c> me,</c><00:16:54.840><c> your</c><00:16:55.120><c> carcass</c><00:16:55.500><c> is</c> 00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:57.000 going<00:16:55.779><c> to</c><00:16:55.940><c> die</c><00:16:56.019><c> in</c><00:16:56.120><c> this</c><00:16:56.259><c> wilderness.</c> 00:16:57.460 --> 00:17:03.080 God<00:16:57.960><c> lives.</c><00:16:59.080><c> I</c><00:16:59.580><c> live.</c><00:17:00.779><c> And</c><00:17:01.039><c> the</c><00:17:01.220><c> children</c><00:17:01.500><c> of</c><00:17:01.679><c> Israel</c><00:17:02.100><c> were</c><00:17:02.460><c> acting</c><00:17:02.799><c> in</c> 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.819 such<00:17:03.279><c> a</c><00:17:03.500><c> fashion</c><00:17:03.779><c> that</c><00:17:04.160><c> they</c><00:17:04.500><c> believed</c> 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:09.240 that<00:17:05.119><c> God</c><00:17:05.440><c> was</c><00:17:05.740><c> not</c><00:17:05.960><c> alive.</c><00:17:07.160><c> That</c><00:17:07.359><c> God</c><00:17:07.599><c> was</c><00:17:07.900><c> not</c><00:17:08.200><c> there</c><00:17:08.440><c> to</c><00:17:08.680><c> help</c><00:17:08.920><c> them</c><00:17:09.099><c> and</c> 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:10.660 assist<00:17:09.559><c> them</c><00:17:10.019><c> as</c><00:17:10.319><c> they</c><00:17:10.480><c> went</c> 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:13.740 to<00:17:10.940><c> the</c><00:17:10.940><c> land</c><00:17:11.180><c> of</c><00:17:11.420><c> Canaan.</c><00:17:12.400><c> And</c><00:17:12.539><c> God</c><00:17:12.779><c> answered</c><00:17:13.119><c> their</c><00:17:13.400><c> prayer.</c> 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:16.559 He<00:17:14.019><c> lived.</c><00:17:15.440><c> And</c><00:17:15.460><c> you</c><00:17:15.579><c> know</c><00:17:15.759><c> the</c><00:17:15.920><c> same</c><00:17:16.319><c> thought</c> 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:21.559 is<00:17:16.819><c> presented</c><00:17:17.180><c> in</c><00:17:17.420><c> verse</c><00:17:18.000><c> 20.</c><00:17:18.980><c> Notice</c><00:17:19.359><c> these</c><00:17:19.700><c> words.</c><00:17:21.359><c> Where</c> 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:24.279 the<00:17:21.880><c> nation</c><00:17:22.200><c> 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I</c><00:17:35.880><c> have</c><00:17:36.200><c> pardoned</c><00:17:36.660><c> according</c><00:17:36.880><c> to</c> 00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:41.680 my<00:17:37.220><c> word.</c><00:17:38.019><c> Moses</c><00:17:38.319><c> had</c><00:17:39.079><c> asked</c><00:17:39.720><c> that</c><00:17:40.880><c> the</c><00:17:41.000><c> children</c><00:17:41.240><c> of</c><00:17:41.339><c> Israel</c> 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:44.180 might<00:17:41.960><c> be</c><00:17:42.240><c> forgiven</c><00:17:42.599><c> and</c><00:17:42.799><c> God</c><00:17:43.220><c> pardoned</c> 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:47.359 according<00:17:44.559><c> to</c><00:17:44.779><c> the</c><00:17:44.900><c> word</c><00:17:45.079><c> of</c><00:17:45.279><c> Moses.</c><00:17:45.960><c> You</c><00:17:46.119><c> notice</c><00:17:46.759><c> that</c><00:17:47.180><c> the</c> 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.240 ten<00:17:47.559><c> men</c><00:17:47.839><c> died.</c><00:17:48.420><c> So</c><00:17:48.519><c> obviously</c><00:17:48.880><c> Moses</c> 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adversary</c><00:29:47.019><c> also</c><00:29:47.519><c> provoked</c><00:29:47.859><c> her</c><00:29:48.200><c> soul</c><00:29:48.319><c> for</c><00:29:48.500><c> to</c><00:29:48.700><c> make</c><00:29:48.819><c> it</c><00:29:48.960><c> a</c> 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:52.480 fret<00:29:49.279><c> because</c><00:29:49.700><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:50.099><c> had</c><00:29:50.920><c> shut</c><00:29:51.160><c> up</c><00:29:51.400><c> her</c><00:29:51.619><c> womb.</c> 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:59.220 And<00:29:53.900><c> verse</c><00:29:54.220><c> 7,</c><00:29:55.339><c> we're</c><00:29:55.720><c> told</c><00:29:56.059><c> again,</c><00:29:56.700><c> emphasizing</c><00:29:57.480><c> a</c><00:29:57.740><c> specific</c><00:29:58.180><c> point.</c> 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:03.819 And<00:30:00.200><c> as</c><00:30:00.480><c> he</c><00:30:00.700><c> did</c><00:30:00.920><c> so</c><00:30:01.279><c> year</c><00:30:01.660><c> by</c><00:30:01.980><c> year,</c><00:30:02.599><c> when</c><00:30:02.839><c> she</c><00:30:03.019><c> went</c><00:30:03.259><c> up</c><00:30:03.579><c> to</c> 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:06.319 her,<00:30:04.039><c> she</c><00:30:04.279><c> provoked</c><00:30:04.839><c> her,</c><00:30:05.500><c> therefore</c><00:30:05.759><c> she</c><00:30:06.039><c> wept</c><00:30:06.240><c> and</c> 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:10.019 did<00:30:06.539><c> not</c><00:30:06.740><c> eat.</c><00:30:07.660><c> Then</c><00:30:07.900><c> said</c><00:30:08.059><c> Alkanah,</c><00:30:08.819><c> her</c><00:30:08.940><c> husband,</c><00:30:09.740><c> to</c><00:30:09.740><c> her,</c> 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:13.920 Hannah,<00:30:11.279><c> why</c><00:30:11.500><c> weepest</c><00:30:12.039><c> thou?</c><00:30:12.660><c> And</c><00:30:13.000><c> why</c><00:30:13.539><c> eatest</c> 00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:20.859 not?<00:30:14.380><c> Why</c><00:30:14.640><c> is</c><00:30:14.859><c> thy</c><00:30:15.059><c> heart</c><00:30:15.400><c> grieved?</c><00:30:16.660><c> Am</c><00:30:16.960><c> not</c><00:30:17.119><c> I</c><00:30:17.339><c> better</c><00:30:17.660><c> to</c><00:30:17.920><c> thee</c><00:30:18.900><c> than</c><00:30:19.420><c> ten</c><00:30:19.880><c> sons?