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to<00:11:31.559><c> see</c><00:11:31.860><c> Ruth</c><00:11:32.320><c> in</c><00:11:32.559><c> the</c><00:11:33.220><c> whole</c><00:11:34.120><c> experience</c>

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of<00:11:36.340><c> a</c><00:11:36.480><c> happy</c><00:11:37.500><c> marriage.</c>

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Now,<00:11:43.179><c> Naomi</c><00:11:43.600><c> seems</c><00:11:44.120><c> to</c><00:11:44.519><c> have</c><00:11:45.399><c> decided</c><00:11:46.360><c> to</c><00:11:47.179><c> make</c><00:11:47.480><c> arrangements</c>

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that<00:11:49.100><c> go</c><00:11:49.399><c> beyond</c><00:11:49.940><c> the</c><00:11:50.360><c> one</c><00:11:50.620><c> law</c><00:11:51.000><c> of</c><00:11:51.600><c> the</c><00:11:51.779><c> Leverett</c>

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marriage.

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That's<00:11:53.659><c> why</c><00:11:54.000><c> I've</c><00:11:54.440><c> been</c><00:11:54.720><c> careful</c><00:11:55.580><c> to</c><00:11:56.080><c> introduce</c><00:11:56.539><c> it</c><00:11:57.139><c> at</c><00:11:57.519><c> this</c>

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stage,<00:11:58.840><c> the</c><00:11:58.940><c> law</c><00:11:59.179><c> of</c><00:11:59.440><c> the</c><00:11:59.659><c> Redeemer.</c>

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We<00:12:01.580><c> don't</c><00:12:02.039><c> know,</c><00:12:03.419><c> except</c><00:12:03.820><c> from</c><00:12:04.000><c> the</c><00:12:04.080><c> book</c><00:12:04.240><c> of</c><00:12:04.440><c> Ruth,</c><00:12:05.000><c> how</c><00:12:05.340><c> in</c>

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practical<00:12:06.100><c> terms</c><00:12:06.879><c> these</c><00:12:07.559><c> two</c><00:12:07.860><c> laws</c><00:12:08.179><c> worked</c>

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out<00:12:08.840><c> and</c><00:12:09.120><c> related</c><00:12:09.399><c> to</c><00:12:09.679><c> one</c><00:12:09.860><c> another.</c>

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What<00:12:10.940><c> is</c><00:12:11.220><c> clear</c><00:12:11.679><c> is</c><00:12:12.519><c> that</c><00:12:12.620><c> in</c><00:12:12.759><c> the</c><00:12:13.000><c> arrangement</c><00:12:13.440><c> Naomi</c><00:12:13.919><c> is</c><00:12:14.159><c> putting</c><00:12:14.379><c> together,</c><00:12:16.059><c> she</c>

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is<00:12:16.980><c> interweaving</c><00:12:17.960><c> the</c>

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clauses<00:12:19.200><c> of</c><00:12:19.559><c> both.</c>

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By<00:12:21.179><c> the</c><00:12:21.399><c> time</c><00:12:21.519><c> we</c><00:12:21.580><c> get</c><00:12:21.759><c> to</c><00:12:21.899><c> the</c><00:12:22.000><c> end</c><00:12:22.139><c> of</c><00:12:22.299><c> the</c><00:12:22.340><c> book</c><00:12:22.539><c> of</c><00:12:22.759><c> Ruth,</c><00:12:22.960><c> we</c>

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shall<00:12:23.259><c> find</c><00:12:23.960><c> that</c><00:12:24.980><c> they</c><00:12:25.179><c> are</c><00:12:25.539><c> inseparable.</c>

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Now,<00:12:27.860><c> they're</c><00:12:27.940><c> not</c><00:12:28.220><c> in</c><00:12:28.340><c> the</c><00:12:28.539><c> actual</c><00:12:28.820><c> statement</c><00:12:29.299><c> in</c><00:12:29.600><c> the</c><00:12:30.080><c> early</c>

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books<00:12:30.500><c> of</c><00:12:30.679><c> the</c><00:12:30.820><c> Bible.</c>

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In<00:12:31.919><c> the</c><00:12:32.080><c> way</c><00:12:32.259><c> they</c><00:12:32.460><c> are</c><00:12:32.720><c> applied</c><00:12:33.080><c> in</c><00:12:33.299><c> the</c><00:12:33.519><c> arrangement</c><00:12:33.879><c> that</c>

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Naomi,<00:12:34.820><c> by</c><00:12:35.240><c> her</c><00:12:35.600><c> plan,</c><00:12:36.759><c> makes,</c><00:12:38.480><c> they</c><00:12:38.720><c> are</c><00:12:39.000><c> inseparable.</c>

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Going<00:12:40.820><c> to</c><00:12:41.000><c> be</c><00:12:41.340><c> extremely</c><00:12:42.559><c> important.</c>

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Now,<00:12:45.720><c> what</c><00:12:46.039><c> Naomi</c><00:12:46.340><c> is</c><00:12:46.580><c> obviously</c><00:12:46.899><c> trying</c><00:12:47.139><c> to</c><00:12:47.379><c> do</c><00:12:47.600><c> is</c><00:12:47.820><c> to</c><00:12:48.039><c> make</c>

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arrangements<00:12:49.340><c> that</c><00:12:50.039><c> will</c><00:12:50.279><c> ensure</c><00:12:50.860><c> that</c>

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they<00:12:51.500><c> are</c><00:12:51.700><c> not</c><00:12:52.100><c> tied</c><00:12:52.600><c> to</c><00:12:53.919><c> a</c><00:12:54.659><c> harsh</c><00:12:54.960><c> life</c><00:12:55.759><c> dependent</c><00:12:56.480><c> on</c><00:12:56.799><c> the</c><00:12:58.740><c> goodwill</c><00:12:59.659><c> of</c>

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other<00:13:00.600><c> people.</c>

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Dependent<00:13:03.179><c> entirely</c><00:13:03.740><c> on</c><00:13:04.340><c> gleaning</c><00:13:04.720><c> in</c><00:13:04.940><c> the</c><00:13:05.059><c> fields</c><00:13:05.480><c> and</c><00:13:06.019><c> that</c>

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kind<00:13:06.559><c> of</c><00:13:06.740><c> thing.</c>

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So,<00:13:08.120><c> shall</c><00:13:08.960><c> I</c><00:13:09.159><c> not</c><00:13:09.419><c> seek</c><00:13:09.740><c> rest</c><00:13:10.139><c> for</c><00:13:10.379><c> thee,</c><00:13:11.460><c> that</c><00:13:11.600><c> it</c><00:13:11.820><c> may</c><00:13:12.080><c> be</c>

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well<00:13:13.080><c> with</c><00:13:13.919><c> thee.</c>

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The<00:13:17.159><c> NIV</c><00:13:17.639><c> puts</c><00:13:17.899><c> it</c><00:13:18.159><c> in</c><00:13:18.460><c> quite</c><00:13:18.700><c> nice</c><00:13:19.019><c> terms.</c>

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My<00:13:20.399><c> daughter,</c><00:13:20.740><c> should</c><00:13:20.919><c> I</c><00:13:21.120><c> not</c><00:13:21.259><c> try</c><00:13:21.519><c> to</c><00:13:21.740><c> find</c><00:13:21.919><c> a</c><00:13:22.100><c> home</c><00:13:22.320><c> for</c><00:13:22.559><c> you,</c>

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where<00:13:23.779><c> you</c><00:13:23.940><c> will</c><00:13:24.100><c> be</c><00:13:24.299><c> well</c><00:13:24.659><c> provided</c><00:13:25.200><c> for.</c>

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And<00:13:27.080><c> with</c><00:13:27.340><c> Ruth's</c><00:13:27.659><c> agreement,</c><00:13:28.120><c> because</c><00:13:28.399><c> in</c><00:13:28.620><c> verse</c><00:13:28.779><c> five</c><00:13:29.200><c> she</c>

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says,<00:13:31.039><c> what</c><00:13:31.679><c> all</c><00:13:32.100><c> that</c><00:13:32.259><c> thou</c><00:13:32.460><c> sayest</c><00:13:32.860><c> unto</c>

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me,<00:13:33.299><c> I</c><00:13:34.039><c> will</c><00:13:34.299><c> do,</c><00:13:35.399><c> Naomi's</c><00:13:35.759><c> plan</c><00:13:35.980><c> now</c><00:13:36.340><c> begins</c><00:13:36.659><c> to</c><00:13:36.899><c> mature,</c>

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take<00:13:37.659><c> shape.</c>

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I<00:13:38.480><c> want</c><00:13:38.620><c> to</c><00:13:38.759><c> do</c><00:13:38.919><c> a</c><00:13:39.120><c> sketch</c><00:13:39.399><c> of</c><00:13:39.600><c> that</c><00:13:39.840><c> for</c><00:13:40.100><c> you.</c>

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The<00:13:40.559><c> whole</c><00:13:40.879><c> plan,</c><00:13:41.580><c> as</c><00:13:41.879><c> Naomi</c><00:13:42.259><c> now</c><00:13:42.820><c> puts</c><00:13:43.039><c> it</c><00:13:43.279><c> together,</c><00:13:43.879><c> and</c><00:13:44.039><c> then</c><00:13:44.159><c> we'll</c><00:13:44.299><c> go</c>

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back<00:13:44.759><c> and</c><00:13:44.919><c> do</c><00:13:45.039><c> the</c><00:13:45.240><c> detail</c><00:13:45.600><c> through</c>

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the<00:13:46.059><c> text.</c>

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Basically,<00:13:46.980><c> it's</c><00:13:47.139><c> this.</c>

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She<00:13:48.039><c> has</c><00:13:48.279><c> to</c><00:13:48.440><c> explain</c><00:13:48.899><c> to</c><00:13:49.139><c> Ruth</c><00:13:49.360><c> again,</c><00:13:50.120><c> in</c><00:13:50.320><c> much</c><00:13:50.600><c> more</c><00:13:50.820><c> detail,</c><00:13:51.559><c> what</c>

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is<00:13:52.059><c> involved</c><00:13:52.519><c> in</c><00:13:52.980><c> the</c><00:13:53.179><c> Leverett</c>

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law.

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She's<00:13:55.220><c> pointing</c><00:13:55.519><c> out</c><00:13:55.940><c> that</c><00:13:56.299><c> Boaz</c><00:13:56.720><c> is</c><00:13:58.080><c> an</c><00:13:58.600><c> eligible</c><00:13:59.340><c> kinsman.</c>

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We<00:14:01.639><c> have</c><00:14:01.879><c> to</c><00:14:01.980><c> put</c><00:14:02.120><c> it</c><00:14:02.200><c> that</c><00:14:02.399><c> way,</c><00:14:02.720><c> because</c><00:14:02.860><c> there</c><00:14:03.100><c> might</c><00:14:03.360><c> be</c><00:14:03.620><c> a</c>

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snag<00:14:04.139><c> that</c><00:14:04.580><c> has</c><00:14:04.840><c> arisen</c><00:14:05.139><c> in</c><00:14:05.500><c> the</c><00:14:05.700><c> information</c>

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that's<00:14:06.279><c> come</c><00:14:06.440><c> to</c><00:14:06.639><c> their</c><00:14:06.820><c> ears</c><00:14:07.000><c> since</c><00:14:07.220><c> they</c><00:14:07.399><c> got</c><00:14:07.620><c> back</c><00:14:08.259><c> to</c><00:14:08.539><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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He<00:14:10.240><c> is</c><00:14:10.500><c> an</c><00:14:10.759><c> eligible</c><00:14:11.259><c> kinsman</c><00:14:11.779><c> in</c><00:14:11.980><c> this</c><00:14:12.580><c> particular</c><00:14:13.480><c> cause.</c>

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And<00:14:15.200><c> he</c><00:14:15.340><c> must</c><00:14:15.559><c> be</c><00:14:15.919><c> approached</c><00:14:16.679><c> quickly.</c>

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The<00:14:18.559><c> time</c><00:14:18.820><c> is</c><00:14:19.139><c> now</c><00:14:19.500><c> right,</c><00:14:20.019><c> according</c><00:14:20.440><c> to</c><00:14:20.679><c> that</c><00:14:20.879><c> little</c><00:14:21.179><c> bit</c>

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of<00:14:21.500><c> information</c><00:14:21.960><c> we</c><00:14:22.279><c> got.</c>

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A<00:14:24.539><c> proselyte</c><00:14:25.200><c> has</c><00:14:25.720><c> now</c><00:14:25.779><c> been</c><00:14:25.960><c> there</c><00:14:26.200><c> three</c><00:14:26.419><c> months,</c><00:14:27.600><c> and</c><00:14:27.720><c> the</c>

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circumstances<00:14:28.559><c> socially</c><00:14:29.240><c> are</c><00:14:29.960><c> right.</c>

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The<00:14:31.460><c> signs</c><00:14:31.659><c> so</c><00:14:32.000><c> far</c><00:14:32.259><c> have</c><00:14:32.440><c> been</c><00:14:32.559><c> very</c><00:14:32.860><c> good,</c><00:14:33.100><c> haven't</c><00:14:33.259><c> they?</c>

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Boaz<00:14:35.559><c> has</c><00:14:35.779><c> obviously</c><00:14:36.399><c> noticed</c><00:14:37.139><c> Ruth,</c><00:14:38.019><c> taken</c><00:14:38.179><c> a</c><00:14:38.419><c> great</c><00:14:38.559><c> interest</c><00:14:39.000><c> in</c><00:14:39.200><c> her,</c><00:14:39.879><c> shown</c><00:14:40.080><c> her</c>

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privileges,<00:14:51.620><c> and</c>

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just<00:14:52.740><c> for</c><00:14:53.580><c> the</c><00:14:54.240><c> harvest,</c><00:14:55.720><c> presented</c><00:14:56.220><c> a</c><00:14:56.700><c> splendid</c><00:14:57.159><c> opportunity</c><00:14:57.840><c> that</c><00:14:58.080><c> would</c>

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exist<00:14:59.059><c> that</c><00:14:59.679><c> very</c><00:15:00.399><c> night</c>

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in<00:15:01.919><c> ideal</c><00:15:02.480><c> circumstances</c><00:15:03.519><c> for</c><00:15:04.220><c> them</c><00:15:04.480><c> to</c><00:15:04.720><c> move</c><00:15:04.940><c> things</c><00:15:05.259><c> along</c>

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a<00:15:06.200><c> little</c><00:15:06.960><c> clearer.</c>

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Now,<00:15:09.059><c> Ruth</c><00:15:09.159><c> has</c><00:15:09.779><c> to</c><00:15:09.919><c> be</c><00:15:10.100><c> specially</c><00:15:10.340><c> prepared</c><00:15:10.840><c> for</c><00:15:11.039><c> the</c><00:15:11.279><c> occasion,</c><00:15:12.179><c> says</c><00:15:12.360><c> Naomi.</c>

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And<00:15:13.759><c> in</c><00:15:14.019><c> verses</c><00:15:14.179><c> three</c><00:15:14.460><c> onwards,</c><00:15:15.419><c> she</c><00:15:15.620><c> gives</c><00:15:15.940><c> this</c><00:15:16.399><c> information.</c>

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Although<00:15:19.139><c> there</c><00:15:19.399><c> were</c><00:15:19.620><c> going</c><00:15:19.740><c> to</c><00:15:19.879><c> be</c><00:15:20.100><c> certain</c><00:15:20.460><c> risks</c><00:15:21.000><c> in</c><00:15:21.340><c> the</c>

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scheme,<00:15:22.899><c> this</c><00:15:22.940><c> is</c><00:15:23.059><c> one</c><00:15:23.179><c> of</c><00:15:23.279><c> the</c><00:15:23.379><c> points</c><00:15:23.559><c> I</c>

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shall<00:15:23.840><c> be</c><00:15:24.059><c> underlining</c><00:15:24.480><c> for</c><00:15:24.799><c> you</c><00:15:24.960><c> this</c><00:15:25.240><c> morning,</c><00:15:25.480><c> there</c><00:15:25.639><c> are</c>

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certain<00:15:26.000><c> risks</c><00:15:26.639><c> to</c><00:15:27.019><c> the</c><00:15:27.179><c> person</c><00:15:27.460><c> of</c><00:15:27.740><c> Ruth.</c>

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The<00:15:30.019><c> risk</c><00:15:30.259><c> would</c><00:15:30.480><c> have</c><00:15:30.659><c> to</c><00:15:30.799><c> be</c><00:15:31.059><c> taken.</c>

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And<00:15:33.799><c> if</c><00:15:34.320><c> Ruth</c><00:15:34.559><c> was</c><00:15:34.840><c> circumspect,</c><00:15:36.279><c> the</c><00:15:36.460><c> timing</c><00:15:36.840><c> was</c><00:15:37.580><c> right,</c><00:15:38.799><c> and</c><00:15:39.740><c> the</c><00:15:39.919><c> danger</c><00:15:40.220><c> could</c><00:15:40.460><c> be</c><00:15:40.720><c> minimized.</c>

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Now,<00:15:43.539><c> she</c><00:15:43.720><c> would</c><00:15:43.919><c> have</c><00:15:44.080><c> to</c><00:15:44.279><c> be</c><00:15:44.539><c> briefed</c><00:15:44.980><c> very</c><00:15:45.399><c> carefully</c><00:15:46.039><c> as</c>

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to<00:15:46.840><c> how</c><00:15:47.019><c> to</c><00:15:47.240><c> make</c><00:15:47.419><c> this</c><00:15:47.740><c> offer</c><00:15:48.139><c> of</c><00:15:48.460><c> marriage</c><00:15:48.879><c> to</c>

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Boaz,<00:15:49.919><c> because</c><00:15:50.120><c> that</c><00:15:50.360><c> is</c><00:15:50.480><c> what</c><00:15:50.600><c> we're</c><00:15:50.799><c> concerned</c><00:15:51.259><c> with.</c>

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It's<00:15:51.679><c> the</c><00:15:51.820><c> woman</c><00:15:52.340><c> taking</c><00:15:53.139><c> the</c><00:15:53.480><c> initiative</c><00:15:54.200><c> and</c><00:15:55.059><c> proposing</c><00:15:55.700><c> a</c>

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marriage<00:15:56.679><c> to</c><00:15:57.080><c> the</c><00:15:57.259><c> man.</c>

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That's<00:15:58.840><c> what</c><00:15:59.000><c> Ruth</c><00:15:59.179><c> is</c><00:15:59.399><c> involved</c><00:15:59.759><c> in.</c>

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And<00:16:01.120><c> she</c><00:16:01.200><c> has</c><00:16:01.399><c> to</c><00:16:01.539><c> be</c><00:16:01.740><c> briefed</c><00:16:02.559><c> as</c><00:16:02.820><c> to</c><00:16:02.980><c> how</c><00:16:03.340><c> she</c><00:16:03.539><c> must</c><00:16:03.740><c> do</c><00:16:04.059><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:16:04.480><c> a</c><00:16:04.620><c> very</c><00:16:04.899><c> crucial</c><00:16:05.440><c> part</c><00:16:05.940><c> of</c><00:16:06.320><c> the</c><00:16:06.539><c> scheme.</c>

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And<00:16:08.659><c> the</c><00:16:08.940><c> part</c><00:16:09.320><c> where</c><00:16:09.799><c> she</c><00:16:10.000><c> would</c><00:16:10.240><c> be</c><00:16:10.460><c> subject</c><00:16:10.960><c> to</c><00:16:11.320><c> most</c><00:16:11.580><c> risk.</c>

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All<00:16:14.220><c> being</c><00:16:14.399><c> well,</c><00:16:15.340><c> the</c><00:16:15.480><c> law</c><00:16:15.639><c> of</c><00:16:15.860><c> the</c><00:16:16.019><c> Goel</c><00:16:16.340><c> and</c><00:16:16.519><c> the</c><00:16:16.659><c> law</c><00:16:16.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:17.139><c> Redeemer,</c><00:16:17.679><c> closely</c><00:16:18.000><c> interwoven,</c><00:16:19.059><c> would</c>

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make<00:16:19.480><c> the</c><00:16:19.659><c> future</c><00:16:19.940><c> of</c><00:16:20.179><c> both</c><00:16:20.419><c> Ruth</c><00:16:20.659><c> and</c><00:16:20.860><c> herself</c><00:16:21.779><c> secure</c><00:16:23.240><c> in</c><00:16:24.399><c> a</c>

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situation<00:16:25.120><c> where</c><00:16:25.379><c> their</c><00:16:25.519><c> mutual</c><00:16:26.039><c> trust</c><00:16:26.399><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:26.840><c> overshadowing</c><00:16:27.639><c> help</c><00:16:28.059><c> of</c><00:16:29.059><c> the</c><00:16:29.240><c> hand</c><00:16:29.440><c> of</c><00:16:29.639><c> God</c><00:16:30.100><c> could</c><00:16:30.899><c> blossom.</c>

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Now,<00:16:31.860><c> that</c><00:16:32.059><c> more</c><00:16:32.259><c> or</c><00:16:32.340><c> less</c><00:16:32.759><c> is</c><00:16:33.220><c> Naomi's</c><00:16:33.659><c> plan.</c>

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Let's<00:16:34.659><c> look</c><00:16:35.259><c> at</c><00:16:35.600><c> the</c><00:16:35.720><c> detail.</c>

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It's<00:16:37.860><c> obvious</c><00:16:38.159><c> that</c><00:16:38.399><c> many</c><00:16:38.639><c> inquiries</c><00:16:39.159><c> must</c><00:16:39.379><c> have</c><00:16:39.580><c> been</c><00:16:39.720><c> made</c>

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by<00:16:40.659><c> various</c><00:16:41.039><c> people</c><00:16:41.379><c> involved</c><00:16:41.740><c> in</c><00:16:41.899><c> the</c>

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situation<00:16:42.500><c> in</c><00:16:42.779><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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And<00:16:44.419><c> Naomi</c><00:16:44.759><c> must</c><00:16:45.039><c> have</c><00:16:45.200><c> been</c><00:16:45.419><c> aware,</c><00:16:47.220><c> as</c><00:16:47.360><c> well</c><00:16:47.559><c> as</c><00:16:47.779><c> Boaz,</c><00:16:48.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:49.259><c> existence</c><00:16:49.639><c> of</c><00:16:50.000><c> another</c><00:16:50.759><c> kinsman.</c>

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With<00:16:53.700><c> all</c><00:16:53.879><c> the</c><00:16:54.120><c> talk</c><00:16:54.580><c> among</c><00:16:55.279><c> the</c><00:16:55.600><c> citizens</c><00:16:55.899><c> about</c><00:16:56.259><c> Naomi's</c>

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return,<00:16:58.820><c> people</c><00:16:59.320><c> would</c><00:16:59.960><c> know</c><00:17:00.279><c> that</c><00:17:01.120><c> Ruth</c>

