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warfare<00:13:01.539><c> that</c><00:13:01.779><c> they</c><00:13:01.960><c> had</c><00:13:02.139><c> to</c><00:13:02.299><c> wage.</c>

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preach<00:13:06.840><c> the</c><00:13:07.080><c> gospel.</c>

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So<00:13:39.759><c> when</c><00:13:40.539><c> the</c><00:13:41.019><c> Spirit</c><00:13:41.299><c> said</c><00:13:41.840><c> to</c><00:13:42.279><c> Barnabas</c><00:13:42.899><c> and</c><00:13:43.279><c> Saul,</c><00:13:44.259><c> separate</c><00:13:44.500><c> me</c><00:13:45.399><c> these</c><00:13:46.019><c> men,</c>

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we<00:13:47.360><c> can</c><00:13:47.519><c> be</c><00:13:47.779><c> sure</c><00:13:47.960><c> that</c><00:13:48.240><c> for</c><00:13:48.500><c> one</c><00:13:48.840><c> Barnabas</c><00:13:49.480><c> himself</c><00:13:50.080><c> would</c><00:13:50.299><c> have</c><00:13:50.500><c> linked</c><00:13:51.080><c> that</c><00:13:51.840><c> word</c><00:13:52.259><c> with</c><00:13:53.120><c> the</c><00:13:53.480><c> responsibility</c><00:13:54.320><c> of</c>

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And<00:13:59.279><c> no</c><00:13:59.480><c> doubt,</c><00:14:00.120><c> I</c><00:14:00.480><c> believe</c><00:14:00.840><c> you</c><00:14:00.980><c> might</c><00:14:01.220><c> say</c><00:14:01.440><c> it's</c><00:14:01.840><c> conjecture,</c>

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that<00:14:03.559><c> when</c><00:14:03.799><c> Barnabas</c><00:14:04.340><c> and</c><00:14:04.679><c> Saul</c><00:14:04.940><c> went</c><00:14:05.259><c> out</c><00:14:06.360><c> walking</c><00:14:07.039><c> by</c><00:14:07.820><c> ship</c>

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throughout<00:14:10.299><c> the</c><00:14:10.899><c> Gentile</c><00:14:11.539><c> world</c><00:14:11.840><c> they</c><00:14:12.059><c> would</c><00:14:12.299><c> have</c><00:14:12.500><c> had</c><00:14:13.679><c> many</c>

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And<00:14:17.960><c> the</c><00:14:18.159><c> subject</c><00:14:18.600><c> of</c><00:14:18.919><c> their</c><00:14:19.200><c> Levitical</c><00:14:19.779><c> calling</c><00:14:20.419><c> would</c><00:14:21.980><c> have</c>

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And<00:14:25.500><c> do</c><00:14:25.700><c> you</c><00:14:25.700><c> remember</c><00:14:25.980><c> in</c><00:14:26.259><c> 1</c><00:14:26.519><c> Corinthians</c><00:14:26.860><c> 16</c><00:14:27.480><c> when</c><00:14:28.019><c> the</c><00:14:28.240><c> Apostle</c><00:14:28.620><c> Paul</c>

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writes<00:14:29.500><c> to</c><00:14:29.700><c> the</c><00:14:29.799><c> Corinthians</c><00:14:30.039><c> and</c><00:14:30.340><c> says,</c>

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When<00:14:30.840><c> Timothy</c><00:14:31.379><c> comes</c><00:14:32.100><c> to</c><00:14:32.360><c> you,</c><00:14:32.539><c> see</c><00:14:32.700><c> that</c><00:14:32.879><c> he</c><00:14:33.159><c> may</c><00:14:33.399><c> be</c><00:14:33.620><c> with</c><00:14:33.779><c> you</c><00:14:33.940><c> without</c><00:14:34.320><c> fear,</c><00:14:35.679><c> for</c><00:14:35.840><c> he</c>

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worketh<00:14:36.840><c> the</c><00:14:37.240><c> work</c><00:14:37.940><c> of</c><00:14:38.740><c> the</c><00:14:38.919><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:14:49.240><c> wasn't</c><00:14:49.399><c> just</c><00:14:49.700><c> Timothy</c><00:14:50.220><c> who</c><00:14:50.679><c> was</c><00:14:50.779><c> to</c><00:14:50.980><c> see</c><00:14:51.139><c> himself</c><00:14:51.659><c> as</c><00:14:52.120><c> a</c>

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who<00:15:00.440><c> are</c><00:15:00.759><c> called</c><00:15:01.240><c> into</c><00:15:02.139><c> the</c><00:15:03.919><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:04.460><c> of</c><00:15:04.659><c> the</c><00:15:05.019><c> firstborn</c><00:15:05.720><c> ones,</c><00:15:07.000><c> enrolled</c><00:15:07.500><c> in</c><00:15:08.220><c> heaven.</c>

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wasn't<00:15:47.379><c> now</c><00:15:47.940><c> so</c><00:15:48.360><c> much</c><00:15:48.639><c> to</c><00:15:48.899><c> do</c><00:15:49.159><c> with</c><00:15:50.019><c> camping</c><00:15:50.460><c> around</c><00:15:50.840><c> the</c><00:15:51.159><c> tabernacle</c><00:15:51.799><c> or</c>

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administer<00:16:13.659><c> that</c><00:16:14.059><c> word.</c>

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It's<00:16:40.139><c> not</c><00:16:40.399><c> just</c><00:16:40.700><c> a</c><00:16:40.840><c> good</c><00:16:41.019><c> idea,</c><00:16:41.639><c> brethren</c><00:16:41.820><c> and</c><00:16:42.220><c> sisters.</c>

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Though<00:16:45.039><c> the</c><00:16:45.159><c> way</c><00:16:45.379><c> we</c><00:16:45.580><c> do</c><00:16:45.759><c> it,</c><00:16:45.960><c> whether</c><00:16:46.159><c> we</c><00:16:46.379><c> use</c><00:16:46.500><c> this</c><00:16:46.879><c> planner</c>

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or<00:16:47.379><c> another</c><00:16:47.820><c> method,</c><00:16:48.960><c> that</c><00:16:49.240><c> is</c><00:16:49.559><c> a</c><00:16:49.740><c> matter</c><00:16:49.960><c> of</c><00:16:50.259><c> choice.</c>

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But<00:16:51.720><c> it</c><00:16:51.879><c> isn't</c><00:16:52.200><c> a</c><00:16:52.379><c> matter</c><00:16:52.600><c> of</c><00:16:52.860><c> choice</c><00:16:53.120><c> whether</c><00:16:53.659><c> we</c><00:16:54.240><c> apply</c><00:16:54.580><c> our</c>

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minds<00:16:55.159><c> to</c><00:16:55.379><c> the</c><00:16:55.559><c> word</c><00:16:55.740><c> of</c><00:16:56.059><c> God</c><00:16:56.500><c> individually.</c>

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It's<00:16:59.139><c> a</c><00:16:59.379><c> charge</c><00:16:59.740><c> laid</c><00:17:00.039><c> upon</c><00:17:00.440><c> us</c><00:17:01.159><c> to</c><00:17:03.919><c> absorb</c><00:17:04.599><c> into</c><00:17:04.980><c> our</c><00:17:05.259><c> minds</c>

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and<00:17:05.940><c> to</c><00:17:06.180><c> have</c><00:17:06.339><c> our</c><00:17:06.680><c> thinking</c><00:17:07.099><c> turned</c><00:17:08.519><c> towards</c><00:17:09.359><c> the</c><00:17:09.799><c> thoughts</c>

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of<00:17:10.480><c> the</c><00:17:10.640><c> high</c><00:17:10.920><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:17:12.279><c> you</c><00:17:12.359><c> can</c><00:17:12.619><c> see</c><00:17:12.940><c> from</c><00:17:13.460><c> these</c><00:17:13.700><c> references</c><00:17:14.119><c> how</c><00:17:14.420><c> much</c><00:17:14.779><c> of</c><00:17:15.039><c> the</c>

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work<00:17:15.759><c> of</c><00:17:16.160><c> the</c><00:17:16.400><c> Levites</c><00:17:16.799><c> in</c><00:17:17.000><c> the</c><00:17:17.200><c> land</c>

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was<00:17:17.559><c> to</c><00:17:17.920><c> do</c><00:17:18.160><c> with</c><00:17:18.420><c> the</c><00:17:18.799><c> ministering</c><00:17:19.279><c> of</c><00:17:19.519><c> the</c><00:17:19.740><c> word.</c>

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And<00:17:22.740><c> it</c><00:17:22.900><c> can</c><00:17:23.140><c> apply.</c>

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It's<00:17:25.079><c> not</c><00:17:25.359><c> talking</c><00:17:25.700><c> about</c><00:17:26.299><c> what</c><00:17:26.720><c> we</c><00:17:26.920><c> might</c><00:17:27.019><c> call</c><00:17:27.240><c> platform</c><00:17:27.839><c> work.</c>

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There<00:17:28.799><c> is</c><00:17:29.019><c> an</c><00:17:29.279><c> administering</c><00:17:29.779><c> of</c><00:17:29.960><c> the</c><00:17:30.220><c> word</c><00:17:30.480><c> in</c><00:17:30.960><c> our</c><00:17:31.240><c> daily</c>

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conversations<00:17:32.400><c> with</c><00:17:32.740><c> one</c><00:17:32.960><c> another</c>

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in<00:17:33.759><c> the</c><00:17:33.940><c> way</c><00:17:34.079><c> in</c><00:17:34.220><c> which</c><00:17:34.420><c> we</c><00:17:34.960><c> treat</c><00:17:35.160><c> our</c><00:17:35.460><c> children</c><00:17:35.759><c> and</c><00:17:35.960><c> talk</c><00:17:36.240><c> to</c>

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our<00:17:36.680><c> children,</c>

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in<00:17:37.700><c> the</c><00:17:37.859><c> way</c><00:17:38.000><c> in</c><00:17:38.119><c> which</c><00:17:38.279><c> we</c><00:17:38.500><c> comfort</c><00:17:38.819><c> the</c><00:17:39.140><c> sick</c><00:17:39.299><c> and</c><00:17:39.619><c> encourage</c>

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the<00:17:40.400><c> weak.</c>

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This<00:17:41.700><c> is</c><00:17:41.900><c> where</c><00:17:42.099><c> the</c><00:17:42.359><c> word</c><00:17:42.519><c> of</c><00:17:42.779><c> God</c><00:17:42.940><c> is</c><00:17:43.240><c> to</c><00:17:43.460><c> be</c><00:17:44.200><c> administered</c>

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in<00:17:46.680><c> the</c><00:17:46.980><c> experience</c><00:17:47.559><c> of</c><00:17:48.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:17:49.019><c> life.</c>

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But<00:17:51.740><c> there</c><00:17:51.940><c> was</c><00:17:52.359><c> a</c><00:17:52.940><c> work</c><00:17:53.200><c> in</c><00:17:53.680><c> the</c><00:17:54.160><c> last</c><00:17:54.460><c> two</c><00:17:54.720><c> points</c><00:17:55.000><c> here.</c>

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They<00:17:55.640><c> were</c><00:17:55.859><c> the</c><00:17:56.059><c> leaders</c><00:17:56.299><c> of</c><00:17:56.640><c> worship</c><00:17:57.140><c> and</c><00:17:57.920><c> they</c><00:17:58.180><c> did</c><00:17:58.460><c> encamp</c>

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around<00:17:59.160><c> the</c><00:17:59.460><c> temple</c><00:17:59.940><c> as</c><00:18:00.480><c> porters.</c>

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Can<00:18:02.299><c> I</c><00:18:02.480><c> just</c><00:18:02.759><c> point</c><00:18:02.980><c> out</c><00:18:03.279><c> one</c><00:18:03.640><c> interesting</c><00:18:04.799><c> little</c><00:18:05.319><c> aside?</c>

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I'm<00:18:06.079><c> sure</c><00:18:06.200><c> you'll</c><00:18:06.819><c> find</c><00:18:06.920><c> this</c><00:18:07.180><c> interesting.</c>

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In<00:18:07.640><c> 1</c><00:18:08.059><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:08.799><c> chapter</c><00:18:09.240><c> 6</c><00:18:09.980><c> and</c><00:18:10.319><c> in</c><00:18:10.519><c> other</c><00:18:10.740><c> places,</c>

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the<00:18:13.099><c> service</c><00:18:13.599><c> of</c><00:18:14.079><c> song</c><00:18:14.720><c> is</c><00:18:17.019><c> mentioned.</c>

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We<00:18:24.339><c> find</c><00:18:24.759><c> in</c><00:18:25.740><c> temple</c><00:18:26.240><c> worship</c><00:18:26.660><c> there</c><00:18:26.900><c> were</c><00:18:27.099><c> three</c><00:18:27.519><c> great</c><00:18:27.900><c> choirs</c><00:18:28.660><c> that</c>

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were<00:18:29.819><c> set</c><00:18:30.000><c> in</c><00:18:30.259><c> order.</c>

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Verse<00:18:32.059><c> 31</c><00:18:32.619><c> of</c><00:18:33.119><c> 1</c><00:18:33.319><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:33.859><c> chapter</c><00:18:34.240><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:18:39.660><c> these</c><00:18:39.920><c> are</c><00:18:40.140><c> they</c><00:18:40.380><c> whom</c><00:18:40.559><c> David</c><00:18:41.119><c> set</c><00:18:41.519><c> over</c><00:18:41.900><c> the</c><00:18:42.220><c> service</c><00:18:42.660><c> of</c>

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song<00:18:43.440><c> in</c><00:18:44.059><c> the</c><00:18:44.259><c> house</c><00:18:44.480><c> of</c><00:18:44.680><c> the</c><00:18:44.839><c> Lord</c>

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after<00:18:45.839><c> that</c><00:18:46.079><c> the</c><00:18:46.359><c> ark</c><00:18:46.579><c> had</c><00:18:46.839><c> rest.</c>

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And<00:18:48.599><c> they</c><00:18:48.880><c> ministered</c><00:18:49.339><c> before</c><00:18:49.599><c> the</c><00:18:49.859><c> dwelling</c><00:18:50.059><c> place</c><00:18:50.359><c> of</c><00:18:50.539><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:18:51.279><c> of</c><00:18:51.440><c> the</c><00:18:51.700><c> congregation</c>

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with<00:18:52.920><c> singing</c><00:18:53.319><c> until</c><00:18:53.940><c> Solomon</c><00:18:54.460><c> had</c><00:18:54.700><c> built</c><00:18:54.859><c> the</c><00:18:55.059><c> house</c><00:18:55.319><c> of</c><00:18:55.519><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:55.779><c> in</c><00:18:56.000><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:18:57.059><c> then</c><00:18:57.319><c> they</c><00:18:57.599><c> waited</c><00:18:57.920><c> on</c><00:18:58.140><c> their</c><00:18:58.380><c> office</c><00:18:58.980><c> according</c><00:18:59.640><c> to</c>

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their<00:19:00.319><c> order.</c>

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They<00:19:01.460><c> had</c><00:19:01.700><c> a</c><00:19:01.940><c> very</c><00:19:02.400><c> important</c><00:19:03.039><c> role,</c><00:19:03.980><c> these</c><00:19:04.200><c> choirs,</c><00:19:04.799><c> because</c>

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they<00:19:05.480><c> sang.</c>

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I<00:19:06.960><c> think</c><00:19:07.160><c> the</c><00:19:07.440><c> suggestion</c><00:19:07.880><c> is</c><00:19:08.759><c> clear</c><00:19:09.319><c> that</c><00:19:09.539><c> they</c><00:19:09.839><c> sang</c><00:19:10.079><c> continually,</c><00:19:11.200><c> day</c>

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and<00:19:12.319><c> night,</c>

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without<00:19:13.900><c> interruption,</c><00:19:15.019><c> by</c><00:19:15.279><c> courses.</c>

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They<00:19:16.240><c> took</c><00:19:16.519><c> turns</c><00:19:17.079><c> so</c><00:19:17.579><c> that</c><00:19:17.779><c> there</c><00:19:17.920><c> was</c><00:19:18.079><c> a</c><00:19:18.359><c> constant</c><00:19:19.019><c> song</c><00:19:19.859><c> emanating</c><00:19:21.000><c> from</c><00:19:21.519><c> the</c>

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temple<00:19:22.539><c> precincts</c><00:19:23.579><c> in</c><00:19:23.779><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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A<00:19:26.480><c> song</c><00:19:26.759><c> which</c><00:19:27.039><c> so</c><00:19:27.859><c> impressed</c><00:19:28.819><c> the</c><00:19:29.319><c> Assyrians</c><00:19:29.859><c> that</c><00:19:30.160><c> they</c><00:19:30.380><c> could</c><00:19:30.660><c> not</c>

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understand<00:19:31.700><c> the</c><00:19:32.200><c> confidence</c><00:19:32.920><c> of</c><00:19:33.420><c> this</c><00:19:33.640><c> people.</c>

