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And<00:11:14.340><c> beside</c><00:11:14.600><c> them</c><00:11:14.840><c> stood</c><00:11:15.259><c> Mattheiah</c><00:11:16.019><c> and</c><00:11:16.320><c> Shema</c><00:11:16.700><c> and</c><00:11:17.259><c> Aniah</c>

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on<00:11:20.860><c> his</c><00:11:21.059><c> right</c><00:11:21.320><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:11:22.200><c> on</c><00:11:22.320><c> his</c><00:11:22.440><c> left</c><00:11:22.700><c> hand,</c><00:11:23.360><c> Pediah</c><00:11:23.799><c> and</c><00:11:24.259><c> Mishael</c><00:11:25.059><c> and</c><00:11:25.460><c> Malchaiah</c><00:11:26.200><c> and</c>

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Hashem,<00:11:27.720><c> Nehash</c><00:11:27.980><c> Badana,</c><00:11:29.000><c> Zechariah</c>

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and<00:11:30.080><c> Mishulim.</c>

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And<00:11:31.860><c> Ezra</c><00:11:32.539><c> opened</c><00:11:33.039><c> up</c><00:11:33.240><c> the</c><00:11:33.379><c> book</c><00:11:33.559><c> in</c><00:11:33.779><c> the</c><00:11:33.840><c> sight</c><00:11:33.899><c> of</c><00:11:34.100><c> all</c><00:11:34.240><c> the</c>

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people<00:11:34.639><c> for</c><00:11:34.799><c> he</c><00:11:34.960><c> was</c><00:11:35.139><c> above</c><00:11:35.480><c> all</c><00:11:35.679><c> the</c><00:11:35.840><c> people.</c>

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And<00:11:36.740><c> when</c><00:11:36.860><c> he</c><00:11:37.059><c> opened</c><00:11:37.279><c> it</c><00:11:37.580><c> all</c><00:11:37.799><c> the</c><00:11:37.960><c> people</c><00:11:38.100><c> stood</c><00:11:38.299><c> up.</c>

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And<00:11:39.899><c> Ezra</c><00:11:40.200><c> blessed</c><00:11:40.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:11:41.120><c> the</c><00:11:41.299><c> great</c><00:11:41.500><c> God</c><00:11:41.759><c> and</c><00:11:41.899><c> all</c><00:11:42.039><c> the</c><00:11:42.159><c> people</c><00:11:42.320><c> answered</c><00:11:42.779><c> Amen,</c><00:11:43.620><c> Amen</c><00:11:43.899><c> with</c><00:11:44.120><c> lifting</c><00:11:44.340><c> up</c>

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They<00:11:45.860><c> bowed</c><00:11:46.100><c> their</c><00:11:46.259><c> heads</c><00:11:46.500><c> and</c><00:11:46.720><c> worshiped</c><00:11:47.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:11:47.379><c> with</c><00:11:47.500><c> their</c><00:11:47.659><c> faces</c><00:11:47.840><c> to</c>

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And<00:11:49.519><c> I</c><00:11:49.600><c> want</c><00:11:49.639><c> you</c><00:11:49.759><c> to</c><00:11:49.879><c> take</c><00:11:49.960><c> special</c><00:11:50.200><c> note</c><00:11:50.360><c> of</c><00:11:50.480><c> verse</c><00:11:50.620><c> seven</c><00:11:50.879><c> here.</c>

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Shabbathai,<00:12:00.000><c> Hodijah,</c><00:12:01.320><c> Nehiasiah,</c><00:12:02.620><c> Kalita,</c>

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Azariah,<00:12:04.539><c> Jezebad,</c><00:12:05.259><c> Hanan,</c><00:12:06.000><c> Peliah</c><00:12:06.360><c> and</c><00:12:06.860><c> the</c><00:12:07.600><c> Levites</c><00:12:08.460><c> caused</c><00:12:09.080><c> the</c>

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and<00:12:11.679><c> the</c><00:12:11.919><c> people</c><00:12:12.620><c> stood</c><00:12:13.120><c> in</c><00:12:13.899><c> their</c><00:12:14.159><c> place.</c>

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So<00:12:14.539><c> what</c><00:12:14.659><c> is</c><00:12:14.879><c> this?</c><00:12:15.019><c> What's</c><00:12:15.340><c> happening</c><00:12:15.600><c> here?</c>

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So<00:12:16.740><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:12:18.639><c> he</c><00:12:19.340><c> arranged</c><00:12:19.539><c> a</c><00:12:19.820><c> special</c><00:12:20.080><c> effort</c><00:12:20.679><c> to</c><00:12:21.179><c> ensure</c>

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people<00:12:22.340><c> would</c><00:12:22.600><c> serve</c><00:12:22.840><c> God</c><00:12:23.659><c> properly</c><00:12:24.320><c> upon</c><00:12:25.200><c> completion</c><00:12:26.080><c> of</c>

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And<00:12:36.259><c> what</c><00:12:36.360><c> they</c><00:12:36.500><c> did</c><00:12:36.580><c> is</c><00:12:36.720><c> they</c><00:12:36.779><c> had</c><00:12:37.000><c> him</c><00:12:37.259><c> read</c><00:12:37.519><c> from</c><00:12:37.700><c> the</c><00:12:37.899><c> law</c>

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and<00:12:38.559><c> he</c><00:12:38.720><c> had</c><00:12:38.820><c> all</c><00:12:39.120><c> these</c><00:12:39.399><c> Levites</c><00:12:39.740><c> that</c><00:12:39.919><c> are</c><00:12:40.159><c> interspersed</c>

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And<00:12:44.039><c> you</c><00:12:44.139><c> know</c><00:12:44.200><c> what</c><00:12:44.200><c> this</c><00:12:44.399><c> is,</c><00:12:44.679><c> brothers</c><00:12:44.779><c> and</c><00:12:45.019><c> sisters?</c>

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This<00:12:46.120><c> is</c><00:12:46.399><c> a</c><00:12:46.620><c> working</c><00:12:46.919><c> model</c><00:12:47.379><c> of</c><00:12:48.000><c> how</c><00:12:48.240><c> Israel</c><00:12:48.580><c> was</c><00:12:48.840><c> supposed</c><00:12:48.980><c> to</c>

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Because<00:12:50.740><c> think</c><00:12:50.919><c> about</c><00:12:51.139><c> it,</c><00:12:51.379><c> Ezra</c><00:12:51.559><c> is</c><00:12:51.740><c> standing</c><00:12:51.960><c> up</c><00:12:52.159><c> on</c><00:12:52.279><c> a</c><00:12:52.440><c> pulpit</c><00:12:53.059><c> even</c>

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how<00:12:55.500><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:12:56.639><c> the</c><00:12:56.799><c> law</c><00:12:56.980><c> comes</c><00:12:57.259><c> forth</c><00:12:57.440><c> from</c><00:12:57.620><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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from<00:12:59.059><c> Zion's</c><00:12:59.559><c> holy</c><00:12:59.759><c> hill.</c>

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And<00:13:05.539><c> then</c><00:13:05.659><c> you</c><00:13:05.759><c> have</c><00:13:05.940><c> all</c><00:13:06.159><c> the</c><00:13:06.299><c> Levites</c><00:13:07.139><c> acting</c><00:13:07.720><c> as</c><00:13:08.039><c> the</c><00:13:08.179><c> figurative</c><00:13:08.799><c> Levitical</c><00:13:09.399><c> cities</c><00:13:09.720><c> scattered</c><00:13:10.179><c> around</c><00:13:10.940><c> the</c>

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Strong's<00:13:45.320><c> word,</c><00:13:45.460><c> it's</c><00:13:45.700><c> H6567.</c>

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That<00:14:10.700><c> word</c><00:14:10.879><c> reading</c><00:14:11.200><c> is</c><00:14:11.460><c> mikra,</c><00:14:11.899><c> the</c><00:14:12.159><c> assembly.</c>

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Everybody<00:14:14.100><c> there</c><00:14:14.360><c> understood</c><00:14:14.659><c> what</c><00:14:14.779><c> was</c><00:14:14.960><c> going</c><00:14:15.080><c> to</c><00:14:15.159><c> be</c><00:14:15.340><c> said.</c>

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So<00:14:16.860><c> consider</c><00:14:17.100><c> this</c><00:14:17.360><c> translation,</c><00:14:17.919><c> which</c><00:14:18.059><c> might</c><00:14:18.240><c> give</c><00:14:18.379><c> a</c><00:14:18.539><c> better</c><00:14:18.779><c> understanding</c><00:14:19.379><c> of</c>