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was<00:17:01.580><c> a</c><00:17:01.700><c> Moabiteess.</c>

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That<00:17:03.580><c> might</c><00:17:03.980><c> present</c><00:17:04.420><c> problems,</c><00:17:05.440><c> too,</c><00:17:05.900><c> because</c><00:17:06.039><c> under</c><00:17:06.339><c> the</c><00:17:06.539><c> law</c><00:17:06.960><c> there</c><00:17:07.740><c> is</c><00:17:08.279><c> a</c>

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prohibition<00:17:09.579><c> on</c><00:17:10.039><c> the</c>

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men<00:17:10.539><c> of</c><00:17:10.819><c> Moab</c><00:17:11.160><c> unto</c><00:17:11.700><c> the</c><00:17:11.980><c> tenth</c><00:17:12.240><c> generation.</c>

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They<00:17:13.900><c> shall</c><00:17:14.160><c> not</c><00:17:14.400><c> go</c><00:17:14.640><c> into</c><00:17:14.880><c> the</c><00:17:15.079><c> sanctuary</c><00:17:15.400><c> of</c><00:17:15.599><c> the</c><00:17:15.720><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:17:17.160><c> this,</c><00:17:17.539><c> too,</c><00:17:18.119><c> is</c><00:17:18.299><c> something</c><00:17:18.700><c> no</c><00:17:19.180><c> doubt</c><00:17:19.680><c> that</c><00:17:20.059><c> had</c><00:17:20.460><c> been</c><00:17:20.779><c> the</c><00:17:20.980><c> substance</c><00:17:21.319><c> of</c>

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many<00:17:21.880><c> of</c><00:17:22.059><c> their</c><00:17:22.240><c> evening</c>

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conversations<00:17:23.680><c> after</c><00:17:24.539><c> the</c><00:17:24.779><c> hard</c><00:17:25.119><c> days</c><00:17:25.859><c> gleaning.</c>

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She<00:17:28.059><c> is</c><00:17:28.279><c> a</c><00:17:28.420><c> Moabiteess,</c><00:17:30.380><c> and</c><00:17:30.519><c> somehow</c><00:17:31.160><c> that</c><00:17:31.839><c> difficulty</c><00:17:32.339><c> has</c>

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to<00:17:32.819><c> be</c><00:17:33.000><c> overcome.</c>

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But<00:17:35.119><c> Naomi</c><00:17:35.539><c> and</c><00:17:36.619><c> Ruth</c><00:17:36.900><c> must</c><00:17:37.299><c> have</c><00:17:37.619><c> seen</c><00:17:38.000><c> something</c><00:17:38.619><c> in</c><00:17:39.500><c> Boaz's</c>

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character,<00:17:40.539><c> the</c><00:17:40.700><c> sort</c><00:17:40.900><c> of</c><00:17:41.019><c> things</c><00:17:41.140><c> that</c>

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we<00:17:41.380><c> were</c><00:17:41.400><c> looking</c><00:17:41.680><c> at</c><00:17:41.900><c> yesterday,</c><00:17:43.359><c> the</c><00:17:43.880><c> care</c><00:17:44.200><c> and</c><00:17:44.480><c> concern</c>

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for<00:17:45.299><c> his</c><00:17:45.579><c> work</c><00:17:45.799><c> people,</c><00:17:46.920><c> the</c><00:17:47.359><c> particular</c>

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care<00:17:48.519><c> that</c><00:17:48.660><c> he</c><00:17:48.779><c> was</c><00:17:49.019><c> showing</c><00:17:49.279><c> for</c><00:17:49.720><c> Ruth,</c><00:17:50.059><c> although</c><00:17:50.319><c> she</c><00:17:50.579><c> was</c><00:17:50.859><c> a</c>

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Moabiteess<00:17:51.720><c> and</c><00:17:51.880><c> a</c><00:17:52.119><c> stranger</c><00:17:52.400><c> in</c><00:17:52.619><c> the</c>

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land.

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They<00:17:53.680><c> must</c><00:17:53.839><c> have</c><00:17:53.980><c> seen</c><00:17:54.180><c> something</c><00:17:54.799><c> in</c><00:17:56.279><c> Boaz's</c><00:17:56.799><c> character</c><00:17:57.420><c> that</c><00:17:58.319><c> made</c><00:17:58.640><c> them</c><00:17:58.859><c> think</c><00:17:59.039><c> he</c>

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was<00:17:59.460><c> the</c><00:17:59.759><c> obvious</c><00:18:00.220><c> one</c>

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to<00:18:01.319><c> whom</c><00:18:01.519><c> the</c><00:18:01.839><c> approach</c><00:18:02.160><c> must</c><00:18:02.400><c> be</c><00:18:02.680><c> made</c><00:18:03.180><c> in</c><00:18:03.720><c> terms</c><00:18:04.019><c> of</c><00:18:04.180><c> the</c><00:18:04.299><c> level</c><00:18:04.480><c> of</c><00:18:04.700><c> law.</c>

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The<00:18:06.720><c> signs,</c><00:18:07.220><c> as</c><00:18:07.460><c> it</c><00:18:07.619><c> were,</c><00:18:07.799><c> were</c><00:18:07.940><c> good.</c>

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But<00:18:10.559><c> perhaps</c><00:18:11.000><c> Boaz</c><00:18:12.200><c> himself</c><00:18:13.119><c> was</c><00:18:14.240><c> holding</c><00:18:14.619><c> off</c><00:18:15.859><c> a</c><00:18:16.200><c> little.</c>

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First<00:18:19.420><c> of</c><00:18:19.680><c> all,</c><00:18:20.079><c> we've</c><00:18:20.119><c> seen</c><00:18:20.400><c> that</c><00:18:20.579><c> he</c><00:18:20.619><c> was</c><00:18:20.799><c> much</c><00:18:21.160><c> older</c><00:18:21.880><c> than</c>

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Ruth,<00:18:26.180><c> and</c><00:18:26.240><c> this</c><00:18:26.440><c> is</c><00:18:26.700><c> very</c><00:18:27.059><c> much</c><00:18:27.759><c> a</c><00:18:28.000><c> point</c>

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in<00:18:28.319><c> his</c><00:18:28.640><c> mind</c><00:18:29.400><c> when</c><00:18:30.259><c> the</c><00:18:30.559><c> subject</c><00:18:31.000><c> of</c><00:18:31.259><c> her</c><00:18:31.519><c> willingness</c><00:18:31.960><c> to</c><00:18:32.240><c> marry</c><00:18:32.480><c> him</c><00:18:33.019><c> is</c>

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eventually<00:18:34.339><c> broached.</c>

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We'll<00:18:35.599><c> see</c><00:18:36.000><c> that</c><00:18:36.279><c> he</c><00:18:37.079><c> is</c><00:18:37.500><c> the</c><00:18:37.619><c> one</c><00:18:37.740><c> who</c><00:18:37.940><c> raises</c><00:18:38.259><c> this</c><00:18:38.519><c> issue.</c>

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She's<00:18:40.740><c> a</c><00:18:40.859><c> Moabiteess,</c><00:18:41.740><c> and</c><00:18:42.480><c> the</c><00:18:42.740><c> writer</c><00:18:43.160><c> doesn't</c><00:18:43.619><c> let</c><00:18:43.779><c> us</c>

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forget<00:18:44.299><c> that.</c>

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Have<00:18:44.680><c> you</c><00:18:44.839><c> noticed</c><00:18:45.079><c> how</c><00:18:45.279><c> many</c><00:18:45.480><c> times</c><00:18:45.839><c> when</c><00:18:46.059><c> Ruth</c><00:18:46.279><c> appears</c><00:18:46.599><c> it's</c><00:18:46.819><c> Ruth</c><00:18:47.099><c> the</c><00:18:47.200><c> Moabiteess?</c>

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We're<00:18:49.240><c> not</c><00:18:49.400><c> allowed</c><00:18:49.619><c> to</c><00:18:49.920><c> forget</c><00:18:50.460><c> this</c><00:18:50.900><c> difference,</c><00:18:51.740><c> even</c><00:18:52.019><c> though</c><00:18:52.180><c> she</c>

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is<00:18:52.539><c> now</c><00:18:53.019><c> in</c><00:18:53.559><c> the</c><00:18:53.900><c> household</c><00:18:54.259><c> of</c>

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Israel.

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And<00:18:56.539><c> of</c><00:18:56.759><c> course,</c><00:18:57.779><c> he</c><00:18:57.980><c> too</c><00:18:58.140><c> knows</c><00:18:58.440><c> of</c><00:18:58.599><c> the</c><00:18:58.779><c> other</c><00:18:58.980><c> relative</c><00:18:59.519><c> who</c>

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is<00:19:00.279><c> in</c><00:19:00.420><c> more</c><00:19:00.579><c> of</c><00:19:00.759><c> a</c><00:19:00.759><c> direct</c><00:19:01.039><c> line</c><00:19:01.380><c> than</c><00:19:01.559><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:19:02.880><c> so</c><00:19:02.960><c> there</c><00:19:03.079><c> are</c><00:19:03.160><c> these</c><00:19:03.460><c> three</c><00:19:03.700><c> things</c><00:19:03.980><c> that</c><00:19:04.180><c> might</c><00:19:04.400><c> be</c><00:19:04.660><c> making</c><00:19:05.400><c> Boaz</c><00:19:06.180><c> hold</c><00:19:06.859><c> back</c><00:19:07.240><c> a</c>

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little<00:19:07.700><c> in</c><00:19:08.240><c> some</c>

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reserve.

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Now,<00:19:13.859><c> verse</c><00:19:13.920><c> two,</c><00:19:15.579><c> Ruth</c><00:19:15.700><c> now</c><00:19:16.259><c> underlines</c><00:19:16.759><c> this</c><00:19:17.140><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:19:19.960><c> the</c><00:19:20.200><c> help</c><00:19:20.539><c> of</c><00:19:22.140><c> Naomi.</c>

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In<00:19:26.160><c> fact,</c><00:19:29.279><c> Naomi</c><00:19:29.599><c> says</c><00:19:29.960><c> to</c><00:19:30.880><c> Ruth,</c>

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Now,<00:19:37.369><c> notice</c><00:19:37.450><c> that</c><00:19:37.690><c> little</c><00:19:37.930><c> word,</c><00:19:38.269><c> our,</c><00:19:39.430><c> and</c><00:19:39.630><c> what</c><00:19:39.769><c> a</c><00:19:40.049><c> difference</c><00:19:40.369><c> it</c><00:19:40.569><c> makes.</c>

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There's<00:19:42.410><c> no</c><00:19:42.650><c> doubt</c><00:19:42.869><c> in</c><00:19:43.190><c> Naomi's</c><00:19:43.670><c> mind</c><00:19:43.990><c> Ruth</c><00:19:44.410><c> is</c><00:19:44.609><c> part</c><00:19:44.869><c> of</c><00:19:45.029><c> the</c><00:19:45.190><c> family.</c>

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Boaz<00:19:46.670><c> is</c><00:19:47.190><c> our</c><00:19:48.690><c> kindred.</c>

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And<00:19:50.529><c> what's</c><00:19:50.829><c> more,</c><00:19:51.710><c> Boaz's</c><00:19:52.069><c> whereabouts</c><00:19:52.650><c> that</c><00:19:53.009><c> very</c><00:19:53.410><c> night</c>

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are<00:19:54.910><c> known.</c>

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Behold,<00:19:56.630><c> verse</c><00:19:56.910><c> two</c><00:19:57.089><c> says,</c><00:19:57.670><c> he</c><00:19:57.910><c> winneth</c><00:19:58.309><c> barley</c><00:19:58.809><c> tonight</c><00:19:59.650><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:00.769><c> threshing</c><00:20:01.190><c> floor.</c>

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Now,<00:20:05.029><c> not</c><00:20:05.309><c> only</c><00:20:05.529><c> does</c><00:20:05.890><c> Boaz</c><00:20:06.329><c> show</c><00:20:07.369><c> himself</c><00:20:07.809><c> a</c><00:20:08.009><c> considerate</c><00:20:09.529><c> employer</c><00:20:09.990><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:10.730><c> field,</c><00:20:11.490><c> but</c><00:20:11.630><c> I</c><00:20:11.710><c> think</c><00:20:11.869><c> we</c><00:20:12.009><c> have</c>

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an<00:20:12.250><c> indication</c><00:20:12.650><c> of</c><00:20:12.829><c> it</c><00:20:12.970><c> here</c><00:20:13.170><c> too.</c>

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He's<00:20:13.509><c> a</c><00:20:13.609><c> wealthy</c><00:20:13.849><c> man.</c>

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He<00:20:15.190><c> could</c><00:20:15.369><c> have</c><00:20:15.509><c> let</c><00:20:15.690><c> the</c><00:20:15.950><c> workers</c><00:20:16.230><c> do</c><00:20:16.470><c> all</c><00:20:16.809><c> this,</c><00:20:17.009><c> but</c><00:20:17.170><c> he's</c>

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there<00:20:17.730><c> in</c><00:20:17.890><c> the</c><00:20:18.009><c> middle</c><00:20:18.150><c> of</c><00:20:18.349><c> the</c><00:20:18.529><c> harvest</c>

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playing<00:20:19.589><c> his</c><00:20:19.970><c> part,</c><00:20:20.190><c> working</c><00:20:20.589><c> with</c><00:20:20.910><c> them.</c>

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Being<00:20:23.150><c> one</c><00:20:23.450><c> of</c><00:20:23.750><c> those</c><00:20:24.089><c> who</c><00:20:24.369><c> are</c><00:20:24.390><c> taking</c><00:20:24.750><c> the</c><00:20:25.730><c> burden</c><00:20:26.109><c> and</c><00:20:26.410><c> heat</c>

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of<00:20:28.170><c> the</c><00:20:28.410><c> effort</c><00:20:28.549><c> that's</c><00:20:29.230><c> involved</c><00:20:29.630><c> at</c>

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harvest<00:20:31.470><c> time.</c>

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And<00:20:34.930><c> he</c><00:20:35.390><c> spends</c><00:20:35.730><c> part</c><00:20:36.069><c> of</c><00:20:36.250><c> his</c><00:20:36.430><c> time,</c><00:20:37.109><c> as</c><00:20:37.349><c> we</c><00:20:37.589><c> should</c><00:20:37.869><c> believe,</c>

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guarding<00:20:39.890><c> the</c><00:20:40.170><c> crop</c><00:20:40.390><c> against</c><00:20:40.809><c> thieves</c>

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and<00:20:41.470><c> marauders.</c>

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Never<00:20:42.210><c> let</c><00:20:42.430><c> us</c><00:20:42.630><c> forget</c><00:20:42.970><c> that</c><00:20:43.369><c> background</c><00:20:43.869><c> that</c><00:20:44.069><c> it</c><00:20:44.309><c> is</c><00:20:44.490><c> the</c><00:20:44.730><c> day</c><00:20:45.150><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:45.910><c> judges.</c>

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And<00:20:47.049><c> although</c><00:20:47.309><c> things</c><00:20:47.529><c> were</c><00:20:47.730><c> a</c><00:20:47.789><c> bit</c><00:20:47.910><c> easier,</c><00:20:49.230><c> nevertheless</c>

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the<00:20:49.710><c> dangers</c><00:20:49.950><c> were</c><00:20:50.230><c> always</c><00:20:50.470><c> there.</c>

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He<00:20:51.910><c> took</c><00:20:52.130><c> his</c><00:20:52.369><c> part</c><00:20:52.609><c> in</c><00:20:54.069><c> the</c><00:20:54.829><c> harvest</c><00:20:55.230><c> work.</c>

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And<00:20:56.609><c> on</c><00:20:56.809><c> this</c><00:20:56.950><c> particular</c><00:20:57.470><c> night,</c><00:20:58.950><c> he's</c><00:20:59.609><c> also</c><00:21:00.069><c> going</c><00:21:00.309><c> to</c><00:21:00.470><c> be</c>

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there<00:21:01.109><c> because</c><00:21:01.529><c> he's</c><00:21:01.809><c> guarding</c><00:21:02.109><c> the</c><00:21:02.430><c> crop.</c>

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It<00:21:04.890><c> was</c><00:21:05.190><c> not</c><00:21:05.970><c> a</c><00:21:06.150><c> case</c><00:21:06.329><c> of</c><00:21:06.589><c> being</c><00:21:06.990><c> awake</c><00:21:07.309><c> on</c><00:21:07.670><c> sentry</c><00:21:07.970><c> duty,</c><00:21:08.430><c> rather</c><00:21:08.509><c> like</c>

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a<00:21:09.029><c> soldier,</c><00:21:10.430><c> but</c><00:21:11.269><c> sleeping</c>

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out<00:21:12.069><c> in</c><00:21:12.329><c> the</c><00:21:12.490><c> open,</c><00:21:13.789><c> on</c><00:21:14.009><c> the</c><00:21:14.269><c> floor,</c><00:21:15.049><c> near</c><00:21:15.289><c> the</c><00:21:15.509><c> pile</c><00:21:15.690><c> of</c><00:21:15.970><c> grain,</c><00:21:17.029><c> and</c>

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being<00:21:18.349><c> alert</c><00:21:19.289><c> to</c><00:21:19.769><c> possibilities.</c>

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Sleeping<00:21:21.049><c> light,</c><00:21:21.849><c> I</c><00:21:22.029><c> suppose,</c><00:21:22.369><c> is</c><00:21:22.450><c> the</c><00:21:22.549><c> way</c><00:21:22.650><c> we</c><00:21:22.829><c> would</c><00:21:23.009><c> put</c><00:21:23.130><c> it,</c><00:21:23.970><c> so</c>

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that<00:21:24.210><c> if</c><00:21:24.349><c> there</c><00:21:24.470><c> was</c><00:21:24.470><c> anything</c><00:21:24.829><c> that</c>

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was<00:21:25.450><c> untoward,</c><00:21:26.210><c> he</c><00:21:26.309><c> would</c><00:21:26.509><c> be</c><00:21:26.769><c> awake</c><00:21:27.170><c> immediately.</c>

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Now,<00:21:30.250><c> winnowing</c><00:21:30.769><c> is</c><00:21:31.029><c> the</c><00:21:31.150><c> process</c><00:21:31.549><c> of</c><00:21:31.869><c> separating</c><00:21:32.329><c> the</c><00:21:32.549><c> ears</c>

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of<00:21:32.970><c> corn</c><00:21:33.150><c> from</c><00:21:33.390><c> the</c><00:21:33.650><c> husks,</c><00:21:34.329><c> and</c><00:21:34.549><c> it's</c>

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achieved<00:21:35.150><c> by</c><00:21:36.230><c> either</c><00:21:36.750><c> human</c><00:21:37.009><c> beings</c><00:21:37.390><c> or</c><00:21:37.809><c> animals</c><00:21:38.269><c> walking</c><00:21:38.829><c> over</c><00:21:39.769><c> the</c><00:21:40.230><c> ears</c><00:21:40.430><c> of</c>

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corn<00:21:41.069><c> so</c><00:21:42.529><c> that</c><00:21:42.869><c> the</c>

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husks<00:21:43.430><c> are</c><00:21:44.369><c> broken</c><00:21:44.750><c> free,</c><00:21:45.430><c> and</c><00:21:46.390><c> then</c><00:21:46.930><c> the</c><00:21:47.190><c> lot</c><00:21:47.309><c> is</c><00:21:47.609><c> tossed</c><00:21:47.809><c> up</c>

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in<00:21:48.190><c> the</c><00:21:48.369><c> air</c><00:21:48.849><c> in</c><00:21:49.410><c> a</c><00:21:49.650><c> wind,</c><00:21:50.710><c> and</c><00:21:50.890><c> the</c><00:21:51.450><c> lighter</c>

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husks<00:21:52.529><c> are</c><00:21:52.730><c> carried</c><00:21:52.890><c> away,</c><00:21:53.589><c> and</c><00:21:53.789><c> the</c><00:21:53.910><c> ears</c><00:21:54.069><c> of</c><00:21:54.250><c> corn</c><00:21:54.490><c> drop</c><00:21:54.829><c> down</c><00:21:55.109><c> onto</c><00:21:55.289><c> the</c><00:21:55.569><c> pile.</c>

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That's<00:21:56.230><c> the</c><00:21:56.250><c> simple</c><00:21:56.950><c> process</c><00:21:57.710><c> that</c><00:21:58.130><c> is</c><00:21:58.349><c> involved</c><00:21:58.730><c> here.</c>

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And<00:21:59.869><c> of</c><00:22:00.069><c> course,</c><00:22:00.369><c> usually</c><00:22:00.710><c> a</c><00:22:00.890><c> threshing</c><00:22:01.190><c> floor</c><00:22:01.390><c> for</c><00:22:01.589><c> this</c><00:22:01.809><c> purpose</c><00:22:02.309><c> is</c>

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on<00:22:02.910><c> a</c><00:22:03.069><c> high</c><00:22:03.309><c> piece</c><00:22:03.609><c> of</c><00:22:03.849><c> ground.</c>

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You'll<00:22:05.349><c> have</c><00:22:05.529><c> experienced</c><00:22:05.950><c> it</c><00:22:06.150><c> yourself.</c>

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As<00:22:06.589><c> you're</c><00:22:06.789><c> climbing</c><00:22:07.089><c> up</c><00:22:07.329><c> a</c><00:22:07.430><c> hill,</c><00:22:08.029><c> there's</c><00:22:08.230><c> no</c><00:22:08.410><c> wind</c><00:22:08.609><c> at</c><00:22:08.890><c> all,</c>

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and<00:22:09.230><c> then</c><00:22:09.349><c> you</c><00:22:09.430><c> get</c><00:22:09.630><c> to</c><00:22:09.809><c> the</c><00:22:09.990><c> top</c><00:22:10.130><c> and</c>

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it<00:22:10.450><c> hits</c><00:22:10.710><c> you</c><00:22:11.390><c> in</c><00:22:11.730><c> the</c><00:22:11.930><c> face,</c><00:22:12.190><c> and</c><00:22:12.430><c> you</c><00:22:12.769><c> feel</c><00:22:13.170><c> it.</c>

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On<00:22:14.250><c> the</c><00:22:14.430><c> brow</c><00:22:14.549><c> of</c><00:22:14.730><c> the</c><00:22:14.769><c> hill</c><00:22:14.849><c> is</c><00:22:14.990><c> the</c><00:22:15.190><c> obvious</c><00:22:15.529><c> place</c><00:22:15.930><c> for</c><00:22:16.089><c> this</c>

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to<00:22:16.650><c> take</c><00:22:17.089><c> place.</c>

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And<00:22:19.289><c> it</c><00:22:19.690><c> couldn't.</c>

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On<00:22:21.029><c> many</c><00:22:21.289><c> occasions,</c><00:22:21.930><c> because</c><00:22:22.329><c> of</c><00:22:22.650><c> the</c><00:22:22.849><c> marauders,</c><00:22:23.490><c> they</c><00:22:23.569><c> would</c><00:22:23.829><c> be</c>