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A<00:19:39.680><c> song</c><00:19:39.900><c> which</c><00:19:40.180><c> may</c><00:19:40.420><c> have</c><00:19:40.640><c> led</c><00:19:41.420><c> Sennacherib</c><00:19:42.480><c> in</c><00:19:42.759><c> his</c><00:19:43.000><c> annals</c><00:19:43.480><c> to</c><00:19:43.799><c> say</c><00:19:44.079><c> that</c><00:19:44.380><c> he</c><00:19:44.539><c> had</c><00:19:44.940><c> shut</c><00:19:45.200><c> up</c><00:19:45.440><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:46.140><c> as</c><00:19:47.099><c> a</c>

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bird<00:19:47.460><c> in</c><00:19:47.680><c> a</c><00:19:47.819><c> cage.</c>

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These<00:19:52.200><c> three</c><00:19:52.880><c> choirs</c><00:19:53.380><c> were</c><00:19:53.720><c> under</c><00:19:54.059><c> the</c><00:19:54.259><c> hands</c><00:19:54.440><c> of</c><00:19:54.779><c> three</c><00:19:55.000><c> men</c>

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from<00:19:57.240><c> the</c><00:19:57.559><c> three</c><00:19:57.779><c> great</c><00:19:58.059><c> families</c><00:19:58.759><c> of</c><00:19:59.599><c> the</c><00:19:59.799><c> Levites.</c>

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In<00:20:00.619><c> verse</c><00:20:00.839><c> 33</c><00:20:01.660><c> of</c><00:20:02.460><c> the</c><00:20:02.680><c> sons</c><00:20:03.000><c> of</c><00:20:03.339><c> Kohath</c><00:20:04.400><c> Heman.</c>

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In<00:20:06.940><c> verse</c><00:20:07.279><c> 39,</c><00:20:07.940><c> his</c><00:20:08.160><c> brother</c><00:20:08.599><c> Asaph.</c>

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And<00:20:11.019><c> in</c><00:20:11.259><c> verse</c><00:20:11.480><c> 44,</c><00:20:12.779><c> Ethan</c><00:20:13.079><c> of</c><00:20:13.940><c> the</c><00:20:14.140><c> tribe</c><00:20:14.440><c> of</c><00:20:14.720><c> Merare,</c><00:20:15.660><c> whose</c>

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other<00:20:16.259><c> name</c><00:20:16.779><c> was</c><00:20:17.480><c> Jeduthon.</c>

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Now<00:20:19.279><c> this</c><00:20:19.440><c> is</c><00:20:19.660><c> interesting</c><00:20:19.960><c> because</c><00:20:20.640><c> Heman's</c><00:20:21.180><c> name</c><00:20:21.380><c> means</c>

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faithful,<00:20:24.039><c> Asaph's</c><00:20:24.759><c> name</c><00:20:25.000><c> means</c><00:20:25.759><c> the</c><00:20:26.220><c> gatherer,</c>

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and<00:20:28.559><c> Ethan</c><00:20:29.059><c> is</c><00:20:29.500><c> strength,</c><00:20:30.279><c> and</c><00:20:30.460><c> his</c><00:20:30.599><c> other</c><00:20:30.779><c> name,</c><00:20:31.160><c> Jeduthon,</c>

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is<00:20:32.920><c> praise.</c>

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And<00:20:34.240><c> these</c><00:20:34.480><c> are</c><00:20:34.720><c> the</c><00:20:34.799><c> names</c><00:20:35.160><c> of</c><00:20:35.579><c> the</c><00:20:35.839><c> choir</c><00:20:36.119><c> masters</c><00:20:36.740><c> in</c><00:20:37.480><c> Israel.</c>

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Just<00:20:40.519><c> have</c><00:20:40.660><c> a</c><00:20:40.720><c> look</c><00:20:40.819><c> at</c><00:20:40.920><c> this.</c><00:20:41.319><c> In</c><00:20:41.480><c> Ephesians</c><00:20:42.240><c> chapter</c><00:20:42.740><c> one,</c>

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we<00:20:45.019><c> find</c><00:20:45.660><c> the</c><00:20:46.019><c> meaning</c><00:20:46.559><c> of</c><00:20:47.319><c> these</c><00:20:47.880><c> three</c><00:20:48.380><c> names</c><00:20:49.079><c> brought</c><00:20:49.920><c> together</c><00:20:50.680><c> in</c><00:20:51.500><c> a</c>

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very<00:20:51.980><c> few</c><00:20:52.160><c> verses.</c>

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And<00:20:56.059><c> it's</c><00:20:56.240><c> part</c><00:20:56.460><c> of</c><00:20:56.599><c> this</c><00:20:56.819><c> great</c><00:20:57.079><c> parable</c><00:20:57.700><c> which</c><00:20:58.059><c> is</c><00:20:58.339><c> developed</c><00:20:58.859><c> in</c><00:20:59.519><c> the</c>

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New<00:20:59.819><c> Testament.</c>

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Paul<00:21:03.099><c> writes</c><00:21:03.440><c> to</c><00:21:03.799><c> the</c><00:21:04.059><c> Ephesians</c><00:21:04.480><c> with</c><00:21:04.700><c> an</c><00:21:05.319><c> interesting</c><00:21:05.819><c> and</c>

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unusual<00:21:07.160><c> introduction</c><00:21:08.079><c> in</c><00:21:08.599><c> verse</c><00:21:08.940><c> one</c><00:21:09.559><c> of</c><00:21:09.960><c> Ephesians</c><00:21:10.519><c> one.</c>

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Paul,<00:21:13.000><c> an</c><00:21:13.160><c> apostle</c><00:21:13.519><c> of</c><00:21:13.700><c> Jesus</c><00:21:14.119><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.440><c> by</c><00:21:14.680><c> the</c><00:21:14.859><c> will</c><00:21:14.980><c> of</c><00:21:15.279><c> God</c>

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to<00:21:15.640><c> the</c><00:21:15.900><c> saints</c><00:21:16.160><c> which</c><00:21:16.460><c> are</c><00:21:16.599><c> at</c><00:21:16.839><c> Ephesus</c><00:21:17.740><c> and</c><00:21:18.380><c> to</c><00:21:18.660><c> the</c><00:21:18.920><c> faithful</c><00:21:19.519><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:21:21.380><c> Jesus.</c>

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Then<00:21:28.220><c> in</c><00:21:29.019><c> verse</c><00:21:29.339><c> six,</c><00:21:30.519><c> he</c><00:21:30.859><c> says</c><00:21:31.400><c> that</c><00:21:33.119><c> we</c><00:21:33.240><c> have</c><00:21:33.420><c> been</c><00:21:33.720><c> called</c>

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to<00:21:35.000><c> the</c><00:21:35.400><c> praise</c><00:21:36.039><c> of</c><00:21:36.960><c> the</c><00:21:37.220><c> glory</c><00:21:37.559><c> of</c><00:21:37.740><c> his</c><00:21:38.019><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:21:41.819><c> then</c><00:21:42.180><c> in</c><00:21:42.579><c> verse</c><00:21:42.880><c> ten,</c><00:21:43.519><c> he</c><00:21:43.799><c> says</c><00:21:44.279><c> that</c><00:21:45.059><c> in</c><00:21:45.279><c> the</c><00:21:45.579><c> dispensation</c><00:21:46.480><c> of</c><00:21:47.140><c> the</c><00:21:47.440><c> fullness</c><00:21:47.799><c> of</c><00:21:48.180><c> times,</c>

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he<00:21:49.539><c> might</c><00:21:49.900><c> gather</c><00:21:50.519><c> together</c><00:21:51.619><c> in</c><00:21:52.359><c> one</c><00:21:52.839><c> all</c><00:21:53.740><c> things</c><00:21:54.339><c> in</c><00:21:55.079><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:21:57.819><c> there</c><00:21:57.980><c> are</c><00:21:58.180><c> the</c><00:21:58.440><c> three</c><00:21:59.220><c> names,</c><00:22:00.279><c> Heman,</c><00:22:01.160><c> Asaph,</c><00:22:02.319><c> and</c><00:22:02.519><c> Jeduthon.</c>

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And<00:22:04.000><c> it's</c><00:22:04.160><c> not</c><00:22:04.279><c> as</c><00:22:04.440><c> if</c><00:22:04.500><c> these</c><00:22:04.799><c> are</c><00:22:05.160><c> trivial</c><00:22:05.559><c> points</c><00:22:06.119><c> because</c>

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he<00:22:06.980><c> is</c><00:22:07.160><c> writing</c><00:22:07.420><c> to</c><00:22:07.619><c> the</c><00:22:07.900><c> faithful</c>

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whose<00:22:09.980><c> purpose</c><00:22:10.799><c> they</c><00:22:11.039><c> are</c><00:22:11.140><c> to</c><00:22:11.319><c> understand</c><00:22:11.799><c> that</c><00:22:11.960><c> they</c><00:22:12.140><c> have</c>

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been<00:22:12.559><c> called</c><00:22:13.079><c> to</c><00:22:13.539><c> the</c><00:22:13.900><c> praise</c><00:22:14.240><c> of</c><00:22:14.480><c> his</c><00:22:14.799><c> glory.</c>

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That<00:22:16.700><c> in</c><00:22:17.019><c> the</c><00:22:18.200><c> dispensation</c><00:22:19.039><c> of</c><00:22:19.259><c> the</c><00:22:19.539><c> fullness</c><00:22:19.880><c> of</c><00:22:20.240><c> times,</c><00:22:20.519><c> he</c>

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might<00:22:21.039><c> gather</c><00:22:21.440><c> together</c><00:22:22.319><c> in</c><00:22:23.400><c> one</c><00:22:23.859><c> all</c><00:22:24.660><c> things.</c>

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You<00:22:26.720><c> see,</c><00:22:26.960><c> the</c><00:22:27.180><c> three</c><00:22:27.440><c> choir</c><00:22:27.819><c> masters,</c><00:22:28.480><c> their</c><00:22:28.579><c> very</c><00:22:28.920><c> names</c><00:22:29.319><c> as</c>

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they<00:22:29.779><c> stood</c><00:22:29.980><c> there</c><00:22:30.359><c> before</c><00:22:31.099><c> the</c><00:22:31.519><c> tribes</c><00:22:31.859><c> of</c><00:22:32.099><c> Israel</c><00:22:32.480><c> represented</c><00:22:33.579><c> the</c><00:22:33.839><c> purpose</c><00:22:34.200><c> of</c><00:22:34.500><c> God.</c>

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That<00:22:37.539><c> he</c><00:22:37.740><c> might</c><00:22:37.940><c> gather</c><00:22:38.319><c> together</c><00:22:39.220><c> a</c><00:22:39.839><c> faithful</c><00:22:40.319><c> people</c><00:22:41.039><c> to</c><00:22:41.579><c> the</c><00:22:41.920><c> praise</c><00:22:42.380><c> of</c>

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God's<00:22:43.480><c> glory.</c>

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Isn't<00:22:45.819><c> that</c><00:22:46.019><c> interesting?</c><00:22:47.799><c> Look</c><00:22:47.940><c> at</c><00:22:48.079><c> verse</c><00:22:48.259><c> six</c><00:22:48.559><c> again.</c>

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It<00:22:49.859><c> is</c><00:22:50.079><c> to</c><00:22:50.259><c> the</c><00:22:50.500><c> praise</c><00:22:50.700><c> of</c><00:22:50.880><c> his</c><00:22:51.140><c> glory</c><00:22:51.759><c> wherein</c><00:22:52.619><c> he</c><00:22:53.099><c> hath</c><00:22:53.339><c> made</c>

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us<00:22:54.200><c> accepted</c><00:22:54.839><c> in</c><00:22:56.240><c> the</c><00:22:56.539><c> beloved.</c>

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And<00:22:58.380><c> that</c><00:22:58.539><c> of</c><00:22:58.680><c> course</c><00:22:58.900><c> is</c><00:22:59.160><c> David's</c><00:22:59.819><c> name,</c><00:23:00.559><c> the</c><00:23:00.819><c> beloved.</c>

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And<00:23:01.799><c> it</c><00:23:01.960><c> was</c><00:23:02.180><c> David</c><00:23:02.779><c> who</c><00:23:03.319><c> established</c><00:23:03.920><c> these</c><00:23:04.400><c> three</c><00:23:04.680><c> choir</c><00:23:05.000><c> masters</c><00:23:05.579><c> to</c>

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set<00:23:07.680><c> up</c><00:23:07.960><c> that</c><00:23:08.380><c> praise</c><00:23:08.839><c> in</c><00:23:09.779><c> Israel.</c>

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Why<00:23:12.339><c> is</c><00:23:12.539><c> it</c><00:23:12.660><c> so</c><00:23:12.880><c> appropriate</c><00:23:13.279><c> for</c><00:23:13.539><c> the</c><00:23:13.700><c> Ephesians?</c>

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Well,<00:23:14.799><c> the</c><00:23:14.980><c> subject</c><00:23:15.359><c> of</c><00:23:15.599><c> the</c><00:23:15.779><c> epistle</c><00:23:16.200><c> to</c><00:23:16.680><c> the</c><00:23:16.900><c> Ephesians</c><00:23:17.599><c> is</c>

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the<00:23:18.319><c> temple</c><00:23:18.819><c> that</c><00:23:19.559><c> was</c><00:23:19.839><c> being</c><00:23:20.180><c> built,</c><00:23:20.640><c> not</c><00:23:20.799><c> made</c><00:23:21.039><c> with</c><00:23:21.279><c> hands,</c>

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a<00:23:21.799><c> temple</c><00:23:22.099><c> made</c><00:23:22.799><c> of</c><00:23:23.819><c> the</c><00:23:24.599><c> faithful</c><00:23:25.140><c> built</c><00:23:25.920><c> upon</c><00:23:26.319><c> the</c><00:23:26.619><c> foundation</c><00:23:27.319><c> of</c><00:23:27.700><c> the</c>

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apostles<00:23:28.440><c> and</c><00:23:29.180><c> prophets,</c>

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Jesus<00:23:30.099><c> Christ</c><00:23:30.519><c> himself</c><00:23:31.200><c> being</c><00:23:31.779><c> the</c><00:23:32.099><c> chief</c><00:23:32.480><c> cornerstone.</c>

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Paul<00:23:34.200><c> to</c><00:23:34.400><c> the</c><00:23:34.619><c> Ephesians</c><00:23:35.160><c> is</c><00:23:35.500><c> describing</c><00:23:36.059><c> the</c><00:23:36.720><c> temple</c><00:23:37.079><c> of</c><00:23:37.400><c> God</c>

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and<00:23:38.380><c> he's</c><00:23:38.619><c> talking</c><00:23:38.900><c> about</c><00:23:39.180><c> the</c><00:23:39.460><c> spirit</c><00:23:39.759><c> of</c><00:23:40.119><c> praise</c>

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which<00:23:41.039><c> would</c><00:23:41.240><c> emanate</c><00:23:41.799><c> within</c><00:23:42.039><c> it,</c><00:23:42.299><c> within</c><00:23:42.539><c> the</c><00:23:42.819><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:43.619><c> from</c><00:23:44.299><c> the</c><00:23:45.119><c> lives</c><00:23:45.579><c> of</c>

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faithful<00:23:46.279><c> men</c><00:23:46.539><c> and</c><00:23:46.799><c> women</c>

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who<00:23:47.400><c> had</c><00:23:47.539><c> been</c><00:23:47.779><c> gathered</c><00:23:48.059><c> together</c><00:23:48.519><c> and</c><00:23:48.779><c> will</c><00:23:49.039><c> be</c><00:23:49.299><c> gathered</c>

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together<00:23:50.119><c> in</c><00:23:50.539><c> the</c><00:23:50.700><c> age</c><00:23:50.819><c> to</c><00:23:51.059><c> come</c><00:23:51.240><c> for</c><00:23:51.480><c> that</c><00:23:51.839><c> very</c><00:23:52.200><c> purpose,</c>

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for<00:23:53.380><c> the</c><00:23:53.680><c> praise</c><00:23:54.079><c> of</c><00:23:54.859><c> his</c><00:23:55.740><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:23:59.039><c> there's</c><00:23:59.339><c> another</c><00:23:59.720><c> aspect</c><00:24:00.539><c> to</c><00:24:00.900><c> the</c><00:24:01.720><c> parable</c><00:24:02.279><c> of</c><00:24:03.019><c> the</c><00:24:03.200><c> Levites.</c>

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Coming<00:24:12.819><c> back</c><00:24:13.160><c> now</c><00:24:13.400><c> to</c><00:24:13.640><c> the</c><00:24:13.900><c> book</c><00:24:14.039><c> of</c><00:24:14.299><c> Numbers,</c><00:24:14.740><c> as</c><00:24:14.859><c> we</c><00:24:15.079><c> look</c><00:24:15.259><c> at</c>

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it<00:24:15.579><c> from</c><00:24:15.759><c> this</c><00:24:16.180><c> different</c><00:24:16.599><c> perspective,</c>

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we've<00:24:18.920><c> looked</c><00:24:19.259><c> at</c><00:24:19.460><c> chapter</c><00:24:19.819><c> one</c><00:24:20.119><c> as</c><00:24:20.339><c> the</c><00:24:20.579><c> call</c><00:24:20.759><c> of</c><00:24:20.960><c> the</c><00:24:21.119><c> gospel,</c>