</c> 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:26.920 Now<00:30:22.279><c> why</c><00:30:22.539><c> is</c><00:30:22.680><c> that</c><00:30:22.880><c> put</c><00:30:23.079><c> in</c><00:30:23.200><c> the</c><00:30:23.359><c> record?</c><00:30:25.140><c> I</c><00:30:25.279><c> believe</c><00:30:25.680><c> that</c><00:30:25.920><c> we're</c><00:30:26.099><c> being</c><00:30:26.420><c> taught</c><00:30:26.700><c> a</c> 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.339 certain<00:30:27.160><c> thing</c><00:30:27.460><c> or</c><00:30:27.619><c> being</c><00:30:27.940><c> told</c> 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:32.619 certain<00:30:28.759><c> things.</c><00:30:30.940><c> And</c><00:30:31.019><c> as</c><00:30:31.220><c> a</c><00:30:31.359><c> result</c><00:30:31.619><c> of</c><00:30:31.819><c> all</c><00:30:32.000><c> these</c><00:30:32.299><c> things,</c> 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:35.460 at<00:30:32.960><c> verse</c><00:30:33.220><c> 9,</c><00:30:33.839><c> so</c><00:30:34.319><c> Hannah</c><00:30:34.559><c> rose</c><00:30:34.859><c> up</c><00:30:35.160><c> after</c> 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:41.599 they<00:30:35.680><c> had</c><00:30:35.900><c> eaten</c><00:30:36.140><c> in</c><00:30:36.500><c> Shiloh</c><00:30:36.819><c> and</c><00:30:36.960><c> after</c><00:30:37.200><c> they</c><00:30:37.400><c> had</c><00:30:37.660><c> drunk.</c><00:30:39.559><c> Now</c><00:30:39.839><c> Eli</c><00:30:40.160><c> the</c><00:30:40.480><c> priest</c><00:30:40.839><c> sat</c><00:30:41.079><c> upon</c><00:30:41.380><c> a</c> 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.599 seat<00:30:41.740><c> by</c><00:30:42.000><c> the</c><00:30:42.220><c> post</c><00:30:42.440><c> of</c> 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:45.700 Temple<00:30:43.059><c> of</c><00:30:43.319><c> Yahweh,</c><00:30:44.119><c> and</c><00:30:44.180><c> she</c><00:30:44.380><c> was</c><00:30:44.599><c> in</c><00:30:44.839><c> bitterness</c><00:30:45.180><c> of</c><00:30:45.539><c> soul,</c> 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.640 and<00:30:46.019><c> prayed</c><00:30:46.220><c> unto</c><00:30:46.400><c> Yahweh,</c><00:30:47.000><c> and</c><00:30:47.099><c> wept</c><00:30:47.339><c> sore,</c> 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:52.980 and<00:30:47.900><c> she</c><00:30:48.180><c> vowed</c><00:30:48.440><c> a</c><00:30:48.599><c> vow,</c><00:30:49.420><c> and</c><00:30:49.559><c> said,</c><00:30:50.539><c> O</c><00:30:50.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:51.279><c> of</c><00:30:51.519><c> hosts,</c><00:30:52.900><c> O</c> 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:55.200 Yahweh<00:30:53.460><c> of</c><00:30:53.680><c> armies,</c><00:30:53.980><c> if</c><00:30:54.119><c> thou</c><00:30:54.279><c> wilt</c><00:30:54.480><c> indeed</c><00:30:54.819><c> look</c><00:30:55.019><c> on</c> 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:57.619 the<00:30:55.380><c> affliction</c><00:30:55.740><c> of</c><00:30:55.980><c> thine</c><00:30:56.119><c> handmaid,</c><00:30:56.759><c> and</c><00:30:56.859><c> remember</c><00:30:57.220><c> me,</c> 00:30:57.799 --> 00:31:00.559 and<00:30:57.940><c> not</c><00:30:58.240><c> forget</c><00:30:58.539><c> thine</c><00:30:58.819><c> handmaid,</c><00:30:59.680><c> but</c><00:30:59.799><c> will</c><00:31:00.039><c> give</c><00:31:00.240><c> unto</c> 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:04.039 thine<00:31:00.819><c> handmaid</c><00:31:01.380><c> a</c><00:31:01.660><c> man</c><00:31:02.019><c> child,</c><00:31:02.460><c> then</c><00:31:02.599><c> I</c><00:31:02.740><c> will</c><00:31:02.859><c> give</c><00:31:03.099><c> him</c><00:31:03.640><c> unto</c> 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.960 Yahweh<00:31:04.519><c> all</c><00:31:04.720><c> the</c><00:31:04.880><c> days</c><00:31:05.079><c> of</c><00:31:05.200><c> his</c><00:31:05.460><c> life,</c><00:31:05.700><c> and</c><00:31:05.799><c> there</c> 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:09.579 shall<00:31:06.279><c> no</c><00:31:06.900><c> razor</c><00:31:07.240><c> come</c><00:31:07.480><c> 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up</c><00:32:52.119><c> before</c><00:32:52.440><c> the</c><00:32:52.619><c> nation</c><00:32:52.900><c> of</c><00:32:53.059><c> Israel</c><00:32:53.859><c> in</c><00:32:54.660><c> that</c> 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.759 twelfth<00:32:55.299><c> chapter</c><00:32:55.720><c> that</c><00:32:55.980><c> we</c><00:32:56.160><c> read</c><00:32:56.400><c> several</c> 00:32:56.759 --> 00:33:00.259 verses<00:32:57.119><c> from,</c><00:32:58.660><c> and</c><00:32:58.759><c> he</c><00:32:59.000><c> called</c><00:32:59.140><c> upon</c><00:32:59.420><c> the</c><00:32:59.579><c> nation</c><00:32:59.859><c> of</c><00:32:59.960><c> Israel</c> 00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:02.700 to<00:33:00.480><c> charge</c><00:33:00.740><c> him</c><00:33:00.880><c> with</c><00:33:01.039><c> one</c><00:33:01.359><c> single</c><00:33:01.740><c> fault.</c> 00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:07.500 And<00:33:03.900><c> before</c><00:33:04.279><c> he</c><00:33:04.559><c> said</c><00:33:04.819><c> that,</c><00:33:05.779><c> 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them.</c><00:33:23.960><c> Eli</c><00:33:24.079><c> didn't.</c><00:33:25.599><c> Eli</c> 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:28.380 had<00:33:26.160><c> not</c><00:33:26.579><c> dealt</c><00:33:26.839><c> with</c><00:33:27.039><c> those</c><00:33:27.279><c> two</c><00:33:27.519><c> sons.