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seen,<00:22:24.809><c> and</c><00:22:25.150><c> the</c><00:22:25.569><c> presence</c><00:22:25.829><c> of</c><00:22:26.210><c> food</c>

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for<00:22:27.069><c> booty</c><00:22:27.750><c> would</c><00:22:28.490><c> be</c><00:22:29.089><c> obvious</c><00:22:29.549><c> to</c><00:22:29.750><c> those</c><00:22:30.029><c> marauders.</c>

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But<00:22:31.509><c> in</c><00:22:31.789><c> a</c><00:22:31.910><c> more</c><00:22:32.150><c> peaceful</c><00:22:32.509><c> time,</c><00:22:33.549><c> we</c><00:22:33.569><c> can</c><00:22:33.890><c> see</c><00:22:34.849><c> Boaz</c><00:22:35.549><c> carrying</c>

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out<00:22:36.349><c> this</c><00:22:36.690><c> in</c><00:22:37.329><c> an</c><00:22:37.789><c> exposed</c><00:22:38.210><c> place</c><00:22:38.829><c> in</c><00:22:39.630><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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It<00:22:40.710><c> isn't</c><00:22:40.869><c> quite</c><00:22:41.210><c> on</c><00:22:41.410><c> the</c><00:22:41.509><c> hilltop,</c><00:22:41.849><c> as</c><00:22:42.029><c> the</c><00:22:42.190><c> text</c><00:22:42.369><c> tells</c><00:22:42.670><c> us.</c>

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We'll<00:22:43.029><c> see</c><00:22:43.269><c> the</c><00:22:43.529><c> importance</c><00:22:43.809><c> of</c><00:22:44.029><c> that</c><00:22:44.210><c> again</c><00:22:44.769><c> in</c><00:22:45.069><c> a</c><00:22:45.109><c> minute.</c>

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Just<00:22:45.390><c> a</c><00:22:45.470><c> little</c><00:22:45.670><c> detail</c><00:22:46.309><c> that</c><00:22:46.750><c> in</c><00:22:46.930><c> itself</c><00:22:47.309><c> becomes</c><00:22:47.730><c> extremely</c><00:22:48.970><c> important.</c>

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So<00:22:52.990><c> climatic</c><00:22:53.509><c> conditions</c><00:22:54.150><c> in</c><00:22:54.730><c> this</c><00:22:55.009><c> area</c><00:22:55.789><c> of</c><00:22:56.210><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:22:57.390><c> which</c><00:22:57.569><c> is</c>

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built<00:22:57.970><c> on</c><00:22:58.210><c> two</c><00:22:58.410><c> hills,</c><00:23:00.430><c> is</c><00:23:00.789><c> important.</c>

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And<00:23:02.589><c> tonight</c><00:23:03.109><c> is</c><00:23:03.650><c> the</c><00:23:03.869><c> time</c><00:23:04.349><c> when</c><00:23:04.789><c> Boaz</c><00:23:05.049><c> is</c><00:23:05.230><c> going</c><00:23:05.349><c> to</c><00:23:05.609><c> take</c><00:23:05.789><c> his</c><00:23:06.470><c> turn</c><00:23:06.829><c> on</c>

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what<00:23:07.309><c> we</c><00:23:07.589><c> call</c><00:23:07.769><c> the</c><00:23:07.990><c> rotor,</c>

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and<00:23:08.349><c> I</c><00:23:08.470><c> suppose</c><00:23:08.609><c> you</c><00:23:08.789><c> call</c><00:23:08.970><c> the</c><00:23:09.150><c> roster,</c><00:23:11.309><c> and</c><00:23:11.690><c> is</c><00:23:12.710><c> playing</c><00:23:12.869><c> his</c>

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part<00:23:13.349><c> with</c><00:23:13.549><c> the</c><00:23:13.730><c> harvest.</c>

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It's<00:23:14.230><c> that</c><00:23:14.549><c> very</c><00:23:14.849><c> night</c><00:23:15.289><c> that</c><00:23:15.910><c> he's</c><00:23:16.130><c> down</c><00:23:16.410><c> to</c><00:23:16.589><c> do</c><00:23:16.710><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:23:17.170><c> it's</c><00:23:17.329><c> the</c><00:23:17.470><c> best</c><00:23:17.670><c> time,</c><00:23:17.970><c> therefore,</c><00:23:18.329><c> for</c><00:23:18.490><c> all</c><00:23:18.710><c> sorts</c><00:23:19.029><c> of</c>

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purposes,<00:23:20.049><c> for</c><00:23:20.210><c> doing</c><00:23:20.349><c> the</c><00:23:20.569><c> job,</c>

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but<00:23:21.250><c> it's</c><00:23:21.470><c> the</c><00:23:21.589><c> best</c><00:23:21.769><c> time</c><00:23:21.990><c> for</c><00:23:22.230><c> Ruth</c><00:23:22.569><c> and</c><00:23:23.130><c> Naomi,</c><00:23:24.390><c> because</c><00:23:25.049><c> Boaz</c><00:23:25.670><c> will</c><00:23:25.890><c> be</c>

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on<00:23:26.509><c> his</c><00:23:26.910><c> own.</c>

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It<00:23:28.690><c> will</c><00:23:28.950><c> be</c><00:23:29.349><c> relatively</c><00:23:29.910><c> easy</c><00:23:30.509><c> for</c><00:23:30.789><c> Ruth</c><00:23:31.089><c> to</c><00:23:31.329><c> approach</c><00:23:31.750><c> him,</c>

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whereas<00:23:32.789><c> if</c><00:23:33.029><c> he'd</c><00:23:33.190><c> been</c><00:23:33.390><c> in</c><00:23:33.549><c> his</c><00:23:33.769><c> house,</c>

00:23:34.690 --> 00:23:38.349
she'd<00:23:34.930><c> have</c><00:23:35.009><c> had</c><00:23:35.150><c> to</c><00:23:35.309><c> go</c><00:23:35.470><c> through</c><00:23:35.670><c> a</c><00:23:35.829><c> whole</c><00:23:36.109><c> series</c><00:23:36.430><c> of</c><00:23:36.690><c> avoiding</c><00:23:37.190><c> servants,</c><00:23:38.109><c> or</c>

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involving<00:23:38.910><c> servants.</c>

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Here,<00:23:41.089><c> he's</c><00:23:41.309><c> on</c><00:23:41.470><c> his</c><00:23:41.710><c> own,</c><00:23:43.029><c> out</c><00:23:43.269><c> on</c><00:23:43.450><c> the</c><00:23:43.630><c> threshing</c><00:23:43.970><c> floor.</c>

00:23:44.349 --> 00:23:48.349
It's<00:23:45.049><c> the</c><00:23:45.269><c> best</c><00:23:45.690><c> time</c><00:23:46.170><c> tonight</c><00:23:46.849><c> on</c><00:23:47.549><c> the</c><00:23:47.789><c> threshing</c><00:23:48.069><c> floor,</c>

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says<00:23:48.549><c> Ruth.</c>

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And<00:23:49.289><c> so</c><00:23:49.410><c> she's</c><00:23:49.569><c> to</c><00:23:49.750><c> make</c><00:23:49.950><c> preparations.</c>

00:23:50.990 --> 00:23:54.430
She's<00:23:51.230><c> to</c><00:23:51.349><c> wash</c><00:23:51.569><c> herself,</c><00:23:52.210><c> and</c><00:23:52.309><c> anoint</c><00:23:52.549><c> herself,</c><00:23:53.490><c> and</c><00:23:53.609><c> put</c><00:23:53.809><c> on</c>

00:23:54.430 --> 00:24:02.750
her<00:23:55.450><c> best</c><00:23:55.849><c> dress,</c><00:23:57.910><c> and</c><00:23:58.109><c> go</c><00:23:58.890><c> down</c><00:24:00.109><c> to</c><00:24:01.809><c> the</c><00:24:02.029><c> floor.</c>

00:24:03.690 --> 00:24:07.269
It<00:24:03.890><c> so</c><00:24:04.069><c> happens</c><00:24:04.410><c> in</c><00:24:04.670><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:24:05.349><c> with</c><00:24:05.470><c> the</c><00:24:05.690><c> two</c><00:24:05.890><c> hills,</c><00:24:06.690><c> houses</c><00:24:07.029><c> are</c>

00:24:07.269 --> 00:24:08.230
on<00:24:07.450><c> the</c><00:24:07.569><c> tops</c><00:24:07.730><c> of</c><00:24:07.930><c> the</c><00:24:08.029><c> hills,</c>

00:24:08.690 --> 00:24:13.170
the<00:24:09.109><c> exposed</c><00:24:09.750><c> place</c><00:24:10.210><c> was</c><00:24:10.410><c> where</c><00:24:10.730><c> the</c><00:24:11.170><c> hill</c><00:24:11.349><c> funneled</c><00:24:11.910><c> up</c><00:24:12.309><c> between</c><00:24:12.910><c> the</c>

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two<00:24:13.390><c> places.</c>

00:24:13.690 --> 00:24:16.970
So<00:24:13.890><c> she</c><00:24:14.049><c> goes</c><00:24:14.349><c> down</c><00:24:14.769><c> to</c><00:24:14.990><c> the</c><00:24:15.130><c> threshing</c><00:24:15.410><c> floor,</c><00:24:15.750><c> in</c><00:24:15.809><c> this</c><00:24:16.069><c> case.</c>

00:24:17.470 --> 00:24:23.410
And<00:24:17.589><c> it's,</c><00:24:17.809><c> in</c><00:24:18.029><c> a</c><00:24:18.190><c> sense,</c><00:24:18.849><c> a</c><00:24:19.009><c> lower</c><00:24:19.170><c> place,</c><00:24:20.150><c> where,</c><00:24:20.490><c> nevertheless,</c><00:24:21.529><c> it</c><00:24:21.710><c> is</c><00:24:22.130><c> exposed.</c>

00:24:23.890 --> 00:24:28.730
But<00:24:24.089><c> she</c><00:24:24.769><c> sets</c><00:24:25.069><c> off</c><00:24:25.410><c> down</c><00:24:25.970><c> the</c><00:24:26.230><c> hill,</c><00:24:27.569><c> or</c><00:24:27.670><c> she's</c><00:24:28.009><c> told</c><00:24:28.230><c> to</c><00:24:28.450><c> by</c>

00:24:28.730 --> 00:24:31.190
Naomi,<00:24:29.390><c> to</c><00:24:29.630><c> go</c><00:24:29.910><c> to</c><00:24:30.130><c> the</c><00:24:30.369><c> floor.</c>

00:24:32.150 --> 00:24:36.029
Instructions<00:24:32.529><c> are</c><00:24:32.710><c> being</c><00:24:32.869><c> given</c><00:24:33.109><c> very</c><00:24:33.529><c> carefully,</c><00:24:35.309><c> and</c><00:24:35.509><c> Ruth,</c><00:24:35.750><c> you</c>

00:24:36.029 --> 00:24:37.630
see,<00:24:36.349><c> has</c><00:24:36.549><c> to</c><00:24:36.750><c> follow</c><00:24:36.950><c> this</c><00:24:37.210><c> process.</c>

00:24:37.630 --> 00:24:40.930
She<00:24:37.970><c> anoints</c><00:24:38.490><c> herself,</c><00:24:39.410><c> and</c><00:24:39.569><c> prepares</c><00:24:40.029><c> herself</c><00:24:40.369><c> with</c><00:24:40.589><c> body</c>

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lotions,<00:24:41.289><c> anointments.</c>

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Reminds<00:24:42.089><c> me</c><00:24:42.269><c> of</c><00:24:42.450><c> Esther,</c><00:24:42.910><c> on</c><00:24:42.950><c> a</c><00:24:43.089><c> certain</c><00:24:43.230><c> occasion,</c><00:24:44.109><c> does</c>

00:24:44.230 --> 00:24:47.250
this<00:24:44.430><c> particular</c><00:24:46.049><c> passage.</c>

00:24:47.349 --> 00:24:50.710
She<00:24:47.529><c> puts</c><00:24:47.809><c> on</c><00:24:48.230><c> the</c><00:24:48.549><c> best</c><00:24:48.950><c> clothes</c><00:24:49.210><c> she</c><00:24:49.549><c> has.</c>

00:24:51.190 --> 00:24:54.009
I<00:24:51.589><c> don't</c><00:24:51.849><c> know</c><00:24:52.490><c> what</c><00:24:53.089><c> these</c><00:24:53.369><c> might</c><00:24:53.670><c> be.</c>

00:24:54.150 --> 00:24:58.170
If<00:24:54.269><c> they've</c><00:24:54.410><c> been</c><00:24:54.690><c> in</c><00:24:55.049><c> such</c><00:24:55.329><c> poverty</c><00:24:55.789><c> as</c><00:24:55.950><c> it</c><00:24:56.210><c> seems,</c><00:24:57.430><c> what</c><00:24:57.730><c> sort</c><00:24:57.950><c> of</c>

00:24:58.170 --> 00:24:59.049
clothing<00:24:58.410><c> has</c><00:24:58.789><c> she?</c>

00:24:59.049 --> 00:25:05.089
Or<00:24:59.549><c> is</c><00:24:59.769><c> it</c><00:24:59.950><c> that,</c><00:25:00.210><c> in</c><00:25:00.250><c> this</c><00:25:00.430><c> period</c><00:25:00.769><c> of</c><00:25:00.930><c> three</c><00:25:01.170><c> months,</c><00:25:03.730><c> the</c><00:25:03.869><c> generosity</c><00:25:04.670><c> of</c>

00:25:05.089 --> 00:25:06.890
Boaz<00:25:05.289><c> has</c><00:25:05.650><c> enabled</c><00:25:06.170><c> them</c>

00:25:06.890 --> 00:25:12.349
to<00:25:07.990><c> build</c><00:25:08.289><c> up</c><00:25:08.630><c> something</c><00:25:08.970><c> more</c><00:25:09.490><c> of</c><00:25:10.230><c> a</c><00:25:10.549><c> home</c><00:25:10.890><c> life,</c><00:25:11.430><c> and</c><00:25:11.670><c> she</c><00:25:11.890><c> has</c><00:25:12.210><c> a</c>

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nice<00:25:12.630><c> change</c><00:25:13.009><c> of</c><00:25:13.289><c> clothing?</c>

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Or<00:25:15.029><c> is</c><00:25:15.190><c> it</c><00:25:15.349><c> one</c><00:25:15.829><c> that</c><00:25:16.470><c> was</c><00:25:16.630><c> very</c><00:25:16.990><c> special</c><00:25:17.329><c> to</c><00:25:17.509><c> her,</c><00:25:18.049><c> from</c><00:25:18.150><c> days</c>

00:25:18.390 --> 00:25:20.190
gone<00:25:18.690><c> by,</c><00:25:18.910><c> and</c><00:25:19.029><c> that</c><00:25:19.130><c> she's</c><00:25:19.390><c> brought</c><00:25:19.569><c> with</c><00:25:19.849><c> her?</c>

00:25:20.190 --> 00:25:22.109
That<00:25:20.529><c> very</c><00:25:20.910><c> special</c><00:25:21.250><c> occasion</c><00:25:21.710><c> dress?</c>

00:25:22.109 --> 00:25:26.549
I<00:25:22.690><c> don't</c><00:25:22.930><c> know,</c><00:25:23.150><c> but</c><00:25:23.309><c> she</c><00:25:23.730><c> has</c><00:25:24.009><c> something</c><00:25:24.430><c> now</c><00:25:24.910><c> to</c><00:25:25.170><c> change</c><00:25:25.490><c> into,</c><00:25:26.470><c> is</c>

00:25:26.549 --> 00:25:28.329
what<00:25:26.690><c> we're</c><00:25:26.869><c> being</c><00:25:27.190><c> told.</c>

00:25:30.109 --> 00:25:35.049
And<00:25:30.269><c> then</c><00:25:30.490><c> she</c><00:25:30.630><c> goes</c><00:25:30.950><c> down</c><00:25:31.849><c> to</c><00:25:33.390><c> the</c><00:25:33.690><c> threshing</c><00:25:34.069><c> floor.</c>

00:25:35.589 --> 00:25:38.930
Now,<00:25:35.809><c> caution</c><00:25:36.309><c> is</c><00:25:36.950><c> warned</c><00:25:37.230><c> by</c><00:25:37.970><c> Naomi.</c>

00:25:39.009 --> 00:25:43.089
Make<00:25:39.190><c> not</c><00:25:39.410><c> thyself</c><00:25:39.849><c> known</c><00:25:40.089><c> unto</c><00:25:40.269><c> the</c><00:25:40.450><c> man</c><00:25:40.589><c> until</c><00:25:40.789><c> ye</c><00:25:40.990><c> have</c><00:25:41.130><c> done</c><00:25:41.470><c> eating</c><00:25:41.930><c> and</c><00:25:42.170><c> drinking.</c>

00:25:43.109 --> 00:25:45.230
He<00:25:43.369><c> has</c><00:25:43.569><c> done</c><00:25:43.750><c> eating</c><00:25:44.049><c> and</c><00:25:44.269><c> drinking.</c>

00:25:45.849 --> 00:25:48.130
I<00:25:46.150><c> don't</c><00:25:46.269><c> know,</c><00:25:46.329><c> it's</c><00:25:46.490><c> almost</c><00:25:46.690><c> saying,</c><00:25:47.150><c> let</c><00:25:47.329><c> be</c><00:25:47.549><c> sure</c><00:25:47.730><c> he's</c><00:25:47.950><c> in</c>

00:25:48.130 --> 00:25:49.650
a<00:25:48.410><c> pleasant</c><00:25:48.690><c> mood.</c>

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Well<00:25:50.470><c> fed</c><00:25:50.829><c> and</c><00:25:51.170><c> settled</c><00:25:51.329><c> down,</c><00:25:52.809><c> and</c><00:25:52.890><c> then's</c><00:25:53.210><c> the</c><00:25:53.349><c> time</c><00:25:53.569><c> to</c><00:25:53.750><c> get</c>

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to<00:25:54.130><c> him.</c>

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All<00:25:55.369><c> right,</c><00:25:55.630><c> well,</c><00:25:56.630><c> he's</c><00:25:57.190><c> gone</c><00:25:57.410><c> through</c><00:25:57.809><c> the</c><00:25:58.970><c> meal,</c><00:25:59.849><c> and</c><00:26:00.009><c> when</c>

00:26:00.130 --> 00:26:03.849
it's<00:26:00.349><c> on</c><00:26:00.509><c> his</c><00:26:00.789><c> own,</c><00:26:01.150><c> settled</c><00:26:01.430><c> down</c><00:26:02.329><c> at</c><00:26:02.990><c> the</c><00:26:03.390><c> threshing</c><00:26:03.690><c> floor.</c>

00:26:03.950 --> 00:26:06.549
But<00:26:04.089><c> notice</c><00:26:04.369><c> in</c><00:26:04.549><c> the</c><00:26:04.769><c> instructions,</c><00:26:05.529><c> because</c><00:26:05.930><c> there's</c><00:26:06.289><c> both</c>

00:26:06.549 --> 00:26:07.230
the<00:26:06.849><c> instructions</c>

00:26:07.230 --> 00:26:12.289
and<00:26:08.069><c> a</c><00:26:08.509><c> record</c><00:26:08.789><c> of</c><00:26:09.009><c> the</c><00:26:09.170><c> actual</c><00:26:10.289><c> follow</c><00:26:10.730><c> through</c><00:26:11.430><c> given</c><00:26:12.109><c> in</c>

00:26:12.289 --> 00:26:12.930
this<00:26:12.509><c> chapter.</c>

00:26:12.930 --> 00:26:18.849
In<00:26:13.410><c> the</c><00:26:13.769><c> instructions,</c><00:26:15.029><c> Naomi</c><00:26:15.269><c> tells</c><00:26:15.630><c> her</c><00:26:15.869><c> to</c><00:26:16.430><c> mark</c><00:26:16.910><c> the</c><00:26:17.369><c> place</c><00:26:17.990><c> where</c><00:26:18.609><c> he</c>

00:26:18.849 --> 00:26:23.309
shall<00:26:19.150><c> lie,</c><00:26:21.369><c> and</c><00:26:21.470><c> then</c><00:26:21.769><c> go</c><00:26:22.069><c> in.</c>

00:26:24.309 --> 00:26:26.650
Now,<00:26:24.529><c> this</c><00:26:24.670><c> is</c><00:26:24.910><c> extremely</c><00:26:25.430><c> important.</c>

00:26:26.930 --> 00:26:31.569
She's<00:26:27.230><c> to</c><00:26:27.430><c> go,</c><00:26:28.450><c> she's</c><00:26:28.789><c> to</c><00:26:28.910><c> go</c><00:26:29.170><c> early,</c><00:26:30.309><c> she's</c><00:26:30.670><c> to</c><00:26:30.930><c> watch</c><00:26:31.269><c> what</c>

00:26:31.569 --> 00:26:32.990
the<00:26:31.910><c> arrangements</c><00:26:32.410><c> are,</c>

00:26:33.250 --> 00:26:37.609
and<00:26:33.390><c> she's</c><00:26:33.670><c> to</c><00:26:33.789><c> be</c><00:26:34.029><c> very</c><00:26:34.569><c> precise</c><00:26:35.450><c> in</c><00:26:36.109><c> understanding</c><00:26:36.869><c> where</c>

00:26:37.609 --> 00:26:41.029
Boaz<00:26:38.329><c> himself</c><00:26:39.210><c> is</c><00:26:39.509><c> settling</c><00:26:39.789><c> down.</c>

00:26:41.569 --> 00:26:44.789
You<00:26:42.049><c> see,</c><00:26:43.369><c> the</c><00:26:43.509><c> women</c><00:26:43.750><c> weren't</c><00:26:44.049><c> to</c><00:26:44.250><c> know</c><00:26:44.349><c> whether</c><00:26:44.549><c> there</c><00:26:44.609><c> was</c>

00:26:44.789 --> 00:26:46.970
going<00:26:44.930><c> to</c><00:26:44.990><c> be</c><00:26:45.130><c> any</c><00:26:45.410><c> change</c><00:26:45.650><c> of</c><00:26:45.890><c> arrangements.</c>

00:26:48.069 --> 00:26:49.690
The<00:26:48.170><c> women</c><00:26:48.390><c> weren't</c><00:26:48.670><c> to</c><00:26:48.789><c> know</c><00:26:48.890><c> if</c><00:26:48.990><c> there</c><00:26:49.170><c> was</c><00:26:49.309><c> going</c><00:26:49.430><c> to</c><00:26:49.490><c> be</c><00:26:49.609><c> a</c>

00:26:49.690 --> 00:26:51.329
last<00:26:50.009><c> minute</c><00:26:50.269><c> switch.</c>

