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a<00:12:03.980><c> rest</c><00:12:04.159><c> for</c><00:12:04.360><c> the</c><00:12:04.559><c> people</c><00:12:04.720><c> of</c><00:12:04.940><c> God,</c>

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a<00:12:05.779><c> keeping</c><00:12:05.980><c> of</c><00:12:06.179><c> the</c><00:12:06.379><c> Sabbath</c><00:12:06.580><c> as</c><00:12:06.759><c> the</c><00:12:06.980><c> margin</c><00:12:07.279><c> says</c><00:12:07.460><c> in</c><00:12:07.600><c> Hebrews</c><00:12:07.860><c> 4</c><00:12:08.120><c> verse</c><00:12:08.360><c> 9.</c><00:12:09.600><c> So</c><00:12:10.039><c> there</c><00:12:10.360><c> is</c><00:12:10.559><c> going</c><00:12:10.679><c> to</c><00:12:10.840><c> be</c><00:12:11.019><c> a</c><00:12:11.279><c> rest</c>

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burdens<00:12:15.179><c> of</c><00:12:15.419><c> life,</c><00:12:16.220><c> which</c><00:12:16.379><c> we</c><00:12:16.639><c> endure</c><00:12:16.860><c> today.</c>

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So<00:12:19.080><c> I</c><00:12:19.399><c> want</c><00:12:19.480><c> to</c><00:12:19.580><c> just</c><00:12:19.700><c> put</c><00:12:19.799><c> that</c><00:12:19.960><c> as</c><00:12:20.080><c> an</c><00:12:20.139><c> example,</c><00:12:20.600><c> how</c><00:12:20.720><c> the</c><00:12:20.919><c> laws</c><00:12:21.080><c> of</c>

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God<00:12:21.440><c> had</c><00:12:21.639><c> more</c><00:12:21.899><c> than</c><00:12:22.059><c> one</c><00:12:22.299><c> level.</c>

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And<00:12:23.480><c> it</c><00:12:23.659><c> was</c><00:12:24.059><c> necessary</c><00:12:24.500><c> for</c><00:12:24.860><c> spiritual</c><00:12:25.240><c> Israelites</c><00:12:25.659><c> to</c><00:12:25.919><c> look</c>

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and<00:12:29.259><c> the</c><00:12:30.019><c> regulation</c><00:12:30.879><c> to</c><00:12:31.779><c> the</c><00:12:31.980><c> lesson</c><00:12:32.200><c> that</c><00:12:32.379><c> God</c><00:12:32.539><c> was</c><00:12:32.759><c> trying</c>

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to<00:12:33.179><c> teach</c><00:12:33.360><c> them.</c><00:12:33.519><c> And</c><00:12:33.600><c> this</c><00:12:33.799><c> was</c><00:12:34.100><c> very</c><00:12:34.379><c> clearly</c>

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come<00:12:34.860><c> out</c><00:12:35.019><c> in</c><00:12:35.159><c> the</c><00:12:35.419><c> Sabbath.</c><00:12:36.279><c> But</c><00:12:36.419><c> it</c><00:12:36.580><c> was</c><00:12:36.779><c> the</c><00:12:37.019><c> same</c><00:12:37.159><c> with</c><00:12:37.360><c> this</c><00:12:37.899><c> matter</c><00:12:38.159><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:38.679><c> unclean</c><00:12:39.179><c> female</c><00:12:39.559><c> we</c><00:12:39.820><c> find</c><00:12:40.000><c> in</c>

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Leviticus<00:12:40.500><c> 12.</c><00:12:40.879><c> Just</c><00:12:41.120><c> go</c><00:12:41.279><c> to</c><00:12:41.419><c> Leviticus</c><00:12:41.759><c> 12</c><00:12:42.100><c> with</c><00:12:42.299><c> me</c><00:12:43.100><c> and</c><00:12:44.159><c> just</c><00:12:44.440><c> follow</c><00:12:44.639><c> through.</c><00:12:45.620><c> I'm</c>

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pretty<00:12:45.879><c> sure</c><00:12:46.120><c> that</c>

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you<00:12:47.159><c> know</c><00:12:47.419><c> the</c><00:12:47.679><c> story.</c><00:12:47.860><c> I'm</c><00:12:47.899><c> not</c><00:12:48.019><c> going</c><00:12:48.139><c> to</c><00:12:48.220><c> go</c><00:12:48.399><c> through</c><00:12:48.539><c> it</c><00:12:48.720><c> verse</c><00:12:48.899><c> by</c>

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verse.<00:12:50.740><c> But</c><00:12:51.100><c> we</c><00:12:51.480><c> just</c><00:12:51.639><c> need</c><00:12:51.740><c> to</c><00:12:51.919><c> pick</c><00:12:52.039><c> up</c><00:12:52.279><c> the</c>

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principle<00:12:53.500><c> that</c><00:12:53.700><c> is</c><00:12:53.840><c> being</c><00:12:54.120><c> taught</c><00:12:54.320><c> here.</c><00:12:55.139><c> And</c><00:12:55.259><c> what</c><00:12:55.419><c> appears</c>

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in<00:12:56.080><c> one</c><00:12:56.360><c> sense</c><00:12:56.639><c> to</c><00:12:56.879><c> be</c><00:12:57.059><c> a</c><00:12:57.899><c> restrictive</c><00:12:58.460><c> law</c>

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that<00:12:58.879><c> a</c><00:12:58.980><c> woman</c><00:12:59.259><c> remains</c><00:12:59.779><c> unclean.</c><00:13:00.399><c> And</c><00:13:00.539><c> of</c><00:13:00.620><c> course,</c><00:13:00.700><c> if</c><00:13:00.879><c> you're</c><00:13:01.100><c> unclean,</c><00:13:01.700><c> then,</c>

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you<00:13:03.019><c> know,</c><00:13:03.019><c> you've</c><00:13:03.559><c> got</c><00:13:03.679><c> a</c><00:13:03.779><c> lot</c>

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of<00:13:04.120><c> restriction</c><00:13:04.419><c> to</c><00:13:04.539><c> what</c><00:13:04.639><c> you</c><00:13:04.799><c> can</c><00:13:04.960><c> do.</c><00:13:05.179><c> You</c><00:13:05.379><c> can't</c><00:13:06.059><c> touch</c><00:13:06.259><c> anything</c><00:13:06.580><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:06.940><c> household</c><00:13:07.279><c> because</c><00:13:07.500><c> that</c><00:13:07.799><c> becomes</c>

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unclean<00:13:08.919><c> and</c><00:13:09.600><c> you</c><00:13:09.799><c> can't</c><00:13:10.059><c> go</c><00:13:10.279><c> out</c><00:13:10.500><c> anywhere</c><00:13:10.799><c> because</c><00:13:11.100><c> that</c>

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means<00:13:12.120><c> other</c><00:13:12.399><c> people</c><00:13:12.679><c> might</c><00:13:12.899><c> become</c><00:13:13.200><c> unclean.</c>

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You've<00:13:14.580><c> got</c><00:13:14.679><c> to</c><00:13:14.759><c> stay</c><00:13:15.000><c> home</c><00:13:15.360><c> and</c><00:13:15.539><c> you've</c><00:13:15.700><c> got</c><00:13:15.740><c> to</c><00:13:15.860><c> be</c><00:13:16.100><c> restricted</c><00:13:16.379><c> and</c><00:13:16.659><c> virtually</c><00:13:16.980><c> isolated,</c><00:13:17.620><c> which</c><00:13:17.740><c> is</c>

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something<00:13:18.120><c> we</c><00:13:18.779><c> are</c><00:13:18.919><c> coming</c><00:13:19.100><c> to</c><00:13:19.360><c> understand</c><00:13:19.720><c> with</c><00:13:19.960><c> COVID,</c><00:13:20.320><c> isn't</c><00:13:20.440><c> it?</c>

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The<00:13:21.360><c> burdens</c><00:13:21.639><c> of</c><00:13:21.940><c> isolation.</c>

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But<00:13:23.740><c> this</c><00:13:23.940><c> law</c><00:13:24.139><c> says</c><00:13:24.460><c> that</c><00:13:24.860><c> if</c><00:13:25.139><c> a</c><00:13:25.279><c> woman</c><00:13:25.460><c> bore</c><00:13:25.919><c> a</c><00:13:26.340><c> female</c><00:13:26.759><c> child,</c><00:13:27.200><c> then</c>

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she<00:13:27.460><c> was</c><00:13:27.720><c> unclean</c><00:13:28.179><c> twice</c><00:13:28.779><c> as</c><00:13:29.019><c> long.</c><00:13:29.299><c> So</c><00:13:29.379><c> for</c>

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would<00:13:38.659><c> jump</c><00:13:38.980><c> on</c><00:13:39.159><c> this</c><00:13:39.299><c> and</c><00:13:39.419><c> say,</c><00:13:39.779><c> well,</c><00:13:39.779><c> God</c><00:13:39.960><c> hates</c><00:13:40.240><c> female</c><00:13:40.679><c> children</c><00:13:41.059><c> or</c>

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God<00:13:41.679><c> is</c><00:13:42.120><c> punishing</c><00:13:42.399><c> the</c><00:13:42.600><c> woman</c>

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because<00:13:42.919><c> she</c><00:13:43.080><c> bore</c><00:13:43.200><c> a</c><00:13:43.440><c> female</c><00:13:43.740><c> child.</c><00:13:44.120><c> This</c><00:13:44.299><c> is</c><00:13:44.919><c> archaic</c><00:13:45.440><c> thinking.</c><00:13:45.960><c> This</c>

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is,<00:13:46.639><c> you</c><00:13:46.700><c> know,</c><00:13:47.139><c> ancient</c><00:13:47.419><c> thinking.</c>

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Well,<00:13:49.039><c> no.</c><00:13:51.000><c> And</c><00:13:51.240><c> it</c><00:13:51.340><c> wasn't</c><00:13:51.559><c> that</c><00:13:51.799><c> God</c><00:13:51.960><c> esteemed</c><00:13:52.320><c> females</c><00:13:52.639><c> less</c><00:13:52.879><c> important.</c><00:13:53.299><c> The</c>

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thing<00:13:53.519><c> is,</c><00:13:54.080><c> why</c><00:13:54.200><c> the</c><00:13:54.419><c> difference?</c>

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this,<00:13:59.299><c> the</c><00:13:59.460><c> male</c><00:13:59.679><c> child</c><00:13:59.879><c> was</c><00:14:00.179><c> circumcised</c><00:14:00.820><c> on</c><00:14:01.120><c> the</c>

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seventh<00:14:01.519><c> day.</c><00:14:02.700><c> And</c><00:14:03.100><c> then</c><00:14:03.240><c> when</c><00:14:03.340><c> he</c><00:14:03.659><c> completed</c><00:14:03.899><c> 40</c><00:14:04.340><c> days,</c><00:14:04.659><c> which,</c><00:14:04.940><c> of</c>

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course,<00:14:05.220><c> is</c><00:14:05.379><c> the</c><00:14:05.559><c> number</c><00:14:05.759><c> of</c><00:14:06.019><c> probation,</c>

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then<00:14:07.779><c> the</c><00:14:08.259><c> uncleanness</c><00:14:08.840><c> of</c><00:14:09.019><c> the</c><00:14:09.159><c> mother</c><00:14:09.340><c> was</c><00:14:09.580><c> taken</c><00:14:09.899><c> away.</c><00:14:11.539><c> So</c>

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circumcision<00:14:12.179><c> brought</c><00:14:12.360><c> an</c><00:14:12.600><c> end</c><00:14:12.860><c> to</c><00:14:13.179><c> uncleanness</c><00:14:13.820><c> in</c>

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relation<00:14:14.299><c> to</c><00:14:14.460><c> the</c><00:14:14.600><c> male</c><00:14:14.820><c> child.</c><00:14:16.059><c> Females,</c><00:14:16.639><c> not</c><00:14:16.919><c> so.</c><00:14:17.259><c> So</c><00:14:17.700><c> in</c><00:14:18.220><c> the</c><00:14:18.340><c> case</c><00:14:18.500><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:18.779><c> female</c><00:14:19.039><c> child,</c><00:14:19.360><c> you</c><00:14:19.460><c> get</c><00:14:19.600><c> to</c><00:14:19.779><c> 40</c><00:14:19.960><c> days.</c>

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There's<00:14:20.960><c> been</c><00:14:21.179><c> no</c><00:14:21.480><c> circumcision.</c><00:14:22.299><c> The</c><00:14:22.500><c> uncleanness</c><00:14:22.980><c> continues</c><00:14:23.360><c> for</c><00:14:23.840><c> another</c><00:14:24.360><c> 40</c>

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days.<00:14:25.980><c> And</c><00:14:26.259><c> the</c><00:14:26.460><c> reason</c>

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that<00:14:27.279><c> it</c><00:14:27.460><c> eventually</c><00:14:27.639><c> has</c><00:14:27.860><c> to</c><00:14:28.000><c> run</c><00:14:28.120><c> out</c><00:14:28.259><c> because</c><00:14:28.480><c> practically</c>

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you<00:14:29.159><c> can't</c><00:14:29.379><c> go</c><00:14:29.559><c> on</c><00:14:29.779><c> doing</c><00:14:29.940><c> that.</c>

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But<00:14:30.840><c> the</c><00:14:31.000><c> fact</c><00:14:31.120><c> that</c><00:14:31.259><c> it's</c><00:14:31.480><c> repeated</c><00:14:31.960><c> means</c><00:14:33.000><c> there</c><00:14:33.279><c> was</c><00:14:33.460><c> a</c><00:14:33.759><c> lesson</c><00:14:34.000><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:34.440><c> learned,</c>

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not<00:14:35.500><c> that</c><00:14:35.639><c> God</c><00:14:35.899><c> hates</c><00:14:36.220><c> female</c><00:14:36.620><c> children.</c><00:14:38.000><c> It's</c><00:14:38.240><c> all</c><00:14:38.500><c> about</c><00:14:38.720><c> the</c><00:14:38.899><c> fact</c><00:14:39.039><c> that</c><00:14:39.220><c> God</c><00:14:39.419><c> was</c><00:14:39.700><c> trying</c><00:14:39.940><c> to</c>

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teach<00:14:40.399><c> Israel</c>

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by<00:14:42.039><c> putting</c><00:14:42.500><c> this</c><00:14:42.720><c> in</c><00:14:42.980><c> place.</c><00:14:44.500><c> And</c><00:14:44.500><c> the</c><00:14:44.799><c> teaching</c><00:14:44.980><c> is</c><00:14:45.159><c> very</c><00:14:45.379><c> obvious</c><00:14:45.519><c> when</c><00:14:45.659><c> you</c><00:14:45.720><c> come</c><00:14:45.860><c> to</c>

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Without<00:14:46.820><c> a</c><00:14:47.059><c> cutting</c><00:14:47.159><c> off</c><00:14:47.340><c> of</c><00:14:47.519><c> the</c><00:14:47.700><c> flesh,</c><00:14:47.919><c> which</c><00:14:48.059><c> is</c><00:14:48.200><c> what</c><00:14:48.460><c> circumcision</c><00:14:49.559><c> shows</c><00:14:50.220><c> us,</c>

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there<00:14:51.320><c> can</c><00:14:51.580><c> be</c><00:14:51.840><c> no</c><00:14:52.000><c> end</c><00:14:52.139><c> to</c><00:14:52.299><c> our</c>

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mortal<00:14:52.659><c> probation.</c><00:14:54.360><c> And</c><00:14:54.620><c> probation</c><00:14:55.379><c> will</c><00:14:55.559><c> go</c><00:14:55.740><c> on.</c><00:14:56.379><c> Mortality</c>

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will<00:14:56.980><c> not</c><00:14:57.120><c> be</c><00:14:57.360><c> solved</c><00:14:57.759><c> if</c><00:14:58.820><c> we</c><00:14:59.139><c> don't</c><00:14:59.320><c> have</c>

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cutting<00:14:59.759><c> off</c><00:14:59.940><c> of</c><00:15:00.080><c> the</c><00:15:00.240><c> flesh.</c><00:15:01.159><c> If</c><00:15:01.299><c> you</c><00:15:01.440><c> just</c><00:15:01.600><c> come</c><00:15:01.720><c> with</c><00:15:01.899><c> me</c><00:15:02.039><c> to</c>

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Colossians<00:15:02.700><c> chapter</c><00:15:03.019><c> two,</c><00:15:04.340><c> it's</c><00:15:04.600><c> brilliantly</c>

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expounded<00:15:05.419><c> in</c><00:15:05.659><c> Colossians</c><00:15:06.100><c> chapter</c><00:15:06.379><c> two</c><00:15:06.759><c> about</c><00:15:07.200><c> what</c><00:15:07.759><c> the</c><00:15:07.960><c> crucifixion</c><00:15:08.419><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:15:08.940><c> actually</c><00:15:09.360><c> achieved</c><00:15:09.960><c> for</c><00:15:10.620><c> us.</c>

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So<00:15:13.320><c> Colossians</c><00:15:13.720><c> two</c><00:15:14.019><c> and</c><00:15:14.220><c> picking</c><00:15:14.379><c> it</c><00:15:14.559><c> up</c><00:15:14.679><c> in</c><00:15:14.940><c> verse</c><00:15:15.960><c> 11,</c><00:15:18.220><c> in</c>

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whom<00:15:18.779><c> also</c><00:15:19.720><c> ye</c><00:15:19.919><c> are</c><00:15:20.179><c> circumcised</c><00:15:20.700><c> with</c><00:15:20.899><c> the</c>

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circumcision<00:15:21.639><c> made</c><00:15:21.919><c> without</c><00:15:22.340><c> hands.</c><00:15:23.419><c> So</c><00:15:23.539><c> there's</c><00:15:23.720><c> been</c><00:15:23.919><c> a</c>

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circumcision<00:15:24.559><c> that</c><00:15:24.820><c> wasn't</c><00:15:25.100><c> the</c><00:15:25.320><c> natural</c><00:15:25.659><c> circumcision.</c>

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In<00:15:27.120><c> putting</c><00:15:27.460><c> off</c><00:15:27.899><c> the</c><00:15:28.320><c> body</c><00:15:28.639><c> of</c><00:15:28.899><c> the</c><00:15:29.139><c> sins</c><00:15:29.379><c> of</c><00:15:29.600><c> the</c><00:15:29.799><c> flesh</c><00:15:30.419><c> by</c>

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the<00:15:31.360><c> circumcision</c><00:15:31.820><c> of</c><00:15:32.019><c> Christ,</c>

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what<00:15:33.720><c> does</c><00:15:33.860><c> that</c><00:15:34.100><c> mean?</c><00:15:35.000><c> Well,</c><00:15:35.120><c> we</c><00:15:35.340><c> identify</c><00:15:35.860><c> with</c><00:15:36.159><c> Christ's</c>

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death<00:15:36.720><c> and</c><00:15:36.940><c> resurrection,</c>

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the<00:15:38.679><c> declaration</c><00:15:39.100><c> of</c><00:15:39.259><c> God's</c><00:15:39.659><c> righteousness,</c><00:15:40.019><c> that</c><00:15:40.220><c> even</c><00:15:40.320><c> a</c>

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sinless<00:15:41.179><c> man</c><00:15:41.759><c> testified</c><00:15:43.019><c> that</c><00:15:43.679><c> this</c><00:15:43.960><c> flesh</c><00:15:44.179><c> is</c><00:15:44.440><c> worthy</c>

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of<00:15:44.899><c> death.</c><00:15:46.259><c> Buried</c><00:15:46.399><c> with</c><00:15:46.559><c> him</c><00:15:46.679><c> in</c><00:15:46.879><c> baptism,</c><00:15:48.379><c> we're</c><00:15:48.519><c> in</c><00:15:48.519><c> your</c>

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risen<00:15:49.440><c> with</c><00:15:49.700><c> him</c><00:15:49.860><c> through</c><00:15:50.039><c> the</c><00:15:50.279><c> faith</c><00:15:50.419><c> of</c><00:15:50.580><c> the</c>

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sins<00:15:57.179><c> and</c><00:15:57.460><c> the</c><00:15:57.559><c> circumcision</c><00:15:58.059><c> of</c><00:15:58.240><c> your</c><00:15:58.460><c> flesh</c><00:15:58.759><c> has</c><00:15:59.220><c> been</c><00:15:59.480><c> made</c>

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alive<00:16:00.100><c> together</c><00:16:00.440><c> with</c><00:16:00.580><c> him.</c><00:16:00.659><c> Your</c><00:16:00.879><c> probation,</c>

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your<00:16:02.539><c> subjection</c><00:16:03.139><c> to</c><00:16:03.539><c> mortality</c><00:16:04.059><c> has</c><00:16:04.820><c> been</c><00:16:05.139><c> removed</c><00:16:05.500><c> by</c><00:16:06.500><c> the</c>

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circumcision<00:16:07.899><c> of</c><00:16:08.080><c> Christ,</c><00:16:08.460><c> the</c><00:16:08.559><c> cutting</c><00:16:08.779><c> off</c><00:16:08.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:09.259><c> flesh,</c><00:16:10.299><c> which</c><00:16:10.639><c> what</c><00:16:10.820><c> was</c><00:16:10.940><c> what</c><00:16:11.100><c> the</c><00:16:11.299><c> crucifixion</c><00:16:11.759><c> was</c><00:16:11.919><c> all</c><00:16:12.139><c> about.</c><00:16:13.639><c> So</c>

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there<00:16:14.580><c> was</c><00:16:14.840><c> a</c><00:16:15.120><c> lesson</c><00:16:15.399><c> being</c><00:16:15.740><c> taught</c>

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for<00:16:16.259><c> the</c><00:16:16.480><c> future</c><00:16:16.740><c> here</c><00:16:16.980><c> about</c><00:16:17.259><c> what</c><00:16:17.480><c> salvation</c><00:16:18.000><c> would</c><00:16:18.340><c> really</c>

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bring.<00:16:21.440><c> So</c><00:16:21.440><c> you</c><00:16:22.879><c> wonder</c><00:16:23.100><c> how</c><00:16:23.279><c> many</c><00:16:23.419><c> Israelites</c>

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actually<00:16:24.200><c> thought</c><00:16:24.399><c> about</c><00:16:24.700><c> this</c><00:16:24.899><c> and</c><00:16:25.080><c> what</c><00:16:25.299><c> circumcision</c><00:16:25.759><c> really</c><00:16:26.159><c> implied</c><00:16:26.500><c> for</c>

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the<00:16:26.840><c> future.</c><00:16:28.480><c> And</c><00:16:28.480><c> we</c><00:16:29.200><c> know</c><00:16:29.519><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:16:29.860><c> talks</c><00:16:30.080><c> about</c><00:16:30.259><c> the</c><00:16:30.539><c> circumcision</c><00:16:30.899><c> of</c><00:16:31.080><c> the</c><00:16:31.279><c> heart</c><00:16:31.480><c> that</c>

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we<00:16:31.759><c> have</c><00:16:31.919><c> to</c><00:16:32.019><c> go</c><00:16:32.220><c> through.</c><00:16:33.259><c> Well,</c><00:16:33.919><c> it</c><00:16:33.980><c> was</c><00:16:34.080><c> all</c><00:16:34.279><c> being</c>

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taught<00:16:34.720><c> right</c><00:16:35.000><c> back</c><00:16:35.139><c> in</c><00:16:35.320><c> this</c><00:16:35.539><c> law</c><00:16:35.740><c> of</c><00:16:36.059><c> the</c><00:16:36.360><c> unclean</c><00:16:36.740><c> female.</c>

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But<00:16:39.200><c> note</c><00:16:39.340><c> also</c><00:16:39.879><c> the</c><00:16:40.659><c> natural</c><00:16:41.000><c> benefit,</c>

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this<00:16:42.500><c> time</c><00:16:42.720><c> of</c><00:16:42.919><c> separation</c><00:16:43.419><c> that</c><00:16:43.620><c> the</c><00:16:43.779><c> mother</c><00:16:43.940><c> had</c><00:16:44.440><c> for</c><00:16:45.039><c> 40</c><00:16:45.340><c> or</c>

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80<00:16:45.940><c> days,</c><00:16:46.940><c> where</c><00:16:47.000><c> she</c><00:16:47.139><c> would</c><00:16:47.360><c> bond</c><00:16:47.539><c> with</c><00:16:47.740><c> the</c><00:16:47.960><c> child,</c>

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care<00:16:48.559><c> for</c><00:16:48.720><c> the</c><00:16:48.899><c> child,</c><00:16:49.759><c> protect</c><00:16:50.139><c> it</c><00:16:50.340><c> from</c><00:16:50.580><c> infection.</c><00:16:51.159><c> You</c><00:16:51.360><c> think</c><00:16:51.519><c> of</c>

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that,<00:16:51.960><c> she's</c><00:16:52.259><c> got</c><00:16:52.340><c> to</c><00:16:52.480><c> remain</c><00:16:52.679><c> separate</c>

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from<00:16:53.279><c> the</c><00:16:53.340><c> family,</c><00:16:54.440><c> separate</c><00:16:54.620><c> from</c><00:16:55.379><c> anyone</c><00:16:55.840><c> coming</c><00:16:56.100><c> into</c><00:16:56.299><c> the</c>

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house<00:16:56.720><c> and</c><00:16:56.960><c> touching</c><00:16:57.240><c> them.</c><00:16:58.460><c> It</c><00:16:58.519><c> was</c><00:16:59.080><c> designed</c><00:16:59.539><c> in</c>

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those<00:17:00.019><c> days</c><00:17:00.279><c> when</c><00:17:00.799><c> hygiene</c><00:17:01.259><c> was</c><00:17:01.700><c> somewhat</c><00:17:02.100><c> different</c><00:17:02.840><c> for</c><00:17:03.659><c> the</c><00:17:03.919><c> benefit</c><00:17:04.180><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:04.579><c> child</c><00:17:04.980><c> and</c><00:17:06.279><c> provided</c><00:17:06.579><c> the</c>

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mother<00:17:06.900><c> with</c><00:17:07.119><c> rest.</c><00:17:08.359><c> There</c><00:17:08.480><c> are</c><00:17:08.579><c> many</c><00:17:08.759><c> countries</c><00:17:09.119><c> in</c><00:17:09.299><c> the</c><00:17:09.400><c> world</c><00:17:09.500><c> where</c><00:17:09.720><c> mothers</c><00:17:09.940><c> are</c>

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expected<00:17:10.480><c> to</c><00:17:10.599><c> be</c><00:17:10.759><c> back</c><00:17:10.859><c> at</c>

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work<00:17:11.259><c> within</c><00:17:11.420><c> a</c><00:17:11.619><c> day</c><00:17:11.779><c> or</c><00:17:11.819><c> two</c><00:17:12.000><c> of</c><00:17:12.160><c> giving</c><00:17:12.339><c> birth,</c><00:17:13.000><c> and</c><00:17:13.339><c> that</c><00:17:13.579><c> can't</c><00:17:13.759><c> be</c>

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good<00:17:14.000><c> for</c><00:17:14.180><c> their</c><00:17:14.380><c> health.</c><00:17:15.140><c> So</c><00:17:15.519><c> again,</c>

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there<00:17:15.980><c> was</c><00:17:16.140><c> a</c><00:17:16.279><c> natural</c><00:17:16.539><c> benefit</c><00:17:16.859><c> as</c><00:17:17.099><c> well</c><00:17:17.220><c> as</c><00:17:17.359><c> a</c><00:17:17.599><c> spiritual</c><00:17:17.880><c> lesson.</c><00:17:18.140><c> That's</c><00:17:18.460><c> why</c><00:17:18.579><c> we've</c><00:17:18.779><c> got</c><00:17:18.859><c> to</c><00:17:19.059><c> see</c>

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that<00:17:19.960><c> in</c><00:17:20.140><c> these</c><00:17:20.440><c> laws,</c><00:17:21.579><c> God</c><00:17:21.779><c> was</c><00:17:22.019><c> teaching</c><00:17:22.420><c> elevated</c><00:17:23.039><c> principles</c><00:17:23.619><c> at</c>

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different<00:17:24.160><c> levels.</c>

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Okay,<00:17:27.099><c> well,</c><00:17:27.900><c> I</c><00:17:28.119><c> may</c><00:17:28.299><c> have</c><00:17:28.460><c> done</c><00:17:28.579><c> this</c><00:17:28.759><c> one</c><00:17:28.940><c> last</c><00:17:29.259><c> time,</c><00:17:29.359><c> but</c><00:17:29.460><c> I</c>

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want<00:17:29.619><c> to</c><00:17:29.759><c> just</c><00:17:29.960><c> go</c><00:17:30.140><c> back</c><00:17:30.339><c> to</c><00:17:30.480><c> this</c><00:17:30.640><c> one,</c>

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because<00:17:30.920><c> I</c><00:17:31.099><c> think</c><00:17:31.200><c> this</c><00:17:31.380><c> is</c><00:17:31.480><c> one</c><00:17:31.619><c> of</c><00:17:31.759><c> the</c><00:17:32.240><c> most</c><00:17:32.579><c> wonderful</c><00:17:33.259><c> verses</c><00:17:33.640><c> in</c>

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Exodus<00:17:34.140><c> 34.</c><00:17:34.779><c> I'd</c><00:17:34.900><c> like</c><00:17:34.940><c> you</c><00:17:35.079><c> to</c><00:17:35.220><c> come</c><00:17:35.380><c> there.</c>

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I'm<00:17:38.059><c> not</c><00:17:38.220><c> even</c><00:17:38.400><c> sure</c><00:17:38.500><c> if</c><00:17:38.640><c> I</c><00:17:38.759><c> covered</c><00:17:38.900><c> it</c><00:17:39.059><c> last</c><00:17:39.220><c> time.</c><00:17:39.339><c> I</c><00:17:39.480><c> may</c><00:17:39.579><c> have</c><00:17:39.700><c> done</c><00:17:39.859><c> so,</c><00:17:40.180><c> but</c><00:17:40.480><c> I'm</c><00:17:40.900><c> going</c><00:17:41.059><c> to</c><00:17:41.180><c> indulge</c>

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myself<00:17:41.960><c> and</c><00:17:42.119><c> just</c><00:17:42.319><c> go</c><00:17:42.500><c> over</c><00:17:42.640><c> it</c><00:17:42.799><c> again,</c><00:17:43.019><c> because</c><00:17:43.980><c> I</c><00:17:44.539><c> think</c><00:17:44.680><c> this</c><00:17:44.900><c> is</c>

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a<00:17:45.299><c> classic</c><00:17:45.700><c> illustration</c><00:17:46.339><c> of</c><00:17:46.740><c> God's</c>

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tremendous<00:17:48.359><c> protection</c><00:17:48.799><c> for</c><00:17:48.980><c> the</c><00:17:49.099><c> vulnerable.</c><00:17:50.420><c> And</c><00:17:50.859><c> this</c><00:17:51.140><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:51.380><c> case</c><00:17:51.599><c> of</c><00:17:51.779><c> the</c><00:17:51.980><c> feasts.</c><00:17:52.920><c> So</c><00:17:53.200><c> women</c><00:17:53.359><c> were</c>

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included<00:17:53.900><c> in</c><00:17:54.119><c> all</c><00:17:54.259><c> religious</c><00:17:54.480><c> services.</c><00:17:55.359><c> There</c><00:17:55.500><c> was</c><00:17:55.660><c> never</c><00:17:55.859><c> a</c>

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case<00:17:56.240><c> where</c><00:17:56.619><c> only</c><00:17:57.059><c> the</c><00:17:57.319><c> males</c><00:17:57.599><c> were</c><00:17:57.819><c> allowed</c>

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to<00:17:58.779><c> be</c><00:17:59.099><c> involved.</c><00:18:00.259><c> Even</c><00:18:00.500><c> the</c><00:18:00.700><c> process</c><00:18:00.920><c> of</c><00:18:01.099><c> cleansing</c><00:18:01.359><c> of</c><00:18:01.579><c> lepers</c><00:18:01.880><c> specifically</c><00:18:02.480><c> mentions</c><00:18:02.900><c> women</c><00:18:03.440><c> involved</c><00:18:04.220><c> in</c>

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that<00:18:04.559><c> process.</c><00:18:05.579><c> The</c><00:18:05.799><c> feasts,</c><00:18:06.339><c> families</c><00:18:06.599><c> normally</c><00:18:07.019><c> went</c><00:18:07.180><c> together.</c><00:18:07.640><c> We</c>

