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scarlet</c><00:18:00.140><c> cord</c><00:18:00.339><c> in</c><00:18:00.579><c> the</c><00:18:00.740><c> window.</c> 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:03.740 x Through<00:18:02.180><c> which</c><00:18:02.500><c> you</c><00:18:02.779><c> will</c><00:18:02.900><c> let</c><00:18:03.039><c> us</c><00:18:03.319><c> down.</c> 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:07.519 x And<00:18:04.259><c> unless</c><00:18:04.720><c> you</c><00:18:05.039><c> bring</c><00:18:05.339><c> your</c><00:18:05.640><c> father</c><00:18:05.980><c> and</c><00:18:06.200><c> mother</c><00:18:06.460><c> and</c><00:18:06.680><c> brothers</c><00:18:07.079><c> and</c> 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.119 x all<00:18:07.680><c> your</c><00:18:07.940><c> hosts</c><00:18:08.220><c> hold</c><00:18:08.579><c> to</c><00:18:09.059><c> your</c><00:18:09.339><c> own</c><00:18:09.680><c> home.</c> 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:16.279 x So<00:18:10.859><c> it</c><00:18:11.099><c> shall</c><00:18:11.220><c> be</c><00:18:11.460><c> that</c><00:18:11.759><c> whosoever</c><00:18:12.339><c> goes</c><00:18:12.680><c> outside</c><00:18:13.339><c> your</c><00:18:15.920><c> house</c> 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:20.859 x into<00:18:16.640><c> the</c><00:18:17.019><c> street,</c><00:18:18.000><c> his</c><00:18:18.200><c> blood</c><00:18:18.460><c> shall</c><00:18:18.680><c> be</c><00:18:18.839><c> upon</c><00:18:19.180><c> him</c><00:18:19.680><c> and</c><00:18:20.519><c> we</c> 00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:22.460 x will<00:18:21.140><c> be</c><00:18:21.400><c> guiltless.</c> 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:25.980 x And<00:18:22.680><c> whoever</c><00:18:22.960><c> is</c><00:18:23.460><c> with</c><00:18:23.779><c> you</c><00:18:24.039><c> in</c><00:18:24.259><c> the</c><00:18:24.440><c> house,</c><00:18:24.980><c> his</c><00:18:25.140><c> blood</c><00:18:25.380><c> be</c><00:18:25.619><c> on</c> 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:32.240 x our<00:18:26.440><c> head</c><00:18:26.940><c> if</c><00:18:29.779><c> a</c><00:18:30.279><c> hand</c><00:18:30.619><c> is</c><00:18:31.059><c> laid</c><00:18:31.200><c> on</c><00:18:31.400><c> him.</c> 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:34.839 x They<00:18:32.640><c> were</c><00:18:32.859><c> all</c><00:18:33.079><c> to</c><00:18:33.279><c> stay</c><00:18:33.460><c> in</c><00:18:33.619><c> the</c><00:18:33.779><c> house.</c> 00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:37.220 x Don't<00:18:35.920><c> wander</c><00:18:36.319><c> to</c><00:18:36.619><c> the</c><00:18:36.880><c> town.</c> 00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:39.960 x Don't<00:18:38.000><c> talk</c><00:18:38.299><c> to</c><00:18:38.480><c> the</c><00:18:38.660><c> people</c><00:18:38.859><c> outside</c><00:18:39.339><c> your</c><00:18:39.619><c> home.</c> 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.779 x We<00:18:41.019><c> don't</c><00:18:41.440><c> know.</c> 00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:46.339 x We<00:18:42.119><c> don't</c><00:18:42.420><c> want</c><00:18:42.619><c> you</c><00:18:42.859><c> to</c><00:18:43.039><c> go</c><00:18:43.339><c> back</c><00:18:43.900><c> into</c><00:18:44.500><c> what</c><00:18:44.779><c> you</c><00:18:44.980><c> are</c><00:18:45.180><c> giving</c><00:18:45.400><c> up.</c> 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.660 x What<00:18:46.619><c> does</c><00:18:46.799><c> that</c><00:18:47.119><c> sound</c><00:18:47.400><c> like?</c> 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:52.420 x It<00:18:47.880><c> sounds</c><00:18:48.180><c> like</c><00:18:49.039><c> looking</c><00:18:49.440><c> as</c><00:18:49.920><c> Israel</c><00:18:50.500><c> was</c><00:18:51.140><c> in</c><00:18:51.500><c> their</c><00:18:51.779><c> home</c> 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.460 x during<00:18:52.859><c> Passover.</c> 00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:55.640 x Not<00:18:54.140><c> going</c><00:18:54.440><c> outside.</c> 00:18:55.960 --> 00:19:01.619 x It<00:18:56.079><c> looks</c><00:18:56.279><c> similar</c><00:18:56.779><c> to</c><00:18:58.839><c> Lot</c><00:18:59.519><c> and</c><00:18:59.759><c> his</c><00:19:00.019><c> wife</c><00:19:00.400><c> when</c><00:19:00.880><c> they</c><00:19:01.160><c> left</c> 00:19:01.619 --> 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