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what<00:14:20.039><c> the</c><00:14:20.200><c> Levites</c><00:14:20.419><c> were</c><00:14:20.600><c> there</c><00:14:20.759><c> to</c><00:14:20.919><c> do</c><00:14:21.419><c> with</c><00:14:22.139><c> those</c><00:14:22.419><c> definitions</c><00:14:22.820><c> in</c><00:14:23.059><c> mind.</c>

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So<00:14:23.600><c> they</c><00:14:23.840><c> read</c><00:14:24.139><c> in</c><00:14:24.480><c> the</c><00:14:24.740><c> book</c><00:14:25.179><c> of</c><00:14:25.559><c> the</c><00:14:25.679><c> law</c><00:14:25.860><c> of</c><00:14:26.059><c> God</c><00:14:26.580><c> piece</c><00:14:27.840><c> by</c>

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piece<00:14:28.919><c> and</c><00:14:29.500><c> gave</c><00:14:29.720><c> the</c><00:14:29.980><c> sense</c><00:14:30.559><c> and</c><00:14:31.379><c> caused</c><00:14:31.820><c> the</c><00:14:32.259><c> entire</c><00:14:33.019><c> assembly</c><00:14:33.779><c> to</c><00:14:34.860><c> understand.</c>

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That's<00:14:36.659><c> what</c><00:14:36.799><c> the</c><00:14:36.980><c> Levites</c><00:14:37.279><c> were</c><00:14:37.500><c> supposed</c><00:14:37.639><c> to</c><00:14:37.799><c> do</c><00:14:37.840><c> in</c><00:14:38.200><c> the</c>

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Levitical<00:14:38.659><c> cities.</c>

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And<00:14:39.820><c> during</c><00:14:39.960><c> the</c><00:14:40.120><c> time</c><00:14:40.220><c> of</c><00:14:40.419><c> the</c><00:14:40.539><c> exiles,</c><00:14:41.779><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:14:42.240><c> with</c><00:14:42.399><c> the</c>

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help<00:14:42.620><c> of</c><00:14:42.799><c> Ezra</c><00:14:43.019><c> and</c><00:14:43.120><c> the</c><00:14:43.259><c> Levites,</c><00:14:43.580><c> they</c><00:14:43.820><c> enacted</c><00:14:44.159><c> a</c><00:14:44.700><c> living</c>

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parable<00:14:45.460><c> of</c><00:14:45.919><c> the</c><00:14:46.000><c> way</c><00:14:46.159><c> that</c><00:14:46.340><c> the</c><00:14:46.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:14:46.840><c> body</c><00:14:47.159><c> was</c><00:14:47.360><c> supposed</c><00:14:47.679><c> to</c><00:14:47.879><c> live.</c>

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By<00:14:49.240><c> having</c><00:14:49.500><c> those</c><00:14:49.820><c> teachers</c><00:14:50.240><c> interspersed</c><00:14:50.860><c> throughout</c><00:14:51.100><c> the</c>

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crowd,<00:14:52.200><c> interspersed</c><00:14:52.539><c> throughout</c><00:14:52.720><c> the</c><00:14:52.899><c> ecclesia,</c><00:14:53.240><c> ready</c><00:14:53.460><c> to</c>

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help<00:14:53.980><c> all</c><00:14:54.460><c> those</c><00:14:54.700><c> who</c><00:14:54.840><c> would</c><00:14:55.100><c> seek</c><00:14:55.240><c> to</c><00:14:55.539><c> understand</c><00:14:56.039><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:14:57.019><c> the</c><00:14:57.200><c> law</c><00:14:57.360><c> meant</c><00:14:57.659><c> and</c><00:14:57.799><c> what</c><00:14:57.940><c> it</c><00:14:58.139><c> represented.</c>

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And<00:14:59.799><c> so</c><00:15:00.000><c> there's</c><00:15:00.240><c> a</c><00:15:00.360><c> result</c><00:15:00.700><c> to</c><00:15:00.860><c> this</c><00:15:01.019><c> understanding</c><00:15:01.480><c> because</c>

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at<00:15:02.480><c> the</c><00:15:02.559><c> end</c><00:15:02.659><c> of</c><00:15:02.759><c> the</c><00:15:02.879><c> day,</c><00:15:03.279><c> academic</c><00:15:03.480><c> knowledge</c><00:15:03.960><c> does</c><00:15:04.600><c> nobody</c>

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good<00:15:05.299><c> unless</c><00:15:05.559><c> there's</c><00:15:05.820><c> a</c><00:15:06.019><c> meaningful</c><00:15:06.559><c> response</c><00:15:07.480><c> to</c><00:15:07.980><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:09.059><c> that</c><00:15:09.200><c> shows</c><00:15:09.360><c> up</c><00:15:09.519><c> in</c><00:15:09.679><c> verses</c><00:15:09.899><c> 9</c><00:15:10.220><c> through</c><00:15:10.419><c> 12.</c>

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Then<00:15:29.879><c> he</c><00:15:30.000><c> said</c><00:15:30.159><c> unto</c><00:15:30.340><c> them,</c><00:15:31.240><c> Go</c><00:15:31.320><c> your</c><00:15:31.559><c> way,</c><00:15:31.940><c> eat</c><00:15:32.100><c> the</c><00:15:32.379><c> fat,</c><00:15:32.679><c> drink</c><00:15:32.899><c> the</c>

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sweet,<00:15:33.879><c> send</c><00:15:34.039><c> portions</c><00:15:34.460><c> unto</c><00:15:34.720><c> them</c><00:15:34.820><c> for</c><00:15:35.039><c> whom</c><00:15:35.200><c> nothing</c><00:15:35.440><c> is</c><00:15:35.659><c> prepared,</c><00:15:36.299><c> for</c><00:15:36.460><c> this</c><00:15:36.759><c> day</c><00:15:36.919><c> is</c>

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holy<00:15:37.440><c> unto</c><00:15:37.759><c> our</c><00:15:37.980><c> Lord,</c><00:15:38.679><c> neither</c><00:15:38.840><c> be</c><00:15:39.139><c> ye</c><00:15:39.379><c> sorry,</c><00:15:39.700><c> for</c><00:15:39.820><c> the</c><00:15:40.059><c> joy</c>

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of<00:15:40.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:41.100><c> is</c><00:15:41.320><c> your</c><00:15:41.539><c> strength.</c>

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So<00:15:43.639><c> Levites</c><00:15:44.039><c> stilled</c><00:15:44.500><c> all</c><00:15:44.639><c> the</c><00:15:44.779><c> people</c><00:15:44.980><c> saying,</c><00:15:46.059><c> Hold</c><00:15:46.360><c> your</c>

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pace,<00:15:47.659><c> for</c><00:15:47.860><c> the</c><00:15:48.039><c> day</c><00:15:48.179><c> is</c><00:15:48.379><c> holy,</c><00:15:48.779><c> neither</c><00:15:49.000><c> be</c><00:15:49.279><c> ye</c><00:15:49.500><c> grieved.</c>

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And<00:15:49.940><c> all</c><00:15:50.179><c> the</c><00:15:50.379><c> people</c><00:15:50.620><c> went</c><00:15:51.000><c> their</c><00:15:51.460><c> way</c><00:15:51.639><c> to</c><00:15:51.860><c> eat</c><00:15:52.200><c> and</c><00:15:52.700><c> to</c><00:15:53.000><c> drink</c>

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and<00:15:54.500><c> to</c><00:15:54.700><c> send</c><00:15:54.879><c> portions</c><00:15:55.519><c> and</c><00:15:56.019><c> to</c><00:15:56.179><c> make</c><00:15:56.340><c> great</c><00:15:56.720><c> mirth</c><00:15:57.019><c> because,</c>

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because<00:16:00.179><c> they</c><00:16:01.019><c> had</c><00:16:01.419><c> understood</c><00:16:02.059><c> the</c><00:16:02.960><c> words</c><00:16:03.460><c> that</c><00:16:04.059><c> were</c><00:16:04.320><c> declared</c><00:16:05.059><c> unto</c><00:16:05.820><c> them.</c>