</c> 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:31.599 And<00:33:29.160><c> the</c><00:33:29.319><c> judgments</c><00:33:29.700><c> of</c><00:33:29.980><c> God</c><00:33:30.319><c> were</c><00:33:30.559><c> going</c><00:33:30.680><c> to</c><00:33:30.859><c> come</c><00:33:30.980><c> upon</c><00:33:31.259><c> Eli</c> 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:33.400 and<00:33:31.799><c> upon</c><00:33:31.920><c> the</c><00:33:32.119><c> house</c><00:33:32.299><c> of</c><00:33:32.500><c> Eli.</c> 00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:36.180 And<00:33:33.799><c> Eli</c><00:33:34.059><c> is</c><00:33:34.339><c> told</c><00:33:34.559><c> that</c><00:33:34.759><c> his</c><00:33:34.940><c> two</c><00:33:35.200><c> sons</c><00:33:35.359><c> are</c><00:33:35.559><c> 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at</c><00:33:48.140><c> these</c><00:33:48.359><c> records.</c><00:33:48.900><c> Now</c> 00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:51.660 let's<00:33:49.160><c> look.</c><00:33:50.599><c> Point</c><00:33:50.900><c> one.</c> 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:59.019 Here<00:33:52.920><c> is</c><00:33:53.099><c> a</c><00:33:53.299><c> man</c><00:33:53.839><c> who</c><00:33:54.619><c> is</c><00:33:54.859><c> a</c><00:33:55.079><c> godly</c><00:33:56.000><c> man.</c><00:33:57.839><c> His</c><00:33:57.980><c> whole</c><00:33:58.400><c> household</c> 00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:02.819 joined<00:33:59.779><c> him</c><00:34:00.700><c> in</c><00:34:01.059><c> the</c><00:34:01.299><c> worship</c><00:34:01.799><c> of</c><00:34:02.339><c> Yahweh</c> 00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:05.099 in<00:34:03.160><c> the</c><00:34:03.359><c> precincts</c><00:34:03.779><c> of</c><00:34:03.839><c> the</c><00:34:04.059><c> tabernacle,</c><00:34:04.500><c> and</c><00:34:04.619><c> they</c><00:34:04.819><c> did</c><00:34:04.900><c> that</c> 00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:07.299 year<00:34:05.299><c> by</c><00:34:05.519><c> year.</c><00:34:05.920><c> What</c><00:34:06.099><c> a</c><00:34:06.259><c> wonderful</c><00:34:06.519><c> man</c><00:34:06.819><c> he</c><00:34:07.019><c> is.</c> 00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:11.579 He's<00:34:07.880><c> presented</c><00:34:08.179><c> to</c><00:34:08.400><c> us</c><00:34:08.639><c> in</c><00:34:08.739><c> that</c><00:34:09.059><c> page</c><00:34:09.400><c> as</c><00:34:09.820><c> a</c><00:34:09.960><c> wonderful</c><00:34:10.280><c> person.</c><00:34:10.820><c> There's</c><00:34:11.099><c> a</c><00:34:11.219><c> problem</c><00:34:11.440><c> in</c> 00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.920 the<00:34:11.760><c> family,</c><00:34:12.380><c> though.</c> 00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:17.579 One<00:34:13.539><c> wife</c><00:34:14.019><c> provoked</c><00:34:15.460><c> the</c><00:34:15.599><c> other</c><00:34:15.780><c> wife.</c><00:34:17.019><c> What</c><00:34:17.179><c> ought</c><00:34:17.340><c> to</c><00:34:17.440><c> have</c> 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.360 been<00:34:17.619><c> done?</c> 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:26.260 Allow<00:34:20.760><c> it</c><00:34:20.880><c> to</c><00:34:21.000><c> go</c><00:34:21.159><c> on?</c><00:34:22.039><c> It</c><00:34:22.159><c> did</c><00:34:22.400><c> go</c><00:34:22.619><c> on.</c><00:34:23.199><c> Year</c><00:34:23.340><c> by</c><00:34:23.599><c> year.</c><00:34:25.000><c> Constantly.</c><00:34:25.739><c> It</c><00:34:25.840><c> went</c><00:34:25.920><c> on.</c> 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.519 One<00:34:26.639><c> wife</c><00:34:26.900><c> provoking</c><00:34:27.340><c> the</c> 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:31.199 other<00:34:27.679><c> one.</c><00:34:28.780><c> And</c><00:34:28.940><c> not</c><00:34:29.079><c> only</c><00:34:29.260><c> that,</c><00:34:29.920><c> the</c><00:34:30.179><c> wife</c><00:34:30.539><c> that</c><00:34:30.679><c> was</c><00:34:30.840><c> less</c> 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:33.760 loved<00:34:31.619><c> was</c><00:34:32.219><c> the</c><00:34:32.320><c> one</c><00:34:32.460><c> that</c><00:34:32.579><c> was</c><00:34:32.699><c> doing</c><00:34:32.900><c> the</c><00:34:33.159><c> provoking</c> 00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:37.380 against<00:34:34.420><c> the</c><00:34:34.639><c> one</c><00:34:34.820><c> who</c><00:34:35.000><c> was</c><00:34:35.480><c> the</c><00:34:35.719><c> most</c><00:34:36.019><c> loved.</c><00:34:36.900><c> What</c><00:34:37.139><c> should</c> 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:39.239 old<00:34:37.539><c> Cana</c><00:34:37.780><c> have</c><00:34:37.960><c> done?</c><00:34:38.539><c> He</c><00:34:38.699><c> should</c><00:34:38.900><c> have</c><00:34:39.000><c> dealt</c> 00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:42.420 with<00:34:39.519><c> the</c><00:34:39.519><c> problem.</c><00:34:40.519><c> He</c><00:34:40.639><c> should</c><00:34:40.800><c> have</c><00:34:41.019><c> gone,</c><00:34:41.400><c> and</c><00:34:41.500><c> he</c><00:34:41.619><c> said</c><00:34:41.860><c> to</c> 00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:44.400 that<00:34:42.579><c> Panina,</c><00:34:42.940><c> you</c><00:34:43.219><c> cut</c><00:34:43.539><c> it</c><00:34:43.739><c> out</c><00:34:43.880><c> or</c><00:34:44.000><c> I'll</c><00:34:44.199><c> deal</c> 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:47.579 with<00:34:44.539><c> you.</c><00:34:45.780><c> And</c><00:34:46.000><c> then</c><00:34:46.139><c> he</c><00:34:46.219><c> should</c><00:34:46.400><c> have</c><00:34:46.719><c> carried</c><00:34:46.980><c> that</c><00:34:47.239><c> out.