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Samuel<00:11:40.179><c> the</c><00:11:41.179><c> sign</c><00:11:41.519><c> of</c><00:11:41.720><c> the</c><00:11:41.919><c> prophet.</c>

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He<00:11:43.799><c> was</c><00:11:44.340><c> faithful</c><00:11:45.039><c> to</c><00:11:45.659><c> the</c><00:11:45.860><c> things</c><00:11:46.019><c> of</c><00:11:46.279><c> Almighty</c><00:11:46.639><c> God.</c><00:11:48.440><c> It</c><00:11:48.659><c> speaks</c><00:11:49.159><c> in</c>

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verse<00:11:50.460><c> 20,</c><00:11:50.820><c> and</c><00:11:50.940><c> all</c><00:11:51.220><c> Israel</c><00:11:51.600><c> from</c><00:11:51.840><c> Dan,</c>

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even<00:11:52.500><c> to</c><00:11:52.700><c> Beersheba,</c><00:11:54.000><c> knew</c><00:11:54.139><c> that</c><00:11:54.539><c> Samuel</c><00:11:54.860><c> was</c><00:11:55.200><c> established</c><00:11:55.659><c> to</c><00:11:55.820><c> be</c><00:11:55.960><c> a</c>

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prophet<00:11:56.320><c> of</c><00:11:56.480><c> the</c><00:11:56.639><c> Lord.</c>

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it<00:12:01.860><c> literally</c><00:12:02.159><c> means</c><00:12:02.559><c> the</c><00:12:03.220><c> faithful</c>

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Samuel<00:12:04.799><c> was</c><00:12:05.340><c> a</c><00:12:05.600><c> prophet</c><00:12:05.860><c> of</c><00:12:06.200><c> Yahweh.</c><00:12:07.340><c> The</c><00:12:07.580><c> faithful</c><00:12:08.059><c> Samuel</c><00:12:08.639><c> was</c><00:12:08.899><c> a</c>

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prophet<00:12:09.740><c> of</c><00:12:10.059><c> Yahweh.</c><00:12:10.360><c> And</c><00:12:10.480><c> you</c><00:12:10.539><c> notice</c>

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that<00:12:11.019><c> in</c><00:12:11.120><c> the</c><00:12:11.340><c> margin</c><00:12:11.559><c> of</c><00:12:11.759><c> your</c><00:12:11.919><c> Bible.</c><00:12:12.740><c> It's</c><00:12:13.000><c> given</c><00:12:13.240><c> there</c><00:12:13.460><c> as</c>

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the<00:12:13.740><c> word</c><00:12:13.980><c> faithful.</c><00:12:15.580><c> The</c><00:12:15.799><c> faithful</c><00:12:16.159><c> Samuel</c>

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was<00:12:16.879><c> established</c><00:12:17.299><c> as</c><00:12:17.500><c> a</c><00:12:17.659><c> prophet</c><00:12:17.840><c> of</c><00:12:18.039><c> Yahweh.</c><00:12:19.740><c> And</c><00:12:20.159><c> verse</c><00:12:20.340><c> 21,</c>

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Yahweh<00:12:21.340><c> appeared</c><00:12:21.639><c> again</c><00:12:22.620><c> in</c><00:12:23.240><c> Shiloh.</c>

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And<00:12:24.940><c> the</c><00:12:25.039><c> word</c><00:12:25.480><c> means</c><00:12:26.779><c> that</c><00:12:27.399><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:28.100><c> added</c><00:12:28.620><c> to</c><00:12:28.980><c> appear.</c><00:12:29.799><c> He</c><00:12:29.919><c> continued</c><00:12:30.460><c> to</c>

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appear<00:12:30.980><c> to</c><00:12:31.259><c> Samuel</c><00:12:31.559><c> at</c><00:12:31.779><c> Shiloh.</c>

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So<00:12:32.960><c> that</c><00:12:33.259><c> gradually</c><00:12:33.659><c> the</c><00:12:33.960><c> people</c><00:12:34.299><c> came</c><00:12:34.700><c> to</c><00:12:35.279><c> look</c><00:12:35.899><c> to</c><00:12:36.159><c> him</c><00:12:36.500><c> for</c>

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instruction<00:12:37.500><c> and</c><00:12:38.159><c> guidance,</c><00:12:39.419><c> rather</c><00:12:39.700><c> than</c><00:12:40.080><c> to</c><00:12:40.340><c> Eli</c>

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or<00:12:40.840><c> to</c><00:12:41.059><c> his</c><00:12:41.259><c> house.</c><00:12:41.740><c> And</c><00:12:41.899><c> it's</c><00:12:42.100><c> interesting</c><00:12:42.460><c> to</c><00:12:42.679><c> consider</c><00:12:43.059><c> that,</c><00:12:43.759><c> brethren</c><00:12:43.899><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:12:44.700><c> that</c><00:12:44.919><c> here</c><00:12:45.139><c> is</c><00:12:45.320><c> a</c>

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priest<00:12:53.279><c> elect</c><00:12:54.159><c> officiating</c><00:12:55.360><c> in</c><00:12:55.500><c> the</c><00:12:55.700><c> office</c><00:12:55.960><c> as</c><00:12:56.220><c> they</c><00:12:56.519><c> did,</c>

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or<00:13:00.720><c> supposed</c><00:13:01.240><c> to</c><00:13:01.440><c> be</c><00:13:01.639><c> leading</c><00:13:01.899><c> the</c><00:13:02.279><c> people,</c><00:13:03.220><c> in</c><00:13:03.379><c> a</c><00:13:03.799><c> service</c>

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unto<00:13:04.419><c> Almighty</c><00:13:04.940><c> God.</c><00:13:06.279><c> And</c><00:13:06.559><c> there</c><00:13:06.759><c> was</c><00:13:07.059><c> Samuel,</c>

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the<00:13:08.360><c> one</c><00:13:08.580><c> that</c><00:13:08.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:09.379><c> had</c><00:13:09.740><c> chosen.</c><00:13:11.059><c> And</c><00:13:11.299><c> you</c><00:13:11.419><c> can</c><00:13:11.639><c> imagine</c>

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that<00:13:12.519><c> some</c><00:13:12.759><c> in</c><00:13:12.980><c> Israel</c><00:13:13.500><c> would</c><00:13:14.120><c> join</c><00:13:14.419><c> themselves</c>

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unto<00:13:15.220><c> Hophniah</c><00:13:15.799><c> and</c><00:13:15.919><c> Phineas,</c><00:13:16.559><c> because</c><00:13:16.940><c> they</c><00:13:17.360><c> loved</c><00:13:17.700><c> the</c><00:13:18.059><c> circumstances</c><00:13:18.899><c> of</c>

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what<00:13:19.759><c> happened</c><00:13:19.940><c> with</c><00:13:20.179><c> Hophniah</c><00:13:20.620><c> and</c>

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Phineas.<00:13:21.860><c> But</c><00:13:21.940><c> others</c><00:13:22.320><c> who</c><00:13:22.539><c> were</c><00:13:22.840><c> distressed</c><00:13:23.419><c> and</c><00:13:24.100><c> and</c><00:13:24.519><c> worried</c><00:13:24.659><c> by</c><00:13:24.960><c> the</c><00:13:25.360><c> circumstances</c><00:13:25.919><c> of</c>

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were<00:13:27.320><c> moved</c><00:13:27.679><c> to</c><00:13:28.019><c> move</c><00:13:28.240><c> towards</c><00:13:28.620><c> Samuel.</c><00:13:29.860><c> And</c><00:13:30.179><c> Samuel</c><00:13:30.460><c> would</c>

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work<00:13:31.000><c> with</c><00:13:31.259><c> them</c><00:13:31.440><c> and</c><00:13:31.799><c> strengthen</c><00:13:32.179><c> them.</c>

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They<00:13:33.340><c> were</c><00:13:33.500><c> the</c><00:13:33.740><c> ones</c><00:13:34.059><c> in</c><00:13:34.600><c> the</c><00:13:34.799><c> midst</c><00:13:35.019><c> of</c><00:13:35.259><c> Israel</c><00:13:35.700><c> who</c><00:13:35.960><c> could</c><00:13:36.200><c> bring</c><00:13:36.440><c> the</c><00:13:36.659><c> nation</c><00:13:37.120><c> out</c><00:13:37.559><c> of</c><00:13:37.740><c> a</c>

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And<00:13:39.840><c> Samuel</c><00:13:40.200><c> established</c><00:13:40.980><c> what</c><00:13:41.179><c> is</c><00:13:41.440><c> known</c><00:13:41.600><c> as</c><00:13:41.779><c> the</c><00:13:42.000><c> School</c><00:13:42.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:42.720><c> Prophets,</c><00:13:43.639><c> because</c><00:13:43.919><c> it</c><00:13:44.120><c> is</c><00:13:44.299><c> not</c><00:13:44.539><c> mentioned</c>

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before<00:13:45.200><c> the</c><00:13:45.419><c> time</c><00:13:45.919><c> of</c><00:13:46.259><c> Samuel.</c><00:13:47.100><c> It</c><00:13:47.379><c> became</c><00:13:47.740><c> prominent</c><00:13:48.200><c> throughout</c><00:13:48.519><c> the</c><00:13:48.779><c> whole</c><00:13:48.940><c> of</c>

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It<00:13:50.139><c> was</c><00:13:50.539><c> like</c><00:13:50.799><c> an</c><00:13:51.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:51.879><c> within</c><00:13:52.399><c> an</c><00:13:52.700><c> ecclesia,</c><00:13:53.940><c> maintaining</c><00:13:54.799><c> its</c><00:13:55.620><c> separateness</c><00:13:56.320><c> from</c>

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strong<00:14:01.960><c> cell</c><00:14:02.519><c> of</c><00:14:02.779><c> strength</c><00:14:03.100><c> within</c><00:14:03.379><c> the</c><00:14:03.559><c> midst</c>

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to<00:14:08.639><c> Samuel.</c><00:14:09.559><c> As</c><00:14:09.700><c> it</c><00:14:10.019><c> says</c><00:14:10.299><c> there,</c><00:14:12.759><c> verse</c><00:14:13.000><c> one</c><00:14:13.340><c> of</c><00:14:13.519><c> the</c><00:14:13.679><c> fourth</c>

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chapter,<00:14:14.440><c> the</c><00:14:14.440><c> word</c><00:14:14.700><c> of</c><00:14:14.940><c> Samuel</c><00:14:15.179><c> came</c><00:14:15.460><c> to</c><00:14:15.720><c> all</c>

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Israel.<00:14:18.139><c> The</c><00:14:18.340><c> word</c><00:14:18.559><c> of</c><00:14:18.820><c> Samuel</c><00:14:19.000><c> came</c><00:14:19.279><c> to</c><00:14:19.399><c> all</c><00:14:19.679><c> Israel.</c><00:14:20.419><c> And</c><00:14:20.639><c> all</c><00:14:20.899><c> Israel,</c><00:14:21.320><c> verse</c><00:14:21.600><c> 20</c>

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of<00:14:22.039><c> the</c><00:14:22.179><c> previous</c><00:14:22.580><c> chapter,</c>

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knew<00:14:23.419><c> that</c><00:14:23.779><c> Samuel,</c><00:14:24.559><c> the</c><00:14:24.820><c> faithful</c><00:14:25.320><c> Samuel,</c><00:14:25.899><c> was</c><00:14:26.139><c> established</c><00:14:26.799><c> to</c><00:14:27.139><c> be</c><00:14:27.259><c> a</c><00:14:27.440><c> prophet</c><00:14:27.659><c> of</c><00:14:27.919><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:14:30.000><c> that's</c><00:14:30.240><c> the</c><00:14:30.379><c> way</c><00:14:30.519><c> that</c><00:14:30.779><c> whole</c><00:14:31.059><c> nation</c><00:14:31.460><c> was</c><00:14:31.799><c> changed,</c><00:14:33.120><c> by</c>

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just<00:14:33.720><c> gradually,</c><00:14:34.580><c> slowly,</c><00:14:35.000><c> but</c><00:14:35.179><c> surely,</c>

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developing<00:14:36.460><c> men</c><00:14:36.799><c> and</c><00:14:37.000><c> women</c><00:14:37.460><c> who</c><00:14:37.960><c> were</c><00:14:38.200><c> prepared</c><00:14:38.460><c> to</c><00:14:38.840><c> stand</c>

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aside<00:14:39.740><c> from</c><00:14:40.360><c> the</c><00:14:40.559><c> general</c><00:14:40.879><c> apostasy</c><00:14:41.539><c> of</c><00:14:41.740><c> the</c><00:14:41.940><c> time.</c>

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Now<00:14:44.580><c> let's</c><00:14:44.820><c> look</c><00:14:45.179><c> at</c><00:14:45.519><c> the</c><00:14:46.299><c> circumstances</c><00:14:47.019><c> of</c><00:14:48.019><c> the</c><00:14:48.179><c> fourth</c><00:14:48.460><c> chapter</c><00:14:48.879><c> of</c>

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Samuel,<00:14:49.559><c> first</c><00:14:49.840><c> of</c><00:14:49.960><c> Samuel</c><00:14:50.259><c> chapter</c><00:14:50.820><c> four,</c>

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a<00:14:52.399><c> chapter</c><00:14:52.820><c> which</c><00:14:55.100><c> the</c><00:14:55.840><c> translators</c><00:14:56.440><c> have</c><00:14:56.720><c> taken</c><00:14:57.059><c> as</c><00:14:57.559><c> commencing</c><00:14:58.000><c> with</c><00:14:58.279><c> the</c><00:14:58.440><c> word</c><00:14:59.019><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:15:00.820><c> came</c><00:15:01.039><c> to</c><00:15:01.220><c> all</c>

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Israel<00:15:01.740><c> and</c><00:15:02.059><c> ending</c><00:15:02.279><c> with</c><00:15:02.500><c> the</c><00:15:02.820><c> glory</c><00:15:03.100><c> departing</c><00:15:04.419><c> from</c><00:15:04.820><c> the</c>

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nation<00:15:05.259><c> of</c><00:15:05.539><c> Israel.</c><00:15:07.600><c> And</c><00:15:07.840><c> Samuel</c><00:15:08.080><c> is</c><00:15:08.340><c> presented</c>

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a<00:15:13.679><c> king.</c>

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Eli,<00:15:24.340><c> Hophni,</c><00:15:24.779><c> and</c><00:15:25.000><c> Phineas,</c>

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required<00:15:26.240><c> the</c><00:15:26.620><c> firm</c><00:15:26.840><c> hands</c><00:15:27.179><c> of</c><00:15:27.539><c> Samuel</c><00:15:27.919><c> to</c><00:15:28.679><c> bring</c><00:15:28.799><c> it</c><00:15:29.059><c> back</c>