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So<00:16:08.159><c> what</c><00:16:08.299><c> was</c><00:16:08.500><c> the</c><00:16:08.679><c> result</c><00:16:08.960><c> of</c><00:16:09.259><c> understanding</c><00:16:09.799><c> the</c><00:16:10.019><c> words</c><00:16:10.179><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:10.500><c> law,</c><00:16:11.259><c> of</c><00:16:11.440><c> understanding</c><00:16:11.759><c> the</c><00:16:11.960><c> greater</c><00:16:12.139><c> principles?</c>

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Fellowship,<00:16:15.679><c> fellowship</c><00:16:15.960><c> with</c><00:16:16.159><c> one</c><00:16:16.360><c> another,</c><00:16:17.679><c> giving</c><00:16:17.740><c> to</c><00:16:17.899><c> those</c><00:16:18.100><c> in</c>

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need<00:16:19.059><c> because</c><00:16:19.899><c> they</c><00:16:20.299><c> understood</c><00:16:20.940><c> the</c><00:16:21.200><c> words</c><00:16:21.340><c> of</c><00:16:21.519><c> the</c><00:16:21.559><c> law,</c>

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because<00:16:21.980><c> they</c><00:16:22.320><c> understood</c><00:16:22.659><c> the</c><00:16:22.860><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:16:24.059><c> how</c><00:16:24.259><c> do</c><00:16:24.440><c> we</c><00:16:24.659><c> act</c><00:16:24.840><c> with</c><00:16:25.039><c> our</c><00:16:25.279><c> understanding?</c>

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Is<00:16:27.539><c> our</c><00:16:27.720><c> Bible</c><00:16:28.039><c> study</c><00:16:28.259><c> just</c><00:16:28.940><c> academic</c><00:16:29.379><c> study</c><00:16:29.759><c> for</c><00:16:30.399><c> the</c><00:16:30.580><c> purpose</c><00:16:30.779><c> of</c><00:16:31.000><c> accumulating</c><00:16:31.399><c> knowledge</c><00:16:31.620><c> or</c>

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is<00:16:31.919><c> it</c><00:16:32.039><c> meant</c><00:16:32.159><c> to</c><00:16:32.399><c> generate</c><00:16:32.799><c> a</c><00:16:33.240><c> meaningful</c><00:16:33.559><c> response</c><00:16:34.059><c> as</c><00:16:34.379><c> outworked?</c>

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And<00:16:36.720><c> channeling</c><00:16:37.100><c> the</c><00:16:37.240><c> merciful</c><00:16:37.600><c> character</c><00:16:38.000><c> of</c><00:16:38.159><c> God</c><00:16:38.539><c> towards</c>

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our<00:16:39.080><c> brothers</c><00:16:39.240><c> and</c><00:16:39.500><c> sisters,</c><00:16:40.299><c> providing</c><00:16:40.519><c> those</c><00:16:40.820><c> who</c><00:16:41.179><c> lack,</c>

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fellowshiping<00:16:43.120><c> with</c><00:16:43.240><c> those</c><00:16:43.379><c> who</c><00:16:43.519><c> are</c><00:16:43.700><c> alone.</c>

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That's<00:16:45.179><c> what</c><00:16:45.279><c> the</c><00:16:45.480><c> fruit</c><00:16:45.600><c> of</c><00:16:45.820><c> understanding</c><00:16:46.220><c> is,</c><00:16:46.519><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:16:46.879><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:16:55.720><c> as</c><00:16:55.860><c> we</c><00:16:55.960><c> consider</c><00:16:56.559><c> the</c><00:16:57.100><c> Levites,</c><00:16:59.460><c> we</c><00:16:59.740><c> consider</c><00:17:00.019><c> their</c><00:17:00.220><c> consecration.</c>

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Because<00:17:02.220><c> back</c><00:17:02.440><c> in</c><00:17:02.559><c> number</c><00:17:02.779><c> three</c><00:17:02.940><c> we</c><00:17:03.100><c> read</c><00:17:03.259><c> how</c><00:17:03.799><c> he</c><00:17:04.140><c> had</c><00:17:04.359><c> taken</c>

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the<00:17:04.759><c> Levites</c><00:17:05.059><c> from</c><00:17:05.240><c> among</c><00:17:05.400><c> the</c><00:17:05.559><c> children</c><00:17:05.740><c> of</c><00:17:06.079><c> Israel</c><00:17:06.299><c> instead</c>

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of<00:17:08.960><c> the</c><00:17:09.119><c> firstborn</c><00:17:09.799><c> of</c><00:17:11.000><c> the</c><00:17:11.119><c> children</c><00:17:11.319><c> of</c><00:17:11.539><c> Israel.</c>

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Because<00:17:13.700><c> in</c><00:17:14.039><c> times</c><00:17:14.299><c> past,</c><00:17:16.579><c> those</c><00:17:16.859><c> who</c><00:17:17.059><c> were</c><00:17:17.680><c> separated</c><00:17:18.140><c> to</c><00:17:18.400><c> God</c><00:17:19.099><c> were</c><00:17:20.799><c> not</c><00:17:20.980><c> a</c>

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particular<00:17:21.559><c> tribe</c><00:17:21.940><c> but</c><00:17:22.200><c> the</c><00:17:22.460><c> firstborn</c><00:17:23.220><c> child.</c>

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The<00:17:26.000><c> firstborn</c><00:17:26.380><c> of</c><00:17:26.500><c> each</c><00:17:26.759><c> family</c><00:17:27.019><c> was</c><00:17:27.180><c> to</c><00:17:27.299><c> be</c><00:17:27.460><c> a</c><00:17:27.779><c> priest</c><00:17:27.980><c> unto</c><00:17:28.220><c> God.</c>

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But<00:17:30.640><c> you</c><00:17:30.759><c> see</c><00:17:30.880><c> the</c><00:17:31.099><c> flaw</c><00:17:31.299><c> of</c><00:17:31.460><c> a</c><00:17:31.619><c> priesthood</c><00:17:31.920><c> by</c><00:17:32.240><c> birth.</c>

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The<00:17:34.059><c> flaw</c><00:17:34.240><c> of</c><00:17:34.400><c> a</c><00:17:34.519><c> priesthood</c><00:17:34.759><c> by</c><00:17:35.059><c> birth</c><00:17:35.380><c> was</c><00:17:35.859><c> that</c><00:17:36.039><c> many</c><00:17:36.380><c> firstborn</c><00:17:36.859><c> were</c><00:17:37.099><c> unfaithful.</c>

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Think<00:17:39.259><c> about</c><00:17:39.480><c> Adam.</c>

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Adam<00:17:41.779><c> was</c><00:17:41.980><c> an</c><00:17:42.119><c> unfaithful</c><00:17:42.539><c> priest</c><00:17:42.759><c> in</c><00:17:42.920><c> the</c><00:17:43.000><c> garden.</c>

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You<00:17:44.380><c> have</c><00:17:44.599><c> Esau,</c><00:17:45.960><c> who</c><00:17:46.099><c> gave</c><00:17:46.299><c> away</c><00:17:46.519><c> his</c><00:17:46.799><c> inheritance</c><00:17:47.200><c> for</c><00:17:47.640><c> a</c><00:17:47.779><c> meal.</c>

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Think<00:17:49.119><c> about</c><00:17:49.359><c> Reuben,</c><00:17:49.779><c> who</c><00:17:49.900><c> Jacob</c><00:17:50.200><c> called</c><00:17:50.519><c> unstable</c><00:17:51.279><c> as</c><00:17:51.559><c> water,</c><00:17:51.799><c> thou</c>

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shalt<00:17:52.220><c> not</c><00:17:52.480><c> have</c><00:17:52.680><c> preeminence.</c>

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And<00:17:54.859><c> then</c><00:17:54.960><c> you</c><00:17:55.079><c> have</c><00:17:55.299><c> Nadab,</c><00:17:56.359><c> who</c><00:17:56.460><c> was</c><00:17:56.640><c> Aaron's</c><00:17:56.960><c> firstborn,</c>

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who<00:17:57.480><c> died</c><00:17:57.740><c> offering</c><00:17:58.480><c> strange</c><00:17:59.140><c> fire</c><00:17:59.400><c> before</c><00:17:59.680><c> the</c><00:17:59.859><c> Lord.</c>

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Priesthood<00:18:02.299><c> by</c><00:18:02.579><c> birth</c><00:18:02.819><c> is</c><00:18:03.000><c> that</c><00:18:03.299><c> firstborns</c><00:18:03.819><c> were</c><00:18:03.940><c> unfaithful.</c>