</c> 00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:50.079 He<00:34:48.199><c> didn't.</c><00:34:49.059><c> And</c><00:34:49.179><c> that's</c><00:34:49.380><c> what</c><00:34:49.500><c> we're</c><00:34:49.719><c> told,</c> 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:52.619 I<00:34:50.300><c> believe,</c><00:34:50.679><c> in</c><00:34:50.760><c> that</c><00:34:51.039><c> first</c><00:34:51.239><c> chapter</c><00:34:51.599><c> of</c><00:34:51.860><c> Samuel,</c><00:34:52.139><c> that</c><00:34:52.460><c> here</c> 00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.900 was<00:34:52.820><c> old</c><00:34:53.079><c> Cana</c><00:34:53.340><c> a</c><00:34:53.579><c> very</c><00:34:53.980><c> godly</c><00:34:54.440><c> person,</c> 00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:59.760 but<00:34:55.340><c> he</c><00:34:55.619><c> wasn't</c><00:34:56.059><c> equipped,</c><00:34:57.539><c> as</c><00:34:57.920><c> many</c><00:34:58.159><c> in</c><00:34:58.400><c> the</c><00:34:58.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:59.000><c> were</c> 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:01.260 probably<00:35:00.039><c> in</c><00:35:00.179><c> the</c><00:35:00.340><c> same</c><00:35:00.500><c> situation</c><00:35:00.960><c> as</c><00:35:01.119><c> they</c> 00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:05.280 are<00:35:01.400><c> today.</c><00:35:01.920><c> He</c><00:35:02.039><c> couldn't</c><00:35:02.760><c> handle</c><00:35:03.239><c> the</c><00:35:03.420><c> situation.</c><00:35:04.980><c> And</c><00:35:05.139><c> his</c> 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.739 way<00:35:05.480><c> of</c><00:35:05.679><c> handling</c><00:35:05.920><c> the</c><00:35:06.199><c> situation</c><00:35:06.559><c> was</c><00:35:06.739><c> to</c> 00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:12.679 bestow<00:35:08.380><c> additional</c><00:35:08.860><c> love</c><00:35:09.519><c> upon</c><00:35:11.000><c> Cana,</c><00:35:11.860><c> as</c><00:35:11.920><c> it</c><00:35:12.179><c> indicates.</c><00:35:12.639><c> He</c> 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:14.460 gave<00:35:12.860><c> her</c><00:35:13.099><c> a</c><00:35:13.179><c> double</c><00:35:13.440><c> portion.</c><00:35:13.920><c> He</c><00:35:14.039><c> said</c><00:35:14.300><c> to</c><00:35:14.460><c> her,</c> 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:18.019 look,<00:35:14.679><c> aren't</c><00:35:14.880><c> I</c><00:35:15.059><c> better</c><00:35:15.440><c> to</c><00:35:15.820><c> you</c><00:35:16.179><c> than</c><00:35:16.539><c> ten</c><00:35:17.099><c> sons?</c><00:35:17.579><c> Why</c><00:35:17.840><c> are</c> 00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:20.320 you<00:35:18.199><c> so</c><00:35:18.519><c> grieved</c><00:35:18.800><c> with</c><00:35:19.000><c> this</c><00:35:19.420><c> provoking</c><00:35:20.099><c> of</c> 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:22.699 my<00:35:20.579><c> other</c><00:35:20.800><c> wife?</c><00:35:21.280><c> Now,</c><00:35:21.480><c> he</c><00:35:21.639><c> should</c><00:35:21.840><c> have</c><00:35:21.980><c> dealt</c><00:35:22.219><c> with</c><00:35:22.380><c> it</c><00:35:22.500><c> and</c> 00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:24.699 cleared<00:35:22.840><c> the</c><00:35:23.079><c> situation</c><00:35:23.500><c> up.</c><00:35:23.920><c> And</c><00:35:24.199><c> maybe</c><00:35:24.420><c> it</c><00:35:24.559><c> would</c> 00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:29.659 have<00:35:24.880><c> helped</c><00:35:24.980><c> his</c><00:35:25.199><c> whole</c><00:35:25.420><c> family,</c><00:35:26.199><c> which</c><00:35:26.420><c> was</c><00:35:26.619><c> now</c><00:35:26.940><c> riven</c><00:35:27.179><c> with</c><00:35:27.539><c> strife.</c><00:35:29.519><c> You</c> 00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:31.800 can<00:35:29.860><c> imagine</c><00:35:30.199><c> the</c><00:35:30.760><c> sons</c><00:35:31.039><c> and</c><00:35:31.320><c> daughters</c> 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:37.599 of<00:35:32.260><c> Panina</c><00:35:32.820><c> would</c><00:35:33.300><c> join</c><00:35:34.159><c> with</c><00:35:34.519><c> her.</c><00:35:35.400><c> It</c><00:35:35.559><c> wasn't</c><00:35:35.980><c> a</c><00:35:36.119><c> good</c><00:35:36.380><c> influence.</c><00:35:37.440><c> Now,</c> 00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:40.260 Henna<00:35:38.079><c> comes</c><00:35:38.579><c> down</c><00:35:38.940><c> to</c><00:35:39.280><c> Shiloh.</c><00:35:40.039><c> She</c> 00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:44.460 sees<00:35:40.820><c> Haphne</c><00:35:41.519><c> and</c><00:35:41.699><c> Phineas.</c><00:35:43.079><c> She</c><00:35:43.320><c> sees</c><00:35:43.699><c> the</c><00:35:43.920><c> problem</c><00:35:44.280><c> with</c> 00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:46.719 her<00:35:44.599><c> own</c><00:35:44.920><c> family,</c><00:35:45.340><c> and</c><00:35:45.500><c> she</c><00:35:45.699><c> sees</c><00:35:45.940><c> that</c><00:35:46.159><c> her</c><00:35:46.300><c> husband's</c> 00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:49.420 not<00:35:46.860><c> able</c><00:35:47.059><c> to</c><00:35:47.260><c> deal</c><00:35:47.380><c> with</c><00:35:47.519><c> it.</c><00:35:48.019><c> Who</c><00:35:48.260><c> can</c><00:35:48.480><c> deal</c><00:35:48.639><c> with</c><00:35:48.800><c> the</c><00:35:49.000><c> problem</c><00:35:49.179><c> in</c> 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:53.119 Israel?<00:35:50.340><c> Who</c><00:35:50.599><c> can?</c><00:35:51.880><c> She</c><00:35:52.320><c> sees</c><00:35:52.579><c> all</c><00:35:52.860><c> these</c> 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:56.519 things,<00:35:53.360><c> and</c><00:35:53.519><c> she</c><00:35:53.739><c> recognizes</c><00:35:54.219><c> there's</c><00:35:54.420><c> only</c><00:35:54.659><c> one</c><00:35:54.860><c> way.