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to<00:15:41.019><c> the</c><00:15:41.159><c> words</c><00:15:41.340><c> of</c><00:15:41.559><c> the</c><00:15:41.659><c> third</c><00:15:41.879><c> chapter.</c><00:15:42.419><c> The</c>

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word<00:15:42.899><c> of</c><00:15:43.279><c> Samuel</c><00:15:43.620><c> came</c><00:15:44.379><c> to</c><00:15:44.720><c> all</c><00:15:45.299><c> Israel.</c><00:15:48.299><c> And</c><00:15:49.000><c> Eli</c><00:15:49.620><c> could</c><00:15:50.059><c> see</c>

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that<00:15:52.779><c> Samuel</c><00:15:53.259><c> would</c><00:15:54.720><c> succeed</c><00:15:55.200><c> him</c><00:15:55.519><c> in</c><00:15:56.500><c> the</c><00:15:57.019><c> priestly</c>

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functions,<00:15:59.620><c> yet</c><00:15:59.879><c> he</c><00:16:00.039><c> did</c><00:16:00.299><c> not</c><00:16:00.580><c> permit</c><00:16:00.940><c> the</c><00:16:01.240><c> knowledge</c><00:16:01.580><c> to</c><00:16:02.240><c> affect</c><00:16:02.759><c> him.</c><00:16:04.320><c> And</c>

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he<00:16:04.700><c> appears</c><00:16:05.059><c> in</c><00:16:05.379><c> the</c><00:16:05.759><c> narrative</c><00:16:06.159><c> as</c><00:16:06.519><c> a</c>

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very<00:16:07.639><c> kindly</c><00:16:08.220><c> man,</c><00:16:09.259><c> but</c><00:16:09.600><c> very</c><00:16:10.200><c> ineffectual</c><00:16:11.639><c> in</c><00:16:12.200><c> the</c><00:16:12.399><c> things</c>

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which<00:16:12.860><c> he</c><00:16:13.080><c> did.</c><00:16:15.720><c> He</c><00:16:16.299><c> was</c><00:16:16.539><c> ready</c><00:16:17.080><c> and</c><00:16:17.820><c> willing</c>

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to<00:16:19.019><c> help,</c><00:16:19.679><c> but</c><00:16:20.259><c> he</c><00:16:20.379><c> was</c><00:16:20.600><c> unable</c><00:16:20.899><c> to</c><00:16:21.220><c> cope</c><00:16:21.440><c> with</c><00:16:21.659><c> the</c><00:16:21.940><c> sins</c><00:16:22.200><c> of</c>

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his<00:16:22.740><c> own</c><00:16:23.279><c> family.</c><00:16:24.639><c> It</c><00:16:24.860><c> allowed</c><00:16:25.120><c> his</c><00:16:25.419><c> family</c>

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to<00:16:28.759><c> rule</c><00:16:29.419><c> him</c><00:16:30.100><c> rather</c><00:16:31.279><c> than</c><00:16:31.580><c> the</c><00:16:31.700><c> word</c><00:16:31.940><c> of</c><00:16:32.220><c> God</c><00:16:32.980><c> to</c><00:16:33.539><c> rule</c><00:16:33.779><c> them.</c>

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So<00:16:36.299><c> Samuel</c><00:16:36.559><c> became</c><00:16:37.080><c> the</c><00:16:37.700><c> mediator</c>

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between<00:16:39.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:40.539><c> and</c><00:16:40.740><c> the</c><00:16:40.799><c> nation</c><00:16:41.120><c> of</c><00:16:41.399><c> Israel.</c><00:16:42.580><c> And</c><00:16:42.720><c> more</c><00:16:42.919><c> and</c>

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more<00:16:43.259><c> the</c><00:16:43.500><c> people</c><00:16:43.720><c> came</c><00:16:44.419><c> to</c><00:16:45.039><c> rely</c><00:16:45.320><c> upon</c><00:16:45.700><c> him</c><00:16:46.000><c> as</c><00:16:46.320><c> the</c>

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last<00:16:47.179><c> of</c><00:16:47.519><c> the</c><00:16:47.820><c> judges</c><00:16:48.340><c> and</c><00:16:49.139><c> became</c><00:16:49.460><c> the</c><00:16:49.899><c> first</c><00:16:50.220><c> of</c><00:16:50.480><c> the</c><00:16:51.000><c> prophets</c><00:16:51.419><c> in</c><00:16:51.980><c> the</c>

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nation<00:16:52.360><c> of</c><00:16:52.639><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:16:55.639><c> in</c><00:16:55.980><c> a</c><00:16:56.139><c> vain</c><00:16:56.340><c> attempt</c><00:16:57.080><c> to</c><00:16:57.440><c> force</c><00:16:57.860><c> the</c><00:16:58.139><c> hands</c><00:16:59.080><c> of</c><00:16:59.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:00.240><c> to</c>

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help<00:17:00.679><c> the</c><00:17:00.840><c> nation</c><00:17:01.120><c> of</c><00:17:01.279><c> Israel,</c>

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they<00:17:02.440><c> carried</c><00:17:02.840><c> the</c><00:17:03.240><c> ark</c><00:17:03.460><c> of</c><00:17:03.639><c> God</c><00:17:03.980><c> into</c><00:17:04.259><c> battle.</c><00:17:04.700><c> And</c><00:17:04.819><c> this</c><00:17:04.859><c> is</c>

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what<00:17:05.279><c> the</c><00:17:05.819><c> chapter</c><00:17:06.099><c> four</c><00:17:06.920><c> speaks</c><00:17:07.519><c> about.</c>

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And<00:17:09.740><c> the</c><00:17:09.859><c> nation</c><00:17:10.220><c> is</c><00:17:10.460><c> not</c><00:17:10.619><c> only</c><00:17:11.160><c> completely</c><00:17:11.960><c> defeated</c><00:17:12.660><c> at</c><00:17:13.000><c> the</c>

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hands<00:17:13.339><c> of</c><00:17:13.539><c> the</c><00:17:13.700><c> Philistines,</c>

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but<00:17:15.000><c> the</c><00:17:15.220><c> ark</c><00:17:15.420><c> is</c><00:17:15.640><c> captured.</c><00:17:16.859><c> Hophni,</c><00:17:17.440><c> and</c><00:17:17.519><c> Phineas,</c><00:17:18.039><c> and</c><00:17:18.400><c> Eli</c>

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all<00:17:19.319><c> die</c><00:17:19.799><c> on</c><00:17:20.420><c> the</c><00:17:20.680><c> same</c><00:17:20.920><c> day.</c><00:17:22.220><c> Now</c><00:17:22.619><c> let's</c>

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just<00:17:23.079><c> try</c><00:17:23.460><c> and</c><00:17:23.700><c> capture</c><00:17:24.019><c> the</c><00:17:24.319><c> scene</c><00:17:24.519><c> that's</c><00:17:24.859><c> presented</c><00:17:25.220><c> here.</c>

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It<00:17:26.859><c> says,</c><00:17:27.339><c> now</c><00:17:27.339><c> Israel</c><00:17:27.700><c> went</c><00:17:27.960><c> out</c><00:17:28.279><c> against</c><00:17:28.640><c> the</c>

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Philistines<00:17:29.420><c> to</c><00:17:29.720><c> battle</c><00:17:30.079><c> and</c><00:17:30.619><c> pitched</c><00:17:30.880><c> beside</c><00:17:31.680><c> Ebenezer</c><00:17:32.480><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:33.259><c> Philistines</c><00:17:33.839><c> pitched</c><00:17:34.259><c> in</c><00:17:34.740><c> Afek.</c><00:17:36.140><c> It</c><00:17:36.460><c> might</c><00:17:36.680><c> be</c>

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worthwhile<00:17:37.380><c> if</c><00:17:37.579><c> you</c><00:17:37.819><c> have</c><00:17:37.980><c> a</c><00:17:38.319><c> map</c><00:17:38.460><c> in</c><00:17:38.660><c> the</c><00:17:38.839><c> back</c><00:17:39.000><c> of</c><00:17:39.160><c> your</c><00:17:39.339><c> Bible,</c><00:17:39.640><c> just</c>

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to<00:17:40.319><c> look</c><00:17:40.440><c> at</c><00:17:40.559><c> it</c><00:17:40.700><c> and</c><00:17:40.819><c> try</c><00:17:41.059><c> and</c>

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orientate<00:17:42.200><c> ourselves</c><00:17:42.720><c> to</c><00:17:43.000><c> the</c><00:17:43.480><c> very</c><00:17:43.839><c> important</c><00:17:44.960><c> position</c><00:17:45.799><c> that</c><00:17:46.500><c> this</c><00:17:46.839><c> battle</c><00:17:47.279><c> occupies</c><00:17:48.359><c> in</c><00:17:48.700><c> the</c>

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battle,<00:17:52.380><c> should</c><00:17:52.460><c> be</c><00:17:52.779><c> joined</c><00:17:53.359><c> and</c><00:17:54.019><c> should</c><00:17:54.200><c> be</c><00:17:54.460><c> won</c><00:17:54.660><c> by</c><00:17:54.980><c> Israel</c>

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or<00:17:57.019><c> from</c><00:17:57.180><c> the</c><00:17:57.339><c> Philistine</c><00:17:57.740><c> point</c><00:17:57.980><c> of</c><00:17:58.140><c> view,</c><00:17:58.339><c> from</c>

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their<00:17:59.039><c> point</c><00:17:59.259><c> of</c><00:17:59.440><c> view.</c><00:18:02.319><c> If</c><00:18:02.359><c> you've</c><00:18:02.539><c> got</c><00:18:02.680><c> a</c><00:18:02.819><c> map,</c><00:18:05.920><c> the</c><00:18:06.140><c> coastal</c>

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town<00:18:07.900><c> close</c><00:18:08.299><c> by</c><00:18:08.700><c> Afek</c><00:18:09.059><c> is</c><00:18:09.460><c> the</c><00:18:10.279><c> town</c><00:18:10.559><c> of</c><00:18:11.799><c> Joppa.</c>

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In<00:18:15.059><c> your</c><00:18:15.319><c> Bible,</c><00:18:15.819><c> it</c><00:18:16.079><c> may</c><00:18:16.400><c> have</c><00:18:16.700><c> the</c><00:18:17.039><c> word</c><00:18:17.319><c> Antipatres.</c><00:18:19.380><c> That's</c><00:18:19.720><c> the</c>

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place<00:18:20.039><c> where</c><00:18:20.240><c> the</c><00:18:20.380><c> apostle</c><00:18:20.660><c> Paul</c><00:18:21.000><c> had</c><00:18:21.200><c> been</c>

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taken<00:18:21.819><c> to,</c><00:18:22.200><c> you</c><00:18:22.380><c> remember,</c><00:18:23.180><c> after</c><00:18:23.240><c> he'd</c><00:18:23.480><c> been</c><00:18:24.259><c> taken</c><00:18:24.539><c> into</c><00:18:24.799><c> the</c><00:18:24.960><c> castle</c><00:18:25.339><c> in</c>

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and<00:18:28.000><c> had</c><00:18:28.160><c> gone</c><00:18:28.400><c> with</c><00:18:28.859><c> a</c><00:18:29.140><c> company</c><00:18:29.400><c> of</c><00:18:29.619><c> soldiers.</c><00:18:31.440><c> The</c><00:18:31.759><c> chief</c><00:18:32.140><c> governor</c><00:18:32.579><c> of</c>

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Jerusalem<00:18:34.180><c> had</c><00:18:34.500><c> sent</c><00:18:34.720><c> him</c><00:18:34.920><c> across</c>

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to<00:18:35.500><c> Antipatres</c><00:18:36.099><c> and</c><00:18:36.460><c> the</c><00:18:36.619><c> following</c><00:18:36.900><c> day</c><00:18:37.119><c> they'd</c><00:18:37.299><c> gone</c><00:18:37.519><c> across</c><00:18:37.839><c> to</c><00:18:38.880><c> Caesarea.</c><00:18:39.440><c> So</c>

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it's<00:18:40.240><c> either</c><00:18:40.799><c> Afek</c><00:18:41.299><c> or</c><00:18:41.779><c> Antipatres.</c>

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It's<00:18:43.839><c> just</c><00:18:44.180><c> north</c><00:18:44.559><c> of</c><00:18:45.200><c> the</c><00:18:45.200><c> city</c><00:18:45.700><c> of</c><00:18:46.220><c> Tel</c><00:18:46.480><c> Aviv,</c><00:18:48.480><c> but</c><00:18:48.640><c> Joppa</c><00:18:48.940><c> is</c>

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there's<00:18:52.259><c> a</c><00:18:52.400><c> river</c><00:18:52.579><c> that</c><00:18:52.779><c> comes</c><00:18:53.039><c> in.</c><00:18:53.319><c> It's</c><00:18:53.440><c> the</c><00:18:53.539><c> River</c><00:18:53.779><c> Yarkon</c>

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and<00:18:56.059><c> if</c><00:18:56.200><c> you</c><00:18:56.359><c> trace</c><00:18:56.579><c> the</c><00:18:56.779><c> River</c><00:18:56.980><c> Yarkon,</c><00:18:57.539><c> it</c><00:18:57.559><c> comes</c><00:18:57.839><c> up</c><00:18:58.079><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:58.359><c> area</c><00:18:58.660><c> of</c><00:18:58.900><c> Antipatres</c><00:18:59.539><c> or</c><00:19:00.019><c> Afek</c><00:19:00.819><c> and</c><00:19:01.700><c> Afek</c><00:19:02.240><c> was</c><00:19:02.420><c> the</c><00:19:02.660><c> headwaters</c><00:19:03.359><c> or</c><00:19:03.940><c> the</c><00:19:04.240><c> source</c><00:19:04.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:05.019><c> River</c><00:19:05.220><c> Yarkon</c><00:19:05.759><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:07.059><c> water</c><00:19:07.400><c> flowed</c><00:19:08.079><c> constantly</c><00:19:08.660><c> through</c><00:19:09.079><c> that</c><00:19:09.359><c> river</c><00:19:09.859><c> towards</c><00:19:10.579><c> the</c><00:19:10.880><c> coast</c><00:19:11.240><c> and</c><00:19:12.359><c> as</c>

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a<00:19:12.680><c> result</c><00:19:12.920><c> of</c><00:19:13.140><c> that,</c><00:19:14.160><c> that</c>

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ground,<00:19:14.599><c> the</c><00:19:14.859><c> ground</c><00:19:15.059><c> where</c><00:19:15.240><c> that</c><00:19:15.440><c> river</c><00:19:15.680><c> was,</c><00:19:16.099><c> was</c><00:19:16.660><c> constantly</c><00:19:17.200><c> swampy</c>

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and<00:19:18.359><c> that</c><00:19:18.519><c> was</c><00:19:18.720><c> the</c><00:19:18.839><c> case</c><00:19:19.480><c> right</c>