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know<00:18:07.880><c> with</c><00:18:08.099><c> Mary</c><00:18:08.299><c> and</c><00:18:08.519><c> Joseph,</c>

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they<00:18:09.000><c> went</c><00:18:09.079><c> every</c><00:18:09.460><c> year</c><00:18:09.900><c> when</c><00:18:10.400><c> that</c><00:18:10.599><c> was</c><00:18:10.779><c> possible</c><00:18:11.160><c> to</c><00:18:11.380><c> the</c><00:18:11.519><c> feasts.</c><00:18:11.799><c> That</c><00:18:11.940><c> was</c><00:18:12.119><c> something</c><00:18:12.380><c> of</c><00:18:12.519><c> their</c>

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tradition.<00:18:13.539><c> They</c><00:18:13.539><c> did</c><00:18:13.740><c> that.</c><00:18:15.500><c> So</c><00:18:15.660><c> God</c><00:18:15.759><c> always</c><00:18:16.119><c> accepted</c><00:18:16.500><c> that</c>

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only<00:18:19.059><c> the</c><00:18:19.299><c> males</c><00:18:19.480><c> were</c><00:18:19.920><c> demanded</c><00:18:20.599><c> to</c><00:18:20.880><c> go,</c>

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because<00:18:21.500><c> it</c><00:18:21.619><c> was</c><00:18:21.839><c> not</c><00:18:22.000><c> always</c><00:18:22.259><c> possible</c><00:18:22.500><c> for</c><00:18:22.680><c> women</c><00:18:22.720><c> to</c><00:18:22.900><c> go</c><00:18:23.019><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:23.319><c> feasts.</c><00:18:23.519><c> There</c><00:18:23.619><c> might</c><00:18:23.799><c> be</c><00:18:24.000><c> family</c><00:18:24.380><c> reasons,</c>

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maybe<00:18:25.740><c> aged</c><00:18:26.079><c> parents,</c><00:18:27.519><c> very</c><00:18:27.740><c> young</c><00:18:28.019><c> babies,</c><00:18:28.940><c> physical</c><00:18:29.299><c> reasons</c><00:18:29.779><c> of</c>

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health,<00:18:31.160><c> advanced</c><00:18:31.400><c> pregnancy.</c>

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They<00:18:33.079><c> were</c><00:18:33.259><c> not</c><00:18:33.440><c> under</c><00:18:33.680><c> the</c><00:18:33.740><c> law</c><00:18:33.799><c> to</c><00:18:34.019><c> go,</c><00:18:34.299><c> as</c><00:18:34.539><c> were</c><00:18:34.660><c> the</c><00:18:34.819><c> males.</c>

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So<00:18:36.440><c> God</c><00:18:36.799><c> provided</c><00:18:37.259><c> for</c><00:18:37.539><c> the</c><00:18:37.740><c> natural</c><00:18:38.059><c> problem</c>

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that<00:18:39.559><c> a</c><00:18:39.779><c> woman</c><00:18:40.000><c> may</c><00:18:40.220><c> have</c><00:18:40.400><c> to</c><00:18:40.579><c> stay</c><00:18:40.779><c> back</c><00:18:40.980><c> at</c><00:18:41.140><c> the</c><00:18:41.259><c> time</c><00:18:41.400><c> of</c><00:18:41.539><c> the</c>

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feast.<00:18:44.000><c> But</c><00:18:44.279><c> he</c><00:18:44.480><c> said</c><00:18:44.720><c> the</c><00:18:45.019><c> males</c><00:18:45.279><c> would</c><00:18:45.539><c> go</c>

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regardless.<00:18:47.059><c> And</c><00:18:47.200><c> it</c><00:18:47.299><c> didn't</c><00:18:47.440><c> matter</c><00:18:47.640><c> whether</c><00:18:47.819><c> you</c><00:18:48.019><c> were</c><00:18:48.119><c> on</c>

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the<00:18:48.420><c> border</c><00:18:48.579><c> with</c><00:18:48.779><c> the</c><00:18:48.980><c> Philistines.</c><00:18:50.420><c> And</c><00:18:50.420><c> bear</c><00:18:50.819><c> in</c>

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mind<00:18:51.160><c> that</c><00:18:51.339><c> most</c><00:18:51.599><c> of</c><00:18:51.779><c> the</c><00:18:51.960><c> feasts</c><00:18:52.180><c> were</c><00:18:52.339><c> at</c><00:18:52.480><c> the</c><00:18:52.660><c> time</c><00:18:52.839><c> when</c><00:18:53.059><c> harvest</c><00:18:53.440><c> had</c><00:18:53.660><c> been</c><00:18:54.019><c> completed.</c><00:18:54.359><c> It</c>

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was<00:18:54.680><c> about</c><00:18:54.900><c> to</c><00:18:55.079><c> be</c>

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completed.<00:18:56.039><c> And</c><00:18:56.440><c> that</c><00:18:56.559><c> was</c><00:18:56.700><c> the</c><00:18:56.859><c> time</c><00:18:57.019><c> that</c><00:18:57.220><c> kings</c><00:18:57.460><c> go</c><00:18:57.660><c> to</c><00:18:57.799><c> the</c>

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war,<00:18:58.140><c> the</c><00:18:58.279><c> Bible</c><00:18:58.539><c> says.</c><00:18:59.339><c> It</c><00:18:59.359><c> was</c><00:18:59.539><c> a</c><00:18:59.720><c> time</c><00:18:59.900><c> that</c><00:19:00.019><c> it</c>

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was<00:19:00.240><c> good</c><00:19:00.380><c> to</c><00:19:00.640><c> invade</c><00:19:00.940><c> countries</c><00:19:01.339><c> and</c><00:19:01.599><c> plunder</c><00:19:01.779><c> them</c><00:19:01.980><c> because</c>

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the<00:19:02.660><c> barns</c><00:19:02.940><c> were</c><00:19:03.140><c> full.</c><00:19:04.460><c> It</c><00:19:04.640><c> was</c><00:19:04.819><c> an</c><00:19:05.099><c> incredibly</c>

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honorable<00:19:05.819><c> time</c><00:19:06.220><c> for</c><00:19:06.420><c> men</c><00:19:06.599><c> to</c><00:19:06.740><c> be</c><00:19:06.880><c> away</c><00:19:07.059><c> from</c><00:19:07.279><c> home</c><00:19:07.559><c> and</c><00:19:08.500><c> to</c>

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leave<00:19:08.900><c> the</c><00:19:09.079><c> women</c><00:19:09.319><c> folk</c><00:19:09.579><c> and</c><00:19:09.740><c> the</c><00:19:09.960><c> children,</c><00:19:10.299><c> maybe,</c>

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and<00:19:11.819><c> the</c><00:19:12.339><c> really</c><00:19:12.640><c> old</c><00:19:12.839><c> people</c><00:19:13.099><c> who</c><00:19:13.279><c> couldn't</c><00:19:13.440><c> travel,</c><00:19:14.799><c> absolutely</c><00:19:15.220><c> open</c>

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to<00:19:15.740><c> attack</c><00:19:16.059><c> from</c><00:19:16.539><c> advancing</c><00:19:16.980><c> armies.</c>

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And<00:19:18.680><c> God</c><00:19:18.920><c> said</c><00:19:19.140><c> a</c><00:19:19.319><c> beautiful</c><00:19:19.599><c> thing.</c><00:19:20.039><c> And</c><00:19:20.039><c> I</c><00:19:20.140><c> want</c><00:19:20.279><c> you</c><00:19:20.480><c> to</c><00:19:20.619><c> look</c><00:19:20.759><c> at</c>

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the<00:19:21.079><c> context</c><00:19:21.440><c> of</c><00:19:22.900><c> Moses</c><00:19:23.819><c> on</c><00:19:24.259><c> the</c><00:19:24.460><c> mount</c><00:19:24.839><c> being</c>

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told<00:19:25.720><c> about</c><00:19:25.960><c> the</c><00:19:26.200><c> character</c><00:19:26.480><c> of</c><00:19:26.759><c> God,</c><00:19:27.220><c> merciful</c><00:19:27.539><c> and</c><00:19:27.859><c> gracious,</c><00:19:28.440><c> kind,</c>

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long<00:19:28.920><c>-suffering,</c><00:19:29.700><c> abundant</c><00:19:29.940><c> in</c>

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goodness<00:19:30.420><c> and</c><00:19:30.740><c> truth.</c><00:19:31.119><c> This</c><00:19:31.299><c> is</c><00:19:31.480><c> the</c><00:19:31.680><c> context</c><00:19:32.099><c> this</c><00:19:32.380><c> comes</c><00:19:32.640><c> up</c>

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in.<00:19:33.819><c> So</c><00:19:33.960><c> we</c><00:19:34.160><c> come</c><00:19:34.319><c> to</c><00:19:34.460><c> verse</c><00:19:34.640><c> 24.</c><00:19:36.299><c> Verse</c><00:19:36.480><c> 23,</c>

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You<00:19:52.019><c> just</c><00:19:52.460><c> think</c><00:19:52.660><c> about</c><00:19:52.940><c> that.</c><00:19:53.519><c> These</c><00:19:53.740><c> women</c><00:19:54.000><c> were</c><00:19:54.220><c> left</c><00:19:54.339><c> in</c>

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an<00:19:54.839><c> incredibly</c><00:19:55.279><c> vulnerable</c><00:19:55.880><c> position.</c>

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Their<00:19:57.579><c> children</c><00:19:57.880><c> and</c><00:19:58.079><c> their</c><00:19:58.359><c> farms</c><00:19:58.660><c> could</c><00:19:58.859><c> be</c><00:19:59.019><c> easily</c><00:19:59.500><c> plundered</c><00:20:00.960><c> when</c><00:20:01.259><c> the</c><00:20:01.460><c> menfolk</c><00:20:01.759><c> went</c><00:20:01.940><c> away.</c><00:20:03.099><c> And</c><00:20:03.279><c> I</c><00:20:03.440><c> have</c>

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an<00:20:04.519><c> imagination</c><00:20:05.059><c> about</c><00:20:05.680><c> the</c><00:20:06.220><c> incredible</c><00:20:06.640><c> fun</c><00:20:06.880><c> the</c><00:20:07.180><c> angels</c><00:20:07.380><c> would</c><00:20:07.700><c> have</c><00:20:07.880><c> in</c>

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deterring<00:20:08.599><c> the</c><00:20:08.799><c> Philistines</c>

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and<00:20:09.460><c> the</c><00:20:09.579><c> Amalekites</c><00:20:10.319><c> and</c><00:20:11.000><c> the</c><00:20:11.200><c> roaming</c><00:20:11.460><c> armies</c><00:20:11.880><c> of</c><00:20:12.119><c> mercenaries</c><00:20:12.599><c> that</c>

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were<00:20:12.859><c> going</c><00:20:13.099><c> around</c><00:20:13.500><c> plundering</c>

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other<00:20:14.039><c> nations.</c><00:20:15.500><c> And</c><00:20:15.680><c> you</c><00:20:15.859><c> can</c><00:20:16.019><c> imagine</c><00:20:16.720><c> how</c><00:20:17.359><c> much</c><00:20:17.619><c> fun</c><00:20:17.799><c> the</c>

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angels<00:20:18.259><c> would</c><00:20:18.519><c> have</c><00:20:18.640><c> in</c><00:20:18.839><c> making</c><00:20:19.019><c> sure</c><00:20:19.200><c> that</c><00:20:19.460><c> no</c><00:20:19.660><c> one</c>

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desired<00:20:20.140><c> their</c><00:20:20.380><c> land</c><00:20:21.039><c> or</c><00:20:21.420><c> got</c><00:20:21.640><c> anywhere</c><00:20:21.980><c> near</c><00:20:22.240><c> it.</c><00:20:22.980><c> And</c><00:20:23.240><c> it's</c>

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just<00:20:23.759><c> incredible</c><00:20:24.039><c> to</c><00:20:24.299><c> think</c><00:20:24.420><c> that</c><00:20:24.619><c> God</c><00:20:24.859><c> protected</c>

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the<00:20:25.839><c> vulnerable</c><00:20:26.220><c> people</c><00:20:26.839><c> when</c><00:20:27.359><c> the</c><00:20:27.579><c> feasts</c><00:20:27.720><c> were</c><00:20:27.940><c> being</c><00:20:28.200><c> kept.</c><00:20:28.980><c> And</c>

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I<00:20:29.200><c> think</c><00:20:29.299><c> that's</c><00:20:29.460><c> one</c><00:20:29.599><c> of</c><00:20:29.700><c> the</c><00:20:29.880><c> greatest</c>

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examples<00:20:30.619><c> of</c><00:20:30.799><c> how</c><00:20:30.960><c> much</c><00:20:31.140><c> God</c><00:20:31.359><c> protected</c><00:20:31.819><c> the</c><00:20:32.019><c> vulnerable.</c><00:20:34.119><c> Let's</c><00:20:34.400><c> come</c><00:20:34.599><c> now</c><00:20:34.740><c> to</c>

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Numbers<00:20:35.339><c> chapter</c><00:20:35.700><c> five,</c><00:20:36.380><c> the</c><00:20:36.740><c> law</c>

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of<00:20:37.700><c> jealousy.</c><00:20:39.119><c> This</c><00:20:39.339><c> is</c><00:20:39.559><c> another</c><00:20:39.920><c> favorite</c><00:20:40.579><c> target</c><00:20:40.920><c> of</c><00:20:41.099><c> the</c>

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feminists<00:20:41.720><c> because</c><00:20:42.579><c> it</c><00:20:43.220><c> seems</c><00:20:43.460><c> to</c><00:20:43.680><c> be</c><00:20:43.839><c> that</c>

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they<00:20:45.259><c> would</c><00:20:45.480><c> say</c><00:20:45.720><c> that</c><00:20:45.900><c> only</c><00:20:46.180><c> women</c><00:20:46.420><c> are</c><00:20:46.599><c> ever</c><00:20:46.779><c> put</c><00:20:46.920><c> on</c><00:20:47.240><c> trial</c>

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and<00:20:49.119><c> that</c><00:20:49.460><c> it</c><00:20:49.599><c> was</c><00:20:49.720><c> all</c><00:20:49.980><c> about</c><00:20:50.259><c> catching</c><00:20:50.579><c> the</c><00:20:50.759><c> woman</c>

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out<00:20:51.240><c> and</c><00:20:51.619><c> punishing</c><00:20:52.059><c> her</c><00:20:52.359><c> and</c><00:20:52.599><c> stoning</c><00:20:52.859><c> her.</c><00:20:54.019><c> Well,</c><00:20:54.940><c> I</c><00:20:55.119><c> would</c>

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beg<00:20:55.460><c> to</c><00:20:55.680><c> differ</c><00:20:55.839><c> entirely</c><00:20:56.359><c> on</c><00:20:56.539><c> the</c><00:20:56.660><c> way</c><00:20:56.819><c> they</c>

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interpret<00:20:57.400><c> Numbers</c><00:20:57.880><c> chapter</c><00:20:58.420><c> five.</c><00:21:00.660><c> You're</c><00:21:00.880><c> probably</c><00:21:01.039><c> familiar</c><00:21:01.339><c> with</c>

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this.<00:21:01.700><c> This</c><00:21:01.819><c> is</c><00:21:02.059><c> where</c><00:21:02.279><c> the</c><00:21:03.279><c> combination</c>

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of<00:21:04.819><c> the</c><00:21:04.980><c> ashes</c><00:21:05.140><c> and</c><00:21:05.319><c> the</c><00:21:05.500><c> dust</c><00:21:05.720><c> is</c><00:21:06.299><c> being</c><00:21:06.660><c> stored</c><00:21:06.880><c> up</c><00:21:07.119><c> from</c><00:21:07.420><c> previous</c><00:21:07.759><c> sacrifice.</c><00:21:09.079><c> And</c>

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the<00:21:09.619><c> woman</c><00:21:09.740><c> has</c><00:21:10.000><c> to</c><00:21:10.240><c> drink</c><00:21:10.359><c> it</c>

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to<00:21:10.700><c> see</c><00:21:10.799><c> whether</c><00:21:11.039><c> or</c><00:21:11.059><c> not</c><00:21:11.259><c> she</c><00:21:11.420><c> is</c><00:21:11.619><c> guilty</c><00:21:11.859><c> of</c><00:21:12.019><c> the</c><00:21:12.240><c> charge</c><00:21:12.440><c> her</c>

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husband<00:21:13.019><c> has</c><00:21:13.299><c> brought</c><00:21:13.380><c> against</c><00:21:13.819><c> her.</c><00:21:14.720><c> Let's</c><00:21:14.920><c> just</c>

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get<00:21:15.640><c> the</c><00:21:15.859><c> facts</c><00:21:16.059><c> about</c><00:21:16.380><c> the</c><00:21:16.680><c> story</c><00:21:16.880><c> of</c><00:21:17.059><c> Numbers</c><00:21:17.319><c> chapter</c><00:21:17.599><c> five.</c><00:21:19.279><c> It</c>

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was<00:21:19.880><c> designed</c><00:21:20.380><c> to</c><00:21:20.740><c> protect</c><00:21:21.019><c> an</c><00:21:21.440><c> innocent</c><00:21:21.779><c> woman</c>

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from<00:21:23.400><c> suspicions</c><00:21:24.140><c> or</c><00:21:24.740><c> accusations</c><00:21:25.420><c> of</c><00:21:25.819><c> infidelity.</c><00:21:28.140><c> And</c><00:21:28.140><c> in</c>

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verse<00:21:29.160><c> 30,</c><00:21:29.380><c> it</c><00:21:29.539><c> says,</c>

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this<00:21:30.759><c> comes</c><00:21:31.079><c> up</c><00:21:31.319><c> because</c><00:21:31.539><c> a</c><00:21:31.900><c> spirit</c><00:21:32.039><c> of</c><00:21:32.380><c> jealousy</c><00:21:32.720><c> comes</c><00:21:33.000><c> upon</c>

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her<00:21:33.500><c> husband</c><00:21:34.059><c> and</c><00:21:34.720><c> he'd</c><00:21:34.920><c> be</c><00:21:35.039><c> jealous</c><00:21:35.279><c> over</c><00:21:35.539><c> his</c>

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wife.<00:21:35.980><c> So</c><00:21:36.519><c> there</c><00:21:36.980><c> is</c><00:21:37.240><c> no</c><00:21:37.480><c> evidence</c><00:21:37.819><c> here.</c><00:21:38.019><c> There</c><00:21:38.099><c> is</c><00:21:38.420><c> no</c><00:21:38.680><c> proof.</c><00:21:39.880><c> There's</c><00:21:40.259><c> no</c><00:21:40.420><c> admission</c><00:21:40.819><c> of</c><00:21:41.039><c> guilt.</c>

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This<00:21:42.259><c> is</c><00:21:42.480><c> a</c><00:21:42.579><c> case</c><00:21:42.859><c> where</c><00:21:43.180><c> an</c><00:21:43.500><c> innocent</c><00:21:43.759><c> woman</c><00:21:44.259><c> is</c><00:21:44.700><c> suspected</c>

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by<00:21:46.099><c> her</c><00:21:46.279><c> husband</c><00:21:46.640><c> and</c><00:21:46.799><c> he's</c><00:21:47.000><c> making</c>

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a<00:21:47.400><c> big</c><00:21:47.579><c> deal</c><00:21:47.779><c> of</c><00:21:47.900><c> it.</c><00:21:49.039><c> Now,</c><00:21:49.240><c> the</c><00:21:49.400><c> only</c><00:21:49.720><c> witness</c><00:21:50.079><c> is</c><00:21:50.339><c> her</c><00:21:50.460><c> husband's</c><00:21:50.960><c> suspicion.</c><00:21:51.180><c> If</c>

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there<00:21:51.460><c> were</c><00:21:51.640><c> other</c>

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witnesses,<00:21:53.460><c> you</c><00:21:53.460><c> know,</c><00:21:53.940><c> the</c><00:21:54.140><c> Pharisees</c><00:21:54.599><c> brought</c><00:21:54.740><c> a</c><00:21:54.880><c> woman</c><00:21:55.059><c> to</c>

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Jesus<00:21:55.559><c> and</c><00:21:55.740><c> said</c><00:21:55.819><c> she</c><00:21:55.900><c> was</c><00:21:56.180><c> caught</c><00:21:56.420><c> in</c><00:21:56.619><c> the</c><00:21:56.799><c> act.</c><00:21:57.039><c> So</c>

00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:02.700
there<00:21:57.339><c> were</c><00:21:57.500><c> witnesses.</c><00:22:01.180><c> But</c><00:22:01.579><c> here</c><00:22:01.819><c> in</c><00:22:01.960><c> this</c><00:22:02.160><c> case,</c><00:22:02.420><c> there</c><00:22:02.519><c> is</c>

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:04.279
no<00:22:02.900><c> witness.</c><00:22:03.200><c> There's</c><00:22:03.460><c> no</c><00:22:03.640><c> evidence.</c><00:22:04.039><c> There's</c><00:22:04.140><c> no</c>

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admission.<00:22:05.240><c> The</c><00:22:05.480><c> only</c><00:22:05.720><c> witness</c><00:22:06.019><c> is</c><00:22:06.279><c> the</c><00:22:06.420><c> husband's</c><00:22:07.019><c> suspicions.</c><00:22:08.980><c> So</c><00:22:09.460><c> in</c>

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this<00:22:11.240><c> particular</c><00:22:11.640><c> case,</c><00:22:12.140><c> God</c>

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intervened<00:22:12.859><c> if</c><00:22:12.980><c> she</c><00:22:13.160><c> was</c><00:22:13.359><c> guilty.</c><00:22:14.400><c> Because</c><00:22:14.720><c> there</c><00:22:14.900><c> was</c><00:22:15.059><c> no</c><00:22:15.259><c> evidence</c><00:22:15.539><c> and</c><00:22:15.759><c> no</c>

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:17.819
witness,<00:22:16.619><c> it</c><00:22:16.779><c> had</c><00:22:16.940><c> to</c><00:22:17.059><c> be</c><00:22:17.240><c> decided</c><00:22:17.559><c> by</c>

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:20.220
God.<00:22:18.119><c> So</c><00:22:18.319><c> she</c><00:22:18.500><c> went</c><00:22:18.640><c> through</c><00:22:18.799><c> this</c><00:22:19.000><c> ritual</c><00:22:19.299><c> of</c><00:22:19.559><c> taking</c><00:22:19.920><c> this</c>

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water.<00:22:21.200><c> And</c><00:22:21.440><c> if</c><00:22:21.680><c> she</c><00:22:21.859><c> was</c><00:22:22.079><c> guilty,</c><00:22:22.460><c> then</c><00:22:22.680><c> she</c><00:22:22.859><c> applied</c>

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:26.799
the<00:22:23.500><c> death</c><00:22:23.720><c> penalty</c><00:22:23.859><c> would</c><00:22:24.059><c> be</c><00:22:24.299><c> applied.</c><00:22:24.539><c> She</c><00:22:24.680><c> would</c><00:22:24.859><c> be</c><00:22:25.140><c> stoned.</c><00:22:26.700><c> Bear</c>

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in<00:22:27.039><c> mind,</c><00:22:28.019><c> men</c><00:22:28.180><c> who</c><00:22:28.420><c> committed</c><00:22:28.579><c> adultery</c>

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:33.180
were<00:22:29.279><c> also</c><00:22:29.559><c> stoned.</c><00:22:30.519><c> So</c><00:22:30.839><c> this</c><00:22:31.779><c> was</c><00:22:31.980><c> a</c><00:22:32.119><c> very</c><00:22:32.440><c> clear</c><00:22:32.579><c> thing.</c><00:22:32.980><c> God</c>

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never<00:22:33.539><c> tolerated</c><00:22:34.039><c> adultery</c><00:22:34.700><c> and</c><00:22:35.819><c> stoning</c><00:22:36.259><c> was</c><00:22:36.480><c> the</c>

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penalty<00:22:36.819><c> for</c><00:22:37.019><c> both</c><00:22:37.140><c> men</c><00:22:37.299><c> and</c><00:22:37.400><c> women.</c><00:22:37.480><c> But</c><00:22:37.579><c> this</c><00:22:37.779><c> was</c><00:22:37.960><c> a</c><00:22:38.079><c> case</c>

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:41.599
where<00:22:38.519><c> God</c><00:22:39.019><c> would</c><00:22:39.700><c> determine</c><00:22:40.059><c> her</c><00:22:40.299><c> guilt</c><00:22:40.440><c> or</c><00:22:40.740><c> otherwise.</c>

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:48.779
You<00:22:42.819><c> would</c><00:22:43.019><c> assume,</c><00:22:44.079><c> as</c><00:22:45.000><c> Joshua</c><00:22:45.539><c> said</c><00:22:45.859><c> to</c><00:22:46.200><c> Aiken,</c><00:22:47.660><c> even</c><00:22:48.279><c> though</c><00:22:48.519><c> you're</c><00:22:48.680><c> going</c>

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to<00:22:48.880><c> be</c><00:22:49.099><c> stoned,</c><00:22:49.519><c> Aiken,</c>

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:54.019
give<00:22:50.700><c> glory</c><00:22:50.960><c> to</c><00:22:51.140><c> God</c><00:22:51.279><c> and</c><00:22:51.519><c> fully</c><00:22:51.720><c> confess</c><00:22:52.059><c> what</c><00:22:52.319><c> happened.</c><00:22:53.240><c> And</c><00:22:53.420><c> the</c><00:22:53.559><c> purpose</c><00:22:53.799><c> of</c>

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.380
that<00:22:54.200><c> is</c><00:22:54.400><c> that</c><00:22:54.660><c> any</c><00:22:54.920><c> other</c><00:22:55.180><c> guilty</c>

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parties<00:22:55.759><c> would</c><00:22:55.980><c> then</c><00:22:56.200><c> be</c><00:22:56.599><c> implicated</c><00:22:57.140><c> or</c><00:22:57.880><c> innocent</c><00:22:58.220><c> parties</c>

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would<00:22:59.640><c> be</c><00:23:00.039><c> let</c><00:23:00.460><c> off.</c><00:23:02.480><c> So</c><00:23:02.480><c> confession</c><00:23:03.059><c> was</c>

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:07.859
part<00:23:03.779><c> of</c><00:23:04.339><c> being</c><00:23:04.720><c> stoned</c><00:23:05.160><c> even.</c><00:23:05.420><c> You</c><00:23:05.500><c> had</c><00:23:05.660><c> to</c><00:23:05.900><c> confess.</c><00:23:07.339><c> So</c><00:23:07.380><c> if</c>

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:09.819
the<00:23:08.000><c> woman</c><00:23:08.180><c> was</c><00:23:08.500><c> guilty,</c><00:23:09.220><c> then</c><00:23:09.380><c> she</c><00:23:09.519><c> would</c><00:23:09.660><c> have</c>

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:15.880
to<00:23:10.000><c> confess</c><00:23:10.279><c> the</c><00:23:10.519><c> name</c><00:23:10.619><c> of</c><00:23:10.759><c> the</c><00:23:10.900><c> male</c><00:23:11.059><c> adulterer</c><00:23:11.720><c> and</c><00:23:12.079><c> he</c><00:23:12.220><c> would</c><00:23:12.420><c> be</c><00:23:12.680><c> stoned.</c><00:23:14.299><c> So</c><00:23:14.339><c> again,</c><00:23:14.839><c> you've</c><00:23:15.140><c> got</c><00:23:15.259><c> a</c><00:23:15.359><c> situation</c>

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:18.519
where<00:23:16.079><c> this</c><00:23:16.339><c> was</c><00:23:16.579><c> to</c><00:23:16.880><c> apply</c><00:23:17.200><c> the</c><00:23:17.400><c> law</c><00:23:17.539><c> equally</c><00:23:17.960><c> to</c><00:23:18.180><c> both</c><00:23:18.339><c> men</c>

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:21.920
and<00:23:18.700><c> women.</c><00:23:19.839><c> And</c><00:23:20.380><c> this</c><00:23:20.519><c> is</c><00:23:20.680><c> the</c><00:23:20.819><c> great</c><00:23:21.000><c> thing</c><00:23:21.480><c> because</c>

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God<00:23:22.240><c> is</c><00:23:22.519><c> the</c><00:23:22.720><c> judge.</c><00:23:24.559><c> No</c><00:23:24.859><c> innocent</c><00:23:25.180><c> woman</c><00:23:25.420><c> would</c><00:23:25.579><c> ever</c><00:23:25.779><c> fear</c>

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:28.400
the<00:23:26.079><c> test</c><00:23:26.400><c> because</c><00:23:27.460><c> the</c><00:23:27.680><c> judge</c><00:23:27.880><c> of</c><00:23:28.059><c> the</c><00:23:28.200><c> earth</c>

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always<00:23:28.819><c> does</c><00:23:29.059><c> right.</c><00:23:30.819><c> And</c><00:23:30.940><c> that's</c><00:23:31.299><c> a</c><00:23:31.440><c> great</c><00:23:31.599><c> thing</c><00:23:31.759><c> to</c><00:23:31.940><c> remember.</c><00:23:32.220><c> She</c><00:23:32.380><c> would</c><00:23:32.539><c> go</c>

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into<00:23:32.920><c> this</c><00:23:33.220><c> knowing,</c>

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I'm<00:23:34.259><c> innocent.</c><00:23:34.740><c> I</c><00:23:34.839><c> know</c><00:23:35.000><c> it</c><00:23:35.180><c> didn't</c><00:23:35.339><c> happen.</c><00:23:35.680><c> I</c><00:23:35.859><c> know</c><00:23:36.000><c> that</c>

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these<00:23:36.339><c> suspicions</c><00:23:36.680><c> are</c><00:23:36.960><c> unfounded,</c>

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but<00:23:38.519><c> God</c><00:23:38.740><c> will</c><00:23:38.940><c> vindicate</c><00:23:39.380><c> me</c><00:23:39.559><c> because</c><00:23:39.839><c> I</c><00:23:40.119><c> didn't</c><00:23:40.319><c> do</c><00:23:40.539><c> it.</c><00:23:41.279><c> And</c>

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.960
she<00:23:41.960><c> would</c><00:23:42.099><c> never</c><00:23:42.279><c> fear</c><00:23:42.500><c> the</c><00:23:42.660><c> test.</c>

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:47.039
So<00:23:43.539><c> she</c><00:23:43.640><c> could</c><00:23:43.779><c> do</c><00:23:43.859><c> this</c><00:23:44.039><c> quite</c><00:23:44.359><c> confidently.</c><00:23:45.980><c> But</c><00:23:46.039><c> if</c><00:23:46.140><c> she</c><00:23:46.339><c> was</c><00:23:46.619><c> guilty,</c><00:23:46.920><c> if</c>

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.859
she<00:23:47.240><c> had,</c><00:23:47.819><c> you</c><00:23:48.099><c> know,</c><00:23:48.380><c> if</c><00:23:48.519><c> for</c><00:23:48.720><c> some</c>

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:52.900
whatever<00:23:49.220><c> reason</c><00:23:49.599><c> she</c><00:23:49.779><c> had</c><00:23:50.400><c> done</c><00:23:50.660><c> something</c><00:23:51.039><c> that</c><00:23:51.180><c> was</c><00:23:51.319><c> wrong,</c><00:23:52.720><c> she</c>

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:54.259
could<00:23:53.039><c> go</c><00:23:53.259><c> to</c><00:23:53.400><c> her</c><00:23:53.500><c> husband</c><00:23:53.680><c> and</c><00:23:53.859><c> say,</c><00:23:54.259><c> look,</c>

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I<00:23:54.759><c> confess</c><00:23:55.140><c> I</c><00:23:55.359><c> did</c><00:23:55.539><c> it.</c><00:23:56.220><c> Please</c><00:23:56.400><c> don't</c><00:23:56.660><c> get</c><00:23:56.859><c> me</c><00:23:57.079><c> stoned.</c><00:23:58.140><c> And</c>

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as<00:23:58.480><c> we</c><00:23:58.619><c> know</c><00:23:58.700><c> from</c><00:23:58.880><c> the</c><00:23:58.980><c> case</c><00:23:59.220><c> of</c><00:23:59.359><c> Joseph</c><00:23:59.660><c> and</c><00:23:59.880><c> Mary,</c>

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he<00:24:00.579><c> didn't</c><00:24:00.799><c> have</c><00:24:01.079><c> to</c><00:24:01.259><c> take</c><00:24:01.400><c> it</c><00:24:01.519><c> that</c><00:24:01.779><c> far.</c><00:24:03.079><c> He</c><00:24:03.220><c> could</c><00:24:03.400><c> forgive</c>