</c><00:35:56.099><c> There's</c><00:35:56.239><c> only</c> 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:58.800 one<00:35:56.699><c> way</c><00:35:56.920><c> that</c><00:35:57.079><c> that</c><00:35:57.260><c> can</c><00:35:57.920><c> be</c><00:35:58.199><c> dealt</c><00:35:58.420><c> with,</c> 00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:02.099 and<00:35:59.340><c> that's</c><00:35:59.539><c> if</c><00:35:59.840><c> I</c><00:36:00.179><c> have</c><00:36:00.380><c> a</c><00:36:00.679><c> son</c><00:36:00.860><c> that</c><00:36:01.019><c> I'm</c><00:36:01.199><c> going</c><00:36:01.360><c> to</c><00:36:01.480><c> give</c><00:36:01.619><c> to</c> 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:05.260 Yahweh.<00:36:03.800><c> All</c><00:36:04.199><c> the</c><00:36:04.500><c> problems</c><00:36:04.880><c> were</c><00:36:05.139><c> there,</c> 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:08.300 and<00:36:05.340><c> there's</c><00:36:05.519><c> only</c><00:36:05.800><c> one</c><00:36:05.960><c> answer</c><00:36:06.179><c> to</c><00:36:06.380><c> it.</c><00:36:07.480><c> She</c><00:36:07.679><c> didn't</c><00:36:07.900><c> want</c><00:36:08.099><c> a</c> 00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:12.539 son.<00:36:10.440><c> 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things</c><00:36:20.920><c> of</c><00:36:21.159><c> Almighty</c><00:36:21.500><c> God.</c><00:36:22.780><c> And</c><00:36:23.059><c> she</c><00:36:23.280><c> got</c><00:36:23.460><c> hold</c><00:36:23.659><c> of</c> 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.199 that<00:36:23.940><c> little</c><00:36:24.219><c> boy,</c> 00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:30.099 and<00:36:25.760><c> she</c><00:36:26.019><c> so</c><00:36:26.480><c> educated</c><00:36:27.000><c> him</c><00:36:27.340><c> in</c><00:36:27.519><c> the</c><00:36:27.780><c> things</c><00:36:28.059><c> of</c><00:36:28.420><c> God</c><00:36:28.880><c> that</c><00:36:29.719><c> when</c><00:36:29.920><c> he</c> 00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.539 grew<00:36:30.340><c> up</c><00:36:30.579><c> to</c><00:36:30.760><c> a</c><00:36:30.920><c> certain</c><00:36:31.179><c> age,</c> 00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:36.380 when<00:36:31.699><c> he</c><00:36:31.820><c> was</c><00:36:32.119><c> placed</c><00:36:32.480><c> into</c><00:36:32.739><c> the</c><00:36:33.639><c> shocking</c><00:36:34.119><c> environment</c><00:36:35.079><c> within</c><00:36:35.960><c> the</c> 00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.980 precincts<00:36:37.019><c> of</c><00:36:37.099><c> the</c><00:36:37.380><c> Tabernacle,</c> 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:42.360 he<00:36:38.599><c> was</c><00:36:38.880><c> equipped</c><00:36:39.239><c> to</c><00:36:39.440><c> do</c><00:36:39.579><c> something</c><00:36:39.880><c> about</c><00:36:40.260><c> it.</c><00:36:41.159><c> And</c><00:36:41.280><c> you</c><00:36:41.480><c> consider</c><00:36:41.980><c> there</c><00:36:42.139><c> was</c> 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.400 Haphne<00:36:42.699><c> and</c><00:36:42.900><c> Phineas,</c> 00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:47.039 and<00:36:43.880><c> there</c><00:36:44.019><c> was</c><00:36:44.380><c> Samuel,</c><00:36:45.179><c> both</c><00:36:45.619><c> in</c><00:36:45.780><c> the</c><00:36:46.119><c> same</c><00:36:46.360><c> environment,</c> 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.760 same<00:36:47.559><c> in</c><00:36:47.840><c> godly</c><00:36:48.199><c> environment,</c> 00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:52.699 in<00:36:49.219><c> the</c><00:36:49.320><c> temple,</c><00:36:49.900><c> in</c><00:36:49.940><c> the</c><00:36:50.179><c> Tabernacle</c><00:36:50.639><c> in</c><00:36:50.960><c> Shiloh.</c><00:36:52.340><c> And</c><00:36:52.480><c> one</c> 00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:56.099 was<00:36:53.119><c> enlivening</c><00:36:53.639><c> to</c><00:36:53.940><c> Samuel,</c><00:36:54.900><c> who</c><00:36:55.079><c> had</c><00:36:55.480><c> rejoiced</c> 00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:58.960 and<00:36:56.380><c> joyed</c><00:36:56.699><c> with</c><00:36:56.860><c> the</c><00:36:57.159><c> circumstances</c><00:36:57.760><c> of</c><00:36:58.119><c> how</c><00:36:58.400><c> he</c><00:36:58.519><c> was</c><00:36:58.739><c> able</c> 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:01.199 to<00:36:59.159><c> serve</c><00:36:59.440><c> Almighty</c><00:36:59.860><c> God,</c><00:37:00.539><c> and</c><00:37:00.639><c> what</c><00:37:00.780><c> happened</c><00:37:01.019><c> to</c> 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:05.639 Haphne<00:37:01.440><c> and</c><00:37:01.639><c> Phineas.</c><00:37:03.320><c> It</c><00:37:03.320><c> says</c><00:37:03.639><c> they</c><00:37:03.800><c> knew</c><00:37:04.019><c> not</c><00:37:04.300><c> Yahweh.</c><00:37:04.780><c> They</c><00:37:04.860><c> were</c><00:37:05.059><c> sons</c><00:37:05.380><c> of</c> 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:07.159 worthlessness,<00:37:06.219><c> sons</c><00:37:06.519><c> of</c><00:37:06.800><c> Belial.</c> 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:09.519 Those<00:37:07.659><c> were</c><00:37:07.840><c> the</c><00:37:07.960><c> sort</c><00:37:08.139><c> of</c><00:37:08.340><c> people,</c><00:37:08.739><c> and</c><00:37:08.920><c> yet</c><00:37:09.039><c> they</c><00:37:09.219><c> were</c><00:37:09.360><c> now</c> 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.219 in<00:37:09.679><c> the</c><00:37:09.920><c> same</c><00:37:10.139><c> environment.