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up<00:19:20.240><c> until</c><00:19:20.740><c> about</c><00:19:21.839><c> 20</c><00:19:22.240><c> or</c><00:19:22.380><c> 30</c><00:19:22.559><c> years</c><00:19:22.839><c> ago.</c><00:19:23.920><c> It</c><00:19:24.059><c> was</c><00:19:24.259><c> a</c><00:19:24.480><c> swampy</c>

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area<00:19:25.019><c> and</c><00:19:25.240><c> therefore</c><00:19:25.759><c> anyone</c><00:19:26.339><c> journeying</c><00:19:26.759><c> from</c><00:19:27.119><c> the</c><00:19:27.660><c> south</c>

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northwards<00:19:29.160><c> could</c><00:19:29.599><c> not</c><00:19:29.779><c> go</c><00:19:30.019><c> along</c><00:19:30.240><c> that</c><00:19:30.839><c> maritime</c><00:19:31.460><c> area.</c><00:19:32.700><c> Once</c><00:19:32.940><c> they</c><00:19:33.140><c> came</c><00:19:33.359><c> to</c>

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had<00:19:35.759><c> to</c><00:19:36.019><c> move</c><00:19:36.299><c> inland</c><00:19:36.920><c> into</c><00:19:38.200><c> the</c><00:19:38.720><c> Sharon</c><00:19:39.119><c> Valley</c><00:19:40.119><c> around</c><00:19:42.140><c> Afek</c>

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or<00:19:43.019><c> Antipatres.</c><00:19:43.799><c> They</c><00:19:44.000><c> had</c><00:19:44.200><c> to</c><00:19:44.359><c> go</c><00:19:44.519><c> around</c><00:19:44.779><c> that</c><00:19:45.079><c> way.</c>

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Now<00:19:46.400><c> immediately</c><00:19:46.779><c> across</c><00:19:47.220><c> the</c><00:19:47.539><c> valley</c><00:19:47.839><c> from</c><00:19:48.539><c> Afek</c><00:19:49.480><c> is</c><00:19:50.720><c> the</c><00:19:51.440><c> a</c>

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hill,<00:19:53.140><c> a</c><00:19:53.400><c> rocky</c><00:19:53.700><c> hill</c><00:19:54.240><c> and</c><00:19:55.359><c> on</c><00:19:55.579><c> that</c><00:19:55.839><c> rocky</c><00:19:56.160><c> hill</c>

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the<00:19:56.660><c> children</c><00:19:56.880><c> of</c><00:19:57.140><c> Israel</c><00:19:57.440><c> were</c><00:19:57.740><c> and</c><00:19:58.180><c> that's</c><00:19:58.839><c> Ebenezer.</c><00:20:00.380><c> The</c>

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word<00:20:00.519><c> Ebenezer</c><00:20:01.359><c> means</c><00:20:01.660><c> a</c><00:20:01.920><c> stone</c><00:20:02.059><c> of</c><00:20:02.319><c> help.</c>

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It<00:20:03.819><c> certainly</c><00:20:04.220><c> wasn't</c><00:20:05.480><c> a</c><00:20:05.759><c> stone</c><00:20:05.920><c> of</c><00:20:06.119><c> help</c><00:20:06.380><c> on</c><00:20:06.619><c> this</c><00:20:06.799><c> occasion.</c>

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Samuel<00:20:08.400><c> later</c><00:20:08.779><c> on</c><00:20:09.019><c> established</c><00:20:09.480><c> a</c><00:20:09.740><c> stone</c>

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in<00:20:10.740><c> another</c><00:20:11.079><c> place,</c><00:20:11.480><c> not</c><00:20:11.700><c> this</c><00:20:12.000><c> place,</c><00:20:12.279><c> in</c><00:20:12.420><c> another</c><00:20:12.720><c> place</c><00:20:12.960><c> which</c><00:20:13.180><c> he</c>

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there<00:20:13.900><c> refers</c><00:20:14.420><c> to</c><00:20:14.740><c> it</c><00:20:15.279><c> as</c><00:20:15.619><c> Ebenezer</c><00:20:16.380><c> because</c>

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Yahweh<00:20:18.140><c> had</c><00:20:18.900><c> helped</c><00:20:19.279><c> them</c><00:20:19.839><c> at</c><00:20:20.299><c> that</c><00:20:20.539><c> time</c><00:20:20.740><c> and</c><00:20:20.839><c> this</c><00:20:21.000><c> is</c><00:20:21.200><c> 20</c><00:20:21.400><c> years</c><00:20:21.700><c> later,</c><00:20:22.119><c> 20</c>

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years<00:20:22.779><c> later,</c>

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brethren<00:20:24.119><c> and</c><00:20:24.380><c> sisters,</c><00:20:25.579><c> after</c><00:20:25.960><c> the</c><00:20:26.519><c> disastrous</c><00:20:27.160><c> incident</c>

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that<00:20:28.900><c> occurred</c><00:20:29.099><c> on</c><00:20:29.299><c> this</c><00:20:29.460><c> particular</c><00:20:29.940><c> day.</c>

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Now<00:20:31.160><c> let's</c><00:20:32.380><c> consider</c><00:20:33.400><c> the</c><00:20:33.900><c> place</c><00:20:34.220><c> where</c><00:20:34.480><c> it</c><00:20:34.619><c> is.</c><00:20:34.839><c> It's</c><00:20:35.039><c> about</c>

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25<00:20:35.920><c> miles,</c><00:20:37.579><c> 25</c><00:20:38.039><c> miles</c><00:20:38.619><c> from</c><00:20:39.140><c> Shiloh</c>

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and<00:20:41.259><c> behind</c><00:20:42.259><c> Ebenezer</c><00:20:43.019><c> there</c><00:20:43.500><c> is</c><00:20:43.680><c> a</c><00:20:43.940><c> pass</c><00:20:44.180><c> through</c><00:20:44.460><c> the</c><00:20:44.660><c> mountains</c><00:20:45.180><c> which</c>

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goes<00:20:46.660><c> to</c><00:20:47.079><c> two</c><00:20:47.259><c> places</c><00:20:47.900><c> Shechem,</c>

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a<00:20:50.799><c> little</c><00:20:50.960><c> bit</c><00:20:51.180><c> north</c><00:20:51.480><c> of</c><00:20:51.740><c> Shiloh</c><00:20:52.480><c> and</c><00:20:53.039><c> Shiloh</c><00:20:53.500><c> into</c><00:20:53.720><c> the</c><00:20:53.960><c> south.</c><00:20:54.220><c> So</c><00:20:54.420><c> there's</c><00:20:54.740><c> a</c>

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pass<00:20:55.380><c> immediately</c><00:20:56.079><c> behind</c>

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the<00:20:57.339><c> children</c><00:20:57.680><c> of</c><00:20:57.839><c> Israel.</c><00:20:58.759><c> They</c><00:20:58.920><c> were</c><00:20:59.180><c> upon</c><00:21:00.019><c> Ebenezer</c><00:21:01.839><c> facing</c><00:21:02.599><c> the</c>

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Philistines<00:21:03.819><c> who</c><00:21:04.079><c> are</c><00:21:04.279><c> across</c><00:21:04.680><c> the</c><00:21:05.000><c> Sharon</c>

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Valley<00:21:05.680><c> in</c><00:21:06.180><c> the</c><00:21:06.299><c> area</c><00:21:06.660><c> of</c><00:21:07.059><c> Afek.</c><00:21:07.839><c> Afek</c><00:21:08.279><c> means</c><00:21:08.640><c> fortress</c><00:21:09.220><c> and</c><00:21:10.319><c> it</c><00:21:10.500><c> certainly</c><00:21:10.740><c> was</c><00:21:11.019><c> a</c>

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fortress.<00:21:11.599><c> It</c><00:21:11.680><c> always</c><00:21:12.220><c> seems</c>

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to<00:21:12.920><c> have</c><00:21:13.079><c> been</c><00:21:13.220><c> a</c><00:21:13.339><c> fortified</c><00:21:13.759><c> place.</c><00:21:14.259><c> So</c><00:21:14.400><c> they're</c><00:21:14.640><c> across</c><00:21:14.940><c> the</c>

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valley.<00:21:16.240><c> There</c><00:21:16.460><c> across</c><00:21:16.700><c> the</c><00:21:16.920><c> valley</c><00:21:17.079><c> is</c><00:21:17.319><c> Afek,</c>

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beyond<00:21:18.279><c> it</c><00:21:18.460><c> is</c><00:21:18.619><c> the</c><00:21:18.859><c> sea,</c><00:21:19.660><c> to</c><00:21:19.839><c> the</c><00:21:20.059><c> south</c><00:21:20.279><c> is</c><00:21:20.559><c> the</c><00:21:21.279><c> area</c><00:21:21.539><c> of</c><00:21:21.759><c> the</c>

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Philistines,<00:21:22.799><c> to</c><00:21:23.000><c> the</c><00:21:23.200><c> north</c><00:21:23.460><c> is</c><00:21:23.720><c> the</c><00:21:23.900><c> heartland</c>

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Israel.<00:21:25.000><c> Behind</c><00:21:25.440><c> the</c><00:21:25.640><c> children</c><00:21:25.839><c> of</c><00:21:25.980><c> Israel</c><00:21:26.440><c> is</c><00:21:26.920><c> Shechem</c><00:21:27.299><c> and</c>

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Shiloh<00:21:28.359><c> with</c><00:21:28.640><c> that</c><00:21:28.960><c> pass</c><00:21:29.220><c> leading</c><00:21:29.539><c> through</c><00:21:29.779><c> the</c>

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mountains.<00:21:30.799><c> This</c><00:21:31.059><c> is</c><00:21:31.339><c> a</c><00:21:31.539><c> vital</c><00:21:31.880><c> battle</c><00:21:32.279><c> for</c><00:21:32.579><c> the</c><00:21:32.900><c> people</c><00:21:33.099><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:21:34.700><c> They</c><00:21:34.940><c> have</c><00:21:35.299><c> to</c><00:21:35.660><c> win</c><00:21:35.920><c> at</c><00:21:36.160><c> this</c><00:21:36.400><c> time</c><00:21:36.740><c> or</c><00:21:37.299><c> it</c>

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leaves<00:21:37.700><c> the</c><00:21:38.000><c> whole</c><00:21:38.339><c> heartland</c><00:21:38.740><c> of</c><00:21:38.880><c> Israel</c><00:21:39.400><c> open</c><00:21:40.160><c> to</c><00:21:40.359><c> the</c><00:21:40.619><c> incursions</c><00:21:41.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:41.380><c> Philistines</c><00:21:41.980><c> and</c><00:21:42.480><c> that's</c><00:21:42.880><c> the</c>

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setting<00:21:43.279><c> of</c><00:21:43.500><c> this</c><00:21:43.799><c> battle</c><00:21:44.240><c> that</c><00:21:44.660><c> is</c><00:21:45.019><c> joined</c><00:21:45.200><c> at</c><00:21:45.400><c> this</c><00:21:45.539><c> particular</c><00:21:46.039><c> time.</c>

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Two<00:21:47.119><c> battles,</c><00:21:47.599><c> not</c><00:21:47.900><c> one,</c><00:21:48.460><c> two</c><00:21:48.779><c> battles</c>

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given<00:21:49.440><c> at</c><00:21:49.660><c> this</c><00:21:49.880><c> time.</c><00:21:50.740><c> And</c><00:21:50.740><c> let's</c><00:21:51.000><c> just</c><00:21:51.279><c> have</c><00:21:51.480><c> a</c><00:21:51.519><c> look</c><00:21:51.640><c> at</c><00:21:51.859><c> the</c>

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circumstances<00:21:53.000><c> of</c><00:21:53.279><c> these</c><00:21:53.539><c> battles.</c>

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A<00:21:54.960><c> word</c><00:21:55.099><c> of</c><00:21:55.220><c> Samuel</c><00:21:55.559><c> came</c><00:21:55.799><c> to</c><00:21:55.900><c> all</c><00:21:56.059><c> Israel</c><00:21:56.359><c> which</c><00:21:56.579><c> belongs</c><00:21:57.000><c> I</c>

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believe<00:21:57.480><c> to</c><00:21:57.640><c> the</c><00:21:57.759><c> previous</c><00:21:58.140><c> chapter.</c>

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:03.500
Now<00:21:59.339><c> Israel</c><00:22:00.200><c> went</c><00:22:00.920><c> out</c><00:22:01.220><c> against</c><00:22:01.660><c> the</c><00:22:02.180><c> Philistines.</c>

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:16.779
Now<00:22:06.099><c> Judah</c><00:22:06.480><c> had</c><00:22:07.759><c> neglected</c><00:22:08.299><c> to</c><00:22:08.680><c> conquer</c><00:22:08.980><c> the</c><00:22:09.339><c> area</c><00:22:09.759><c> of</c><00:22:10.079><c> the</c><00:22:10.319><c> sea</c><00:22:10.660><c> and</c><00:22:11.779><c> they're</c><00:22:12.119><c> condemned</c><00:22:12.680><c> for</c><00:22:12.900><c> that</c><00:22:13.079><c> in</c><00:22:13.240><c> the</c>

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circumstances.<00:22:18.200><c> And</c><00:22:18.500><c> because</c><00:22:18.900><c> they</c><00:22:19.500><c> neglected</c><00:22:20.119><c> to</c><00:22:20.819><c> take</c><00:22:21.099><c> that</c><00:22:21.500><c> area,</c><00:22:22.839><c> the</c>

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area<00:22:23.200><c> of</c><00:22:23.460><c> the</c><00:22:23.619><c> sea,</c>

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the<00:22:24.700><c> nation</c><00:22:25.039><c> of</c><00:22:25.220><c> Israel</c><00:22:25.500><c> was</c><00:22:25.799><c> now</c><00:22:26.740><c> imperiled.</c><00:22:27.859><c> Its</c><00:22:28.039><c> whole</c><00:22:28.420><c> independence</c><00:22:29.160><c> was</c>

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imperiled<00:22:30.220><c> by</c><00:22:30.460><c> that</c><00:22:30.700><c> very</c><00:22:30.960><c> action.</c>

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And<00:22:33.039><c> the</c><00:22:33.279><c> Philistines</c><00:22:33.759><c> were</c><00:22:34.140><c> strengthening</c><00:22:34.680><c> themselves</c><00:22:35.400><c> by</c>

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a<00:22:36.460><c> constant</c><00:22:36.920><c> influx</c><00:22:37.519><c> of</c><00:22:37.859><c> immigrants.</c>

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They<00:22:39.160><c> had</c><00:22:39.420><c> superior</c><00:22:40.059><c> arms</c><00:22:40.740><c> and</c><00:22:42.180><c> they</c><00:22:42.599><c> were</c><00:22:42.599><c> fast</c><00:22:42.960><c> reducing</c><00:22:43.539><c> the</c><00:22:43.779><c> nation</c><00:22:44.039><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:22:44.579><c> to</c><00:22:44.779><c> a</c><00:22:45.039><c> subject</c><00:22:45.400><c> race.</c>