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But<00:18:05.099><c> the</c><00:18:05.319><c> Levites</c><00:18:05.500><c> were</c><00:18:05.700><c> not</c><00:18:05.940><c> ordained</c><00:18:06.359><c> through</c><00:18:06.619><c> birth,</c><00:18:07.180><c> but</c>

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they<00:18:07.440><c> were</c><00:18:08.359><c> ordained</c><00:18:08.900><c> through</c><00:18:09.220><c> obedience</c><00:18:09.880><c> to</c><00:18:10.680><c> God.</c>

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When<00:18:11.779><c> the</c><00:18:11.940><c> Levites</c><00:18:12.220><c> sided</c><00:18:12.480><c> with</c><00:18:12.720><c> God</c><00:18:12.940><c> at</c><00:18:13.099><c> the</c><00:18:13.279><c> cost</c><00:18:13.400><c> of</c><00:18:13.519><c> their</c>

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flesh<00:18:13.859><c> and</c><00:18:14.079><c> blood,</c><00:18:14.680><c> they</c><00:18:14.940><c> proved</c><00:18:15.160><c> their</c><00:18:15.420><c> loyalty</c><00:18:15.700><c> at</c><00:18:15.859><c> the</c><00:18:16.000><c> incident</c><00:18:16.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:16.460><c> golden</c><00:18:16.700><c> calf.</c>

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And<00:18:19.079><c> their</c><00:18:19.240><c> willingness</c><00:18:19.759><c> to</c><00:18:20.539><c> recognize</c><00:18:21.039><c> and</c><00:18:21.299><c> condemn</c><00:18:21.700><c> wrongdoing,</c><00:18:23.039><c> even</c>

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in<00:18:23.380><c> the</c><00:18:23.480><c> face,</c><00:18:25.640><c> even</c><00:18:25.640><c> in</c><00:18:26.240><c> family</c><00:18:26.559><c> members.</c>

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And<00:18:27.420><c> remember,</c><00:18:27.740><c> this</c><00:18:27.880><c> was</c><00:18:28.460><c> Eli's</c><00:18:28.920><c> flaw.</c>

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This<00:18:31.000><c> was</c><00:18:31.220><c> Eli's</c><00:18:31.660><c> flaw.</c>

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It's<00:18:31.980><c> the</c><00:18:32.079><c> quality</c><00:18:32.279><c> that</c><00:18:32.480><c> God</c><00:18:32.720><c> needs</c><00:18:33.000><c> to</c><00:18:33.220><c> teach</c><00:18:33.339><c> in</c><00:18:33.440><c> his</c><00:18:33.599><c> people,</c><00:18:34.279><c> the</c>

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willingness<00:18:34.920><c> and</c><00:18:35.200><c> the</c><00:18:35.440><c> ability</c><00:18:35.819><c> to</c><00:18:36.380><c> recognize</c><00:18:36.900><c> wrongdoing,</c>

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even<00:18:37.640><c> in</c><00:18:37.839><c> those</c><00:18:37.960><c> we</c><00:18:38.220><c> love.</c>

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An<00:18:41.099><c> example</c><00:18:41.319><c> we</c><00:18:41.619><c> have</c><00:18:42.640><c> is</c><00:18:44.960><c> over</c><00:18:45.220><c> in</c><00:18:45.359><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:45.819><c> chapter</c><00:18:46.180><c> 33.</c>

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At<00:18:46.839><c> near</c><00:18:46.960><c> the</c><00:18:47.099><c> end</c><00:18:47.200><c> of</c><00:18:47.359><c> Moses'</c><00:18:47.859><c> life,</c><00:18:48.619><c> when</c><00:18:48.720><c> he's</c><00:18:48.940><c> giving</c><00:18:49.079><c> the</c>

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blessings<00:18:49.599><c> towards</c><00:18:49.880><c> the</c><00:18:50.119><c> tribes,</c><00:18:50.339><c> he</c><00:18:50.420><c> has</c><00:18:50.619><c> this</c><00:18:50.839><c> much</c><00:18:51.019><c> to</c><00:18:51.279><c> say.</c>

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Verses<00:18:54.059><c> 8</c><00:18:54.279><c> through</c><00:18:54.480><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:18:56.220><c> Levi,</c><00:18:56.759><c> he</c><00:18:56.759><c> said,</c><00:18:57.299><c> let</c><00:18:57.500><c> thy</c><00:18:58.200><c> thumbim</c><00:18:58.700><c> and</c><00:18:59.180><c> thy</c><00:18:59.440><c> urim</c><00:18:59.720><c> be</c><00:18:59.920><c> with</c><00:19:00.240><c> thy</c><00:19:00.519><c> holy</c><00:19:00.819><c> one,</c><00:19:01.200><c> whom</c><00:19:01.279><c> thou</c><00:19:01.559><c> didst</c><00:19:01.940><c> prove</c><00:19:02.099><c> at</c><00:19:02.480><c> Massa,</c>

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and<00:19:03.519><c> with</c><00:19:03.720><c> whom</c><00:19:03.839><c> thou</c><00:19:04.039><c> didst</c><00:19:04.460><c> strive</c><00:19:04.660><c> at</c><00:19:04.819><c> the</c><00:19:04.940><c> waters</c><00:19:05.119><c> of</c><00:19:05.359><c> Meribah,</c><00:19:05.980><c> who</c>

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said<00:19:06.900><c> unto</c><00:19:07.339><c> his</c><00:19:07.640><c> father</c><00:19:08.059><c> and</c><00:19:08.339><c> to</c><00:19:08.539><c> his</c><00:19:08.740><c> mother,</c><00:19:09.940><c> I</c><00:19:10.200><c> have</c><00:19:10.380><c> not</c>

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seen<00:19:10.700><c> him.</c>

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Neither<00:19:12.279><c> did</c><00:19:12.480><c> he</c><00:19:12.759><c> acknowledge</c><00:19:13.160><c> his</c><00:19:13.460><c> brethren,</c><00:19:14.259><c> nor</c><00:19:14.480><c> knew</c><00:19:14.680><c> his</c>

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own<00:19:15.920><c> children,</c><00:19:17.460><c> for</c><00:19:17.680><c> they</c><00:19:18.000><c> have</c><00:19:18.160><c> observed</c><00:19:18.900><c> thy</c><00:19:19.200><c> word</c><00:19:19.460><c> and</c><00:19:19.619><c> kept</c><00:19:19.839><c> thy</c><00:19:20.059><c> covenant.</c>

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They<00:19:21.240><c> shall</c><00:19:21.940><c> teach.</c>

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They<00:19:26.119><c> shall</c><00:19:26.359><c> teach.</c>

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That's<00:19:28.420><c> the</c><00:19:28.579><c> reward</c><00:19:29.420><c> that</c><00:19:30.000><c> the</c><00:19:30.099><c> Levites</c><00:19:30.440><c> had</c><00:19:30.920><c> for</c><00:19:31.680><c> recognizing</c><00:19:32.200><c> wrongdoing,</c><00:19:32.779><c> even</c><00:19:32.920><c> in</c>

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their<00:19:33.240><c> family,</c><00:19:33.880><c> their</c><00:19:34.039><c> own</c><00:19:34.259><c> flesh</c><00:19:34.440><c> and</c><00:19:34.680><c> blood.</c>

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They<00:19:35.960><c> were</c><00:19:36.160><c> given</c><00:19:36.420><c> the</c><00:19:36.640><c> privilege</c><00:19:37.019><c> of</c><00:19:37.640><c> teaching</c><00:19:38.259><c> God's</c><00:19:39.500><c> people.</c>

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They<00:19:42.339><c> shall</c><00:19:42.559><c> teach</c><00:19:42.900><c> Jacob</c><00:19:43.279><c> thy</c><00:19:43.559><c> judgments</c><00:19:44.039><c> and</c><00:19:44.420><c> Israel</c><00:19:44.940><c> thy</c><00:19:45.220><c> law.</c>

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And<00:19:48.019><c> one</c><00:19:48.180><c> has</c><00:19:48.359><c> to</c><00:19:48.599><c> ask,</c><00:19:48.880><c> what</c><00:19:49.119><c> was</c><00:19:49.839><c> the</c><00:19:50.420><c> motivating</c><00:19:50.859><c> factor</c><00:19:51.380><c> that</c><00:19:52.339><c> caused</c><00:19:52.799><c> the</c><00:19:53.019><c> Levites</c><00:19:53.279><c> to</c>

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separate<00:19:53.980><c> from</c><00:19:54.480><c> their</c><00:19:54.700><c> families</c><00:19:55.319><c> and</c><00:19:55.880><c> unto</c><00:19:56.099><c> God?</c>