</c><00:37:10.920><c> One</c><00:37:11.219><c> was</c><00:37:11.559><c> deadening</c> 00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:17.340 and<00:37:12.739><c> hardening</c><00:37:13.800><c> to</c><00:37:14.139><c> Haphne</c><00:37:14.440><c> and</c><00:37:14.659><c> Phineas,</c><00:37:15.380><c> and</c><00:37:15.380><c> it</c><00:37:15.380><c> was</c><00:37:15.760><c> enlivening</c><00:37:16.219><c> to</c><00:37:16.460><c> Samuel.</c> 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:21.420 So<00:37:18.280><c> Hannah</c><00:37:18.480><c> looked,</c><00:37:19.260><c> and</c><00:37:19.320><c> she</c><00:37:19.519><c> saw</c><00:37:19.780><c> the</c><00:37:20.019><c> circumstances.</c><00:37:21.159><c> As</c> 00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.460 we<00:37:21.760><c> are</c><00:37:21.960><c> presented</c><00:37:22.340><c> in</c><00:37:22.539><c> that</c><00:37:22.780><c> first</c><00:37:23.019><c> chapter,</c> 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:29.079 she<00:37:23.980><c> realized</c><00:37:24.400><c> she</c><00:37:24.659><c> had</c><00:37:24.960><c> to</c><00:37:25.219><c> do</c><00:37:25.400><c> something</c><00:37:25.739><c> about</c><00:37:26.119><c> it.</c><00:37:27.000><c> Her</c><00:37:27.219><c> husband</c><00:37:27.460><c> couldn't.</c><00:37:29.059><c> He</c> 00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.900 told<00:37:29.119><c> that.</c> 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:34.019 Really<00:37:31.019><c> in</c><00:37:31.280><c> no</c><00:37:31.380><c> uncertain</c><00:37:31.739><c> terms</c><00:37:32.340><c> that</c><00:37:32.559><c> her</c><00:37:32.659><c> husband</c><00:37:32.940><c> was</c><00:37:33.179><c> unable</c><00:37:33.500><c> to</c> 00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:42.199 do<00:37:34.179><c> anything</c><00:37:34.400><c> about</c><00:37:34.699><c> it.</c><00:37:35.300><c> Hannah</c><00:37:35.500><c> was</c><00:37:42.199><c> the</c> 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:49.940 do<00:37:42.539><c> something</c><00:37:42.860><c> about</c><00:37:43.139><c> it.</c><00:37:44.599><c> Because</c><00:37:44.940><c> of</c><00:37:45.260><c> one</c><00:37:45.659><c> woman's</c><00:37:46.840><c> faithfulness,</c><00:37:49.219><c> the</c><00:37:49.280><c> whole</c><00:37:49.699><c> of</c> 00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.900 the<00:37:50.039><c> nation</c><00:37:50.380><c> of</c><00:37:50.460><c> Israel</c> 00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:55.380 was<00:37:51.239><c> completely</c><00:37:52.119><c> changed</c><00:37:53.000><c> from</c><00:37:53.659><c> a</c><00:37:53.920><c> state</c><00:37:54.079><c> of</c><00:37:54.340><c> total</c><00:37:54.719><c> anarchy</c> 00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:58.420 to<00:37:56.559><c> a</c><00:37:56.619><c> position</c><00:37:57.019><c> of</c><00:37:57.300><c> order.</c> 00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:04.860 Hannah,<00:38:00.219><c> as</c><00:38:00.460><c> it</c><00:38:00.800><c> says,</c><00:38:01.980><c> vowed</c><00:38:02.239><c> a</c><00:38:02.360><c> vow,</c><00:38:02.659><c> verse</c><00:38:02.920><c> 11,</c><00:38:04.280><c> and</c><00:38:04.619><c> said,</c> 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:07.219 O<00:38:05.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:05.639><c> of</c><00:38:05.880><c> hosts,</c><00:38:06.239><c> if</c><00:38:06.340><c> thou</c><00:38:06.519><c> wilt</c><00:38:06.699><c> indeed</c><00:38:06.980><c> look</c> 00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:09.940 on<00:38:07.420><c> the</c><00:38:07.539><c> affliction</c><00:38:08.059><c> of</c><00:38:08.260><c> thine</c><00:38:08.440><c> handmaid</c><00:38:08.920><c> and</c><00:38:09.099><c> remember</c><00:38:09.460><c> me.</c> 00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:12.599 What<00:38:10.639><c> was</c><00:38:10.840><c> the</c><00:38:11.000><c> affliction</c><00:38:11.320><c> of</c><00:38:11.420><c> the</c><00:38:11.639><c> handmaid?</c> 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:17.079 Two<00:38:12.820><c> things.</c><00:38:14.179><c> The</c><00:38:14.400><c> state</c><00:38:14.579><c> of</c><00:38:14.719><c> Israel</c><00:38:15.139><c> and</c><00:38:16.460><c> the</c><00:38:16.599><c> state</c><00:38:16.820><c> of</c><00:38:17.000><c> her</c> 00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:18.420 own<00:38:17.320><c> family.</c> 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:23.460 She<00:38:19.599><c> couldn't</c><00:38:19.840><c> do</c><00:38:20.000><c> anything</c><00:38:20.179><c> about</c><00:38:20.500><c> it.</c><00:38:21.820><c> Her</c><00:38:22.059><c> husband</c><00:38:22.239><c> was</c><00:38:22.480><c> really</c><00:38:22.780><c> not</c><00:38:22.980><c> equipped</c><00:38:23.280><c> to</c> 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.980 do<00:38:23.539><c> anything</c><00:38:23.719><c> about</c><00:38:23.920><c> it,</c> 00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:27.159 and<00:38:24.059><c> she</c><00:38:24.219><c> understood</c><00:38:24.619><c> that.</c><00:38:25.920><c> There</c><00:38:26.039><c> was</c><00:38:26.159><c> no</c><00:38:26.400><c> condemnation</c><00:38:27.000><c> of</c> 00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:29.880 her<00:38:27.320><c> husband</c><00:38:27.619><c> for</c><00:38:27.920><c> not</c><00:38:28.159><c> doing</c><00:38:28.380><c> it.