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chapter<00:24:22.160><c> two,</c><00:24:23.220><c> the</c><00:24:23.500><c> establishment</c><00:24:24.059><c> of</c><00:24:24.359><c> the</c><00:24:24.539><c> ecclesia,</c>

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chapters<00:24:26.019><c> three</c><00:24:26.380><c> and</c><00:24:26.559><c> four,</c><00:24:27.200><c> the</c><00:24:27.720><c> defining</c><00:24:28.119><c> of</c><00:24:28.480><c> spiritual</c>

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relationships<00:24:30.039><c> and</c><00:24:30.819><c> responsibilities.</c>

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But<00:24:33.140><c> chapter</c><00:24:33.420><c> five</c><00:24:33.819><c> of</c><00:24:34.059><c> Numbers</c><00:24:34.380><c> goes</c><00:24:34.660><c> on</c><00:24:35.019><c> to</c><00:24:35.279><c> address</c><00:24:35.640><c> the</c><00:24:35.960><c> subject</c><00:24:36.460><c> of</c><00:24:37.059><c> sin,</c>

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represented<00:24:39.920><c> by</c><00:24:40.579><c> the</c><00:24:42.279><c> unfortunate</c><00:24:43.059><c> people</c><00:24:43.700><c> who</c><00:24:44.119><c> were</c><00:24:44.559><c> to</c><00:24:44.880><c> be</c>

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put<00:24:45.220><c> outside</c><00:24:45.759><c> of</c><00:24:45.980><c> the</c><00:24:46.200><c> camp</c>

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through<00:24:47.259><c> leprosy,</c><00:24:48.500><c> having</c><00:24:48.579><c> an</c><00:24:48.900><c> issue</c><00:24:49.200><c> or</c><00:24:49.480><c> having</c><00:24:49.759><c> contact</c>

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with<00:24:50.440><c> the</c><00:24:50.579><c> dead.</c>

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It<00:24:52.359><c> also</c><00:24:52.579><c> goes</c><00:24:52.779><c> on</c><00:24:52.980><c> to</c><00:24:53.140><c> talk</c><00:24:53.279><c> about</c><00:24:53.579><c> trespasses</c><00:24:54.500><c> and</c><00:24:55.039><c> the</c><00:24:55.339><c> trial</c><00:24:55.660><c> of</c><00:24:56.000><c> jealousy.</c>

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And<00:24:57.200><c> in</c><00:24:57.339><c> that</c><00:24:57.539><c> spiritual</c><00:24:58.019><c> sequence</c><00:24:58.619><c> we</c><00:24:58.799><c> can</c><00:24:59.079><c> see</c><00:24:59.279><c> how</c><00:24:59.599><c> the</c><00:24:59.839><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:00.200><c> has</c>

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a<00:25:01.099><c> charge</c><00:25:01.480><c> laid</c><00:25:01.680><c> upon</c><00:25:02.039><c> them</c><00:25:02.220><c> to</c><00:25:02.460><c> deal</c><00:25:02.700><c> with</c><00:25:03.019><c> sin,</c>

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both<00:25:05.000><c> visible</c><00:25:05.599><c> and</c><00:25:06.619><c> invisible.</c>

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And<00:25:09.420><c> the</c><00:25:09.579><c> next</c><00:25:09.839><c> chapter,</c><00:25:10.279><c> chapter</c><00:25:10.599><c> six,</c><00:25:11.420><c> puts</c><00:25:11.519><c> the</c><00:25:11.839><c> positive</c>

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perspective<00:25:12.940><c> where</c><00:25:13.279><c> the</c><00:25:13.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:14.299><c> has</c><00:25:14.519><c> a</c><00:25:14.799><c> responsibility,</c>

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an<00:25:16.319><c> opportunity</c><00:25:17.019><c> to</c><00:25:17.740><c> be</c><00:25:18.200><c> separate,</c><00:25:18.900><c> not</c><00:25:19.140><c> just</c><00:25:19.559><c> from</c><00:25:19.960><c> sin,</c><00:25:21.200><c> but</c>

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separate<00:25:22.240><c> unto</c><00:25:23.619><c> holiness,</c>

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holiness<00:25:24.980><c> being</c><00:25:25.240><c> a</c><00:25:25.579><c> positive</c><00:25:26.079><c> quality,</c><00:25:27.839><c> not</c><00:25:28.140><c> just</c><00:25:28.339><c> the</c><00:25:28.599><c> absence</c><00:25:29.160><c> of</c><00:25:29.779><c> sin.</c>

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Chapter<00:25:32.960><c> seven</c><00:25:33.319><c> describes</c><00:25:33.779><c> the</c><00:25:34.079><c> offerings,</c><00:25:34.460><c> the</c><00:25:34.700><c> free</c><00:25:34.900><c> will</c>

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offerings<00:25:35.700><c> of</c><00:25:36.619><c> the</c><00:25:37.740><c> princes</c><00:25:38.160><c> of</c><00:25:38.400><c> the</c><00:25:38.660><c> tribes,</c>

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showing<00:25:39.859><c> an</c><00:25:40.220><c> initiative</c><00:25:40.859><c> in</c><00:25:41.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:42.119><c> life</c><00:25:42.559><c> which</c><00:25:43.019><c> was</c><00:25:43.539><c> acceptable</c><00:25:44.299><c> to</c><00:25:45.259><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:25:46.180><c> just</c><00:25:46.880><c> take</c><00:25:47.400><c> a</c><00:25:47.960><c> minute</c><00:25:48.200><c> to</c><00:25:48.500><c> read</c><00:25:49.059><c> a</c><00:25:49.440><c> section</c><00:25:49.799><c> from</c><00:25:50.539><c> Brother</c><00:25:50.940><c> Robert's</c><00:25:51.380><c> book,</c>

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The<00:25:52.500><c> Law</c><00:25:52.680><c> of</c><00:25:52.859><c> Moses,</c><00:25:53.220><c> in</c><00:25:53.480><c> regard</c><00:25:53.839><c> to</c><00:25:54.119><c> chapter</c><00:25:54.460><c> seven</c><00:25:54.920><c> where</c><00:25:55.680><c> the</c><00:25:57.140><c> princes</c><00:25:57.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:58.180><c> tribes</c><00:25:58.779><c> brought</c><00:25:59.640><c> an</c><00:26:00.359><c> offering</c>

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which<00:26:00.880><c> was</c><00:26:01.200><c> not</c><00:26:01.500><c> laid</c><00:26:01.859><c> down</c><00:26:02.519><c> in</c><00:26:03.140><c> the</c><00:26:03.359><c> law.</c>

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Moses<00:26:04.579><c> didn't</c><00:26:04.799><c> know</c><00:26:04.940><c> what</c><00:26:05.099><c> to</c><00:26:05.299><c> do</c><00:26:05.400><c> with</c><00:26:05.559><c> these</c><00:26:05.940><c> offerings</c>

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that<00:26:06.579><c> were</c><00:26:06.759><c> being</c><00:26:07.019><c> brought,</c>

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but<00:26:08.480><c> God</c><00:26:08.859><c> says</c><00:26:09.140><c> to</c><00:26:09.380><c> Moses,</c><00:26:09.819><c> no,</c><00:26:10.000><c> you</c><00:26:10.200><c> accept</c><00:26:10.640><c> them</c><00:26:11.200><c> because</c><00:26:11.960><c> they've</c><00:26:12.140><c> been</c><00:26:12.359><c> given</c><00:26:12.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:12.779><c> right</c><00:26:13.019><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:26:15.339><c> Brother</c><00:26:15.480><c> Robert</c><00:26:15.759><c> says</c><00:26:15.980><c> there's</c><00:26:16.279><c> two</c><00:26:16.579><c> things</c><00:26:17.000><c> strike</c><00:26:17.559><c> us</c>

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in<00:26:18.099><c> connection</c><00:26:18.400><c> with</c><00:26:18.660><c> the</c><00:26:18.819><c> whole</c><00:26:18.980><c> episode.</c>

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God<00:26:20.779><c> accepts</c><00:26:21.460><c> cooperation</c><00:26:22.640><c> in</c><00:26:23.319><c> forms</c><00:26:23.619><c> he</c><00:26:23.880><c> has</c><00:26:24.119><c> not</c><00:26:24.440><c> prescribed</c><00:26:25.279><c> if</c><00:26:26.019><c> they</c>

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are<00:26:26.619><c> in</c><00:26:26.900><c> subservient</c><00:26:27.640><c> harmony</c><00:26:28.140><c> with</c><00:26:28.380><c> his</c><00:26:28.660><c> requirements.</c>

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The<00:26:30.359><c> twelve</c><00:26:30.740><c> princes</c><00:26:31.299><c> were</c><00:26:31.799><c> in</c><00:26:32.039><c> submission</c><00:26:32.460><c> to</c><00:26:32.680><c> Moses</c><00:26:33.180><c> and</c><00:26:33.799><c> in</c>

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subjection<00:26:34.599><c> to</c><00:26:34.759><c> the</c><00:26:35.000><c> tabernacle</c>

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and<00:26:36.099><c> the</c><00:26:36.319><c> whole</c><00:26:36.539><c> law</c><00:26:36.680><c> connected</c><00:26:37.160><c> with</c><00:26:37.420><c> it.</c>

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The<00:26:38.500><c> object</c><00:26:38.859><c> of</c><00:26:39.079><c> their</c><00:26:39.500><c> voluntary</c><00:26:40.039><c> gift</c><00:26:40.400><c> was</c><00:26:40.619><c> to</c><00:26:40.900><c> help</c><00:26:41.140><c> and</c><00:26:41.500><c> further</c><00:26:41.900><c> a</c>

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divine<00:26:42.900><c> work</c><00:26:43.220><c> appointed.</c>

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Had<00:26:44.839><c> they</c><00:26:45.059><c> brought</c><00:26:45.299><c> the</c><00:26:45.599><c> materials</c><00:26:45.920><c> for</c><00:26:46.200><c> a</c><00:26:46.539><c> second</c><00:26:46.839><c> tabernacle</c><00:26:47.480><c> or</c><00:26:47.700><c> a</c>

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second<00:26:48.339><c> camp,</c>

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we<00:26:49.400><c> cannot</c><00:26:49.559><c> but</c><00:26:49.799><c> suppose</c><00:26:50.180><c> that</c><00:26:50.359><c> the</c><00:26:50.599><c> offerings</c><00:26:50.839><c> would</c><00:26:51.000><c> not</c>

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only<00:26:51.539><c> not</c><00:26:51.920><c> have</c><00:26:52.039><c> been</c><00:26:52.299><c> accepted,</c>

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but<00:26:53.279><c> would</c><00:26:53.440><c> have</c><00:26:53.599><c> been</c><00:26:53.920><c> spurned</c><00:26:54.400><c> as</c><00:26:54.559><c> an</c><00:26:54.680><c> act</c><00:26:54.880><c> of</c><00:26:55.160><c> presumption,</c>

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like<00:26:56.200><c> Nnedab</c><00:26:56.740><c> and</c><00:26:56.859><c> Abihu's</c><00:26:57.559><c> offerings</c><00:26:57.799><c> of</c><00:26:58.059><c> strange</c><00:26:58.440><c> fire.</c>

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But<00:26:59.759><c> being</c><00:27:00.059><c> in</c><00:27:00.680><c> no</c><00:27:01.039><c> rival</c><00:27:01.460><c> to</c><00:27:01.680><c> the</c><00:27:01.900><c> divine</c><00:27:02.200><c> work,</c><00:27:03.380><c> but</c><00:27:03.579><c> conceived</c><00:27:04.019><c> in</c><00:27:04.220><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:27:04.660><c> of</c><00:27:05.039><c> helpfulness</c>

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and<00:27:06.359><c> being</c><00:27:06.579><c> a</c><00:27:07.019><c> wise</c><00:27:07.500><c> measure,</c><00:27:08.460><c> God</c><00:27:08.839><c> approved</c><00:27:09.619><c> and</c><00:27:11.019><c> accepted</c><00:27:11.460><c> it.</c>

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He<00:27:13.279><c> then</c><00:27:13.440><c> goes</c><00:27:13.640><c> on</c><00:27:13.940><c> to</c><00:27:14.240><c> say,</c><00:27:14.599><c> well,</c><00:27:14.779><c> that's</c><00:27:15.440><c> the</c><00:27:15.779><c> case</c><00:27:16.140><c> in</c><00:27:17.160><c> the</c>

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dispensation<00:27:18.319><c> in</c><00:27:18.900><c> which</c><00:27:19.140><c> we</c><00:27:19.440><c> live.</c>

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He<00:27:20.500><c> says,</c><00:27:20.880><c> from</c><00:27:20.980><c> this</c><00:27:21.279><c> we</c><00:27:21.480><c> may</c><00:27:21.740><c> draw</c><00:27:21.960><c> the</c><00:27:22.180><c> useful</c><00:27:22.599><c> conclusion</c>

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that<00:27:24.059><c> the</c><00:27:24.380><c> arrangements</c><00:27:24.880><c> we</c><00:27:25.220><c> are</c><00:27:25.519><c> obliged</c><00:27:25.920><c> to</c><00:27:26.220><c> make</c><00:27:26.420><c> in</c><00:27:26.619><c> this</c>

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latter<00:27:27.119><c> day</c>

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in<00:27:28.059><c> the</c><00:27:28.299><c> absence</c><00:27:28.680><c> of</c><00:27:29.039><c> divine</c><00:27:29.299><c> directions</c><00:27:30.099><c> will</c><00:27:30.880><c> receive</c><00:27:31.480><c> the</c>

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divine<00:27:32.160><c> sanction</c><00:27:32.880><c> and</c><00:27:33.660><c> favor</c>

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provided<00:27:34.980><c> they</c><00:27:35.259><c> are</c><00:27:35.460><c> made</c><00:27:35.720><c> in</c><00:27:35.940><c> the</c><00:27:36.140><c> sincere</c><00:27:36.579><c> spirit</c><00:27:37.200><c> of</c><00:27:37.859><c> desiring</c><00:27:38.400><c> to</c>

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help<00:27:39.059><c> the</c><00:27:39.619><c> Lord's</c><00:27:40.099><c> work</c>

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and<00:27:41.039><c> are</c><00:27:41.299><c> in</c><00:27:41.559><c> harmony</c><00:27:42.119><c> with</c><00:27:42.680><c> the</c><00:27:42.980><c> requirements</c><00:27:43.539><c> of</c><00:27:44.059><c> that</c><00:27:44.380><c> work</c>

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as<00:27:45.400><c> specified</c><00:27:46.079><c> in</c><00:27:46.680><c> the</c><00:27:46.880><c> word</c><00:27:47.039><c> of</c><00:27:47.240><c> Jesus</c><00:27:47.660><c> and</c><00:27:47.839><c> the</c><00:27:48.059><c> apostle.</c>

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So<00:27:49.559><c> you</c><00:27:49.759><c> see,</c><00:27:50.920><c> if</c><00:27:51.079><c> you</c><00:27:51.259><c> just,</c><00:27:51.480><c> not</c><00:27:51.700><c> now,</c><00:27:52.099><c> but</c><00:27:52.220><c> look</c><00:27:52.400><c> at</c><00:27:52.799><c> Numbers</c>

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chapter<00:27:53.700><c> seven</c>

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and<00:27:54.539><c> see</c><00:27:54.819><c> this</c><00:27:55.079><c> great</c><00:27:55.359><c> list</c><00:27:55.700><c> of</c><00:27:56.079><c> offerings</c><00:27:56.359><c> repeated</c><00:27:56.900><c> 12</c><00:27:57.240><c> times</c><00:27:57.599><c> over</c>

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and<00:27:58.000><c> you</c><00:27:58.160><c> wonder</c><00:27:58.359><c> why</c><00:27:58.839><c> he</c><00:27:58.960><c> gives</c><00:27:59.059><c> such</c><00:27:59.319><c> emphasis</c><00:27:59.980><c> and</c><00:28:00.440><c> such</c><00:28:00.700><c> repetition,</c>

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there<00:28:01.940><c> is</c><00:28:02.140><c> a</c><00:28:02.400><c> spiritual</c><00:28:02.819><c> lesson</c><00:28:03.220><c> there</c><00:28:03.619><c> that</c><00:28:04.019><c> God</c><00:28:04.299><c> is</c><00:28:04.660><c> willing</c>

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to<00:28:05.359><c> accept.</c>

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The<00:28:07.160><c> initiative</c><00:28:07.859><c> of</c><00:28:08.720><c> brethren</c><00:28:09.039><c> and</c><00:28:09.339><c> sisters</c><00:28:09.640><c> today</c><00:28:10.059><c> in</c><00:28:10.299><c> a</c>

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ecclesial<00:28:10.700><c> life</c><00:28:10.940><c> who,</c>

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in<00:28:11.619><c> the</c><00:28:11.819><c> absence</c><00:28:12.200><c> of</c><00:28:12.539><c> divine</c><00:28:12.940><c> guidance</c><00:28:13.880><c> for</c><00:28:14.599><c> the</c><00:28:14.859><c> detailed</c><00:28:15.400><c> things</c><00:28:15.799><c> we</c>