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They<00:22:48.279><c> had</c><00:22:48.559><c> by</c><00:22:48.740><c> now</c><00:22:49.000><c> recovered</c><00:22:49.559><c> from</c><00:22:50.059><c> the</c><00:22:50.579><c> disaster</c><00:22:51.180><c> which</c><00:22:51.440><c> had</c>

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occurred<00:22:52.220><c> in</c><00:22:52.440><c> the</c><00:22:52.539><c> time</c><00:22:52.839><c> of</c><00:22:53.420><c> Samson</c><00:22:54.519><c> and</c><00:22:54.839><c> now</c><00:22:55.279><c> here</c>

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20<00:22:55.880><c> years</c><00:22:56.220><c> later,</c><00:22:57.079><c> 20</c><00:22:57.359><c> years</c><00:22:57.640><c> after</c><00:22:57.960><c> the</c><00:22:58.160><c> death</c><00:22:58.359><c> of</c><00:22:58.619><c> Samson,</c><00:22:59.319><c> they</c><00:22:59.500><c> had</c><00:22:59.759><c> now</c><00:23:00.099><c> regrouped.</c><00:23:00.940><c> They</c><00:23:01.140><c> were</c><00:23:01.319><c> now</c><00:23:01.579><c> a</c><00:23:01.640><c> very</c>

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:07.079
strong<00:23:02.460><c> and</c><00:23:02.880><c> powerful</c><00:23:03.880><c> force</c><00:23:04.599><c> and</c><00:23:06.099><c> they</c><00:23:06.299><c> were</c><00:23:06.460><c> prepared</c><00:23:06.819><c> to</c>

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bring<00:23:07.220><c> the</c><00:23:07.440><c> nation</c><00:23:07.680><c> of</c><00:23:07.880><c> Israel</c><00:23:08.220><c> under</c><00:23:08.660><c> complete</c>

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:13.539
objection.<00:23:11.039><c> And</c><00:23:11.059><c> that's</c><00:23:11.440><c> the</c><00:23:11.599><c> position</c><00:23:11.980><c> that</c><00:23:12.240><c> we</c><00:23:12.599><c> find</c><00:23:13.140><c> the</c>

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:16.640
nation<00:23:13.819><c> of</c><00:23:14.019><c> Israel</c><00:23:14.440><c> in</c><00:23:14.900><c> at</c><00:23:15.400><c> this</c><00:23:15.680><c> time.</c>

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:22.240
So<00:23:17.559><c> the,</c><00:23:18.420><c> now</c><00:23:18.559><c> Israel</c><00:23:18.920><c> went</c><00:23:19.160><c> out</c><00:23:19.500><c> to</c><00:23:19.759><c> battle</c><00:23:19.980><c> against</c><00:23:20.559><c> the</c><00:23:21.039><c> Philistines</c><00:23:21.660><c> and</c>

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pitched<00:23:22.420><c> beside</c><00:23:22.940><c> Ebenezer</c><00:23:23.559><c> and</c><00:23:23.759><c> the</c>

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:29.619
Philistines<00:23:24.640><c> pitched</c><00:23:25.119><c> in</c><00:23:26.319><c> Afech.</c><00:23:28.539><c> And</c><00:23:28.759><c> there</c><00:23:28.960><c> between</c><00:23:29.279><c> it</c><00:23:29.440><c> as</c>

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:35.299
we<00:23:29.819><c> said</c><00:23:30.000><c> was</c><00:23:30.299><c> the</c><00:23:31.000><c> Sharon</c><00:23:31.400><c> Valley.</c><00:23:34.319><c> So</c><00:23:34.599><c> in</c><00:23:34.900><c> verse</c>

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:38.440
two<00:23:35.759><c> it</c><00:23:35.900><c> says</c><00:23:36.200><c> the</c><00:23:36.460><c> Philistines</c><00:23:36.900><c> put</c><00:23:37.140><c> themselves</c><00:23:37.900><c> in</c><00:23:38.200><c> a</c><00:23:38.299><c> ray</c>

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against<00:23:38.940><c> Israel</c><00:23:39.339><c> and</c><00:23:39.500><c> when</c><00:23:39.660><c> they</c><00:23:39.920><c> joined</c><00:23:40.160><c> battle,</c>

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Israel<00:23:41.779><c> was</c><00:23:42.279><c> smitten</c><00:23:42.680><c> before</c><00:23:43.140><c> the</c><00:23:43.380><c> Philistines</c><00:23:43.900><c> and</c><00:23:44.099><c> they</c><00:23:44.460><c> slew</c><00:23:44.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:44.980><c> army</c><00:23:45.240><c> in</c><00:23:45.420><c> the</c><00:23:45.660><c> field</c>

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about<00:23:46.799><c> 4</c><00:23:47.220><c>,000</c><00:23:47.579><c> men.</c><00:23:48.880><c> You</c><00:23:48.960><c> know</c><00:23:49.140><c> I</c><00:23:49.180><c> went</c><00:23:49.480><c> to,</c><00:23:50.039><c> I</c><00:23:50.500><c> go</c><00:23:50.640><c> to</c><00:23:50.779><c> Israel</c>

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every<00:23:51.440><c> year</c><00:23:51.799><c> with</c><00:23:52.079><c> the</c><00:23:53.160><c> Logos</c><00:23:53.900><c> tour</c><00:23:54.480><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:57.259><c> guy,</c><00:23:57.660><c> we</c><00:23:57.880><c> had</c><00:23:58.079><c> a</c><00:23:58.259><c> new</c><00:23:58.460><c> guide</c><00:23:58.799><c> and</c><00:23:59.000><c> he</c><00:23:59.200><c> said</c><00:23:59.319><c> is</c><00:23:59.420><c> there</c><00:23:59.599><c> anywhere</c><00:23:59.839><c> we'd</c>

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like<00:24:00.680><c> to</c><00:24:01.000><c> see?</c>

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Yes<00:24:02.359><c> there's</c><00:24:02.599><c> one</c><00:24:02.859><c> place</c><00:24:03.059><c> I'd</c><00:24:03.319><c> love</c><00:24:03.440><c> to</c><00:24:03.599><c> see</c><00:24:03.740><c> and</c><00:24:04.079><c> I</c><00:24:04.279><c> didn't</c><00:24:04.720><c> believe</c><00:24:05.039><c> that</c><00:24:05.200><c> he'd</c><00:24:05.359><c> be</c>

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able<00:24:05.539><c> to</c><00:24:05.700><c> show</c><00:24:05.839><c> us</c><00:24:06.059><c> and</c>

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I<00:24:06.660><c> said</c><00:24:06.759><c> I'd</c><00:24:07.019><c> like</c><00:24:07.119><c> to</c><00:24:07.319><c> go</c><00:24:07.579><c> and</c><00:24:08.059><c> stand</c><00:24:08.220><c> upon</c><00:24:08.680><c> Ebenezer.</c><00:24:09.279><c> I'd</c><00:24:09.480><c> been</c><00:24:09.680><c> studying</c><00:24:10.119><c> Samuel</c><00:24:10.640><c> and</c><00:24:11.880><c> I</c>

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thought<00:24:12.099><c> it</c><00:24:12.359><c> would</c>

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be<00:24:12.720><c> lovely</c><00:24:13.339><c> to</c><00:24:14.039><c> just</c><00:24:14.279><c> to</c><00:24:14.960><c> be</c><00:24:15.160><c> there,</c><00:24:16.000><c> just</c><00:24:16.240><c> to</c><00:24:16.519><c> try</c><00:24:16.680><c> and</c><00:24:17.099><c> feel</c>

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the<00:24:17.799><c> circumstances</c><00:24:18.359><c> of</c><00:24:18.519><c> that</c><00:24:18.759><c> battle.</c><00:24:19.380><c> He</c><00:24:19.619><c> said</c>

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if<00:24:19.900><c> you</c><00:24:19.960><c> want</c><00:24:20.039><c> to</c><00:24:20.160><c> go</c><00:24:20.279><c> there</c><00:24:20.400><c> I'll</c><00:24:20.619><c> take</c><00:24:20.819><c> you</c><00:24:20.940><c> there</c><00:24:21.059><c> this</c><00:24:21.259><c> morning.</c><00:24:22.539><c> Fantastic,</c><00:24:23.900><c> great.</c><00:24:25.720><c> You</c>

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know<00:24:26.240><c> it</c><00:24:26.779><c> was</c><00:24:27.000><c> worth</c>

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everything<00:24:27.500><c> I</c><00:24:27.700><c> spent</c><00:24:27.960><c> on</c><00:24:28.180><c> that</c><00:24:28.400><c> trip</c><00:24:28.700><c> to</c><00:24:29.079><c> go</c><00:24:29.259><c> and</c><00:24:29.500><c> stand</c><00:24:29.640><c> upon</c>

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Ebenezer,<00:24:31.619><c> not</c><00:24:31.900><c> because</c><00:24:32.099><c> it</c><00:24:32.200><c> was</c><00:24:32.339><c> something</c><00:24:32.599><c> to</c>

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rejoice<00:24:33.220><c> in</c><00:24:33.420><c> but</c><00:24:33.660><c> to</c><00:24:34.099><c> consider</c><00:24:34.559><c> the</c><00:24:35.000><c> circumstances</c><00:24:35.720><c> of</c><00:24:35.980><c> the</c>

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nation<00:24:36.380><c> of</c><00:24:36.539><c> Israel</c><00:24:37.000><c> and</c><00:24:37.740><c> to</c><00:24:38.019><c> reflect</c><00:24:38.319><c> upon</c><00:24:38.680><c> the</c>

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what<00:24:39.559><c> happened</c><00:24:39.940><c> on</c><00:24:40.180><c> that</c><00:24:41.039><c> particular,</c><00:24:41.660><c> that</c><00:24:41.980><c> particular</c><00:24:42.500><c> time</c><00:24:42.799><c> in</c>

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these<00:24:43.240><c> battles</c><00:24:43.579><c> that</c><00:24:43.859><c> were</c><00:24:44.119><c> joined</c><00:24:44.500><c> on</c><00:24:45.200><c> that</c>

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plain<00:24:45.700><c> of</c><00:24:46.000><c> Sharon.</c><00:24:46.960><c> I</c><00:24:47.180><c> looked</c><00:24:47.319><c> out</c><00:24:47.579><c> across</c><00:24:47.940><c> that</c><00:24:48.200><c> area</c><00:24:48.400><c> and</c><00:24:48.579><c> I</c>

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saw<00:24:49.000><c> the</c><00:24:50.099><c> 4</c><00:24:50.359><c>,000</c><00:24:50.900><c> slain</c><00:24:51.740><c> and</c><00:24:52.200><c> what</c><00:24:52.359><c> that</c><00:24:52.640><c> must</c><00:24:52.799><c> have</c><00:24:52.980><c> done</c>

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to<00:24:53.200><c> Israel.</c><00:24:55.339><c> Saw</c><00:24:55.519><c> the</c><00:24:55.720><c> Ark</c><00:24:55.960><c> of</c><00:24:56.980><c> the</c><00:24:57.200><c> Covenant</c><00:24:57.579><c> brought</c><00:24:57.859><c> right</c>

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into<00:24:58.440><c> the</c><00:24:58.559><c> midst</c><00:24:58.740><c> of</c><00:24:59.559><c> that</c><00:24:59.839><c> plain</c><00:25:00.319><c> and</c><00:25:01.420><c> 30</c><00:25:01.720><c>,000</c>

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died.<00:25:03.759><c> You</c><00:25:03.880><c> can</c><00:25:04.039><c> imagine</c><00:25:04.339><c> the</c><00:25:04.460><c> number</c><00:25:04.740><c> of</c><00:25:04.980><c> homes</c><00:25:05.420><c> and</c><00:25:05.680><c> villages</c><00:25:06.319><c> throughout</c><00:25:07.000><c> the</c><00:25:07.180><c> whole</c><00:25:07.359><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:25:08.019><c> that</c>

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must<00:25:09.240><c> have</c><00:25:09.460><c> mourned</c><00:25:09.740><c> on</c><00:25:09.960><c> that</c><00:25:10.240><c> day.</c><00:25:11.859><c> Why?</c><00:25:13.720><c> Because</c><00:25:14.319><c> the</c><00:25:14.539><c> nation</c><00:25:14.859><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:25:15.460><c> had</c><00:25:15.779><c> turned</c><00:25:16.059><c> their</c><00:25:16.440><c> back</c><00:25:16.700><c> upon</c><00:25:17.039><c> their</c>

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God.<00:25:19.119><c> True,</c><00:25:20.440><c> they</c><00:25:20.599><c> were</c><00:25:20.819><c> worshipping</c><00:25:21.200><c> him</c><00:25:21.380><c> in</c><00:25:21.480><c> a</c><00:25:21.660><c> measure.</c><00:25:22.940><c> We</c>

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might<00:25:23.440><c> worship</c><00:25:23.759><c> him</c><00:25:23.960><c> in</c><00:25:24.119><c> a</c><00:25:24.259><c> measure.</c>

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A<00:25:27.759><c> nation</c><00:25:28.319><c> that</c><00:25:29.480><c> had</c><00:25:30.220><c> marvelous</c><00:25:31.140><c> privileges</c><00:25:31.940><c> but</c><00:25:33.579><c> didn't</c><00:25:33.960><c> live</c><00:25:34.200><c> up</c>

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to<00:25:34.579><c> its</c><00:25:34.960><c> responsibilities</c>

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and<00:25:37.900><c> 34</c><00:25:38.480><c>,000</c><00:25:39.180><c> died</c><00:25:39.759><c> in</c><00:25:40.859><c> those</c><00:25:41.180><c> two</c><00:25:41.480><c> battles</c><00:25:41.839><c> that</c><00:25:42.099><c> were</c><00:25:42.339><c> joined</c>

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because<00:25:42.940><c> they</c><00:25:43.259><c> failed</c><00:25:43.519><c> to</c><00:25:43.720><c> give</c><00:25:43.819><c> themselves</c>

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unto<00:25:45.380><c> Yahweh.</c><00:25:46.440><c> Listen</c><00:25:46.799><c> to</c><00:25:47.599><c> their</c><00:25:47.859><c> conversation</c><00:25:48.640><c> as</c><00:25:48.920><c> it</c><00:25:48.920><c> is</c><00:25:49.440><c> given</c><00:25:49.700><c> to</c>

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us<00:25:50.559><c> in</c><00:25:51.579><c> verse</c><00:25:51.859><c> three.</c>

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The<00:25:54.680><c> battle</c><00:25:55.000><c> had</c><00:25:55.240><c> been</c><00:25:55.579><c> joined,</c><00:25:56.440><c> 4</c><00:25:56.599><c>,000</c><00:25:57.119><c> died,</c><00:25:58.039><c> they</c><00:25:58.240><c> retracted</c><00:25:58.920><c> back</c><00:25:59.319><c> the</c>