</c><00:38:29.179><c> She</c><00:38:29.440><c> recognized</c> 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:32.820 the<00:38:30.079><c> sort</c><00:38:30.219><c> of</c><00:38:30.400><c> person</c><00:38:30.659><c> he</c><00:38:30.840><c> was,</c><00:38:31.219><c> and</c><00:38:31.420><c> she</c><00:38:31.679><c> said,</c><00:38:32.099><c> I</c><00:38:32.340><c> have</c><00:38:32.559><c> to</c><00:38:32.719><c> do</c> 00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:35.639 something<00:38:33.099><c> about</c><00:38:33.380><c> it.</c><00:38:34.139><c> I</c><00:38:34.500><c> can't</c><00:38:34.760><c> do</c><00:38:34.920><c> anything.</c> 00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:39.099 The<00:38:36.159><c> only</c><00:38:36.380><c> way</c><00:38:36.599><c> I</c><00:38:36.719><c> can</c><00:38:36.900><c> do</c><00:38:37.039><c> it</c><00:38:37.199><c> is</c><00:38:37.300><c> to</c><00:38:37.460><c> have</c><00:38:37.579><c> a</c><00:38:37.760><c> son,</c><00:38:38.800><c> and</c><00:38:38.800><c> he</c><00:38:38.940><c> is</c> 00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.940 going<00:38:39.199><c> to</c><00:38:39.300><c> be</c><00:38:39.500><c> educated</c> 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:43.380 completely<00:38:40.659><c> in</c><00:38:40.840><c> the</c><00:38:40.960><c> things</c><00:38:41.119><c> of</c><00:38:41.360><c> God.</c><00:38:42.579><c> You</c><00:38:42.699><c> know,</c><00:38:42.860><c> look</c><00:38:43.059><c> back</c> 00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:47.599 on<00:38:43.559><c> that.</c><00:38:45.199><c> And</c><00:38:45.440><c> really</c><00:38:45.940><c> Samuel,</c><00:38:46.739><c> at</c><00:38:46.920><c> a</c><00:38:47.019><c> very</c> 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:52.380 early<00:38:47.920><c> age,</c><00:38:49.320><c> was</c><00:38:49.500><c> brought</c><00:38:49.780><c> into</c><00:38:50.699><c> a</c><00:38:51.059><c> shocking</c><00:38:51.500><c> evil</c><00:38:52.079><c> that</c><00:38:52.239><c> was</c> 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:56.440 being<00:38:52.760><c> perpetrated</c><00:38:53.639><c> in</c><00:38:54.599><c> the</c><00:38:54.760><c> area</c><00:38:54.940><c> of</c><00:38:55.119><c> the</c><00:38:55.320><c> Tabernacle.</c> 00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.519 And<00:38:58.559><c> yet</c><00:38:58.679><c> it</c><00:38:58.820><c> had</c><00:38:59.000><c> no</c><00:38:59.280><c> effect</c><00:38:59.539><c> upon</c><00:38:59.800><c> him.</c> 00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:07.239 If<00:39:03.420><c> we</c><00:39:03.599><c> wanted</c><00:39:03.760><c> to</c><00:39:03.960><c> change</c><00:39:04.219><c> the</c><00:39:04.460><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:39:06.679><c> we</c><00:39:06.760><c> could</c><00:39:07.000><c> do</c> 00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:12.360 it<00:39:08.219><c> in</c><00:39:08.679><c> the</c><00:39:08.840><c> same</c><00:39:09.179><c> fashion</c><00:39:10.019><c> as</c><00:39:10.780><c> Hannah</c><00:39:11.000><c> did.</c> 00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:23.079 By<00:39:13.559><c> so</c><00:39:13.940><c> educating</c><00:39:14.400><c> our</c><00:39:14.800><c> families</c><00:39:15.559><c> in</c><00:39:16.880><c> the</c><00:39:17.139><c> things</c><00:39:17.400><c> of</c><00:39:17.920><c> God</c><00:39:18.639><c> that</c><00:39:20.099><c> they</c><00:39:20.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:20.599><c> depart</c><00:39:21.119><c> from</c><00:39:21.380><c> it.</c> 00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:28.420 And<00:39:24.000><c> would</c><00:39:24.219><c> to</c><00:39:24.500><c> God</c><00:39:24.800><c> there</c><00:39:25.000><c> were</c><00:39:25.260><c> more</c><00:39:26.639><c> Hannahs</c><00:39:27.860><c> within</c><00:39:28.099><c> the</c> 00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.860 Ecclesiastes<00:39:28.860><c> today.</c> 00:39:30.050 --> 00:39:35.639 She<00:39:30.519><c> dedicated</c><00:39:31.280><c> herself,</c><00:39:32.900><c> absolutely</c><00:39:33.719><c> dedicated</c><00:39:34.400><c> herself,</c> 00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:38.039 to<00:39:35.980><c> the</c><00:39:36.159><c> education</c><00:39:36.659><c> of</c><00:39:36.860><c> that</c><00:39:37.199><c> boy.</c> 00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:44.539 She<00:39:38.840><c> was</c><00:39:39.000><c> a</c><00:39:39.019><c> very</c><00:39:39.480><c> faithful</c><00:39:40.079><c> sister,</c><00:39:42.360><c> but</c><00:39:42.840><c> in</c><00:39:44.019><c> everything</c><00:39:44.300><c> she</c> 00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:48.300 did,<00:39:45.840><c> he</c><00:39:46.019><c> was</c><00:39:46.260><c> a</c><00:39:46.440><c> Nazarite</c><00:39:46.820><c> from</c><00:39:47.000><c> his</c><00:39:47.300><c> birth.</c> 00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:52.420 There<00:39:48.780><c> are</c><00:39:48.780><c> certain</c><00:39:49.139><c> things</c><00:39:49.539><c> that</c><00:39:49.900><c> he</c><00:39:50.179><c> couldn't</c><00:39:50.619><c> do,</c><00:39:52.260><c> which</c> 00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:55.260 were<00:39:52.840><c> legitimate</c><00:39:53.579><c> to</c><00:39:54.159><c> other</c><00:39:54.659><c> children</c> 00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:59.739 in<00:39:55.940><c> Israel.</c><00:39:56.440><c> He</c><00:39:56.599><c> couldn't</c><00:39:56.900><c> do</c><00:39:57.139><c> it.</c><00:39:57.980><c> She</c><00:39:58.260><c> dedicated</c><00:39:58.840><c> him</c><00:39:59.039><c> to</c><00:39:59.199><c> the</c><00:39:59.320><c> things</c><00:39:59.500><c> of</c> 00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:02.039 God.<00:40:00.739><c> Everything</c><00:40:01.019><c> in</c><00:40:01.159><c> his</c><00:40:01.400><c> education,</c> 00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:05.519 everything<00:40:02.679><c> in</c><00:40:02.820><c> his</c><00:40:03.119><c> life,</c><00:40:03.500><c> surrounded</c><00:40:04.039><c> the</c><00:40:04.260><c> things</c><00:40:04.460><c> of</c><00:40:04.679><c> God.