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.980
her.<00:24:03.940><c> He</c><00:24:04.039><c> could</c><00:24:04.200><c> show</c><00:24:04.380><c> mercy</c><00:24:04.759><c> if</c><00:24:04.960><c> he</c><00:24:05.099><c> wanted</c><00:24:05.279><c> to.</c>

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:12.880
But,<00:24:08.180><c> you</c><00:24:08.240><c> know,</c><00:24:08.480><c> it</c><00:24:08.720><c> was</c><00:24:08.900><c> up</c><00:24:09.079><c> to</c><00:24:09.160><c> him.</c><00:24:10.039><c> But</c><00:24:10.440><c> she</c><00:24:11.079><c> could</c><00:24:11.279><c> do</c><00:24:11.519><c> that.</c><00:24:12.619><c> She</c>

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wouldn't<00:24:13.059><c> want</c><00:24:13.200><c> to</c><00:24:13.299><c> go</c><00:24:13.420><c> through</c><00:24:13.519><c> the</c><00:24:13.720><c> test</c>

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:15.900
if<00:24:14.000><c> she</c><00:24:14.140><c> knew</c><00:24:14.220><c> she</c><00:24:14.359><c> was</c><00:24:14.559><c> guilty</c><00:24:14.759><c> because</c><00:24:15.039><c> God</c><00:24:15.299><c> again</c><00:24:15.539><c> was</c><00:24:15.700><c> the</c>

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.279
judge<00:24:16.079><c> and</c><00:24:16.240><c> she</c><00:24:16.420><c> would</c><00:24:16.599><c> be</c><00:24:16.779><c> found</c><00:24:16.980><c> guilty.</c>

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:20.920
So<00:24:17.859><c> there</c><00:24:18.119><c> was</c><00:24:18.259><c> an</c><00:24:18.339><c> opportunity</c><00:24:18.680><c> for</c><00:24:18.859><c> her</c><00:24:18.980><c> to</c><00:24:19.119><c> plead</c><00:24:19.220><c> for</c><00:24:19.420><c> forgiveness</c><00:24:19.740><c> and</c><00:24:20.039><c> mercy.</c>

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:24.740
And<00:24:21.839><c> this</c><00:24:21.940><c> is</c><00:24:22.059><c> the</c><00:24:22.160><c> really</c><00:24:22.319><c> critical</c><00:24:22.660><c> part.</c><00:24:24.099><c> A</c><00:24:24.259><c> husband</c><00:24:24.480><c> who</c>

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made<00:24:25.059><c> this</c><00:24:25.619><c> unfounded</c><00:24:26.160><c> accusation,</c>

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and<00:24:28.339><c> maybe</c><00:24:28.799><c> his</c><00:24:30.339><c> motive</c><00:24:30.680><c> would</c><00:24:30.880><c> be</c><00:24:31.059><c> to</c><00:24:31.519><c> get</c><00:24:31.700><c> a</c><00:24:31.859><c> divorce.</c><00:24:32.140><c> He</c><00:24:32.259><c> wanted</c><00:24:32.380><c> to</c>

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get<00:24:32.579><c> rid</c><00:24:32.680><c> of</c><00:24:32.819><c> this</c><00:24:32.980><c> woman,</c>

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:36.880
get<00:24:33.779><c> her</c><00:24:34.039><c> stoned</c><00:24:34.220><c> so</c><00:24:34.359><c> he</c><00:24:34.460><c> could</c><00:24:34.599><c> marry</c><00:24:34.859><c> some</c><00:24:35.500><c> other</c><00:24:36.180><c> pretty</c><00:24:36.559><c> thing</c><00:24:36.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:37.000><c> village.</c>

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If<00:24:38.960><c> he'd</c><00:24:39.200><c> made</c><00:24:39.299><c> an</c><00:24:39.519><c> unfounded</c><00:24:39.859><c> accusation,</c><00:24:41.200><c> he</c><00:24:41.359><c> would</c><00:24:41.539><c> be</c><00:24:41.940><c> publicly</c><00:24:42.220><c> humiliated</c><00:24:43.440><c> as</c>

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a<00:24:44.200><c> suspicious</c><00:24:44.700><c> jealous</c>

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husband.<00:24:45.980><c> And</c><00:24:46.140><c> he</c><00:24:46.220><c> would</c><00:24:46.380><c> be</c><00:24:46.720><c> silenced</c><00:24:47.019><c> from</c><00:24:47.200><c> ever</c><00:24:47.380><c> talking</c>

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about<00:24:47.779><c> that</c><00:24:47.920><c> again,</c><00:24:48.859><c> because</c><00:24:49.279><c> God</c><00:24:49.539><c> made</c><00:24:49.779><c> the</c>

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judgment.<00:24:51.019><c> And</c><00:24:51.500><c> you</c><00:24:51.740><c> can</c><00:24:51.900><c> imagine</c><00:24:52.380><c> no</c><00:24:52.819><c> man</c><00:24:53.019><c> would</c><00:24:53.200><c> make</c><00:24:53.420><c> this</c>

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accusation<00:24:55.180><c> without</c><00:24:55.740><c> being</c><00:24:56.220><c> pretty</c><00:24:56.819><c> sure</c><00:24:57.059><c> of</c><00:24:57.240><c> his</c>

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facts.<00:24:57.859><c> And</c><00:24:58.220><c> it</c><00:24:58.279><c> was</c><00:24:58.519><c> it</c><00:24:58.660><c> was</c><00:24:58.839><c> all</c><00:24:59.039><c> about</c><00:24:59.279><c> protecting</c><00:24:59.700><c> a</c><00:24:59.940><c> woman</c>

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from<00:25:01.019><c> suspicions</c><00:25:01.839><c> and</c><00:25:02.079><c> accusations,</c><00:25:03.000><c> false</c>

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accusations<00:25:03.819><c> of</c><00:25:04.279><c> infidelity.</c><00:25:06.460><c> I</c><00:25:06.880><c> like</c><00:25:07.059><c> to</c><00:25:07.279><c> think</c><00:25:07.539><c> what</c><00:25:07.759><c> it</c><00:25:07.940><c> would</c><00:25:07.960><c> be</c>

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like<00:25:08.380><c> when</c><00:25:09.019><c> after</c><00:25:09.720><c> this</c><00:25:10.119><c> having</c><00:25:10.319><c> been</c><00:25:10.539><c> done</c>

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very<00:25:11.099><c> publicly</c><00:25:11.480><c> in</c><00:25:11.700><c> front</c><00:25:11.819><c> of</c><00:25:11.940><c> the</c><00:25:12.160><c> congregation</c><00:25:12.740><c> that</c><00:25:13.740><c> he</c><00:25:13.839><c> got</c><00:25:14.059><c> home.</c><00:25:16.000><c> And</c><00:25:16.240><c> I</c>

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don't<00:25:16.579><c> think</c><00:25:16.700><c> he'd</c><00:25:16.819><c> be</c>

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allowed<00:25:17.160><c> to</c><00:25:17.339><c> forget</c><00:25:17.559><c> the</c><00:25:17.859><c> shame</c><00:25:18.039><c> she'd</c><00:25:18.279><c> been</c><00:25:18.420><c> put</c><00:25:18.640><c> through</c><00:25:18.880><c> by</c>

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his<00:25:19.380><c> false</c><00:25:19.599><c> accusation.</c><00:25:22.940><c> But,</c>

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you<00:25:23.740><c> know,</c><00:25:23.799><c> it</c><00:25:23.859><c> was</c><00:25:24.079><c> all</c><00:25:24.240><c> about</c><00:25:24.440><c> protecting</c><00:25:24.819><c> the</c><00:25:24.980><c> woman.</c><00:25:25.240><c> I</c><00:25:25.259><c> think</c><00:25:25.339><c> we</c>

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need<00:25:25.559><c> to</c><00:25:25.799><c> see</c><00:25:25.960><c> that.</c>

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Now,<00:25:27.799><c> just</c><00:25:28.119><c> moving</c><00:25:28.380><c> on</c><00:25:28.720><c> in</c><00:25:28.880><c> Numbers,</c><00:25:29.279><c> chapter</c><00:25:29.480><c> five,</c><00:25:30.259><c> a</c><00:25:30.339><c> few</c>

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:32.339
other<00:25:30.660><c> things</c><00:25:30.880><c> that</c><00:25:31.039><c> are</c><00:25:31.180><c> worth</c><00:25:31.359><c> noting.</c>

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As<00:25:33.660><c> I</c><00:25:33.839><c> said,</c><00:25:34.079><c> the</c><00:25:34.220><c> feminists</c><00:25:34.519><c> make</c><00:25:34.700><c> a</c><00:25:34.900><c> big</c><00:25:35.079><c> deal</c><00:25:35.279><c> of</c><00:25:35.440><c> the</c><00:25:35.619><c> fact</c>

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that<00:25:36.140><c> this</c><00:25:36.400><c> was</c><00:25:36.599><c> a</c><00:25:36.700><c> law</c><00:25:36.859><c> only</c><00:25:37.319><c> against</c><00:25:37.660><c> women,</c>

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not<00:25:38.339><c> against</c><00:25:38.619><c> men.</c><00:25:39.000><c> Well,</c><00:25:39.000><c> I'd</c><00:25:39.500><c> like</c><00:25:39.700><c> to</c><00:25:40.019><c> suggest</c><00:25:40.299><c> to</c><00:25:40.799><c> you,</c><00:25:41.799><c> if</c>

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you<00:25:41.980><c> look</c><00:25:42.119><c> at</c><00:25:42.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:42.519><c> five,</c><00:25:42.839><c> verse</c><00:25:43.180><c> three,</c>

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it<00:25:44.940><c> says</c><00:25:45.200><c> both</c><00:25:45.519><c> male</c><00:25:45.740><c> and</c><00:25:45.960><c> female</c><00:25:46.259><c> should</c><00:25:46.440><c> be</c><00:25:46.559><c> put</c><00:25:46.720><c> out</c><00:25:46.880><c> of</c><00:25:47.000><c> the</c>

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camp,<00:25:48.000><c> if</c><00:25:48.220><c> they</c><00:25:48.380><c> are</c><00:25:48.539><c> lepers.</c><00:25:49.240><c> All</c><00:25:49.460><c> right.</c><00:25:49.720><c> So</c>

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again,<00:25:50.180><c> male</c><00:25:50.299><c> and</c><00:25:50.519><c> female</c><00:25:50.740><c> included</c><00:25:51.319><c> in</c><00:25:52.039><c> five</c><00:25:52.259><c> to</c><00:25:52.440><c> six.</c><00:25:55.519><c> That's</c><00:25:55.960><c> the</c>

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wrong<00:25:56.259><c> quote.</c><00:25:57.779><c> Oh,</c><00:25:57.900><c> yeah,</c><00:25:58.079><c> there's</c><00:25:58.259><c> five</c>

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verses.<00:25:59.319><c> When</c><00:25:59.759><c> a</c><00:25:59.940><c> man</c><00:26:00.079><c> or</c><00:26:00.160><c> woman</c><00:26:00.359><c> should</c><00:26:00.519><c> commit</c><00:26:00.660><c> any</c><00:26:00.859><c> sin</c><00:26:01.240><c> that</c><00:26:01.480><c> men</c>

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commit<00:26:01.880><c> and</c><00:26:02.059><c> do</c><00:26:02.259><c> trespass</c><00:26:02.880><c> and</c><00:26:03.240><c> be</c><00:26:03.460><c> guilty,</c>

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they<00:26:04.339><c> should</c><00:26:04.440><c> confess</c><00:26:04.839><c> their</c><00:26:05.119><c> sins.</c><00:26:05.339><c> So</c><00:26:05.559><c> there's</c><00:26:05.740><c> the</c><00:26:05.880><c> necessary</c><00:26:06.160><c> to</c><00:26:06.400><c> commit</c><00:26:06.720><c> for</c>

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confession.<00:26:07.440><c> But</c><00:26:07.559><c> again,</c>

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you<00:26:08.359><c> notice</c><00:26:08.559><c> how</c><00:26:08.859><c> then</c><00:26:09.119><c> in</c><00:26:09.799><c> these</c><00:26:10.019><c> chapters,</c><00:26:10.380><c> in</c><00:26:10.619><c> Numbers</c><00:26:10.799><c> five</c><00:26:11.119><c> and</c>

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:15.460
number<00:26:11.680><c> six,</c><00:26:12.900><c> that</c><00:26:13.160><c> the</c><00:26:13.579><c> context</c><00:26:14.079><c> is</c><00:26:14.859><c> both</c><00:26:15.240><c> male</c>

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and<00:26:15.700><c> female</c><00:26:15.980><c> are</c><00:26:16.160><c> included.</c><00:26:17.480><c> When</c><00:26:17.599><c> we</c><00:26:17.779><c> come</c><00:26:17.900><c> to</c><00:26:18.059><c> number</c><00:26:18.279><c> six,</c>

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the<00:26:18.700><c> law</c><00:26:18.799><c> of</c><00:26:19.000><c> the</c><00:26:19.160><c> Nazarite,</c><00:26:20.440><c> again,</c><00:26:20.839><c> in</c><00:26:21.000><c> verse</c><00:26:21.200><c> two,</c>

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speak<00:26:22.119><c> to</c><00:26:22.240><c> the</c><00:26:22.279><c> children</c><00:26:22.380><c> of</c><00:26:22.619><c> Israel</c><00:26:22.799><c> when</c><00:26:23.000><c> a</c><00:26:23.180><c> man</c><00:26:23.319><c> or</c><00:26:23.480><c> woman</c><00:26:23.759><c> want</c><00:26:23.960><c> to</c><00:26:24.059><c> be</c><00:26:24.200><c> a</c>

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Nazarite<00:26:25.299><c> to</c><00:26:25.740><c> separate</c><00:26:26.000><c> themselves</c>

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safe<00:26:26.779><c> from</c><00:26:26.880><c> them.</c><00:26:27.099><c> And</c><00:26:27.279><c> then</c><00:26:27.279><c> from</c><00:26:27.500><c> then</c><00:26:27.740><c> on,</c><00:26:27.940><c> in</c><00:26:28.119><c> verse</c><00:26:28.339><c> three</c>

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onwards,<00:26:29.980><c> it</c><00:26:30.119><c> talks</c><00:26:30.339><c> about</c><00:26:30.700><c> he</c><00:26:30.940><c> shall</c><00:26:31.079><c> do</c><00:26:31.220><c> this</c>

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and<00:26:31.539><c> he</c><00:26:31.740><c> shall</c><00:26:31.859><c> do</c><00:26:32.059><c> that.</c><00:26:32.599><c> But</c><00:26:32.900><c> both</c><00:26:33.220><c> male</c><00:26:33.380><c> and</c><00:26:33.599><c> female</c><00:26:33.900><c> are</c><00:26:34.160><c> included</c><00:26:34.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:34.839><c> he</c><00:26:35.160><c> that</c><00:26:35.799><c> follows</c><00:26:36.079><c> through</c>

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Numbers<00:26:37.079><c> chapter</c><00:26:37.380><c> six.</c><00:26:38.680><c> So</c><00:26:39.019><c> I</c><00:26:39.359><c> would</c><00:26:39.559><c> suggest</c><00:26:39.900><c> to</c><00:26:40.119><c> you</c><00:26:40.299><c> that</c><00:26:40.839><c> what</c><00:26:41.180><c> we</c><00:26:41.440><c> have</c><00:26:41.579><c> here</c><00:26:41.819><c> is</c><00:26:42.059><c> a</c>

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case<00:26:42.660><c> law</c><00:26:42.759><c> example.</c>

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And<00:26:44.539><c> it</c><00:26:44.720><c> could</c><00:26:44.839><c> even</c><00:26:45.160><c> be,</c><00:26:45.740><c> and</c><00:26:45.960><c> I</c><00:26:46.059><c> can't</c><00:26:46.319><c> prove</c><00:26:46.480><c> this</c><00:26:46.700><c> either</c><00:26:46.880><c> way,</c><00:26:47.059><c> it</c><00:26:47.140><c> could</c><00:26:47.240><c> even</c><00:26:47.500><c> be</c><00:26:47.660><c> that</c><00:26:48.220><c> if</c><00:26:48.500><c> a</c><00:26:48.640><c> woman</c>

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was<00:26:49.000><c> suspicious</c><00:26:49.420><c> of</c><00:26:49.579><c> her</c><00:26:49.700><c> husband,</c><00:26:50.000><c> she</c><00:26:50.140><c> could</c><00:26:50.299><c> put</c><00:26:50.420><c> him</c><00:26:50.640><c> through</c><00:26:50.740><c> the</c>

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same<00:26:51.180><c> test.</c><00:26:52.880><c> But</c><00:26:53.079><c> it</c><00:26:53.180><c> was</c><00:26:53.339><c> a</c><00:26:53.500><c> case</c><00:26:53.700><c> law</c>

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example<00:26:54.240><c> that</c><00:26:54.480><c> in</c><00:26:54.799><c> the</c><00:26:54.900><c> end,</c><00:26:55.039><c> God</c><00:26:55.240><c> would</c><00:26:55.440><c> make</c><00:26:55.619><c> the</c><00:26:55.819><c> judgment</c>

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and<00:26:56.799><c> the</c><00:26:56.960><c> innocent</c><00:26:57.240><c> would</c><00:26:57.460><c> be</c><00:26:57.880><c> found.</c><00:26:58.859><c> So</c>

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but<00:27:00.380><c> the</c><00:27:00.599><c> context</c><00:27:00.900><c> of</c><00:27:01.119><c> Numbers</c><00:27:01.319><c> five</c><00:27:01.579><c> and</c><00:27:01.740><c> number</c><00:27:01.900><c> six</c><00:27:02.079><c> is</c><00:27:02.299><c> very</c><00:27:02.559><c> heavily</c><00:27:02.960><c> weighted</c><00:27:03.259><c> in</c>

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both<00:27:04.160><c> male</c><00:27:04.359><c> and</c><00:27:04.539><c> female</c>

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being<00:27:04.940><c> included</c><00:27:05.339><c> in</c><00:27:05.539><c> these</c><00:27:05.859><c> provisions.</c><00:27:07.579><c> The</c><00:27:07.759><c> purpose</c><00:27:08.220><c> of</c><00:27:08.599><c> this</c><00:27:09.079><c> test</c><00:27:09.380><c> in</c>

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verse<00:27:09.839><c> 31,</c><00:27:11.539><c> then</c><00:27:11.779><c> shall</c><00:27:11.960><c> the</c><00:27:12.180><c> man</c><00:27:12.339><c> be</c>

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guiltless<00:27:12.900><c> from</c><00:27:13.140><c> iniquity</c><00:27:13.700><c> and</c><00:27:13.960><c> the</c><00:27:14.099><c> woman</c><00:27:14.279><c> shall</c><00:27:14.519><c> bear</c><00:27:14.740><c> her</c>

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iniquity.<00:27:15.119><c> This</c><00:27:15.279><c> is</c><00:27:15.440><c> the</c><00:27:15.539><c> woman,</c><00:27:15.839><c> of</c><00:27:15.839><c> course,</c><00:27:17.079><c> that</c>

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if<00:27:17.980><c> she</c><00:27:18.099><c> was</c><00:27:18.279><c> found</c><00:27:18.519><c> guilty,</c><00:27:19.700><c> and</c><00:27:21.640><c> then</c><00:27:22.259><c> of</c><00:27:22.420><c> course,</c><00:27:23.400><c> he</c><00:27:23.559><c> was</c>

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:25.960
then<00:27:24.500><c> free</c><00:27:24.900><c> from</c><00:27:25.099><c> the</c><00:27:25.339><c> charge</c><00:27:25.519><c> of</c><00:27:25.740><c> false</c>

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:30.119
accusation,<00:27:26.500><c> the</c><00:27:26.660><c> woman</c><00:27:26.819><c> would</c><00:27:27.019><c> be</c><00:27:27.299><c> stoned.</c><00:27:29.140><c> But</c><00:27:29.519><c> it</c><00:27:29.759><c> was</c><00:27:29.880><c> all</c>

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:32.599
about<00:27:30.460><c> stopping</c><00:27:30.859><c> iniquity.</c><00:27:31.700><c> And</c><00:27:31.900><c> God</c><00:27:32.059><c> didn't</c><00:27:32.339><c> want</c>

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:36.740
this<00:27:32.900><c> jealousy,</c><00:27:33.839><c> this</c><00:27:34.019><c> false</c><00:27:34.299><c> accusation</c><00:27:34.920><c> happening.</c><00:27:36.500><c> And</c>

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it<00:27:36.940><c> certainly</c><00:27:37.160><c> discouraged</c><00:27:37.640><c> adultery,</c><00:27:38.160><c> because</c>

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you<00:27:39.380><c> knew</c><00:27:39.619><c> that</c><00:27:39.819><c> if</c><00:27:40.039><c> you</c><00:27:40.619><c> committed</c><00:27:40.940><c> adultery,</c><00:27:41.539><c> no</c><00:27:41.599><c> matter</c><00:27:41.740><c> how</c><00:27:41.920><c> much</c><00:27:42.059><c> you</c><00:27:42.279><c> covered</c><00:27:42.400><c> it</c>

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up<00:27:42.700><c> in</c><00:27:42.900><c> the</c><00:27:43.099><c> end,</c>

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you<00:27:44.740><c> could</c><00:27:44.900><c> be</c><00:27:45.200><c> caught.</c><00:27:46.339><c> So</c><00:27:46.559><c> again,</c><00:27:46.920><c> it</c><00:27:46.920><c> was</c><00:27:47.119><c> all</c><00:27:47.380><c> about</c><00:27:47.720><c> stopping</c><00:27:48.119><c> a,</c><00:27:49.660><c> you</c><00:27:49.759><c> know,</c><00:27:50.339><c> we</c>

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.619
see<00:27:50.799><c> in</c><00:27:50.940><c> society</c><00:27:51.339><c> today,</c>

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:55.660
adultery<00:27:52.039><c> is</c><00:27:52.319><c> rampant.</c><00:27:54.420><c> Because</c><00:27:54.799><c> of</c><00:27:55.019><c> course,</c><00:27:55.180><c> there</c><00:27:55.279><c> is</c><00:27:55.500><c> no</c>

00:27:55.660 --> 00:28:00.000
judgment.<00:27:57.839><c> And</c><00:27:57.940><c> in</c><00:27:58.720><c> Israel's</c><00:27:59.279><c> case,</c><00:27:59.500><c> there</c><00:27:59.660><c> certainly</c>

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:02.660
was<00:28:00.319><c> judgment</c><00:28:00.619><c> and</c><00:28:00.839><c> it</c><00:28:00.920><c> was</c><00:28:01.299><c> even</c><00:28:01.640><c> divine</c><00:28:01.900><c> intervention</c><00:28:02.420><c> to</c>

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:06.099
make<00:28:02.799><c> that</c><00:28:03.059><c> judgment.</c><00:28:04.460><c> So</c><00:28:04.980><c> this</c><00:28:05.440><c> process</c><00:28:05.880><c> would</c>

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:11.599
remove<00:28:06.380><c> a</c><00:28:06.559><c> climate</c><00:28:06.819><c> of</c><00:28:07.039><c> anger,</c><00:28:08.019><c> humiliation,</c><00:28:08.900><c> suspicion,</c><00:28:10.039><c> and</c><00:28:10.660><c> the</c><00:28:10.859><c> possibility</c><00:28:11.319><c> of</c>

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family<00:28:11.839><c> or</c><00:28:12.039><c> mob</c><00:28:12.200><c> violence.</c>

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:17.460
You<00:28:13.980><c> see</c><00:28:14.039><c> what</c><00:28:14.240><c> happens</c><00:28:14.500><c> in</c><00:28:15.220><c> Muslim</c><00:28:15.680><c> societies</c><00:28:16.259><c> when</c><00:28:17.039><c> one</c><00:28:17.339><c> of</c>

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:20.059
their<00:28:17.579><c> daughters</c><00:28:17.839><c> wants</c><00:28:18.079><c> to</c><00:28:18.319><c> marry</c><00:28:18.519><c> a</c><00:28:18.680><c> non</c><00:28:18.940><c>-Muslim.</c>

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:22.599
Quite<00:28:20.819><c> often,</c><00:28:21.019><c> you'll</c><00:28:21.299><c> see</c><00:28:21.380><c> that</c><00:28:21.559><c> the</c><00:28:21.740><c> daughter</c><00:28:21.920><c> is</c><00:28:22.240><c> killed</c>

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.309
or<00:28:23.079><c> kidnapped.</c><00:28:25.180><c> You</c><00:28:25.279><c> might</c><00:28:25.400><c> think</c><00:28:25.539><c> that's</c>

00:28:26.789 --> 00:28:29.309
exaggeration.<00:28:27.369><c> We</c><00:28:27.390><c> had</c><00:28:27.549><c> a</c><00:28:27.690><c> case</c><00:28:27.869><c> a</c><00:28:28.029><c> month</c><00:28:28.190><c> ago</c><00:28:28.410><c> in</c><00:28:28.650><c> Adelaide,</c>

00:28:29.710 --> 00:28:32.509
where<00:28:29.990><c> a</c><00:28:30.529><c> Muslim</c><00:28:30.789><c> family</c><00:28:31.509><c> had</c><00:28:32.130><c> not</c><00:28:32.250><c> only</c>

00:28:32.509 --> 00:28:37.009
harassed<00:28:33.230><c> and</c><00:28:33.490><c> threatened</c><00:28:34.049><c> the</c><00:28:35.349><c> non</c><00:28:35.690><c>-Muslim</c><00:28:36.009><c> boyfriend,</c><00:28:36.450><c> their</c><00:28:36.589><c> daughter</c><00:28:36.809><c> was</c>

00:28:37.009 --> 00:28:38.309
going<00:28:37.230><c> out</c><00:28:37.509><c> with</c><00:28:37.809><c> the,</c>

00:28:38.490 --> 00:28:41.109
they<00:28:38.910><c> actually</c><00:28:39.170><c> ended</c><00:28:39.369><c> up</c><00:28:39.609><c> kidnapping</c><00:28:39.990><c> her,</c><00:28:40.650><c> the</c><00:28:40.849><c> daughter,</c>

00:28:41.529 --> 00:28:42.490
from<00:28:41.750><c> work,</c>

00:28:43.769 --> 00:28:46.470
bundling<00:28:43.990><c> her</c><00:28:44.069><c> into</c><00:28:44.289><c> a</c><00:28:44.549><c> car</c><00:28:44.589><c> and</c><00:28:44.769><c> beating</c><00:28:45.009><c> her</c><00:28:45.230><c> up,</c><00:28:45.890><c> and</c><00:28:46.089><c> probably</c><00:28:46.289><c> were</c>

00:28:46.470 --> 00:28:47.630
going<00:28:46.589><c> to</c><00:28:46.730><c> kill</c><00:28:46.829><c> her.</c><00:28:47.150><c> Fortunately,</c>

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the<00:28:47.849><c> police</c><00:28:48.049><c> intervened.</c><00:28:49.069><c> But</c><00:28:49.230><c> this</c><00:28:49.369><c> is</c><00:28:49.569><c> happening</c><00:28:49.910><c> today</c><00:28:50.670><c> in</c>

00:28:52.009 --> 00:28:54.470
advanced<00:28:52.390><c> societies</c><00:28:53.049><c> that</c><00:28:53.369><c> we</c><00:28:53.589><c> still</c><00:28:53.829><c> have</c><00:28:53.970><c> this</c>

00:28:54.470 --> 00:28:58.250
honour<00:28:54.809><c> killings</c><00:28:55.130><c> that</c><00:28:55.269><c> are</c><00:28:55.410><c> going</c><00:28:55.569><c> on,</c><00:28:56.410><c> because</c><00:28:56.730><c> the</c><00:28:56.950><c> daughter</c><00:28:57.250><c> was</c><00:28:57.710><c> marrying</c><00:28:57.910><c> out</c><00:28:58.130><c> of</c>

00:28:58.250 --> 00:28:59.529
the<00:28:58.329><c> Muslim</c><00:28:58.569><c> faith.</c>

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And,<00:29:00.309><c> you</c><00:29:00.529><c> know,</c><00:29:00.690><c> interesting,</c><00:29:01.269><c> isn't</c><00:29:01.390><c> it?</c><00:29:02.589><c> All</c><00:29:03.029><c> of</c><00:29:03.210><c> these</c><00:29:03.329><c> things</c><00:29:03.509><c> were</c><00:29:03.710><c> designed</c><00:29:04.109><c> to</c>

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stop<00:29:04.569><c> this</c><00:29:04.849><c> climate</c>

00:29:05.130 --> 00:29:08.029
of<00:29:05.349><c> anger</c><00:29:05.569><c> and</c><00:29:05.789><c> suspicion,</c><00:29:06.869><c> and</c><00:29:07.109><c> God</c><00:29:07.250><c> intervened</c><00:29:07.690><c> to</c><00:29:07.849><c> make</c>

00:29:08.029 --> 00:29:09.970
sure<00:29:08.230><c> that</c><00:29:08.410><c> the</c><00:29:08.589><c> innocent</c><00:29:08.750><c> was</c><00:29:08.950><c> protected.</c>

00:29:11.069 --> 00:29:13.710
It<00:29:11.470><c> prevented</c><00:29:11.769><c> men</c><00:29:12.049><c> using</c><00:29:12.369><c> arbitrary</c><00:29:12.809><c> grounds</c><00:29:13.049><c> of</c><00:29:13.250><c> divorce,</c>

00:29:13.710 --> 00:29:15.029
you<00:29:13.849><c> know,</c><00:29:14.049><c> coming</c><00:29:14.250><c> with</c><00:29:14.430><c> an</c><00:29:14.589><c> accusation</c>

00:29:15.029 --> 00:29:18.250
of<00:29:15.230><c> adultery</c><00:29:15.490><c> they</c><00:29:15.650><c> couldn't</c><00:29:15.910><c> prove.</c><00:29:17.170><c> And</c><00:29:17.529><c> as</c><00:29:17.730><c> all</c><00:29:17.950><c> things</c>

00:29:18.250 --> 00:29:20.509
where<00:29:18.430><c> God</c><00:29:18.670><c> judges,</c><00:29:19.789><c> others</c><00:29:20.009><c> would</c><00:29:20.289><c> fear.</c>

00:29:20.509 --> 00:29:23.309
In<00:29:20.769><c> the</c><00:29:20.769><c> case</c><00:29:20.990><c> of</c><00:29:21.150><c> Ananias</c><00:29:21.509><c> and</c><00:29:21.690><c> Sapphira,</c><00:29:22.869><c> you</c><00:29:22.869><c> know,</c><00:29:23.089><c> God</c>

00:29:23.309 --> 00:29:25.150
judged<00:29:23.609><c> the</c><00:29:23.849><c> matter</c><00:29:24.009><c> through</c><00:29:24.289><c> Peter,</c>

00:29:25.309 --> 00:29:29.190
and<00:29:25.789><c> they</c><00:29:26.109><c> were</c><00:29:26.250><c> put</c><00:29:26.390><c> to</c><00:29:26.569><c> death.</c><00:29:27.490><c> And</c><00:29:27.970><c> it</c><00:29:28.390><c> says,</c><00:29:28.789><c> great</c><00:29:28.890><c> fear</c>

00:29:29.190 --> 00:29:32.150
fell<00:29:29.329><c> upon</c><00:29:29.569><c> the</c><00:29:29.769><c> Ecclesiastes.</c><00:29:30.970><c> And</c><00:29:31.049><c> that's</c><00:29:31.930><c> why</c>

00:29:32.150 --> 00:29:34.769
we<00:29:32.349><c> know</c><00:29:32.509><c> that</c><00:29:32.670><c> when</c><00:29:32.809><c> God's</c><00:29:33.230><c> judgments</c><00:29:33.410><c> are</c><00:29:33.650><c> in</c><00:29:33.710><c> the</c><00:29:33.950><c> earth,</c>

00:29:34.970 --> 00:29:36.289
the<00:29:35.109><c> inhabitants</c><00:29:35.349><c> of</c><00:29:35.529><c> the</c><00:29:35.670><c> world</c><00:29:35.829><c> will</c><00:29:36.089><c> learn</c>

00:29:36.289 --> 00:29:40.430
righteousness.<00:29:37.730><c> So,</c><00:29:38.210><c> you</c><00:29:38.430><c> know,</c><00:29:38.430><c> this</c><00:29:38.630><c> law</c><00:29:38.849><c> had</c><00:29:39.009><c> many</c><00:29:39.329><c> positive</c><00:29:39.789><c> benefits</c><00:29:40.170><c> for</c>