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Philistines<00:26:00.059><c> to</c><00:26:00.339><c> their</c><00:26:00.539><c> section</c>

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in<00:26:01.859><c> Aphek,</c><00:26:02.779><c> the</c><00:26:03.019><c> Israelite</c><00:26:03.519><c> back</c><00:26:03.720><c> to</c><00:26:03.960><c> Ebenezer.</c><00:26:05.839><c> When</c><00:26:06.059><c> the</c><00:26:06.200><c> people</c><00:26:06.640><c> were</c><00:26:06.900><c> coming</c><00:26:07.099><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:07.559><c> camp,</c>

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the<00:26:09.700><c> elders</c><00:26:10.140><c> said,</c><00:26:11.460><c> the</c><00:26:12.059><c> elders</c><00:26:12.640><c> said,</c><00:26:13.500><c> these</c><00:26:13.799><c> were</c><00:26:14.039><c> the</c><00:26:14.160><c> ones</c>

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that<00:26:14.500><c> should</c><00:26:14.700><c> have</c><00:26:14.839><c> known</c><00:26:15.079><c> the</c><00:26:15.299><c> answer</c><00:26:15.460><c> to</c><00:26:15.700><c> the</c>

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question<00:26:16.660><c> that</c><00:26:16.880><c> they</c><00:26:17.079><c> now</c><00:26:17.299><c> put.</c><00:26:18.279><c> The</c><00:26:18.500><c> elders</c><00:26:18.799><c> said,</c><00:26:19.940><c> wherefore</c><00:26:20.880><c> hath</c><00:26:21.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:22.579><c> smitten</c><00:26:23.200><c> us</c>

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today<00:26:24.500><c> before</c><00:26:25.019><c> the</c>

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Philistines?<00:26:27.559><c> Wherefore?</c><00:26:28.579><c> What</c><00:26:28.900><c> a</c><00:26:29.259><c> question</c><00:26:29.539><c> to</c><00:26:29.859><c> ask.</c><00:26:31.079><c> True,</c>

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we<00:26:31.500><c> can</c><00:26:31.700><c> open</c><00:26:31.900><c> the</c><00:26:32.160><c> divine</c><00:26:32.480><c> pages</c><00:26:32.880><c> and</c><00:26:33.160><c> we</c><00:26:33.359><c> can</c><00:26:33.660><c> see</c>

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why<00:26:34.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:34.839><c> had</c><00:26:35.119><c> smitten</c><00:26:35.339><c> them</c><00:26:35.680><c> because</c><00:26:36.500><c> of</c><00:26:36.700><c> their</c><00:26:36.880><c> very</c><00:26:37.160><c> attitude,</c><00:26:38.099><c> their</c><00:26:38.339><c> laxity</c><00:26:38.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:39.140><c> things</c><00:26:39.279><c> of</c><00:26:39.599><c> God.</c>

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But<00:26:41.500><c> their</c><00:26:41.740><c> question</c><00:26:42.180><c> was,</c><00:26:42.859><c> wherefore</c><00:26:43.640><c> hath</c><00:26:43.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:44.380><c> smitten</c>

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us?<00:26:45.099><c> They</c><00:26:45.420><c> were</c><00:26:45.599><c> the</c><00:26:45.759><c> ones</c><00:26:45.900><c> who</c><00:26:46.140><c> knew</c><00:26:46.299><c> the</c>

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answer<00:26:47.019><c> or</c><00:26:47.579><c> should</c><00:26:47.880><c> have</c><00:26:48.039><c> known</c><00:26:48.200><c> the</c><00:26:48.400><c> answer</c><00:26:48.660><c> to</c><00:26:48.859><c> the</c><00:26:49.039><c> question.</c><00:26:49.779><c> The</c><00:26:50.059><c> sin</c>

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of<00:26:50.420><c> Israel</c><00:26:50.759><c> was</c><00:26:51.000><c> the</c><00:26:51.339><c> cause.</c>

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The<00:26:52.759><c> laxity</c><00:26:53.279><c> of</c><00:26:53.579><c> Israel</c><00:26:53.759><c> was</c><00:26:53.980><c> the</c><00:26:54.220><c> cause.</c><00:26:54.660><c> Let's</c><00:26:54.980><c> look</c><00:26:55.180><c> at</c><00:26:55.339><c> the</c>

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answer<00:26:56.079><c> of</c><00:26:57.019><c> what</c><00:26:57.180><c> the</c><00:26:57.500><c> problem</c><00:26:57.740><c> was.</c><00:26:58.000><c> Why</c>

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Yahweh<00:26:59.299><c> had</c><00:26:59.779><c> smitten</c><00:27:00.160><c> them?</c><00:27:00.799><c> Turn</c><00:27:01.140><c> to</c><00:27:01.960><c> Psalm</c><00:27:02.380><c> 78</c><00:27:03.259><c> and</c><00:27:04.640><c> verse</c><00:27:05.059><c> 58.</c>

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Psalm<00:27:08.000><c> 78</c><00:27:08.660><c> and</c><00:27:08.900><c> verse</c><00:27:09.160><c> 58.</c>

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And<00:27:14.539><c> it's</c><00:27:14.700><c> talking</c><00:27:15.019><c> about</c><00:27:15.339><c> the</c><00:27:15.740><c> times</c><00:27:16.220><c> of</c><00:27:17.880><c> this</c><00:27:18.160><c> battle.</c><00:27:19.920><c> Specifically,</c><00:27:20.859><c> the</c>

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psalm<00:27:21.339><c> is</c><00:27:21.460><c> dealing</c><00:27:21.740><c> with</c><00:27:22.000><c> this.</c>

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Psalm<00:27:24.720><c> 78</c><00:27:25.339><c> and</c><00:27:25.559><c> verse</c><00:27:25.799><c> 58.</c><00:27:26.720><c> For</c><00:27:26.859><c> they</c><00:27:27.200><c> provoked</c><00:27:27.799><c> him</c><00:27:28.539><c> to</c><00:27:29.339><c> anger</c>

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with<00:27:31.019><c> their</c><00:27:31.359><c> high</c><00:27:31.700><c> places</c>

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and<00:27:34.319><c> moved</c><00:27:34.599><c> him</c><00:27:34.799><c> to</c><00:27:35.000><c> jealousy</c><00:27:35.380><c> with</c><00:27:35.640><c> their</c><00:27:35.940><c> graven</c><00:27:36.200><c> images.</c>

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And<00:27:37.599><c> let's</c><00:27:37.839><c> understand</c><00:27:38.460><c> this,</c><00:27:39.140><c> what</c><00:27:39.359><c> we</c><00:27:39.599><c> need</c><00:27:39.779><c> to</c>

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work<00:27:40.599><c> out,</c><00:27:42.059><c> that</c><00:27:42.160><c> when</c><00:27:42.380><c> it</c><00:27:42.619><c> speaks</c><00:27:42.839><c> of</c><00:27:43.059><c> Israel</c><00:27:43.400><c> turning</c><00:27:43.859><c> to</c><00:27:44.279><c> graven</c><00:27:44.619><c> images,</c><00:27:45.400><c> to</c>

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Baal<00:27:45.740><c> and</c><00:27:45.920><c> so</c><00:27:46.220><c> forth,</c>

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it<00:27:47.460><c> wasn't</c><00:27:47.920><c> a</c><00:27:48.319><c> total</c><00:27:48.740><c> repudiation</c><00:27:49.559><c> of</c><00:27:49.819><c> Yahweh.</c><00:27:50.880><c> They</c><00:27:51.059><c> still</c>

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continue<00:27:51.819><c> to</c><00:27:52.059><c> do</c><00:27:52.240><c> certain</c><00:27:52.599><c> services</c><00:27:53.140><c> for</c><00:27:53.420><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:58.359
Let's<00:27:54.819><c> understand</c><00:27:55.380><c> that.</c><00:27:56.779><c> It's</c><00:27:56.940><c> like</c><00:27:57.039><c> going</c><00:27:57.279><c> to</c><00:27:57.579><c> a</c><00:27:57.779><c> memorial</c>

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meeting<00:27:58.680><c> on</c><00:27:58.940><c> a</c><00:27:59.039><c> Sunday.</c><00:27:59.380><c> They're</c><00:27:59.559><c> prepared</c>

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:03.420
to<00:28:00.140><c> do</c><00:28:00.339><c> that.</c><00:28:00.740><c> Perhaps</c><00:28:01.099><c> go</c><00:28:01.339><c> to</c><00:28:01.420><c> several</c><00:28:01.799><c> Bible</c><00:28:02.200><c> classes.</c><00:28:03.299><c> But</c>

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:06.319
their<00:28:03.660><c> heart</c><00:28:03.859><c> was</c><00:28:04.099><c> given</c><00:28:04.299><c> over</c><00:28:04.619><c> to</c><00:28:04.859><c> graven</c><00:28:05.299><c> images,</c>

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to<00:28:06.519><c> the</c><00:28:06.740><c> idolatrous</c><00:28:07.279><c> worship.</c><00:28:08.059><c> You</c><00:28:08.200><c> remember</c><00:28:08.480><c> when</c><00:28:08.859><c> Elijah</c><00:28:09.819><c> came</c><00:28:10.160><c> to</c><00:28:10.380><c> them.</c><00:28:10.839><c> It</c><00:28:11.000><c> wasn't</c><00:28:11.299><c> a</c>

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matter<00:28:11.619><c> of</c><00:28:11.839><c> you</c>

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serving<00:28:12.880><c> Baal.</c><00:28:13.660><c> He</c><00:28:13.900><c> said,</c><00:28:14.539><c> how</c><00:28:14.680><c> long</c><00:28:14.880><c> do</c><00:28:15.059><c> you</c><00:28:15.200><c> hold</c><00:28:15.539><c> between</c>

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two<00:28:16.779><c> opinions?</c><00:28:18.480><c> They're</c><00:28:19.019><c> worshiping</c><00:28:19.619><c> God</c>

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and<00:28:20.539><c> they're</c><00:28:20.740><c> worshiping</c><00:28:21.259><c> Baal.</c><00:28:22.220><c> They're</c><00:28:22.380><c> worshiping</c><00:28:22.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:23.240><c> and</c><00:28:23.480><c> Baal.</c><00:28:24.420><c> Both.</c><00:28:26.200><c> It</c><00:28:26.339><c> was</c><00:28:26.660><c> a</c>

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lax<00:28:27.279><c> attitude</c><00:28:27.819><c> on</c>

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the<00:28:28.240><c> part</c><00:28:28.400><c> of</c><00:28:28.619><c> Israel</c><00:28:29.059><c> that</c><00:28:29.779><c> caused</c><00:28:30.099><c> their</c><00:28:30.400><c> defeat</c><00:28:30.660><c> at</c><00:28:30.859><c> the</c><00:28:30.980><c> hands</c><00:28:31.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:31.500><c> Philistines.</c><00:28:32.200><c> And</c><00:28:32.460><c> here</c><00:28:32.619><c> is</c><00:28:32.799><c> the</c>

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:39.019
statement<00:28:33.359><c> that's</c><00:28:33.680><c> given.</c><00:28:34.420><c> They</c><00:28:34.619><c> provoked</c><00:28:35.140><c> him</c><00:28:35.380><c> to</c><00:28:35.680><c> anger</c><00:28:36.220><c> with</c><00:28:36.440><c> their</c><00:28:36.720><c> high</c><00:28:37.039><c> places,</c><00:28:37.920><c> moved</c><00:28:38.180><c> him</c><00:28:38.400><c> to</c><00:28:38.619><c> jealousy</c>

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with<00:28:39.420><c> their</c><00:28:39.839><c> graven</c><00:28:40.359><c> images.</c><00:28:41.559><c> When</c><00:28:41.779><c> God</c><00:28:42.039><c> heard</c><00:28:42.319><c> this,</c><00:28:44.000><c> he</c><00:28:44.000><c> was</c>

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rough<00:28:44.759><c> and</c><00:28:45.559><c> greatly</c><00:28:46.039><c> abhorred</c><00:28:46.920><c> Israel,</c>

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so<00:28:48.559><c> that</c><00:28:48.740><c> he</c><00:28:48.960><c> forsook</c><00:28:49.400><c> the</c><00:28:49.700><c> tabernacle</c><00:28:50.900><c> of</c><00:28:51.420><c> Shiloh.</c><00:28:52.819><c> And</c><00:28:53.039><c> let's</c><00:28:53.279><c> understand</c><00:28:53.859><c> when</c>

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this<00:28:54.400><c> happened,</c>

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that<00:28:55.599><c> was</c><00:28:55.799><c> the</c><00:28:55.900><c> end</c><00:28:56.019><c> of</c><00:28:56.259><c> Shiloh,</c><00:28:57.059><c> which</c><00:28:57.200><c> was</c><00:28:57.380><c> really</c><00:28:57.640><c> the</c><00:28:57.799><c> capital</c><00:28:58.079><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:28:59.880><c> Shiloh</c><00:29:00.240><c> went</c><00:29:00.460><c> really</c><00:29:00.799><c> out</c>

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:06.519
of<00:29:01.180><c> existence</c><00:29:01.539><c> after</c><00:29:02.019><c> this.</c><00:29:04.859><c> So</c><00:29:05.079><c> he</c><00:29:05.480><c> forsook</c><00:29:05.900><c> the</c><00:29:06.099><c> tabernacle</c>

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:08.740
of<00:29:06.799><c> Shiloh,</c><00:29:07.680><c> the</c><00:29:07.859><c> tent</c><00:29:08.039><c> which</c><00:29:08.220><c> he</c><00:29:08.480><c> placed</c>

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amongst<00:29:09.140><c> them,</c><00:29:10.279><c> delivered</c><00:29:10.579><c> his</c><00:29:10.920><c> strength,</c><00:29:12.000><c> his</c><00:29:12.480><c> strength</c>

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into<00:29:13.720><c> captivity</c><00:29:14.299><c> and</c><00:29:14.700><c> his</c><00:29:15.039><c> glory</c><00:29:15.579><c> into</c>

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the<00:29:16.339><c> enemy's</c><00:29:16.779><c> hand.</c><00:29:17.859><c> He</c><00:29:18.000><c> gave</c><00:29:18.259><c> his</c><00:29:18.539><c> people</c><00:29:18.779><c> over</c><00:29:19.400><c> also</c><00:29:20.000><c> unto</c>

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the<00:29:20.579><c> sword</c><00:29:21.059><c> and</c><00:29:21.700><c> was</c><00:29:22.039><c> wroth</c><00:29:22.359><c> with</c><00:29:22.619><c> his</c><00:29:22.880><c> inheritance.</c>

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The<00:29:24.380><c> reason?</c><00:29:25.339><c> Because</c><00:29:25.700><c> they</c><00:29:26.000><c> forsook</c><00:29:26.319><c> him.</c><00:29:27.299><c> So</c><00:29:27.519><c> God</c><00:29:28.240><c> forsook</c>