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And<00:19:59.980><c> I</c><00:20:00.160><c> believe</c><00:20:00.279><c> the</c><00:20:00.460><c> answer</c><00:20:00.720><c> for</c><00:20:00.940><c> that</c><00:20:01.680><c> is</c><00:20:02.140><c> actually</c><00:20:02.400><c> back</c><00:20:02.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:02.839><c> book</c><00:20:02.960><c> of</c><00:20:03.160><c> Malachi.</c>

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We've<00:20:03.700><c> looked</c><00:20:03.819><c> at</c><00:20:03.940><c> this</c><00:20:04.400><c> a</c><00:20:04.640><c> fair</c><00:20:04.759><c> bit</c><00:20:04.980><c> over</c><00:20:05.200><c> the</c><00:20:05.319><c> course</c><00:20:05.460><c> of</c><00:20:05.579><c> this</c><00:20:05.779><c> weekend,</c><00:20:06.619><c> both</c><00:20:06.859><c> when</c><00:20:07.079><c> looking</c><00:20:07.279><c> at</c>

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Eli<00:20:07.960><c> and</c><00:20:08.259><c> when</c><00:20:08.420><c> looking</c><00:20:08.599><c> at</c><00:20:08.819><c> Zadok</c><00:20:09.079><c> in</c><00:20:09.180><c> Malachi</c><00:20:09.599><c> chapter</c><00:20:09.940><c> 2.</c>

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Let's<00:20:22.740><c> take</c><00:20:22.940><c> a</c><00:20:23.019><c> look</c><00:20:23.119><c> at</c><00:20:23.240><c> Malachi</c><00:20:23.579><c> chapter</c><00:20:23.900><c> 2</c><00:20:24.140><c> verse</c><00:20:24.359><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:20:24.740><c> I</c><00:20:24.839><c> want</c><00:20:24.960><c> you</c><00:20:25.099><c> to</c><00:20:25.240><c> notice</c><00:20:25.400><c> the</c><00:20:25.599><c> one</c><00:20:25.819><c> word</c><00:20:26.279><c> that's</c><00:20:26.779><c> emphasized</c><00:20:27.220><c> multiple</c>

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times<00:20:28.039><c> in</c><00:20:28.200><c> Malachi</c><00:20:28.539><c> 2</c><00:20:28.779><c> verse</c><00:20:28.980><c> 5.</c>

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My<00:20:30.519><c> covenant</c><00:20:30.839><c> was</c><00:20:31.059><c> with</c><00:20:31.259><c> him</c><00:20:31.519><c> of</c><00:20:31.779><c> life</c><00:20:32.000><c> and</c><00:20:32.259><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:20:33.779><c> remember</c><00:20:33.940><c> who</c><00:20:34.099><c> we</c><00:20:34.200><c> were</c><00:20:34.259><c> talking</c><00:20:34.559><c> about,</c><00:20:35.099><c> Phineas</c><00:20:35.339><c> here.</c>

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And<00:20:38.380><c> I</c><00:20:38.619><c> gave</c><00:20:38.940><c> them</c><00:20:39.640><c> to</c><00:20:40.079><c> him</c><00:20:40.740><c> for</c><00:20:41.279><c> the</c><00:20:41.619><c> fear</c><00:20:42.220><c> wherewith</c><00:20:42.640><c> he</c><00:20:42.960><c> feared</c><00:20:43.180><c> me</c>

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and<00:20:43.900><c> was</c><00:20:44.160><c> afraid</c><00:20:44.779><c> before</c><00:20:45.619><c> my</c><00:20:45.900><c> name.</c>

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So<00:20:47.920><c> what's</c><00:20:48.140><c> the</c><00:20:48.259><c> motivating</c><00:20:48.619><c> factor</c><00:20:48.940><c> here?</c>

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Well,<00:20:51.559><c> it's</c><00:20:51.819><c> fear,</c><00:20:52.180><c> isn't</c><00:20:52.299><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:20:53.420><c> fear</c><00:20:53.640><c> shows</c><00:20:53.859><c> up</c><00:20:54.079><c> three</c><00:20:54.380><c> times.</c>

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The<00:20:55.500><c> fear</c><00:20:55.920><c> wherewith</c><00:20:56.460><c> he</c><00:20:56.759><c> feared</c><00:20:56.940><c> me</c><00:20:57.359><c> and</c><00:20:57.519><c> was</c><00:20:57.819><c> afraid</c><00:20:58.119><c> before</c>

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my<00:20:58.799><c> name.</c>

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Because<00:20:59.940><c> brothers</c><00:21:00.119><c> and</c><00:21:00.339><c> sisters,</c><00:21:00.599><c> if</c><00:21:00.740><c> we</c><00:21:01.019><c> don't</c><00:21:01.299><c> stand</c><00:21:01.599><c> up</c><00:21:01.819><c> against</c><00:21:02.059><c> what's</c><00:21:02.339><c> wrong</c><00:21:02.500><c> on</c>

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God's<00:21:02.900><c> behalf,</c><00:21:03.480><c> God</c><00:21:03.740><c> himself</c><00:21:04.259><c> will.</c>

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Phineas<00:21:05.400><c> was</c><00:21:06.640><c> claimed</c><00:21:06.819><c> to</c><00:21:07.019><c> saying</c><00:21:07.140><c> that</c><00:21:07.319><c> he</c><00:21:07.740><c> stayed</c><00:21:08.119><c> the</c><00:21:08.940><c> plague.</c>

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Had<00:21:10.259><c> Phineas</c><00:21:10.539><c> not</c><00:21:10.819><c> executed</c><00:21:11.240><c> judgment</c><00:21:11.759><c> with</c><00:21:12.279><c> zeal,</c><00:21:12.859><c> with</c><00:21:12.859><c> a</c>

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spear,<00:21:13.440><c> recognizing</c><00:21:13.960><c> what</c><00:21:14.160><c> they're</c><00:21:14.460><c> wrongdoing,</c>

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then<00:21:16.819><c> Israel</c><00:21:17.319><c> would</c><00:21:17.960><c> have</c><00:21:18.140><c> gone</c><00:21:18.319><c> probably</c><00:21:18.559><c> under</c><00:21:18.799><c> a</c><00:21:18.920><c> tremendous</c><00:21:19.380><c> plague</c>

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and<00:21:20.259><c> lost</c><00:21:20.460><c> far</c><00:21:20.799><c> more</c><00:21:21.059><c> than</c><00:21:21.160><c> they</c><00:21:21.400><c> did.</c>

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But<00:21:24.779><c> Phineas</c><00:21:25.339><c> stood</c><00:21:25.720><c> up</c><00:21:25.940><c> and</c><00:21:26.160><c> taking</c><00:21:26.339><c> the</c><00:21:26.619><c> spear</c><00:21:26.799><c> and</c><00:21:27.200><c> executed</c><00:21:27.759><c> judgment,</c><00:21:28.400><c> as</c><00:21:28.559><c> it</c>

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says<00:21:28.859><c> in</c><00:21:29.059><c> Psalm</c><00:21:29.220><c> 106.</c>

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And<00:21:37.440><c> brothers</c><00:21:37.579><c> and</c><00:21:37.819><c> sisters,</c><00:21:38.180><c> these</c><00:21:38.380><c> teachers</c><00:21:38.700><c> of</c><00:21:38.900><c> the</c><00:21:39.079><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:21:40.380><c> remember,</c><00:21:41.599><c> it's</c><00:21:41.900><c> not</c><00:21:42.039><c> always</c><00:21:42.220><c> about</c><00:21:42.480><c> just</c><00:21:42.660><c> the</c><00:21:42.740><c> people</c>

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behind<00:21:43.079><c> the</c><00:21:43.299><c> platform.</c>

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It's<00:21:43.819><c> all</c><00:21:43.960><c> of</c><00:21:44.039><c> us</c><00:21:44.160><c> who</c><00:21:44.779><c> teach</c><00:21:45.220><c> by</c><00:21:45.539><c> example,</c><00:21:46.480><c> who</c><00:21:46.779><c> teach</c><00:21:47.160><c> our</c><00:21:47.500><c> young</c><00:21:47.740><c> ones</c><00:21:48.400><c> in</c>

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word<00:21:50.480><c> and</c><00:21:50.819><c> indeed</c><00:21:51.119><c> how</c><00:21:51.339><c> we</c><00:21:51.539><c> ought</c><00:21:51.640><c> to</c><00:21:51.859><c> live.</c>