00:29:40.430 --> 00:29:40.970
the<00:29:40.589><c> nation,</c>

00:29:40.970 --> 00:29:44.130
but<00:29:41.670><c> also</c><00:29:42.210><c> great</c><00:29:42.650><c> protection</c><00:29:43.109><c> for</c><00:29:43.329><c> a</c><00:29:43.410><c> woman</c><00:29:43.569><c> who</c><00:29:43.730><c> was</c><00:29:43.890><c> being</c>

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falsely<00:29:44.529><c> accused.</c>

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Okay,<00:29:48.509><c> well,</c><00:29:48.670><c> let's</c><00:29:48.890><c> move</c><00:29:49.109><c> on</c><00:29:49.430><c> to</c><00:29:49.769><c> how</c><00:29:49.990><c> much</c><00:29:50.329><c> God</c><00:29:50.710><c> protected</c><00:29:51.450><c> women.</c><00:29:52.549><c> I</c>

00:29:52.769 --> 00:29:53.829
want<00:29:52.769><c> you</c><00:29:52.849><c> to</c><00:29:52.990><c> come</c><00:29:53.150><c> to</c><00:29:53.329><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:29:53.829 --> 00:29:58.650
chapter<00:29:54.250><c> 22.</c><00:29:56.789><c> There's</c><00:29:57.009><c> a</c><00:29:57.150><c> number</c><00:29:57.329><c> of</c><00:29:57.609><c> laws</c><00:29:57.829><c> in</c><00:29:58.089><c> this</c><00:29:58.430><c> chapter</c>

00:29:58.650 --> 00:30:00.670
that<00:29:59.009><c> have</c><00:29:59.130><c> to</c><00:29:59.349><c> do</c><00:29:59.490><c> with</c><00:29:59.730><c> women.</c>

00:30:01.890 --> 00:30:05.509
But<00:30:02.049><c> we're</c><00:30:02.230><c> talking</c><00:30:02.490><c> now</c><00:30:02.789><c> about</c><00:30:03.049><c> the</c><00:30:03.230><c> case</c><00:30:03.589><c> of</c><00:30:04.690><c> where</c><00:30:05.210><c> a</c><00:30:05.369><c> woman</c>

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is<00:30:05.829><c> raped.</c><00:30:06.250><c> And</c><00:30:06.450><c> in</c><00:30:06.829><c> verse</c><00:30:06.990><c> 25</c><00:30:07.450><c> to</c><00:30:07.589><c> 27,</c><00:30:08.069><c> it's</c>

00:30:08.289 --> 00:30:12.450
very<00:30:08.650><c> clear</c><00:30:09.069><c> that</c><00:30:09.809><c> where</c><00:30:10.690><c> a</c><00:30:10.990><c> rape</c><00:30:11.130><c> has</c><00:30:11.349><c> occurred,</c><00:30:11.589><c> it</c><00:30:11.690><c> is</c><00:30:11.849><c> punished</c><00:30:12.130><c> by</c>

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death.<00:30:12.769><c> Under</c><00:30:12.990><c> God's</c><00:30:13.410><c> law,</c><00:30:14.210><c> there</c><00:30:14.529><c> were</c><00:30:14.730><c> no</c>

00:30:14.990 --> 00:30:20.309
repeat<00:30:15.630><c> offences</c><00:30:16.309><c> for</c><00:30:16.650><c> rape.</c><00:30:18.509><c> What</c><00:30:18.710><c> a</c><00:30:18.950><c> tragedy.</c><00:30:19.450><c> Our</c><00:30:19.509><c> Enlightened</c><00:30:19.809><c> Society</c>

00:30:20.309 --> 00:30:21.630
lets<00:30:20.609><c> out</c><00:30:20.829><c> people</c><00:30:21.069><c> after</c><00:30:21.390><c> a</c><00:30:21.490><c> few</c>

00:30:21.630 --> 00:30:25.890
years<00:30:21.869><c> and</c><00:30:21.990><c> they</c><00:30:22.170><c> commit</c><00:30:22.329><c> another</c><00:30:22.569><c> murder.</c><00:30:22.869><c> We</c><00:30:23.009><c> had</c><00:30:23.150><c> one</c><00:30:23.329><c> in</c><00:30:23.430><c> Melbourne,</c><00:30:24.470><c> where</c><00:30:25.230><c> a</c>

00:30:25.890 --> 00:30:27.369
convicted<00:30:26.250><c> rapist</c><00:30:26.769><c> was</c><00:30:27.049><c> put</c><00:30:27.230><c> out</c>

00:30:27.369 --> 00:30:30.309
on<00:30:27.509><c> the</c><00:30:27.730><c> streets</c><00:30:27.930><c> and</c><00:30:28.130><c> within</c><00:30:28.250><c> a</c><00:30:28.450><c> week</c><00:30:28.569><c> he'd</c><00:30:28.789><c> murdered</c><00:30:28.990><c> another</c><00:30:29.309><c> woman.</c>

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And,<00:30:32.490><c> you</c><00:30:32.630><c> know,</c><00:30:32.829><c> the</c><00:30:32.970><c> Enlightened</c>

00:30:33.269 --> 00:30:35.930
Society<00:30:33.750><c> says</c><00:30:33.990><c> that</c><00:30:34.150><c> we've</c><00:30:34.250><c> got</c><00:30:34.289><c> to</c><00:30:34.509><c> rehabilitate</c><00:30:35.049><c> these</c><00:30:35.309><c> people.</c><00:30:35.589><c> Well,</c><00:30:35.750><c> I'm</c>

00:30:35.930 --> 00:30:38.569
sorry.<00:30:37.730><c> The</c><00:30:37.910><c> Enlightened</c><00:30:38.190><c> Society</c>

00:30:38.569 --> 00:30:41.569
has<00:30:38.789><c> encouraged</c><00:30:39.230><c> this</c><00:30:39.450><c> because</c><00:30:39.690><c> the</c><00:30:39.930><c> penalties</c><00:30:40.170><c> are</c><00:30:40.430><c> so</c><00:30:40.670><c> light.</c><00:30:41.470><c> And</c>

00:30:41.569 --> 00:30:43.990
then<00:30:41.690><c> they</c><00:30:41.910><c> get</c><00:30:42.609><c> time</c><00:30:42.990><c> off</c><00:30:43.210><c> a</c><00:30:43.329><c> good</c><00:30:43.509><c> behaviour,</c>

00:30:43.990 --> 00:30:47.089
then<00:30:44.289><c> they</c><00:30:44.450><c> get</c><00:30:44.730><c> parole,</c><00:30:45.190><c> and</c><00:30:45.950><c> they</c><00:30:46.190><c> just</c><00:30:46.369><c> do</c><00:30:46.490><c> the</c><00:30:46.670><c> same</c><00:30:46.869><c> thing</c>

00:30:47.089 --> 00:30:49.329
because<00:30:47.289><c> they</c><00:30:47.529><c> have</c><00:30:47.670><c> no</c><00:30:47.890><c> fear</c><00:30:48.069><c> of</c><00:30:48.349><c> consequences.</c>

00:30:50.190 --> 00:30:52.710
So,<00:30:50.630><c> again,</c><00:30:50.710><c> women</c><00:30:50.890><c> were</c><00:30:51.269><c> protected</c><00:30:51.829><c> by</c><00:30:52.089><c> the</c><00:30:52.250><c> fact</c><00:30:52.369><c> that</c><00:30:52.549><c> rape</c>

00:30:52.710 --> 00:30:54.390
was<00:30:52.890><c> punished</c><00:30:53.150><c> by</c><00:30:53.450><c> death.</c>

00:30:55.390 --> 00:30:58.289
Always,<00:30:56.349><c> you</c><00:30:56.490><c> read</c><00:30:56.630><c> the</c><00:30:56.750><c> law</c><00:30:56.829><c> of</c><00:30:56.970><c> Moses,</c><00:30:57.390><c> the</c><00:30:57.589><c> man</c><00:30:57.829><c> is</c><00:30:58.109><c> counted</c>

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as<00:30:58.490><c> the</c><00:30:58.670><c> most</c><00:30:58.910><c> guilty</c><00:30:59.230><c> party.</c>

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So<00:31:01.309><c> different</c><00:31:01.589><c> that</c><00:31:01.769><c> is</c><00:31:01.950><c> to</c><00:31:02.069><c> Islam</c><00:31:02.390><c> and</c><00:31:02.589><c> other</c><00:31:02.769><c> ancient</c><00:31:03.029><c> codes.</c><00:31:04.089><c> You</c>

00:31:04.190 --> 00:31:05.750
go<00:31:04.390><c> through</c><00:31:04.549><c> Islam</c><00:31:04.930><c> and</c><00:31:05.069><c> you</c><00:31:05.230><c> see</c><00:31:05.349><c> that</c><00:31:05.549><c> if</c>

00:31:05.750 --> 00:31:09.630
a<00:31:05.930><c> woman</c><00:31:06.089><c> is</c><00:31:06.329><c> raped,</c><00:31:06.490><c> she</c><00:31:06.710><c> gets</c><00:31:06.950><c> the</c><00:31:07.170><c> blame.</c><00:31:08.549><c> And,</c><00:31:09.009><c> you</c><00:31:09.410><c> know,</c>

00:31:09.630 --> 00:31:11.430
in<00:31:10.009><c> most</c><00:31:10.289><c> ancient</c><00:31:10.589><c> codes,</c><00:31:10.809><c> it</c><00:31:10.910><c> was</c><00:31:11.130><c> the</c><00:31:11.289><c> same,</c>

00:31:11.430 --> 00:31:15.869
women<00:31:11.730><c> got</c><00:31:11.970><c> the</c><00:31:12.150><c> blame</c><00:31:12.309><c> for</c><00:31:12.529><c> it.</c><00:31:12.789><c> Not</c><00:31:13.009><c> so</c><00:31:13.230><c> with</c><00:31:13.309><c> the</c><00:31:13.349><c> law</c><00:31:13.410><c> of</c><00:31:13.529><c> Moses.</c><00:31:14.809><c> But</c><00:31:14.930><c> there</c><00:31:15.130><c> were</c><00:31:15.269><c> cases,</c><00:31:15.710><c> as</c>

00:31:15.869 --> 00:31:17.490
verse<00:31:16.009><c> 28</c><00:31:16.450><c> says,</c>

00:31:17.589 --> 00:31:21.509
it<00:31:17.789><c> says,</c><00:31:19.230><c> if</c><00:31:19.250><c> a</c><00:31:19.470><c> man</c><00:31:19.630><c> find</c><00:31:19.869><c> a</c><00:31:20.029><c> damsel</c><00:31:20.230><c> that</c><00:31:20.369><c> is</c><00:31:20.569><c> a</c><00:31:20.710><c> virgin,</c><00:31:21.029><c> which</c><00:31:21.210><c> is</c>

00:31:21.509 --> 00:31:23.990
not<00:31:21.710><c> betrothed,</c><00:31:23.009><c> and</c><00:31:23.089><c> they</c><00:31:23.230><c> hold</c><00:31:23.450><c> on</c><00:31:23.650><c> her</c><00:31:23.829><c> and</c>

00:31:23.990 --> 00:31:28.450
lie<00:31:24.170><c> with</c><00:31:24.329><c> her,</c><00:31:24.589><c> and</c><00:31:24.930><c> they</c><00:31:25.410><c> be</c><00:31:26.049><c> found,</c><00:31:27.049><c> or</c><00:31:27.190><c> they</c><00:31:27.369><c> be</c><00:31:27.549><c> discovered,</c><00:31:28.069><c> as</c><00:31:28.210><c> it</c><00:31:28.309><c> has</c>

00:31:28.450 --> 00:31:29.809
another<00:31:28.750><c> translation.</c>

00:31:30.609 --> 00:31:32.890
This<00:31:30.869><c> was</c><00:31:31.130><c> the</c><00:31:31.349><c> case</c><00:31:31.549><c> where</c><00:31:31.789><c> the</c><00:31:31.930><c> woman</c><00:31:32.109><c> didn't</c><00:31:32.349><c> need</c><00:31:32.609><c> to</c><00:31:32.809><c> cry</c>

00:31:32.890 --> 00:31:35.250
out.<00:31:33.029><c> She</c><00:31:33.210><c> was</c><00:31:33.509><c> complicit</c><00:31:33.930><c> in</c><00:31:34.089><c> the</c><00:31:34.210><c> relationship.</c>

00:31:35.309 --> 00:31:40.910
Perhaps<00:31:35.769><c> the</c><00:31:35.990><c> man</c><00:31:36.130><c> seduced</c><00:31:36.650><c> her.</c><00:31:37.990><c> But</c><00:31:38.549><c> there</c><00:31:39.069><c> was</c><00:31:39.289><c> not</c><00:31:39.450><c> in</c><00:31:39.589><c> this</c><00:31:39.829><c> case</c><00:31:40.210><c> death</c><00:31:40.630><c> for</c>

00:31:40.910 --> 00:31:42.130
either<00:31:41.230><c> party.</c>

00:31:42.509 --> 00:31:46.650
But<00:31:42.690><c> there</c><00:31:42.829><c> were</c><00:31:43.210><c> consequences</c><00:31:43.710><c> for</c><00:31:44.190><c> the</c><00:31:44.390><c> man.</c><00:31:46.289><c> There</c><00:31:46.369><c> were</c>

00:31:46.650 --> 00:31:49.029
consequences<00:31:47.029><c> for</c><00:31:47.250><c> the</c><00:31:47.390><c> woman</c><00:31:47.549><c> as</c><00:31:47.789><c> well,</c><00:31:49.029><c> because</c>

00:31:49.029 --> 00:31:52.109
the<00:31:49.690><c> value</c><00:31:49.930><c> that</c><00:31:50.130><c> the</c><00:31:50.250><c> law</c><00:31:50.329><c> of</c><00:31:50.470><c> Moses</c><00:31:50.769><c> placed</c><00:31:51.109><c> upon</c><00:31:51.410><c> virginity</c>

00:31:52.109 --> 00:31:55.430
was<00:31:52.690><c> now</c><00:31:53.170><c> in</c><00:31:53.329><c> peril.</c><00:31:54.670><c> And</c><00:31:54.990><c> the</c><00:31:55.210><c> family</c>

00:31:55.430 --> 00:32:00.309
might<00:31:55.670><c> find</c><00:31:55.849><c> this</c><00:31:56.150><c> girl</c><00:31:56.250><c> much</c><00:31:56.589><c> harder</c><00:31:56.849><c> to</c><00:31:57.289><c> marry</c><00:31:57.589><c> off.</c><00:31:58.910><c> However,</c><00:32:00.190><c> what</c>

00:32:00.309 --> 00:32:01.470
the<00:32:00.470><c> law</c><00:32:00.589><c> says,</c><00:32:00.789><c> if</c><00:32:00.910><c> you</c><00:32:01.009><c> read</c><00:32:01.170><c> on</c><00:32:01.329><c> from</c>

00:32:01.470 --> 00:32:05.109
verse<00:32:01.609><c> 28,</c><00:32:03.150><c> the</c><00:32:03.450><c> man</c><00:32:03.670><c> that</c><00:32:03.890><c> lay</c><00:32:03.990><c> with</c><00:32:04.210><c> her</c><00:32:04.450><c> shall</c><00:32:04.650><c> give</c><00:32:04.869><c> unto</c>

00:32:05.109 --> 00:32:08.529
the<00:32:05.769><c> damsel's</c><00:32:06.309><c> father</c><00:32:06.529><c> 50</c><00:32:06.930><c> shekels</c><00:32:07.390><c> of</c><00:32:07.549><c> silver,</c>

00:32:08.769 --> 00:32:11.970
and<00:32:08.990><c> she</c><00:32:09.230><c> shall</c><00:32:09.390><c> be</c><00:32:09.569><c> his</c><00:32:09.809><c> wife,</c><00:32:10.869><c> since</c><00:32:11.029><c> humbly</c><00:32:11.309><c> he</c><00:32:11.490><c> may</c><00:32:11.589><c> not</c>

00:32:11.970 --> 00:32:14.529
put<00:32:12.089><c> away</c><00:32:12.569><c> her</c><00:32:13.009><c> all</c><00:32:13.230><c> his</c><00:32:13.569><c> days.</c>

00:32:15.670 --> 00:32:21.470
So<00:32:16.109><c> here</c><00:32:16.430><c> was</c><00:32:16.609><c> a</c><00:32:16.730><c> case</c><00:32:16.950><c> where</c><00:32:17.750><c> she</c><00:32:18.210><c> had</c><00:32:18.369><c> to</c><00:32:18.589><c> marry</c><00:32:18.809><c> the</c><00:32:19.029><c> man,</c><00:32:21.349><c> or</c>

00:32:21.470 --> 00:32:23.349
he<00:32:21.630><c> paid</c><00:32:21.789><c> a</c><00:32:21.890><c> penalty</c><00:32:22.029><c> to</c><00:32:22.230><c> the</c><00:32:22.349><c> father.</c><00:32:22.910><c> Now,</c>

00:32:23.509 --> 00:32:26.170
when<00:32:23.509><c> you</c><00:32:23.549><c> go</c><00:32:23.710><c> back</c><00:32:23.869><c> to</c><00:32:23.930><c> it,</c><00:32:24.170><c> compared</c><00:32:24.309><c> to</c><00:32:24.450><c> Exodus</c><00:32:24.650><c> 22,</c><00:32:25.250><c> it</c><00:32:25.470><c> seems</c><00:32:25.670><c> that</c><00:32:25.829><c> there</c><00:32:26.029><c> was</c>

00:32:26.170 --> 00:32:27.269
a<00:32:26.369><c> provision</c><00:32:26.690><c> that</c>

00:32:27.269 --> 00:32:30.569
if<00:32:27.650><c> the</c><00:32:27.890><c> father</c><00:32:28.089><c> thought</c><00:32:28.349><c> that</c><00:32:28.529><c> this</c><00:32:28.710><c> guy</c><00:32:28.869><c> was</c><00:32:29.109><c> a</c><00:32:29.250><c> tremendously</c><00:32:29.970><c> unsuitable</c>

00:32:30.569 --> 00:32:31.210
husband,<00:32:30.950><c> he's</c><00:32:31.049><c> not</c>

00:32:31.210 --> 00:32:34.990
going<00:32:31.289><c> to</c><00:32:31.410><c> subject</c><00:32:31.670><c> his</c><00:32:31.970><c> daughter</c><00:32:32.150><c> to</c><00:32:32.349><c> a</c><00:32:32.450><c> life</c><00:32:32.710><c> of</c><00:32:33.690><c> being</c><00:32:34.170><c> married</c><00:32:34.670><c> to</c><00:32:34.869><c> a</c>

00:32:34.990 --> 00:32:37.269
very<00:32:35.309><c> unsuitable</c><00:32:36.210><c> husband.</c>

00:32:37.890 --> 00:32:41.089
In<00:32:38.049><c> that</c><00:32:38.269><c> case,</c><00:32:38.609><c> the</c><00:32:38.690><c> man</c><00:32:38.789><c> would</c><00:32:38.990><c> pay</c><00:32:39.170><c> the</c><00:32:39.369><c> penalty,</c><00:32:40.549><c> and</c><00:32:40.910><c> that</c>

00:32:41.089 --> 00:32:42.269
would<00:32:41.250><c> be</c><00:32:41.369><c> an</c><00:32:41.529><c> acknowledgement.</c><00:32:41.950><c> She</c><00:32:42.089><c> would</c>

00:32:42.269 --> 00:32:45.210
find<00:32:42.430><c> it</c><00:32:42.589><c> harder</c><00:32:42.730><c> to</c><00:32:42.970><c> find</c><00:32:43.130><c> someone</c><00:32:43.349><c> else</c><00:32:43.569><c> to</c><00:32:43.769><c> marry.</c><00:32:44.829><c> But</c><00:32:45.029><c> in</c>

00:32:45.210 --> 00:32:48.650
all<00:32:45.369><c> cases,</c><00:32:47.390><c> he</c><00:32:47.569><c> was</c><00:32:47.750><c> regarded</c><00:32:48.089><c> as</c><00:32:48.309><c> the</c><00:32:48.470><c> more</c>

00:32:48.650 --> 00:32:53.670
responsible.<00:32:50.470><c> Let's</c><00:32:50.910><c> just</c><00:32:51.130><c> go</c><00:32:51.269><c> back</c><00:32:51.430><c> to</c><00:32:51.569><c> Exodus</c><00:32:51.789><c> 22</c><00:32:52.470><c> and</c><00:32:53.130><c> see</c>

00:32:53.670 --> 00:32:56.890
how<00:32:54.230><c> the</c><00:32:54.549><c> other</c><00:32:54.769><c> law</c><00:32:54.910><c> there</c><00:32:55.150><c> was</c><00:32:55.410><c> stated</c><00:32:55.589><c> in</c><00:32:55.849><c> this</c><00:32:56.069><c> matter.</c>

00:33:00.430 --> 00:33:05.910
So<00:33:00.829><c> reading</c><00:33:01.109><c> in</c><00:33:01.349><c> Exodus</c><00:33:01.509><c> 22,</c><00:33:02.349><c> from</c><00:33:02.450><c> verse</c><00:33:02.670><c> 16</c><00:33:03.089><c> and</c><00:33:03.289><c> 17,</c><00:33:04.829><c> the</c><00:33:04.990><c> man</c><00:33:05.190><c> entice</c><00:33:05.789><c> a</c>

00:33:05.910 --> 00:33:06.869
maid.<00:33:06.109><c> So</c><00:33:06.210><c> there</c><00:33:06.329><c> was</c><00:33:06.509><c> that</c><00:33:06.630><c> I</c><00:33:06.789><c> said,</c>

00:33:06.970 --> 00:33:11.730
this<00:33:07.109><c> was</c><00:33:07.309><c> this</c><00:33:08.170><c> seduction</c><00:33:08.690><c> that</c><00:33:08.849><c> has</c><00:33:09.049><c> taken</c><00:33:09.269><c> place,</c><00:33:11.430><c> that</c><00:33:11.549><c> is</c>

00:33:11.730 --> 00:33:13.250
not<00:33:11.970><c> betrothed,</c><00:33:12.549><c> and</c><00:33:12.609><c> lie</c><00:33:12.730><c> with</c><00:33:12.910><c> her,</c><00:33:13.170><c> he</c><00:33:13.170><c> shall</c>

00:33:13.250 --> 00:33:16.630
surely<00:33:13.609><c> endow</c><00:33:13.849><c> to</c><00:33:13.950><c> be</c><00:33:14.049><c> his</c><00:33:14.230><c> wife.</c><00:33:14.910><c> If</c><00:33:15.109><c> a</c><00:33:15.329><c> father</c><00:33:15.569><c> utterly</c><00:33:15.950><c> refused</c><00:33:16.430><c> to</c>

00:33:16.630 --> 00:33:18.650
give<00:33:16.750><c> it</c><00:33:16.869><c> unto</c><00:33:16.990><c> him,</c><00:33:17.849><c> he</c><00:33:18.029><c> shall</c><00:33:18.150><c> pay</c><00:33:18.329><c> money</c>

00:33:18.650 --> 00:33:21.829
according<00:33:18.930><c> to</c><00:33:19.109><c> the</c><00:33:19.250><c> dowry</c><00:33:19.529><c> of</c><00:33:19.710><c> virgins.</c><00:33:20.710><c> And</c><00:33:20.990><c> that's</c><00:33:21.690><c> when</c>

00:33:21.829 --> 00:33:24.390
you<00:33:21.930><c> put</c><00:33:22.009><c> those</c><00:33:22.269><c> two</c><00:33:22.730><c> passages</c><00:33:23.069><c> together.</c>

00:33:24.730 --> 00:33:28.690
In<00:33:25.170><c> a</c><00:33:25.329><c> case</c><00:33:25.589><c> of</c><00:33:25.809><c> seduction,</c><00:33:26.829><c> it</c><00:33:26.829><c> was</c><00:33:27.130><c> not</c><00:33:27.650><c> always</c><00:33:28.210><c> obligatory</c>

00:33:28.690 --> 00:33:30.329
that<00:33:28.890><c> the</c><00:33:29.009><c> woman</c><00:33:29.170><c> marry</c><00:33:29.430><c> the</c><00:33:29.589><c> man.</c>

00:33:30.750 --> 00:33:33.210
And<00:33:31.009><c> the</c><00:33:31.210><c> father</c><00:33:31.430><c> had</c><00:33:31.569><c> the</c><00:33:31.769><c> right</c><00:33:31.890><c> to</c><00:33:32.069><c> say,</c><00:33:32.569><c> no,</c><00:33:32.650><c> he</c><00:33:32.890><c> would</c><00:33:32.990><c> be</c>

00:33:33.210 --> 00:33:35.230
a<00:33:33.349><c> bad</c><00:33:33.529><c> husband.</c><00:33:34.069><c> I</c><00:33:34.210><c> don't</c><00:33:34.369><c> want</c><00:33:34.490><c> you</c><00:33:34.630><c> going</c><00:33:34.769><c> into</c><00:33:34.950><c> that.</c>

00:33:35.710 --> 00:33:39.390
He<00:33:35.890><c> pays</c><00:33:36.130><c> the</c><00:33:36.309><c> penalty</c><00:33:36.589><c> for</c><00:33:36.869><c> the</c><00:33:37.029><c> loss</c><00:33:37.109><c> of</c><00:33:37.349><c> her</c><00:33:37.470><c> virginity.</c><00:33:38.569><c> And</c><00:33:39.009><c> he</c>

00:33:39.390 --> 00:33:41.269
was<00:33:39.549><c> the</c><00:33:39.710><c> one</c><00:33:39.869><c> who</c><00:33:39.950><c> was</c><00:33:40.170><c> regarded</c><00:33:40.430><c> as</c><00:33:40.730><c> the</c><00:33:40.970><c> most</c>

00:33:41.269 --> 00:33:44.150
responsible,<00:33:42.650><c> even</c><00:33:42.930><c> though</c><00:33:43.089><c> she</c><00:33:43.329><c> had</c><00:33:43.509><c> allowed</c><00:33:43.690><c> herself</c><00:33:43.950><c> to</c>

00:33:44.150 --> 00:33:47.329
be<00:33:44.309><c> seduced.</c><00:33:45.569><c> And</c><00:33:45.670><c> again,</c><00:33:46.710><c> instead</c><00:33:46.869><c> of</c><00:33:46.990><c> looking</c><00:33:47.170><c> at</c>

00:33:47.329 --> 00:33:49.869
this<00:33:47.490><c> and</c><00:33:47.750><c> saying,</c><00:33:48.130><c> isn't</c><00:33:48.369><c> it</c><00:33:48.549><c> wonderful</c><00:33:48.769><c> that</c><00:33:48.990><c> God</c><00:33:49.150><c> actually</c>

00:33:49.869 --> 00:33:51.529
says<00:33:50.170><c> the</c><00:33:50.369><c> woman</c><00:33:50.529><c> is</c><00:33:50.710><c> the</c><00:33:50.829><c> more</c><00:33:51.029><c> vulnerable,</c>

00:33:51.529 --> 00:33:57.609
the<00:33:52.329><c> man</c><00:33:52.569><c> is</c><00:33:52.750><c> perhaps</c><00:33:53.049><c> the</c><00:33:53.329><c> predator</c><00:33:53.569><c> in</c><00:33:53.730><c> that</c><00:33:53.910><c> situation,</c><00:33:55.390><c> then</c><00:33:56.309><c> again,</c><00:33:57.329><c> the</c><00:33:57.410><c> law</c><00:33:57.509><c> of</c>

00:33:57.609 --> 00:33:58.730
Moses<00:33:57.829><c> says</c><00:33:58.029><c> the</c><00:33:58.210><c> man</c><00:33:58.390><c> is</c><00:33:58.549><c> the</c>

00:33:58.730 --> 00:34:02.130
most<00:33:58.970><c> responsible</c><00:33:59.450><c> in</c><00:33:59.869><c> this</c><00:34:00.029><c> situation.</c><00:34:01.369><c> I</c><00:34:01.509><c> think</c><00:34:01.630><c> that's</c><00:34:01.910><c> a</c>

00:34:02.130 --> 00:34:05.049
wonderful<00:34:02.549><c> example</c><00:34:03.089><c> of</c><00:34:03.430><c> how</c><00:34:03.730><c> God's</c><00:34:04.210><c> law</c><00:34:04.329><c> was</c><00:34:04.630><c> far</c><00:34:04.789><c> more</c>

00:34:05.049 --> 00:34:09.789
enlightened<00:34:05.430><c> than</c><00:34:05.630><c> our</c><00:34:05.809><c> modern</c><00:34:06.009><c> world</c><00:34:06.289><c> is.</c><00:34:08.250><c> Let's</c><00:34:08.510><c> talk</c><00:34:08.690><c> about</c><00:34:08.949><c> marriage</c><00:34:09.369><c> under</c><00:34:09.630><c> the</c>

00:34:09.789 --> 00:34:12.250
law.<00:34:11.489><c> Polygamy</c><00:34:11.730><c> was</c><00:34:11.989><c> never</c>

00:34:12.250 --> 00:34:15.190
part<00:34:12.469><c> of</c><00:34:12.610><c> God's</c><00:34:12.989><c> plan.</c><00:34:13.170><c> Polygamy</c><00:34:13.550><c> has</c><00:34:13.829><c> been</c><00:34:14.510><c> a</c><00:34:14.690><c> custom</c><00:34:14.969><c> in</c>

00:34:15.190 --> 00:34:18.889
almost<00:34:15.550><c> every</c><00:34:15.929><c> ancient</c><00:34:16.190><c> nation,</c><00:34:16.969><c> many</c><00:34:17.230><c> African</c><00:34:17.690><c> tribes,</c>

00:34:19.150 --> 00:34:23.889
many<00:34:19.730><c> Islamic</c><00:34:20.309><c> nations.</c><00:34:21.809><c> The</c><00:34:21.929><c> Mormons,</c><00:34:22.489><c> the</c><00:34:22.670><c> Mormons,</c><00:34:23.329><c> the</c>

00:34:23.889 --> 00:34:25.909
Latter<00:34:24.090><c> Day</c><00:34:24.250><c> Saints</c><00:34:24.590><c> have</c><00:34:24.909><c> practiced</c><00:34:25.309><c> polygamy</c>

00:34:25.909 --> 00:34:31.070
and<00:34:26.690><c> the</c><00:34:27.570><c> reorganized</c><00:34:28.429><c> Latter</c><00:34:28.769><c> Day</c><00:34:28.949><c> Saints</c><00:34:29.250><c> still</c><00:34:29.550><c> do</c><00:34:29.710><c> it.</c>

00:34:31.389 --> 00:34:32.989
And<00:34:31.610><c> they</c><00:34:31.750><c> have</c><00:34:31.829><c> these</c><00:34:32.070><c> great</c><00:34:32.309><c> campuses</c><00:34:32.730><c> where</c>

00:34:32.989 --> 00:34:37.969
girls<00:34:33.309><c> are</c><00:34:33.530><c> betrothed</c><00:34:33.929><c> off</c><00:34:34.349><c> at</c><00:34:34.550><c> a</c><00:34:34.550><c> very</c><00:34:34.849><c> early</c><00:34:34.989><c> age.</c><00:34:37.630><c> Polygamy</c>

00:34:37.969 --> 00:34:39.809
was<00:34:38.210><c> never</c><00:34:38.449><c> part</c><00:34:38.670><c> of</c><00:34:38.789><c> God's</c><00:34:39.130><c> plan</c><00:34:39.309><c> right</c><00:34:39.570><c> from</c>

00:34:39.809 --> 00:34:43.070
the<00:34:39.949><c> Genesis</c><00:34:40.230><c> Foundation.</c><00:34:42.010><c> There's</c><00:34:42.170><c> never</c><00:34:42.409><c> a</c><00:34:42.530><c> good</c><00:34:42.670><c> example</c>

00:34:43.070 --> 00:34:44.469
that<00:34:43.230><c> it</c><00:34:43.429><c> worked</c><00:34:43.570><c> out</c><00:34:43.789><c> very</c><00:34:44.110><c> well.</c>

00:34:44.469 --> 00:34:48.010
It<00:34:45.190><c> always</c><00:34:45.510><c> brought</c><00:34:45.730><c> strife,</c><00:34:46.469><c> unhappiness</c><00:34:46.889><c> and</c><00:34:47.050><c> jealousy,</c><00:34:47.869><c> e</c>