00:26:52.730 --> 00:26:58.589
She<00:26:52.930><c> had</c><00:26:53.170><c> to</c><00:26:53.349><c> see</c><00:26:53.730><c> Boaz</c><00:26:54.269><c> in</c><00:26:54.769><c> daylight</c><00:26:55.430><c> go</c><00:26:57.049><c> to</c><00:26:57.269><c> that</c><00:26:57.509><c> place,</c>

00:26:58.809 --> 00:27:03.430
because<00:26:59.210><c> when</c><00:26:59.430><c> she</c><00:26:59.609><c> made</c><00:26:59.849><c> her</c><00:27:00.109><c> move,</c><00:27:01.210><c> it</c><00:27:01.349><c> would</c><00:27:01.549><c> be</c><00:27:01.809><c> dark,</c><00:27:03.190><c> and</c>

00:27:03.430 --> 00:27:07.789
she<00:27:03.670><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:03.990><c> be</c><00:27:04.269><c> able</c><00:27:04.450><c> to</c><00:27:04.809><c> identify</c><00:27:05.470><c> the</c><00:27:05.750><c> person</c><00:27:06.269><c> exactly.</c>

00:27:08.230 --> 00:27:12.309
Very<00:27:08.549><c> clear</c><00:27:09.029><c> that</c><00:27:09.569><c> it</c><00:27:09.730><c> is</c><00:27:09.950><c> so,</c><00:27:10.329><c> because</c><00:27:10.390><c> that</c><00:27:10.569><c> comes</c><00:27:10.849><c> into</c><00:27:11.089><c> the</c><00:27:11.329><c> story.</c>

00:27:12.950 --> 00:27:17.269
But<00:27:13.089><c> the</c><00:27:13.289><c> other</c><00:27:13.430><c> way</c><00:27:13.690><c> around,</c><00:27:15.349><c> Boaz,</c><00:27:15.670><c> in</c><00:27:15.990><c> the</c><00:27:16.150><c> dark,</c><00:27:17.009><c> doesn't</c>

00:27:17.269 --> 00:27:21.950
know<00:27:17.509><c> who</c><00:27:17.730><c> the</c><00:27:17.829><c> woman</c><00:27:18.029><c> is</c><00:27:19.150><c> when</c><00:27:19.569><c> the</c><00:27:19.809><c> approach</c><00:27:20.269><c> is</c><00:27:21.029><c> made.</c>

00:27:22.609 --> 00:27:26.410
So<00:27:22.809><c> you</c><00:27:22.970><c> can</c><00:27:23.190><c> see</c><00:27:23.309><c> the</c><00:27:23.490><c> very</c><00:27:23.910><c> practical</c><00:27:24.349><c> nature</c><00:27:24.829><c> of</c><00:27:25.109><c> the</c><00:27:25.769><c> steps</c>

00:27:26.410 --> 00:27:31.789
that<00:27:27.589><c> Naomi</c><00:27:27.970><c> is</c><00:27:28.690><c> instructing</c><00:27:29.809><c> Ruth</c><00:27:30.269><c> about.</c>

00:27:32.269 --> 00:27:39.170
Now,<00:27:33.569><c> that</c><00:27:33.650><c> identification</c><00:27:34.470><c> of</c><00:27:34.809><c> the</c><00:27:35.230><c> place</c><00:27:35.650><c> and</c><00:27:36.329><c> identification</c><00:27:37.089><c> of</c><00:27:37.329><c> the</c><00:27:37.630><c> person</c><00:27:38.450><c> who</c>

00:27:39.170 --> 00:27:40.849
is<00:27:39.490><c> settled</c><00:27:39.750><c> in</c><00:27:40.049><c> that</c><00:27:40.349><c> spot,</c>

00:27:41.349 --> 00:27:46.750
and<00:27:41.509><c> to</c><00:27:41.589><c> which</c><00:27:41.930><c> Ruth</c><00:27:42.170><c> will</c><00:27:42.490><c> then</c><00:27:42.849><c> go,</c><00:27:43.849><c> is</c><00:27:44.069><c> extremely</c><00:27:45.150><c> important.</c>

00:27:48.109 --> 00:27:52.670
The<00:27:48.289><c> extensive</c><00:27:48.930><c> risks</c><00:27:49.829><c> that</c><00:27:50.930><c> Ruth</c><00:27:51.210><c> are</c><00:27:51.490><c> taking</c><00:27:51.849><c> at</c><00:27:52.109><c> this</c><00:27:52.329><c> time</c>

00:27:52.670 --> 00:27:54.670
cannot<00:27:53.150><c> be</c><00:27:53.690><c> minimized,</c>

00:27:54.910 --> 00:27:57.410
and<00:27:55.130><c> it's</c><00:27:55.289><c> all,</c><00:27:55.569><c> again,</c><00:27:56.009><c> in</c><00:27:56.150><c> that</c><00:27:56.329><c> social</c><00:27:56.769><c> background</c><00:27:57.230><c> that</c>

00:27:57.410 --> 00:27:59.950
we've<00:27:57.670><c> been</c><00:27:57.789><c> trying</c><00:27:58.049><c> to</c><00:27:58.549><c> highlight</c><00:27:59.069><c> for</c><00:27:59.470><c> you.</c>

00:27:59.950 --> 00:28:08.049
This<00:28:00.910><c> is,</c><00:28:01.910><c> for</c><00:28:02.369><c> the</c><00:28:02.730><c> non</c><00:28:03.089><c>-worshippers</c><00:28:03.630><c> of</c><00:28:03.930><c> Yaffa,</c><00:28:06.009><c> a</c><00:28:06.289><c> festival</c><00:28:06.869><c> time.</c>

00:28:08.410 --> 00:28:14.390
It<00:28:08.569><c> is</c><00:28:09.009><c> a</c><00:28:09.250><c> fertility</c><00:28:09.990><c> cult</c><00:28:10.609><c> period,</c><00:28:13.150><c> and</c><00:28:13.309><c> part</c><00:28:13.650><c> of</c><00:28:13.890><c> the</c><00:28:14.029><c> very</c>

00:28:14.390 --> 00:28:20.289
worship<00:28:15.210><c> of</c><00:28:16.549><c> the</c><00:28:16.829><c> Ba</c><00:28:17.069><c>'al,</c><00:28:17.910><c> or</c><00:28:18.089><c> the</c><00:28:18.329><c> Ba</c><00:28:18.569><c>'aleen,</c>

00:28:21.069 --> 00:28:29.910
was<00:28:21.670><c> a</c><00:28:22.269><c> sexual</c><00:28:22.809><c> relationship</c><00:28:24.250><c> undertaken</c><00:28:26.549><c> as</c><00:28:27.950><c> a</c><00:28:28.130><c> part</c><00:28:28.289><c> of</c><00:28:28.450><c> the</c><00:28:28.630><c> ceremonial.</c>

00:28:30.849 --> 00:28:34.170
And<00:28:31.130><c> it</c><00:28:31.250><c> was</c><00:28:31.410><c> either</c><00:28:31.809><c> with</c><00:28:32.490><c> women</c><00:28:32.829><c> who</c><00:28:33.089><c> gave</c><00:28:33.390><c> themselves</c><00:28:33.869><c> in</c>

00:28:34.170 --> 00:28:35.210
service<00:28:34.509><c> to</c><00:28:34.710><c> the</c><00:28:34.930><c> deity,</c>

00:28:35.390 --> 00:28:39.150
and<00:28:35.430><c> became</c><00:28:35.789><c> known</c><00:28:36.069><c> in</c><00:28:36.269><c> the</c><00:28:36.490><c> prophets</c><00:28:36.710><c> as</c><00:28:36.950><c> the</c><00:28:37.349><c> temple</c><00:28:37.690><c> prostitutes,</c>

00:28:39.230 --> 00:28:42.170
or<00:28:39.529><c> it</c><00:28:39.690><c> could</c><00:28:39.829><c> be</c><00:28:40.029><c> between</c><00:28:40.289><c> themselves</c><00:28:40.869><c> and</c><00:28:41.109><c> anyone</c><00:28:41.410><c> they</c><00:28:41.750><c> saw</c>

00:28:42.170 --> 00:28:44.309
in<00:28:42.509><c> the</c><00:28:42.769><c> open</c><00:28:43.130><c> alone.</c>

00:28:45.730 --> 00:28:49.410
And<00:28:46.450><c> it's</c><00:28:46.809><c> a</c><00:28:46.849><c> very</c><00:28:47.349><c> real</c><00:28:47.690><c> threat</c><00:28:48.170><c> to</c><00:28:48.609><c> Ruth.</c>

00:28:49.930 --> 00:28:52.930
And<00:28:50.029><c> it's</c><00:28:50.190><c> why</c><00:28:50.509><c> the</c><00:28:50.750><c> precaution</c><00:28:51.130><c> is</c><00:28:51.369><c> taken</c><00:28:51.710><c> that</c><00:28:51.910><c> although</c><00:28:52.130><c> she's</c><00:28:52.470><c> dressed</c><00:28:52.730><c> in</c>

00:28:52.930 --> 00:28:55.170
her<00:28:53.650><c> best</c><00:28:54.009><c> outfit,</c>

00:28:55.589 --> 00:28:57.569
that<00:28:55.849><c> might</c><00:28:56.130><c> be</c><00:28:56.390><c> misunderstood.</c>

00:28:58.009 --> 00:29:04.230
And<00:28:58.730><c> she</c><00:28:58.930><c> has</c><00:28:59.269><c> what</c><00:28:59.509><c> is</c><00:29:00.029><c> later</c><00:29:00.369><c> called</c><00:29:00.829><c> a</c><00:29:01.369><c> heavy</c><00:29:01.930><c> outer</c><00:29:02.450><c> garment,</c><00:29:03.890><c> hiding</c>

00:29:04.230 --> 00:29:07.630
those<00:29:05.869><c> binaries.</c>

00:29:12.150 --> 00:29:17.990
Now,<00:29:12.750><c> what</c><00:29:13.349><c> this</c><00:29:13.589><c> is</c><00:29:13.750><c> saying</c><00:29:14.049><c> to</c><00:29:14.329><c> us</c><00:29:14.849><c> is</c><00:29:15.369><c> that</c><00:29:16.150><c> Naomi</c><00:29:16.710><c> is</c><00:29:17.210><c> underlining</c><00:29:17.730><c> the</c>

00:29:17.990 --> 00:29:23.170
fact<00:29:18.130><c> that</c><00:29:18.349><c> you</c><00:29:18.650><c> must</c><00:29:19.069><c> be</c><00:29:19.410><c> sure</c><00:29:19.910><c> that</c><00:29:20.369><c> it</c><00:29:20.609><c> is</c><00:29:21.190><c> Boaz</c><00:29:21.650><c> you're</c><00:29:21.910><c> going</c><00:29:22.210><c> to,</c>

00:29:23.509 --> 00:29:27.890
and<00:29:23.670><c> you</c><00:29:23.769><c> must</c><00:29:23.930><c> be</c><00:29:24.269><c> extremely</c><00:29:24.849><c> careful</c><00:29:25.470><c> in</c><00:29:25.950><c> the</c><00:29:26.150><c> delicate</c><00:29:26.670><c> nature</c><00:29:27.329><c> of</c>

00:29:27.890 --> 00:29:29.890
what<00:29:28.109><c> you're</c><00:29:28.349><c> going</c><00:29:28.569><c> to</c><00:29:28.789><c> do.</c>

00:29:31.509 --> 00:29:33.609
Now,<00:29:31.750><c> despite</c><00:29:32.089><c> the</c><00:29:32.269><c> dangers</c><00:29:32.509><c> then,</c><00:29:32.769><c> the</c><00:29:32.910><c> crucial</c><00:29:33.190><c> step</c><00:29:33.410><c> has</c>

00:29:33.609 --> 00:29:34.390
to<00:29:33.750><c> be</c><00:29:33.970><c> taken,</c>

00:29:34.390 --> 00:29:38.609
and<00:29:34.930><c> clearly,</c><00:29:36.069><c> as</c><00:29:36.230><c> a</c><00:29:36.269><c> support</c><00:29:36.670><c> to</c><00:29:36.869><c> all</c><00:29:37.069><c> this,</c><00:29:37.750><c> both</c><00:29:37.869><c> women</c><00:29:38.289><c> had</c>

00:29:38.609 --> 00:29:42.490
immense<00:29:38.990><c> confidence</c><00:29:39.769><c> in</c><00:29:40.430><c> Boaz's</c><00:29:40.910><c> good</c><00:29:41.309><c> character.</c>

00:29:43.029 --> 00:29:47.829
She<00:29:43.089><c> was</c><00:29:43.309><c> to</c><00:29:43.450><c> approach</c><00:29:43.869><c> quietly,</c><00:29:44.690><c> it</c><00:29:44.990><c> says,</c><00:29:46.190><c> and,</c><00:29:46.650><c> verse</c><00:29:46.990><c> 4b,</c>

00:29:48.089 --> 00:29:50.890
uncover<00:29:48.690><c> his</c><00:29:49.910><c> feet.</c>

00:29:51.829 --> 00:29:56.250
Now,<00:29:52.369><c> when</c><00:29:52.589><c> we</c><00:29:52.750><c> get</c><00:29:52.930><c> to</c><00:29:53.109><c> the</c><00:29:53.250><c> actual</c><00:29:53.890><c> record</c><00:29:54.569><c> of</c><00:29:54.710><c> what</c><00:29:55.009><c> happened,</c><00:29:55.789><c> verse</c><00:29:55.990><c> 6</c>

00:29:56.250 --> 00:29:57.470
and<00:29:56.369><c> 7</c><00:29:56.650><c> put</c><00:29:56.829><c> it</c><00:29:56.930><c> this</c><00:29:57.170><c> way,</c>

00:29:57.470 --> 00:30:01.829
She<00:29:57.869><c> went</c><00:29:58.170><c> down</c><00:29:58.549><c> unto</c><00:29:58.750><c> the</c><00:29:59.009><c> floor,</c><00:29:59.769><c> and</c><00:29:59.829><c> did</c><00:30:00.069><c> according</c><00:30:00.410><c> to</c><00:30:00.710><c> all</c><00:30:01.029><c> that</c><00:30:01.190><c> her</c><00:30:01.410><c> mother</c><00:30:01.630><c>-in</c>

00:30:01.829 --> 00:30:03.150
-law<00:30:02.190><c> bade</c><00:30:02.730><c> her.</c>

00:30:03.549 --> 00:30:07.650
And<00:30:03.730><c> when</c><00:30:03.990><c> Boaz</c><00:30:04.309><c> had</c><00:30:04.549><c> eaten</c><00:30:04.829><c> and</c><00:30:05.069><c> drunk,</c><00:30:05.769><c> and</c><00:30:05.930><c> his</c><00:30:06.190><c> heart</c><00:30:06.430><c> was</c><00:30:06.710><c> merry,</c>

00:30:07.789 --> 00:30:12.490
she<00:30:08.089><c> went</c><00:30:08.490><c> to</c><00:30:08.750><c> lie</c><00:30:09.089><c> down</c><00:30:09.589><c> at</c><00:30:09.970><c> the</c><00:30:10.230><c> end</c><00:30:10.529><c> of</c><00:30:10.789><c> the</c><00:30:10.950><c> heap</c><00:30:11.150><c> of</c><00:30:11.549><c> corn.</c>

00:30:13.190 --> 00:30:22.029
And<00:30:13.650><c> she</c><00:30:13.970><c> came</c><00:30:14.829><c> softly,</c><00:30:17.589><c> and</c><00:30:17.829><c> uncovered</c><00:30:18.390><c> his</c><00:30:18.829><c> feet,</c><00:30:20.269><c> and</c><00:30:20.589><c> laid</c><00:30:20.890><c> down.</c>

00:30:23.589 --> 00:30:27.930
Now,<00:30:25.289><c> uncovered</c><00:30:25.569><c> his</c><00:30:26.049><c> feet,</c><00:30:26.329><c> what</c><00:30:26.609><c> does</c><00:30:26.829><c> it</c><00:30:26.990><c> mean?</c>

00:30:29.190 --> 00:30:31.650
There<00:30:29.269><c> are</c><00:30:29.490><c> various</c><00:30:29.789><c> ideas</c><00:30:30.289><c> to</c><00:30:30.509><c> consider.</c>

00:30:32.589 --> 00:30:35.650
Literally,<00:30:33.230><c> the</c><00:30:33.329><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:33.589><c> refers</c><00:30:34.109><c> to</c><00:30:34.349><c> the</c><00:30:34.670><c> place</c><00:30:35.049><c> where</c><00:30:35.410><c> the</c>

00:30:35.650 --> 00:30:36.470
feet<00:30:35.930><c> are.</c>

00:30:36.809 --> 00:30:41.750
A<00:30:37.029><c> garment</c><00:30:37.470><c> is</c><00:30:37.789><c> concerned</c><00:30:38.490><c> that</c><00:30:40.210><c> is</c><00:30:40.750><c> related</c><00:30:41.150><c> to</c><00:30:41.369><c> the</c><00:30:41.549><c> place</c>

00:30:41.750 --> 00:30:44.950
where<00:30:41.970><c> the</c><00:30:42.170><c> feet</c><00:30:42.390><c> are</c><00:30:42.990><c> on</c><00:30:43.329><c> the</c><00:30:43.529><c> human</c><00:30:43.809><c> body.</c>

00:30:47.109 --> 00:30:52.049
And<00:30:47.829><c> we</c><00:30:48.549><c> have</c><00:30:48.769><c> to</c><00:30:48.990><c> take</c><00:30:49.109><c> into</c><00:30:49.450><c> account,</c><00:30:50.730><c> when</c><00:30:50.950><c> the</c><00:30:51.470><c> removal</c><00:30:51.809><c> of</c>

00:30:52.049 --> 00:30:54.549
that<00:30:52.289><c> garment</c><00:30:52.670><c> happened,</c>

00:30:54.930 --> 00:30:59.809
Boaz's<00:30:55.369><c> reaction</c><00:30:56.069><c> was</c><00:30:57.009><c> that</c><00:30:57.369><c> he</c><00:30:57.690><c> was</c><00:30:58.430><c> afraid.</c>

00:31:02.009 --> 00:31:03.809
Now,<00:31:02.369><c> weigh</c><00:31:02.450><c> that</c><00:31:02.809><c> word.</c>

00:31:04.470 --> 00:31:07.450
The<00:31:04.650><c> vice</c><00:31:04.769><c>-version</c><00:31:05.109><c> changes</c><00:31:05.490><c> it</c><00:31:05.650><c> a</c><00:31:05.690><c> little</c><00:31:05.869><c> bit</c><00:31:06.009><c> and</c><00:31:06.109><c> says,</c><00:31:06.950><c> startled.</c>

00:31:07.970 --> 00:31:10.390
It<00:31:08.190><c> says,</c><00:31:09.170><c> afraid.</c>

00:31:10.890 --> 00:31:17.970
Now,<00:31:11.690><c> why</c><00:31:12.190><c> would</c><00:31:12.769><c> Boaz</c><00:31:13.150><c> be</c><00:31:13.470><c> afraid</c><00:31:14.130><c> when,</c><00:31:16.650><c> as</c><00:31:16.849><c> we</c><00:31:16.990><c> sometimes</c><00:31:17.549><c> hear,</c>

00:31:18.369 --> 00:31:24.990
a<00:31:18.569><c> tiny</c><00:31:18.869><c> corner</c><00:31:19.569><c> of</c><00:31:20.670><c> a</c><00:31:20.910><c> cloak</c><00:31:21.250><c> was</c><00:31:22.150><c> lifted</c><00:31:22.509><c> to</c><00:31:22.809><c> expose</c><00:31:23.710><c> a</c><00:31:24.210><c> foot?</c>

00:31:26.250 --> 00:31:31.450
That's<00:31:26.750><c> the</c><00:31:26.970><c> issue</c><00:31:27.470><c> that</c><00:31:28.450><c> we</c><00:31:28.569><c> want</c><00:31:28.789><c> to</c><00:31:28.990><c> think</c><00:31:29.190><c> about</c><00:31:29.509><c> together</c><00:31:29.930><c> now.</c>

00:31:34.230 --> 00:31:40.650
One<00:31:34.950><c> of</c><00:31:35.150><c> the</c><00:31:35.309><c> views</c><00:31:35.569><c> is</c><00:31:35.990><c> that</c><00:31:38.289><c> Boaz</c><00:31:38.890><c> was</c><00:31:39.470><c> awakened</c><00:31:39.869><c> because</c><00:31:40.410><c> of</c>

00:31:40.650 --> 00:31:42.529
this<00:31:41.430><c> movement,</c>

00:31:42.829 --> 00:31:45.190
and<00:31:42.990><c> because</c><00:31:43.150><c> of</c><00:31:43.309><c> the</c><00:31:43.490><c> change</c><00:31:43.789><c> of</c><00:31:44.089><c> temperature.</c>

00:31:45.470 --> 00:31:50.029
He<00:31:46.049><c> awakened,</c><00:31:47.369><c> and</c><00:31:47.549><c> this</c><00:31:47.809><c> slight</c><00:31:48.170><c> movement,</c><00:31:48.750><c> removal</c><00:31:49.089><c> of</c><00:31:49.430><c> a</c><00:31:49.529><c> part</c><00:31:49.710><c> of</c><00:31:49.910><c> a</c>

00:31:50.029 --> 00:31:51.970
garment<00:31:50.369><c> in</c><00:31:51.170><c> that</c><00:31:51.410><c> way,</c>

00:31:52.210 --> 00:31:58.089
was<00:31:52.410><c> an</c><00:31:52.670><c> indication</c><00:31:53.269><c> that</c><00:31:55.650><c> Ruth</c><00:31:56.069><c> was</c><00:31:56.349><c> declaring</c><00:31:56.829><c> her</c><00:31:57.190><c> interest</c><00:31:57.490><c> in</c><00:31:57.690><c> him</c>

00:31:58.089 --> 00:31:59.569
for<00:31:58.569><c> marriage.</c>

00:31:59.849 --> 00:32:02.509
And<00:32:00.410><c> sometimes</c><00:32:00.970><c> it</c><00:32:01.109><c> is</c><00:32:01.309><c> pointed</c><00:32:01.609><c> out,</c><00:32:01.950><c> and</c><00:32:02.029><c> we</c><00:32:02.150><c> have</c><00:32:02.269><c> to</c><00:32:02.410><c> say</c>

00:32:02.509 --> 00:32:03.990
that<00:32:02.670><c> this</c><00:32:02.849><c> is</c><00:32:03.049><c> correct,</c>

00:32:04.130 --> 00:32:06.849
that<00:32:04.269><c> even</c><00:32:04.529><c> in</c><00:32:04.809><c> some</c><00:32:04.990><c> Arab</c><00:32:05.289><c> tribes</c><00:32:05.710><c> today,</c>