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have<00:28:16.299><c> to</c><00:28:16.559><c> work</c><00:28:16.779><c> on,</c>

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will<00:28:18.500><c> accept</c><00:28:19.319><c> the</c><00:28:20.299><c> offerings</c><00:28:20.900><c> if</c><00:28:21.859><c> measured</c><00:28:22.220><c> according</c><00:28:22.779><c> to</c><00:28:23.079><c> the</c><00:28:23.519><c> principles</c><00:28:24.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:25.240><c> Scriptures</c>

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and<00:28:26.339><c> in</c><00:28:26.559><c> the</c><00:28:26.880><c> spirit</c><00:28:27.160><c> of</c><00:28:27.440><c> sincerity</c><00:28:28.180><c> in</c><00:28:28.759><c> a</c><00:28:29.059><c> desire</c><00:28:29.480><c> to</c><00:28:29.880><c> further</c>

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the<00:28:30.559><c> work</c><00:28:30.960><c> of</c><00:28:31.339><c> the</c><00:28:31.559><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:28:34.160><c> so</c><00:28:34.359><c> we</c><00:28:34.619><c> have</c><00:28:34.799><c> innovations,</c><00:28:36.099><c> the</c><00:28:36.460><c> seminar</c><00:28:37.200><c> series,</c><00:28:38.579><c> rather</c><00:28:39.119><c> than</c>

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preaching<00:28:40.039><c> by</c><00:28:40.420><c> the</c><00:28:40.660><c> old</c><00:28:40.920><c>-fashioned</c><00:28:41.240><c> lectures.</c>

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I<00:28:42.059><c> know</c><00:28:42.640><c> when</c><00:28:43.039><c> it</c><00:28:43.259><c> was</c><00:28:43.720><c> started</c><00:28:44.119><c> in</c><00:28:44.720><c> Britain,</c><00:28:45.339><c> taking</c><00:28:45.660><c> the</c>

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idea<00:28:46.200><c> from</c><00:28:46.539><c> North</c><00:28:46.839><c> America,</c>

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some<00:28:48.859><c> brethren</c><00:28:49.660><c> were</c><00:28:50.319><c> very</c><00:28:50.720><c> reluctant</c><00:28:51.180><c> to</c><00:28:52.119><c> go</c><00:28:52.720><c> down</c><00:28:53.059><c> this</c><00:28:53.380><c> road,</c>

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didn't<00:28:54.920><c> like</c><00:28:55.200><c> the</c><00:28:55.420><c> idea</c><00:28:55.720><c> of</c><00:28:56.319><c> using</c><00:28:56.680><c> television</c><00:28:57.220><c> or</c><00:28:57.500><c> radio</c><00:28:58.099><c> or</c>

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all<00:28:59.160><c> these</c><00:28:59.500><c> modern</c><00:29:00.079><c> gadgets</c><00:29:00.680><c> to</c><00:29:01.440><c> preach</c><00:29:01.680><c> the</c><00:29:01.980><c> truth.</c>

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What's<00:29:02.920><c> wrong</c><00:29:03.180><c> with</c><00:29:03.480><c> the</c><00:29:03.880><c> way</c><00:29:04.099><c> we</c><00:29:04.319><c> used</c><00:29:04.559><c> to</c><00:29:04.740><c> do</c><00:29:04.920><c> things?</c>

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But<00:29:06.200><c> you</c><00:29:06.440><c> see,</c><00:29:07.140><c> the</c><00:29:07.220><c> brethren</c><00:29:07.480><c> who</c><00:29:07.980><c> have</c><00:29:08.059><c> suggested</c><00:29:08.519><c> these</c>

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new<00:29:09.099><c> things</c>

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are<00:29:09.720><c> suggesting</c><00:29:10.400><c> them</c><00:29:10.960><c> in</c><00:29:11.180><c> the</c><00:29:11.539><c> spirit</c><00:29:12.160><c> of</c><00:29:12.799><c> the</c><00:29:13.000><c> Levites</c><00:29:13.559><c> and</c>

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of<00:29:14.279><c> the</c><00:29:14.440><c> princes</c><00:29:14.819><c> that</c><00:29:15.180><c> wanted</c><00:29:15.440><c> to</c><00:29:15.740><c> help.</c>

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How<00:29:16.160><c> can</c><00:29:16.420><c> we</c><00:29:16.880><c> further</c><00:29:17.240><c> the</c><00:29:17.559><c> work?</c>

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And<00:29:19.660><c> if</c><00:29:19.799><c> it</c><00:29:19.980><c> is</c><00:29:20.440><c> trying</c><00:29:20.900><c> to</c><00:29:21.279><c> follow</c><00:29:21.519><c> the</c><00:29:21.779><c> principle</c><00:29:22.380><c> and</c><00:29:23.220><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:23.599><c> right</c><00:29:23.859><c> spirit,</c>

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then,<00:29:25.519><c> well,</c><00:29:25.799><c> in</c><00:29:25.880><c> Numbers</c><00:29:26.220><c> chapter</c><00:29:26.579><c> seven,</c><00:29:27.259><c> God</c><00:29:27.480><c> says</c><00:29:27.839><c> to</c><00:29:27.980><c> Moses,</c><00:29:28.460><c> no,</c>

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you<00:29:28.779><c> accept</c><00:29:29.240><c> that</c><00:29:29.440><c> offering.</c>

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:33.619
They<00:29:30.819><c> are</c><00:29:31.000><c> doing</c><00:29:31.279><c> what</c><00:29:31.880><c> they</c><00:29:32.400><c> think</c><00:29:32.720><c> is</c><00:29:33.299><c> helpful.</c>

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:36.660
And<00:29:33.859><c> I'll</c><00:29:34.240><c> accept</c><00:29:34.500><c> that</c><00:29:34.839><c> because</c><00:29:35.099><c> it</c><00:29:35.259><c> is</c><00:29:35.500><c> helpful.</c>

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:42.160
And<00:29:37.960><c> I</c><00:29:38.400><c> will</c><00:29:38.599><c> use</c><00:29:38.859><c> what</c><00:29:39.019><c> they've</c><00:29:39.460><c> offered</c><00:29:39.740><c> in</c><00:29:40.599><c> the</c><00:29:40.880><c> service</c><00:29:41.660><c> of</c>

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.299
the<00:29:42.359><c> truth.</c>

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:50.220
Well,<00:29:47.299><c> now</c><00:29:47.440><c> we</c><00:29:47.640><c> come</c><00:29:47.819><c> on</c><00:29:48.099><c> to</c><00:29:48.380><c> chapter</c><00:29:48.759><c> eight</c><00:29:49.180><c> of</c><00:29:49.579><c> Numbers</c>

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:55.920
and<00:29:50.700><c> see</c><00:29:51.099><c> then</c><00:29:51.599><c> how</c><00:29:52.220><c> the</c><00:29:52.640><c> aim</c><00:29:52.900><c> in</c><00:29:53.279><c> view</c><00:29:53.559><c> is</c><00:29:54.220><c> to</c><00:29:54.579><c> take</c><00:29:54.839><c> the</c><00:29:55.700><c> free</c>

00:29:55.920 --> 00:30:01.960
will<00:29:56.119><c> offerings,</c><00:29:58.059><c> commit</c><00:29:58.160><c> to</c><00:30:00.640><c> the</c><00:30:00.640><c> life</c><00:30:00.640><c> of</c><00:30:00.980><c> holiness,</c>

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:07.119
to<00:30:04.440><c> cause</c><00:30:04.819><c> the</c><00:30:05.339><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:06.079><c> light</c><00:30:06.380><c> to</c><00:30:06.759><c> shine.</c>

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:10.400
Numbers<00:30:07.720><c> eight</c><00:30:07.980><c> begins</c><00:30:08.539><c> with</c><00:30:08.980><c> the</c><00:30:09.299><c> lighting</c><00:30:09.559><c> of</c><00:30:09.819><c> the</c><00:30:09.980><c> lamps.</c>

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.980
It<00:30:10.920><c> seems</c><00:30:11.220><c> out</c><00:30:11.599><c> of</c><00:30:11.819><c> sequence</c><00:30:12.140><c> chronologically,</c>

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:17.519
but<00:30:13.640><c> the</c><00:30:14.259><c> principle</c><00:30:14.759><c> is</c><00:30:15.380><c> that</c><00:30:15.720><c> this</c><00:30:16.000><c> is</c><00:30:16.240><c> the</c><00:30:16.460><c> role</c><00:30:16.640><c> of</c><00:30:16.859><c> the</c><00:30:17.039><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:23.680
And<00:30:18.900><c> we're</c><00:30:19.200><c> going</c><00:30:19.279><c> to</c><00:30:19.599><c> see</c><00:30:19.799><c> how</c><00:30:20.599><c> the</c><00:30:20.980><c> Levites</c><00:30:21.380><c> were</c><00:30:22.259><c> the</c><00:30:22.579><c> ones</c>

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:28.180
symbolically<00:30:25.059><c> presented</c><00:30:25.880><c> who</c><00:30:26.619><c> would</c><00:30:26.799><c> do</c><00:30:27.019><c> this.</c>

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:32.880
In<00:30:28.779><c> Numbers</c><00:30:29.099><c> chapter</c><00:30:29.460><c> eight,</c><00:30:30.480><c> the</c><00:30:30.700><c> Levites</c><00:30:31.200><c> are</c><00:30:32.220><c> consecrated</c>

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.299
to<00:30:33.099><c> the</c><00:30:33.319><c> work.</c>

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:39.579
It's<00:30:34.940><c> quite</c><00:30:35.099><c> a</c><00:30:35.259><c> list</c><00:30:35.440><c> of</c><00:30:35.680><c> things</c><00:30:36.319><c> in</c><00:30:37.460><c> chapter</c><00:30:37.859><c> eight.</c>

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:48.460
They<00:30:44.200><c> were,</c><00:30:45.220><c> first</c><00:30:45.660><c> of</c><00:30:45.859><c> all,</c><00:30:46.039><c> to</c><00:30:46.259><c> be</c><00:30:46.519><c> properly</c><00:30:46.980><c> prepared</c><00:30:47.779><c> for</c>

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.640
that<00:30:48.799><c> work.</c>

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.180
And<00:30:50.420><c> verse</c><00:30:50.940><c> six</c><00:30:51.240><c> says,</c><00:30:51.619><c> Numbers</c><00:30:51.940><c> eight,</c>

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:54.680
Take<00:30:52.599><c> the</c><00:30:52.880><c> Levites</c><00:30:53.319><c> from</c><00:30:53.579><c> among</c><00:30:53.819><c> the</c><00:30:54.059><c> children</c><00:30:54.279><c> of</c><00:30:54.460><c> Israel</c>

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.859
and<00:30:54.940><c> cleanse</c><00:30:55.240><c> them,</c>

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:59.000
and<00:30:56.240><c> thus</c><00:30:56.440><c> shalt</c><00:30:56.599><c> thou</c><00:30:56.779><c> do</c><00:30:56.980><c> unto</c><00:30:57.180><c> them</c><00:30:57.400><c> to</c><00:30:57.619><c> cleanse</c><00:30:57.940><c> them.</c>

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:01.500
Sprinkle<00:30:59.380><c> water</c><00:30:59.819><c> of</c><00:31:00.079><c> purifying</c><00:31:00.599><c> upon</c><00:31:00.920><c> them,</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:04.299
and<00:31:02.019><c> let</c><00:31:02.160><c> them</c><00:31:02.400><c> shave</c><00:31:02.740><c> all</c><00:31:02.980><c> their</c><00:31:03.299><c> flesh,</c>

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:06.480
and<00:31:04.440><c> let</c><00:31:04.579><c> them</c><00:31:04.799><c> wash</c><00:31:05.460><c> their</c><00:31:05.940><c> clothes,</c>

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:09.539
and<00:31:06.960><c> so</c><00:31:07.299><c> make</c><00:31:07.640><c> themselves</c><00:31:08.240><c> clean.</c>

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:17.799
So<00:31:12.960><c> the</c><00:31:13.099><c> first</c><00:31:13.420><c> three</c><00:31:13.740><c> things</c><00:31:14.519><c> were</c><00:31:16.119><c> personal</c><00:31:16.660><c> things.</c>

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:24.299
They<00:31:18.400><c> had</c><00:31:18.640><c> to</c><00:31:19.480><c> wash,</c><00:31:20.799><c> shave,</c><00:31:21.859><c> and</c><00:31:21.980><c> be</c><00:31:22.339><c> sprinkled</c><00:31:23.200><c> with</c><00:31:23.859><c> water</c>

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.220
of<00:31:24.660><c> purifying.</c>

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.880
This<00:31:25.900><c> water</c><00:31:26.259><c> of</c><00:31:26.579><c> purifying</c><00:31:27.200><c> is</c><00:31:28.200><c> interesting.</c>

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:34.099
The<00:31:29.500><c> only</c><00:31:29.799><c> other</c><00:31:30.779><c> time</c><00:31:31.240><c> we</c><00:31:31.519><c> get</c><00:31:31.839><c> the</c><00:31:32.240><c> water</c><00:31:32.539><c> of</c><00:31:32.859><c> purifying</c><00:31:33.420><c> mentioned</c>

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:40.460
is<00:31:34.819><c> in</c><00:31:34.940><c> chapter</c><00:31:35.339><c> 19,</c><00:31:36.539><c> and</c><00:31:36.759><c> it's</c><00:31:37.000><c> the</c><00:31:37.220><c> water</c><00:31:37.859><c> that</c><00:31:38.220><c> is</c><00:31:38.480><c> mixed</c><00:31:39.019><c> with</c><00:31:39.319><c> the</c><00:31:39.619><c> ashes</c><00:31:40.079><c> of</c>

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.980
the<00:31:40.680><c> red</c><00:31:40.940><c> heifer.</c>

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:51.599
And<00:31:42.859><c> it</c><00:31:42.960><c> was</c><00:31:43.339><c> used</c><00:31:44.099><c> to</c><00:31:44.819><c> sprinkle</c><00:31:45.480><c> people</c><00:31:46.420><c> who</c><00:31:47.220><c> had</c><00:31:47.920><c> been</c><00:31:48.400><c> contaminated</c><00:31:49.319><c> by</c><00:31:49.839><c> contact</c><00:31:50.660><c> with</c><00:31:51.279><c> a</c>

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.900
dead<00:31:51.859><c> body.</c>

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:58.079
And<00:31:54.539><c> it</c><00:31:55.059><c> happened</c><00:31:55.480><c> a</c><00:31:56.319><c> lot</c><00:31:56.500><c> of</c><00:31:56.700><c> times</c><00:31:56.880><c> in</c><00:31:57.039><c> the</c><00:31:57.119><c> wilderness,</c><00:31:57.700><c> 600</c>

00:31:58.079 --> 00:32:00.099
,000<00:31:58.599><c> times</c><00:31:59.180><c> and</c><00:31:59.660><c> more,</c>

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:04.460
because<00:32:01.079><c> a</c><00:32:01.220><c> whole</c><00:32:01.660><c> generation</c><00:32:02.319><c> of</c><00:32:03.099><c> fighting</c><00:32:03.480><c> men</c><00:32:03.940><c> died</c><00:32:04.279><c> in</c>

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.960
the<00:32:04.619><c> wilderness,</c>

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.619
and<00:32:05.160><c> they</c><00:32:05.279><c> each</c><00:32:05.400><c> had</c><00:32:05.500><c> to</c><00:32:05.660><c> be</c><00:32:05.940><c> buried.</c>

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.599
Now,<00:32:07.539><c> it</c><00:32:07.660><c> takes</c><00:32:08.059><c> something</c><00:32:08.400><c> like</c><00:32:08.740><c> four</c><00:32:09.240><c> men</c><00:32:09.559><c> to</c><00:32:09.859><c> carry</c><00:32:10.119><c> a</c><00:32:10.339><c> body</c>

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:12.559
and<00:32:10.940><c> to</c><00:32:11.759><c> bury</c><00:32:12.019><c> it.</c>

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:17.500
So<00:32:13.119><c> you</c><00:32:14.240><c> can</c><00:32:14.480><c> work</c><00:32:14.700><c> out</c><00:32:14.960><c> some</c><00:32:15.339><c> simple</c><00:32:15.599><c> arithmetic</c><00:32:16.240><c> that</c><00:32:17.099><c> at</c>

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.440
any<00:32:17.720><c> given</c><00:32:17.940><c> time</c>

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:21.799
there<00:32:18.640><c> were</c><00:32:19.240><c> dozens,</c><00:32:19.740><c> if</c><00:32:19.859><c> not</c><00:32:20.039><c> hundreds,</c><00:32:20.680><c> of</c><00:32:20.819><c> people</c><00:32:21.160><c> outside</c>

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:24.299
the<00:32:22.119><c> camp</c><00:32:22.319><c> on</c><00:32:22.539><c> any</c><00:32:22.779><c> day</c><00:32:22.980><c> of</c><00:32:23.140><c> the</c><00:32:23.299><c> week,</c>