00:34:48.010 --> 00:34:49.630
.g.<00:34:48.090><c> the</c><00:34:48.250><c> family</c><00:34:48.590><c> of</c><00:34:48.809><c> Jacob.</c>

00:34:50.750 --> 00:34:54.570
Never<00:34:51.030><c> allowed</c><00:34:51.369><c> for</c><00:34:51.489><c> in</c><00:34:51.650><c> the</c><00:34:51.710><c> New</c><00:34:51.909><c> Testament.</c><00:34:53.989><c> Some</c><00:34:54.230><c> may</c><00:34:54.429><c> have</c>

00:34:54.570 --> 00:34:56.489
come<00:34:54.710><c> into</c><00:34:54.849><c> the</c><00:34:55.150><c> truth</c><00:34:55.530><c> already</c><00:34:56.030><c> having</c><00:34:56.250><c> married</c>

00:34:56.489 --> 00:34:59.710
more<00:34:56.750><c> than</c><00:34:56.849><c> one</c><00:34:57.030><c> wife,</c><00:34:57.329><c> which</c><00:34:57.590><c> made</c><00:34:57.789><c> them</c><00:34:57.969><c> unsuitable</c><00:34:58.449><c> for</c><00:34:58.650><c> some</c><00:34:58.809><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:59.210><c> office</c><00:34:59.489><c> as</c>

00:34:59.710 --> 00:35:00.650
an<00:34:59.929><c> example</c><00:35:00.309><c> of</c><00:35:00.449><c> what</c>

00:35:00.650 --> 00:35:05.190
God's<00:35:01.110><c> principles</c><00:35:01.449><c> were.</c><00:35:03.250><c> But</c><00:35:03.630><c> again,</c><00:35:04.449><c> it's</c><00:35:04.650><c> never</c><00:35:04.909><c> allowed</c>

00:35:05.190 --> 00:35:07.329
for<00:35:05.329><c> in</c><00:35:05.449><c> the</c><00:35:05.510><c> New</c><00:35:05.690><c> Testament.</c><00:35:06.989><c> It's</c><00:35:07.110><c> only</c>

00:35:07.329 --> 00:35:09.710
allowed<00:35:07.510><c> in</c><00:35:07.630><c> the</c><00:35:07.650><c> law</c><00:35:07.769><c> of</c><00:35:07.829><c> Moses</c><00:35:08.130><c> in</c><00:35:08.329><c> the</c><00:35:08.449><c> case</c><00:35:08.690><c> of</c><00:35:09.309><c> securing</c>

00:35:09.710 --> 00:35:11.050
the<00:35:09.969><c> family</c><00:35:10.230><c> inheritance.</c><00:35:10.630><c> And</c><00:35:10.769><c> that</c><00:35:10.869><c> was</c>

00:35:11.050 --> 00:35:16.869
a<00:35:11.250><c> rare</c><00:35:11.349><c> occurrence</c><00:35:11.789><c> where</c><00:35:12.489><c> a</c><00:35:12.949><c> man</c><00:35:13.130><c> had</c><00:35:13.409><c> died</c><00:35:13.610><c> leaving</c><00:35:13.909><c> no</c><00:35:14.269><c> seed</c><00:35:14.670><c> in</c>

00:35:16.869 --> 00:35:18.510
an<00:35:17.070><c> age</c><00:35:17.250><c> when</c><00:35:17.389><c> there</c><00:35:17.530><c> was</c><00:35:17.690><c> no</c><00:35:17.909><c> contraception.</c>

00:35:18.670 --> 00:35:21.610
That<00:35:18.670><c> wasn't</c><00:35:19.110><c> very</c><00:35:19.670><c> much,</c><00:35:19.969><c> very</c><00:35:20.289><c> often</c><00:35:20.610><c> the</c><00:35:20.809><c> case.</c><00:35:21.090><c> But</c><00:35:21.250><c> if</c><00:35:21.389><c> it</c>

00:35:21.610 --> 00:35:24.349
happened,<00:35:22.530><c> then</c><00:35:22.909><c> in</c><00:35:23.349><c> that</c><00:35:23.690><c> rare</c><00:35:23.929><c> occurrence,</c>

00:35:24.710 --> 00:35:28.309
a<00:35:24.829><c> man</c><00:35:25.030><c> could</c><00:35:25.170><c> end</c><00:35:25.349><c> up</c><00:35:25.469><c> with</c><00:35:25.670><c> two</c><00:35:25.849><c> wives</c><00:35:26.070><c> because</c><00:35:26.610><c> in</c><00:35:27.269><c> God's</c><00:35:27.630><c> eyes,</c><00:35:27.809><c> the</c><00:35:27.929><c> law</c><00:35:28.050><c> of</c>

00:35:28.309 --> 00:35:29.710
inheritance<00:35:28.670><c> overrode</c>

00:35:29.789 --> 00:35:34.710
the<00:35:30.170><c> principle</c><00:35:30.510><c> of</c><00:35:30.730><c> one</c><00:35:30.869><c> man,</c><00:35:31.409><c> one</c><00:35:31.590><c> wife.</c><00:35:33.989><c> So</c><00:35:34.130><c> God</c><00:35:34.269><c> encouraged</c>

00:35:34.710 --> 00:35:35.690
men<00:35:34.849><c> to</c><00:35:34.989><c> have</c><00:35:35.150><c> one</c><00:35:35.389><c> wife,</c>

00:35:35.690 --> 00:35:40.309
live<00:35:36.070><c> joyfully</c><00:35:36.550><c> the</c><00:35:36.969><c> wife</c><00:35:37.309><c> of</c><00:35:37.610><c> thy</c><00:35:37.869><c> youth.</c><00:35:39.590><c> And</c><00:35:39.829><c> right</c><00:35:39.949><c> through</c><00:35:40.090><c> the</c>

00:35:40.309 --> 00:35:41.469
Proverbs<00:35:40.590><c> and</c><00:35:40.809><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

00:35:41.590 --> 00:35:44.889
God<00:35:41.710><c> encourages</c><00:35:42.250><c> one</c><00:35:43.070><c> wife</c><00:35:43.329><c> as</c><00:35:43.550><c> being</c><00:35:43.670><c> the</c><00:35:43.989><c> correct</c><00:35:44.150><c> way</c><00:35:44.449><c> for</c>

00:35:44.889 --> 00:35:47.650
relationships<00:35:45.469><c> to</c><00:35:45.909><c> exist</c><00:35:46.130><c> and</c><00:35:46.329><c> families</c><00:35:46.730><c> to</c><00:35:47.010><c> be</c>

00:35:47.650 --> 00:35:51.769
profitably<00:35:48.130><c> raised.</c><00:35:49.389><c> So</c><00:35:49.690><c> that</c><00:35:50.210><c> was</c><00:35:50.409><c> the</c><00:35:50.570><c> divine</c><00:35:50.809><c> principle.</c>

00:35:52.110 --> 00:35:53.570
There<00:35:52.250><c> was</c><00:35:52.469><c> also</c><00:35:52.849><c> incredibly</c><00:35:53.309><c> strict</c>

00:35:53.570 --> 00:35:55.869
control<00:35:53.969><c> of</c><00:35:54.210><c> sexual</c><00:35:54.449><c> relations</c><00:35:54.889><c> within</c><00:35:55.150><c> families.</c><00:35:55.630><c> And</c><00:35:55.789><c> you</c>

00:35:55.869 --> 00:35:58.389
can<00:35:56.050><c> read</c><00:35:56.269><c> those</c><00:35:56.969><c> laws</c><00:35:57.170><c> of</c><00:35:57.289><c> Leviticus</c><00:35:57.769><c> that</c>

00:35:58.389 --> 00:36:02.690
actually<00:35:58.829><c> make</c><00:35:59.050><c> us</c><00:35:59.309><c> cringe</c><00:35:59.590><c> sometimes</c><00:36:00.289><c> because</c><00:36:01.429><c> we</c><00:36:01.650><c> know</c><00:36:01.769><c> what</c><00:36:01.989><c> human</c><00:36:02.150><c> nature</c><00:36:02.409><c> is</c>

00:36:02.690 --> 00:36:03.550
capable<00:36:03.030><c> of.</c>

00:36:03.550 --> 00:36:06.650
There<00:36:04.050><c> was</c><00:36:04.329><c> to</c><00:36:04.449><c> be</c><00:36:04.710><c> no</c><00:36:05.150><c> inappropriate</c><00:36:05.949><c> sexual</c><00:36:06.250><c> relations</c>

00:36:06.650 --> 00:36:07.449
within<00:36:06.949><c> families,</c>

00:36:07.789 --> 00:36:11.250
and<00:36:08.070><c> that</c><00:36:08.210><c> was</c><00:36:08.409><c> very</c><00:36:08.710><c> strictly</c><00:36:08.929><c> regulated</c><00:36:09.429><c> by</c><00:36:09.710><c> the</c><00:36:09.809><c> law</c><00:36:09.909><c> of</c><00:36:10.070><c> Moses.</c><00:36:11.050><c> So</c>

00:36:11.250 --> 00:36:13.210
again,<00:36:12.210><c> who</c><00:36:12.389><c> are</c><00:36:12.469><c> the</c><00:36:12.550><c> most</c><00:36:12.789><c> vulnerable</c>

00:36:13.210 --> 00:36:17.489
to<00:36:13.469><c> sexual</c><00:36:13.969><c> predisposition?</c><00:36:15.309><c> Women</c><00:36:15.670><c> and</c><00:36:15.969><c> young</c><00:36:16.130><c> girls.</c><00:36:17.190><c> And</c>

00:36:17.489 --> 00:36:19.869
that<00:36:17.650><c> was</c><00:36:17.969><c> strictly</c><00:36:18.250><c> controlled</c><00:36:18.690><c> within</c><00:36:18.929><c> families.</c>

00:36:20.030 --> 00:36:22.670
So<00:36:20.250><c> again,</c><00:36:20.969><c> it</c><00:36:21.070><c> was</c><00:36:21.230><c> all</c><00:36:21.429><c> about</c><00:36:21.690><c> the</c><00:36:21.969><c> protection</c><00:36:22.269><c> of</c><00:36:22.550><c> the</c>

00:36:22.670 --> 00:36:24.070
vulnerable<00:36:23.030><c> women.</c>

00:36:27.449 --> 00:36:30.070
Polygamy<00:36:27.590><c> was</c><00:36:27.809><c> never</c><00:36:28.090><c> encouraged</c><00:36:28.489><c> or</c><00:36:28.690><c> committed,</c><00:36:29.530><c> except</c><00:36:29.909><c> in</c>

00:36:30.070 --> 00:36:31.289
that<00:36:30.230><c> case</c><00:36:30.469><c> of</c><00:36:30.670><c> family</c><00:36:30.849><c> inheritance.</c>

00:36:31.289 --> 00:36:34.769
If<00:36:31.889><c> a</c><00:36:32.070><c> man</c><00:36:32.170><c> had</c><00:36:32.349><c> two</c><00:36:32.630><c> wives</c><00:36:32.929><c> in</c><00:36:33.070><c> that</c><00:36:33.289><c> situation,</c><00:36:33.969><c> then</c><00:36:34.110><c> the</c><00:36:34.230><c> husband</c><00:36:34.409><c> had</c><00:36:34.550><c> to</c>

00:36:34.769 --> 00:36:35.710
avoid<00:36:35.070><c> favoritism.</c>

00:36:36.150 --> 00:36:38.090
So<00:36:36.269><c> there</c><00:36:36.389><c> were</c><00:36:36.550><c> laws</c><00:36:36.829><c> that</c><00:36:37.010><c> were</c><00:36:37.230><c> added</c><00:36:37.409><c> to</c><00:36:37.650><c> say,</c><00:36:37.829><c> look,</c><00:36:37.929><c> if</c>

00:36:38.090 --> 00:36:40.750
you<00:36:38.250><c> do</c><00:36:38.369><c> end</c><00:36:38.530><c> up</c><00:36:38.650><c> in</c><00:36:38.789><c> this</c><00:36:38.929><c> situation</c><00:36:39.369><c> having</c><00:36:39.590><c> two</c><00:36:39.909><c> wives,</c>

00:36:41.389 --> 00:36:44.989
then<00:36:41.829><c> you</c><00:36:42.269><c> can't</c><00:36:42.869><c> show</c><00:36:43.130><c> favoritism</c><00:36:43.690><c> in</c><00:36:43.849><c> matters</c><00:36:44.030><c> of</c><00:36:44.309><c> inheritance</c><00:36:44.690><c> and</c><00:36:44.869><c> the</c>

00:36:44.989 --> 00:36:46.150
way<00:36:45.090><c> you</c><00:36:45.329><c> treat</c><00:36:45.429><c> those</c><00:36:45.769><c> wives.</c>

00:36:46.630 --> 00:36:49.570
And<00:36:46.809><c> that</c><00:36:46.929><c> would</c><00:36:47.070><c> have</c><00:36:47.250><c> been</c><00:36:47.550><c> a</c><00:36:47.869><c> very</c><00:36:48.090><c> difficult</c><00:36:48.369><c> thing</c><00:36:48.630><c> to</c><00:36:48.809><c> get</c><00:36:48.989><c> balanced</c><00:36:49.329><c> in</c>

00:36:49.570 --> 00:36:50.329
that<00:36:49.730><c> situation.</c>

00:36:50.769 --> 00:36:54.469
And<00:36:50.969><c> I</c><00:36:51.130><c> believe</c><00:36:51.289><c> those</c><00:36:51.550><c> cases</c><00:36:51.889><c> were</c><00:36:52.130><c> relatively</c><00:36:52.570><c> few.</c><00:36:54.210><c> Very</c>

00:36:54.469 --> 00:36:57.210
likely<00:36:54.849><c> one</c><00:36:55.050><c> of</c><00:36:55.210><c> those</c><00:36:55.429><c> was</c><00:36:55.869><c> Hannah</c><00:36:56.090><c> and</c><00:36:56.230><c> Ilkana</c>

00:36:57.929 --> 00:37:01.769
and<00:36:58.369><c> Benina.</c><00:36:59.929><c> That</c><00:37:00.369><c> possibly</c><00:37:00.769><c> was</c><00:37:00.969><c> one</c><00:37:01.150><c> of</c><00:37:01.250><c> those</c><00:37:01.469><c> sort</c><00:37:01.610><c> of</c>

00:37:01.769 --> 00:37:04.570
cases.<00:37:03.610><c> You</c><00:37:03.670><c> don't</c><00:37:03.849><c> have</c><00:37:03.989><c> too</c><00:37:04.210><c> many</c><00:37:04.349><c> others,</c>

00:37:04.590 --> 00:37:07.570
you<00:37:04.690><c> can</c><00:37:04.869><c> actually</c><00:37:05.070><c> put</c><00:37:05.230><c> your</c><00:37:05.409><c> finger</c><00:37:05.670><c> on</c><00:37:05.849><c> that</c><00:37:05.969><c> would</c><00:37:06.170><c> actually</c><00:37:06.409><c> fit</c><00:37:06.590><c> the</c><00:37:06.769><c> bill</c><00:37:06.989><c> in</c>

00:37:07.570 --> 00:37:08.550
the<00:37:07.730><c> Bible.</c>

00:37:09.789 --> 00:37:11.829
In<00:37:09.929><c> the</c><00:37:10.030><c> first</c><00:37:10.269><c> year</c><00:37:10.409><c> of</c><00:37:10.590><c> marriage,</c><00:37:11.090><c> husbands</c><00:37:11.170><c> were</c><00:37:11.409><c> exempted</c>

00:37:11.829 --> 00:37:13.369
from<00:37:11.949><c> military</c><00:37:12.369><c> service.</c>

00:37:13.650 --> 00:37:18.250
That<00:37:13.849><c> ensured</c><00:37:14.250><c> that</c><00:37:14.389><c> there</c><00:37:14.550><c> was</c><00:37:14.690><c> the</c><00:37:14.889><c> raising</c><00:37:15.150><c> of</c><00:37:15.409><c> a</c><00:37:15.670><c> godly</c><00:37:16.050><c> seed.</c><00:37:17.989><c> It</c>

00:37:18.250 --> 00:37:19.909
protected<00:37:18.730><c> the</c><00:37:19.170><c> new</c><00:37:19.469><c> wife.</c><00:37:19.809><c> You</c>

00:37:19.909 --> 00:37:22.110
imagine<00:37:20.269><c> coming,</c><00:37:20.789><c> say,</c><00:37:20.849><c> from</c><00:37:21.030><c> the</c><00:37:21.230><c> tribe</c><00:37:21.389><c> of</c><00:37:21.610><c> Manasseh</c><00:37:21.989><c> and</c>

00:37:22.110 --> 00:37:24.829
you've<00:37:22.309><c> married</c><00:37:22.530><c> into</c><00:37:22.829><c> Judah.</c><00:37:23.929><c> You're</c><00:37:24.210><c> miles</c><00:37:24.550><c> from</c>

00:37:24.829 --> 00:37:28.789
home.<00:37:25.030><c> You</c><00:37:25.130><c> don't</c><00:37:25.369><c> have</c><00:37:25.550><c> a</c><00:37:25.650><c> telephone.</c><00:37:26.570><c> You</c><00:37:26.630><c> don't</c><00:37:26.909><c> have</c><00:37:27.869><c> Facebook.</c><00:37:28.570><c> You've</c><00:37:28.690><c> got</c>

00:37:28.789 --> 00:37:29.829
nothing<00:37:29.030><c> you</c><00:37:29.170><c> can</c><00:37:29.369><c> communicate</c>

00:37:29.829 --> 00:37:33.130
with<00:37:30.090><c> home.</c><00:37:31.289><c> You</c><00:37:31.409><c> might</c><00:37:31.630><c> see</c><00:37:31.809><c> your</c><00:37:32.030><c> family</c><00:37:32.269><c> once</c><00:37:32.510><c> or</c><00:37:32.690><c> twice</c><00:37:32.989><c> a</c>

00:37:33.130 --> 00:37:36.610
year<00:37:33.230><c> at</c><00:37:33.429><c> the</c><00:37:33.610><c> feasts.</c><00:37:35.690><c> You're</c><00:37:35.809><c> fitting</c><00:37:35.929><c> into</c><00:37:36.230><c> a</c><00:37:36.449><c> whole</c>

00:37:36.610 --> 00:37:42.130
new<00:37:36.829><c> family</c><00:37:37.170><c> that</c><00:37:37.389><c> you</c><00:37:37.570><c> hardly</c><00:37:37.889><c> know.</c><00:37:40.190><c> And</c><00:37:40.530><c> you</c><00:37:40.710><c> are</c><00:37:41.030><c> vulnerable.</c><00:37:41.710><c> And</c><00:37:42.010><c> if</c>

00:37:42.130 --> 00:37:43.409
your<00:37:42.269><c> husband</c><00:37:42.550><c> goes</c><00:37:42.809><c> off</c><00:37:43.050><c> to</c><00:37:43.210><c> war</c>

00:37:43.409 --> 00:37:46.210
and<00:37:43.690><c> leaves</c><00:37:43.849><c> you</c><00:37:44.050><c> there,</c><00:37:44.230><c> then</c><00:37:44.349><c> it's</c><00:37:44.570><c> a</c><00:37:44.710><c> very</c><00:37:44.949><c> unsettling</c><00:37:45.349><c> situation</c><00:37:45.909><c> for</c>

00:37:46.210 --> 00:37:49.309
her.<00:37:48.030><c> It</c><00:37:48.230><c> also</c><00:37:48.550><c> showed</c><00:37:48.789><c> that</c><00:37:48.989><c> God</c><00:37:49.110><c> wanted</c>

00:37:49.309 --> 00:37:51.750
marriage<00:37:49.610><c> to</c><00:37:49.730><c> enjoy.</c><00:37:50.250><c> That</c><00:37:50.289><c> a</c><00:37:50.329><c> man</c><00:37:50.510><c> might</c><00:37:50.750><c> enjoy</c><00:37:51.230><c> his</c><00:37:51.489><c> wife,</c>

00:37:51.789 --> 00:37:54.829
it<00:37:51.909><c> says</c><00:37:52.070><c> in</c><00:37:52.250><c> that</c><00:37:52.449><c> law.</c><00:37:54.190><c> And</c><00:37:54.449><c> that</c><00:37:54.590><c> there</c><00:37:54.690><c> would</c>

00:37:54.829 --> 00:37:57.630
be<00:37:54.969><c> the</c><00:37:55.130><c> raising</c><00:37:55.349><c> of</c><00:37:55.530><c> a</c><00:37:55.650><c> godly</c><00:37:56.010><c> seed.</c><00:37:56.289><c> Even</c><00:37:56.710><c> if</c><00:37:56.909><c> something</c><00:37:57.170><c> happened</c><00:37:57.489><c> to</c>

00:37:57.630 --> 00:37:59.829
him,<00:37:58.510><c> there</c><00:37:58.610><c> was</c><00:37:58.789><c> a</c><00:37:58.969><c> child</c><00:37:59.150><c> to</c><00:37:59.389><c> secure</c><00:37:59.590><c> the</c>

00:37:59.829 --> 00:38:03.789
inheritance<00:38:00.230><c> after</c><00:38:01.409><c> he'd</c><00:38:01.730><c> gone</c><00:38:01.849><c> off</c><00:38:02.210><c> after</c><00:38:02.489><c> the</c><00:38:02.630><c> first</c><00:38:02.929><c> year.</c>

00:38:04.710 --> 00:38:06.730
So<00:38:04.750><c> again,</c><00:38:05.369><c> it</c><00:38:05.489><c> was</c><00:38:05.730><c> a</c><00:38:05.809><c> matter</c><00:38:06.010><c> of</c><00:38:06.309><c> protecting</c>

00:38:06.730 --> 00:38:09.150
inheritances<00:38:07.389><c> and</c><00:38:07.610><c> it</c><00:38:07.650><c> was</c><00:38:07.889><c> a</c><00:38:07.989><c> matter</c><00:38:08.170><c> of</c><00:38:08.449><c> looking</c><00:38:08.630><c> after</c><00:38:08.929><c> the</c>

00:38:09.150 --> 00:38:12.769
vulnerable<00:38:09.530><c> woman.</c><00:38:10.730><c> So</c><00:38:10.949><c> again,</c><00:38:11.849><c> God</c><00:38:12.010><c> looked</c><00:38:12.269><c> after</c>

00:38:12.769 --> 00:38:18.269
vulnerable<00:38:13.309><c> women.</c><00:38:15.349><c> What</c><00:38:15.510><c> about</c><00:38:15.750><c> marriage</c><00:38:16.110><c> choices?</c><00:38:17.849><c> Well,</c>

00:38:18.329 --> 00:38:20.489
criticism<00:38:18.590><c> is</c><00:38:18.869><c> often</c><00:38:19.070><c> made</c><00:38:19.250><c> of</c><00:38:19.369><c> the</c><00:38:19.570><c> Bible</c><00:38:19.829><c> that</c>

00:38:20.489 --> 00:38:24.210
girls<00:38:21.289><c> were,</c><00:38:21.949><c> you</c><00:38:22.170><c> know,</c><00:38:22.550><c> shopped</c><00:38:22.750><c> off</c><00:38:22.849><c> by</c><00:38:23.070><c> their</c><00:38:23.250><c> fathers.</c>

00:38:25.250 --> 00:38:27.110
There<00:38:25.369><c> were</c><00:38:25.590><c> dowries</c><00:38:25.989><c> and</c><00:38:26.210><c> things</c><00:38:26.369><c> like</c><00:38:26.630><c> that</c><00:38:26.769><c> and</c><00:38:26.949><c> so</c>

00:38:27.110 --> 00:38:30.530
they<00:38:27.309><c> were.</c><00:38:28.269><c> And</c><00:38:28.590><c> God</c><00:38:28.769><c> never</c><00:38:29.090><c> gave</c><00:38:29.269><c> any</c><00:38:29.550><c> laws</c><00:38:29.809><c> that</c><00:38:30.329><c> arranged</c>

00:38:30.530 --> 00:38:33.170
marriages<00:38:31.010><c> were</c><00:38:31.349><c> the</c><00:38:31.809><c> order</c><00:38:31.989><c> of</c><00:38:32.170><c> the</c><00:38:32.309><c> day.</c>

00:38:33.530 --> 00:38:38.250
But<00:38:33.710><c> in</c><00:38:33.949><c> the</c><00:38:34.110><c> ancient</c><00:38:34.329><c> world</c><00:38:34.809><c> and</c><00:38:35.449><c> today,</c><00:38:35.809><c> it</c><00:38:36.090><c> was</c><00:38:36.289><c> a</c><00:38:36.349><c> very</c><00:38:36.670><c> common</c><00:38:36.929><c> custom.</c><00:38:38.230><c> It</c>

00:38:38.250 --> 00:38:39.250
was<00:38:38.489><c> something</c><00:38:38.750><c> that</c>

00:38:39.250 --> 00:38:41.989
it<00:38:39.590><c> was</c><00:38:39.789><c> just</c><00:38:39.949><c> a</c><00:38:40.150><c> practice</c><00:38:40.329><c> in</c><00:38:40.510><c> Israel</c><00:38:40.789><c> that</c><00:38:41.070><c> arranged</c><00:38:41.269><c> marriages</c><00:38:41.630><c> were</c>

00:38:41.989 --> 00:38:44.269
common,<00:38:43.010><c> but</c><00:38:43.309><c> they</c><00:38:43.530><c> were</c><00:38:43.869><c> never</c>

00:38:44.269 --> 00:38:49.949
commanded.<00:38:46.789><c> The</c><00:38:46.949><c> daughters</c><00:38:47.150><c> of</c><00:38:47.389><c> Zelophehad,</c><00:38:48.090><c> who</c><00:38:48.349><c> of</c><00:38:48.570><c> course,</c><00:38:49.690><c> in</c><00:38:49.809><c> the</c>

00:38:49.949 --> 00:38:50.849
matter<00:38:50.110><c> of</c><00:38:50.389><c> inheritance,</c>

00:38:51.170 --> 00:38:55.329
got<00:38:51.389><c> very</c><00:38:51.829><c> many</c><00:38:52.150><c> special</c><00:38:52.449><c> blessings,</c><00:38:53.849><c> they</c><00:38:54.030><c> could</c><00:38:54.170><c> marry</c><00:38:54.489><c> anyone</c><00:38:55.030><c> of</c>

00:38:55.329 --> 00:38:56.989
their<00:38:55.530><c> choice.</c><00:38:56.010><c> So</c><00:38:56.090><c> this</c><00:38:56.329><c> is</c><00:38:56.570><c> God</c><00:38:56.690><c> almost</c>

00:38:56.989 --> 00:38:59.750
saying<00:38:57.130><c> the</c><00:38:57.349><c> opposite.</c><00:38:58.170><c> God</c><00:38:58.329><c> is</c><00:38:58.570><c> saying,</c><00:38:58.769><c> I</c><00:38:58.889><c> would</c><00:38:59.130><c> prefer</c><00:38:59.429><c> you</c><00:38:59.590><c> to</c>

00:38:59.750 --> 00:39:01.590
marry<00:38:59.869><c> someone</c><00:39:00.150><c> that</c><00:39:00.409><c> you</c><00:39:00.769><c> select</c><00:39:01.090><c> to</c><00:39:01.230><c> be</c><00:39:01.329><c> your</c>

00:39:01.590 --> 00:39:05.449
partner<00:39:01.809><c> in</c><00:39:02.010><c> life.</c><00:39:04.010><c> The</c><00:39:04.250><c> only</c><00:39:04.449><c> restriction</c><00:39:04.949><c> that</c><00:39:05.070><c> was</c><00:39:05.190><c> put</c><00:39:05.309><c> on</c>

00:39:05.449 --> 00:39:07.170
the<00:39:05.610><c> daughters</c><00:39:05.750><c> of</c><00:39:05.929><c> Zelophehad</c><00:39:06.409><c> was</c><00:39:06.650><c> they</c><00:39:06.809><c> had</c><00:39:06.969><c> to</c>

00:39:07.170 --> 00:39:10.730
marry<00:39:07.389><c> in</c><00:39:07.469><c> their</c><00:39:07.789><c> own</c><00:39:08.190><c> tribe</c><00:39:08.449><c> because</c><00:39:09.650><c> I</c><00:39:10.030><c> believe</c><00:39:10.250><c> the</c><00:39:10.369><c> daughters</c><00:39:10.550><c> of</c>

00:39:10.730 --> 00:39:12.329
Zelophehad<00:39:11.369><c> actually</c><00:39:11.710><c> inherited</c><00:39:12.010><c> about</c>

00:39:12.329 --> 00:39:17.650
a<00:39:12.550><c> quarter</c><00:39:12.750><c> of</c><00:39:12.949><c> the</c><00:39:13.090><c> whole</c><00:39:13.809><c> area</c><00:39:14.349><c> of</c><00:39:14.630><c> Manasseh.</c><00:39:15.869><c> And</c><00:39:16.389><c> in</c><00:39:17.409><c> doing</c>

00:39:17.650 --> 00:39:19.929
so,<00:39:18.090><c> of</c><00:39:18.429><c> course,</c><00:39:18.730><c> if</c><00:39:18.949><c> they</c><00:39:19.150><c> had</c><00:39:19.309><c> married</c><00:39:19.570><c> men</c><00:39:19.750><c> from</c>

00:39:19.929 --> 00:39:22.570
other<00:39:20.190><c> tribes,</c><00:39:20.710><c> then</c><00:39:20.869><c> the</c><00:39:21.550><c> inheritance</c><00:39:21.849><c> of</c><00:39:22.110><c> Manasseh</c><00:39:22.429><c> would</c>

00:39:22.570 --> 00:39:25.090
have<00:39:22.710><c> been</c><00:39:22.869><c> sped</c><00:39:23.110><c> up,</c><00:39:23.750><c> which</c><00:39:24.110><c> is</c><00:39:24.289><c> why</c><00:39:24.469><c> God</c><00:39:24.670><c> changed</c>

00:39:25.090 --> 00:39:29.789
his<00:39:25.329><c> law</c><00:39:25.449><c> twice</c><00:39:25.949><c> to</c><00:39:26.329><c> make</c><00:39:26.590><c> sure</c><00:39:26.730><c> that</c><00:39:26.929><c> situation</c><00:39:27.449><c> was</c><00:39:27.769><c> covered.</c><00:39:29.269><c> And</c>

00:39:29.789 --> 00:39:31.530
it's<00:39:30.469><c> remarkable</c><00:39:30.969><c> that</c><00:39:31.190><c> they</c><00:39:31.369><c> could</c>

00:39:31.530 --> 00:39:34.989
marry<00:39:31.750><c> anyone</c><00:39:32.190><c> of</c><00:39:32.329><c> their</c><00:39:32.570><c> choice,</c><00:39:33.570><c> but</c><00:39:34.070><c> in</c><00:39:34.190><c> their</c><00:39:34.449><c> case,</c><00:39:34.889><c> it</c>

00:39:34.989 --> 00:39:36.769
was<00:39:35.170><c> limited</c><00:39:35.389><c> to</c><00:39:35.550><c> their</c><00:39:35.710><c> own</c><00:39:35.969><c> tribe.</c>

00:39:37.969 --> 00:39:42.369
So<00:39:38.429><c> again,</c><00:39:38.929><c> God</c><00:39:39.190><c> never</c><00:39:39.869><c> commanded</c><00:39:40.369><c> arranged</c><00:39:40.730><c> marriages.</c><00:39:41.949><c> God</c>

00:39:42.369 --> 00:39:44.989
knew<00:39:43.590><c> they</c><00:39:43.789><c> would</c><00:39:43.909><c> happen</c><00:39:44.170><c> because</c><00:39:44.389><c> that</c><00:39:44.570><c> was</c><00:39:44.750><c> the</c>

00:39:44.989 --> 00:39:49.050
ancient<00:39:45.230><c> custom</c><00:39:45.590><c> of</c><00:39:45.769><c> the</c><00:39:45.949><c> times.</c><00:39:47.070><c> But</c><00:39:47.269><c> he</c><00:39:47.469><c> said</c><00:39:47.789><c> his</c><00:39:48.349><c> preference</c><00:39:48.670><c> was</c><00:39:48.889><c> that</c>

00:39:49.050 --> 00:39:49.969
people<00:39:49.210><c> marry</c><00:39:49.449><c> somebody</c><00:39:49.789><c> of</c>