00:32:07.390 --> 00:32:10.170
the<00:32:07.569><c> removal</c><00:32:08.029><c> of</c><00:32:08.289><c> a</c><00:32:08.470><c> garment</c><00:32:08.750><c> from</c><00:32:09.089><c> the</c><00:32:09.329><c> lower</c><00:32:09.569><c> part</c><00:32:09.890><c> of</c><00:32:10.069><c> the</c>

00:32:10.170 --> 00:32:13.690
man's<00:32:10.490><c> body</c><00:32:10.890><c> is</c><00:32:11.509><c> the</c><00:32:11.789><c> declaration</c><00:32:12.529><c> of</c><00:32:13.009><c> marriage.</c>

00:32:14.190 --> 00:32:15.569
Still<00:32:14.529><c> there.</c>

00:32:17.049 --> 00:32:20.109
But<00:32:17.369><c> there</c><00:32:17.609><c> are</c><00:32:17.789><c> more</c><00:32:18.069><c> fundamental</c><00:32:18.630><c> things</c><00:32:19.009><c> than</c><00:32:19.190><c> this</c><00:32:19.430><c> involved</c><00:32:19.910><c> in</c>

00:32:20.109 --> 00:32:21.509
this<00:32:20.390><c> statement</c>

00:32:22.109 --> 00:32:26.609
that<00:32:22.789><c> go</c><00:32:22.789><c> a</c><00:32:22.950><c> great</c><00:32:23.170><c> deal</c><00:32:23.430><c> further</c><00:32:23.789><c> than</c><00:32:23.990><c> that</c><00:32:24.930><c> rather</c><00:32:25.470><c> westernized</c><00:32:26.190><c> view</c><00:32:26.470><c> of</c>

00:32:26.609 --> 00:32:28.930
things<00:32:26.950><c> that</c><00:32:27.089><c> we've</c><00:32:27.269><c> just</c><00:32:27.549><c> described.</c>

00:32:30.529 --> 00:32:35.750
Moffat<00:32:30.750><c> translates</c><00:32:31.450><c> the</c><00:32:32.490><c> expression,</c><00:32:34.390><c> uncovered</c><00:32:34.630><c> his</c><00:32:34.950><c> feet,</c>

00:32:35.869 --> 00:32:39.109
as<00:32:36.250><c> uncovered</c><00:32:37.130><c> his</c><00:32:37.910><c> waist.</c>

00:32:42.829 --> 00:32:45.890
The<00:32:42.950><c> place</c><00:32:43.250><c> where</c><00:32:43.509><c> the</c><00:32:43.769><c> feet</c><00:32:44.009><c> are,</c><00:32:44.809><c> according</c><00:32:45.109><c> to</c><00:32:45.369><c> the</c><00:32:45.509><c> Hebrew</c>

00:32:45.890 --> 00:32:47.150
writers<00:32:46.369><c> themselves,</c>

00:32:47.150 --> 00:32:51.849
is<00:32:47.650><c> a</c><00:32:47.849><c> euphemism,</c><00:32:48.710><c> that</c><00:32:48.950><c> is,</c><00:32:49.470><c> a</c><00:32:49.509><c> more</c><00:32:49.910><c> delicate</c><00:32:50.430><c> way,</c><00:32:50.750><c> or</c><00:32:50.990><c> polite</c><00:32:51.390><c> way,</c>

00:32:52.150 --> 00:32:53.289
of<00:32:52.250><c> saying,</c>

00:32:53.410 --> 00:32:56.490
uncovered<00:32:53.829><c> from</c><00:32:54.329><c> the</c><00:32:54.589><c> waist</c><00:32:55.109><c> downwards.</c>

00:32:58.970 --> 00:33:04.829
The<00:32:59.190><c> Av</c><00:32:59.410><c> margin</c><00:33:00.589><c> indicates</c><00:33:01.589><c> that</c><00:33:01.910><c> Naomi's</c><00:33:02.509><c> instructions</c><00:33:02.950><c> were</c><00:33:03.269><c> that</c><00:33:03.490><c> Ruth</c><00:33:03.769><c> should</c><00:33:04.170><c> lift</c><00:33:04.529><c> up</c>

00:33:04.829 --> 00:33:07.430
the<00:33:05.089><c> clothes</c><00:33:05.309><c> that</c><00:33:05.509><c> are</c><00:33:05.650><c> on</c><00:33:06.029><c> his</c><00:33:06.509><c> feet.</c>

00:33:09.430 --> 00:33:11.589
Now,<00:33:10.349><c> what</c><00:33:10.630><c> do</c><00:33:10.730><c> we</c><00:33:10.849><c> make</c><00:33:11.029><c> of</c><00:33:11.210><c> this?</c>

00:33:11.589 --> 00:33:15.450
Now,<00:33:12.329><c> there</c><00:33:12.509><c> are</c><00:33:12.869><c> other</c><00:33:13.170><c> euphemisms</c><00:33:13.789><c> in</c><00:33:14.029><c> Scripture</c><00:33:14.529><c> for</c><00:33:15.190><c> this</c>

00:33:15.450 --> 00:33:17.410
same<00:33:16.289><c> sort</c><00:33:16.609><c> of</c><00:33:16.869><c> expression,</c>

00:33:17.910 --> 00:33:21.369
and<00:33:18.069><c> I</c><00:33:18.130><c> want</c><00:33:18.309><c> to</c><00:33:18.470><c> draw</c><00:33:18.589><c> your</c><00:33:18.869><c> attention</c><00:33:19.529><c> to</c><00:33:20.170><c> some</c><00:33:20.450><c> of</c><00:33:20.609><c> them</c><00:33:20.990><c> so</c>

00:33:21.369 --> 00:33:24.029
we<00:33:21.529><c> can</c><00:33:21.730><c> get</c><00:33:21.890><c> an</c><00:33:22.109><c> actual</c><00:33:22.509><c> picture</c><00:33:22.970><c> of</c><00:33:23.289><c> what</c><00:33:23.470><c> is</c><00:33:23.630><c> happening.</c>

00:33:24.349 --> 00:33:30.569
Do<00:33:24.529><c> you</c><00:33:24.569><c> remember</c><00:33:24.970><c> the</c><00:33:25.210><c> circumstance</c><00:33:25.849><c> when</c><00:33:27.950><c> Ehud</c><00:33:29.589><c> was</c><00:33:29.849><c> involved</c><00:33:30.349><c> with</c>

00:33:30.569 --> 00:33:32.589
the<00:33:30.750><c> killing</c><00:33:30.970><c> of</c><00:33:31.210><c> Eglon?</c>

00:33:32.910 --> 00:33:36.869
And<00:33:33.269><c> the</c><00:33:33.390><c> king's</c><00:33:33.890><c> servants</c><00:33:34.089><c> weren't</c><00:33:34.490><c> particularly</c><00:33:35.029><c> perturbed</c><00:33:35.930><c> about</c><00:33:36.230><c> him</c><00:33:36.450><c> being</c><00:33:36.690><c> a</c>

00:33:36.869 --> 00:33:39.329
long<00:33:37.150><c> time</c><00:33:37.390><c> in</c><00:33:37.650><c> the</c><00:33:38.509><c> summer</c><00:33:38.809><c> house,</c>

00:33:39.329 --> 00:33:42.869
because<00:33:40.109><c> they</c><00:33:40.369><c> said</c><00:33:40.589><c> the</c><00:33:40.769><c> king</c><00:33:41.049><c> covers</c><00:33:41.390><c> his</c><00:33:41.670><c> feet.</c>

00:33:44.809 --> 00:33:47.309
And<00:33:45.009><c> what</c><00:33:45.190><c> it</c><00:33:45.410><c> meant</c><00:33:45.589><c> quite</c><00:33:45.990><c> literally</c><00:33:46.390><c> in</c><00:33:46.589><c> terms</c><00:33:46.829><c> of</c><00:33:47.029><c> English</c>

00:33:47.309 --> 00:33:50.109
was<00:33:47.930><c> they</c><00:33:48.349><c> thought</c><00:33:48.569><c> he'd</c><00:33:48.690><c> gone</c><00:33:48.849><c> to</c><00:33:49.009><c> the</c><00:33:49.210><c> toilet,</c>

00:33:50.269 --> 00:33:52.509
and<00:33:50.470><c> you</c><00:33:50.569><c> would</c><00:33:50.750><c> say</c><00:33:50.930><c> he'd</c><00:33:51.049><c> gone</c><00:33:51.130><c> to</c><00:33:51.230><c> the</c><00:33:51.390><c> washroom.</c>

00:33:53.609 --> 00:33:57.890
That's<00:33:53.970><c> what</c><00:33:54.150><c> that</c><00:33:54.430><c> expression</c><00:33:54.789><c> means</c><00:33:55.529><c> in</c><00:33:56.230><c> that</c><00:33:56.869><c> text.</c>

00:33:58.269 --> 00:34:05.150
And<00:33:58.450><c> it</c><00:33:58.589><c> is</c><00:33:58.829><c> the</c><00:33:58.990><c> same</c><00:33:59.269><c> precisely</c><00:33:59.970><c> when</c><00:34:00.710><c> David</c><00:34:01.069><c> is</c><00:34:01.329><c> dealing</c><00:34:01.589><c> with</c><00:34:01.910><c> Saul,</c><00:34:03.950><c> and</c><00:34:04.130><c> he'd</c><00:34:04.490><c> left</c><00:34:04.490><c> a</c><00:34:04.730><c> garment,</c>

00:34:05.150 --> 00:34:08.929
he'd<00:34:05.470><c> taken</c><00:34:05.690><c> a</c><00:34:05.930><c> garment</c><00:34:06.170><c> off</c><00:34:06.609><c> and</c><00:34:06.829><c> left</c><00:34:07.049><c> it</c><00:34:07.269><c> there,</c><00:34:08.309><c> and</c><00:34:08.710><c> David</c>

00:34:08.929 --> 00:34:10.949
cut<00:34:09.150><c> a</c><00:34:09.289><c> piece</c><00:34:09.469><c> off</c><00:34:09.690><c> it.</c>

00:34:11.269 --> 00:34:15.289
And<00:34:11.429><c> the</c><00:34:11.530><c> reason</c><00:34:11.789><c> was</c><00:34:12.329><c> he</c><00:34:12.730><c> was</c><00:34:12.989><c> covering</c><00:34:13.510><c> his</c><00:34:14.329><c> feet.</c>

00:34:16.170 --> 00:34:20.849
And<00:34:16.449><c> it</c><00:34:16.550><c> is</c><00:34:16.789><c> the</c><00:34:17.070><c> same</c><00:34:17.530><c> sense</c><00:34:18.110><c> that</c><00:34:18.969><c> is</c><00:34:19.750><c> implied.</c>

00:34:21.190 --> 00:34:25.369
And<00:34:21.409><c> if</c><00:34:21.550><c> you</c><00:34:21.750><c> go</c><00:34:22.130><c> into</c><00:34:22.690><c> the</c><00:34:22.849><c> book</c><00:34:23.030><c> of</c><00:34:23.269><c> Genesis,</c><00:34:24.670><c> you</c><00:34:24.829><c> will</c><00:34:25.110><c> find</c>

00:34:25.369 --> 00:34:28.829
the<00:34:25.630><c> reference,</c><00:34:25.969><c> which</c><00:34:26.250><c> is</c><00:34:26.869><c> very</c><00:34:27.250><c> closely</c><00:34:27.590><c> related</c><00:34:28.050><c> to</c><00:34:28.309><c> this,</c>

00:34:28.829 --> 00:34:36.630
that<00:34:29.289><c> is</c><00:34:29.530><c> dealing</c><00:34:29.969><c> with</c><00:34:31.690><c> Zipporah</c><00:34:33.349><c> circumcising</c><00:34:35.070><c> her</c><00:34:35.590><c> son</c>

00:34:36.630 --> 00:34:41.510
whilst<00:34:37.170><c> her</c><00:34:38.329><c> husband</c><00:34:38.869><c> was</c><00:34:39.550><c> desperately</c><00:34:40.150><c> ill.</c>

00:34:42.469 --> 00:34:47.489
Now<00:34:42.730><c> you</c><00:34:42.989><c> see</c><00:34:43.309><c> the</c><00:34:43.530><c> drift</c><00:34:43.869><c> of</c><00:34:44.030><c> what</c><00:34:44.250><c> these</c><00:34:45.849><c> passages</c><00:34:46.349><c> are</c><00:34:46.929><c> bringing</c><00:34:47.170><c> to</c>

00:34:47.489 --> 00:34:49.010
our<00:34:47.750><c> mind.</c>

00:34:49.050 --> 00:34:55.150
It<00:34:49.070><c> isn't</c><00:34:49.449><c> just</c><00:34:50.210><c> the</c><00:34:50.349><c> lifting</c><00:34:50.610><c> up</c><00:34:50.849><c> of</c><00:34:51.030><c> a</c><00:34:51.210><c> corner,</c><00:34:53.070><c> exposing</c><00:34:53.909><c> the</c><00:34:54.190><c> toes</c><00:34:54.409><c> and</c><00:34:54.630><c> the</c><00:34:54.809><c> ankles</c><00:34:55.030><c> as</c>

00:34:55.150 --> 00:34:55.769
it<00:34:55.449><c> were.</c>

00:34:55.769 --> 00:35:00.570
It<00:34:56.349><c> is</c><00:34:56.570><c> a</c><00:34:56.610><c> removal</c><00:34:57.090><c> of</c><00:34:57.289><c> a</c><00:34:57.449><c> garment,</c><00:34:58.429><c> as</c><00:34:58.710><c> Moffat</c><00:34:58.929><c> says,</c><00:35:00.210><c> from</c>

00:35:00.570 --> 00:35:02.909
the<00:35:01.010><c> waist</c><00:35:01.489><c> down.</c>

00:35:04.230 --> 00:35:09.929
Now,<00:35:04.670><c> some</c><00:35:04.869><c> may</c><00:35:05.090><c> consider</c><00:35:05.449><c> this</c><00:35:05.730><c> indelicate</c><00:35:06.769><c> because</c><00:35:07.730><c> of</c><00:35:07.969><c> Western</c><00:35:08.329><c> thinking</c><00:35:08.829><c> instead</c><00:35:09.349><c> of</c>

00:35:09.929 --> 00:35:11.469
Eastern<00:35:10.309><c> realities.</c>

00:35:12.050 --> 00:35:15.369
But<00:35:12.190><c> there's</c><00:35:12.429><c> little</c><00:35:12.730><c> doubt</c><00:35:13.010><c> that</c><00:35:13.250><c> the</c><00:35:13.489><c> passage</c><00:35:13.829><c> means</c><00:35:14.570><c> what</c>

00:35:15.369 --> 00:35:16.690
we've<00:35:15.610><c> been</c><00:35:15.949><c> saying</c><00:35:16.190><c> to</c><00:35:16.469><c> you.</c>

00:35:16.789 --> 00:35:20.289
However,<00:35:17.110><c> we</c><00:35:17.269><c> want</c><00:35:17.489><c> now</c><00:35:18.030><c> to</c><00:35:18.590><c> explain</c><00:35:19.070><c> these</c><00:35:19.469><c> circumstances,</c>

00:35:20.289 --> 00:35:24.949
why<00:35:21.369><c> this</c><00:35:21.710><c> custom</c><00:35:21.969><c> was</c><00:35:22.269><c> either</c><00:35:22.630><c> necessarily</c><00:35:23.050><c> observed</c><00:35:23.690><c> or</c><00:35:24.349><c> observed</c><00:35:24.769><c> at</c>

00:35:24.949 --> 00:35:26.210
the<00:35:25.090><c> time</c><00:35:25.269><c> when</c><00:35:25.449><c> the</c><00:35:25.590><c> judges</c><00:35:25.789><c> ruled.</c>

00:35:26.710 --> 00:35:28.010
We<00:35:26.929><c> don't</c><00:35:27.429><c> know.</c>

00:35:28.510 --> 00:35:35.809
But<00:35:28.670><c> it</c><00:35:29.289><c> clearly</c><00:35:29.610><c> conveys</c><00:35:30.550><c> to</c><00:35:30.949><c> Boaz</c><00:35:31.829><c> Ruth's</c><00:35:32.630><c> intention</c><00:35:33.530><c> of</c><00:35:35.030><c> wishing</c><00:35:35.389><c> to</c>

00:35:35.809 --> 00:35:43.489
be<00:35:36.449><c> taken</c><00:35:36.949><c> as</c><00:35:37.570><c> his</c><00:35:37.989><c> wife,</c><00:35:40.289><c> offering</c><00:35:40.730><c> herself</c><00:35:41.449><c> in</c><00:35:42.469><c> marriage.</c>

00:35:43.809 --> 00:35:48.429
And<00:35:44.190><c> it</c><00:35:44.349><c> would</c><00:35:44.610><c> also</c><00:35:45.070><c> now</c><00:35:45.530><c> explain</c><00:35:46.110><c> the</c><00:35:46.409><c> literality</c><00:35:47.110><c> of</c><00:35:48.130><c> the</c>

00:35:48.429 --> 00:35:53.030
reaction<00:35:48.969><c> of</c><00:35:49.369><c> Boaz,</c><00:35:50.309><c> waking</c><00:35:50.489><c> up</c><00:35:50.809><c> suddenly</c><00:35:51.190><c> in</c><00:35:51.630><c> darkness,</c><00:35:52.989><c> and</c>

00:35:53.030 --> 00:35:54.489
he's<00:35:53.269><c> afraid.</c>

00:35:55.329 --> 00:36:00.909
Now<00:35:55.630><c> you</c><00:35:55.849><c> see</c><00:35:56.190><c> that</c><00:35:56.449><c> situation,</c><00:35:57.690><c> you</c><00:35:57.969><c> see</c><00:35:58.469><c> the</c><00:35:58.849><c> fertility</c><00:35:59.570><c> cult</c><00:35:59.989><c> pattern,</c><00:36:00.730><c> and</c>

00:36:00.909 --> 00:36:03.050
you<00:36:01.070><c> know</c><00:36:01.309><c> why</c><00:36:01.590><c> Boaz</c><00:36:01.929><c> is</c><00:36:02.110><c> afraid.</c>

00:36:03.670 --> 00:36:07.329
He<00:36:03.889><c> doesn't</c><00:36:04.170><c> know</c><00:36:04.409><c> who</c><00:36:04.570><c> the</c><00:36:04.690><c> woman</c><00:36:04.909><c> is</c><00:36:05.510><c> at</c><00:36:05.809><c> his</c><00:36:06.050><c> feet</c><00:36:06.590><c> when</c><00:36:07.130><c> he</c>

00:36:07.329 --> 00:36:09.670
wakes<00:36:07.550><c> up</c><00:36:08.050><c> bemused.</c>

00:36:10.590 --> 00:36:16.230
And<00:36:11.590><c> he's</c><00:36:11.969><c> afraid</c><00:36:12.369><c> and</c><00:36:12.769><c> startled</c><00:36:13.269><c> at</c><00:36:13.869><c> what</c><00:36:14.050><c> it</c><00:36:14.289><c> might</c><00:36:14.489><c> imply</c><00:36:15.110><c> to</c><00:36:16.010><c> a</c>

00:36:16.230 --> 00:36:21.230
man<00:36:16.489><c> who's</c><00:36:17.170><c> a</c><00:36:17.329><c> devout</c><00:36:18.269><c> worshiper</c><00:36:19.050><c> of</c><00:36:19.369><c> the</c><00:36:19.550><c> God</c><00:36:19.670><c> of</c><00:36:19.869><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:23.610 --> 00:36:33.909
Now,<00:36:26.409><c> we</c><00:36:26.769><c> can</c><00:36:27.349><c> also</c><00:36:27.969><c> now</c><00:36:28.230><c> understand</c><00:36:29.090><c> why</c><00:36:30.710><c> Naomi</c><00:36:31.289><c> was</c><00:36:31.530><c> so</c><00:36:32.389><c> careful</c><00:36:32.969><c> to</c>

00:36:33.909 --> 00:36:38.510
educate<00:36:34.449><c> Ruth</c><00:36:34.949><c> step</c><00:36:35.349><c> by</c><00:36:35.670><c> step</c><00:36:36.309><c> in</c><00:36:36.829><c> what</c><00:36:37.030><c> she</c><00:36:37.210><c> should</c><00:36:37.409><c> do.</c>

00:36:38.650 --> 00:36:43.010
And<00:36:39.250><c> why</c><00:36:39.630><c> it</c><00:36:39.809><c> was</c><00:36:40.130><c> so</c><00:36:40.789><c> absolutely</c><00:36:41.570><c> vital</c><00:36:42.210><c> she</c><00:36:42.449><c> should</c><00:36:42.710><c> know</c><00:36:42.849><c> it</c>

00:36:43.010 --> 00:36:45.469
was<00:36:43.530><c> Boaz</c><00:36:43.989><c> there.</c>

00:36:47.230 --> 00:36:51.889
And<00:36:47.349><c> that</c><00:36:47.469><c> she</c><00:36:47.610><c> was</c><00:36:48.130><c> going</c><00:36:48.550><c> to</c><00:36:48.789><c> this</c><00:36:49.050><c> man</c><00:36:49.630><c> whom</c><00:36:49.929><c> they</c><00:36:50.110><c> had</c><00:36:50.389><c> found</c><00:36:50.690><c> to</c><00:36:50.969><c> be</c><00:36:51.510><c> a</c>

00:36:51.889 --> 00:36:57.489
godly<00:36:52.289><c> man</c><00:36:52.969><c> and</c><00:36:54.110><c> the</c><00:36:54.289><c> man</c><00:36:54.750><c> who</c><00:36:55.070><c> was</c><00:36:55.349><c> their</c><00:36:55.929><c> kinsman.</c>

00:36:59.630 --> 00:37:06.429
Now<00:36:59.949><c> Naomi</c><00:37:00.250><c> had</c><00:37:00.530><c> said,</c><00:37:02.150><c> wait</c><00:37:02.429><c> and</c><00:37:03.210><c> see</c><00:37:03.349><c> what</c><00:37:03.489><c> he</c><00:37:03.710><c> says,</c><00:37:04.369><c> in</c><00:37:04.590><c> modern</c><00:37:04.869><c> terms,</c><00:37:06.070><c> wait</c><00:37:06.230><c> and</c>

00:37:06.429 --> 00:37:07.309
see<00:37:06.510><c> what</c><00:37:06.610><c> he</c><00:37:06.750><c> says</c><00:37:06.949><c> unto</c><00:37:07.190><c> you.</c>

00:37:07.309 --> 00:37:09.230
He'll<00:37:07.530><c> tell</c><00:37:07.670><c> you</c><00:37:07.769><c> what</c><00:37:07.909><c> to</c><00:37:08.030><c> do</c><00:37:08.170><c> next.</c>