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They<00:21:55.460><c> represent</c><00:21:56.039><c> almost</c><00:21:56.859><c> a</c><00:21:57.119><c> wave</c><00:21:57.359><c> offering</c><00:21:57.660><c> of</c><00:21:57.819><c> the</c><00:21:57.980><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Now,<00:21:59.720><c> what's</c><00:22:00.059><c> a</c><00:22:00.180><c> wave</c><00:22:00.380><c> offering?</c>

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Turn<00:22:00.900><c> with</c><00:22:01.099><c> me</c><00:22:01.240><c> over</c><00:22:01.519><c> to</c><00:22:02.240><c> Numbers</c><00:22:02.559><c> chapter</c><00:22:02.839><c> 8,</c><00:22:03.099><c> if</c><00:22:03.099><c> you</c><00:22:03.299><c> would.</c>

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Because<00:22:05.359><c> here</c><00:22:05.539><c> we're</c><00:22:05.660><c> going</c><00:22:05.720><c> to</c><00:22:05.839><c> see</c><00:22:05.940><c> in</c><00:22:06.099><c> Numbers</c><00:22:06.359><c> chapter</c><00:22:06.640><c> 8,</c>

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we<00:22:07.920><c> visited</c><00:22:08.279><c> this</c><00:22:08.619><c> chapter</c><00:22:09.500><c> in</c><00:22:10.920><c> our</c><00:22:11.079><c> first</c><00:22:11.279><c> class</c><00:22:11.559><c> yesterday.</c>

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We're<00:22:14.859><c> going</c><00:22:14.880><c> to</c><00:22:14.880><c> look</c><00:22:15.039><c> at</c><00:22:15.160><c> verses</c><00:22:15.400><c> 10</c><00:22:15.700><c> and</c><00:22:15.779><c> 11</c><00:22:16.039><c> of</c><00:22:16.240><c> Numbers</c><00:22:16.559><c> 8.</c>

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Numbers<00:22:29.599><c> chapter</c><00:22:29.920><c> 8</c><00:22:30.160><c> verses</c><00:22:30.400><c> 10</c><00:22:30.660><c> and</c><00:22:30.779><c> 11,</c><00:22:30.960><c> here's</c><00:22:31.140><c> what</c><00:22:31.279><c> it</c><00:22:31.500><c> says.</c>

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And<00:22:32.599><c> thou</c><00:22:32.779><c> shalt</c><00:22:33.000><c> bring</c><00:22:33.240><c> the</c><00:22:33.460><c> Levites</c><00:22:33.720><c> before</c><00:22:34.079><c> Yahweh,</c>

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and<00:22:35.480><c> the</c><00:22:35.640><c> children</c><00:22:35.880><c> of</c><00:22:36.079><c> Israel</c><00:22:36.500><c> shall</c><00:22:36.720><c> put</c><00:22:37.000><c> their</c><00:22:37.279><c> hands</c><00:22:37.579><c> upon</c>

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the<00:22:38.059><c> Levites.</c>

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And<00:22:39.259><c> Aaron</c><00:22:39.380><c> shall</c><00:22:39.619><c> offer</c><00:22:40.079><c> the</c><00:22:40.279><c> Levites</c><00:22:40.559><c> before</c><00:22:40.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:41.319><c> for</c>

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an<00:22:41.859><c> offering.</c>

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Now,<00:22:42.819><c> you</c><00:22:42.920><c> might</c><00:22:43.119><c> have</c><00:22:43.319><c> it</c><00:22:43.460><c> in</c><00:22:43.480><c> your</c><00:22:43.799><c> offering,</c><00:22:44.059><c> but</c><00:22:44.180><c> this</c><00:22:44.480><c> is</c>

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a<00:22:45.539><c> wave.</c>

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Sorry,<00:22:46.900><c> you</c><00:22:47.000><c> might</c><00:22:47.099><c> have</c><00:22:47.180><c> it</c><00:22:47.299><c> in</c><00:22:47.299><c> your</c><00:22:47.539><c> margin.</c><00:22:47.779><c> This</c><00:22:47.900><c> is</c><00:22:48.099><c> a</c>

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wave<00:22:49.039><c> offering.</c>

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That's<00:22:50.099><c> the</c><00:22:50.160><c> literal</c><00:22:50.380><c> translation</c><00:22:50.880><c> of</c><00:22:51.099><c> that.</c>

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That<00:22:52.599><c> they</c><00:22:52.839><c> may</c><00:22:53.099><c> execute</c><00:22:53.619><c> the</c><00:22:53.880><c> service</c><00:22:54.180><c> of</c><00:22:54.380><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:22:56.619><c> the</c><00:22:56.740><c> Levites</c><00:22:57.019><c> weren't</c><00:22:57.940><c> literally</c><00:22:58.500><c> waved,</c><00:23:00.059><c> but</c><00:23:00.319><c> they</c><00:23:00.440><c> were</c>

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in<00:23:00.799><c> principle.</c>

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They<00:23:01.220><c> were</c><00:23:01.500><c> consecrated</c><00:23:02.059><c> as</c><00:23:02.579><c> a</c><00:23:02.920><c> gift</c><00:23:03.359><c> to</c><00:23:04.059><c> God</c><00:23:04.619><c> and</c><00:23:05.839><c> received</c>

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back<00:23:06.680><c> from</c><00:23:06.839><c> him</c><00:23:07.059><c> again.</c>

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The<00:23:08.500><c> wave</c><00:23:08.740><c> offering</c><00:23:09.099><c> was</c><00:23:09.619><c> from</c><00:23:09.960><c> the</c><00:23:10.180><c> people</c><00:23:10.420><c> to</c><00:23:10.619><c> God,</c>

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and<00:23:11.660><c> then</c><00:23:11.900><c> God</c><00:23:12.319><c> to</c><00:23:12.900><c> the</c><00:23:13.059><c> people.</c>

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To<00:23:16.299><c> represent</c><00:23:16.740><c> this,</c><00:23:17.640><c> to</c><00:23:17.880><c> more</c><00:23:18.099><c> better</c><00:23:18.380><c> explain</c><00:23:18.599><c> this</c><00:23:18.799><c> principle,</c>

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we're<00:23:20.200><c> going</c><00:23:20.220><c> to</c><00:23:20.299><c> take</c><00:23:20.440><c> a</c><00:23:20.539><c> look</c><00:23:20.660><c> at</c><00:23:20.819><c> two</c><00:23:21.039><c> passages</c><00:23:21.480><c> real</c><00:23:21.819><c> quick.</c>

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First,<00:23:23.400><c> I</c><00:23:23.440><c> want</c><00:23:23.519><c> you</c><00:23:23.680><c> to</c><00:23:23.779><c> turn</c><00:23:23.839><c> with</c><00:23:23.940><c> me</c><00:23:24.059><c> over</c><00:23:24.220><c> to</c><00:23:24.359><c> Psalm</c><00:23:24.579><c> 68,</c>

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which<00:23:25.359><c> we</c><00:23:26.019><c> considered</c><00:23:26.339><c> a</c><00:23:26.480><c> little</c><00:23:26.599><c> bit</c><00:23:26.759><c> yesterday</c><00:23:27.059><c> when</c><00:23:27.240><c> considering</c><00:23:27.599><c> the</c>

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Ark<00:23:27.940><c> of</c><00:23:28.019><c> the</c><00:23:28.180><c> Covenant.</c>

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We're<00:23:44.500><c> going</c><00:23:44.619><c> to</c><00:23:44.619><c> actually</c><00:23:44.779><c> take</c><00:23:44.960><c> a</c><00:23:45.019><c> look</c><00:23:45.099><c> at</c><00:23:45.200><c> the</c><00:23:45.299><c> very</c><00:23:45.559><c> verse</c>

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that<00:23:45.880><c> we</c><00:23:45.960><c> looked</c><00:23:46.160><c> at</c><00:23:46.299><c> yesterday</c><00:23:46.599><c> in</c><00:23:46.819><c> Psalm</c><00:23:47.019><c> 68</c><00:23:47.480><c> and</c><00:23:47.660><c> verse</c><00:23:47.880><c> 18.</c>

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Thou<00:23:50.619><c> hast</c><00:23:50.960><c> ascended</c><00:23:51.539><c> on</c><00:23:51.960><c> high,</c><00:23:53.140><c> thou</c><00:23:53.319><c> hast</c><00:23:53.640><c> led</c><00:23:53.940><c> captivity</c>