00:39:49.969 --> 00:39:54.369
their<00:39:50.190><c> choice.</c><00:39:52.449><c> What</c><00:39:52.610><c> do</c><00:39:52.710><c> we</c><00:39:52.829><c> see</c><00:39:52.989><c> in</c><00:39:53.349><c> today's</c><00:39:53.909><c> world?</c><00:39:54.289><c> Well,</c>

00:39:54.369 --> 00:39:56.909
you<00:39:54.449><c> can</c><00:39:54.610><c> go</c><00:39:54.730><c> there</c><00:39:54.949><c> today,</c><00:39:56.210><c> go</c><00:39:56.389><c> to</c><00:39:56.489><c> the</c><00:39:56.650><c> Islam</c>

00:39:56.909 --> 00:40:00.610
Mormons<00:39:57.409><c> and</c><00:39:57.530><c> see</c><00:39:57.710><c> how</c><00:39:57.969><c> much</c><00:39:58.230><c> arranged</c><00:39:58.570><c> marriages</c><00:39:58.909><c> take</c><00:39:59.269><c> place.</c><00:40:00.469><c> In</c>

00:40:00.610 --> 00:40:01.949
Australia,<00:40:01.070><c> we've</c><00:40:01.250><c> actually</c><00:40:01.510><c> had</c><00:40:01.670><c> two</c><00:40:01.869><c> or</c>

00:40:01.949 --> 00:40:06.489
three<00:40:02.150><c> cases</c><00:40:02.510><c> where</c><00:40:02.889><c> young</c><00:40:03.170><c> girls</c><00:40:03.409><c> have</c><00:40:03.690><c> been</c><00:40:04.429><c> rescued</c><00:40:05.030><c> at</c><00:40:05.210><c> the</c><00:40:05.369><c> airport,</c><00:40:05.949><c> 13,</c><00:40:06.210><c> 14</c>

00:40:06.489 --> 00:40:07.949
-year<00:40:06.769><c>-old</c><00:40:06.869><c> girls</c><00:40:07.230><c> being</c><00:40:07.570><c> forced</c>

00:40:07.949 --> 00:40:11.429
off<00:40:08.170><c> to</c><00:40:08.769><c> Islamic</c><00:40:09.190><c> countries</c><00:40:09.969><c> by</c><00:40:10.570><c> their</c><00:40:10.730><c> families</c><00:40:11.030><c> to</c><00:40:11.210><c> marry</c>

00:40:11.429 --> 00:40:14.610
some<00:40:11.670><c> older</c><00:40:11.889><c> man,</c><00:40:13.170><c> given</c><00:40:13.329><c> no</c><00:40:13.690><c> choice,</c><00:40:14.110><c> no</c><00:40:14.309><c> say</c><00:40:14.469><c> in</c>

00:40:14.610 --> 00:40:18.570
the<00:40:14.730><c> matter,</c><00:40:16.530><c> and</c><00:40:17.070><c> at</c><00:40:17.269><c> their</c><00:40:17.429><c> underage</c><00:40:17.849><c> being</c><00:40:18.090><c> shipped</c><00:40:18.349><c> off</c>

00:40:18.570 --> 00:40:21.269
against<00:40:19.110><c> their</c><00:40:19.429><c> will.</c><00:40:20.409><c> And</c><00:40:20.550><c> we've</c><00:40:20.730><c> had</c><00:40:20.789><c> to</c><00:40:21.010><c> actually</c>

00:40:21.269 --> 00:40:26.210
some<00:40:21.670><c> of</c><00:40:21.769><c> those</c><00:40:22.030><c> girls</c><00:40:22.230><c> from</c><00:40:22.429><c> the</c><00:40:22.650><c> airports.</c><00:40:25.730><c> Interesting,</c>

00:40:26.329 --> 00:40:27.409
isn't<00:40:26.429><c> it?</c><00:40:26.510><c> That's</c><00:40:26.889><c> the</c><00:40:27.110><c> modern,</c>

00:40:27.630 --> 00:40:30.829
enlightened<00:40:27.949><c> world.</c><00:40:29.250><c> And</c><00:40:29.630><c> you</c><00:40:29.769><c> never</c><00:40:29.949><c> hear</c><00:40:30.070><c> the</c><00:40:30.309><c> feminists</c>

00:40:30.829 --> 00:40:33.130
very<00:40:31.269><c> openly</c><00:40:31.610><c> criticising</c><00:40:32.190><c> Islam.</c>

00:40:34.110 --> 00:40:38.050
The<00:40:34.289><c> Mormons,</c><00:40:34.550><c> as</c><00:40:34.690><c> you</c><00:40:34.849><c> may</c><00:40:35.050><c> well</c><00:40:35.230><c> know</c><00:40:35.369><c> in</c><00:40:35.530><c> America,</c><00:40:36.130><c> with</c><00:40:36.130><c> the</c><00:40:36.489><c> particularly</c><00:40:36.710><c> reorganised</c><00:40:37.309><c> branch</c><00:40:37.610><c> of</c><00:40:37.789><c> it,</c>

00:40:38.289 --> 00:40:44.449
still<00:40:38.510><c> practise</c><00:40:39.389><c> multiple</c><00:40:40.710><c> marriages.</c><00:40:43.909><c> A</c><00:40:44.070><c> book</c><00:40:44.210><c> you</c><00:40:44.309><c> might</c>

00:40:44.449 --> 00:40:46.210
want<00:40:44.690><c> to</c><00:40:44.829><c> come</c><00:40:44.989><c> across</c><00:40:45.309><c> called</c><00:40:45.510><c> The</c><00:40:45.650><c> Witness</c><00:40:45.969><c> War</c>

00:40:46.210 --> 00:40:50.110
Read<00:40:46.429><c> is</c><00:40:46.610><c> a</c><00:40:46.829><c> great</c><00:40:47.050><c> book</c><00:40:47.590><c> by</c><00:40:48.349><c> a</c><00:40:48.469><c> woman</c><00:40:48.590><c> who</c><00:40:48.690><c> was</c><00:40:48.869><c> one</c><00:40:49.050><c> of</c><00:40:49.130><c> those</c>

00:40:50.110 --> 00:40:53.869
teenage<00:40:50.829><c> brides</c><00:40:51.710><c> and</c><00:40:52.190><c> later</c><00:40:52.409><c> on,</c><00:40:53.329><c> you</c><00:40:53.730><c> know,</c>

00:40:53.929 --> 00:40:57.210
brought<00:40:54.030><c> them</c><00:40:54.210><c> to</c><00:40:54.489><c> court.</c><00:40:56.170><c> It</c><00:40:56.409><c> just</c><00:40:56.630><c> shows</c><00:40:56.789><c> you</c><00:40:56.909><c> that</c><00:40:57.050><c> even</c>

00:40:57.210 --> 00:40:59.829
today,<00:40:57.650><c> some</c><00:40:57.750><c> people</c><00:40:57.989><c> justify</c><00:40:58.550><c> from</c><00:40:58.809><c> the</c><00:40:59.050><c> Bible</c>

00:41:00.010 --> 00:41:02.530
or<00:41:00.489><c> from</c><00:41:00.670><c> their</c><00:41:00.869><c> own</c><00:41:01.130><c> prophecies</c><00:41:01.630><c> that</c><00:41:01.789><c> they</c><00:41:02.030><c> have</c><00:41:02.130><c> the</c><00:41:02.349><c> right</c>

00:41:02.530 --> 00:41:05.750
to<00:41:02.909><c> marry</c><00:41:03.110><c> very</c><00:41:03.369><c> young</c><00:41:03.590><c> girls.</c><00:41:04.909><c> And</c><00:41:05.289><c> again,</c>

00:41:05.809 --> 00:41:09.630
the<00:41:05.949><c> Bible</c><00:41:06.269><c> completely</c><00:41:06.849><c> knew</c><00:41:07.030><c> nothing</c><00:41:07.289><c> about</c><00:41:07.650><c> that.</c><00:41:09.469><c> The</c><00:41:09.510><c> New</c>

00:41:09.630 --> 00:41:15.349
Testament<00:41:09.949><c> principle</c><00:41:10.250><c> is</c><00:41:10.489><c> clear.</c><00:41:13.809><c> You</c><00:41:14.289><c> can</c><00:41:14.369><c> marry</c>

00:41:15.349 --> 00:41:17.610
within<00:41:15.909><c> the</c><00:41:16.210><c> inheritance</c><00:41:16.510><c> of</c><00:41:16.730><c> the</c><00:41:16.889><c> saints.</c>

00:41:20.050 --> 00:41:22.090
The<00:41:20.230><c> care</c><00:41:20.349><c> for</c><00:41:20.530><c> the</c><00:41:20.710><c> fathers</c><00:41:20.829><c> and</c><00:41:20.989><c> the</c><00:41:21.130><c> widows.</c><00:41:21.630><c> There</c><00:41:21.869><c> must</c>

00:41:22.090 --> 00:41:23.449
have<00:41:22.230><c> been</c><00:41:22.309><c> many</c><00:41:22.530><c> widows.</c><00:41:22.789><c> When</c><00:41:22.929><c> you</c><00:41:23.050><c> read</c><00:41:23.230><c> some</c>

00:41:23.449 --> 00:41:27.309
of<00:41:23.550><c> the</c><00:41:23.750><c> numbers</c><00:41:24.110><c> of</c><00:41:24.590><c> men</c><00:41:24.809><c> that</c><00:41:24.909><c> were</c><00:41:25.090><c> lost</c><00:41:25.309><c> in</c><00:41:25.550><c> war</c><00:41:25.710><c> at</c><00:41:25.909><c> various</c><00:41:26.210><c> times,</c>

00:41:27.510 --> 00:41:28.210
there<00:41:27.590><c> must</c><00:41:27.789><c> have</c><00:41:27.909><c> been</c><00:41:28.010><c> many</c>

00:41:28.210 --> 00:41:35.409
widows<00:41:28.469><c> in</c><00:41:28.610><c> Israel.</c><00:41:28.989><c> And</c><00:41:29.090><c> that's</c><00:41:29.269><c> why</c><00:41:30.030><c> God</c><00:41:30.469><c> provided</c><00:41:30.909><c> the</c><00:41:31.190><c> world's</c><00:41:32.030><c> first</c><00:41:32.289><c> ever</c><00:41:33.489><c> supportive</c><00:41:34.289><c> welfare</c><00:41:34.730><c> system</c><00:41:35.230><c> for</c>

00:41:35.409 --> 00:41:40.010
the<00:41:35.550><c> vulnerable.</c><00:41:37.050><c> For</c><00:41:37.210><c> the</c><00:41:37.510><c> poor,</c><00:41:38.449><c> for</c><00:41:38.590><c> the</c><00:41:38.889><c> stranger,</c><00:41:39.769><c> and</c>

00:41:40.010 --> 00:41:42.869
for<00:41:40.130><c> the</c><00:41:40.349><c> widows</c><00:41:40.630><c> and</c><00:41:40.829><c> the</c><00:41:41.070><c> fatherless,</c><00:41:42.230><c> God</c><00:41:42.449><c> provided</c>

00:41:42.869 --> 00:41:47.650
the<00:41:43.210><c> ties</c><00:41:43.429><c> and</c><00:41:43.670><c> the</c><00:41:43.849><c> first</c><00:41:44.030><c> fruit</c><00:41:44.190><c> offerings</c><00:41:44.730><c> would</c><00:41:45.349><c> be</c><00:41:45.670><c> stored</c><00:41:45.889><c> up</c><00:41:46.130><c> and</c><00:41:46.489><c> distributed</c><00:41:46.909><c> as</c>

00:41:47.650 --> 00:41:48.730
the<00:41:48.010><c> first</c><00:41:48.309><c> ever</c>

00:41:48.730 --> 00:41:52.750
state<00:41:49.030><c> organised</c><00:41:49.469><c> welfare</c><00:41:49.829><c> system</c><00:41:50.150><c> the</c><00:41:50.329><c> world's</c><00:41:50.590><c> ever</c><00:41:50.769><c> known.</c><00:41:52.130><c> And</c><00:41:52.510><c> what</c><00:41:52.630><c> a</c>

00:41:52.750 --> 00:41:53.809
wonderful<00:41:52.909><c> thing</c><00:41:53.090><c> that</c><00:41:53.309><c> was,</c>

00:41:54.030 --> 00:41:57.750
that<00:41:54.150><c> we</c><00:41:54.289><c> came</c><00:41:54.449><c> in</c><00:41:54.630><c> to</c><00:41:54.989><c> provide</c><00:41:55.349><c> for</c><00:41:55.530><c> those</c><00:41:55.789><c> people.</c><00:41:57.369><c> God</c><00:41:57.550><c> made</c>

00:41:57.750 --> 00:41:59.570
it<00:41:57.929><c> clear</c><00:41:58.269><c> that</c><00:41:58.489><c> the</c><00:41:58.690><c> poor</c><00:41:58.789><c> must</c><00:41:59.030><c> never</c><00:41:59.309><c> be</c>

00:41:59.570 --> 00:42:02.090
oppressed<00:41:59.789><c> because</c><00:42:00.150><c> they</c><00:42:00.369><c> are</c><00:42:00.469><c> without</c><00:42:00.670><c> defence.</c><00:42:01.929><c> You</c><00:42:01.989><c> know,</c>

00:42:02.110 --> 00:42:05.210
the<00:42:02.250><c> man</c><00:42:02.449><c> who</c><00:42:02.650><c> can</c><00:42:02.929><c> afford</c><00:42:03.250><c> the</c><00:42:03.809><c> big</c><00:42:04.050><c> lawyers</c><00:42:04.389><c> today</c>

00:42:06.570 --> 00:42:09.269
can<00:42:07.050><c> get</c><00:42:07.530><c> tremendous</c><00:42:07.969><c> advantage</c><00:42:08.409><c> because</c><00:42:08.710><c> of</c><00:42:08.849><c> their</c><00:42:09.070><c> wealth</c>

00:42:09.269 --> 00:42:11.829
and<00:42:09.429><c> their</c><00:42:09.650><c> power.</c><00:42:10.690><c> God</c><00:42:10.909><c> says</c><00:42:11.130><c> everyone</c><00:42:11.510><c> is</c>

00:42:11.829 --> 00:42:15.570
equal<00:42:11.969><c> before</c><00:42:12.349><c> the</c><00:42:12.510><c> law.</c><00:42:13.710><c> And</c><00:42:13.929><c> the</c><00:42:14.090><c> poor</c><00:42:14.230><c> must</c><00:42:14.449><c> never</c><00:42:14.690><c> be</c><00:42:14.949><c> oppressed</c><00:42:15.170><c> because</c><00:42:15.409><c> they</c>

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have<00:42:15.690><c> no</c><00:42:15.849><c> defence.</c>

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And<00:42:17.550><c> that</c><00:42:17.849><c> was</c><00:42:18.090><c> very</c><00:42:18.389><c> clearly</c><00:42:18.750><c> stated.</c><00:42:21.030><c> God's</c><00:42:21.309><c> anger</c><00:42:21.429><c> would</c>

00:42:21.630 --> 00:42:23.969
rise<00:42:21.849><c> up</c><00:42:22.070><c> quickly</c><00:42:22.309><c> if</c><00:42:22.489><c> widows</c><00:42:22.769><c> were</c><00:42:23.030><c> oppressed.</c>

00:42:24.329 --> 00:42:26.070
God<00:42:24.510><c> made</c><00:42:24.690><c> it</c><00:42:24.829><c> very</c><00:42:25.070><c> clear</c><00:42:25.170><c> what</c><00:42:25.309><c> he</c><00:42:25.449><c> thought</c><00:42:25.530><c> of</c><00:42:25.670><c> those</c><00:42:25.889><c> who</c>

00:42:26.070 --> 00:42:28.210
oppressed<00:42:26.269><c> widows</c><00:42:26.570><c> and</c><00:42:26.670><c> what</c><00:42:26.789><c> he</c><00:42:26.889><c> would</c><00:42:27.070><c> do</c><00:42:27.250><c> to</c><00:42:27.409><c> them.</c>

00:42:28.949 --> 00:42:31.829
And<00:42:29.389><c> God</c><00:42:29.769><c> says,</c><00:42:30.050><c> I</c><00:42:30.050><c> am</c><00:42:30.210><c> a</c><00:42:30.329><c> God</c><00:42:30.409><c> that</c><00:42:30.610><c> executes</c><00:42:30.949><c> the</c><00:42:31.190><c> defence</c><00:42:31.550><c> of</c>

00:42:31.829 --> 00:42:33.949
the<00:42:31.989><c> widows.</c><00:42:32.809><c> Let's</c><00:42:32.869><c> come</c><00:42:33.030><c> to</c><00:42:33.170><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:33.630><c> chapter</c>

00:42:33.949 --> 00:42:40.789
10.<00:42:37.690><c> This</c><00:42:37.929><c> is</c><00:42:38.170><c> a</c><00:42:38.230><c> chapter</c><00:42:38.489><c> in</c><00:42:38.610><c> which</c><00:42:38.789><c> we</c><00:42:38.969><c> have</c><00:42:39.309><c> perhaps</c><00:42:39.710><c> the,</c><00:42:40.690><c> I</c>

00:42:40.789 --> 00:42:42.170
think,<00:42:41.150><c> one</c><00:42:41.150><c> of</c><00:42:41.269><c> the</c><00:42:41.530><c> greatest</c>

00:42:42.170 --> 00:42:45.909
expressions<00:42:43.010><c> of</c><00:42:43.269><c> the</c><00:42:43.510><c> divine</c><00:42:43.769><c> titles,</c><00:42:44.969><c> the</c><00:42:45.130><c> divine</c><00:42:45.329><c> name</c><00:42:45.630><c> and</c>

00:42:45.909 --> 00:42:48.150
titles<00:42:46.289><c> in</c><00:42:46.789><c> verse</c><00:42:47.010><c> 17.</c>

00:42:50.869 --> 00:42:55.030
For<00:42:50.949><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:51.309><c> your</c><00:42:51.449><c> God</c><00:42:51.630><c> is</c><00:42:51.809><c> a</c><00:42:51.929><c> God</c><00:42:52.050><c> of</c><00:42:52.230><c> gods,</c><00:42:52.570><c> a</c><00:42:52.650><c> Lord</c><00:42:52.769><c> of</c><00:42:52.949><c> lords,</c><00:42:53.309><c> a</c><00:42:53.449><c> great</c><00:42:53.630><c> God,</c><00:42:53.949><c> a</c><00:42:54.070><c> mighty</c><00:42:54.349><c> and</c><00:42:54.610><c> a</c><00:42:54.809><c> terrible,</c>

00:42:55.170 --> 00:42:58.889
which<00:42:55.329><c> regardeth</c><00:42:55.710><c> not</c><00:42:55.949><c> persons,</c><00:42:56.489><c> nor</c><00:42:56.690><c> taketh</c><00:42:57.030><c> reward.</c><00:42:57.849><c> So</c><00:42:58.269><c> there's</c><00:42:58.610><c> a</c>

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tremendous<00:42:59.429><c> statement</c><00:42:59.789><c> about</c><00:43:00.150><c> the</c>

00:43:00.389 --> 00:43:04.829
justice<00:43:00.829><c> of</c><00:43:01.849><c> God</c><00:43:02.269><c> and</c><00:43:03.550><c> using</c><00:43:03.730><c> all</c><00:43:03.949><c> of</c><00:43:04.050><c> these</c><00:43:04.289><c> different</c><00:43:04.570><c> name</c>

00:43:04.829 --> 00:43:07.849
and<00:43:05.070><c> titles.</c><00:43:06.590><c> And</c><00:43:06.690><c> then</c><00:43:06.809><c> he</c><00:43:06.909><c> says</c><00:43:07.050><c> in</c><00:43:07.230><c> verse</c><00:43:07.489><c> 18,</c>

00:43:08.130 --> 00:43:13.769
this<00:43:08.349><c> is</c><00:43:08.750><c> so</c><00:43:08.929><c> God,</c><00:43:09.250><c> which</c><00:43:09.309><c> is</c><00:43:09.630><c> so</c><00:43:09.889><c> great,</c><00:43:10.170><c> so</c><00:43:10.530><c> high,</c><00:43:11.289><c> so</c><00:43:11.630><c> powerful,</c><00:43:12.989><c> he</c><00:43:13.170><c> executes</c><00:43:13.510><c> the</c>

00:43:13.769 --> 00:43:14.329
judgment<00:43:13.969><c> of</c><00:43:14.150><c> the</c>

00:43:14.329 --> 00:43:17.170
fathers<00:43:14.530><c> and</c><00:43:14.690><c> the</c><00:43:14.829><c> widow</c><00:43:14.969><c> and</c><00:43:15.170><c> loves</c><00:43:15.369><c> the</c><00:43:15.670><c> stranger</c><00:43:16.150><c> and</c><00:43:16.849><c> giving</c><00:43:16.969><c> them</c>

00:43:17.170 --> 00:43:19.969
food<00:43:17.389><c> and</c><00:43:17.610><c> raiment.</c><00:43:19.070><c> And</c><00:43:19.289><c> it</c><00:43:19.650><c> just</c>

00:43:19.969 --> 00:43:22.750
shows<00:43:20.150><c> you</c><00:43:20.349><c> that</c><00:43:20.510><c> God</c><00:43:20.710><c> was</c><00:43:21.010><c> concerned</c><00:43:21.409><c> for</c><00:43:21.630><c> the</c><00:43:21.789><c> vulnerable.</c>

00:43:23.110 --> 00:43:25.670
And<00:43:23.250><c> so,</c><00:43:23.750><c> of</c><00:43:23.789><c> course,</c><00:43:24.530><c> in</c><00:43:24.590><c> our</c><00:43:24.769><c> God</c><00:43:24.929><c> manifestation,</c>

00:43:25.670 --> 00:43:33.949
so<00:43:25.989><c> should</c><00:43:26.190><c> we</c><00:43:26.489><c> be.</c><00:43:29.670><c> So</c><00:43:30.070><c> does</c><00:43:30.489><c> God</c><00:43:30.710><c> repress</c><00:43:31.110><c> women?</c><00:43:31.510><c> No,</c><00:43:32.489><c> absolutely</c><00:43:32.849><c> not.</c>

00:43:34.090 --> 00:43:36.230
God<00:43:34.610><c> elevated</c><00:43:35.230><c> the</c><00:43:35.489><c> status</c><00:43:35.670><c> of</c><00:43:35.889><c> women</c>

00:43:36.230 --> 00:43:40.190
to<00:43:37.090><c> a</c><00:43:37.230><c> level</c><00:43:37.389><c> not</c><00:43:37.710><c> known</c><00:43:37.829><c> in</c><00:43:38.030><c> any</c><00:43:38.289><c> ancient</c><00:43:38.710><c> culture,</c><00:43:39.730><c> nor</c><00:43:39.969><c> in</c>

00:43:40.190 --> 00:43:42.869
most<00:43:40.510><c> modern</c><00:43:40.849><c> cultures.</c><00:43:42.369><c> Perhaps</c><00:43:42.610><c> the</c>

00:43:42.869 --> 00:43:46.190
exception<00:43:43.329><c> is</c><00:43:43.710><c> what</c><00:43:43.969><c> the</c><00:43:44.170><c> world</c><00:43:44.329><c> would</c><00:43:44.590><c> regard</c><00:43:44.750><c> as</c><00:43:44.989><c> the</c><00:43:45.309><c> enlightened</c><00:43:45.550><c> society</c><00:43:46.030><c> of</c>

00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:47.090
today,<00:43:46.510><c> where</c><00:43:46.630><c> women</c><00:43:46.769><c> have</c>

00:43:47.090 --> 00:43:52.389
absolute<00:43:47.489><c> equality.</c><00:43:49.710><c> But,</c><00:43:50.929><c> of</c><00:43:51.190><c> course,</c><00:43:51.329><c> they</c><00:43:51.489><c> have</c><00:43:51.650><c> gone</c><00:43:51.849><c> completely</c><00:43:52.269><c> to</c>

00:43:52.389 --> 00:43:55.650
the<00:43:52.530><c> opposite</c><00:43:52.750><c> extreme</c><00:43:53.230><c> when</c>

00:43:55.650 --> 00:43:58.889
but<00:43:56.170><c> the</c><00:43:56.409><c> women</c><00:43:56.849><c> in</c><00:43:57.030><c> Israel</c><00:43:57.369><c> were</c><00:43:57.590><c> looked</c><00:43:57.750><c> after,</c><00:43:58.309><c> protected,</c>

00:43:59.190 --> 00:44:01.590
provided<00:43:59.550><c> for</c><00:44:00.349><c> far,</c><00:44:01.050><c> far</c><00:44:01.150><c> better</c><00:44:01.409><c> than</c>

00:44:01.590 --> 00:44:05.889
most<00:44:02.130><c> societies</c><00:44:02.630><c> the</c><00:44:02.869><c> world</c><00:44:03.010><c> has</c><00:44:03.190><c> ever</c><00:44:03.429><c> known.</c><00:44:05.070><c> God</c><00:44:05.369><c> cared</c>

00:44:05.889 --> 00:44:07.750
for<00:44:06.110><c> and</c><00:44:06.269><c> provided</c><00:44:06.550><c> for</c><00:44:06.829><c> the</c><00:44:07.090><c> defenseless</c>

00:44:07.750 --> 00:44:10.210
and<00:44:08.570><c> they</c><00:44:08.750><c> are</c><00:44:08.929><c> protected</c><00:44:09.110><c> from</c><00:44:09.309><c> many</c><00:44:09.489><c> of</c><00:44:09.630><c> the</c><00:44:09.750><c> abuses</c><00:44:09.949><c> that</c>

00:44:10.210 --> 00:44:12.929
still<00:44:10.449><c> occur</c><00:44:10.929><c> and</c><00:44:11.429><c> women</c><00:44:11.690><c> suffer</c><00:44:11.989><c> today.</c>

00:44:13.789 --> 00:44:16.570
Just<00:44:13.989><c> think</c><00:44:14.170><c> about</c><00:44:14.369><c> Islam.</c><00:44:15.590><c> You</c><00:44:15.590><c> know,</c><00:44:15.829><c> women</c><00:44:15.949><c> going</c><00:44:16.210><c> around</c>

00:44:16.570 --> 00:44:19.769
wearing<00:44:16.869><c> these</c><00:44:17.630><c> burqas.</c><00:44:18.849><c> Saudi</c><00:44:19.110><c> Arabia</c><00:44:19.449><c> has</c>

00:44:19.769 --> 00:44:22.449
just<00:44:20.070><c> let</c><00:44:20.190><c> women</c><00:44:20.610><c> drive,</c><00:44:21.090><c> provided</c><00:44:21.510><c> they're</c><00:44:21.869><c> accompanied</c><00:44:22.170><c> by</c>

00:44:22.449 --> 00:44:25.849
males.<00:44:24.789><c> You</c><00:44:24.809><c> know,</c><00:44:25.030><c> so</c><00:44:25.170><c> many</c><00:44:25.309><c> restrictions</c><00:44:25.650><c> on</c><00:44:25.809><c> what</c>

00:44:25.849 --> 00:44:28.250
they're<00:44:26.050><c> allowed</c><00:44:26.110><c> to</c><00:44:26.369><c> wear,</c><00:44:26.550><c> what</c><00:44:26.670><c> they</c><00:44:26.929><c> do,</c><00:44:27.889><c> you</c><00:44:27.969><c> know,</c><00:44:28.010><c> the</c>

00:44:28.250 --> 00:44:30.090
horrors<00:44:28.530><c> of</c><00:44:28.789><c> female</c><00:44:29.110><c> circumcision</c><00:44:29.730><c> that</c><00:44:29.889><c> they</c>

00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:34.730
practice<00:44:30.389><c> on</c><00:44:30.590><c> their</c><00:44:30.769><c> girls.</c><00:44:32.530><c> All</c><00:44:32.710><c> of</c><00:44:32.849><c> those</c><00:44:33.010><c> things</c><00:44:33.250><c> are</c><00:44:33.530><c> completely</c><00:44:33.849><c> unbiblical</c><00:44:34.429><c> and</c>

00:44:34.730 --> 00:44:36.269
against<00:44:35.010><c> the</c><00:44:35.170><c> laws</c><00:44:35.269><c> of</c><00:44:35.489><c> God.</c>

00:44:36.789 --> 00:44:40.250
And<00:44:37.230><c> God</c><00:44:37.449><c> never</c><00:44:37.769><c> required</c><00:44:38.070><c> women</c><00:44:38.269><c> to</c><00:44:38.530><c> dress</c><00:44:38.650><c> in</c><00:44:38.869><c> any</c><00:44:39.030><c> way</c><00:44:39.630><c> other</c><00:44:40.110><c> than</c>

00:44:40.250 --> 00:44:42.789
to<00:44:40.409><c> be</c><00:44:40.590><c> modest</c><00:44:40.929><c> and</c><00:44:41.710><c> careful</c><00:44:42.389><c> how</c><00:44:42.590><c> they</c>

00:44:42.789 --> 00:44:46.469
presented<00:44:43.090><c> themselves.</c><00:44:44.289><c> But</c><00:44:44.510><c> look</c><00:44:44.670><c> at</c><00:44:44.789><c> these</c><00:44:44.989><c> laws</c><00:44:45.230><c> that</c><00:44:45.429><c> women</c><00:44:45.570><c> have</c><00:44:45.769><c> today.</c><00:44:46.130><c> And</c>

00:44:46.469 --> 00:44:47.210
would<00:44:46.610><c> you</c><00:44:46.730><c> want</c><00:44:46.809><c> to</c><00:44:46.929><c> be</c><00:44:47.030><c> in</c>

00:44:47.210 --> 00:44:53.650
Afghanistan<00:44:47.670><c> if</c><00:44:47.849><c> you</c><00:44:47.949><c> were</c><00:44:48.070><c> a</c><00:44:48.170><c> woman?</c><00:44:49.409><c> And</c><00:44:50.030><c> amazing</c><00:44:50.630><c> how</c><00:44:51.050><c> little</c><00:44:52.369><c> criticism</c><00:44:53.130><c> is</c>

00:44:53.650 --> 00:44:54.769
directed<00:44:53.969><c> towards</c>

00:44:54.769 --> 00:44:58.670
Islamic<00:44:55.429><c> society</c><00:44:56.010><c> by</c><00:44:56.250><c> the</c><00:44:56.409><c> feminist</c><00:44:56.750><c> movement.</c><00:44:57.889><c> They</c><00:44:58.130><c> attack</c>

00:44:58.670 --> 00:45:01.989
the<00:44:59.309><c> Bible</c><00:44:59.789><c> and</c><00:45:00.309><c> the</c><00:45:00.510><c> churches</c><00:45:01.130><c> who</c><00:45:01.650><c> practice</c>

00:45:01.989 --> 00:45:05.590
some<00:45:02.349><c> form</c><00:45:02.570><c> of</c><00:45:03.250><c> honoring</c><00:45:03.550><c> God's</c><00:45:04.050><c> principles</c><00:45:04.489><c> rather</c><00:45:05.389><c> than</c>

00:45:05.590 --> 00:45:07.889
attacking<00:45:05.849><c> Islam.</c><00:45:07.090><c> And</c><00:45:07.130><c> that's</c><00:45:07.309><c> where</c><00:45:07.389><c> the</c><00:45:07.550><c> criticism</c>

00:45:07.889 --> 00:45:10.389
should<00:45:08.070><c> be</c><00:45:08.289><c> heavily</c><00:45:08.949><c> focused</c><00:45:09.409><c> if</c><00:45:09.510><c> they</c><00:45:09.650><c> want</c><00:45:09.750><c> to</c><00:45:09.889><c> criticize</c>

00:45:10.389 --> 00:45:15.010
abuse<00:45:10.929><c> of</c><00:45:11.170><c> women.</c><00:45:13.789><c> Let's</c><00:45:14.090><c> just</c><00:45:14.309><c> talk</c><00:45:14.489><c> about</c>

00:45:15.010 --> 00:45:19.010
Lord<00:45:15.409><c> Jesus</c><00:45:15.789><c> Christ</c><00:45:16.110><c> and</c><00:45:16.309><c> women,</c><00:45:16.710><c> because</c><00:45:17.190><c> this</c><00:45:17.869><c> is</c><00:45:18.610><c> the</c><00:45:18.789><c> New</c>

00:45:19.010 --> 00:45:20.570
Testament<00:45:19.289><c> perspective,</c><00:45:19.809><c> of</c><00:45:20.050><c> course,</c>