00:37:09.429 --> 00:37:12.469
But<00:37:09.550><c> in</c><00:37:09.730><c> fact</c><00:37:09.829><c> we</c><00:37:09.949><c> find</c><00:37:10.210><c> that</c><00:37:10.449><c> Ruth</c><00:37:10.710><c> now</c><00:37:11.110><c> acts</c><00:37:11.389><c> on</c><00:37:11.570><c> her</c><00:37:11.789><c> own</c><00:37:11.989><c> initiative.</c>

00:37:12.809 --> 00:37:16.469
She<00:37:12.949><c> goes</c><00:37:13.210><c> beyond</c><00:37:13.630><c> that</c><00:37:13.929><c> advice</c><00:37:14.449><c> of</c><00:37:15.610><c> Naomi.</c>

00:37:16.550 --> 00:37:21.409
And<00:37:16.909><c> there's</c><00:37:17.309><c> a</c><00:37:17.550><c> delightful</c><00:37:18.309><c> situation</c><00:37:19.210><c> here</c><00:37:19.730><c> now</c><00:37:20.130><c> that</c><00:37:20.489><c> takes</c><00:37:20.869><c> all</c>

00:37:21.409 --> 00:37:24.750
the<00:37:21.610><c> danger</c><00:37:22.289><c> out</c><00:37:23.150><c> of</c><00:37:23.289><c> the</c><00:37:23.429><c> situation</c><00:37:23.849><c> we've</c><00:37:24.090><c> been</c><00:37:24.289><c> describing</c>

00:37:24.750 --> 00:37:25.409
to<00:37:25.110><c> you.</c>

00:37:25.489 --> 00:37:30.809
And<00:37:25.730><c> it's</c><00:37:25.949><c> on</c><00:37:26.150><c> Ruth's</c><00:37:26.949><c> own</c><00:37:27.590><c> personal</c><00:37:28.150><c> initiative</c><00:37:28.829><c> that</c><00:37:29.489><c> this</c><00:37:29.710><c> happens.</c>

00:37:36.929 --> 00:37:42.170
Boaz<00:37:37.449><c> has</c><00:37:37.969><c> to</c><00:37:38.469><c> immediately</c><00:37:39.090><c> appreciate</c><00:37:40.050><c> what</c><00:37:41.170><c> she's</c><00:37:41.630><c> doing</c>

00:37:42.170 --> 00:37:44.989
and<00:37:43.309><c> what</c><00:37:43.510><c> her</c><00:37:43.750><c> motives</c><00:37:44.230><c> are.</c>

00:37:47.590 --> 00:37:49.989
Now,<00:37:48.389><c> I</c><00:37:48.489><c> have</c><00:37:48.690><c> to</c><00:37:48.750><c> go</c><00:37:48.889><c> a</c><00:37:48.969><c> little</c><00:37:49.150><c> bit</c><00:37:49.369><c> further</c><00:37:49.570><c> in</c><00:37:49.849><c> certain</c>

00:37:49.989 --> 00:37:50.630
other<00:37:50.269><c> passages.</c>

00:37:50.849 --> 00:37:52.090
Will<00:37:50.929><c> you</c><00:37:51.070><c> bear</c><00:37:51.250><c> with</c><00:37:51.469><c> me</c><00:37:51.690><c> please?</c>

00:37:52.309 --> 00:37:54.809
And<00:37:52.530><c> then</c><00:37:52.630><c> we'll</c><00:37:52.929><c> reconstruct</c><00:37:53.369><c> the</c><00:37:53.610><c> whole</c><00:37:53.929><c> scene</c><00:37:54.170><c> again</c><00:37:54.630><c> in</c>

00:37:54.809 --> 00:37:55.849
its<00:37:55.050><c> fullness.</c>

00:37:57.710 --> 00:38:01.289
The<00:37:58.289><c> placing</c><00:37:58.750><c> of</c><00:37:59.030><c> the</c><00:37:59.289><c> corner</c><00:37:59.530><c> of</c><00:37:59.750><c> the</c><00:37:59.929><c> garment</c><00:38:00.250><c> over</c><00:38:00.610><c> a</c><00:38:00.869><c> woman</c>

00:38:01.289 --> 00:38:06.269
is<00:38:02.650><c> a</c><00:38:02.849><c> token</c><00:38:03.070><c> of</c><00:38:03.349><c> marriage</c><00:38:03.590><c> as</c><00:38:03.730><c> I've</c><00:38:04.030><c> said</c><00:38:04.170><c> among</c><00:38:05.170><c> the</c><00:38:05.449><c> Arabs</c><00:38:05.670><c> today.</c>

00:38:06.630 --> 00:38:10.409
And<00:38:06.789><c> it</c><00:38:06.909><c> has</c><00:38:07.130><c> the</c><00:38:07.369><c> same</c><00:38:07.570><c> meaning</c><00:38:07.889><c> in</c><00:38:08.170><c> scripture</c><00:38:08.650><c> too.</c>

00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:24.130
When<00:38:11.750><c> in</c><00:38:12.329><c> verse</c><00:38:12.570><c> 9</c><00:38:13.650><c> Ruth</c><00:38:14.170><c> says,</c><00:38:15.949><c> I</c><00:38:16.090><c> am</c><00:38:16.530><c> Ruth,</c><00:38:17.429><c> thy</c><00:38:17.710><c> handmaid,</c><00:38:19.630><c> spread</c><00:38:19.829><c> therefore</c><00:38:20.349><c> thy</c><00:38:20.630><c> skirt</c><00:38:21.110><c> over</c><00:38:21.489><c> thine</c><00:38:21.710><c> handmaid,</c><00:38:23.190><c> for</c><00:38:23.289><c> thou</c><00:38:23.489><c> art</c><00:38:23.869><c> a</c>

00:38:24.130 --> 00:38:25.630
near<00:38:24.369><c> kinsman.</c>

00:38:26.469 --> 00:38:30.389
She's<00:38:27.150><c> responding</c><00:38:27.570><c> to</c><00:38:27.809><c> the</c><00:38:28.130><c> startled</c><00:38:28.510><c> question,</c><00:38:29.110><c> who</c><00:38:29.150><c> are</c><00:38:29.349><c> you?</c>

00:38:31.550 --> 00:38:36.090
That's<00:38:32.230><c> Boaz</c><00:38:32.530><c> taken</c><00:38:33.030><c> in</c><00:38:33.230><c> this</c><00:38:33.429><c> circumstance</c><00:38:34.090><c> and</c><00:38:34.849><c> very</c><00:38:35.349><c> concerned,</c><00:38:35.889><c> who</c>

00:38:36.090 --> 00:38:37.309
are<00:38:36.369><c> you?</c>

00:38:37.329 --> 00:38:39.650
And<00:38:37.489><c> she</c><00:38:37.630><c> gives</c><00:38:37.829><c> the</c><00:38:38.010><c> answer,</c><00:38:38.489><c> I</c><00:38:38.570><c> am</c><00:38:38.670><c> Ruth.</c>

00:38:39.769 --> 00:38:43.329
And<00:38:39.849><c> then</c><00:38:40.050><c> she</c><00:38:40.190><c> gives</c><00:38:40.449><c> this</c><00:38:41.469><c> further</c><00:38:42.110><c> description,</c><00:38:43.150><c> spread</c>

00:38:43.329 --> 00:38:46.010
therefore<00:38:43.730><c> thy</c><00:38:43.969><c> skirt</c><00:38:44.650><c> over</c><00:38:45.389><c> thine</c><00:38:45.610><c> handmaid.</c>

00:38:46.030 --> 00:38:49.670
Now,<00:38:46.570><c> this</c><00:38:46.769><c> work</c><00:38:47.030><c> skirts</c><00:38:47.230><c> a</c><00:38:47.670><c> fascinating</c><00:38:48.349><c> one</c><00:38:48.769><c> and</c><00:38:49.150><c> it</c><00:38:49.349><c> has</c>

00:38:49.670 --> 00:38:52.250
two<00:38:50.409><c> totally</c><00:38:51.090><c> different</c><00:38:51.710><c> meanings.</c>

00:38:52.750 --> 00:38:55.909
One<00:38:53.230><c> when</c><00:38:53.389><c> it's</c><00:38:53.610><c> used</c><00:38:53.750><c> in</c><00:38:53.909><c> the</c><00:38:54.130><c> singular</c><00:38:54.530><c> and</c><00:38:55.210><c> one</c><00:38:55.489><c> when</c><00:38:55.590><c> it's</c>

00:38:55.909 --> 00:38:58.789
used<00:38:56.070><c> as</c><00:38:56.269><c> what</c><00:38:56.429><c> they</c><00:38:56.710><c> call</c><00:38:56.909><c> in</c><00:38:57.050><c> Hebrew</c><00:38:57.329><c> a</c><00:38:57.630><c> dual</c><00:38:58.050><c> word.</c>

00:38:59.730 --> 00:39:01.289
I'd<00:38:59.969><c> like</c><00:39:00.010><c> to</c><00:39:00.190><c> draw</c><00:39:00.269><c> your</c><00:39:00.510><c> attention</c><00:39:00.849><c> to</c><00:39:01.090><c> them.</c>

00:39:01.409 --> 00:39:04.250
In<00:39:01.510><c> Ezekiel</c><00:39:01.789><c> 16</c><00:39:02.190><c> verse</c><00:39:02.489><c> 8,</c><00:39:02.829><c> I'll</c><00:39:03.050><c> read</c><00:39:03.170><c> it</c><00:39:03.409><c> to</c><00:39:03.449><c> you.</c>

00:39:04.550 --> 00:39:08.150
Now<00:39:04.630><c> when</c><00:39:04.929><c> I</c><00:39:05.230><c> passed</c><00:39:05.510><c> by</c><00:39:05.849><c> thee</c><00:39:05.989><c> and</c><00:39:06.110><c> looked</c><00:39:06.289><c> upon</c><00:39:06.570><c> thee,</c><00:39:06.889><c> behold</c><00:39:07.190><c> thy</c><00:39:07.550><c> time</c><00:39:07.769><c> was</c><00:39:07.949><c> a</c>

00:39:08.150 --> 00:39:09.050
time<00:39:08.289><c> of</c><00:39:08.530><c> love.</c>

00:39:09.210 --> 00:39:14.750
And<00:39:09.550><c> I</c><00:39:09.889><c> spread</c><00:39:10.110><c> my</c><00:39:10.570><c> skirt</c><00:39:11.269><c> over</c><00:39:11.829><c> thee</c><00:39:12.429><c> and</c><00:39:13.210><c> covered</c><00:39:13.489><c> thy</c><00:39:13.849><c> nakedness.</c>

00:39:14.869 --> 00:39:18.809
Yea,<00:39:16.269><c> I</c><00:39:16.369><c> swear</c><00:39:16.710><c> unto</c><00:39:17.050><c> thee</c><00:39:17.409><c> and</c><00:39:17.809><c> entered</c><00:39:18.050><c> into</c><00:39:18.329><c> a</c><00:39:18.530><c> covenant</c>

00:39:18.809 --> 00:39:23.630
with<00:39:19.070><c> thee,</c><00:39:19.409><c> saith</c><00:39:19.550><c> the</c><00:39:19.769><c> Lord</c><00:39:20.050><c> God,</c><00:39:20.889><c> and</c><00:39:21.030><c> thou</c><00:39:21.389><c> becameest</c><00:39:22.329><c> mine.</c>

00:39:23.869 --> 00:39:27.650
You<00:39:24.429><c> see,</c><00:39:24.670><c> it's</c><00:39:24.809><c> a</c><00:39:24.949><c> picture</c><00:39:25.309><c> used</c><00:39:25.730><c> from</c><00:39:25.989><c> the</c><00:39:26.230><c> situation,</c><00:39:27.050><c> similar</c><00:39:27.510><c> to</c>

00:39:27.650 --> 00:39:30.730
what<00:39:27.769><c> we're</c><00:39:27.929><c> looking</c><00:39:28.210><c> at,</c><00:39:28.710><c> where</c><00:39:28.909><c> God</c><00:39:29.110><c> is</c><00:39:29.349><c> saying</c><00:39:29.590><c> he's</c><00:39:29.809><c> taking</c><00:39:30.150><c> Israel</c><00:39:30.510><c> as</c>

00:39:30.730 --> 00:39:31.829
his<00:39:30.929><c> bride.</c>

00:39:32.610 --> 00:39:36.210
I<00:39:33.050><c> put</c><00:39:33.429><c> my</c><00:39:33.829><c> skirt</c><00:39:34.250><c> over</c><00:39:34.769><c> thee.</c>

00:39:39.510 --> 00:39:45.849
But<00:39:40.050><c> when,</c><00:39:42.130><c> as</c><00:39:42.309><c> I</c><00:39:42.530><c> say,</c><00:39:42.690><c> it's</c><00:39:42.869><c> used</c><00:39:43.070><c> in</c><00:39:43.489><c> a</c><00:39:44.050><c> plural</c><00:39:44.309><c> sense,</c><00:39:45.130><c> it's</c><00:39:45.429><c> different.</c>

00:39:46.309 --> 00:39:47.989
Perhaps<00:39:46.610><c> I</c><00:39:46.769><c> should</c><00:39:46.969><c> mention,</c><00:39:47.389><c> I</c><00:39:47.449><c> don't</c><00:39:47.610><c> think</c><00:39:47.710><c> I'm</c><00:39:47.829><c> going</c><00:39:47.929><c> to</c>

00:39:47.989 --> 00:39:49.389
have<00:39:48.070><c> time</c><00:39:48.309><c> to</c><00:39:48.469><c> go</c><00:39:48.650><c> to</c><00:39:48.829><c> them.</c>

00:39:49.829 --> 00:39:57.269
But<00:39:50.010><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:50.369><c> 22</c><00:39:50.829><c> and</c><00:39:51.030><c> 30,</c><00:39:51.670><c> for</c><00:39:51.849><c> the</c><00:39:52.050><c> record,</c><00:39:52.929><c> and</c><00:39:53.110><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:53.489><c> 27,</c><00:39:54.530><c> 20,</c><00:39:56.010><c> have</c><00:39:56.210><c> further</c><00:39:56.570><c> references</c><00:39:56.969><c> to</c>

00:39:57.269 --> 00:40:00.010
that<00:39:57.610><c> sense</c><00:39:57.929><c> in</c><00:39:58.050><c> which</c><00:39:58.210><c> I've</c><00:39:58.369><c> just</c><00:39:58.690><c> been</c><00:39:59.130><c> referring</c><00:39:59.630><c> to</c><00:39:59.909><c> the</c>

00:40:00.010 --> 00:40:01.389
word<00:40:00.730><c> skirt.</c>

00:40:01.389 --> 00:40:04.429
A<00:40:01.769><c> man</c><00:40:01.989><c> shall</c><00:40:02.289><c> not</c><00:40:02.449><c> take</c><00:40:02.670><c> his</c><00:40:02.909><c> father's</c><00:40:03.369><c> wife</c><00:40:03.630><c> nor</c><00:40:03.909><c> discover</c>

00:40:04.429 --> 00:40:06.269
his<00:40:04.710><c> father's</c><00:40:05.389><c> skirt.</c>

00:40:06.389 --> 00:40:09.949
Quite<00:40:06.710><c> clear</c><00:40:07.010><c> what</c><00:40:07.250><c> sense</c><00:40:07.489><c> this</c><00:40:07.710><c> is</c><00:40:07.849><c> being</c><00:40:08.070><c> meant</c><00:40:08.409><c> in.</c>

00:40:11.949 --> 00:40:14.750
But<00:40:12.070><c> it's</c><00:40:12.289><c> not</c><00:40:12.570><c> in</c><00:40:12.730><c> the</c><00:40:12.909><c> singular</c><00:40:13.150><c> in</c><00:40:13.409><c> our</c><00:40:13.610><c> text.</c>

00:40:16.250 --> 00:40:17.949
It's<00:40:16.809><c> in</c><00:40:17.030><c> the</c><00:40:17.150><c> dual.</c>

00:40:18.489 --> 00:40:21.110
And<00:40:18.690><c> I'm</c><00:40:18.809><c> not</c><00:40:18.949><c> going</c><00:40:19.070><c> to</c><00:40:19.230><c> trouble</c><00:40:19.409><c> you</c><00:40:19.570><c> with</c><00:40:19.829><c> the</c><00:40:20.449><c> details</c><00:40:20.789><c> of</c>

00:40:21.110 --> 00:40:23.949
the<00:40:21.269><c> Hebrew</c><00:40:21.690><c> language</c><00:40:22.710><c> which</c><00:40:23.010><c> governs</c><00:40:23.489><c> this.</c>

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But<00:40:25.090><c> when</c><00:40:25.369><c> I</c><00:40:25.769><c> tell</c><00:40:25.989><c> you</c><00:40:26.349><c> that</c><00:40:26.650><c> that</c><00:40:26.969><c> word</c><00:40:27.230><c> used</c><00:40:27.550><c> in</c><00:40:27.769><c> the</c><00:40:28.030><c> plural</c>

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is<00:40:29.369><c> part</c><00:40:29.769><c> of</c><00:40:30.090><c> the</c><00:40:30.429><c> delightful</c><00:40:31.590><c> expression</c><00:40:32.469><c> that</c><00:40:32.809><c> forms</c><00:40:33.050><c> the</c>

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title<00:40:33.809><c> of</c><00:40:34.289><c> our</c><00:40:34.690><c> series,</c><00:40:36.269><c> it</c><00:40:36.510><c> becomes</c><00:40:36.909><c> immensely</c><00:40:37.929><c> revealing</c>

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to<00:40:39.050><c> us.</c>

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You<00:40:40.449><c> see,</c><00:40:40.590><c> when</c><00:40:40.730><c> it's</c><00:40:41.070><c> used</c><00:40:41.150><c> in</c><00:40:41.329><c> the</c><00:40:41.489><c> dual,</c><00:40:42.010><c> this</c><00:40:42.050><c> very</c><00:40:42.530><c> same</c>

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word<00:40:43.489><c> means</c><00:40:44.630><c> wings.</c>

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And<00:40:46.869><c> that's</c><00:40:47.449><c> the</c><00:40:47.590><c> word</c><00:40:48.110><c> that's</c><00:40:48.929><c> used</c><00:40:49.130><c> in</c><00:40:49.389><c> chapter</c><00:40:49.789><c> 2,</c><00:40:50.889><c> verse</c>

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12,<00:40:52.090><c> under</c><00:40:52.369><c> the</c><00:40:52.650><c> shadow</c><00:40:53.090><c> of</c><00:40:53.590><c> thy</c><00:40:54.309><c> wings.</c>

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It's<00:40:56.150><c> used</c><00:40:56.329><c> there.</c><00:40:56.809><c> It's</c><00:40:56.949><c> the</c><00:40:57.050><c> very</c><00:40:57.309><c> same</c><00:40:57.630><c> word.</c>

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And<00:40:59.469><c> when</c><00:40:59.789><c> Ruth</c><00:41:00.150><c> answers</c><00:41:00.869><c> Boaz</c><00:41:01.530><c> and</c><00:41:02.269><c> says,</c><00:41:02.610><c> spread</c><00:41:02.989><c> therefore</c>

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thy,<00:41:04.730><c> it</c><00:41:05.030><c> isn't</c><00:41:05.429><c> skirt,</c><00:41:06.630><c> though</c><00:41:06.829><c> you</c><00:41:07.010><c> see</c><00:41:07.210><c> the</c><00:41:07.389><c> dual</c><00:41:07.670><c> application</c><00:41:08.250><c> is</c><00:41:08.590><c> very</c><00:41:08.969><c> fascinating.</c>

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It's<00:41:10.190><c> one</c><00:41:10.349><c> of</c><00:41:10.429><c> those</c><00:41:11.530><c> delightful</c><00:41:12.349><c> plays</c><00:41:12.670><c> on</c><00:41:12.929><c> words</c><00:41:13.050><c> that</c><00:41:13.210><c> you</c>

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very<00:41:13.550><c> often</c><00:41:13.849><c> get</c><00:41:14.110><c> in</c><00:41:14.269><c> the</c><00:41:14.469><c> scriptures.</c>

00:41:15.429 --> 00:41:19.949
She<00:41:15.610><c> isn't</c><00:41:15.909><c> saying</c><00:41:16.269><c> spread</c><00:41:16.570><c> your</c><00:41:16.849><c> skirt</c><00:41:17.150><c> over</c><00:41:17.429><c> me</c><00:41:17.650><c> quite</c><00:41:17.949><c> literally,</c><00:41:18.369><c> she's</c><00:41:18.590><c> saying</c><00:41:18.909><c> spread</c><00:41:19.230><c> your</c>

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wings<00:41:20.489><c> over</c><00:41:20.929><c> me.</c>

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And<00:41:24.130><c> you</c><00:41:24.690><c> see,</c><00:41:24.909><c> it's</c><00:41:25.010><c> one</c><00:41:25.190><c> of</c><00:41:25.309><c> those</c><00:41:25.630><c> intimate</c><00:41:26.570><c> situations</c>

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that<00:41:27.929><c> only</c><00:41:28.349><c> Boaz</c><00:41:28.949><c> and</c><00:41:29.449><c> she</c><00:41:29.630><c> really</c><00:41:29.969><c> knew</c><00:41:30.190><c> about.</c>

00:41:31.730 --> 00:41:36.590
It<00:41:32.250><c> was</c><00:41:32.449><c> in</c><00:41:32.670><c> their</c><00:41:32.989><c> conversation,</c><00:41:35.449><c> under</c><00:41:35.570><c> the</c><00:41:35.829><c> shadow</c><00:41:36.110><c> of</c><00:41:36.389><c> thy</c>

00:41:36.590 --> 00:41:39.889
wings,<00:41:38.190><c> thou</c><00:41:38.309><c> art</c><00:41:38.530><c> come</c><00:41:38.690><c> to</c><00:41:38.949><c> trust.</c>

00:41:40.429 --> 00:41:44.409
And<00:41:40.650><c> what</c><00:41:40.969><c> better</c><00:41:41.329><c> way</c><00:41:41.989><c> of</c><00:41:42.550><c> setting</c><00:41:42.869><c> Boaz's</c><00:41:43.389><c> mind</c><00:41:43.750><c> at</c><00:41:44.030><c> rest</c><00:41:44.210><c> as</c>

00:41:44.409 --> 00:41:47.670
to<00:41:44.510><c> her</c><00:41:44.750><c> motives</c><00:41:45.090><c> and</c><00:41:45.210><c> what</c><00:41:45.309><c> it</c><00:41:45.429><c> was</c><00:41:45.550><c> all</c><00:41:45.809><c> about</c><00:41:46.309><c> than</c><00:41:46.869><c> to</c><00:41:47.190><c> quote</c><00:41:47.409><c> a</c>

00:41:47.670 --> 00:41:50.710
conversation<00:41:48.170><c> that</c><00:41:48.409><c> only</c><00:41:48.730><c> they</c><00:41:48.989><c> too</c><00:41:49.130><c> were</c><00:41:49.329><c> aware</c><00:41:49.650><c> of.</c>