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captive,<00:23:55.680><c> thou</c><00:23:55.819><c> hast</c><00:23:56.079><c> received</c><00:23:56.960><c> gifts</c><00:23:57.460><c> for</c><00:23:57.700><c> men.</c>

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Yea,<00:23:59.779><c> for</c><00:23:59.900><c> the</c><00:24:00.039><c> rebellious</c><00:24:00.359><c> also</c><00:24:00.640><c> that</c><00:24:00.859><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:01.200><c> God</c><00:24:01.440><c> might</c>

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dwell<00:24:01.859><c> among</c><00:24:02.160><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:04.119><c> now</c><00:24:04.279><c> if</c><00:24:04.359><c> you</c><00:24:04.480><c> look</c><00:24:04.619><c> in</c><00:24:04.740><c> your</c><00:24:04.940><c> margins,</c><00:24:05.319><c> you're</c><00:24:05.539><c> going</c><00:24:05.539><c> to</c>

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see<00:24:05.960><c> that</c><00:24:06.480><c> where</c><00:24:06.619><c> it's</c><00:24:06.819><c> exactly</c><00:24:07.240><c> quoted</c><00:24:07.799><c> by</c><00:24:08.099><c> the</c><00:24:08.259><c> Apostle</c><00:24:08.680><c> Paul.</c>

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So<00:24:10.900><c> if</c><00:24:10.980><c> you</c><00:24:11.099><c> don't</c><00:24:11.299><c> have</c><00:24:11.420><c> it</c><00:24:11.559><c> in</c><00:24:11.599><c> your</c><00:24:11.779><c> margins</c><00:24:12.079><c> already,</c><00:24:13.779><c> keep</c>

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your<00:24:14.279><c> finger</c><00:24:14.500><c> there</c><00:24:15.059><c> and</c><00:24:15.400><c> go</c><00:24:15.579><c> to</c><00:24:15.759><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:16.180><c> chapter</c><00:24:16.539><c> 4.</c>

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Because<00:24:20.500><c> in</c><00:24:20.680><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:21.079><c> chapter</c><00:24:21.380><c> 4,</c><00:24:21.680><c> we're</c><00:24:21.819><c> going</c><00:24:21.900><c> to</c><00:24:22.059><c> see</c><00:24:23.079><c> something</c><00:24:23.519><c> pretty</c><00:24:23.859><c> remarkable</c><00:24:24.319><c> when</c><00:24:24.500><c> it</c>

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comes<00:24:24.819><c> to</c><00:24:24.940><c> this</c><00:24:25.079><c> passage.</c>

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In<00:24:27.160><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:27.559><c> chapter</c><00:24:27.839><c> 4</c><00:24:28.140><c> verse</c><00:24:28.400><c> 8.</c>

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Because<00:24:41.740><c> look</c><00:24:41.880><c> what</c><00:24:42.019><c> it</c><00:24:42.119><c> says</c><00:24:42.220><c> in</c><00:24:42.380><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:42.700><c> 4</c><00:24:42.960><c> verse</c><00:24:43.160><c> 8.</c>

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Wherefore<00:24:45.400><c> he</c><00:24:45.599><c> saith,</c><00:24:45.900><c> when</c><00:24:46.039><c> he</c><00:24:46.259><c> ascended</c><00:24:46.519><c> up</c><00:24:46.900><c> on</c><00:24:47.160><c> high,</c><00:24:47.660><c> he</c>

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led<00:24:48.180><c> captivity</c><00:24:48.799><c> captive</c><00:24:49.420><c> and</c><00:24:51.119><c> gave</c><00:24:52.240><c> gifts</c><00:24:53.799><c> unto</c><00:24:54.819><c> men.</c>

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So<00:24:57.359><c> which</c><00:24:57.559><c> one</c><00:24:57.700><c> is</c><00:24:57.940><c> right?</c>

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Is<00:25:00.000><c> it</c><00:25:00.160><c> Psalm</c><00:25:00.380><c> 68</c><00:25:00.859><c> verse</c><00:25:01.200><c> 18</c><00:25:01.759><c> where</c><00:25:01.960><c> it</c><00:25:02.180><c> says</c><00:25:02.299><c> that</c><00:25:02.579><c> God</c><00:25:03.119><c> received</c><00:25:04.119><c> gifts</c>

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for<00:25:04.740><c> men?</c>

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Or<00:25:06.480><c> is</c><00:25:06.640><c> it</c><00:25:06.799><c> Ephesians</c><00:25:07.140><c> 4</c><00:25:07.420><c> verse</c><00:25:07.680><c> 8</c><00:25:08.500><c> where</c><00:25:08.859><c> it</c><00:25:08.960><c> says</c><00:25:09.160><c> that</c><00:25:09.380><c> God</c>

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gave<00:25:10.640><c> gifts</c><00:25:11.319><c> unto</c><00:25:11.880><c> men?</c>

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Well<00:25:14.299><c> brothers</c><00:25:14.519><c> and</c><00:25:14.740><c> sisters,</c><00:25:14.960><c> I</c><00:25:15.119><c> think</c><00:25:15.279><c> the</c><00:25:15.480><c> answer</c><00:25:15.720><c> is</c><00:25:15.940><c> both.</c>

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I<00:25:17.319><c> think</c><00:25:17.460><c> by</c><00:25:17.660><c> using</c><00:25:17.960><c> both</c><00:25:18.220><c> parts,</c><00:25:19.500><c> both</c><00:25:19.859><c> translations,</c><00:25:20.940><c> they</c>

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reflect<00:25:22.079><c> on</c><00:25:22.400><c> the</c><00:25:22.559><c> principle</c><00:25:22.940><c> of</c><00:25:23.380><c> the</c><00:25:23.599><c> wave</c><00:25:23.819><c> offering.</c>

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Being<00:25:24.380><c> given</c><00:25:24.700><c> first</c><00:25:25.000><c> to</c><00:25:25.240><c> God</c><00:25:25.619><c> and</c><00:25:26.180><c> then</c><00:25:26.460><c> from</c><00:25:26.720><c> God</c><00:25:27.019><c> back</c><00:25:27.240><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:27.539><c> people.</c>

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And<00:25:28.440><c> Paul</c><00:25:28.640><c> picks</c><00:25:28.900><c> up</c><00:25:29.039><c> on</c><00:25:29.160><c> this</c><00:25:29.319><c> principle</c><00:25:29.619><c> of</c><00:25:29.779><c> the</c><00:25:29.859><c> wave</c><00:25:30.019><c> offering</c><00:25:30.319><c> because</c><00:25:30.759><c> look</c>

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what<00:25:31.220><c> he</c><00:25:31.380><c> mentions</c><00:25:31.599><c> just</c><00:25:31.960><c> a</c><00:25:32.079><c> little</c><00:25:32.240><c> bit</c><00:25:32.420><c> further</c><00:25:32.660><c> down</c><00:25:32.900><c> in</c>

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verse<00:25:33.220><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:25:34.779><c> he</c><00:25:35.079><c> gave</c><00:25:35.519><c> some</c><00:25:36.579><c> apostles</c><00:25:37.259><c> and</c><00:25:38.180><c> some</c><00:25:39.259><c> prophets</c><00:25:39.900><c> and</c><00:25:40.640><c> some</c>

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evangelists<00:25:41.980><c> and</c><00:25:42.240><c> some</c><00:25:42.579><c> pastors</c><00:25:43.160><c> and</c><00:25:45.619><c> teachers.</c>

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For<00:25:47.640><c> the</c><00:25:47.880><c> perfecting</c><00:25:48.240><c> of</c><00:25:48.359><c> the</c><00:25:48.559><c> saints,</c><00:25:49.220><c> for</c><00:25:49.279><c> the</c><00:25:49.519><c> work</c><00:25:49.640><c> of</c><00:25:49.779><c> the</c>

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ministry,<00:25:50.519><c> for</c><00:25:50.680><c> the</c><00:25:50.920><c> edifying</c><00:25:51.440><c> of</c><00:25:52.460><c> the</c><00:25:52.599><c> body</c><00:25:53.299><c> of</c><00:25:53.859><c> Christ.</c>