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:27.480
unclean<00:32:25.220><c> because</c><00:32:25.579><c> they'd</c><00:32:25.920><c> come</c><00:32:26.000><c> in</c><00:32:26.240><c> contact</c><00:32:26.660><c> with</c><00:32:26.859><c> a</c><00:32:27.000><c> dead</c><00:32:27.180><c> body.</c>

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:30.400
And<00:32:27.640><c> they</c><00:32:27.720><c> could</c><00:32:27.920><c> only</c><00:32:28.200><c> come</c><00:32:28.420><c> back</c><00:32:28.680><c> into</c><00:32:28.940><c> the</c><00:32:29.200><c> camp</c><00:32:29.579><c> once</c><00:32:30.220><c> they</c>

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:32.660
had<00:32:30.579><c> been</c><00:32:30.839><c> sprinkled</c><00:32:31.240><c> on</c><00:32:31.400><c> day</c><00:32:31.640><c> three</c><00:32:31.859><c> and</c><00:32:32.019><c> day</c><00:32:32.240><c> seven</c>

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:34.160
and<00:32:32.859><c> then</c><00:32:33.180><c> washed.</c>

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:42.200
Now,<00:32:35.759><c> this</c><00:32:35.980><c> contact</c><00:32:36.400><c> with</c><00:32:36.599><c> a</c><00:32:36.839><c> dead</c><00:32:37.079><c> body</c><00:32:38.119><c> wasn't</c><00:32:38.779><c> a</c><00:32:39.319><c> physical</c><00:32:40.640><c> defilement.</c>

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.980
That<00:32:43.940><c> wasn't</c><00:32:44.240><c> the</c><00:32:44.480><c> main</c><00:32:44.740><c> thing.</c>

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:49.460
It<00:32:45.259><c> was</c><00:32:45.460><c> a</c><00:32:45.500><c> very</c><00:32:45.799><c> wise</c><00:32:46.119><c> precaution</c><00:32:46.759><c> because</c><00:32:47.220><c> people</c><00:32:48.180><c> die</c><00:32:48.740><c> of</c><00:32:49.000><c> something,</c>

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:53.579
and<00:32:50.279><c> in</c><00:32:50.500><c> those</c><00:32:50.819><c> days</c><00:32:51.460><c> probably</c><00:32:52.279><c> many</c><00:32:52.660><c> of</c><00:32:52.740><c> them</c><00:32:52.880><c> died</c><00:32:53.220><c> of</c>

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.759
infectious<00:32:54.099><c> diseases,</c>

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:58.079
so<00:32:55.019><c> that</c><00:32:55.819><c> avoiding</c><00:32:56.180><c> contact</c><00:32:56.740><c> with</c><00:32:56.940><c> a</c><00:32:57.140><c> dead</c><00:32:57.319><c> body</c><00:32:57.720><c> would</c><00:32:57.920><c> have</c>

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.299
been<00:32:58.240><c> a</c><00:32:58.380><c> wise</c><00:32:58.599><c> precaution.</c>

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:01.640
But<00:32:59.680><c> that</c><00:32:59.980><c> wasn't</c><00:33:00.259><c> the</c><00:33:00.519><c> main</c><00:33:00.740><c> point</c><00:33:01.039><c> of</c><00:33:01.279><c> the</c><00:33:01.440><c> law.</c>

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:05.480
The<00:33:02.299><c> apostle</c><00:33:02.619><c> in</c><00:33:02.859><c> Hebrews</c><00:33:03.259><c> chapter</c><00:33:03.660><c> nine</c><00:33:03.960><c> tells</c><00:33:04.400><c> us</c><00:33:04.920><c> what</c><00:33:05.200><c> the</c>

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.519
ashes<00:33:05.960><c> of</c><00:33:06.440><c> the</c><00:33:06.720><c> red</c><00:33:06.980><c> heifer</c>

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:11.019
and<00:33:07.920><c> the</c><00:33:08.180><c> water</c><00:33:08.440><c> that</c><00:33:08.619><c> was</c><00:33:08.859><c> sprinkled</c><00:33:09.339><c> from</c><00:33:09.619><c> it</c><00:33:09.799><c> was</c><00:33:10.160><c> for.</c>

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:17.059
It<00:33:11.799><c> was</c><00:33:12.039><c> for</c><00:33:12.259><c> cleansing</c><00:33:12.720><c> our</c><00:33:13.059><c> conscience</c><00:33:13.940><c> from</c><00:33:14.759><c> dead</c><00:33:15.880><c> works.</c>

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:19.400
That<00:33:17.880><c> was</c><00:33:18.140><c> the</c><00:33:18.359><c> lesson.</c>

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:25.799
And<00:33:22.400><c> it's</c><00:33:22.660><c> interesting</c><00:33:23.119><c> that</c><00:33:23.559><c> the</c><00:33:23.880><c> Levites</c><00:33:24.200><c> had</c><00:33:24.380><c> to</c><00:33:25.400><c> enact</c>

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.859
that<00:33:26.380><c> process.</c>

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.700
They<00:33:27.119><c> had</c><00:33:27.319><c> to</c><00:33:27.460><c> be</c><00:33:27.759><c> sprinkled</c><00:33:28.180><c> with</c><00:33:28.460><c> water</c><00:33:28.900><c> of</c><00:33:29.240><c> purifying.</c>

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:34.079
It's<00:33:30.220><c> as</c><00:33:30.400><c> if</c><00:33:30.799><c> the</c><00:33:31.119><c> Levites</c><00:33:31.559><c> were</c><00:33:31.740><c> being</c><00:33:32.000><c> told,</c><00:33:32.660><c> you</c><00:33:32.859><c> are</c><00:33:33.180><c> dead.</c>

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:36.839
You've<00:33:34.460><c> been</c><00:33:34.579><c> in</c><00:33:34.859><c> contact</c><00:33:35.259><c> with</c><00:33:35.619><c> dead</c><00:33:36.240><c> bodies.</c>

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:41.680
You<00:33:37.519><c> are</c><00:33:38.200><c> defiled</c><00:33:38.740><c> in</c><00:33:39.019><c> conscience</c><00:33:39.500><c> because</c><00:33:39.920><c> of</c><00:33:40.180><c> dead</c><00:33:40.420><c> works.</c>

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:46.059
And<00:33:43.400><c> you</c><00:33:43.559><c> need</c><00:33:43.740><c> to</c><00:33:43.859><c> be</c><00:33:44.119><c> cleansed</c><00:33:44.539><c> from</c><00:33:44.799><c> that</c><00:33:45.079><c> in</c><00:33:45.240><c> order</c><00:33:45.559><c> to</c><00:33:45.839><c> be</c>

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:48.839
useful<00:33:46.599><c> to</c><00:33:47.279><c> the</c><00:33:47.460><c> high</c><00:33:47.759><c> priest.</c>

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:56.880
The<00:33:50.799><c> second</c><00:33:51.160><c> thing</c><00:33:51.779><c> that</c><00:33:52.440><c> they</c><00:33:52.680><c> had</c><00:33:52.940><c> to</c><00:33:53.839><c> undergo</c><00:33:54.420><c> in</c><00:33:55.039><c> verse</c><00:33:55.319><c> seven</c><00:33:55.880><c> was</c><00:33:56.220><c> they</c><00:33:56.380><c> had</c><00:33:56.599><c> to</c>

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:58.660
shave<00:33:57.079><c> all</c><00:33:57.339><c> their</c><00:33:57.619><c> flesh.</c>

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:02.019
Shave<00:34:00.319><c> all</c><00:34:00.720><c> their</c><00:34:01.019><c> flesh.</c>

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:07.180
They<00:34:02.539><c> didn't</c><00:34:02.720><c> have</c><00:34:02.960><c> modern</c><00:34:03.319><c> razors,</c><00:34:03.880><c> so</c><00:34:04.039><c> this</c><00:34:04.279><c> was</c><00:34:04.599><c> quite</c><00:34:05.259><c> something</c><00:34:05.859><c> to</c><00:34:06.160><c> undertake</c>

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:10.699
with<00:34:08.480><c> a</c><00:34:09.079><c> blunt</c><00:34:09.260><c> knife</c><00:34:09.599><c> or</c><00:34:09.820><c> a</c><00:34:10.039><c> sharp</c><00:34:10.280><c> stone.</c>

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:14.940
This<00:34:11.219><c> was</c><00:34:11.599><c> some</c><00:34:12.460><c> work</c><00:34:13.099><c> where</c><00:34:13.380><c> their</c><00:34:13.659><c> body</c><00:34:14.000><c> was</c><00:34:14.380><c> physically</c>

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:17.980
scraped,<00:34:17.199><c> representing</c><00:34:17.619><c> what?</c>

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:22.320
The<00:34:18.760><c> scraping</c><00:34:19.059><c> away,</c><00:34:20.139><c> the</c><00:34:20.500><c> thorough,</c><00:34:21.280><c> you</c><00:34:21.599><c> couldn't</c><00:34:21.860><c> get</c><00:34:22.139><c> a</c>

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.260
more<00:34:22.599><c> thorough</c><00:34:22.840><c> washing.</c>

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:27.739
To<00:34:23.699><c> shave,</c><00:34:24.019><c> you've</c><00:34:24.219><c> got</c><00:34:24.239><c> to</c><00:34:24.420><c> put</c><00:34:24.559><c> water</c><00:34:24.880><c> on</c><00:34:25.079><c> the</c><00:34:25.260><c> body</c><00:34:25.500><c> in</c><00:34:25.719><c> order</c><00:34:26.639><c> to</c>

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.840
scrape<00:34:28.019><c> away</c><00:34:28.300><c> the</c><00:34:28.579><c> hair.</c>

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:32.059
So<00:34:29.619><c> in</c><00:34:30.239><c> shaving</c><00:34:30.579><c> all</c><00:34:30.880><c> their</c><00:34:31.159><c> flesh,</c><00:34:31.400><c> they</c><00:34:31.579><c> would</c><00:34:31.780><c> have</c><00:34:31.920><c> been</c>

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.920
very<00:34:32.539><c> thoroughly</c><00:34:32.900><c> washed.</c>

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:40.340
The<00:34:34.880><c> other</c><00:34:35.159><c> time</c><00:34:35.460><c> you</c><00:34:35.619><c> get</c><00:34:36.000><c> shaving</c><00:34:36.619><c> of</c><00:34:37.260><c> the</c><00:34:37.480><c> body</c><00:34:37.739><c> is</c><00:34:38.000><c> in</c><00:34:38.159><c> Leviticus</c><00:34:38.659><c> 14.</c>

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:45.199
And<00:34:40.760><c> in</c><00:34:40.980><c> verse</c><00:34:41.219><c> eight</c><00:34:41.460><c> of</c><00:34:41.659><c> Leviticus</c><00:34:42.159><c> 14,</c><00:34:44.000><c> it</c><00:34:44.199><c> talks</c><00:34:44.500><c> about</c><00:34:44.860><c> he</c>

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:47.039
that<00:34:45.440><c> is</c><00:34:45.639><c> to</c><00:34:45.840><c> be</c><00:34:46.199><c> cleansed</c>

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:52.940
shall<00:34:47.480><c> wash</c><00:34:48.039><c> his</c><00:34:48.539><c> clothes</c><00:34:49.099><c> and</c><00:34:49.900><c> shave</c><00:34:50.320><c> off</c><00:34:50.920><c> all</c><00:34:51.519><c> his</c><00:34:51.960><c> hair.</c>

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:58.059
And<00:34:53.860><c> the</c><00:34:54.039><c> one</c><00:34:54.239><c> who</c><00:34:54.440><c> was</c><00:34:54.599><c> to</c><00:34:54.780><c> be</c><00:34:55.059><c> cleansed</c><00:34:55.679><c> was</c><00:34:56.079><c> none</c><00:34:56.360><c> other</c><00:34:56.679><c> than</c><00:34:56.920><c> the</c><00:34:57.219><c> leper.</c>

00:34:58.380 --> 00:35:07.659
The<00:34:59.019><c> leper</c><00:34:59.619><c> who</c><00:35:00.239><c> had</c><00:35:00.739><c> been</c><00:35:02.300><c> healed</c><00:35:03.179><c> of</c><00:35:03.599><c> his</c><00:35:03.860><c> leprosy,</c><00:35:05.579><c> not</c><00:35:05.800><c> because</c><00:35:06.480><c> the</c>

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:09.539
priesthood<00:35:08.139><c> could</c><00:35:08.639><c> accomplish</c><00:35:09.219><c> that,</c>

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:14.039
but<00:35:09.699><c> because</c><00:35:10.079><c> God</c><00:35:10.380><c> had</c><00:35:10.679><c> healed</c><00:35:10.840><c> his</c><00:35:11.139><c> leprosy,</c><00:35:11.860><c> he</c><00:35:12.000><c> was</c><00:35:12.260><c> allowed</c><00:35:12.420><c> to</c><00:35:12.639><c> come</c><00:35:12.920><c> back</c><00:35:13.179><c> into</c><00:35:13.460><c> the</c><00:35:13.719><c> camp</c>

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:19.460
on<00:35:14.619><c> certain</c><00:35:15.000><c> conditions,</c><00:35:15.900><c> one</c><00:35:16.119><c> of</c><00:35:16.300><c> which</c><00:35:16.559><c> was</c><00:35:17.539><c> he</c><00:35:17.940><c> had</c><00:35:18.079><c> to</c><00:35:18.440><c> shave</c><00:35:18.960><c> all</c>

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.039
his<00:35:19.800><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:28.659
And<00:35:20.380><c> now</c><00:35:20.579><c> here's</c><00:35:20.840><c> the</c><00:35:21.099><c> Levite</c><00:35:22.639><c> having</c><00:35:24.059><c> to</c><00:35:24.380><c> enact</c><00:35:25.159><c> the</c><00:35:27.400><c> most</c><00:35:27.739><c> humbling</c><00:35:28.280><c> of</c>

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:33.039
things,<00:35:30.219><c> as</c><00:35:30.440><c> if</c><00:35:30.639><c> he</c><00:35:30.800><c> was</c><00:35:31.079><c> a</c><00:35:31.239><c> leper.</c>

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:42.420
And<00:35:36.699><c> the</c><00:35:36.940><c> third</c><00:35:37.699><c> aspect</c><00:35:38.360><c> in</c><00:35:38.599><c> verse</c><00:35:38.860><c> seven</c><00:35:39.860><c> of</c><00:35:40.460><c> Numbers</c><00:35:40.840><c> 8</c><00:35:41.559><c> was</c>

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:45.920
that<00:35:42.639><c> he</c><00:35:42.840><c> had</c><00:35:43.019><c> to</c><00:35:43.360><c> wash</c><00:35:44.079><c> their</c><00:35:44.760><c> clothes.</c>

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:53.619
Washing<00:35:47.179><c> of</c><00:35:47.539><c> clothes</c><00:35:47.960><c> was</c><00:35:48.840><c> one</c><00:35:49.139><c> of</c><00:35:49.360><c> the</c><00:35:49.599><c> requirements,</c><00:35:51.519><c> emphasized</c><00:35:51.920><c> particularly</c><00:35:52.860><c> in</c>

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:56.900
Leviticus<00:35:54.440><c> chapter</c><00:35:55.300><c> 15.</c>

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:02.019
And<00:35:58.880><c> in</c><00:35:59.019><c> Leviticus</c><00:35:59.400><c> chapter</c><00:35:59.760><c> 15,</c><00:36:00.340><c> we</c><00:36:00.500><c> have</c><00:36:00.699><c> the</c><00:36:01.000><c> law</c><00:36:01.360><c> of</c><00:36:01.719><c> the</c>

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:06.639
person<00:36:02.420><c> who</c><00:36:02.659><c> is</c><00:36:02.880><c> in</c><00:36:03.179><c> contact</c><00:36:03.920><c> with</c><00:36:04.559><c> an</c><00:36:04.960><c> issue</c><00:36:05.480><c> from</c><00:36:05.860><c> the</c><00:36:06.159><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:12.820
That<00:36:07.519><c> is,</c><00:36:07.860><c> some</c><00:36:08.019><c> disease</c><00:36:08.980><c> which</c><00:36:10.059><c> was</c><00:36:10.659><c> internal</c><00:36:11.199><c> in</c><00:36:11.400><c> the</c><00:36:11.619><c> body,</c>

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:20.519
but<00:36:13.280><c> whose</c><00:36:13.619><c> signs</c><00:36:14.380><c> were</c><00:36:15.179><c> shown</c><00:36:15.559><c> by</c><00:36:17.559><c> matter</c><00:36:18.539><c> coming</c><00:36:18.920><c> out</c><00:36:19.420><c> of</c><00:36:19.619><c> the</c><00:36:19.840><c> body,</c><00:36:20.219><c> whether</c><00:36:20.400><c> it</c>

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:22.659
was<00:36:20.800><c> blood</c><00:36:21.159><c> or</c><00:36:21.539><c> other</c><00:36:21.880><c> body</c><00:36:22.260><c> fluids,</c>

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:27.539
this<00:36:23.099><c> wasn't</c><00:36:24.019><c> a</c><00:36:24.599><c> normal</c><00:36:24.980><c> event,</c><00:36:25.340><c> this</c><00:36:25.559><c> was</c><00:36:25.860><c> a</c><00:36:26.199><c> discharge</c><00:36:27.099><c> from</c>