00:41:51.110 --> 00:41:55.070
And<00:41:51.289><c> that</c><00:41:51.429><c> he</c><00:41:51.630><c> had</c><00:41:51.889><c> said</c><00:41:52.289><c> he</c><00:41:53.489><c> was</c><00:41:53.730><c> delighted</c><00:41:54.210><c> at</c><00:41:54.469><c> the</c><00:41:54.650><c> way</c><00:41:54.829><c> she</c>

00:41:55.070 --> 00:41:59.090
had<00:41:55.230><c> put</c><00:41:55.389><c> her</c><00:41:55.650><c> whole</c><00:41:55.949><c> confidence</c><00:41:56.769><c> in</c><00:41:57.530><c> the</c><00:41:57.710><c> Lord</c><00:41:58.010><c> God</c><00:41:58.190><c> of</c><00:41:58.369><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:59.090 --> 00:42:06.969
She's<00:41:59.829><c> now</c><00:42:00.170><c> saying</c><00:42:00.670><c> to</c><00:42:01.170><c> him,</c><00:42:03.610><c> put</c><00:42:03.670><c> your</c><00:42:04.030><c> protective</c><00:42:04.570><c> care</c><00:42:05.369><c> over</c><00:42:06.050><c> me.</c>

00:42:07.250 --> 00:42:12.050
Let<00:42:07.369><c> the</c><00:42:07.610><c> shadow</c><00:42:07.809><c> of</c><00:42:08.769><c> your</c><00:42:09.130><c> wings</c><00:42:09.750><c> be</c><00:42:10.610><c> over</c><00:42:10.909><c> me.</c>

00:42:12.769 --> 00:42:17.730
And<00:42:13.030><c> declaring</c><00:42:13.309><c> to</c><00:42:13.570><c> him</c><00:42:14.389><c> how</c><00:42:15.250><c> and</c><00:42:15.530><c> why</c><00:42:16.110><c> she</c><00:42:16.610><c> wants</c><00:42:16.989><c> to</c><00:42:17.190><c> be</c><00:42:17.289><c> his</c><00:42:17.510><c> wife.</c>

00:42:17.769 --> 00:42:23.130
For,<00:42:18.329><c> at</c><00:42:18.530><c> the</c><00:42:18.610><c> last</c><00:42:18.909><c> phrase,</c><00:42:20.010><c> you</c><00:42:20.329><c> are</c><00:42:21.090><c> my</c><00:42:22.190><c> kinsman.</c>

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Thou<00:42:23.610><c> art</c><00:42:23.889><c> a</c><00:42:24.130><c> near</c><00:42:24.769><c> kinsman.</c>

00:42:25.829 --> 00:42:28.409
That<00:42:25.929><c> expression</c><00:42:26.409><c> taken</c><00:42:26.769><c> up</c><00:42:27.269><c> from</c><00:42:27.530><c> the</c><00:42:27.730><c> passage</c><00:42:27.949><c> we</c><00:42:28.170><c> drew</c><00:42:28.250><c> to</c>

00:42:28.409 --> 00:42:31.429
your<00:42:28.530><c> attention</c><00:42:29.030><c> first</c><00:42:29.389><c> thing</c><00:42:30.050><c> this</c><00:42:30.429><c> morning.</c>

00:42:33.050 --> 00:42:37.469
And<00:42:33.190><c> now</c><00:42:33.530><c> what</c><00:42:33.750><c> a</c><00:42:33.989><c> different</c><00:42:34.190><c> reaction</c><00:42:34.789><c> we</c><00:42:35.889><c> get</c><00:42:36.130><c> from</c><00:42:37.030><c> Boaz.</c>

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The<00:42:37.849><c> fear</c><00:42:38.050><c> is</c><00:42:38.289><c> gone.</c>

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No<00:42:40.829><c> longer</c><00:42:41.070><c> who</c><00:42:41.210><c> are</c><00:42:41.389><c> you,</c><00:42:41.530><c> what's</c><00:42:41.789><c> all</c><00:42:41.949><c> this</c><00:42:42.110><c> about,</c><00:42:42.650><c> but</c><00:42:43.829><c> virtually</c><00:42:44.329><c> a</c><00:42:44.670><c> prayer.</c>

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Blessed<00:42:47.070><c> be</c><00:42:47.429><c> thou</c><00:42:47.630><c> of</c><00:42:47.769><c> the</c><00:42:47.909><c> Lord,</c><00:42:49.050><c> my</c><00:42:49.369><c> daughter.</c>

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For<00:42:51.469><c> thou</c><00:42:51.710><c> hast</c><00:42:51.989><c> shown</c><00:42:52.210><c> more</c><00:42:52.590><c> kindness</c><00:42:52.929><c> in</c><00:42:53.130><c> the</c><00:42:53.329><c> latter</c><00:42:53.610><c> end</c>

00:42:54.230 --> 00:42:55.929
than<00:42:54.630><c> at</c><00:42:54.809><c> the</c><00:42:55.010><c> beginning.</c>

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Inasmuch<00:42:56.590><c> as</c><00:42:56.690><c> you</c><00:42:56.949><c> followed</c><00:42:57.269><c> not</c><00:42:57.670><c> the</c><00:42:57.869><c> young</c><00:42:58.110><c> men,</c><00:42:59.090><c> whether</c>

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poor<00:42:59.849><c> or</c><00:43:00.769><c> rich.</c>

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So<00:43:04.030><c> Ruth's</c><00:43:04.309><c> kindness</c><00:43:04.690><c> at</c><00:43:04.849><c> the</c><00:43:05.030><c> beginning</c><00:43:05.289><c> would</c><00:43:05.610><c> be</c><00:43:05.809><c> her</c><00:43:06.150><c> thought</c><00:43:06.489><c> and</c>

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consideration<00:43:07.369><c> for</c><00:43:07.690><c> Naomi.</c>

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That's<00:43:08.610><c> been</c><00:43:08.869><c> brought</c><00:43:09.070><c> into</c><00:43:09.329><c> mind</c><00:43:09.570><c> by</c><00:43:09.789><c> that</c><00:43:09.989><c> reference</c><00:43:10.329><c> to</c>

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the<00:43:10.789><c> covering</c><00:43:11.030><c> wings.</c>

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And<00:43:14.630><c> the</c><00:43:15.269><c> kindness</c><00:43:15.690><c> at</c><00:43:15.929><c> the</c><00:43:16.150><c> end</c><00:43:16.690><c> is</c><00:43:17.369><c> in</c><00:43:17.530><c> the</c><00:43:17.670><c> demonstration</c>

00:43:18.369 --> 00:43:22.210
of<00:43:18.650><c> her</c><00:43:18.809><c> respect</c><00:43:19.309><c> for</c><00:43:19.630><c> the</c><00:43:19.829><c> Jewish</c><00:43:20.150><c> law,</c><00:43:20.510><c> which</c><00:43:20.690><c> she's</c><00:43:21.090><c> espoused.</c>

00:43:22.449 --> 00:43:26.349
And<00:43:22.809><c> her</c><00:43:23.130><c> declaration</c><00:43:23.670><c> of</c><00:43:23.989><c> love</c><00:43:24.570><c> for</c><00:43:25.610><c> Boaz.</c>

00:43:26.530 --> 00:43:30.469
Even<00:43:26.949><c> though</c><00:43:27.289><c> he's</c><00:43:27.730><c> so</c><00:43:27.949><c> conscious</c><00:43:28.429><c> that</c><00:43:28.610><c> he's</c><00:43:28.869><c> an</c><00:43:29.070><c> older</c><00:43:29.409><c> man.</c>

00:43:30.610 --> 00:43:33.090
And<00:43:30.789><c> all</c><00:43:31.010><c> those</c><00:43:31.250><c> things</c><00:43:31.469><c> that</c><00:43:31.630><c> we</c><00:43:31.730><c> were</c><00:43:31.889><c> talking</c><00:43:32.250><c> about,</c><00:43:32.590><c> about</c><00:43:32.809><c> his</c>

00:43:33.090 --> 00:43:36.510
reticence,<00:43:34.510><c> are</c><00:43:34.730><c> now</c><00:43:35.030><c> covered</c><00:43:35.389><c> in</c><00:43:35.969><c> that</c><00:43:36.170><c> expression.</c>

00:43:36.610 --> 00:43:39.110
She<00:43:36.769><c> removes</c><00:43:37.090><c> them</c><00:43:37.369><c> all</c><00:43:37.750><c> in</c><00:43:38.329><c> this</c><00:43:38.590><c> declaration.</c>

00:43:39.110 --> 00:43:42.329
Not<00:43:39.389><c> only</c><00:43:39.710><c> of</c><00:43:39.869><c> a</c><00:43:40.010><c> fulfillment</c><00:43:40.469><c> of</c><00:43:40.769><c> the</c><00:43:40.769><c> Leverett</c><00:43:41.030><c> law,</c><00:43:41.949><c> but</c><00:43:42.150><c> a</c>

00:43:42.329 --> 00:43:47.110
declaration<00:43:42.809><c> of</c><00:43:43.010><c> a</c><00:43:43.150><c> love</c><00:43:43.630><c> that's</c><00:43:45.210><c> been</c><00:43:45.489><c> growing</c><00:43:45.750><c> between</c><00:43:46.230><c> them</c><00:43:46.650><c> for</c>

00:43:47.110 --> 00:43:48.349
so<00:43:47.409><c> long.</c>

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And<00:43:49.449><c> the</c><00:43:49.670><c> response</c><00:43:50.210><c> to</c><00:43:50.730><c> the</c><00:43:51.289><c> circumstance,</c><00:43:52.030><c> which</c><00:43:52.250><c> could</c><00:43:52.409><c> have</c><00:43:52.530><c> been</c><00:43:52.730><c> so</c>

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desperately<00:43:54.489><c> dangerous,</c><00:43:55.050><c> you</c><00:43:55.230><c> can</c><00:43:55.530><c> see.</c>

00:43:56.150 --> 00:43:57.710
Could<00:43:56.309><c> have</c><00:43:56.469><c> been</c><00:43:56.630><c> great</c><00:43:57.010><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:43:58.190><c> indeed,</c><00:43:58.989><c> let</c><00:43:59.090><c> me</c><00:43:59.989><c> remind</c><00:44:00.389><c> you</c><00:44:00.570><c> or</c><00:44:00.769><c> tell</c><00:44:01.050><c> you</c><00:44:01.210><c> that</c><00:44:01.309><c> in</c><00:44:01.489><c> the</c>

00:44:01.610 --> 00:44:04.550
Mishnah<00:44:02.170><c> there</c><00:44:02.949><c> is</c><00:44:03.269><c> a</c><00:44:03.489><c> law</c><00:44:03.710><c> of</c><00:44:03.949><c> the</c><00:44:04.170><c> Jews</c>

00:44:04.550 --> 00:44:14.230
that<00:44:05.329><c> says</c><00:44:05.750><c> that</c><00:44:06.230><c> a</c><00:44:06.469><c> Gentile</c><00:44:07.130><c> may</c><00:44:07.530><c> not</c><00:44:08.070><c> be</c><00:44:09.909><c> a</c><00:44:12.590><c> husband</c><00:44:13.150><c> in</c><00:44:13.610><c> terms</c><00:44:13.909><c> of</c><00:44:14.110><c> a</c>

00:44:14.230 --> 00:44:16.110
Leverett<00:44:14.489><c> law</c><00:44:15.030><c> to</c><00:44:15.670><c> a</c><00:44:15.829><c> Jew,</c>

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if<00:44:16.750><c> he</c><00:44:17.010><c> has</c><00:44:17.369><c> had</c><00:44:17.650><c> sexual</c><00:44:18.090><c> relations</c><00:44:18.610><c> with</c><00:44:18.829><c> her</c><00:44:19.250><c> before</c><00:44:19.750><c> their</c>

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actual<00:44:20.329><c> marriage.</c>

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Now<00:44:21.829><c> you</c><00:44:21.969><c> can</c><00:44:22.250><c> see</c><00:44:22.429><c> the</c><00:44:22.610><c> danger</c><00:44:22.909><c> of</c><00:44:23.070><c> that</c><00:44:23.230><c> happening</c><00:44:23.530><c> in</c><00:44:23.750><c> the</c>

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circumstances<00:44:24.389><c> I've</c><00:44:24.849><c> described</c><00:44:25.170><c> to</c><00:44:25.369><c> you.</c>

00:44:26.510 --> 00:44:29.969
And<00:44:26.730><c> the</c><00:44:26.949><c> Jewish</c><00:44:27.210><c> laws</c><00:44:27.630><c> that</c><00:44:27.849><c> were</c><00:44:28.030><c> later</c><00:44:28.550><c> passed</c><00:44:29.050><c> down</c><00:44:29.269><c> traditionally</c><00:44:29.769><c> and</c>

00:44:29.969 --> 00:44:33.449
then<00:44:30.170><c> written</c><00:44:30.389><c> down,</c><00:44:31.369><c> are</c><00:44:31.469><c> very</c><00:44:31.750><c> practical</c><00:44:32.130><c> about</c><00:44:32.530><c> that.</c>

00:44:33.829 --> 00:44:38.530
Just<00:44:34.389><c> let</c><00:44:34.610><c> me</c><00:44:35.329><c> go</c><00:44:35.590><c> back</c><00:44:35.849><c> to</c><00:44:36.010><c> a</c><00:44:36.170><c> point</c><00:44:36.269><c> that</c><00:44:36.429><c> I've</c><00:44:36.710><c> overlooked</c><00:44:36.929><c> as</c><00:44:37.110><c> I've</c><00:44:37.289><c> been</c><00:44:37.449><c> talking</c><00:44:37.789><c> to</c><00:44:37.969><c> you</c><00:44:38.070><c> because</c><00:44:38.210><c> it's</c><00:44:38.409><c> a</c>

00:44:38.530 --> 00:44:40.750
very<00:44:38.769><c> important</c><00:44:39.369><c> one.</c>

00:44:41.630 --> 00:44:47.010
The<00:44:41.730><c> sensitivity</c><00:44:42.690><c> with</c><00:44:43.769><c> which</c><00:44:44.030><c> Ruth</c><00:44:44.269><c> handled</c><00:44:44.730><c> this</c><00:44:44.989><c> situation</c><00:44:45.809><c> is</c><00:44:46.389><c> brought</c><00:44:46.710><c> out</c>

00:44:47.010 --> 00:44:51.889
because<00:44:47.670><c> it</c><00:44:48.429><c> tells</c><00:44:48.670><c> us</c><00:44:48.869><c> exactly</c><00:44:49.230><c> how</c><00:44:49.550><c> she</c><00:44:49.889><c> had</c><00:44:50.550><c> uncovered</c><00:44:51.170><c> him</c>

00:44:51.889 --> 00:44:54.469
from<00:44:52.610><c> the</c><00:44:52.789><c> ways</c><00:44:53.070><c> downwards.</c>

00:44:57.210 --> 00:45:03.190
When<00:44:57.929><c> Boaz</c><00:44:58.289><c> said,</c><00:44:59.550><c> who</c><00:44:59.550><c> are</c><00:44:59.889><c> you,</c><00:45:00.750><c> and</c><00:45:00.909><c> was</c><00:45:01.989><c> overcome</c><00:45:02.530><c> by</c><00:45:02.809><c> that</c>

00:45:03.190 --> 00:45:04.849
fear<00:45:03.449><c> and</c><00:45:03.730><c> confusion,</c>

00:45:05.349 --> 00:45:11.289
it<00:45:05.590><c> says,</c><00:45:06.449><c> when</c><00:45:06.670><c> she'd</c><00:45:07.210><c> answered,</c><00:45:07.989><c> that</c><00:45:08.150><c> he</c><00:45:08.289><c> had</c><00:45:08.570><c> to</c><00:45:08.929><c> turn</c><00:45:09.610><c> round.</c>

00:45:12.570 --> 00:45:18.949
Look<00:45:12.789><c> at</c><00:45:12.869><c> you</c><00:45:13.070><c> take.</c><00:45:14.389><c> He</c><00:45:14.570><c> had</c><00:45:14.789><c> to</c><00:45:14.949><c> turn</c><00:45:15.210><c> round,</c><00:45:15.829><c> literally</c><00:45:16.389><c> turn</c><00:45:17.070><c> over</c><00:45:17.690><c> to</c>

00:45:18.949 --> 00:45:22.369
see<00:45:19.789><c> the</c><00:45:20.409><c> woman</c><00:45:20.849><c> and</c><00:45:21.530><c> who</c><00:45:21.690><c> she</c><00:45:21.929><c> was.</c>

00:45:22.369 --> 00:45:27.530
And<00:45:23.409><c> so</c><00:45:23.630><c> you</c><00:45:23.769><c> see</c><00:45:23.869><c> you</c><00:45:24.010><c> get</c><00:45:24.210><c> the</c><00:45:24.530><c> full</c><00:45:24.829><c> picture</c><00:45:25.190><c> now</c><00:45:25.670><c> of</c><00:45:26.030><c> the</c><00:45:26.170><c> way</c><00:45:26.329><c> that</c><00:45:26.489><c> was</c><00:45:26.690><c> done</c><00:45:26.989><c> so</c>

00:45:27.530 --> 00:45:33.210
delicately<00:45:29.210><c> by</c><00:45:30.050><c> Ruth</c><00:45:30.670><c> in</c><00:45:31.250><c> this</c><00:45:31.789><c> situation.</c>

00:45:34.570 --> 00:45:42.090
And<00:45:34.610><c> so</c><00:45:35.630><c> arrangements</c><00:45:36.090><c> move</c><00:45:36.409><c> on</c><00:45:36.670><c> apace</c><00:45:37.730><c> and</c><00:45:40.610><c> Boaz</c><00:45:41.090><c> says,</c><00:45:41.989><c> it's</c>

00:45:42.090 --> 00:45:46.989
true,<00:45:43.090><c> I</c><00:45:43.190><c> am</c><00:45:43.610><c> thy</c><00:45:43.849><c> near</c><00:45:44.090><c> kinsman,</c><00:45:45.570><c> but</c><00:45:45.690><c> there's</c><00:45:45.949><c> a</c><00:45:46.150><c> snag.</c>

00:45:47.730 --> 00:45:52.570
They're<00:45:48.170><c> overjoyed</c><00:45:48.610><c> now</c><00:45:49.050><c> and</c><00:45:49.289><c> yet</c><00:45:49.389><c> there's</c><00:45:49.650><c> the</c><00:45:49.889><c> snag</c><00:45:50.070><c> and</c><00:45:50.250><c> this</c><00:45:50.650><c> nearer</c><00:45:51.130><c> kinsman</c><00:45:51.710><c> comes</c><00:45:52.070><c> straight</c><00:45:52.389><c> to</c>

00:45:52.570 --> 00:45:52.989
his<00:45:52.789><c> mind</c>

00:45:52.989 --> 00:45:55.889
than<00:45:53.150><c> the</c><00:45:53.269><c> honorable</c><00:45:53.530><c> man</c><00:45:53.769><c> that</c><00:45:53.869><c> he</c><00:45:54.010><c> hasn't</c><00:45:54.170><c> got</c><00:45:54.349><c> to</c><00:45:54.530><c> say</c><00:45:54.710><c> so.</c>

00:45:56.030 --> 00:45:58.429
There<00:45:56.130><c> is</c><00:45:56.329><c> a</c><00:45:56.449><c> kinsman</c><00:45:56.829><c> nearer</c><00:45:57.210><c> than</c><00:45:57.389><c> I.</c>

00:45:58.889 --> 00:46:02.610
Stay<00:45:59.110><c> here</c><00:45:59.510><c> this</c><00:45:59.809><c> night</c><00:46:00.250><c> and</c><00:46:01.630><c> it</c><00:46:01.769><c> shall</c><00:46:01.889><c> be</c><00:46:02.090><c> in</c><00:46:02.190><c> the</c><00:46:02.289><c> morning</c>

00:46:02.610 --> 00:46:05.090
that<00:46:02.809><c> if</c><00:46:03.329><c> he</c><00:46:03.550><c> will</c><00:46:03.809><c> perform</c><00:46:04.210><c> unto</c><00:46:04.449><c> thee</c><00:46:04.550><c> the</c><00:46:04.710><c> part</c><00:46:04.829><c> of</c><00:46:04.969><c> the</c>

00:46:05.090 --> 00:46:06.110
kinsman<00:46:05.730><c> well.</c>

00:46:06.210 --> 00:46:08.550
I<00:46:06.409><c> don't</c><00:46:06.550><c> know</c><00:46:06.690><c> how.</c><00:46:07.050><c> I'm</c><00:46:07.389><c> reading</c><00:46:07.590><c> it</c><00:46:07.769><c> quickly</c><00:46:08.010><c> because</c><00:46:08.269><c> that</c>

00:46:08.550 --> 00:46:10.030
clock's<00:46:08.829><c> warning</c><00:46:09.030><c> me</c><00:46:09.250><c> I</c><00:46:09.369><c> should</c><00:46:09.530><c> be</c><00:46:09.730><c> finishing.</c>

00:46:10.030 --> 00:46:14.670
But<00:46:10.829><c> I'd</c><00:46:11.130><c> love</c><00:46:11.250><c> to</c><00:46:11.429><c> have</c><00:46:11.570><c> read</c><00:46:11.670><c> that</c><00:46:11.949><c> properly</c><00:46:12.789><c> and</c><00:46:14.030><c> you</c><00:46:14.429><c> know</c>

00:46:14.670 --> 00:46:18.789
what<00:46:15.070><c> weight</c><00:46:15.429><c> there</c><00:46:15.650><c> would</c><00:46:15.829><c> be</c><00:46:16.010><c> in</c><00:46:16.130><c> his</c><00:46:16.369><c> voice</c><00:46:17.110><c> as</c><00:46:17.690><c> he</c><00:46:18.409><c> relates</c>

00:46:18.789 --> 00:46:20.269
this<00:46:19.110><c> detail.</c>

00:46:20.349 --> 00:46:25.730
And<00:46:20.469><c> yet</c><00:46:21.010><c> he's</c><00:46:21.750><c> prepared</c><00:46:22.050><c> to</c><00:46:22.349><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:22.989><c> himself</c><00:46:23.789><c> in</c><00:46:25.050><c> obedience</c><00:46:25.429><c> to</c><00:46:25.590><c> what</c>

00:46:25.730 --> 00:46:30.030
he<00:46:26.050><c> sees</c><00:46:26.429><c> the</c><00:46:26.929><c> right</c><00:46:27.230><c> thing</c><00:46:27.429><c> under</c><00:46:27.650><c> the</c><00:46:27.849><c> law</c><00:46:28.230><c> to</c><00:46:29.150><c> be.</c>