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Because<00:25:56.400><c> brothers</c><00:25:56.619><c> and</c><00:25:56.880><c> sisters,</c><00:25:58.259><c> in</c><00:25:58.319><c> order</c><00:25:58.519><c> to</c><00:25:59.440><c> become</c><00:25:59.440><c> worthy</c><00:25:59.960><c> of</c><00:26:00.779><c> being</c><00:26:01.160><c> given</c><00:26:01.420><c> as</c><00:26:01.619><c> a</c>

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gift<00:26:01.839><c> from</c><00:26:02.079><c> God</c><00:26:02.279><c> to</c><00:26:02.420><c> the</c><00:26:02.519><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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we<00:26:04.279><c> first</c><00:26:04.559><c> have</c><00:26:04.799><c> to</c><00:26:05.019><c> offer</c><00:26:05.259><c> up</c><00:26:05.480><c> ourselves</c><00:26:05.960><c> to</c><00:26:06.160><c> God</c><00:26:06.640><c> to</c><00:26:07.180><c> be</c><00:26:07.440><c> given</c><00:26:07.619><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:07.900><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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By<00:26:09.099><c> dedicating</c><00:26:09.460><c> ourselves</c><00:26:09.920><c> to</c><00:26:10.220><c> God,</c><00:26:10.519><c> we</c><00:26:10.619><c> can</c><00:26:10.799><c> then</c><00:26:10.920><c> be</c><00:26:11.160><c> utilized</c><00:26:11.460><c> as</c><00:26:11.740><c> gifts</c><00:26:11.960><c> from</c><00:26:12.240><c> God</c>

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to<00:26:12.960><c> benefit,</c><00:26:13.519><c> to</c><00:26:13.740><c> teach,</c><00:26:14.160><c> to</c><00:26:14.359><c> edify</c><00:26:14.980><c> our</c><00:26:15.660><c> fellow</c><00:26:15.880><c> brothers</c><00:26:16.160><c> and</c><00:26:16.420><c> sisters</c><00:26:16.700><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:16.880><c> Lord</c><00:26:17.039><c> Jesus</c><00:26:17.380><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:26:22.160><c> brothers</c><00:26:22.400><c> and</c><00:26:22.660><c> sisters,</c><00:26:26.380><c> to</c><00:26:26.420><c> conclude,</c><00:26:29.059><c> to</c><00:26:29.160><c> become</c><00:26:29.420><c> effective,</c><00:26:29.839><c> effective</c><00:26:30.279><c> teachers</c><00:26:30.880><c> in</c>

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our<00:26:31.640><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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through<00:26:32.779><c> speech</c><00:26:33.019><c> and</c><00:26:33.279><c> action,</c><00:26:33.640><c> we</c><00:26:33.720><c> must</c><00:26:34.079><c> do</c><00:26:34.319><c> the</c><00:26:34.519><c> following.</c>

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Be<00:26:38.440><c> in</c><00:26:38.660><c> the</c><00:26:38.740><c> midst</c><00:26:38.859><c> of</c><00:26:39.039><c> our</c><00:26:39.180><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:26:40.660><c> readily</c><00:26:40.960><c> accessible</c>

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to<00:26:41.640><c> all</c><00:26:41.900><c> who</c><00:26:42.160><c> desire</c><00:26:42.400><c> to</c><00:26:42.640><c> learn,</c>

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even<00:26:43.839><c> as</c><00:26:44.099><c> the</c><00:26:44.180><c> Levitical</c><00:26:44.559><c> cities</c><00:26:44.880><c> and</c><00:26:45.380><c> the</c><00:26:45.559><c> Levites</c><00:26:46.920><c> that</c><00:26:47.799><c> echo</c><00:26:47.980><c> that</c><00:26:48.259><c> parable</c><00:26:48.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:49.099><c> Levitical</c><00:26:49.480><c> cities</c><00:26:50.059><c> were</c><00:26:51.140><c> scattered</c><00:26:51.460><c> among</c><00:26:52.119><c> the</c><00:26:52.500><c> body</c><00:26:52.779><c> of</c><00:26:52.960><c> Christ,</c>

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readily<00:26:55.000><c> accessible</c><00:26:55.480><c> for</c><00:26:55.759><c> all</c><00:26:56.000><c> who</c><00:26:56.160><c> wish</c><00:26:56.299><c> to</c><00:26:56.539><c> learn.</c>

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We<00:26:58.480><c> must</c><00:26:58.619><c> remember</c><00:26:58.799><c> to</c><00:26:59.000><c> never</c><00:26:59.279><c> compromise</c><00:26:59.799><c> God's</c><00:27:00.299><c> standard,</c>

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even<00:27:01.220><c> when</c><00:27:01.420><c> family</c><00:27:01.779><c> ties</c><00:27:01.980><c> are</c><00:27:02.160><c> at</c><00:27:02.339><c> stake.</c>

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That<00:27:02.599><c> was</c><00:27:02.779><c> a</c><00:27:02.839><c> lesson</c><00:27:02.980><c> of</c><00:27:03.140><c> the</c><00:27:03.279><c> golden</c><00:27:03.539><c> calf.</c>

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God's<00:27:07.980><c> word,</c><00:27:08.259><c> it</c><00:27:08.259><c> has</c><00:27:08.480><c> to</c><00:27:09.019><c> truly</c><00:27:09.440><c> impact</c><00:27:09.920><c> our</c><00:27:10.180><c> walk,</c><00:27:10.339><c> and</c><00:27:10.480><c> that's</c><00:27:10.619><c> what</c>

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we<00:27:10.960><c> got</c><00:27:11.079><c> from</c><00:27:11.380><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:12.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:12.420><c> 8,</c><00:27:12.700><c> wasn't</c><00:27:12.859><c> it?</c>

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That<00:27:13.740><c> by</c><00:27:13.980><c> breaking</c><00:27:14.240><c> the</c><00:27:14.519><c> word</c><00:27:14.640><c> apart,</c><00:27:15.079><c> piece</c><00:27:15.680><c> by</c><00:27:16.279><c> piece,</c><00:27:18.559><c> and</c>

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understanding<00:27:19.259><c> the</c><00:27:19.539><c> sentence,</c><00:27:20.299><c> it</c><00:27:21.079><c> cultivated</c><00:27:21.359><c> a</c><00:27:21.720><c> response</c>

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that<00:27:24.140><c> allowed</c><00:27:24.440><c> us</c><00:27:24.940><c> to</c><00:27:27.339><c> fellowship</c><00:27:28.140><c> and</c><00:27:28.660><c> to</c><00:27:28.839><c> give</c><00:27:28.980><c> unto</c><00:27:29.079><c> those</c>

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who<00:27:29.500><c> had</c><00:27:29.680><c> none,</c><00:27:30.200><c> if</c><00:27:30.380><c> we</c><00:27:30.579><c> truly</c><00:27:30.859><c> understood,</c><00:27:31.339><c> if</c><00:27:31.440><c> we</c><00:27:31.660><c> truly</c><00:27:32.220><c> made</c><00:27:32.579><c> it</c>

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a<00:27:32.920><c> response.</c>

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And<00:27:34.660><c> brothers</c><00:27:34.839><c> and</c><00:27:35.079><c> sisters,</c><00:27:35.400><c> above</c><00:27:35.619><c> all,</c><00:27:36.839><c> we</c><00:27:36.900><c> must</c><00:27:37.140><c> offer</c><00:27:37.400><c> ourselves</c><00:27:37.839><c> fully</c><00:27:38.119><c> to</c>

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God's<00:27:38.680><c> service,</c>

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that<00:27:39.359><c> we</c><00:27:39.480><c> might</c><00:27:39.640><c> be</c><00:27:39.839><c> a</c><00:27:40.039><c> gift</c><00:27:40.420><c> worthy</c><00:27:40.920><c> of</c><00:27:41.079><c> being</c><00:27:41.220><c> given</c><00:27:41.420><c> to</c><00:27:41.599><c> God's</c><00:27:41.859><c> elect,</c><00:27:42.519><c> even</c>

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as<00:27:44.359><c> the</c><00:27:44.619><c> Levites</c><00:27:45.359><c> were</c><00:27:45.839><c> that</c><00:27:46.059><c> wave</c><00:27:46.319><c> offering</c>

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that<00:27:47.660><c> God</c><00:27:47.960><c> received</c><00:27:48.539><c> from</c><00:27:48.779><c> men</c><00:27:49.319><c> and</c><00:27:49.779><c> that</c><00:27:49.960><c> God</c><00:27:50.220><c> in</c><00:27:50.400><c> turn</c><00:27:50.940><c> gave</c>

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from<00:27:51.720><c> men.</c>