00:45:21.070 --> 00:45:24.730
and<00:45:21.309><c> it</c><00:45:21.510><c> reflects</c><00:45:21.789><c> the</c><00:45:22.090><c> same</c><00:45:22.329><c> care,</c><00:45:23.210><c> the</c><00:45:23.409><c> same</c><00:45:23.670><c> respect,</c><00:45:24.489><c> and</c>

00:45:24.730 --> 00:45:27.349
the<00:45:24.929><c> same</c><00:45:25.170><c> honoring</c><00:45:25.449><c> of</c><00:45:25.670><c> the</c><00:45:25.909><c> intelligence</c><00:45:26.250><c> of</c><00:45:26.469><c> women.</c>

00:45:28.469 --> 00:45:30.909
Jesus<00:45:28.849><c> was</c><00:45:29.110><c> so</c><00:45:29.449><c> different</c><00:45:29.690><c> to</c><00:45:29.849><c> the</c><00:45:29.989><c> teachers</c><00:45:30.230><c> and</c><00:45:30.429><c> rabbis</c><00:45:30.769><c> of</c>

00:45:30.909 --> 00:45:32.050
his<00:45:31.130><c> time.</c>

00:45:32.889 --> 00:45:36.389
Most<00:45:33.170><c> rabbis</c><00:45:33.610><c> in</c><00:45:33.809><c> Israel</c><00:45:34.349><c> would</c><00:45:34.750><c> never</c><00:45:35.090><c> be</c><00:45:35.630><c> seen</c><00:45:35.929><c> talking</c><00:45:36.210><c> to</c>

00:45:36.389 --> 00:45:39.409
a<00:45:36.489><c> woman,</c><00:45:36.989><c> because</c><00:45:38.150><c> that</c><00:45:38.449><c> was</c><00:45:38.690><c> somehow</c><00:45:39.010><c> demeaning</c>

00:45:39.409 --> 00:45:44.829
their<00:45:39.809><c> maleness.</c><00:45:42.570><c> A</c><00:45:42.789><c> woman</c><00:45:42.989><c> was</c><00:45:43.210><c> not</c><00:45:43.389><c> allowed</c><00:45:43.610><c> to</c><00:45:43.769><c> be</c><00:45:43.929><c> a</c><00:45:44.030><c> witness</c><00:45:44.269><c> in</c><00:45:44.590><c> court</c><00:45:44.690><c> in</c>

00:45:44.829 --> 00:45:45.630
the<00:45:44.969><c> times</c><00:45:45.150><c> of</c><00:45:45.349><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:45.730 --> 00:45:48.710
because<00:45:46.010><c> women</c><00:45:46.190><c> couldn't</c><00:45:46.449><c> be</c><00:45:46.730><c> trusted</c><00:45:46.949><c> to</c><00:45:47.130><c> be</c><00:45:47.329><c> reliable.</c><00:45:48.650><c> And</c>

00:45:48.710 --> 00:45:51.329
yet<00:45:48.929><c> Jesus,</c><00:45:49.329><c> he</c><00:45:49.690><c> spoke</c><00:45:49.869><c> directly</c><00:45:50.289><c> to</c><00:45:50.510><c> women,</c>

00:45:51.389 --> 00:45:54.829
he<00:45:51.630><c> taught</c><00:45:51.809><c> women,</c><00:45:52.510><c> and</c><00:45:52.849><c> he</c><00:45:53.090><c> personally</c><00:45:53.369><c> encouraged</c><00:45:53.869><c> women,</c>

00:45:55.070 --> 00:45:56.710
something<00:45:55.349><c> a</c><00:45:55.530><c> Jewish</c><00:45:55.710><c> rabbi</c><00:45:56.070><c> would</c><00:45:56.289><c> never</c><00:45:56.510><c> have</c>

00:45:56.710 --> 00:46:00.949
done.<00:45:58.650><c> The</c><00:45:59.010><c> second</c><00:45:59.230><c> one</c><00:45:59.429><c> is</c><00:45:59.630><c> perhaps</c><00:46:00.070><c> the</c><00:46:00.289><c> most</c><00:46:00.590><c> incredible</c>

00:46:00.949 --> 00:46:02.690
one.<00:46:01.170><c> You</c><00:46:01.349><c> think</c><00:46:01.510><c> of</c><00:46:01.690><c> Jesus</c><00:46:01.969><c> and</c><00:46:02.110><c> his</c><00:46:02.289><c> disciples</c>

00:46:02.690 --> 00:46:07.130
traveling<00:46:03.110><c> around</c><00:46:03.469><c> with</c><00:46:03.650><c> a</c><00:46:03.809><c> team</c><00:46:03.969><c> of</c><00:46:04.150><c> women</c><00:46:04.309><c> in</c><00:46:04.510><c> support,</c><00:46:05.750><c> perhaps</c><00:46:06.489><c> 12,</c>

00:46:07.150 --> 00:46:09.389
15<00:46:07.650><c> disciples,</c><00:46:08.409><c> maybe</c><00:46:08.630><c> more</c><00:46:08.889><c> with</c><00:46:09.110><c> Christ</c>

00:46:09.389 --> 00:46:13.570
and<00:46:09.989><c> a</c><00:46:10.210><c> dozen</c><00:46:10.409><c> or</c><00:46:10.610><c> so</c><00:46:10.789><c> women</c><00:46:11.349><c> following</c><00:46:11.789><c> along</c><00:46:12.309><c> and</c><00:46:13.250><c> providing</c>

00:46:13.570 --> 00:46:15.190
for<00:46:13.769><c> their</c><00:46:13.909><c> needs</c><00:46:14.190><c> in</c><00:46:14.409><c> cooking</c><00:46:14.650><c> and</c><00:46:14.869><c> washing</c>

00:46:15.190 --> 00:46:19.409
and<00:46:15.369><c> things</c><00:46:15.630><c> like</c><00:46:15.949><c> that,</c><00:46:16.690><c> but</c><00:46:17.630><c> being</c><00:46:17.929><c> interested</c><00:46:18.269><c> in</c><00:46:18.510><c> the</c><00:46:18.789><c> teaching</c><00:46:19.170><c> of</c>

00:46:19.409 --> 00:46:20.829
Jesus<00:46:19.670><c> that</c><00:46:19.829><c> he</c><00:46:20.030><c> taught.</c>

00:46:21.530 --> 00:46:28.010
And<00:46:21.710><c> this</c><00:46:21.989><c> traveling</c><00:46:22.309><c> with</c><00:46:22.510><c> a</c><00:46:22.670><c> team</c><00:46:22.789><c> of</c><00:46:22.989><c> women</c><00:46:23.329><c> as</c><00:46:24.050><c> a</c><00:46:24.230><c> rabbi</c><00:46:24.630><c> teacher</c><00:46:25.070><c> was</c><00:46:25.670><c> totally</c><00:46:26.110><c> unconventional</c><00:46:26.789><c> in</c><00:46:27.070><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:28.909 --> 00:46:31.889
But<00:46:29.429><c> Jesus</c><00:46:29.949><c> wasn't</c><00:46:30.329><c> interested</c><00:46:30.630><c> in</c><00:46:30.889><c> the</c><00:46:31.050><c> way</c><00:46:31.289><c> that</c><00:46:31.530><c> Jews</c><00:46:31.670><c> had</c>

00:46:31.889 --> 00:46:33.570
misinterpreted<00:46:32.550><c> the</c><00:46:32.670><c> law.</c>

00:46:34.289 --> 00:46:37.429
He<00:46:34.550><c> respected</c><00:46:35.070><c> women</c><00:46:35.309><c> and</c><00:46:35.570><c> he</c><00:46:35.849><c> respected</c><00:46:36.210><c> especially</c><00:46:36.769><c> the</c><00:46:37.030><c> interest</c><00:46:37.269><c> in</c>

00:46:37.429 --> 00:46:38.989
the<00:46:37.570><c> things</c><00:46:37.690><c> he</c><00:46:37.889><c> had</c><00:46:37.989><c> to</c><00:46:38.230><c> say.</c>

00:46:40.909 --> 00:46:44.809
When<00:46:41.309><c> Jesus</c><00:46:41.690><c> was</c><00:46:41.929><c> resurrected,</c><00:46:43.570><c> you</c><00:46:43.769><c> check</c><00:46:43.929><c> it</c><00:46:44.110><c> out,</c><00:46:44.389><c> he</c><00:46:44.570><c> went</c>

00:46:44.809 --> 00:46:47.210
first<00:46:45.110><c> to</c><00:46:45.369><c> all</c><00:46:45.670><c> the</c><00:46:45.929><c> faithful</c><00:46:46.170><c> women,</c>

00:46:47.389 --> 00:46:49.809
first<00:46:47.610><c> to</c><00:46:47.769><c> Mary</c><00:46:47.969><c> Magdalene,</c><00:46:48.750><c> to</c><00:46:48.949><c> the</c><00:46:49.070><c> other</c><00:46:49.210><c> women</c><00:46:49.429><c> that</c><00:46:49.630><c> came</c>

00:46:49.809 --> 00:46:52.289
to<00:46:49.949><c> the</c><00:46:50.170><c> tomb,</c><00:46:51.010><c> and</c><00:46:51.329><c> the</c><00:46:51.469><c> one</c><00:46:51.570><c> that</c><00:46:51.710><c> was</c><00:46:51.889><c> missing</c>

00:46:52.289 --> 00:46:54.829
was<00:46:52.809><c> a</c><00:46:52.929><c> woman</c><00:46:53.070><c> who'd</c><00:46:53.230><c> been</c><00:46:53.369><c> at</c><00:46:53.510><c> the</c><00:46:53.630><c> foot</c><00:46:53.730><c> of</c><00:46:53.909><c> the</c><00:46:54.070><c> cross</c><00:46:54.389><c> and</c>

00:46:54.829 --> 00:46:57.449
was<00:46:54.969><c> on</c><00:46:55.170><c> the</c><00:46:55.329><c> road</c><00:46:55.510><c> to</c><00:46:55.730><c> Emmaus.</c><00:46:56.730><c> And</c><00:46:56.929><c> Jesus</c><00:46:57.090><c> went</c><00:46:57.230><c> to</c>

00:46:57.449 --> 00:47:01.030
see<00:46:57.590><c> her</c><00:46:57.909><c> first</c><00:46:58.590><c> before</c><00:46:59.230><c> he</c><00:46:59.429><c> went</c><00:46:59.550><c> to</c><00:46:59.710><c> any</c><00:46:59.829><c> other</c><00:47:00.070><c> disciples.</c>

00:47:01.289 --> 00:47:04.250
So<00:47:01.590><c> he</c><00:47:01.750><c> gave</c><00:47:01.969><c> to</c><00:47:02.110><c> the</c><00:47:02.250><c> women</c><00:47:02.510><c> tremendous</c><00:47:03.150><c> credit</c>

00:47:04.989 --> 00:47:08.409
for<00:47:05.389><c> their</c><00:47:05.710><c> faithfulness,</c><00:47:06.730><c> for</c><00:47:06.869><c> their</c><00:47:07.150><c> service</c><00:47:07.530><c> to</c><00:47:07.989><c> his</c><00:47:08.269><c> body</c>

00:47:08.409 --> 00:47:10.949
they<00:47:08.590><c> wanted</c><00:47:08.809><c> to</c><00:47:09.090><c> do,</c><00:47:09.909><c> for</c><00:47:10.110><c> the</c><00:47:10.329><c> fact</c><00:47:10.489><c> that</c><00:47:10.650><c> they</c><00:47:10.829><c> sat</c>

00:47:10.949 --> 00:47:13.070
at<00:47:11.030><c> his</c><00:47:11.269><c> feet</c><00:47:11.369><c> and</c><00:47:11.550><c> they</c><00:47:11.829><c> listened</c><00:47:12.050><c> carefully</c><00:47:12.369><c> to</c><00:47:12.469><c> what</c><00:47:12.570><c> he</c><00:47:12.670><c> had</c><00:47:12.849><c> to</c>

00:47:13.070 --> 00:47:15.969
say.<00:47:14.110><c> And</c><00:47:14.309><c> he</c><00:47:14.389><c> went</c><00:47:14.690><c> first</c><00:47:15.289><c> of</c><00:47:15.469><c> all</c><00:47:15.570><c> to</c><00:47:15.650><c> those</c>

00:47:15.969 --> 00:47:18.989
faithful<00:47:16.150><c> women</c><00:47:16.389><c> when</c><00:47:16.530><c> he</c><00:47:16.610><c> was</c><00:47:16.769><c> raised</c><00:47:16.949><c> from</c><00:47:17.170><c> the</c><00:47:17.289><c> dead.</c><00:47:18.590><c> And</c>

00:47:18.989 --> 00:47:20.750
that<00:47:19.409><c> was</c><00:47:19.630><c> the</c><00:47:19.730><c> way</c><00:47:19.849><c> the</c><00:47:20.030><c> Lord's</c><00:47:20.369><c> showing</c><00:47:20.449><c> it,</c><00:47:20.590><c> the</c>

00:47:20.750 --> 00:47:24.909
great<00:47:20.969><c> respect</c><00:47:21.309><c> he</c><00:47:21.429><c> had</c><00:47:21.530><c> for</c><00:47:21.730><c> the</c><00:47:21.949><c> intelligence,</c><00:47:22.750><c> the</c><00:47:22.929><c> loyalty</c><00:47:23.210><c> and</c><00:47:23.389><c> the</c><00:47:23.610><c> faithfulness</c><00:47:23.969><c> of</c><00:47:24.170><c> women.</c>

00:47:25.789 --> 00:47:27.769
When<00:47:25.949><c> we</c><00:47:26.110><c> have</c><00:47:26.230><c> to</c><00:47:26.309><c> see</c><00:47:26.449><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:26.849><c> life,</c><00:47:27.190><c> we</c><00:47:27.210><c> have</c><00:47:27.349><c> women</c><00:47:27.590><c> who</c>

00:47:27.769 --> 00:47:29.369
were<00:47:28.010><c> valued</c><00:47:28.289><c> members</c><00:47:28.610><c> and</c><00:47:28.969><c> contributors</c>

00:47:29.369 --> 00:47:33.849
in<00:47:29.670><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:29.989><c> life.</c><00:47:31.250><c> Even</c><00:47:31.650><c> servants</c><00:47:32.010><c> of</c><00:47:32.190><c> the</c><00:47:32.389><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:32.710><c> like</c><00:47:33.269><c> Phoebe</c><00:47:33.630><c> who</c>

00:47:33.849 --> 00:47:34.909
travelled<00:47:34.110><c> around</c>

00:47:34.969 --> 00:47:37.630
doing<00:47:35.489><c> errands</c><00:47:35.989><c> and</c><00:47:36.110><c> doing</c><00:47:36.349><c> things</c><00:47:36.690><c> to</c><00:47:36.949><c> connect</c><00:47:37.170><c> ecclesiast</c>

00:47:37.630 --> 00:47:39.469
together<00:47:38.190><c> were</c><00:47:38.750><c> valued</c><00:47:38.989><c> members</c><00:47:39.289><c> of</c>

00:47:39.469 --> 00:47:44.989
ecclesial<00:47:39.869><c> life.</c><00:47:41.710><c> They</c><00:47:41.849><c> didn't</c><00:47:42.110><c> hold</c><00:47:42.369><c> office,</c><00:47:43.510><c> but</c><00:47:43.670><c> they</c><00:47:43.829><c> were</c><00:47:44.090><c> very</c><00:47:44.329><c> much</c><00:47:44.570><c> valued.</c><00:47:44.909><c> And</c>

00:47:44.989 --> 00:47:45.570
Brother<00:47:45.190><c> Roberts</c>

00:47:45.570 --> 00:47:49.130
pointed<00:47:45.889><c> out</c><00:47:46.170><c> that</c><00:47:46.349><c> we</c><00:47:46.889><c> should</c><00:47:47.070><c> always</c><00:47:47.949><c> carefully</c><00:47:48.449><c> listen</c><00:47:48.809><c> to</c>

00:47:49.130 --> 00:47:50.849
the<00:47:49.469><c> wisdom</c><00:47:49.730><c> of</c><00:47:49.949><c> women</c><00:47:50.130><c> when</c><00:47:50.269><c> it</c><00:47:50.409><c> comes</c><00:47:50.630><c> to</c>

00:47:50.849 --> 00:47:54.150
thinking<00:47:51.070><c> about</c><00:47:51.309><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:51.750><c> matters.</c><00:47:52.610><c> In</c><00:47:52.789><c> the</c><00:47:53.050><c> end,</c><00:47:53.989><c> males</c>

00:47:54.150 --> 00:47:55.849
are<00:47:54.349><c> required</c><00:47:54.610><c> to</c><00:47:54.809><c> make</c><00:47:54.969><c> those</c><00:47:55.170><c> decisions</c><00:47:55.570><c> as</c>

00:47:55.849 --> 00:48:04.190
of<00:47:56.110><c> God's</c><00:47:56.550><c> hierarchy.</c><00:47:58.070><c> But</c><00:47:58.150><c> as</c><00:47:58.269><c> Brother</c><00:47:58.449><c> Roberts</c><00:47:58.730><c> says,</c><00:48:00.090><c> a</c><00:48:00.269><c> sensible</c><00:48:00.670><c> man</c><00:48:01.010><c> will</c><00:48:01.969><c> consider</c><00:48:02.630><c> the</c><00:48:03.030><c> wisdom</c><00:48:03.329><c> of</c><00:48:03.969><c> the</c>

00:48:04.190 --> 00:48:07.230
faithful<00:48:04.449><c> women</c><00:48:04.869><c> in</c><00:48:05.190><c> the</c><00:48:05.369><c> ecclesia.</c><00:48:06.610><c> And</c><00:48:06.849><c> especially</c><00:48:07.110><c> when</c>

00:48:07.230 --> 00:48:08.969
it<00:48:07.349><c> comes</c><00:48:07.570><c> to</c><00:48:07.730><c> dealing</c><00:48:07.909><c> with</c><00:48:08.110><c> other</c><00:48:08.289><c> women</c><00:48:08.570><c> because</c>

00:48:08.969 --> 00:48:12.630
sometimes<00:48:09.909><c> men</c><00:48:10.369><c> don't</c><00:48:10.670><c> fully</c><00:48:10.909><c> understand</c><00:48:11.309><c> how</c><00:48:11.489><c> women</c><00:48:11.710><c> think.</c>

00:48:13.010 --> 00:48:15.329
And<00:48:13.010><c> so</c><00:48:13.949><c> sisters</c><00:48:14.429><c> have</c><00:48:14.610><c> a</c><00:48:14.789><c> very</c><00:48:15.070><c> valuable</c>

00:48:15.329 --> 00:48:19.530
contribution<00:48:15.929><c> to</c><00:48:16.110><c> make</c><00:48:16.269><c> an</c><00:48:16.449><c> ecclesial</c><00:48:16.809><c> life.</c><00:48:18.630><c> And</c><00:48:19.190><c> because</c>

00:48:19.530 --> 00:48:22.530
in<00:48:19.690><c> the</c><00:48:19.849><c> kingdom,</c><00:48:21.449><c> the</c><00:48:21.690><c> spirit</c><00:48:22.010><c> gifts</c><00:48:22.309><c> will</c>

00:48:22.530 --> 00:48:26.670
be<00:48:22.989><c> totally</c><00:48:22.989><c> received</c><00:48:23.389><c> by</c><00:48:23.650><c> all</c><00:48:23.949><c> the</c><00:48:24.170><c> saints,</c><00:48:25.829><c> the</c><00:48:26.090><c> foretaste</c>

00:48:26.670 --> 00:48:28.409
or<00:48:26.929><c> the</c><00:48:27.150><c> down</c><00:48:27.389><c> payment</c><00:48:27.590><c> or</c><00:48:27.750><c> the</c><00:48:28.010><c> deposit</c>

00:48:28.409 --> 00:48:31.789
on<00:48:29.289><c> immortality</c><00:48:29.829><c> that</c><00:48:30.190><c> they</c><00:48:30.389><c> were</c><00:48:30.570><c> given</c><00:48:30.710><c> in</c><00:48:30.929><c> the</c><00:48:31.010><c> first</c><00:48:31.210><c> century</c><00:48:31.570><c> was</c>

00:48:31.789 --> 00:48:33.050
that<00:48:31.989><c> the</c><00:48:32.170><c> gifts</c><00:48:32.309><c> were</c><00:48:32.610><c> distributed</c>

00:48:33.050 --> 00:48:37.789
to<00:48:33.530><c> both</c><00:48:33.789><c> male</c><00:48:34.090><c> and</c><00:48:34.389><c> female.</c><00:48:36.090><c> And</c><00:48:36.489><c> women</c><00:48:36.750><c> certainly</c><00:48:37.510><c> had</c><00:48:37.630><c> the</c>

00:48:37.789 --> 00:48:39.409
gift<00:48:37.949><c> of</c><00:48:38.170><c> prophecy</c><00:48:38.369><c> and</c><00:48:38.570><c> very</c><00:48:38.849><c> likely</c><00:48:39.090><c> also</c>

00:48:39.409 --> 00:48:45.329
the<00:48:39.610><c> gift</c><00:48:39.789><c> of</c><00:48:40.030><c> tongues.</c><00:48:41.809><c> So</c><00:48:42.329><c> when</c><00:48:42.670><c> God</c><00:48:42.869><c> distributed</c><00:48:43.329><c> the</c><00:48:43.570><c> gifts,</c><00:48:44.869><c> which</c><00:48:45.150><c> were</c>

00:48:45.329 --> 00:48:46.670
just<00:48:45.550><c> a</c><00:48:45.769><c> taste</c><00:48:45.969><c> of</c><00:48:46.190><c> the</c><00:48:46.389><c> kingdom,</c>

00:48:47.090 --> 00:48:49.309
then<00:48:47.210><c> women</c><00:48:47.369><c> also</c><00:48:47.710><c> got</c><00:48:47.869><c> those</c><00:48:48.130><c> gifts,</c><00:48:48.590><c> including</c><00:48:48.769><c> prophecy.</c>

00:48:49.690 --> 00:48:51.309
And<00:48:49.969><c> all</c><00:48:50.070><c> of</c><00:48:50.210><c> that</c><00:48:50.369><c> is</c><00:48:50.710><c> totally</c><00:48:50.929><c> against</c>

00:48:51.309 --> 00:48:54.010
Jewish<00:48:51.750><c> thinking</c><00:48:52.010><c> would</c><00:48:52.170><c> have</c><00:48:52.309><c> allowed.</c><00:48:53.349><c> So</c><00:48:53.510><c> you</c><00:48:53.610><c> can</c><00:48:53.849><c> see,</c>

00:48:54.090 --> 00:48:55.889
can't<00:48:54.269><c> you,</c><00:48:54.469><c> how</c><00:48:54.610><c> the</c><00:48:54.869><c> Christ</c><00:48:55.090><c> did</c><00:48:55.369><c> not</c>

00:48:55.889 --> 00:48:59.570
honor<00:48:56.170><c> Jewish</c><00:48:56.429><c> tradition.</c><00:48:58.170><c> He</c><00:48:58.409><c> actually</c><00:48:58.769><c> respected</c><00:48:59.289><c> women</c>

00:48:59.570 --> 00:49:01.710
as<00:48:59.849><c> the</c><00:49:00.010><c> Old</c><00:49:00.170><c> Testament</c><00:49:00.530><c> had</c><00:49:00.789><c> certainly</c><00:49:01.170><c> done.</c>

00:49:01.969 --> 00:49:06.909
And<00:49:02.210><c> he</c><00:49:02.469><c> especially</c><00:49:02.730><c> valued</c><00:49:03.090><c> their</c><00:49:03.369><c> sympathetic</c><00:49:03.909><c> and</c><00:49:04.590><c> intelligent</c><00:49:04.989><c> understanding</c><00:49:05.610><c> of</c><00:49:05.789><c> his</c><00:49:06.030><c> words.</c>

00:49:07.809 --> 00:49:11.090
So<00:49:08.070><c> just</c><00:49:08.289><c> I</c><00:49:08.449><c> want</c><00:49:08.530><c> to</c><00:49:08.710><c> summarize</c><00:49:09.070><c> now</c><00:49:09.610><c> some</c><00:49:10.710><c> of</c><00:49:10.829><c> the</c><00:49:10.949><c> things</c>

00:49:11.090 --> 00:49:13.550
we've<00:49:11.329><c> seen</c><00:49:11.510><c> about</c><00:49:12.150><c> how</c><00:49:12.630><c> much</c><00:49:12.869><c> God</c><00:49:13.090><c> protected</c>

00:49:13.550 --> 00:49:15.670
the<00:49:13.750><c> vulnerable</c><00:49:14.070><c> women</c><00:49:14.309><c> and</c><00:49:14.429><c> how</c><00:49:14.710><c> different</c><00:49:15.050><c> this</c><00:49:15.309><c> was</c><00:49:15.489><c> to</c>

00:49:15.670 --> 00:49:18.809
the<00:49:15.889><c> ancient</c><00:49:16.090><c> world.</c><00:49:17.489><c> There's</c><00:49:17.789><c> not</c><00:49:18.030><c> one</c><00:49:18.289><c> clause</c><00:49:18.530><c> that</c>

00:49:18.809 --> 00:49:21.969
impresses<00:49:19.250><c> or</c><00:49:19.349><c> belittles</c><00:49:19.690><c> women.</c><00:49:20.090><c> In</c><00:49:20.090><c> fact,</c><00:49:20.570><c> just</c><00:49:20.650><c> the</c><00:49:20.869><c> opposite.</c><00:49:21.789><c> God</c>

00:49:21.969 --> 00:49:23.309
protected<00:49:22.530><c> them.</c>

00:49:24.210 --> 00:49:26.150
Nearly<00:49:24.349><c>-wed</c><00:49:24.449><c> husbands</c><00:49:24.769><c> were</c><00:49:25.010><c> exempted</c><00:49:25.289><c> in</c><00:49:25.409><c> the</c><00:49:25.530><c> first</c><00:49:25.809><c> year</c>

00:49:26.150 --> 00:49:27.230
of<00:49:26.409><c> battle.</c>

00:49:28.409 --> 00:49:30.949
The<00:49:28.570><c> law</c><00:49:28.690><c> of</c><00:49:28.829><c> Moses</c><00:49:29.309><c> clearly</c><00:49:29.829><c> said</c><00:49:30.210><c> that</c><00:49:30.510><c> children</c><00:49:30.730><c> should</c>

00:49:30.949 --> 00:49:32.429
honor<00:49:31.110><c> their</c><00:49:31.329><c> father</c><00:49:31.630><c> and</c><00:49:31.989><c> their</c><00:49:32.170><c> mother,</c>

00:49:32.449 --> 00:49:35.650
which<00:49:32.550><c> was</c><00:49:32.809><c> totally</c><00:49:33.130><c> unique</c><00:49:33.429><c> in</c><00:49:33.590><c> the</c><00:49:33.730><c> ancient</c><00:49:33.969><c> world.</c><00:49:35.469><c> Tight</c>

00:49:35.650 --> 00:49:37.769
regulation,<00:49:36.210><c> divorce</c><00:49:36.570><c> and</c><00:49:36.750><c> polygamy,</c>

00:49:38.110 --> 00:49:39.929
strong<00:49:38.250><c> punishment</c><00:49:38.610><c> of</c><00:49:38.869><c> rape,</c><00:49:39.130><c> the</c><00:49:39.230><c> inedible</c><00:49:39.530><c> death</c><00:49:39.809><c> penalty</c>

00:49:39.929 --> 00:49:43.269
was<00:49:40.210><c> applied.</c><00:49:41.369><c> No</c><00:49:41.610><c> excuse,</c><00:49:42.289><c> no</c><00:49:42.469><c> way</c><00:49:42.630><c> out</c><00:49:42.750><c> of</c><00:49:42.849><c> it.</c>

00:49:43.570 --> 00:49:46.110
And<00:49:43.769><c> the</c><00:49:43.889><c> man</c><00:49:44.030><c> was</c><00:49:44.250><c> always</c><00:49:44.489><c> held</c><00:49:44.690><c> most</c><00:49:45.010><c> responsible.</c>

00:49:46.809 --> 00:49:49.550
Even<00:49:47.210><c> a</c><00:49:47.389><c> woman</c><00:49:47.570><c> captured</c><00:49:47.949><c> in</c><00:49:48.150><c> war</c><00:49:48.250><c> had</c><00:49:48.429><c> protection</c><00:49:48.789><c> from</c><00:49:49.070><c> rape,</c><00:49:49.289><c> which</c><00:49:49.449><c> has</c>

00:49:49.550 --> 00:49:50.829
never<00:49:49.769><c> been</c><00:49:49.969><c> heard</c><00:49:50.170><c> of</c><00:49:50.329><c> before</c><00:49:50.650><c> or</c>

00:49:50.829 --> 00:49:53.650
since.<00:49:51.829><c> It</c><00:49:51.969><c> might</c><00:49:52.170><c> be</c><00:49:52.309><c> in</c><00:49:52.449><c> the</c><00:49:52.489><c> Geneva</c><00:49:52.730><c> Convention,</c><00:49:53.369><c> but</c><00:49:53.469><c> it's</c>

00:49:53.650 --> 00:49:56.630
never<00:49:53.949><c> ever</c><00:49:54.429><c> actually</c><00:49:54.869><c> operated</c><00:49:55.309><c> that</c><00:49:55.610><c> way.</c>

00:49:58.030 --> 00:50:00.750
And<00:49:58.230><c> Israel,</c><00:49:58.670><c> of</c><00:49:58.789><c> course,</c><00:49:59.070><c> were</c><00:49:59.110><c> under</c><00:49:59.329><c> very</c><00:49:59.630><c> strict</c><00:49:59.769><c> laws</c><00:49:59.969><c> that</c><00:50:00.150><c> women</c><00:50:00.269><c> were</c><00:50:00.429><c> not</c><00:50:00.590><c> to</c>

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be<00:50:00.909><c> raped</c>

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when<00:50:01.650><c> they'd</c><00:50:01.849><c> been</c><00:50:02.030><c> captured</c><00:50:02.349><c> in</c><00:50:02.650><c> war.</c><00:50:05.110><c> It</c><00:50:05.110><c> was</c><00:50:05.329><c> equal</c><00:50:05.530><c> access</c>

00:50:05.849 --> 00:50:07.929
to<00:50:06.010><c> the</c><00:50:06.130><c> whole</c><00:50:06.329><c> sacrificial</c><00:50:06.829><c> code.</c>

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You<00:50:09.309><c> know,</c><00:50:09.409><c> there's</c><00:50:09.570><c> no</c><00:50:09.769><c> case</c><00:50:10.010><c> where</c><00:50:10.190><c> a</c><00:50:10.329><c> man</c><00:50:10.469><c> can</c><00:50:10.670><c> offer</c><00:50:10.849><c> something</c><00:50:11.090><c> a</c>

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woman<00:50:11.429><c> can't</c><00:50:11.809><c> offer.</c>

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Everyone<00:50:12.530><c> had</c><00:50:12.750><c> equal</c><00:50:12.969><c> access</c><00:50:13.309><c> to</c><00:50:13.469><c> the</c><00:50:13.670><c> code.</c><00:50:15.130><c> Maid</c><00:50:15.289><c> servants,</c>

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specifically<00:50:16.469><c> included</c><00:50:16.690><c> in</c><00:50:16.849><c> the</c><00:50:16.989><c> family</c>

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worship,<00:50:17.809><c> were</c><00:50:17.909><c> protected</c><00:50:18.170><c> from</c><00:50:18.449><c> abuse.</c><00:50:20.230><c> Opportunities</c><00:50:20.670><c> provided</c><00:50:21.070><c> for</c>

00:50:21.230 --> 00:50:22.849
women<00:50:21.429><c> to</c><00:50:21.650><c> serve</c><00:50:21.809><c> in</c><00:50:21.909><c> the</c><00:50:22.090><c> temple.</c>

00:50:23.289 --> 00:50:25.329
We<00:50:23.389><c> see</c><00:50:23.550><c> that</c><00:50:23.690><c> from</c><00:50:23.889><c> the</c><00:50:23.889><c> case</c><00:50:24.210><c> of</c><00:50:24.329><c> people</c><00:50:24.469><c> like</c><00:50:24.750><c> Anna</c><00:50:24.969><c> and,</c><00:50:25.190><c> of</c>