</c> 00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:07.539 Was<00:40:05.840><c> it</c><00:40:06.059><c> any</c><00:40:06.300><c> different</c><00:40:06.619><c> than</c><00:40:06.820><c> the</c><00:40:07.059><c> greater</c><00:40:07.260><c> than</c> 00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:12.219 Samuel,<00:40:08.239><c> the</c><00:40:08.380><c> Lord</c><00:40:08.559><c> Jesus</c><00:40:08.960><c> Christ,</c><00:40:09.940><c> in</c><00:40:10.179><c> the</c><00:40:10.440><c> education</c><00:40:10.900><c> of</c><00:40:11.179><c> him</c><00:40:11.480><c> by</c> 00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:14.679 Mary,<00:40:12.960><c> his</c><00:40:13.119><c> mother,</c><00:40:13.719><c> and</c><00:40:14.019><c> Joseph,</c><00:40:14.400><c> his</c> 00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:19.000 foster<00:40:15.039><c> father?</c><00:40:15.719><c> No</c><00:40:16.019><c> difference</c><00:40:16.360><c> at</c><00:40:16.639><c> all.</c><00:40:18.059><c> He</c><00:40:18.300><c> was</c><00:40:18.559><c> educated</c> 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:21.139 totally<00:40:19.460><c> in</c><00:40:19.639><c> the</c><00:40:19.780><c> things</c><00:40:19.980><c> of</c><00:40:20.280><c> God,</c> 00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:23.920 and<00:40:21.579><c> we</c><00:40:21.579><c> need</c><00:40:21.860><c> to</c><00:40:21.940><c> do</c><00:40:22.079><c> that</c><00:40:22.260><c> with</c><00:40:22.480><c> our</c><00:40:22.699><c> children.</c><00:40:23.380><c> We</c><00:40:23.500><c> need</c><00:40:23.739><c> to</c> 00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:25.679 educate<00:40:24.320><c> them</c><00:40:24.480><c> in</c><00:40:24.619><c> the</c><00:40:24.780><c> things</c><00:40:24.940><c> of</c><00:40:25.219><c> God</c><00:40:25.480><c> that</c> 00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:30.000 they<00:40:25.980><c> might</c><00:40:26.300><c> perform</c><00:40:26.820><c> a</c><00:40:27.059><c> service</c><00:40:27.480><c> within</c><00:40:27.920><c> the</c><00:40:28.179><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:40:29.840><c> And</c> 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.519 so,<00:40:30.300><c> my</c><00:40:30.300><c> dear</c><00:40:30.480><c> brethren</c><00:40:30.760><c> and</c><00:40:31.019><c> sisters,</c><00:40:32.099><c> as</c><00:40:32.300><c> we</c> 00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:36.500 consider<00:40:33.000><c> over</c><00:40:33.579><c> the</c><00:40:33.739><c> course</c><00:40:33.960><c> of</c><00:40:34.139><c> the</c><00:40:34.179><c> next</c><00:40:34.440><c> few</c><00:40:34.659><c> days,</c><00:40:35.400><c> the</c><00:40:35.500><c> circumstances</c><00:40:36.219><c> of</c> 00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:38.239 the<00:40:36.639><c> life</c><00:40:36.860><c> of</c><00:40:37.139><c> Samuel,</c><00:40:37.780><c> let</c><00:40:37.960><c> us</c> 00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:43.320 reflect<00:40:38.739><c> upon</c><00:40:39.119><c> the</c><00:40:39.519><c> work</c><00:40:39.719><c> that</c><00:40:39.940><c> his</c><00:40:40.179><c> mother</c><00:40:40.619><c> did</c><00:40:41.059><c> for</c><00:40:41.360><c> him,</c><00:40:42.280><c> and</c><00:40:42.920><c> let</c><00:40:43.059><c> us</c> 00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:45.880 reflect<00:40:43.659><c> how</c><00:40:43.960><c> we</c><00:40:44.239><c> ourselves</c><00:40:44.780><c> can</c><00:40:45.139><c> so</c><00:40:45.380><c> labor</c> 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:48.619 in<00:40:46.340><c> this</c><00:40:46.619><c> time</c><00:40:46.820><c> immediately</c><00:40:47.420><c> before</c><00:40:47.800><c> the</c><00:40:48.019><c> establishment</c><00:40:48.420><c> of</c> 00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:51.000 the<00:40:48.699><c> kingdom,</c><00:40:49.699><c> when</c><00:40:49.820><c> the</c><00:40:49.900><c> Lord</c><00:40:50.079><c> Jesus</c><00:40:50.480><c> Christ</c><00:40:50.800><c> is</c> 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:54.639 about<00:40:51.360><c> to</c><00:40:52.000><c> return</c><00:40:52.420><c> and</c><00:40:52.619><c> to</c><00:40:52.880><c> manifest</c><00:40:53.300><c> himself</c><00:40:53.739><c> in</c><00:40:53.940><c> the</c><00:40:54.099><c> earth.</c> 00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:57.039 Let<00:40:55.199><c> us</c><00:40:55.340><c> have</c><00:40:55.539><c> the</c><00:40:55.780><c> faith</c><00:40:56.079><c> and</c><00:40:56.420><c> the</c><00:40:56.800><c> confidence</c> 00:40:57.039 --> 00:41:01.579 and<00:40:57.239><c> the</c><00:40:57.500><c> strength</c><00:40:57.760><c> of</c><00:40:58.000><c> one</c><00:40:58.119><c> like</c><00:40:58.440><c> Hannah</c><00:40:59.099><c> to</c><00:40:59.699><c> be</c><00:41:00.159><c> so</c><00:41:00.440><c> motivated</c><00:41:01.019><c> by</c><00:41:01.340><c> the</c> 00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.760 power<00:41:01.719><c> of</c><00:41:01.900><c> the</c><00:41:01.980><c> word</c><00:41:02.099><c> of</c><00:41:02.340><c> God</c> 00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:07.460 that<00:41:03.699><c> we</c><00:41:03.940><c> might</c><00:41:04.480><c> strengthen</c><00:41:05.139><c> ourselves,</c><00:41:06.400><c> our</c><00:41:06.460><c> family,</c><00:41:07.400><c> and</c> 00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:09.340 ultimately<00:41:07.900><c> the</c><00:41:08.119><c> whole</c><00:41:08.260><c> of</c><00:41:08.420><c> the</c><00:41:08.480><c> Ecclesia.</c>