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.699
the<00:36:27.820><c> body.</c>

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:37.699
In<00:36:29.619><c> Victorian</c><00:36:30.219><c> times,</c><00:36:32.840><c> things</c><00:36:32.840><c> like</c><00:36:33.119><c> tuberculosis</c><00:36:34.179><c> produced</c><00:36:36.800><c> discharges,</c>

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:41.739
fistulae<00:36:39.039><c> and</c><00:36:39.639><c> very</c><00:36:40.179><c> unpleasant,</c><00:36:40.800><c> the</c><00:36:40.940><c> whole</c><00:36:41.179><c> thing</c><00:36:41.380><c> is</c><00:36:41.559><c> of</c>

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:43.800
course,<00:36:42.280><c> but</c><00:36:42.519><c> in</c><00:36:43.280><c> the</c><00:36:43.519><c> wilderness,</c>

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:47.260
this<00:36:44.219><c> would</c><00:36:44.460><c> have</c><00:36:44.679><c> been</c><00:36:45.179><c> something</c><00:36:45.699><c> to</c><00:36:46.300><c> stay</c><00:36:46.559><c> away</c><00:36:46.920><c> from.</c>

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:50.619
And<00:36:47.579><c> if</c><00:36:47.760><c> anybody</c><00:36:48.019><c> came</c><00:36:48.219><c> into</c><00:36:48.539><c> contact</c><00:36:49.300><c> with</c><00:36:49.840><c> the</c><00:36:50.139><c> discharge</c>

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:53.199
or<00:36:50.800><c> anything</c><00:36:51.099><c> that</c><00:36:51.320><c> the</c><00:36:51.539><c> person</c><00:36:51.880><c> who</c><00:36:52.039><c> was</c><00:36:52.280><c> afflicted</c><00:36:52.719><c> attached,</c>

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:57.320
they<00:36:53.800><c> themselves</c><00:36:54.460><c> were</c><00:36:54.840><c> contaminated</c><00:36:55.500><c> ceremonially</c><00:36:56.440><c> and</c><00:36:56.880><c> had</c><00:36:57.019><c> to</c>

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:59.719
wash<00:36:57.980><c> their</c><00:36:58.579><c> clothes.</c>

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:02.440
And<00:37:00.440><c> the</c><00:37:00.739><c> Levite</c><00:37:01.079><c> was</c><00:37:01.340><c> put</c><00:37:01.559><c> through</c><00:37:01.760><c> this,</c><00:37:01.940><c> he</c><00:37:02.019><c> had</c><00:37:02.079><c> to</c><00:37:02.239><c> wash</c>

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:05.679
his<00:37:02.760><c> clothes</c><00:37:03.199><c> as</c><00:37:03.559><c> if</c><00:37:03.739><c> he'd</c><00:37:03.960><c> been</c><00:37:04.280><c> contaminated</c>

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:09.579
with<00:37:06.579><c> somebody</c><00:37:07.019><c> who</c><00:37:07.179><c> had</c><00:37:07.280><c> a</c><00:37:07.480><c> running</c><00:37:07.739><c> issue</c><00:37:08.079><c> from</c><00:37:08.320><c> the</c><00:37:08.559><c> flesh.</c>

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:16.860
Now<00:37:13.440><c> those</c><00:37:13.780><c> three</c><00:37:14.239><c> things</c><00:37:14.719><c> that</c><00:37:14.940><c> the</c><00:37:15.119><c> Levite</c><00:37:15.440><c> was</c><00:37:15.699><c> put</c><00:37:15.980><c> through</c><00:37:16.179><c> were</c><00:37:16.420><c> there</c><00:37:16.599><c> for</c><00:37:16.739><c> a</c>

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:18.079
very<00:37:17.239><c> important</c><00:37:17.599><c> reason.</c>

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:21.719
And<00:37:18.519><c> we</c><00:37:18.619><c> have</c><00:37:18.800><c> to</c><00:37:18.840><c> go</c><00:37:19.099><c> back</c><00:37:19.300><c> to</c><00:37:19.519><c> Numbers</c><00:37:19.860><c> chapter</c><00:37:20.239><c> 5</c><00:37:21.039><c> to</c><00:37:21.500><c> see</c>

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:25.460
this<00:37:22.039><c> remarkable,</c><00:37:23.599><c> remarkable</c><00:37:24.440><c> link.</c>

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:33.340
All<00:37:28.039><c> these</c><00:37:28.360><c> Levites,</c><00:37:30.260><c> 22</c><00:37:30.519><c>,000</c><00:37:31.079><c> of</c><00:37:31.239><c> them,</c><00:37:32.599><c> must</c><00:37:32.840><c> have</c><00:37:33.019><c> wondered</c>

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:36.480
why<00:37:33.780><c> are</c><00:37:34.079><c> we</c><00:37:34.280><c> going</c><00:37:34.579><c> through</c><00:37:35.039><c> this</c><00:37:35.360><c> process?</c>

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:43.019
Why<00:37:37.480><c> are</c><00:37:37.780><c> we</c><00:37:38.019><c> enacting</c><00:37:39.719><c> what</c><00:37:41.480><c> the</c><00:37:41.719><c> man</c><00:37:41.900><c> contaminated</c><00:37:42.679><c> with</c><00:37:42.900><c> a</c>

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:44.260
dead<00:37:43.179><c> body</c><00:37:43.460><c> had</c><00:37:43.639><c> to</c><00:37:43.780><c> go</c><00:37:44.019><c> through?</c>

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:47.760
What<00:37:44.659><c> the</c><00:37:45.239><c> leper</c><00:37:45.559><c> had</c><00:37:45.780><c> to</c><00:37:45.920><c> go</c><00:37:46.199><c> through?</c><00:37:46.539><c> What</c><00:37:46.599><c> the</c><00:37:46.800><c> one</c><00:37:46.960><c> who</c><00:37:47.139><c> had</c><00:37:47.639><c> a</c>

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:50.340
discharge<00:37:48.300><c> from</c><00:37:48.539><c> the</c><00:37:48.760><c> flesh</c><00:37:48.960><c> had</c><00:37:49.199><c> to</c><00:37:49.300><c> go</c><00:37:49.599><c> through?</c>

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:54.699
Well<00:37:51.179><c> look</c><00:37:51.360><c> in</c><00:37:52.019><c> Numbers</c><00:37:52.360><c> chapter</c><00:37:52.619><c> 5,</c><00:37:53.199><c> verse</c><00:37:53.340><c> 2.</c>

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:57.559
Command<00:37:55.460><c> the</c><00:37:55.679><c> children</c><00:37:56.000><c> of</c><00:37:56.179><c> Israel</c><00:37:56.500><c> that</c><00:37:56.679><c> they</c><00:37:57.000><c> put</c><00:37:57.159><c> out</c><00:37:57.400><c> of</c>

00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:01.380
the<00:37:57.800><c> camp</c><00:37:58.199><c> every</c><00:37:59.400><c> leper,</c>

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:08.519
every<00:38:02.139><c> one</c><00:38:02.280><c> that</c><00:38:02.480><c> hath</c><00:38:02.599><c> an</c><00:38:02.820><c> issue,</c><00:38:04.760><c> and</c><00:38:04.980><c> whosoever</c><00:38:05.599><c> is</c><00:38:05.960><c> defiled</c><00:38:06.900><c> by</c><00:38:07.460><c> the</c><00:38:07.699><c> dead.</c>

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:16.280
The<00:38:09.820><c> very</c><00:38:10.579><c> three</c><00:38:11.219><c> categories</c><00:38:11.860><c> of</c><00:38:12.219><c> people</c><00:38:13.320><c> for</c><00:38:15.039><c> whom</c><00:38:15.340><c> the</c><00:38:15.719><c> ritual</c><00:38:16.059><c> had</c>

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.519
been<00:38:16.500><c> laid</c><00:38:16.820><c> down</c>

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:23.079
and<00:38:18.019><c> was</c><00:38:18.360><c> now</c><00:38:18.699><c> repeated</c><00:38:19.500><c> by</c><00:38:20.179><c> the</c><00:38:20.420><c> Levites</c><00:38:20.860><c> in</c><00:38:21.099><c> their</c><00:38:21.360><c> consecration.</c>

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:25.440
Now<00:38:23.659><c> this</c><00:38:23.760><c> is</c><00:38:23.960><c> a</c><00:38:24.079><c> wonderful</c><00:38:24.440><c> thing.</c>

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:29.500
You<00:38:26.519><c> cannot</c><00:38:26.900><c> see</c><00:38:27.380><c> a</c><00:38:27.480><c> group</c><00:38:27.679><c> of</c><00:38:28.019><c> people</c><00:38:28.300><c> more</c><00:38:28.739><c> distant</c><00:38:29.159><c> from</c>

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:32.360
God<00:38:29.980><c> than</c><00:38:30.440><c> those</c><00:38:30.719><c> outside</c><00:38:31.119><c> the</c><00:38:31.420><c> camp.</c>

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:38.340
Leprosy<00:38:33.739><c> was</c><00:38:34.579><c> emblematic</c><00:38:35.760><c> of</c><00:38:36.139><c> sin</c><00:38:36.539><c> rampant.</c>

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:44.539
The<00:38:39.820><c> diagnostic</c><00:38:40.500><c> criteria</c><00:38:41.280><c> for</c><00:38:41.599><c> leprosy</c><00:38:43.199><c> focus</c><00:38:44.000><c> in</c><00:38:44.199><c> the</c><00:38:44.400><c> end</c>

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:46.400
on<00:38:44.760><c> two</c><00:38:45.059><c> things.</c>

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:52.340
Can<00:38:48.840><c> living</c><00:38:49.260><c> flesh</c><00:38:49.840><c> be</c><00:38:50.280><c> seen</c><00:38:50.739><c> through</c><00:38:51.059><c> the</c><00:38:51.380><c> skin?</c>

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:58.360
Quick,<00:38:54.119><c> raw</c><00:38:54.400><c> flesh,</c><00:38:55.099><c> can</c><00:38:55.260><c> you</c><00:38:55.440><c> see</c><00:38:55.619><c> it?</c><00:38:56.400><c> If</c><00:38:56.599><c> you</c><00:38:56.840><c> can,</c><00:38:57.059><c> it's</c><00:38:57.280><c> leprosy.</c>

00:38:58.380 --> 00:39:02.880
And<00:38:58.860><c> does</c><00:38:59.059><c> it</c><00:38:59.380><c> spread?</c><00:39:00.639><c> If</c><00:39:00.780><c> it</c><00:39:01.039><c> spreads,</c><00:39:01.500><c> it's</c><00:39:01.719><c> leprosy.</c>

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:07.139
This<00:39:03.440><c> was</c><00:39:03.719><c> human</c><00:39:04.039><c> nature,</c><00:39:04.760><c> which</c><00:39:04.880><c> we</c><00:39:05.079><c> all</c><00:39:05.340><c> have,</c><00:39:06.019><c> but</c><00:39:06.039><c> breaking</c><00:39:06.579><c> out,</c>

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:11.679
manifest<00:39:08.059><c> in</c><00:39:08.460><c> the</c><00:39:08.659><c> lives</c><00:39:08.980><c> of</c><00:39:09.239><c> these</c><00:39:09.519><c> people</c><00:39:10.039><c> symbolically,</c>

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.460
outside<00:39:12.340><c> the</c><00:39:12.579><c> camp.</c>

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:20.119
The<00:39:17.199><c> one</c><00:39:17.360><c> who</c><00:39:17.460><c> had</c><00:39:17.559><c> an</c><00:39:17.840><c> issue,</c><00:39:18.139><c> where</c><00:39:18.219><c> the</c><00:39:18.340><c> Lord</c><00:39:18.500><c> Jesus</c><00:39:19.059><c> explains</c><00:39:19.880><c> what</c>

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.780
the<00:39:20.360><c> issue</c><00:39:20.579><c> was,</c>

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:23.519
that<00:39:20.980><c> a</c><00:39:21.119><c> man</c><00:39:21.260><c> is</c><00:39:21.539><c> defiled,</c><00:39:22.300><c> not</c><00:39:22.480><c> by</c><00:39:22.699><c> the</c><00:39:22.880><c> things</c><00:39:23.039><c> which</c><00:39:23.280><c> go</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.119
into<00:39:23.780><c> him,</c>

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:26.940
but<00:39:24.500><c> by</c><00:39:24.739><c> the</c><00:39:24.900><c> things</c><00:39:25.099><c> which</c><00:39:25.360><c> are</c><00:39:25.579><c> from</c><00:39:25.840><c> within,</c><00:39:26.559><c> out</c><00:39:26.699><c> of</c><00:39:26.800><c> the</c>

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.760
heart<00:39:27.280><c> of</c><00:39:27.559><c> man,</c>

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:29.760
proceed<00:39:28.440><c> all</c><00:39:28.739><c> these</c><00:39:28.940><c> evil</c><00:39:29.239><c> thoughts.</c>

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:33.559
The<00:39:30.699><c> discharge</c><00:39:31.320><c> from</c><00:39:31.739><c> the</c><00:39:32.039><c> flesh</c><00:39:32.260><c> was</c><00:39:32.500><c> speaking</c><00:39:32.820><c> about</c><00:39:33.199><c> the</c>

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:35.179
thoughts<00:39:33.980><c> which</c><00:39:34.500><c> contaminate</c>

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:39.219
and<00:39:35.400><c> arise</c><00:39:35.760><c> from</c><00:39:36.000><c> within</c><00:39:36.239><c> the</c><00:39:36.460><c> heart</c><00:39:36.699><c> of</c><00:39:36.960><c> men,</c><00:39:37.579><c> outside</c><00:39:38.000><c> the</c><00:39:38.280><c> camp.</c>

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:45.739
And<00:39:41.840><c> the</c><00:39:42.099><c> defilement</c><00:39:42.579><c> by</c><00:39:43.400><c> the</c><00:39:43.599><c> dead</c><00:39:43.920><c> body</c><00:39:44.420><c> was</c><00:39:44.880><c> a</c><00:39:45.179><c> conscience</c>

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:48.599
defiled<00:39:46.539><c> by</c><00:39:47.099><c> contact</c><00:39:47.659><c> with</c><00:39:48.019><c> death.</c>

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:51.199
A<00:39:49.639><c> dead</c><00:39:50.039><c> world.</c>

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:59.940
He<00:39:52.360><c> were</c><00:39:52.599><c> dead,</c><00:39:54.699><c> says</c><00:39:54.800><c> the</c><00:39:55.079><c> Apostle</c><00:39:55.539><c> Paul,</c><00:39:56.199><c> dead</c><00:39:56.679><c> in</c><00:39:57.119><c> sins,</c><00:39:58.159><c> dead</c><00:39:58.400><c> in</c><00:39:58.659><c> trespasses,</c>

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:01.820
outside<00:40:00.699><c> the</c><00:40:00.960><c> camp.</c>

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:06.559
And<00:40:02.460><c> there</c><00:40:02.579><c> we</c><00:40:02.739><c> all</c><00:40:03.099><c> are,</c><00:40:03.559><c> brethren</c><00:40:03.760><c> and</c><00:40:04.239><c> sisters,</c><00:40:05.980><c> outside</c>

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.880
that<00:40:06.900><c> camp.</c>

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:14.760
And<00:40:08.940><c> inside</c><00:40:09.340><c> we</c><00:40:09.539><c> can</c><00:40:09.820><c> watch</c><00:40:11.079><c> a</c><00:40:13.059><c> group</c><00:40:13.260><c> of</c><00:40:13.619><c> representative</c><00:40:14.300><c> men</c>

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.860
going<00:40:15.059><c> up</c>

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:19.739
to<00:40:16.340><c> the</c><00:40:16.539><c> door</c><00:40:16.699><c> of</c><00:40:16.900><c> the</c><00:40:17.119><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:25.239
And<00:40:20.179><c> they</c><00:40:20.420><c> undergo</c><00:40:21.099><c> a</c><00:40:23.199><c> ritual</c><00:40:23.599><c> which</c><00:40:23.960><c> speaks</c><00:40:24.320><c> about</c><00:40:24.739><c> what</c><00:40:24.980><c> has</c>

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:26.139
to<00:40:25.380><c> happen</c><00:40:25.559><c> to</c><00:40:25.820><c> us</c>

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:27.900
for<00:40:26.340><c> us</c><00:40:26.619><c> to</c><00:40:26.820><c> come</c><00:40:27.079><c> near.</c>

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:32.760
And<00:40:29.079><c> what</c><00:40:29.219><c> God</c><00:40:29.460><c> was</c><00:40:29.679><c> teaching</c><00:40:30.019><c> Israel</c><00:40:30.599><c> is</c><00:40:32.099><c> that</c><00:40:32.280><c> he</c><00:40:32.380><c> could</c><00:40:32.539><c> go</c>

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:34.420
outside<00:40:33.199><c> the</c><00:40:33.500><c> camp</c>