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the<00:29:29.440><c> nation</c><00:29:29.759><c> of</c><00:29:30.059><c> Israel.</c><00:29:31.180><c> So</c><00:29:31.359><c> they</c><00:29:31.619><c> were</c>

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:37.160
this<00:29:32.559><c> disaster</c><00:29:33.279><c> and</c><00:29:33.559><c> tragedy</c><00:29:34.160><c> struck</c><00:29:34.759><c> at</c><00:29:34.960><c> the</c><00:29:35.019><c> very</c><00:29:35.480><c> heart</c><00:29:36.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:37.279><c> nation</c><00:29:37.599><c> of</c><00:29:37.759><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:29:41.000><c> going</c><00:29:41.279><c> back</c><00:29:41.759><c> to</c><00:29:43.559><c> that</c><00:29:44.180><c> fourth</c><00:29:44.700><c> chapter</c><00:29:45.099><c> in</c><00:29:45.319><c> verse</c><00:29:45.539><c> three,</c>

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Fetch<00:29:46.740><c> the</c><00:29:47.140><c> ark</c><00:29:47.440><c> of</c><00:29:47.819><c> the</c><00:29:48.180><c> covenant</c><00:29:48.619><c> of</c><00:29:48.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:49.259><c> out</c><00:29:49.460><c> of</c><00:29:49.720><c> Shiloh</c>

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unto<00:29:50.779><c> us,</c><00:29:52.000><c> that</c><00:29:52.140><c> when</c><00:29:52.339><c> it</c><00:29:52.619><c> cometh</c><00:29:52.799><c> among</c><00:29:53.180><c> us,</c>

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it<00:29:54.019><c> may</c><00:29:54.359><c> save</c><00:29:54.740><c> us</c><00:29:55.380><c> out</c><00:29:55.619><c> of</c><00:29:55.819><c> the</c><00:29:56.400><c> hand</c><00:29:56.779><c> of</c><00:29:57.039><c> our</c><00:29:57.319><c> enemies.</c><00:29:58.740><c> This</c>

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:01.640
is<00:29:59.240><c> what</c><00:29:59.400><c> they</c><00:29:59.660><c> said.</c><00:29:59.839><c> Let's</c><00:30:00.319><c> fetch</c><00:30:00.519><c> the</c><00:30:00.839><c> ark.</c>

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And<00:30:03.740><c> the</c><00:30:03.920><c> defeat</c><00:30:04.559><c> that</c><00:30:05.240><c> day</c><00:30:05.960><c> of</c><00:30:07.599><c> the</c><00:30:07.720><c> nation</c><00:30:08.019><c> of</c><00:30:08.119><c> Israel</c><00:30:08.460><c> opened</c><00:30:08.799><c> the</c>

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way<00:30:09.220><c> for</c><00:30:09.579><c> further</c><00:30:09.960><c> advances</c><00:30:10.400><c> by</c><00:30:10.759><c> the</c>

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:17.779
Philistines<00:30:11.619><c> and</c><00:30:12.019><c> the</c><00:30:12.299><c> complete</c><00:30:13.180><c> domination</c><00:30:14.779><c> of</c><00:30:15.000><c> the</c><00:30:15.079><c> nation.</c><00:30:17.119><c> Yahweh</c>

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remained<00:30:18.660><c> silent</c><00:30:19.259><c> to</c><00:30:19.500><c> their</c><00:30:19.819><c> pleas.</c>

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And<00:30:21.759><c> so</c><00:30:21.900><c> they</c><00:30:22.140><c> thought</c><00:30:22.460><c> perhaps</c><00:30:22.980><c> the</c><00:30:23.200><c> ark</c><00:30:23.339><c> can</c><00:30:23.559><c> help.</c><00:30:25.900><c> It</c><00:30:26.099><c> had</c>

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:28.559
on<00:30:26.460><c> other</c><00:30:26.660><c> occasions</c><00:30:27.220><c> when</c><00:30:27.500><c> it</c><00:30:27.779><c> had</c><00:30:27.940><c> gone</c><00:30:28.200><c> into</c>

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:34.460
battle<00:30:29.299><c> with</c><00:30:29.619><c> the</c><00:30:30.220><c> people</c><00:30:30.720><c> of</c><00:30:30.819><c> Israel.</c><00:30:32.000><c> You</c><00:30:32.059><c> remember</c><00:30:32.599><c> the</c><00:30:33.359><c> circumstances</c><00:30:34.140><c> of</c>

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:36.380
Joshua<00:30:34.960><c> where</c><00:30:35.819><c> it</c><00:30:35.940><c> was</c><00:30:36.099><c> taken</c>

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:40.519
into<00:30:36.660><c> battle</c><00:30:37.019><c> against</c><00:30:37.519><c> the</c><00:30:38.140><c> people</c><00:30:38.440><c> of</c><00:30:38.720><c> Jericho.</c><00:30:39.920><c> It</c><00:30:40.119><c> had</c><00:30:40.259><c> on</c>

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a<00:30:40.640><c> previous</c><00:30:41.000><c> occasion.</c>

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And<00:30:44.779><c> as</c><00:30:45.000><c> the</c><00:30:45.220><c> dwelling</c><00:30:45.400><c> place</c><00:30:45.779><c> of</c><00:30:46.099><c> Yahweh,</c><00:30:46.539><c> the</c><00:30:46.700><c> ark</c><00:30:46.900><c> would</c>

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bring<00:30:47.380><c> the</c><00:30:47.779><c> presence,</c>

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they<00:30:48.880><c> felt</c><00:30:49.140><c> the</c><00:30:49.440><c> presence</c><00:30:49.759><c> and</c><00:30:50.180><c> influence</c><00:30:50.599><c> of</c><00:30:50.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:51.299><c> to</c><00:30:51.519><c> the</c>

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army<00:30:52.099><c> with</c><00:30:52.359><c> a</c><00:30:52.640><c> consequent</c><00:30:53.000><c> victory.</c>

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:56.240
You<00:30:54.079><c> know</c><00:30:54.240><c> it</c><00:30:54.319><c> did</c><00:30:54.559><c> bring</c><00:30:54.720><c> the</c><00:30:54.940><c> presence</c><00:30:55.180><c> of</c><00:30:55.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:55.720><c> into</c><00:30:55.980><c> the</c>

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nation<00:30:56.500><c> of</c><00:30:56.740><c> Israel</c><00:30:56.980><c> that</c><00:30:57.240><c> day.</c>

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There<00:30:58.799><c> was</c><00:30:59.200><c> the</c><00:30:59.299><c> presence</c><00:30:59.680><c> of</c><00:30:59.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:00.960><c> in</c><00:31:01.660><c> that</c><00:31:02.640><c> plane</c><00:31:03.319><c> of</c><00:31:03.599><c> Sharon</c><00:31:03.980><c> between</c><00:31:04.740><c> Afech</c><00:31:05.240><c> and</c><00:31:05.440><c> Ebenezer.</c>

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.859
Yahweh<00:31:08.000><c> was</c><00:31:08.400><c> there,</c><00:31:10.099><c> not</c><00:31:10.259><c> the</c><00:31:10.420><c> way</c><00:31:10.579><c> Israel</c><00:31:11.000><c> wanted</c><00:31:11.359><c> him</c><00:31:11.559><c> to</c><00:31:11.700><c> be</c>

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there,<00:31:13.180><c> but</c><00:31:13.220><c> he</c><00:31:13.339><c> was</c><00:31:13.660><c> there</c><00:31:14.240><c> and</c><00:31:14.859><c> brought</c><00:31:15.079><c> about</c>

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:19.160
the<00:31:15.640><c> defeat</c><00:31:16.220><c> of</c><00:31:16.460><c> the</c><00:31:16.559><c> nation</c><00:31:16.859><c> of</c><00:31:17.079><c> Israel.</c><00:31:17.619><c> Not</c><00:31:17.839><c> their</c><00:31:18.079><c> victory,</c><00:31:18.980><c> but</c>

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.259
rather<00:31:19.480><c> their</c><00:31:19.740><c> defeat.</c><00:31:20.839><c> They</c><00:31:21.059><c> thought</c>

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that<00:31:21.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:21.779><c> had</c><00:31:21.980><c> forsaken</c><00:31:22.380><c> them.</c><00:31:23.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:23.559><c> had</c><00:31:23.799><c> in</c><00:31:24.000><c> a</c><00:31:24.180><c> measure</c><00:31:24.519><c> that</c>

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Yahweh<00:31:25.779><c> was</c><00:31:25.980><c> moving</c><00:31:26.299><c> against</c><00:31:26.720><c> that</c>

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wicked<00:31:27.480><c> and</c><00:31:27.799><c> disobedient</c><00:31:29.039><c> nation</c><00:31:29.680><c> who</c><00:31:30.160><c> had</c><00:31:30.420><c> neglected</c><00:31:31.200><c> the</c>

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service<00:31:32.059><c> of</c><00:31:32.299><c> Yahweh.</c><00:31:33.480><c> And</c><00:31:33.660><c> so</c><00:31:33.859><c> the</c><00:31:34.000><c> most</c><00:31:34.480><c> sacred</c>

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object<00:31:35.619><c> in</c><00:31:35.779><c> Israel</c><00:31:36.380><c> where</c><00:31:37.000><c> rest</c><00:31:37.339><c> of</c><00:31:37.539><c> the</c><00:31:37.660><c> Shekinah</c><00:31:38.220><c> glory</c><00:31:38.599><c> was</c>

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brought<00:31:39.160><c> into</c><00:31:39.440><c> the</c><00:31:39.599><c> midst</c><00:31:39.920><c> of</c><00:31:40.480><c> that</c><00:31:40.740><c> camp.</c>

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:46.720
And<00:31:42.119><c> what</c><00:31:42.559><c> indignity</c><00:31:43.779><c> the</c><00:31:44.900><c> ark</c><00:31:45.059><c> had</c><00:31:45.299><c> been</c><00:31:45.720><c> treated</c><00:31:46.059><c> in</c><00:31:46.339><c> times</c>

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of<00:31:47.160><c> prosperity.</c><00:31:48.200><c> They'd</c><00:31:48.500><c> turned</c><00:31:48.720><c> their</c><00:31:48.980><c> back</c>

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:55.000
upon<00:31:49.460><c> it.</c><00:31:50.599><c> What</c><00:31:51.000><c> profanities</c><00:31:52.119><c> the</c><00:31:52.880><c> ark</c><00:31:53.099><c> had</c><00:31:53.559><c> witnessed.</c><00:31:54.940><c> And</c>

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.859
it<00:31:55.079><c> was</c><00:31:55.460><c> the</c><00:31:55.640><c> height</c><00:31:55.839><c> of</c><00:31:56.259><c> hypocrisy</c>

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and<00:31:58.359><c> folly</c><00:31:58.680><c> to</c><00:31:58.900><c> rest</c><00:31:59.119><c> upon</c><00:31:59.400><c> the</c><00:31:59.660><c> ark</c><00:31:59.819><c> now.</c><00:32:01.079><c> Now</c><00:32:01.259><c> I'd</c><00:32:01.440><c> like</c><00:32:01.619><c> you</c>

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to<00:32:01.960><c> consider</c><00:32:02.400><c> for</c><00:32:02.680><c> a</c><00:32:02.839><c> moment</c>

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when<00:32:04.359><c> it</c><00:32:04.559><c> speaks</c><00:32:04.880><c> of</c><00:32:05.220><c> the</c><00:32:05.799><c> covenant,</c><00:32:06.359><c> the</c><00:32:06.700><c> ark</c><00:32:06.980><c> of</c><00:32:07.240><c> the</c><00:32:07.400><c> covenant.</c><00:32:08.140><c> The</c><00:32:08.299><c> nation</c><00:32:08.660><c> of</c>

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:10.519
Israel<00:32:09.680><c> were</c><00:32:10.140><c> in</c>

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:14.380
covenant<00:32:10.940><c> relationship</c><00:32:12.000><c> with</c><00:32:12.599><c> Almighty</c><00:32:13.079><c> God.</c><00:32:13.859><c> They'd</c><00:32:14.200><c> made</c>

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:16.099
a<00:32:14.660><c> covenant</c><00:32:14.920><c> with</c><00:32:15.259><c> him.</c>

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Let's<00:32:16.839><c> turn</c><00:32:17.220><c> to</c><00:32:17.559><c> the,</c><00:32:17.859><c> well</c><00:32:18.140><c> let's</c><00:32:18.480><c> just</c><00:32:18.740><c> go</c><00:32:18.940><c> and</c><00:32:19.119><c> consider</c><00:32:19.500><c> how</c><00:32:19.900><c> a</c>

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.480
covenant<00:32:20.220><c> was</c><00:32:20.519><c> made</c><00:32:20.839><c> for</c><00:32:21.079><c> a</c><00:32:21.240><c> moment.</c>

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:28.359
The<00:32:22.119><c> 15th</c><00:32:22.700><c> chapter</c><00:32:23.180><c> of</c><00:32:23.640><c> Genesis.</c><00:32:25.359><c> Very</c><00:32:25.680><c> interesting</c><00:32:26.180><c> to</c><00:32:26.440><c> consider</c><00:32:26.900><c> this.</c><00:32:27.900><c> The</c>

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.559
covenant<00:32:28.720><c> that</c><00:32:28.940><c> was</c><00:32:29.180><c> made</c>

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:34.079
between<00:32:30.119><c> Abraham</c><00:32:31.019><c> and</c><00:32:31.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:32.339><c> and</c><00:32:32.940><c> the</c><00:32:33.200><c> mediator</c><00:32:33.599><c> of</c><00:32:33.779><c> that</c>

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:36.819
covenant<00:32:34.640><c> was</c><00:32:35.140><c> the</c><00:32:35.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:35.480><c> Jesus</c><00:32:35.880><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:42.740
Very<00:32:37.339><c> briefly</c><00:32:38.000><c> it</c><00:32:38.799><c> speaks</c><00:32:39.279><c> of</c><00:32:39.779><c> verse</c><00:32:40.220><c> 9,</c><00:32:41.539><c> Genesis</c><00:32:41.859><c> 15</c><00:32:42.380><c> verse</c>

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9.<00:32:43.779><c> He</c><00:32:43.859><c> said</c><00:32:44.160><c> unto</c><00:32:44.500><c> him,</c>

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Take<00:32:47.200><c> an</c><00:32:47.420><c> heifer</c><00:32:47.700><c> of</c><00:32:47.900><c> three</c><00:32:48.180><c> years</c><00:32:48.440><c> old</c><00:32:48.619><c> and</c><00:32:48.779><c> a</c><00:32:48.940><c> she</c><00:32:49.140><c>-gate</c><00:32:49.339><c> of</c><00:32:49.500><c> three</c><00:32:49.740><c> years</c><00:32:50.000><c> old</c><00:32:50.319><c> and</c><00:32:50.680><c> a</c>