00:50:25.329 --> 00:50:27.650
course,<00:50:25.630><c> very</c><00:50:25.809><c> likely,</c><00:50:26.250><c> Jeff,</c><00:50:26.489><c> his</c><00:50:26.570><c> daughter.</c>

00:50:28.550 --> 00:50:31.630
Women<00:50:28.769><c> could</c><00:50:29.050><c> serve</c><00:50:29.250><c> in</c><00:50:29.369><c> the</c><00:50:29.530><c> temple.</c><00:50:31.110><c> And,</c><00:50:31.110><c> you</c><00:50:31.389><c> know,</c><00:50:31.530><c> the</c>

00:50:31.630 --> 00:50:33.369
women<00:50:31.849><c> and</c><00:50:31.989><c> even</c><00:50:32.110><c> in</c><00:50:32.269><c> the</c><00:50:32.389><c> days</c><00:50:32.570><c> of</c><00:50:32.869><c> Samuel</c><00:50:33.190><c> that</c>

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were<00:50:33.489><c> serving</c><00:50:33.750><c> in</c><00:50:33.909><c> the</c><00:50:34.070><c> temple.</c><00:50:35.989><c> Property</c><00:50:36.190><c> inheritance</c><00:50:36.550><c> for</c>

00:50:36.750 --> 00:50:40.269
the<00:50:36.889><c> orphaned</c><00:50:37.190><c> daughters.</c><00:50:38.489><c> God</c><00:50:38.929><c> elevated</c><00:50:39.469><c> those</c>

00:50:40.389 --> 00:50:42.610
generations<00:50:40.829><c> to</c><00:50:41.269><c> receive</c><00:50:41.590><c> a</c><00:50:41.730><c> much</c><00:50:41.909><c> greater</c><00:50:42.190><c> inheritance</c>

00:50:42.610 --> 00:50:45.590
than<00:50:43.309><c> their</c><00:50:43.690><c> father</c><00:50:43.889><c> would</c><00:50:44.070><c> have</c><00:50:44.190><c> received</c><00:50:44.670><c> because</c>

00:50:45.590 --> 00:50:49.969
of<00:50:45.769><c> their</c><00:50:45.989><c> faithful</c><00:50:46.489><c> understanding</c><00:50:47.429><c> of</c><00:50:47.769><c> inheritance.</c><00:50:49.869><c> So,</c>

00:50:50.190 --> 00:50:52.230
again,<00:50:50.369><c> God</c><00:50:50.769><c> respected</c><00:50:51.309><c> those</c><00:50:51.570><c> women</c><00:50:51.789><c> enormously</c>

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and<00:50:52.489><c> actually</c><00:50:52.809><c> added</c><00:50:53.010><c> to</c><00:50:53.210><c> his</c><00:50:53.389><c> law</c><00:50:53.510><c> twice</c><00:50:54.130><c> on</c><00:50:54.590><c> their</c><00:50:54.809><c> behalf.</c>

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The<00:50:56.590><c> only</c><00:50:56.909><c> time</c><00:50:57.090><c> it's</c><00:50:57.269><c> ever</c><00:50:57.429><c> been</c><00:50:57.590><c> done</c><00:50:57.769><c> that</c>

00:50:57.929 --> 00:51:01.309
God<00:50:58.530><c> enhanced</c><00:50:59.050><c> his</c><00:50:59.329><c> law</c><00:50:59.869><c> within</c><00:51:00.449><c> the</c><00:51:00.690><c> case</c><00:51:00.869><c> of</c><00:51:01.030><c> the</c><00:51:01.150><c> daughters</c>

00:51:01.309 --> 00:51:02.610
of<00:51:01.510><c> Salafi</c><00:51:01.889><c> had.</c>

00:51:04.489 --> 00:51:06.650
Equal<00:51:04.789><c> opportunity</c><00:51:05.210><c> to</c><00:51:05.389><c> become</c><00:51:05.610><c> Nazarites</c><00:51:06.190><c> and</c><00:51:06.309><c> to</c><00:51:06.409><c> offer</c><00:51:06.530><c> on</c>

00:51:06.650 --> 00:51:08.150
the<00:51:06.750><c> order</c><00:51:06.829><c> with</c><00:51:06.989><c> your</c><00:51:07.170><c> own</c><00:51:07.429><c> hands.</c><00:51:07.789><c> So</c><00:51:08.010><c> when</c>

00:51:08.150 --> 00:51:10.590
the<00:51:08.329><c> end</c><00:51:08.449><c> of</c><00:51:08.630><c> your</c><00:51:08.829><c> vow,</c><00:51:09.170><c> you</c><00:51:09.250><c> put</c><00:51:09.409><c> the</c><00:51:09.650><c> hair</c><00:51:09.809><c> on</c><00:51:10.010><c> the</c><00:51:10.230><c> yoke,</c><00:51:10.530><c> he</c>

00:51:10.590 --> 00:51:11.929
did<00:51:10.670><c> it</c><00:51:10.789><c> with</c><00:51:10.949><c> your</c><00:51:11.110><c> own</c><00:51:11.309><c> hands</c><00:51:11.530><c> and</c><00:51:11.690><c> women</c>

00:51:11.929 --> 00:51:15.269
were<00:51:12.170><c> equally</c><00:51:12.530><c> included.</c><00:51:14.250><c> The</c><00:51:14.389><c> gift</c><00:51:14.510><c> of</c><00:51:14.730><c> prophecy</c><00:51:14.909><c> was</c><00:51:15.090><c> given</c>

00:51:15.269 --> 00:51:17.369
to<00:51:15.510><c> women</c><00:51:15.809><c> like</c><00:51:16.230><c> Holder</c><00:51:16.750><c> and</c><00:51:17.050><c> others,</c>

00:51:17.449 --> 00:51:19.309
of<00:51:17.710><c> course,</c><00:51:17.869><c> in</c><00:51:17.989><c> the</c><00:51:18.130><c> Old</c><00:51:18.289><c> Testament,</c><00:51:18.809><c> we</c><00:51:18.809><c> know</c><00:51:18.949><c> were</c><00:51:19.110><c> women</c>

00:51:19.309 --> 00:51:23.250
prophets.<00:51:20.730><c> So,</c><00:51:20.969><c> again,</c><00:51:21.590><c> God</c><00:51:21.710><c> elevated</c><00:51:22.130><c> women.</c>

00:51:25.849 --> 00:51:28.190
Equal<00:51:26.170><c> opportunity</c><00:51:26.510><c> to</c><00:51:26.710><c> note</c><00:51:26.829><c> to</c><00:51:27.010><c> the</c><00:51:27.190><c> tabernacle.</c><00:51:27.989><c> You're</c>

00:51:28.190 --> 00:51:30.829
probably<00:51:28.429><c> aware</c><00:51:29.170><c> of</c><00:51:29.530><c> Exodus</c><00:51:29.750><c> 35.</c><00:51:30.429><c> Let's</c><00:51:30.630><c> just</c>

00:51:30.829 --> 00:51:33.989
go<00:51:30.989><c> there</c><00:51:31.210><c> quickly.</c><00:51:32.849><c> You</c><00:51:32.929><c> know,</c><00:51:32.969><c> this</c><00:51:33.110><c> is</c><00:51:33.289><c> a</c><00:51:33.409><c> chapter</c><00:51:33.650><c> where</c>

00:51:33.989 --> 00:51:36.230
you<00:51:34.190><c> can</c><00:51:34.329><c> go</c><00:51:34.530><c> right</c><00:51:34.769><c> through</c><00:51:34.949><c> this</c><00:51:35.190><c> chapter</c><00:51:35.530><c> and</c>

00:51:36.710 --> 00:51:38.929
just<00:51:37.150><c> cut</c><00:51:37.389><c> her</c><00:51:37.530><c> in.</c><00:51:37.690><c> If</c><00:51:37.710><c> you</c><00:51:37.849><c> haven't</c><00:51:37.989><c> done</c><00:51:38.130><c> it</c><00:51:38.309><c> before,</c><00:51:38.630><c> just</c>

00:51:38.929 --> 00:51:40.710
cut<00:51:39.070><c> her</c><00:51:39.190><c> in</c><00:51:39.269><c> how</c><00:51:39.409><c> often</c><00:51:39.650><c> it</c><00:51:39.909><c> says</c><00:51:40.070><c> both</c><00:51:40.409><c> men</c><00:51:40.590><c> and</c>

00:51:40.710 --> 00:51:44.050
women<00:51:40.969><c> could</c><00:51:41.170><c> offer</c><00:51:41.349><c> for</c><00:51:41.550><c> the</c><00:51:41.769><c> tabernacle.</c><00:51:42.989><c> So</c><00:51:43.150><c> the</c><00:51:43.309><c> tabernacle</c><00:51:43.650><c> is</c><00:51:43.829><c> about</c>

00:51:44.050 --> 00:51:46.130
to<00:51:44.289><c> be</c><00:51:44.690><c> erected</c><00:51:45.250><c> and</c><00:51:45.849><c> they</c><00:51:46.010><c> have</c>

00:51:46.130 --> 00:51:49.369
to<00:51:46.329><c> collect</c><00:51:46.530><c> things</c><00:51:46.889><c> for</c><00:51:47.130><c> the</c><00:51:47.309><c> tabernacle.</c><00:51:48.789><c> And</c><00:51:49.010><c> in</c><00:51:49.210><c> Exodus</c>

00:51:49.369 --> 00:51:54.030
35<00:51:50.349><c> makes</c><00:51:51.710><c> it</c><00:51:51.889><c> very</c><00:51:52.190><c> clear</c><00:51:52.489><c> about</c><00:51:52.829><c> how</c><00:51:52.969><c> they</c><00:51:53.190><c> would</c><00:51:53.349><c> do</c>

00:51:54.030 --> 00:52:01.309
they<00:51:54.809><c> would</c><00:51:55.050><c> do</c><00:51:55.289><c> this.</c><00:51:57.250><c> And</c><00:51:57.489><c> it's</c><00:51:58.070><c> very</c><00:51:58.349><c> clear.</c><00:51:59.429><c> Look</c><00:51:59.670><c> at</c><00:51:59.849><c> verse</c><00:52:00.550><c> 22.</c>

00:52:01.329 --> 00:52:02.650
And<00:52:01.469><c> they</c><00:52:01.730><c> came,</c><00:52:02.010><c> both</c><00:52:02.210><c> men</c><00:52:02.349><c> and</c><00:52:02.469><c> women,</c>

00:52:02.650 --> 00:52:07.730
many<00:52:03.030><c> of</c><00:52:03.170><c> us</c><00:52:03.170><c> were</c><00:52:03.349><c> willing</c><00:52:03.570><c> hearted.</c><00:52:06.250><c> And</c><00:52:06.369><c> it</c><00:52:06.510><c> goes</c><00:52:06.630><c> on</c><00:52:06.909><c> in</c><00:52:07.070><c> that</c><00:52:07.250><c> thing</c><00:52:07.449><c> in</c>

00:52:07.730 --> 00:52:09.070
verse<00:52:07.909><c> 25,</c><00:52:08.309><c> the</c><00:52:08.409><c> women</c><00:52:08.630><c> that</c><00:52:08.809><c> were</c>

00:52:09.070 --> 00:52:11.409
wise<00:52:09.309><c> hearted</c><00:52:09.690><c> to</c><00:52:09.909><c> spin</c><00:52:10.050><c> with</c><00:52:10.269><c> their</c><00:52:10.449><c> hands,</c><00:52:10.829><c> verse</c><00:52:10.949><c> 22,</c><00:52:11.289><c> the</c>

00:52:11.409 --> 00:52:13.489
women<00:52:11.670><c> whose</c><00:52:11.909><c> hearts</c><00:52:12.130><c> stirred</c><00:52:12.389><c> them</c><00:52:12.650><c> up.</c>

00:52:13.789 --> 00:52:18.130
And<00:52:14.110><c> it</c><00:52:14.269><c> goes</c><00:52:14.469><c> on</c><00:52:14.630><c> in</c><00:52:14.750><c> that</c><00:52:14.929><c> same</c><00:52:15.150><c> language</c><00:52:15.630><c> until,</c><00:52:16.489><c> of</c><00:52:16.650><c> course,</c><00:52:17.010><c> the</c><00:52:17.150><c> time</c><00:52:17.329><c> had</c><00:52:17.530><c> come</c><00:52:17.769><c> for</c><00:52:17.969><c> an</c>

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end<00:52:18.329><c> to</c><00:52:18.510><c> the</c>

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offering.<00:52:19.690><c> But</c><00:52:19.949><c> again,</c><00:52:20.570><c> was</c><00:52:20.670><c> made</c><00:52:20.869><c> very</c><00:52:21.150><c> clear,</c><00:52:21.730><c> every</c><00:52:22.050><c> man</c>

00:52:22.210 --> 00:52:23.949
and<00:52:22.309><c> woman</c><00:52:22.489><c> could</c><00:52:22.650><c> equally</c><00:52:22.969><c> donate</c><00:52:23.230><c> to</c><00:52:23.429><c> the</c><00:52:23.610><c> tabernacle</c>

00:52:23.949 --> 00:52:28.090
and<00:52:24.150><c> work</c><00:52:24.269><c> for</c><00:52:24.429><c> the</c><00:52:24.630><c> tabernacle</c><00:52:25.010><c> to</c><00:52:25.170><c> be</c><00:52:25.369><c> erected.</c><00:52:27.610><c> And</c><00:52:28.010><c> there</c>

00:52:28.090 --> 00:52:29.570
was<00:52:28.210><c> never</c><00:52:28.369><c> any</c><00:52:28.590><c> law</c><00:52:28.690><c> about</c><00:52:28.969><c> being</c><00:52:29.170><c> totally</c>

00:52:29.570 --> 00:52:33.690
held<00:52:29.570><c> in</c><00:52:29.889><c> public.</c><00:52:31.449><c> So</c><00:52:31.449><c> again,</c><00:52:32.349><c> God's</c><00:52:32.750><c> laws</c><00:52:32.929><c> elevated</c><00:52:33.389><c> women</c>

00:52:33.690 --> 00:52:35.929
far<00:52:34.070><c> above</c><00:52:34.389><c> what</c><00:52:34.829><c> the</c><00:52:35.070><c> ancient</c><00:52:35.289><c> world</c><00:52:35.510><c> provided</c>

00:52:35.929 --> 00:52:41.630
for<00:52:36.250><c> them.</c><00:52:37.889><c> So</c><00:52:38.050><c> in</c><00:52:38.269><c> summary,</c><00:52:39.110><c> is</c><00:52:39.230><c> God</c><00:52:39.389><c> a</c><00:52:39.510><c> moral</c><00:52:39.670><c> monster?</c><00:52:41.289><c> Most</c>

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certainly<00:52:41.969><c> not.</c><00:52:43.630><c> He</c><00:52:43.789><c> chose</c><00:52:44.050><c> one</c><00:52:44.289><c> people</c><00:52:44.550><c> for</c><00:52:44.769><c> his</c>

00:52:44.989 --> 00:52:48.329
own.<00:52:45.269><c> That's</c><00:52:45.570><c> his</c><00:52:45.789><c> prerogative.</c><00:52:47.070><c> He</c><00:52:47.329><c> required</c><00:52:47.590><c> total</c><00:52:47.869><c> commitment</c><00:52:48.150><c> from</c>

00:52:48.329 --> 00:52:50.250
them<00:52:48.469><c> in</c><00:52:48.670><c> response.</c><00:52:49.730><c> And</c><00:52:49.929><c> it's</c><00:52:50.110><c> no</c>

00:52:50.250 --> 00:52:52.130
less<00:52:50.469><c> different</c><00:52:50.670><c> for</c><00:52:50.849><c> us</c><00:52:51.050><c> veterans</c><00:52:51.329><c> and</c><00:52:51.570><c> sisters.</c><00:52:51.670><c> God</c><00:52:51.829><c> has</c>

00:52:52.130 --> 00:52:54.230
chosen<00:52:52.329><c> us</c><00:52:52.570><c> out</c><00:52:52.730><c> of</c><00:52:52.929><c> all</c><00:52:53.190><c> the</c><00:52:53.389><c> nations</c><00:52:53.690><c> on</c><00:52:53.909><c> the</c><00:52:54.070><c> face</c>

00:52:54.230 --> 00:52:57.769
of<00:52:54.409><c> the</c><00:52:54.469><c> earth,</c><00:52:55.110><c> and</c><00:52:55.409><c> he</c><00:52:55.630><c> expects</c><00:52:55.829><c> a</c><00:52:56.030><c> response</c><00:52:56.510><c> of</c><00:52:56.789><c> obedience.</c>

00:52:58.550 --> 00:53:00.269
God<00:52:58.769><c> laid</c><00:52:59.050><c> down</c><00:52:59.369><c> principles</c><00:52:59.849><c> in</c><00:53:00.110><c> the</c>

00:53:00.269 --> 00:53:02.329
foundation<00:53:00.690><c> of</c><00:53:00.869><c> the</c><00:53:01.010><c> world,</c><00:53:01.150><c> and</c><00:53:01.250><c> he</c><00:53:01.389><c> doesn't</c><00:53:01.630><c> change</c><00:53:02.050><c> those</c>

00:53:02.329 --> 00:53:05.369
values.<00:53:04.030><c> The</c><00:53:04.170><c> fact</c><00:53:04.250><c> that</c><00:53:04.469><c> man</c><00:53:04.690><c> changes</c><00:53:05.110><c> their</c>

00:53:05.369 --> 00:53:07.670
values<00:53:05.670><c> doesn't</c><00:53:05.929><c> mean</c><00:53:06.150><c> we</c><00:53:06.329><c> need</c><00:53:06.550><c> to</c><00:53:06.769><c> think</c><00:53:07.010><c> that</c><00:53:07.269><c> we</c><00:53:07.409><c> have</c><00:53:07.550><c> to</c>

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go<00:53:07.849><c> along</c><00:53:08.030><c> with</c><00:53:08.190><c> them.</c><00:53:09.829><c> All</c><00:53:09.989><c> of</c><00:53:10.150><c> God's</c><00:53:10.449><c> laws</c><00:53:10.570><c> had</c><00:53:10.730><c> a</c>

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natural<00:53:11.090><c> benefit</c><00:53:11.369><c> for</c><00:53:11.570><c> mankind</c><00:53:11.909><c> apart</c><00:53:12.329><c> from</c><00:53:12.510><c> one</c><00:53:12.690><c> or</c><00:53:12.849><c> two</c><00:53:13.030><c> minor</c><00:53:13.329><c> laws</c><00:53:13.610><c> that</c><00:53:13.869><c> had</c>

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teaching<00:53:15.170><c> put</c><00:53:15.769><c> above</c><00:53:16.210><c> natural</c>

00:53:16.650 --> 00:53:22.550
benefit.<00:53:18.349><c> But</c><00:53:18.829><c> nearly</c><00:53:19.010><c> all</c><00:53:19.210><c> of</c><00:53:19.369><c> God's</c><00:53:19.630><c> laws</c><00:53:19.730><c> had</c><00:53:19.909><c> a</c><00:53:20.070><c> very</c><00:53:20.329><c> definite</c><00:53:20.849><c> natural</c><00:53:21.210><c> benefit,</c><00:53:21.690><c> health</c><00:53:21.869><c> benefits</c><00:53:22.289><c> for</c>

00:53:22.550 --> 00:53:26.309
mankind.<00:53:24.150><c> God</c><00:53:24.309><c> loved</c><00:53:24.570><c> Israel</c><00:53:24.929><c> and</c><00:53:25.090><c> wanted</c><00:53:25.610><c> the</c><00:53:25.849><c> violent</c><00:53:26.030><c> and</c>

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corrupt<00:53:26.309><c> Canaanites</c><00:53:26.769><c> to</c><00:53:26.909><c> be</c><00:53:27.070><c> exterminated</c><00:53:27.469><c> for</c>

00:53:27.690 --> 00:53:30.949
Israel's<00:53:28.349><c> sake.</c><00:53:29.130><c> And</c><00:53:29.250><c> the</c><00:53:29.409><c> Canaanites</c><00:53:29.869><c> morally</c><00:53:30.210><c> deserved</c>

00:53:30.949 --> 00:53:34.570
what<00:53:31.489><c> came</c><00:53:31.769><c> their</c><00:53:32.010><c> way.</c><00:53:33.389><c> God</c><00:53:33.530><c> had</c><00:53:33.710><c> given</c><00:53:33.809><c> them</c><00:53:34.070><c> 400</c><00:53:34.309><c> years</c>

00:53:34.570 --> 00:53:38.829
to<00:53:34.769><c> repent</c><00:53:35.050><c> the</c><00:53:35.269><c> time</c><00:53:35.489><c> had</c><00:53:35.670><c> come</c><00:53:35.829><c> for</c><00:53:35.989><c> Israel</c><00:53:36.269><c> to</c><00:53:36.449><c> be</c><00:53:36.610><c> preserved</c><00:53:36.909><c> from</c><00:53:37.190><c> them.</c><00:53:38.630><c> God</c>

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did<00:53:39.110><c> not</c><00:53:39.309><c> permit</c><00:53:39.590><c> cruel</c>

00:53:39.849 --> 00:53:43.530
slavery<00:53:40.309><c> like</c><00:53:40.630><c> the</c><00:53:41.550><c> English</c><00:53:41.889><c> and</c><00:53:42.070><c> the</c><00:53:42.289><c> French</c><00:53:42.469><c> and</c><00:53:42.670><c> the</c><00:53:42.849><c> Dutch</c>

00:53:43.530 --> 00:53:46.329
brought<00:53:44.329><c> into</c><00:53:44.590><c> America</c><00:53:45.030><c> and</c><00:53:45.210><c> the</c><00:53:45.349><c> West</c><00:53:45.530><c> Indies.</c>

00:53:46.710 --> 00:53:51.389
He<00:53:47.269><c> regulated</c><00:53:47.809><c> and</c><00:53:48.510><c> guided</c><00:53:48.929><c> paid</c><00:53:49.510><c> service,</c><00:53:50.710><c> very</c><00:53:50.989><c> carefully</c>

00:53:51.389 --> 00:53:53.449
laid<00:53:51.670><c> down</c><00:53:52.309><c> that</c><00:53:52.789><c> when</c><00:53:52.969><c> people</c><00:53:53.230><c> needed</c>

00:53:53.449 --> 00:53:56.429
to<00:53:53.750><c> work</c><00:53:53.989><c> for</c><00:53:54.210><c> other</c><00:53:54.449><c> people,</c><00:53:55.309><c> there</c><00:53:55.389><c> were</c><00:53:55.590><c> strict</c><00:53:55.750><c> laws</c><00:53:56.010><c> about</c><00:53:56.289><c> how</c>

00:53:56.429 --> 00:53:59.849
it<00:53:56.610><c> was</c><00:53:56.829><c> done.</c><00:53:58.710><c> God</c><00:53:58.929><c> raised</c><00:53:59.289><c> the</c><00:53:59.449><c> status</c><00:53:59.630><c> of</c>

00:53:59.849 --> 00:54:03.829
women<00:54:00.010><c> incredibly.</c><00:54:01.309><c> He</c><00:54:01.550><c> protected</c><00:54:01.750><c> the</c><00:54:01.969><c> vulnerable,</c><00:54:02.550><c> especially</c><00:54:02.889><c> women,</c>

00:54:04.090 --> 00:54:05.869
and<00:54:04.449><c> God's</c><00:54:04.829><c> laws</c><00:54:04.989><c> were</c><00:54:05.250><c> just</c><00:54:05.590><c> and</c>

00:54:05.869 --> 00:54:09.829
clear,<00:54:05.989><c> providing</c><00:54:06.389><c> deterrence</c><00:54:06.849><c> to</c><00:54:07.090><c> crime</c><00:54:07.309><c> and</c><00:54:07.550><c> thoughtlessness.</c><00:54:09.349><c> And</c><00:54:09.590><c> we</c><00:54:09.670><c> must</c>

00:54:09.829 --> 00:54:10.489
always<00:54:10.030><c> remember</c><00:54:10.369><c> when</c>

00:54:10.489 --> 00:54:14.170
comes<00:54:10.929><c> to</c><00:54:11.510><c> the</c><00:54:11.690><c> laws</c><00:54:11.909><c> of</c><00:54:12.130><c> the</c><00:54:12.289><c> kingdom,</c><00:54:13.429><c> the</c><00:54:13.590><c> laws</c><00:54:13.829><c> that</c><00:54:14.010><c> God</c>

00:54:14.170 --> 00:54:16.829
set<00:54:14.389><c> down</c><00:54:14.610><c> for</c><00:54:14.849><c> Israel,</c><00:54:15.849><c> and</c><00:54:16.110><c> the</c><00:54:16.269><c> commandments</c><00:54:16.570><c> of</c>

00:54:16.829 --> 00:54:20.530
Christ,<00:54:17.829><c> God</c><00:54:18.110><c> says</c><00:54:18.329><c> the</c><00:54:18.489><c> laws</c><00:54:18.650><c> of</c><00:54:18.829><c> the</c><00:54:19.010><c> world,</c><00:54:19.889><c> not</c><00:54:20.090><c> the</c><00:54:20.309><c> minds</c>

00:54:20.530 --> 00:54:22.969
of<00:54:20.750><c> wicked</c><00:54:20.909><c> men.</c><00:54:22.329><c> So</c><00:54:22.469><c> brother</c><00:54:22.630><c> and</c><00:54:22.809><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:23.110 --> 00:54:28.329
let<00:54:23.130><c> us</c><00:54:23.349><c> delight</c><00:54:23.710><c> in</c><00:54:23.929><c> God's</c><00:54:24.510><c> holy,</c><00:54:24.969><c> just</c><00:54:25.269><c> and</c><00:54:25.550><c> good</c><00:54:25.829><c> law.</c><00:54:27.530><c> God's</c><00:54:27.869><c> morals</c><00:54:28.030><c> are</c>

00:54:28.329 --> 00:54:29.389
consistent.<00:54:29.250><c> You</c><00:54:29.329><c> know,</c>

00:54:29.389 --> 00:54:31.389
we<00:54:29.510><c> are</c><00:54:29.650><c> faced</c><00:54:29.849><c> with</c><00:54:30.030><c> a</c><00:54:30.230><c> world</c><00:54:30.389><c> that</c><00:54:30.570><c> is</c><00:54:30.849><c> particularly</c><00:54:31.090><c> this</c>

00:54:31.389 --> 00:54:33.130
work<00:54:31.590><c> culture</c><00:54:31.949><c> that</c><00:54:32.090><c> is</c><00:54:32.250><c> out</c><00:54:32.429><c> there</c><00:54:32.590><c> now,</c><00:54:32.849><c> this</c>

00:54:33.130 --> 00:54:36.829
identity<00:54:33.570><c> politics,</c><00:54:34.809><c> all</c><00:54:34.969><c> of</c><00:54:35.150><c> this</c><00:54:35.690><c> cancel</c><00:54:36.130><c> culture</c><00:54:36.489><c> we</c><00:54:36.710><c> see</c>

00:54:36.829 --> 00:54:39.050
around<00:54:37.110><c> us,</c><00:54:38.030><c> where</c><00:54:38.130><c> we're</c><00:54:38.369><c> told</c><00:54:38.469><c> we</c><00:54:38.650><c> have</c><00:54:38.869><c> to</c>

00:54:39.050 --> 00:54:41.690
accept<00:54:39.309><c> the</c><00:54:39.530><c> modern</c><00:54:39.849><c> thinking,</c><00:54:40.889><c> or</c><00:54:41.030><c> otherwise</c><00:54:41.349><c> we're</c><00:54:41.590><c> going</c>

00:54:41.690 --> 00:54:43.389
to<00:54:41.829><c> be</c><00:54:42.170><c> out</c><00:54:42.349><c> of</c><00:54:42.469><c> step</c><00:54:42.590><c> with</c><00:54:42.789><c> society.</c><00:54:43.230><c> Well,</c>

00:54:43.389 --> 00:54:46.469
we're<00:54:43.550><c> happy</c><00:54:43.730><c> to</c><00:54:43.909><c> do</c><00:54:44.090><c> that.</c><00:54:44.269><c> We're</c><00:54:44.429><c> not</c><00:54:44.530><c> off</c><00:54:44.670><c> the</c><00:54:44.869><c> world.</c><00:54:46.329><c> The</c>

00:54:46.469 --> 00:54:48.510
Bible<00:54:46.730><c> says</c><00:54:46.989><c> this,</c><00:54:47.469><c> woe</c><00:54:47.510><c> to</c><00:54:47.590><c> them</c><00:54:47.789><c> that</c><00:54:48.010><c> call</c><00:54:48.170><c> evil</c>

00:54:48.510 --> 00:54:51.309
good<00:54:48.730><c> and</c><00:54:48.969><c> good</c><00:54:49.190><c> evil,</c><00:54:50.070><c> that</c><00:54:50.210><c> put</c><00:54:50.329><c> darkness</c><00:54:50.730><c> for</c><00:54:50.989><c> light</c><00:54:51.130><c> and</c>

00:54:51.309 --> 00:54:53.070
light<00:54:51.510><c> for</c><00:54:51.730><c> darkness,</c><00:54:52.210><c> that</c><00:54:52.309><c> put</c><00:54:52.429><c> bitter</c><00:54:52.610><c> for</c><00:54:52.889><c> sweet</c>

00:54:53.070 --> 00:54:56.690
and<00:54:53.309><c> sweet</c><00:54:53.489><c> for</c><00:54:53.690><c> bitter,</c><00:54:54.250><c> who</c><00:54:54.409><c> completely</c><00:54:54.889><c> reverse</c><00:54:55.309><c> everything</c><00:54:55.730><c> God's</c><00:54:56.110><c> laid</c><00:54:56.230><c> down</c><00:54:56.389><c> that</c><00:54:56.530><c> is</c>

00:54:56.690 --> 00:54:57.210
good,<00:54:56.989><c> holy,</c>

00:54:57.349 --> 00:55:00.610
and<00:54:57.510><c> just.</c><00:54:58.969><c> Woe</c><00:54:59.090><c> to</c><00:54:59.150><c> them</c><00:54:59.329><c> that</c><00:54:59.489><c> are</c><00:54:59.650><c> wise</c><00:54:59.789><c> in</c><00:54:59.869><c> their</c><00:55:00.090><c> own</c><00:55:00.250><c> eyes</c>

00:55:00.610 --> 00:55:03.429
and<00:55:00.909><c> prudent</c><00:55:01.050><c> in</c><00:55:01.170><c> their</c><00:55:01.389><c> own</c><00:55:01.670><c> sight.</c><00:55:02.769><c> God</c><00:55:02.949><c> does</c><00:55:03.210><c> not</c>

00:55:03.429 --> 00:55:07.409
change.<00:55:05.010><c> Brother</c><00:55:05.110><c> and</c><00:55:05.309><c> sisters,</c><00:55:05.610><c> let</c><00:55:05.730><c> us</c><00:55:05.949><c> make</c><00:55:06.150><c> sure</c><00:55:06.389><c> that</c><00:55:06.630><c> we</c>

00:55:07.409 --> 00:55:09.289
arm<00:55:07.630><c> ourselves</c><00:55:08.030><c> to</c><00:55:08.289><c> defend</c><00:55:08.650><c> the</c><00:55:08.869><c> God</c><00:55:08.989><c> of</c><00:55:09.150><c> the</c>

00:55:09.289 --> 00:55:12.210
Bible<00:55:09.489><c> against</c><00:55:09.849><c> these</c><00:55:10.550><c> incredibly</c><00:55:11.090><c> horrible</c><00:55:11.550><c> charges</c><00:55:11.969><c> that</c>

00:55:12.210 --> 00:55:14.769
the<00:55:12.429><c> atheists,</c><00:55:13.269><c> the</c><00:55:13.409><c> feminists,</c><00:55:14.269><c> and</c><00:55:14.389><c> the</c><00:55:14.530><c> modern</c>

00:55:14.769 --> 00:55:17.409
work<00:55:14.969><c> culture</c><00:55:15.349><c> will</c><00:55:15.630><c> make</c><00:55:15.869><c> against</c><00:55:16.309><c> our</c><00:55:16.530><c> God</c><00:55:16.730><c> that</c><00:55:16.909><c> we</c><00:55:17.070><c> love</c>

00:55:17.409 --> 00:55:19.849
and<00:55:17.750><c> honor.</c><00:55:18.670><c> Thank</c><00:55:18.789><c> you,</c><00:55:18.989><c> brother</c><00:55:19.090><c> Dave.</c>