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.960
and<00:40:35.280><c> he</c><00:40:35.380><c> could</c><00:40:35.559><c> take</c><00:40:35.900><c> hold</c><00:40:36.099><c> of</c><00:40:36.320><c> the</c><00:40:36.480><c> leper,</c><00:40:37.719><c> and</c><00:40:37.840><c> he</c><00:40:37.940><c> could</c><00:40:38.159><c> take</c><00:40:38.519><c> hold</c><00:40:38.760><c> of</c>

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.280
the<00:40:39.119><c> one</c>

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:43.019
who<00:40:39.480><c> had</c><00:40:40.019><c> an</c><00:40:40.320><c> issue</c><00:40:40.519><c> in</c><00:40:40.719><c> his</c><00:40:41.000><c> flesh,</c><00:40:41.539><c> and</c><00:40:42.079><c> he</c><00:40:42.159><c> could</c><00:40:42.380><c> take</c><00:40:42.800><c> hold</c>

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.559
of<00:40:43.300><c> somebody</c>

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:46.659
who<00:40:43.559><c> had</c><00:40:43.800><c> been</c><00:40:43.880><c> defiled</c><00:40:44.400><c> in</c><00:40:44.539><c> his</c><00:40:44.739><c> conscience</c><00:40:45.280><c> by</c><00:40:45.920><c> dead</c><00:40:46.360><c> works,</c>

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:49.179
and<00:40:46.840><c> he</c><00:40:46.900><c> could</c><00:40:47.139><c> bring</c><00:40:47.480><c> them</c><00:40:47.699><c> into</c><00:40:47.980><c> the</c><00:40:48.239><c> tabernacle</c><00:40:48.639><c> of</c><00:40:48.880><c> God,</c>

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:51.780
and<00:40:49.559><c> he</c><00:40:49.619><c> could</c><00:40:49.840><c> wash</c><00:40:50.139><c> them,</c><00:40:50.400><c> he</c><00:40:50.400><c> could</c><00:40:50.659><c> shave</c><00:40:51.039><c> them,</c><00:40:51.440><c> he</c><00:40:51.480><c> could</c>

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.719
sprinkle<00:40:52.300><c> them,</c>

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:58.400
and<00:40:53.059><c> he</c><00:40:53.119><c> could</c><00:40:53.360><c> turn</c><00:40:53.599><c> them</c><00:40:53.820><c> into</c><00:40:54.300><c> a</c><00:40:55.239><c> people</c><00:40:55.719><c> who</c><00:40:57.440><c> could</c><00:40:57.619><c> be</c><00:40:57.920><c> given</c><00:40:58.139><c> as</c>

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.880
a<00:40:58.599><c> gift</c>

00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.980
to<00:40:59.119><c> the</c><00:40:59.219><c> high</c><00:40:59.519><c> priest</c><00:40:59.920><c> for</c><00:41:00.139><c> his</c><00:41:00.380><c> service.</c>

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:05.539
Those<00:41:01.820><c> Levites</c><00:41:02.260><c> weren't</c><00:41:02.559><c> representative</c><00:41:03.380><c> of</c><00:41:03.659><c> the</c><00:41:03.920><c> best</c><00:41:04.300><c> of</c><00:41:04.579><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:11.639
They<00:41:08.260><c> were</c><00:41:08.599><c> representative</c><00:41:09.219><c> of</c><00:41:09.440><c> the</c><00:41:09.719><c> worst</c><00:41:10.079><c> of</c><00:41:10.380><c> Israel,</c>

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:15.500
upon<00:41:12.739><c> whom</c><00:41:13.019><c> God</c><00:41:13.280><c> could</c><00:41:13.519><c> work</c><00:41:13.780><c> a</c><00:41:14.039><c> miracle</c><00:41:14.380><c> of</c><00:41:14.719><c> transformation</c>

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:19.619
and<00:41:16.179><c> cleanse</c><00:41:16.579><c> their</c><00:41:16.920><c> hearts</c><00:41:17.199><c> and</c><00:41:17.440><c> their</c><00:41:17.659><c> minds</c><00:41:18.139><c> from</c><00:41:18.639><c> the</c><00:41:18.960><c> defilement</c><00:41:19.420><c> of</c>

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:21.159
the<00:41:19.840><c> flesh</c>

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:25.820
and<00:41:22.260><c> make</c><00:41:22.420><c> them</c><00:41:22.639><c> acceptable</c><00:41:23.719><c> in</c><00:41:24.539><c> the</c><00:41:24.800><c> beloved.</c>

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:31.860
And<00:41:28.440><c> that's</c><00:41:28.599><c> what</c><00:41:28.760><c> the</c><00:41:28.880><c> Apostle</c><00:41:29.260><c> Paul</c><00:41:29.559><c> was</c><00:41:30.219><c> exhorting</c><00:41:30.900><c> the</c><00:41:31.159><c> Ephesians</c><00:41:31.579><c> to</c>

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:33.460
rejoice<00:41:32.360><c> in,</c>

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:36.760
that<00:41:33.800><c> through</c><00:41:34.139><c> faith</c><00:41:34.519><c> God</c><00:41:34.719><c> is</c><00:41:34.960><c> able</c><00:41:35.139><c> to</c><00:41:35.420><c> work</c><00:41:35.639><c> that</c><00:41:36.000><c> transformation,</c>

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:42.059
that<00:41:37.300><c> he</c><00:41:37.400><c> is</c><00:41:37.639><c> able</c><00:41:38.119><c> to</c><00:41:38.559><c> take</c><00:41:38.760><c> men</c><00:41:39.000><c> and</c><00:41:39.239><c> women</c><00:41:39.559><c> defiled</c><00:41:40.199><c> by</c><00:41:40.480><c> dead</c><00:41:40.860><c> works</c>

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:47.239
and<00:41:43.320><c> turn</c><00:41:43.619><c> them</c><00:41:43.820><c> into</c><00:41:44.260><c> people</c><00:41:44.860><c> to</c><00:41:45.420><c> the</c><00:41:45.719><c> praise</c><00:41:45.980><c> of</c><00:41:46.199><c> his</c><00:41:46.539><c> glory</c>

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:48.719
through<00:41:48.079><c> the</c><00:41:48.380><c> beloved,</c>

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:51.579
that<00:41:48.980><c> in</c><00:41:49.260><c> the</c><00:41:49.699><c> dispensation</c><00:41:50.400><c> of</c><00:41:50.619><c> the</c><00:41:50.820><c> fullness</c><00:41:51.079><c> of</c><00:41:51.400><c> times</c>

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:55.960
he<00:41:51.699><c> might</c><00:41:51.940><c> gather</c><00:41:52.300><c> in</c><00:41:52.639><c> one</c><00:41:52.980><c> all</c><00:41:53.619><c> things</c><00:41:54.059><c> in</c><00:41:54.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:03.039
So<00:41:59.119><c> the</c><00:41:59.360><c> Levites</c><00:41:59.659><c> weren't</c><00:41:59.880><c> to</c><00:42:00.119><c> be</c><00:42:00.280><c> a</c><00:42:00.579><c> distant</c><00:42:00.980><c> and</c><00:42:01.320><c> remote</c><00:42:01.699><c> people,</c>

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:07.760
identified<00:42:04.360><c> as</c><00:42:04.840><c> specially</c><00:42:05.280><c> holy</c><00:42:05.880><c> and</c><00:42:06.900><c> therefore</c><00:42:07.260><c> different</c>

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:10.820
and<00:42:10.179><c> remote</c>

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:13.760
from<00:42:11.159><c> the</c><00:42:11.480><c> ordinary</c><00:42:12.079><c> person</c><00:42:12.599><c> in</c><00:42:12.860><c> Israel,</c>

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:19.860
but<00:42:14.800><c> they</c><00:42:15.039><c> were</c><00:42:15.199><c> to</c><00:42:15.360><c> be</c><00:42:15.599><c> seen</c><00:42:15.880><c> as</c><00:42:16.380><c> representative</c><00:42:17.320><c> of</c><00:42:18.139><c> all</c><00:42:18.559><c> those</c><00:42:19.280><c> who</c>

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:22.599
will<00:42:20.119><c> come</c><00:42:20.800><c> in</c><00:42:21.619><c> faith.</c>

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:28.599
And<00:42:25.880><c> even</c><00:42:26.139><c> as</c><00:42:26.559><c> we're</c><00:42:26.860><c> told</c><00:42:27.079><c> in</c><00:42:27.340><c> Hebrews</c><00:42:27.679><c> chapter</c><00:42:28.059><c> 5</c>

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:34.860
that<00:42:28.800><c> the</c><00:42:30.219><c> high</c><00:42:30.559><c> priest</c><00:42:31.480><c> himself</c><00:42:32.519><c> was</c><00:42:32.840><c> compassed</c><00:42:33.440><c> about</c><00:42:33.800><c> with</c><00:42:34.199><c> infirmities</c>

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:38.500
and<00:42:35.119><c> therefore</c><00:42:35.420><c> could</c><00:42:35.800><c> sympathize</c><00:42:37.059><c> with</c><00:42:37.380><c> those</c><00:42:37.760><c> who</c><00:42:37.940><c> were</c><00:42:38.099><c> out</c><00:42:38.320><c> of</c>

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.639
the<00:42:38.719><c> way.</c>

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:44.340
So<00:42:40.579><c> also</c><00:42:40.960><c> could</c><00:42:41.219><c> the</c><00:42:41.460><c> Levites</c><00:42:42.460><c> who</c><00:42:42.760><c> would</c><00:42:42.960><c> be</c><00:42:43.239><c> there</c><00:42:43.679><c> as</c><00:42:44.059><c> the</c>

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:46.059
lines<00:42:44.940><c> were</c><00:42:45.579><c> drawn</c><00:42:45.820><c> up</c>

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:50.059
and<00:42:46.539><c> men</c><00:42:46.719><c> and</c><00:42:46.900><c> women</c><00:42:47.099><c> came</c><00:42:47.440><c> with</c><00:42:47.639><c> their</c><00:42:47.960><c> offerings</c><00:42:48.260><c> seeking</c><00:42:48.719><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:55.019
waiting<00:42:50.800><c> in</c><00:42:51.179><c> turn</c><00:42:51.500><c> to</c><00:42:51.840><c> bring</c><00:42:52.139><c> that</c><00:42:52.519><c> offering</c><00:42:52.880><c> to</c><00:42:53.179><c> be</c><00:42:54.099><c> slain</c><00:42:54.719><c> by</c>

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:56.260
the<00:42:55.260><c> priests.</c>

00:42:56.579 --> 00:43:01.440
The<00:42:57.159><c> Levites</c><00:42:57.699><c> would</c><00:42:57.880><c> be</c><00:42:58.079><c> there</c><00:42:58.480><c> to</c><00:42:58.719><c> encourage,</c><00:42:59.920><c> to</c><00:43:00.179><c> talk</c><00:43:00.440><c> to</c><00:43:00.619><c> them.</c>

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:03.699
Well,<00:43:01.679><c> you've</c><00:43:01.920><c> got</c><00:43:01.980><c> that</c><00:43:02.260><c> problem,</c><00:43:02.739><c> have</c><00:43:02.840><c> you?</c>

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:07.940
Do<00:43:03.880><c> you</c><00:43:03.980><c> remember</c><00:43:04.500><c> the</c><00:43:06.320><c> process</c><00:43:06.739><c> that</c><00:43:06.960><c> we</c><00:43:07.179><c> went</c><00:43:07.380><c> through</c>

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:11.000
when<00:43:08.679><c> we</c><00:43:09.000><c> were</c><00:43:09.280><c> consecrated</c><00:43:09.980><c> to</c><00:43:10.179><c> God's</c><00:43:10.599><c> service?</c>

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:14.880
We<00:43:11.559><c> were</c><00:43:11.880><c> sprinkled</c><00:43:13.219><c> with</c><00:43:13.840><c> water.</c>

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:17.539
It<00:43:15.300><c> speaks</c><00:43:15.539><c> of</c><00:43:15.780><c> a</c><00:43:16.000><c> cleansed</c><00:43:16.440><c> conscience.</c>

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:21.579
We<00:43:18.539><c> were</c><00:43:18.780><c> dead</c><00:43:19.000><c> in</c><00:43:19.239><c> trespasses</c><00:43:19.719><c> and</c><00:43:20.039><c> sins</c><00:43:20.239><c> as</c><00:43:20.500><c> the</c><00:43:20.739><c> leper</c><00:43:21.000><c> was.</c>

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:27.420
And<00:43:22.219><c> so</c><00:43:22.460><c> they</c><00:43:22.639><c> could</c><00:43:22.940><c> sympathize</c><00:43:23.719><c> and</c><00:43:24.000><c> encourage</c><00:43:24.719><c> and</c><00:43:25.519><c> exhort</c>

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:29.519
the<00:43:28.940><c> Israelites</c>

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:35.099
to<00:43:30.920><c> approach</c><00:43:31.599><c> God</c><00:43:32.179><c> with</c><00:43:33.380><c> reverence</c><00:43:33.840><c> and</c><00:43:34.099><c> fear.</c>

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:41.239
And<00:43:36.539><c> so</c><00:43:37.619><c> the</c><00:43:38.340><c> Levites</c><00:43:38.679><c> were</c><00:43:38.960><c> brought</c><00:43:39.239><c> there</c><00:43:39.599><c> with</c><00:43:39.820><c> their</c><00:43:40.099><c> offerings,</c>

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.500
speaking<00:43:42.260><c> of</c><00:43:42.519><c> dedication</c><00:43:43.280><c> and</c><00:43:44.480><c> fellowship.</c>

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.960
They<00:43:45.699><c> were</c><00:43:45.980><c> brought</c><00:43:46.280><c> to</c><00:43:46.619><c> Aaron.</c>

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:50.940
The<00:43:47.579><c> hands</c><00:43:48.079><c> of</c><00:43:48.320><c> the</c><00:43:48.460><c> nation</c><00:43:49.239><c> were</c><00:43:49.699><c> laid</c><00:43:49.940><c> upon</c><00:43:50.340><c> them</c>

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:54.360
and<00:43:51.500><c> they</c><00:43:51.719><c> were</c><00:43:52.059><c> offered</c><00:43:52.719><c> as</c><00:43:53.280><c> an</c><00:43:53.539><c> offering.</c>

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:59.519
And<00:43:55.159><c> this</c><00:43:55.300><c> is</c><00:43:55.599><c> quite</c><00:43:56.000><c> a</c><00:43:56.420><c> remarkable</c><00:43:57.699><c> expression</c><00:43:58.579><c> to</c><00:43:58.960><c> use</c><00:43:59.280><c> in</c>

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:01.260
verse<00:43:59.800><c> 11</c><00:44:00.159><c> of</c><00:44:00.340><c> Numbers</c><00:44:00.679><c> 8.</c>

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:07.039
And<00:44:01.940><c> Aaron</c><00:44:02.340><c> shall</c><00:44:02.880><c> offer</c><00:44:03.719><c> the</c><00:44:04.099><c> Levites</c><00:44:05.179><c> before</c><00:44:06.019><c> the</c><00:44:06.320><c> Lord</c>

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:10.900
for<00:44:07.579><c> an</c><00:44:08.039><c> offering</c><00:44:08.539><c> of</c><00:44:09.179><c> the</c><00:44:09.400><c> children</c><00:44:09.679><c> of</c><00:44:09.860><c> Israel.</c>

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:23.960
When<00:44:17.039><c> the</c><00:44:17.599><c> Apostle</c><00:44:18.139><c> Paul</c><00:44:19.260><c> writes</c><00:44:20.340><c> to</c><00:44:20.599><c> the</c><00:44:20.760><c> Romans</c><00:44:21.179><c> in</c><00:44:21.460><c> chapter</c><00:44:22.480><c> 12,</c>

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:30.440
having<00:44:24.639><c> developed</c><00:44:25.820><c> in</c><00:44:26.159><c> majestic</c><00:44:26.840><c> fashion</c><00:44:27.539><c> the</c><00:44:27.960><c> great</c><00:44:28.199><c> principles</c><00:44:28.940><c> of</c><00:44:29.239><c> salvation,</c>

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:38.219
having<00:44:32.079><c> brought</c><00:44:33.579><c> to</c><00:44:33.940><c> the</c><00:44:34.300><c> mind</c><00:44:34.719><c> of</c><00:44:35.860><c> the</c><00:44:36.099><c> reader</c><00:44:36.500><c> the</c><00:44:37.360><c> situation</c>

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:42.019
that<00:44:38.820><c> Jew</c><00:44:39.019><c> and</c><00:44:39.340><c> Gentile</c><00:44:39.739><c> find</c><00:44:40.059><c> themselves</c><00:44:40.659><c> in,</c>

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:45.739
condemned<00:44:42.900><c> to</c><00:44:43.840><c> death</c><00:44:44.179><c> because</c><00:44:44.619><c> of</c><00:44:44.900><c> sin,</c>

00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:50.260
Jew<00:44:46.280><c> and</c><00:44:46.599><c> Gentile</c><00:44:47.260><c> equally</c><00:44:48.139><c> under</c><00:44:48.780><c> condemnation,</c>