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:52.140
ram<00:32:51.059><c> of</c><00:32:51.279><c> three</c><00:32:51.599><c> years</c><00:32:51.880><c> old</c>

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:57.420
and<00:32:52.299><c> a</c><00:32:52.519><c> turtle</c><00:32:52.819><c> dove</c><00:32:53.019><c> and</c><00:32:53.140><c> a</c><00:32:53.279><c> young</c><00:32:53.500><c> pigeon.</c><00:32:54.799><c> He</c><00:32:55.039><c> took</c><00:32:55.259><c> unto</c><00:32:55.519><c> him</c><00:32:55.700><c> all</c><00:32:56.099><c> these</c><00:32:56.380><c> and</c><00:32:56.599><c> divided</c><00:32:57.039><c> them</c><00:32:57.259><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:57.579><c> midst</c><00:32:57.819><c> and</c>

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laid<00:32:58.240><c> each</c><00:32:58.660><c> piece</c><00:32:59.119><c> one</c><00:32:59.619><c> against</c><00:33:00.000><c> the</c><00:33:00.240><c> other,</c><00:33:00.460><c> but</c><00:33:00.640><c> the</c><00:33:00.960><c> birds</c>

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divided<00:33:01.579><c> he</c><00:33:01.839><c> not.</c><00:33:02.039><c> So</c><00:33:02.279><c> there's</c><00:33:02.519><c> the</c><00:33:02.720><c> picture</c>

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that's<00:33:03.900><c> presented</c><00:33:04.339><c> to</c><00:33:04.579><c> us</c><00:33:04.980><c> of</c><00:33:06.400><c> Abraham</c><00:33:07.059><c> taking</c><00:33:07.579><c> these</c><00:33:07.940><c> various</c><00:33:08.279><c> animals</c><00:33:08.640><c> and</c>

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dividing<00:33:09.259><c> them</c><00:33:09.460><c> into</c><00:33:09.700><c> two</c><00:33:10.039><c> parts,</c>

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placing<00:33:11.960><c> one</c><00:33:12.420><c> animal</c><00:33:12.720><c> there</c><00:33:13.380><c> or</c><00:33:13.880><c> one</c><00:33:14.160><c> part</c><00:33:14.319><c> of</c><00:33:14.460><c> the</c><00:33:14.559><c> animal</c>

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.599
there<00:33:14.940><c> and</c><00:33:15.039><c> the</c><00:33:15.160><c> other</c><00:33:15.380><c> part</c><00:33:15.579><c> there.</c>

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This<00:33:17.380><c> animal</c><00:33:17.900><c> or</c><00:33:18.920><c> the</c><00:33:19.119><c> various</c><00:33:19.339><c> animals</c><00:33:19.700><c> which</c><00:33:19.880><c> he</c><00:33:20.119><c> divided</c>

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in<00:33:20.640><c> the</c><00:33:20.819><c> two.</c><00:33:22.319><c> And</c><00:33:22.460><c> it</c><00:33:22.700><c> says</c><00:33:22.880><c> in</c><00:33:23.079><c> verse</c><00:33:23.339><c> 11,</c>

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when<00:33:23.839><c> the</c><00:33:24.079><c> fowls</c><00:33:24.339><c> came</c><00:33:24.579><c> down</c><00:33:24.839><c> upon</c><00:33:25.079><c> the</c><00:33:25.319><c> carcasses,</c><00:33:26.319><c> Abraham</c>

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:28.740
drove<00:33:26.740><c> them</c><00:33:26.960><c> away.</c><00:33:27.619><c> Now</c><00:33:27.940><c> a</c><00:33:28.180><c> covenant</c><00:33:28.480><c> in</c>

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:31.980
olden<00:33:29.319><c> times</c><00:33:29.779><c> was</c><00:33:30.299><c> done</c><00:33:30.539><c> a</c><00:33:30.579><c> little</c><00:33:30.859><c> bit</c><00:33:31.180><c> differently</c><00:33:31.500><c> to</c><00:33:31.900><c> the</c>

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.599
way<00:33:32.160><c> we</c><00:33:32.299><c> would</c><00:33:32.480><c> make</c><00:33:32.680><c> a</c><00:33:32.940><c> covenant</c><00:33:33.140><c> today.</c>

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:36.500
If<00:33:33.759><c> we</c><00:33:34.140><c> make</c><00:33:34.460><c> a</c><00:33:34.700><c> covenant,</c><00:33:35.000><c> what</c><00:33:35.079><c> we</c><00:33:35.240><c> normally</c><00:33:35.539><c> do</c><00:33:35.700><c> is</c><00:33:35.900><c> we</c><00:33:36.259><c> sign</c>

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:38.279
our<00:33:36.819><c> name</c><00:33:37.119><c> to</c><00:33:37.319><c> whatever</c><00:33:37.599><c> is</c><00:33:37.900><c> agreed</c>

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:43.680
and<00:33:39.079><c> we</c><00:33:39.220><c> get</c><00:33:39.440><c> someone</c><00:33:39.660><c> to</c><00:33:39.859><c> witness</c><00:33:40.140><c> it</c><00:33:40.359><c> and</c><00:33:40.440><c> that's</c><00:33:40.700><c> a</c><00:33:40.880><c> covenant</c><00:33:41.279><c> and</c><00:33:42.019><c> it's</c><00:33:42.259><c> binding.</c><00:33:43.599><c> In</c>

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those<00:33:43.920><c> days,</c>

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when<00:33:44.339><c> a</c><00:33:44.539><c> person</c><00:33:44.740><c> made</c><00:33:44.980><c> a</c><00:33:45.240><c> covenant,</c><00:33:46.519><c> and</c><00:33:46.599><c> in</c><00:33:46.880><c> several</c><00:33:47.079><c> instances</c><00:33:47.539><c> this</c><00:33:47.839><c> is</c><00:33:48.099><c> shown,</c>

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:54.480
the<00:33:50.359><c> animals</c><00:33:50.640><c> were</c><00:33:50.920><c> divided</c><00:33:51.480><c> in</c><00:33:51.980><c> this</c><00:33:52.240><c> fashion</c><00:33:52.660><c> and</c><00:33:53.740><c> the</c><00:33:53.920><c> two</c>

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:57.460
parts<00:33:54.900><c> represented</c><00:33:55.599><c> the</c><00:33:55.859><c> two</c><00:33:56.299><c> parties</c><00:33:56.700><c> and</c>

00:33:57.460 --> 00:34:01.900
they<00:33:57.759><c> walked</c><00:33:58.160><c> between</c><00:33:58.559><c> those</c><00:33:58.900><c> two</c><00:33:59.140><c> parts.</c><00:33:59.819><c> So</c><00:33:59.960><c> here's</c><00:34:00.380><c> Abraham</c><00:34:00.900><c> chasing</c><00:34:01.579><c> the</c>

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:03.339
birds<00:34:02.099><c> away</c><00:34:02.480><c> during</c><00:34:02.779><c> the</c><00:34:02.960><c> course</c>

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:07.500
of<00:34:04.039><c> his</c><00:34:04.299><c> lifetime.</c><00:34:05.819><c> While</c><00:34:05.880><c> the</c><00:34:06.119><c> sun</c><00:34:06.279><c> was</c><00:34:06.500><c> there,</c><00:34:06.819><c> so</c><00:34:07.099><c> he</c><00:34:07.299><c> did</c>

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:10.219
this.<00:34:08.099><c> When</c><00:34:08.199><c> the</c><00:34:08.420><c> fowls</c><00:34:08.659><c> came</c><00:34:08.900><c> down,</c><00:34:09.340><c> verse</c><00:34:09.539><c> 10,</c>

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:14.940
he<00:34:10.420><c> came</c><00:34:11.800><c> down</c><00:34:12.519><c> upon</c><00:34:12.760><c> the</c><00:34:12.960><c> carcasses,</c><00:34:14.179><c> Abraham</c><00:34:14.420><c> drove</c><00:34:14.699><c> them</c>

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:17.719
away.<00:34:15.780><c> When</c><00:34:15.920><c> the</c><00:34:16.119><c> sun</c><00:34:16.260><c> was</c><00:34:16.460><c> going</c><00:34:16.699><c> down,</c>

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:20.440
a<00:34:18.199><c> deep</c><00:34:18.460><c> sleep</c><00:34:18.699><c> fell</c><00:34:18.880><c> upon</c><00:34:19.139><c> Abraham</c><00:34:19.559><c> so</c><00:34:19.840><c> that</c><00:34:20.019><c> while</c><00:34:20.159><c> he</c><00:34:20.219><c> was</c>

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.099
alive,<00:34:20.719><c> he</c><00:34:20.880><c> kept</c><00:34:21.119><c> the</c><00:34:21.380><c> covenant.</c>

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:27.199
What<00:34:23.199><c> happened</c><00:34:23.420><c> when</c><00:34:23.539><c> he</c><00:34:23.579><c> was</c><00:34:23.780><c> asleep?</c><00:34:25.280><c> Verse</c><00:34:25.440><c> 17,</c><00:34:26.760><c> it</c><00:34:26.960><c> came</c>

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:29.039
to<00:34:27.420><c> pass</c><00:34:27.599><c> that</c><00:34:27.739><c> when</c><00:34:27.900><c> the</c><00:34:28.099><c> sun</c><00:34:28.260><c> went</c><00:34:28.480><c> down</c>

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:34.719
and<00:34:29.360><c> it</c><00:34:29.500><c> was</c><00:34:29.659><c> dark,</c><00:34:30.780><c> behold</c><00:34:31.039><c> a</c><00:34:31.320><c> smoking</c><00:34:31.840><c> furnace</c><00:34:32.719><c> and</c><00:34:33.719><c> a</c><00:34:33.920><c> burning</c><00:34:34.219><c> lamp</c>

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:38.199
that<00:34:36.039><c> passed</c><00:34:36.320><c> between</c><00:34:36.739><c> those</c><00:34:37.099><c> pieces.</c>

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And<00:34:38.940><c> it</c><00:34:39.039><c> was</c><00:34:39.260><c> the</c><00:34:39.639><c> Spirit</c><00:34:39.940><c> of</c><00:34:40.300><c> God</c><00:34:40.739><c> which</c><00:34:40.980><c> would</c><00:34:41.199><c> keep</c><00:34:41.440><c> the</c><00:34:41.699><c> covenant</c><00:34:41.980><c> with</c><00:34:42.239><c> Abraham</c><00:34:42.780><c> alive</c><00:34:43.699><c> though</c><00:34:43.940><c> he</c>

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was<00:34:44.400><c> dead</c>

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and<00:34:45.079><c> it</c><00:34:45.280><c> spoke</c><00:34:45.460><c> of</c><00:34:45.599><c> the</c><00:34:45.679><c> Lord</c><00:34:45.840><c> Jesus</c><00:34:46.179><c> Christ.</c><00:34:46.980><c> So</c><00:34:47.480><c> Abraham</c><00:34:47.940><c> walked</c><00:34:48.239><c> between</c><00:34:48.619><c> those</c><00:34:48.940><c> parts</c><00:34:49.139><c> of</c>

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that<00:34:49.480><c> covenant</c><00:34:49.760><c> and</c>

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Spirit<00:34:50.900><c> of</c><00:34:51.059><c> God</c><00:34:51.460><c> moved</c><00:34:51.920><c> between</c><00:34:52.380><c> the</c><00:34:52.900><c> parts</c><00:34:53.159><c> of</c><00:34:53.340><c> those</c><00:34:53.619><c> covenant</c><00:34:53.920><c> victims</c><00:34:54.599><c> and</c><00:34:54.960><c> so</c>

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they<00:34:55.280><c> were</c><00:34:55.360><c> joined</c><00:34:55.500><c> together</c>

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as<00:34:56.139><c> one.</c><00:34:58.139><c> What</c><00:34:58.300><c> happened</c><00:34:58.539><c> if</c><00:34:58.659><c> somebody</c><00:34:58.960><c> broke</c><00:34:59.340><c> that</c><00:34:59.659><c> covenant?</c><00:35:02.519><c> And</c><00:35:02.619><c> we're</c><00:35:02.780><c> told</c>

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that<00:35:03.400><c> in</c><00:35:03.559><c> the</c><00:35:03.900><c> 34th</c><00:35:04.519><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:35:05.760><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:35:06.340><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:06.880><c> chapter</c><00:35:07.320><c> 34.</c><00:35:09.219><c> And</c><00:35:09.239><c> let's</c><00:35:09.480><c> understand</c><00:35:10.139><c> that</c><00:35:10.380><c> what</c>

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Israel<00:35:10.980><c> brought</c><00:35:11.360><c> into</c><00:35:11.599><c> the</c>

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midst<00:35:12.019><c> of</c><00:35:12.960><c> their</c><00:35:13.239><c> camp,</c><00:35:13.800><c> which</c><00:35:13.980><c> into</c><00:35:14.340><c> the</c><00:35:14.579><c> field</c><00:35:14.780><c> of</c><00:35:15.119><c> battle,</c>

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was<00:35:16.139><c> the</c><00:35:16.559><c> Ark</c><00:35:16.940><c> of</c><00:35:17.739><c> the</c><00:35:18.000><c> Covenant,</c>

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:21.480
the<00:35:19.039><c> Ark</c><00:35:19.260><c> of</c><00:35:19.440><c> the</c><00:35:19.619><c> Covenant.</c><00:35:20.280><c> And</c><00:35:20.380><c> we'll</c><00:35:20.639><c> consider</c><00:35:20.960><c> that</c><00:35:21.179><c> in</c><00:35:21.320><c> a</c>

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:24.159
moment.<00:35:21.719><c> But</c><00:35:21.920><c> go</c><00:35:22.119><c> to</c><00:35:22.579><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:23.039><c> 34</c>

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:36.179
and<00:35:31.099><c> verse</c><00:35:31.440><c> 17,</c><00:35:32.260><c> therefore</c><00:35:32.500><c> thus</c><00:35:32.880><c> saith</c><00:35:33.139><c> Yahweh,</c><00:35:33.719><c> ye</c><00:35:33.880><c> have</c><00:35:34.219><c> not</c><00:35:34.699><c> hearken</c><00:35:35.039><c> unto</c><00:35:35.340><c> me</c>

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in<00:35:36.739><c> proclaiming</c><00:35:37.559><c> liberty</c>

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everyone<00:35:39.000><c> to</c><00:35:39.239><c> his</c><00:35:39.440><c> brother</c><00:35:39.719><c> and</c><00:35:39.920><c> every</c><00:35:40.199><c> man</c><00:35:40.400><c> to</c><00:35:40.619><c> his</c><00:35:40.820><c> neighbor.</c><00:35:41.579><c> Behold</c><00:35:41.960><c> I</c>