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:54.159
that<00:44:51.000><c> the</c><00:44:51.219><c> only</c><00:44:51.460><c> way</c><00:44:52.000><c> to</c><00:44:52.559><c> salvation</c><00:44:53.099><c> was</c><00:44:53.360><c> through</c><00:44:53.599><c> the</c><00:44:53.860><c> faith</c>

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:55.860
which<00:44:54.480><c> Abraham</c><00:44:54.840><c> had</c><00:44:55.239><c> manifest,</c>

00:44:56.360 --> 00:45:00.099
a<00:44:56.579><c> faith</c><00:44:56.760><c> in</c><00:44:57.260><c> the</c><00:44:57.500><c> Lord</c><00:44:57.719><c> Jesus</c><00:44:58.179><c> Christ</c><00:44:58.579><c> who</c><00:44:58.739><c> had</c><00:44:59.000><c> died,</c>

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:03.239
the<00:45:00.659><c> just</c><00:45:00.920><c> for</c><00:45:01.260><c> the</c><00:45:01.980><c> unjust,</c>

00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:07.599
that<00:45:04.619><c> the</c><00:45:04.760><c> only</c><00:45:05.039><c> way</c><00:45:05.280><c> into</c><00:45:05.679><c> the</c><00:45:05.880><c> Lord</c><00:45:06.059><c> Jesus</c><00:45:06.559><c> Christ</c><00:45:07.039><c> is</c>

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:08.960
through<00:45:07.840><c> baptism.</c>

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:12.780
But<00:45:09.599><c> then</c><00:45:09.880><c> after</c><00:45:10.199><c> baptism</c><00:45:10.920><c> there</c><00:45:11.480><c> is</c><00:45:11.699><c> a</c><00:45:11.980><c> struggle,</c><00:45:12.380><c> a</c><00:45:12.500><c> warfare</c>

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:15.440
to<00:45:13.059><c> be</c><00:45:13.280><c> waged</c><00:45:13.659><c> against</c><00:45:14.039><c> the</c><00:45:14.340><c> flesh.</c>

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:19.559
And<00:45:16.619><c> in</c><00:45:16.840><c> chapter</c><00:45:17.099><c> 8</c><00:45:17.320><c> of</c><00:45:17.519><c> Romans</c><00:45:17.739><c> a</c><00:45:18.079><c> confidence</c><00:45:18.679><c> to</c><00:45:18.940><c> be</c><00:45:19.179><c> had</c>

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:22.800
in<00:45:20.260><c> the</c><00:45:20.460><c> one</c><00:45:20.599><c> who</c><00:45:20.880><c> sits</c><00:45:21.159><c> at</c><00:45:21.420><c> the</c><00:45:21.639><c> right</c><00:45:21.900><c> hand</c><00:45:22.099><c> of</c><00:45:22.320><c> God,</c><00:45:22.599><c> the</c>

00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:23.840
great<00:45:23.139><c> high</c><00:45:23.400><c> priest,</c>

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:26.039
the<00:45:24.260><c> Melchizedek</c><00:45:24.940><c> priest.</c>

00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:29.380
And<00:45:26.500><c> then</c><00:45:26.679><c> having</c><00:45:26.960><c> explained</c><00:45:27.900><c> the</c><00:45:28.059><c> purpose</c><00:45:28.400><c> of</c><00:45:28.639><c> God</c><00:45:28.800><c> with</c><00:45:29.019><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:31.440
who<00:45:29.519><c> had</c><00:45:29.840><c> temporarily</c><00:45:30.380><c> been</c><00:45:30.739><c> set</c><00:45:31.000><c> aside,</c>

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:34.380
that<00:45:31.840><c> the</c><00:45:32.039><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:32.500><c> might</c><00:45:32.719><c> be</c><00:45:32.960><c> brought</c><00:45:33.179><c> into</c><00:45:33.500><c> this</c><00:45:33.800><c> great</c><00:45:34.099><c> hope,</c>

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:37.420
but<00:45:34.780><c> ultimately</c><00:45:35.440><c> all</c><00:45:36.019><c> Israel</c><00:45:36.400><c> shall</c><00:45:36.659><c> be</c><00:45:37.000><c> saved.</c>

00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:42.280
Having<00:45:38.400><c> presented</c><00:45:39.739><c> for</c><00:45:40.099><c> us</c><00:45:40.260><c> that</c><00:45:40.519><c> great</c><00:45:40.980><c> sweeping</c><00:45:41.480><c> majesty</c>

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:44.340
of<00:45:42.480><c> the</c><00:45:42.679><c> purpose</c><00:45:43.059><c> of</c><00:45:43.360><c> God,</c>

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:46.260
oh,<00:45:44.900><c> the</c><00:45:45.059><c> depth</c><00:45:45.440><c> of</c><00:45:45.679><c> the</c><00:45:45.840><c> riches,</c>

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:48.980
both<00:45:46.880><c> of</c><00:45:47.079><c> the</c><00:45:47.280><c> wisdom</c><00:45:47.679><c> and</c><00:45:48.099><c> knowledge</c><00:45:48.440><c> of</c><00:45:48.699><c> God,</c>

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:53.340
how<00:45:49.420><c> unsearchable</c><00:45:50.559><c> are</c><00:45:50.900><c> his</c><00:45:51.139><c> judgments</c><00:45:51.659><c> and</c><00:45:52.119><c> his</c><00:45:52.480><c> ways</c><00:45:52.820><c> past</c>

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:54.280
finding<00:45:53.760><c> out.</c>

00:45:54.280 --> 00:46:01.300
Having<00:45:56.079><c> defined</c><00:45:57.440><c> for</c><00:45:57.619><c> us</c><00:45:57.780><c> the</c><00:45:57.940><c> great</c><00:45:58.320><c> doctrines</c><00:45:58.800><c> of</c><00:45:59.000><c> our</c><00:45:59.280><c> salvation,</c><00:45:59.960><c> he</c><00:46:00.219><c> says,</c>

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:06.880
I<00:46:02.659><c> beseech</c><00:46:03.260><c> you</c><00:46:03.599><c> therefore,</c><00:46:04.340><c> brethren,</c><00:46:04.639><c> by</c><00:46:04.900><c> the</c><00:46:05.159><c> mercies</c><00:46:05.579><c> of</c><00:46:05.840><c> God,</c>

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:12.900
that<00:46:07.860><c> ye</c><00:46:08.360><c> present</c><00:46:09.039><c> your</c><00:46:09.519><c> bodies</c><00:46:10.159><c> a</c><00:46:11.019><c> living</c><00:46:11.400><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:19.860
The<00:46:14.300><c> logical</c><00:46:15.239><c> conclusion,</c><00:46:16.900><c> the</c><00:46:17.179><c> reasonable</c><00:46:18.059><c> service,</c>

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:24.619
which<00:46:21.219><c> follows</c><00:46:21.659><c> on</c><00:46:22.099><c> from</c><00:46:22.360><c> those</c><00:46:22.659><c> great</c><00:46:22.980><c> doctrines,</c>

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:30.199
is<00:46:25.119><c> none</c><00:46:25.280><c> other</c><00:46:25.679><c> than</c><00:46:25.980><c> the</c><00:46:26.599><c> logical</c><00:46:27.420><c> pattern</c><00:46:28.159><c> of</c><00:46:28.679><c> the</c><00:46:28.880><c> Levites.</c>

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:33.920
Our<00:46:31.360><c> time</c><00:46:31.480><c> doesn't</c><00:46:31.699><c> permit</c><00:46:32.039><c> in</c><00:46:32.280><c> this</c><00:46:32.539><c> class</c><00:46:32.820><c> to</c><00:46:33.440><c> go</c><00:46:33.719><c> through</c>

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.460
in<00:46:34.199><c> detail,</c>

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:37.780
but<00:46:34.739><c> there's</c><00:46:35.039><c> no</c><00:46:35.239><c> doubt,</c><00:46:36.420><c> we</c><00:46:37.179><c> would</c><00:46:37.400><c> suggest,</c>

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:42.860
no<00:46:38.039><c> doubt</c><00:46:38.260><c> at</c><00:46:38.519><c> all</c><00:46:38.719><c> that</c><00:46:38.960><c> Romans</c><00:46:39.340><c> 12</c><00:46:39.679><c> verse</c><00:46:40.039><c> 1</c><00:46:40.579><c> is</c><00:46:41.179><c> based</c><00:46:41.699><c> squarely</c>

00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:47.920
upon<00:46:43.300><c> the</c><00:46:43.760><c> offering</c><00:46:44.099><c> of</c><00:46:44.380><c> the</c><00:46:44.599><c> Levites</c><00:46:45.159><c> as</c><00:46:45.820><c> living</c><00:46:46.480><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:51.599
That,<00:46:48.840><c> he</c><00:46:49.059><c> says,</c><00:46:49.699><c> is</c><00:46:49.900><c> the</c><00:46:50.119><c> logical</c><00:46:50.800><c> conclusion</c>

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:55.500
of<00:46:52.559><c> what</c><00:46:52.800><c> I've</c><00:46:53.119><c> said</c><00:46:53.280><c> in</c><00:46:53.519><c> chapters</c><00:46:53.880><c> 1</c><00:46:54.199><c> to</c><00:46:54.360><c> 11.</c>

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So<00:46:56.699><c> the</c><00:46:56.960><c> Levites</c><00:46:57.280><c> are</c><00:46:58.099><c> not</c><00:46:58.219><c> a</c><00:46:58.440><c> side</c><00:46:58.659><c> issue,</c><00:46:59.000><c> are</c><00:46:59.179><c> they,</c>

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in<00:47:00.059><c> the</c><00:47:00.239><c> teaching</c><00:47:00.460><c> of</c><00:47:00.699><c> the</c><00:47:00.840><c> Apostle</c><00:47:01.280><c> Paul.</c>

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They<00:47:02.639><c> are</c><00:47:03.039><c> the</c><00:47:03.179><c> way</c><00:47:03.380><c> for</c><00:47:03.599><c> us</c><00:47:03.739><c> to</c><00:47:03.980><c> think</c><00:47:04.400><c> of</c><00:47:04.820><c> true</c><00:47:05.059><c> discipleship,</c>

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and<00:47:06.619><c> what</c><00:47:06.760><c> a</c><00:47:06.940><c> wonderful</c><00:47:07.300><c> thing</c><00:47:07.980><c> that</c><00:47:08.500><c> God</c><00:47:08.719><c> could</c><00:47:08.980><c> take</c><00:47:09.239><c> those</c>

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who<00:47:09.800><c> are</c><00:47:09.960><c> outside</c><00:47:10.320><c> the</c><00:47:10.599><c> camp</c>

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and<00:47:11.960><c> turn</c><00:47:12.260><c> them</c><00:47:12.460><c> into</c><00:47:13.579><c> men</c><00:47:13.960><c> and</c><00:47:14.159><c> women</c><00:47:14.840><c> acceptable</c><00:47:15.679><c> unto</c><00:47:16.000><c> God</c>

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that<00:47:17.320><c> they</c><00:47:17.639><c> might</c><00:47:17.960><c> perform</c><00:47:18.420><c> a</c><00:47:18.900><c> reasonable</c><00:47:19.559><c> service</c>

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in<00:47:21.199><c> being</c><00:47:21.639><c> transformed</c><00:47:22.559><c> by</c><00:47:23.460><c> the</c><00:47:23.760><c> renewing</c><00:47:24.519><c> of</c><00:47:24.840><c> their</c><00:47:25.059><c> minds.</c>

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Thanks<00:47:49.039><c> to</c><00:47:49.320><c> our</c><00:47:50.380><c> three</c><00:47:50.800><c> speaking</c><00:47:51.159><c> brothers</c><00:47:51.500><c> this</c><00:47:51.820><c> morning</c>

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for<00:47:53.039><c> your</c><00:47:53.400><c> efforts</c><00:47:53.760><c> in</c><00:47:54.420><c> edifying</c><00:47:54.780><c> us</c><00:47:55.039><c> in</c><00:47:55.179><c> our</c><00:47:55.420><c> faith.</c>

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Now,<00:47:56.840><c> to</c><00:47:56.980><c> bring</c><00:47:57.119><c> this</c><00:47:57.420><c> morning's</c><00:47:57.980><c> portion</c><00:47:58.239><c> to</c><00:47:58.500><c> a</c><00:47:58.679><c> close,</c>

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I'll<00:47:59.360><c> call</c><00:47:59.500><c> upon</c><00:47:59.760><c> Brother</c><00:48:00.960><c> Peter</c><00:48:01.579><c> Stonell</c><00:48:02.079><c> of</c><00:48:02.320><c> the</c><00:48:02.460><c> Ewan</c><00:48:02.679><c> Road</c>

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Ecclesia<00:48:03.500><c> Hamilton</c>

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to<00:48:04.559><c> close</c><00:48:04.800><c> with</c><00:48:05.039><c> prayer,</c><00:48:05.420><c> please.</c>

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Our<00:48:25.840><c> gracious</c><00:48:26.280><c> and</c><00:48:26.559><c> our</c><00:48:26.739><c> merciful,</c><00:48:27.179><c> loving</c><00:48:27.599><c> Heavenly</c><00:48:28.099><c> Father,</c>

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once<00:48:30.519><c> again</c><00:48:30.860><c> we</c><00:48:31.139><c> thank</c><00:48:31.400><c> you</c><00:48:31.579><c> for</c><00:48:31.780><c> the</c><00:48:32.159><c> fellowship</c><00:48:32.599><c> that</c><00:48:32.900><c> we</c><00:48:33.079><c> have</c><00:48:33.599><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:48:34.360><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:48:36.300><c> as</c><00:48:36.440><c> we</c><00:48:36.739><c> conclude</c><00:48:37.159><c> this</c><00:48:37.519><c> morning's</c><00:48:41.380><c> study</c><00:48:41.659><c> of</c><00:48:41.840><c> your</c><00:48:42.079><c> word,</c>

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your<00:48:43.539><c> inspired</c><00:48:44.119><c> word,</c><00:48:46.159><c> may</c><00:48:46.219><c> it</c><00:48:46.380><c> help</c><00:48:46.519><c> us</c><00:48:47.659><c> to</c><00:48:48.400><c> transform</c><00:48:48.820><c> our</c><00:48:49.119><c> minds</c>

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for<00:48:51.599><c> the</c><00:48:51.780><c> work</c><00:48:51.940><c> that</c><00:48:52.239><c> we</c><00:48:53.039><c> do</c><00:48:53.619><c> in</c><00:48:54.340><c> his</c><00:48:54.619><c> name,</c>

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the<00:48:57.119><c> work</c><00:48:57.280><c> of</c><00:48:57.500><c> preaching</c><00:48:57.739><c> to</c><00:48:58.039><c> those</c><00:48:58.360><c> that</c><00:48:58.639><c> are</c><00:48:59.019><c> truly</c><00:48:59.280><c> seeking</c>

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your<00:49:00.059><c> name,</c>

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for<00:49:03.059><c> the</c><00:49:03.360><c> comfort</c><00:49:03.679><c> of</c><00:49:03.960><c> those</c><00:49:04.719><c> that</c><00:49:05.219><c> are</c><00:49:05.420><c> sick</c><00:49:05.619><c> and</c><00:49:06.000><c> mourn,</c>

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to<00:49:09.639><c> give</c><00:49:09.920><c> an</c><00:49:10.099><c> answer</c><00:49:10.400><c> for</c><00:49:10.659><c> those</c><00:49:11.559><c> who</c><00:49:12.480><c> ask</c><00:49:12.800><c> us</c><00:49:13.059><c> concerning</c><00:49:14.139><c> our</c>

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most<00:49:14.699><c> holy</c><00:49:14.980><c> faith.</c>

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Heavenly<00:49:18.059><c> Father,</c><00:49:18.980><c> above</c><00:49:19.519><c> all,</c><00:49:19.960><c> that</c><00:49:20.019><c> it</c><00:49:20.219><c> may</c><00:49:20.400><c> prepare</c><00:49:20.760><c> us</c>

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for<00:49:22.679><c> the</c><00:49:22.860><c> coming</c><00:49:23.099><c> of</c><00:49:23.360><c> thy</c><00:49:23.519><c> Son,</c><00:49:24.699><c> our</c><00:49:24.840><c> Lord</c><00:49:25.000><c> Jesus</c><00:49:25.420><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:49:28.280><c> we,</c><00:49:28.800><c> whether</c><00:49:29.000><c> we</c><00:49:29.619><c> live</c><00:49:29.800><c> or</c><00:49:30.039><c> whether</c><00:49:30.260><c> we</c><00:49:30.539><c> die,</c><00:49:32.059><c> we</c><00:49:32.199><c> shall</c>

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be<00:49:32.579><c> with</c><00:49:32.800><c> the</c><00:49:32.940><c> Lord.</c>

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For<00:49:35.400><c> we</c><00:49:35.599><c> ask</c><00:49:35.820><c> all</c><00:49:36.039><c> these</c><00:49:36.340><c> things</c><00:49:36.579><c> in</c><00:49:36.780><c> and</c><00:49:36.920><c> through</c><00:49:37.099><c> his</c><00:49:37.420><c> name.</c>

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Amen.