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proclaim<00:35:42.780><c> a</c><00:35:43.380><c> liberty</c><00:35:43.739><c> unto</c><00:35:44.199><c> you,</c>

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saith<00:35:45.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:35:46.280><c> to</c><00:35:46.360><c> the</c><00:35:46.699><c> sword,</c><00:35:47.760><c> to</c><00:35:47.860><c> the</c><00:35:48.119><c> pestilence,</c><00:35:49.239><c> to</c><00:35:49.360><c> the</c>

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famine,<00:35:50.440><c> and</c><00:35:50.699><c> I</c><00:35:50.840><c> will</c><00:35:50.980><c> make</c><00:35:51.199><c> you</c><00:35:51.400><c> to</c><00:35:51.500><c> be</c><00:35:51.679><c> removed</c>

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:58.579
into<00:35:52.420><c> all</c><00:35:52.679><c> the</c><00:35:52.860><c> kingdoms</c><00:35:53.139><c> of</c><00:35:53.380><c> the</c><00:35:53.579><c> earth</c><00:35:53.900><c> and</c><00:35:54.420><c> I</c><00:35:54.639><c> will</c><00:35:54.860><c> give</c><00:35:55.079><c> the</c><00:35:55.340><c> men</c><00:35:55.960><c> that</c><00:35:56.559><c> have</c><00:35:56.880><c> transgressed</c><00:35:57.579><c> my</c><00:35:57.980><c> covenant</c>

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:05.420
which<00:35:59.420><c> have</c><00:35:59.760><c> not</c><00:36:00.320><c> performed</c><00:36:00.860><c> the</c><00:36:01.079><c> words</c><00:36:01.420><c> of</c><00:36:01.980><c> the</c><00:36:02.199><c> covenant</c><00:36:02.659><c> which</c><00:36:03.320><c> they</c><00:36:03.699><c> have</c><00:36:04.000><c> made</c><00:36:04.440><c> before</c><00:36:04.980><c> me</c>

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when<00:36:05.800><c> they</c><00:36:06.119><c> cut</c><00:36:06.360><c> the</c>

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entwine<00:36:07.920><c> and</c><00:36:08.199><c> passed</c><00:36:08.619><c> between</c><00:36:09.059><c> the</c><00:36:09.360><c> parts</c><00:36:09.599><c> thereof.</c><00:36:10.340><c> They'd</c>

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made<00:36:10.780><c> a</c><00:36:11.039><c> covenant</c><00:36:11.280><c> with</c><00:36:11.599><c> God,</c>

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:19.460
the<00:36:14.639><c> princes</c><00:36:14.860><c> of</c><00:36:15.000><c> Judah,</c><00:36:15.460><c> verse</c><00:36:15.559><c> 19,</c><00:36:17.119><c> the</c><00:36:17.239><c> princes</c><00:36:17.539><c> of</c><00:36:17.760><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:36:19.280><c> the</c>

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eunuchs,<00:36:20.360><c> the</c><00:36:20.559><c> priests,</c>

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all<00:36:21.980><c> the</c><00:36:22.139><c> people</c><00:36:22.360><c> of</c><00:36:22.539><c> the</c><00:36:22.699><c> land</c><00:36:22.880><c> which</c><00:36:23.219><c> passed</c><00:36:23.659><c> between</c><00:36:24.260><c> the</c><00:36:24.599><c> parts</c><00:36:24.840><c> of</c><00:36:25.059><c> the</c><00:36:25.280><c> calf.</c><00:36:26.059><c> I</c>

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:27.400
will<00:36:26.500><c> even</c><00:36:26.800><c> give</c><00:36:26.980><c> them</c><00:36:27.179><c> into</c>

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:30.219
the<00:36:27.659><c> hand</c><00:36:27.840><c> of</c><00:36:28.059><c> their</c><00:36:28.360><c> enemies</c><00:36:28.860><c> and</c><00:36:29.400><c> into</c><00:36:29.699><c> the</c><00:36:29.719><c> hand</c><00:36:29.960><c> of</c><00:36:30.099><c> them</c>

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:32.739
that<00:36:30.519><c> seek</c><00:36:30.699><c> their</c><00:36:31.000><c> life</c><00:36:31.219><c> and</c><00:36:31.360><c> their</c><00:36:31.699><c> dead</c><00:36:32.099><c> body</c><00:36:32.460><c> shall</c>

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:35.480
be<00:36:33.019><c> for</c><00:36:33.139><c> meat</c><00:36:33.360><c> under</c><00:36:33.639><c> the</c><00:36:33.860><c> fowls</c><00:36:34.099><c> of</c><00:36:34.199><c> the</c><00:36:34.320><c> heaven</c><00:36:34.559><c> and</c><00:36:34.980><c> the</c><00:36:35.139><c> beasts</c><00:36:35.340><c> of</c>

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:37.320
the<00:36:35.480><c> earth.</c><00:36:36.300><c> The</c><00:36:36.460><c> fate</c><00:36:36.679><c> of</c><00:36:36.900><c> the</c><00:36:37.000><c> covenant</c>

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:41.199
victim<00:36:37.679><c> was</c><00:36:37.900><c> going</c><00:36:38.079><c> to</c><00:36:38.239><c> be</c><00:36:38.739><c> theirs,</c><00:36:39.460><c> the</c><00:36:39.760><c> nation</c><00:36:40.059><c> of</c><00:36:40.199><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:36:42.099><c> let's</c><00:36:42.300><c> bring</c><00:36:42.519><c> it</c><00:36:42.659><c> down</c><00:36:42.840><c> to</c><00:36:43.019><c> our</c><00:36:43.239><c> day.</c>

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Go<00:36:44.719><c> to</c><00:36:45.099><c> with</c><00:36:45.219><c> me</c><00:36:45.480><c> to</c><00:36:45.679><c> the</c><00:36:45.860><c> ninth</c><00:36:46.119><c> chapter</c><00:36:46.500><c> of</c><00:36:46.760><c> Hebrews,</c><00:36:49.460><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:49.880><c> chapter</c><00:36:50.239><c> 9</c>

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and<00:36:56.619><c> verse</c><00:36:57.440><c> 15</c><00:36:58.000><c> it's</c><00:36:58.760><c> the</c><00:36:58.920><c> words</c><00:36:59.199><c> of</c><00:36:59.480><c> the</c><00:36:59.619><c> apostle</c><00:36:59.980><c> Paul</c><00:37:00.340><c> I</c><00:37:00.599><c> believe</c><00:37:00.920><c> speaking</c><00:37:01.480><c> of</c><00:37:01.880><c> the</c>

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:07.760
the<00:37:03.519><c> Lord</c><00:37:03.699><c> Jesus</c><00:37:04.139><c> Christ</c><00:37:04.900><c> and</c><00:37:05.719><c> it</c><00:37:05.960><c> says</c><00:37:06.139><c> for</c><00:37:06.559><c> this</c><00:37:07.000><c> cause</c><00:37:07.320><c> he</c>

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:11.900
is<00:37:08.199><c> the</c><00:37:08.679><c> mediator</c><00:37:09.760><c> of</c><00:37:10.280><c> the</c><00:37:10.500><c> new</c><00:37:10.800><c> covenant</c>

00:37:12.269 --> 00:37:16.380
and<00:37:12.679><c> I'm</c><00:37:13.219><c> using</c><00:37:13.519><c> the</c><00:37:13.739><c> word</c><00:37:14.000><c> covenant</c><00:37:14.400><c> because</c><00:37:14.820><c> the</c><00:37:15.019><c> word</c><00:37:15.260><c> testament</c><00:37:15.880><c> does</c>

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not<00:37:16.639><c> indicate</c><00:37:17.280><c> the</c><00:37:18.119><c> basis</c><00:37:18.820><c> of</c><00:37:19.019><c> the</c>

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:23.639
original.<00:37:20.380><c> He's</c><00:37:20.679><c> the</c><00:37:20.920><c> mediator</c><00:37:21.440><c> of</c><00:37:21.579><c> the</c><00:37:21.739><c> new</c><00:37:22.260><c> covenant</c><00:37:22.820><c> that</c>

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by<00:37:23.940><c> means</c><00:37:24.219><c> of</c><00:37:24.519><c> death</c><00:37:24.739><c> for</c><00:37:25.039><c> the</c><00:37:25.260><c> redemption</c><00:37:25.619><c> of</c><00:37:25.960><c> the</c>

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transgressions<00:37:26.840><c> that</c><00:37:27.039><c> were</c><00:37:27.199><c> under</c><00:37:27.420><c> the</c><00:37:27.679><c> first</c><00:37:28.000><c> covenant</c><00:37:28.539><c> they</c><00:37:29.519><c> which</c><00:37:29.739><c> are</c>

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.059
called<00:37:30.179><c> might</c><00:37:30.420><c> receive</c><00:37:30.800><c> the</c><00:37:31.000><c> promise</c><00:37:31.320><c> of</c>

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eternal<00:37:32.460><c> inheritance.</c><00:37:33.480><c> You</c><00:37:33.579><c> consider</c><00:37:33.940><c> what</c><00:37:34.079><c> he's</c><00:37:34.340><c> saying.</c>

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He's<00:37:35.460><c> saying</c><00:37:35.699><c> the</c><00:37:36.139><c> efficacy</c><00:37:36.599><c> of</c><00:37:36.840><c> the</c><00:37:37.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:37.539><c> of</c><00:37:37.699><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:37:37.940><c> Jesus</c><00:37:38.360><c> Christ</c><00:37:38.900><c> goes</c><00:37:39.260><c> back</c><00:37:39.639><c> to</c><00:37:39.820><c> those</c><00:37:40.340><c> under</c><00:37:41.079><c> the</c><00:37:41.260><c> old</c><00:37:41.500><c> covenant</c><00:37:41.900><c> as</c>

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it<00:37:42.519><c> goes</c><00:37:42.739><c> forward</c><00:37:43.079><c> to</c><00:37:43.280><c> us</c><00:37:43.579><c> today.</c>

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The<00:37:44.920><c> efficacy</c><00:37:45.340><c> of</c><00:37:45.599><c> it</c><00:37:45.639><c> by</c><00:37:45.860><c> this</c><00:37:46.139><c> means</c><00:37:46.500><c> we</c><00:37:47.059><c> can</c><00:37:47.320><c> gain</c><00:37:47.440><c> the</c><00:37:47.679><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:47.940><c> of</c>

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:49.820
sins<00:37:48.480><c> but</c><00:37:48.659><c> there's</c><00:37:48.980><c> that</c><00:37:49.239><c> covenant</c><00:37:49.579><c> in</c>

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the<00:37:49.920><c> position</c><00:37:50.360><c> place.</c><00:37:53.320><c> Verse</c><00:37:53.440><c> 16</c><00:37:54.019><c> it</c><00:37:54.280><c> says</c><00:37:54.420><c> for</c><00:37:54.599><c> where</c><00:37:54.800><c> a</c><00:37:55.039><c> testament</c><00:37:55.340><c> is</c><00:37:55.559><c> and</c><00:37:55.760><c> again</c><00:37:55.880><c> where</c><00:37:56.179><c> a</c>

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covenant<00:37:56.940><c> is</c>

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there<00:37:57.820><c> must</c><00:37:58.059><c> also</c><00:37:58.500><c> have</c><00:37:58.659><c> necessity</c><00:37:59.000><c> be</c><00:37:59.199><c> the</c><00:37:59.420><c> death</c><00:37:59.599><c> of</c><00:37:59.840><c> the</c><00:38:00.019><c> testator</c><00:38:00.440><c> and</c><00:38:01.239><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:38:01.840><c> convey</c><00:38:02.239><c> to</c><00:38:02.460><c> us</c><00:38:02.760><c> the</c><00:38:03.320><c> words</c><00:38:03.559><c> of</c>

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:07.980
the<00:38:04.219><c> original</c><00:38:04.719><c> and</c><00:38:05.300><c> let</c><00:38:05.500><c> me</c><00:38:05.639><c> give</c><00:38:05.760><c> it</c><00:38:06.000><c> to</c><00:38:06.139><c> you</c><00:38:06.320><c> as</c><00:38:06.480><c> as</c><00:38:06.659><c> it</c><00:38:06.920><c> should</c><00:38:07.119><c> I</c><00:38:07.500><c> believe</c><00:38:07.699><c> be</c>

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rendered.<00:38:09.099><c> Not</c><00:38:09.619><c> verse</c><00:38:10.079><c> 16</c><00:38:10.480><c> where</c>

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a<00:38:11.579><c> covenant</c><00:38:11.860><c> is</c><00:38:12.260><c> there</c><00:38:12.420><c> must</c><00:38:12.940><c> also</c><00:38:13.340><c> have</c><00:38:13.480><c> necessity</c><00:38:13.840><c> be</c><00:38:14.139><c> the</c>

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death<00:38:14.500><c> of</c><00:38:14.820><c> the</c><00:38:15.539><c> testator</c><00:38:16.059><c> or</c><00:38:16.960><c> the</c><00:38:17.199><c> covenant</c><00:38:17.539><c> maker</c>

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and<00:38:18.880><c> we</c><00:38:19.099><c> could</c><00:38:19.260><c> understand</c><00:38:19.719><c> that</c><00:38:19.920><c> a</c><00:38:20.019><c> person</c><00:38:20.320><c> might</c><00:38:20.579><c> write</c><00:38:20.820><c> a</c>

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will<00:38:21.219><c> and</c><00:38:21.760><c> therefore</c><00:38:22.519><c> it's</c><00:38:22.780><c> not</c><00:38:23.099><c> of</c><00:38:23.340><c> any</c><00:38:23.599><c> force</c><00:38:23.840><c> until</c>

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after<00:38:24.460><c> the</c><00:38:24.619><c> death</c><00:38:24.739><c> of</c><00:38:24.920><c> the</c><00:38:25.019><c> individual</c><00:38:25.380><c> but</c><00:38:25.539><c> that's</c><00:38:25.800><c> not</c><00:38:26.000><c> what</c>

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it's<00:38:26.480><c> saying.</c><00:38:28.059><c> Let</c><00:38:28.280><c> me</c><00:38:28.420><c> give</c><00:38:28.559><c> it</c><00:38:28.760><c> to</c><00:38:28.860><c> you</c><00:38:29.019><c> as</c><00:38:29.179><c> it's</c>

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in<00:38:29.880><c> accordance</c><00:38:30.179><c> to</c><00:38:30.639><c> Young's</c><00:38:31.280><c> literal</c><00:38:31.820><c> translation</c><00:38:32.599><c> which</c><00:38:33.300><c> is</c>

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very<00:38:33.820><c> similar</c><00:38:34.139><c> to</c><00:38:34.280><c> the</c><00:38:34.599><c> diaglot</c><00:38:35.119><c> and</c><00:38:36.219><c> it</c><00:38:36.380><c> can</c><00:38:36.539><c> be</c>

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:42.340
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