00:46:31.090 --> 00:46:34.809
If<00:46:31.289><c> he</c><00:46:31.489><c> will</c><00:46:31.710><c> perform</c><00:46:32.070><c> unto</c><00:46:32.289><c> thee</c><00:46:32.429><c> the</c><00:46:32.610><c> part</c><00:46:32.710><c> of</c><00:46:32.889><c> a</c><00:46:33.030><c> kinsman</c><00:46:33.369><c> well,</c><00:46:34.130><c> let</c><00:46:34.329><c> him</c><00:46:34.570><c> do</c>

00:46:34.809 --> 00:46:35.630
the<00:46:34.989><c> kinsman's</c><00:46:35.570><c> part.</c>

00:46:35.630 --> 00:46:38.670
But<00:46:35.750><c> if</c><00:46:35.889><c> he</c><00:46:36.010><c> will</c><00:46:36.269><c> not</c><00:46:36.469><c> do</c><00:46:36.670><c> it,</c><00:46:37.389><c> then</c><00:46:37.530><c> I</c><00:46:37.809><c> will</c><00:46:38.010><c> do</c><00:46:38.190><c> the</c><00:46:38.369><c> part</c><00:46:38.510><c> of</c>

00:46:38.670 --> 00:46:42.449
the<00:46:38.809><c> kinsman</c><00:46:39.409><c> for</c><00:46:39.750><c> thee</c><00:46:40.030><c> as</c><00:46:40.429><c> the</c><00:46:40.730><c> Lord</c><00:46:41.170><c> liveth.</c>

00:46:43.969 --> 00:46:48.429
And<00:46:44.110><c> you</c><00:46:44.230><c> see</c><00:46:44.329><c> again</c><00:46:44.670><c> in</c><00:46:44.989><c> this</c><00:46:46.269><c> intimate</c><00:46:46.809><c> situation,</c><00:46:48.329><c> there</c>

00:46:48.429 --> 00:46:50.969
is<00:46:48.710><c> this</c><00:46:49.050><c> consciousness</c><00:46:49.570><c> of</c><00:46:49.809><c> the</c><00:46:49.969><c> presence</c><00:46:50.269><c> of</c><00:46:50.550><c> God</c>

00:46:50.969 --> 00:46:55.690
in<00:46:51.690><c> what</c><00:46:52.110><c> they</c><00:46:52.349><c> are</c><00:46:52.510><c> doing</c><00:46:52.889><c> and</c><00:46:53.369><c> what</c><00:46:53.469><c> they</c><00:46:53.650><c> are</c><00:46:53.769><c> setting</c><00:46:54.130><c> together.</c>

00:46:57.269 --> 00:47:02.329
And<00:46:57.789><c> so</c><00:46:58.070><c> he</c><00:46:58.190><c> says</c><00:46:58.409><c> lie</c><00:46:58.789><c> down</c><00:46:59.789><c> until</c><00:47:00.610><c> the</c><00:47:00.829><c> morning.</c>

00:47:03.369 --> 00:47:06.849
Ruth<00:47:03.389><c> is</c><00:47:03.610><c> safe</c><00:47:04.010><c> now</c><00:47:04.909><c> and</c><00:47:05.269><c> abides</c><00:47:05.590><c> as</c><00:47:05.789><c> protection</c><00:47:06.269><c> during</c><00:47:06.670><c> the</c>

00:47:06.849 --> 00:47:08.329
hours<00:47:07.010><c> of</c><00:47:07.269><c> darkness.</c>

00:47:10.489 --> 00:47:13.889
But<00:47:10.590><c> arrangements</c><00:47:10.929><c> are</c><00:47:11.150><c> made</c><00:47:11.349><c> for</c><00:47:11.510><c> her</c><00:47:11.670><c> to</c><00:47:11.829><c> go</c><00:47:12.090><c> back</c><00:47:12.670><c> home.</c>

00:47:14.909 --> 00:47:17.170
Not<00:47:15.090><c> the</c><00:47:15.329><c> same</c><00:47:15.530><c> danger</c><00:47:15.849><c> now</c><00:47:16.170><c> in</c><00:47:16.369><c> the</c><00:47:16.510><c> early</c><00:47:16.690><c> hours</c><00:47:16.889><c> of</c><00:47:17.050><c> the</c>

00:47:17.170 --> 00:47:19.170
morning<00:47:17.369><c> when</c><00:47:17.710><c> dawn</c><00:47:18.070><c> begins.</c>

00:47:19.329 --> 00:47:22.590
The<00:47:19.489><c> revelry</c><00:47:19.869><c> is</c><00:47:20.070><c> over</c><00:47:20.289><c> and</c><00:47:20.489><c> those</c><00:47:20.789><c> who</c><00:47:20.929><c> were</c><00:47:21.090><c> out</c><00:47:21.489><c> with</c><00:47:21.909><c> the</c><00:47:22.110><c> motives</c><00:47:22.369><c> I</c>

00:47:22.590 --> 00:47:24.690
described<00:47:22.949><c> earlier</c><00:47:23.570><c> are</c><00:47:23.929><c> settled</c><00:47:24.110><c> down.</c>

00:47:24.690 --> 00:47:28.190
They'll<00:47:25.250><c> be</c><00:47:25.449><c> still</c><00:47:25.650><c> asleep,</c><00:47:26.170><c> sleeping</c><00:47:26.550><c> off</c><00:47:26.869><c> the</c><00:47:27.170><c> effects</c><00:47:27.590><c> of</c>

00:47:28.190 --> 00:47:30.090
their<00:47:28.690><c> celebrations.</c>

00:47:30.510 --> 00:47:33.190
But<00:47:30.610><c> she</c><00:47:30.769><c> is</c><00:47:30.969><c> now</c><00:47:31.170><c> to</c><00:47:31.349><c> be</c><00:47:31.489><c> allowed</c><00:47:31.730><c> to</c><00:47:31.889><c> go</c><00:47:32.210><c> home.</c>

00:47:33.309 --> 00:47:35.610
All<00:47:33.469><c> sorts</c><00:47:33.650><c> in</c><00:47:33.829><c> the</c><00:47:34.010><c> text</c><00:47:34.190><c> that</c><00:47:34.349><c> I</c><00:47:34.469><c> love</c><00:47:34.610><c> to</c><00:47:34.809><c> talk</c><00:47:35.030><c> about</c><00:47:35.329><c> here.</c>

00:47:35.829 --> 00:47:38.969
There's<00:47:36.070><c> a</c><00:47:36.070><c> question</c><00:47:36.369><c> whether</c><00:47:36.570><c> it's</c><00:47:36.730><c> she</c><00:47:36.909><c> or</c><00:47:37.070><c> he</c><00:47:37.409><c> who</c><00:47:37.750><c> went</c><00:47:37.949><c> down</c><00:47:38.250><c> into</c><00:47:38.449><c> the</c><00:47:38.590><c> city</c><00:47:38.769><c> at</c>

00:47:38.969 --> 00:47:39.610
verse<00:47:39.150><c> 15.</c>

00:47:39.710 --> 00:47:45.010
Different<00:47:40.010><c> texts</c><00:47:40.489><c> have</c><00:47:41.150><c> a</c><00:47:41.429><c> different</c><00:47:41.710><c> pronoun</c><00:47:42.289><c> and</c><00:47:43.050><c> both</c><00:47:43.409><c> have</c><00:47:43.969><c> implications</c><00:47:44.570><c> that</c><00:47:44.750><c> are</c>

00:47:45.010 --> 00:47:46.690
extremely<00:47:45.409><c> interesting.</c>

00:47:47.889 --> 00:47:55.250
But<00:47:48.469><c> Blas</c><00:47:49.050><c> says,</c><00:47:51.750><c> let</c><00:47:51.829><c> it</c><00:47:53.010><c> not</c><00:47:53.170><c> be</c><00:47:53.449><c> known</c><00:47:53.809><c> that</c><00:47:54.269><c> a</c><00:47:54.489><c> woman</c><00:47:54.809><c> came</c>

00:47:55.250 --> 00:47:56.170
into<00:47:55.630><c> the</c><00:47:55.869><c> floor.</c>

00:47:56.469 --> 00:47:58.070
Who<00:47:56.570><c> is</c><00:47:56.650><c> he</c><00:47:56.809><c> saying</c><00:47:56.929><c> it</c><00:47:57.289><c> to?</c>

00:48:00.130 --> 00:48:03.309
I<00:48:00.389><c> suppose</c><00:48:00.849><c> it</c><00:48:01.010><c> could</c><00:48:01.269><c> be</c><00:48:01.750><c> servants</c><00:48:02.170><c> who</c><00:48:02.369><c> might</c><00:48:02.630><c> have</c><00:48:02.789><c> been</c><00:48:02.909><c> there.</c>

00:48:03.630 --> 00:48:05.409
But<00:48:03.789><c> the</c><00:48:03.949><c> whole</c><00:48:04.289><c> setting</c><00:48:04.650><c> is</c><00:48:04.889><c> that</c><00:48:04.989><c> there's</c><00:48:05.130><c> going</c><00:48:05.210><c> to</c><00:48:05.250><c> be</c>

00:48:05.409 --> 00:48:06.489
nobody<00:48:05.670><c> else</c><00:48:06.010><c> there.</c>

00:48:06.969 --> 00:48:10.869
And<00:48:07.130><c> he's</c><00:48:07.309><c> wanted</c><00:48:07.550><c> it</c><00:48:08.090><c> to</c><00:48:08.230><c> be</c><00:48:08.409><c> kept</c><00:48:08.889><c> quiet</c><00:48:09.630><c> for</c><00:48:10.030><c> the</c><00:48:10.469><c> benefit</c>

00:48:10.869 --> 00:48:11.989
of<00:48:11.710><c> Ruth.</c>

00:48:11.989 --> 00:48:16.630
So<00:48:12.250><c> her</c><00:48:12.469><c> reputation,</c><00:48:13.650><c> whom</c><00:48:14.030><c> everybody</c><00:48:14.550><c> knows</c><00:48:14.949><c> to</c><00:48:15.130><c> be</c><00:48:15.309><c> a</c><00:48:15.530><c> virtuous</c><00:48:15.929><c> woman,</c><00:48:16.429><c> he</c>

00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:19.070
says,<00:48:17.690><c> isn't</c><00:48:18.030><c> harmed.</c>

00:48:20.230 --> 00:48:21.469
What's<00:48:20.449><c> he</c><00:48:20.730><c> saying?</c>

00:48:21.530 --> 00:48:27.409
Well,<00:48:23.210><c> the</c><00:48:23.329><c> same</c><00:48:23.530><c> word</c><00:48:23.710><c> is</c><00:48:23.909><c> used</c><00:48:24.050><c> in</c><00:48:24.269><c> Genesis</c><00:48:24.829><c> for</c><00:48:25.769><c> thought.</c>

00:48:27.650 --> 00:48:30.730
Thought,<00:48:28.449><c> or</c><00:48:28.670><c> to</c><00:48:29.110><c> say</c><00:48:29.309><c> within</c><00:48:29.590><c> oneself.</c>

00:48:31.369 --> 00:48:34.909
And<00:48:31.550><c> I</c><00:48:31.710><c> believe</c><00:48:31.929><c> this</c><00:48:32.110><c> is</c><00:48:32.369><c> part</c><00:48:32.750><c> of</c><00:48:33.489><c> Boaz's</c><00:48:33.869><c> prayer.</c>

00:48:35.309 --> 00:48:38.849
He's<00:48:35.530><c> saying,</c><00:48:37.150><c> let</c><00:48:37.250><c> it</c><00:48:37.449><c> not</c><00:48:37.570><c> be</c><00:48:37.829><c> known</c><00:48:37.969><c> that</c><00:48:38.150><c> this</c><00:48:38.309><c> woman</c><00:48:38.550><c> came</c>

00:48:38.849 --> 00:48:39.409
into<00:48:39.070><c> the</c><00:48:39.289><c> floor.</c>

00:48:39.409 --> 00:48:43.929
He<00:48:39.530><c> doesn't</c><00:48:39.730><c> want</c><00:48:39.889><c> any</c><00:48:40.070><c> harm</c><00:48:40.210><c> to</c><00:48:40.449><c> come</c><00:48:40.650><c> to</c><00:48:40.750><c> her</c><00:48:41.590><c> because</c><00:48:42.230><c> of</c><00:48:42.510><c> the</c><00:48:42.829><c> events</c><00:48:43.289><c> of</c>

00:48:43.929 --> 00:48:45.110
this<00:48:44.190><c> night.</c>

00:48:45.489 --> 00:48:48.030
It's<00:48:45.789><c> a</c><00:48:45.969><c> thought</c><00:48:46.269><c> in</c><00:48:46.650><c> his</c><00:48:46.949><c> mind.</c>

00:48:48.289 --> 00:48:52.469
And<00:48:48.489><c> so</c><00:48:48.730><c> he</c><00:48:49.070><c> fills</c><00:48:49.369><c> the</c><00:48:49.670><c> shawl</c><00:48:50.409><c> that</c><00:48:51.090><c> she's</c><00:48:51.449><c> wearing,</c><00:48:51.670><c> the</c><00:48:51.909><c> heavy</c><00:48:52.190><c> one</c>

00:48:52.469 --> 00:48:56.449
that's<00:48:52.769><c> been</c><00:48:53.389><c> something</c><00:48:53.929><c> to</c><00:48:54.289><c> hide</c><00:48:54.570><c> the</c><00:48:54.829><c> finery</c><00:48:55.190><c> so</c><00:48:55.590><c> far.</c>

00:48:56.610 --> 00:49:01.570
And<00:48:56.730><c> he</c><00:48:56.969><c> now</c><00:48:57.329><c> fills</c><00:48:57.610><c> it</c><00:48:58.269><c> with</c><00:48:59.269><c> six</c><00:48:59.710><c> measures</c><00:49:00.030><c> of</c><00:49:00.409><c> barley</c><00:49:00.710><c> and</c>

00:49:01.570 --> 00:49:03.550
puts<00:49:01.849><c> it</c><00:49:02.050><c> on</c><00:49:02.269><c> her.</c>

00:49:04.349 --> 00:49:05.809
It's<00:49:04.969><c> heavy.</c>

00:49:06.210 --> 00:49:08.469
I<00:49:06.690><c> was</c><00:49:06.909><c> asked</c><00:49:07.110><c> yesterday</c><00:49:07.510><c> what</c><00:49:07.710><c> the</c><00:49:07.909><c> six</c><00:49:08.110><c> are.</c>

00:49:08.710 --> 00:49:09.650
And<00:49:08.789><c> there</c><00:49:08.909><c> are</c><00:49:08.929><c> three</c><00:49:09.170><c> alternatives.</c>

00:49:09.809 --> 00:49:11.369
It<00:49:09.909><c> would</c><00:49:09.909><c> take</c><00:49:10.010><c> me</c><00:49:10.190><c> five</c><00:49:10.389><c> minutes</c><00:49:10.610><c> to</c><00:49:10.849><c> explain</c><00:49:11.110><c> that.</c>

00:49:11.409 --> 00:49:13.150
So<00:49:11.510><c> that's</c><00:49:11.750><c> going</c><00:49:11.949><c> by</c><00:49:12.230><c> the</c><00:49:12.389><c> board</c><00:49:12.510><c> as</c><00:49:12.809><c> well.</c>

00:49:13.489 --> 00:49:20.010
Let<00:49:13.610><c> me</c><00:49:14.050><c> purely</c><00:49:14.269><c> say</c><00:49:14.710><c> it</c><00:49:14.969><c> is</c><00:49:15.550><c> seahs,</c><00:49:16.369><c> S</c><00:49:16.690><c>-E</c><00:49:16.929><c>-A</c><00:49:17.289><c>-H</c><00:49:17.630><c>-S,</c><00:49:18.630><c> in</c><00:49:18.710><c> my</c><00:49:19.070><c> view.</c>

00:49:20.309 --> 00:49:24.050
Heavy,<00:49:21.090><c> but</c><00:49:21.250><c> capable</c><00:49:21.530><c> of</c><00:49:21.650><c> being</c><00:49:22.030><c> carried,</c><00:49:22.429><c> as</c><00:49:22.550><c> women</c><00:49:22.789><c> do,</c><00:49:23.289><c> heavy</c><00:49:23.449><c> loads</c><00:49:23.769><c> on</c>

00:49:24.050 --> 00:49:25.030
the<00:49:24.250><c> head.</c>

00:49:25.269 --> 00:49:28.170
And<00:49:25.429><c> you'll</c><00:49:25.690><c> notice</c><00:49:25.949><c> that</c><00:49:26.170><c> he</c><00:49:26.389><c> put</c><00:49:26.630><c> it</c><00:49:26.909><c> on</c><00:49:27.190><c> her.</c>

00:49:28.269 --> 00:49:29.389
He<00:49:28.389><c> couldn't</c><00:49:28.610><c> lift</c><00:49:28.809><c> it</c><00:49:29.010><c> herself.</c>

00:49:29.869 --> 00:49:31.230
He<00:49:30.170><c> put</c><00:49:30.349><c> it</c><00:49:30.530><c> on</c><00:49:30.769><c> her.</c>

00:49:31.429 --> 00:49:33.449
And<00:49:31.690><c> she</c><00:49:31.889><c> made</c><00:49:32.090><c> her</c><00:49:32.250><c> way</c><00:49:32.409><c> back</c><00:49:32.670><c> with</c><00:49:32.869><c> this</c><00:49:33.230><c> load.</c>

00:49:33.449 --> 00:49:38.349
A<00:49:34.469><c> gift</c><00:49:34.949><c> bigger</c><00:49:35.630><c> than</c><00:49:36.070><c> the</c><00:49:36.690><c> amount</c><00:49:36.929><c> she</c><00:49:37.130><c> could</c><00:49:37.449><c> normally</c><00:49:37.869><c> collect</c><00:49:38.170><c> for</c>

00:49:38.349 --> 00:49:44.570
herself<00:49:39.329><c> in</c><00:49:41.050><c> the</c><00:49:41.909><c> gleaning.</c>

00:49:45.010 --> 00:49:49.170
But<00:49:45.050><c> now</c><00:49:45.449><c> a</c><00:49:45.750><c> substantial</c><00:49:46.329><c> gift</c><00:49:46.730><c> given</c><00:49:46.989><c> to</c><00:49:47.170><c> her</c><00:49:47.610><c> to</c><00:49:47.909><c> take</c><00:49:48.230><c> back.</c>

00:49:49.530 --> 00:49:53.849
And<00:49:49.809><c> there's</c><00:49:50.050><c> a</c><00:49:50.250><c> delightful</c><00:49:50.829><c> play</c><00:49:51.170><c> on</c><00:49:51.329><c> the</c><00:49:51.590><c> message</c><00:49:52.090><c> that</c><00:49:52.909><c> he</c>

00:49:53.849 --> 00:49:54.510
gives<00:49:54.090><c> to</c><00:49:54.329><c> her.</c>

00:49:54.530 --> 00:49:55.230
Verse<00:49:54.769><c> 17.</c>

00:49:55.349 --> 00:50:00.230
Go<00:49:55.590><c> not</c><00:49:56.070><c> empty</c><00:49:57.210><c> unto</c><00:49:57.650><c> the</c><00:49:58.690><c> house</c><00:49:59.030><c> of</c><00:49:59.210><c> thy</c><00:49:59.329><c> mother</c><00:49:59.670><c>-in</c><00:49:59.909><c>-law.</c>

00:50:00.230 --> 00:50:02.849
I<00:50:01.250><c> went</c><00:50:01.510><c> out</c><00:50:01.949><c> full.</c>

00:50:02.869 --> 00:50:05.469
I<00:50:03.030><c> came</c><00:50:03.329><c> back</c><00:50:04.250><c> empty.</c>

00:50:06.769 --> 00:50:10.929
And<00:50:06.909><c> yet</c><00:50:07.090><c> another</c><00:50:07.369><c> echo</c><00:50:07.949><c> coming</c><00:50:08.550><c> into</c><00:50:08.809><c> the</c><00:50:09.030><c> conversation</c><00:50:09.650><c> so</c><00:50:10.070><c> delightfully.</c>

00:50:11.369 --> 00:50:14.030
Well,<00:50:11.809><c> I</c><00:50:11.949><c> got</c><00:50:12.050><c> about</c><00:50:12.349><c> halfway</c><00:50:12.610><c> through</c><00:50:12.929><c> this</c><00:50:13.170><c> morning,</c><00:50:13.590><c> brothers</c><00:50:13.630><c> and</c><00:50:13.809><c> sisters.</c>

00:50:14.050 --> 00:50:15.090
Sorry<00:50:14.309><c> about</c><00:50:14.670><c> that.</c>

00:50:15.530 --> 00:50:16.550
But<00:50:15.690><c> that's</c><00:50:16.010><c> the</c><00:50:16.070><c> way</c><00:50:16.250><c> it</c><00:50:16.429><c> is.</c>

00:50:16.610 --> 00:50:17.429
Time<00:50:16.849><c> overtakes</c><00:50:17.329><c> us.</c>

00:50:17.429 --> 00:50:20.730
So<00:50:17.630><c> I'm</c><00:50:17.769><c> going</c><00:50:17.849><c> to</c><00:50:18.429><c> bring</c><00:50:18.590><c> our</c><00:50:19.769><c> session</c><00:50:20.110><c> to</c><00:50:20.449><c> a</c><00:50:20.510><c> close.</c>

00:50:20.789 --> 00:50:23.750
I<00:50:20.889><c> wanted</c><00:50:21.090><c> to</c><00:50:21.269><c> bring</c><00:50:21.349><c> in</c><00:50:21.489><c> lots</c><00:50:21.750><c> of</c><00:50:22.010><c> exhortation</c><00:50:22.530><c> for</c><00:50:22.750><c> ourselves</c><00:50:23.210><c> from</c><00:50:23.469><c> this.</c>

00:50:23.750 --> 00:50:32.630
I<00:50:24.289><c> wanted</c><00:50:24.590><c> to</c><00:50:24.789><c> go</c><00:50:25.110><c> through</c><00:50:26.150><c> and</c><00:50:27.110><c> see</c><00:50:28.070><c> the</c><00:50:30.369><c> response</c><00:50:31.250><c> of</c><00:50:32.269><c> Naomi</c>

00:50:32.630 --> 00:50:34.329
to<00:50:32.929><c> what</c><00:50:33.130><c> these</c><00:50:33.409><c> events</c><00:50:33.750><c> have</c><00:50:34.050><c> been.</c>

00:50:34.829 --> 00:50:36.710
But<00:50:35.130><c> maybe</c><00:50:35.530><c> that's</c><00:50:35.789><c> not</c><00:50:36.010><c> a</c><00:50:36.130><c> bad</c><00:50:36.269><c> thing.</c>

00:50:37.170 --> 00:50:39.829
Maybe<00:50:37.429><c> you'll</c><00:50:37.710><c> do</c><00:50:37.829><c> a</c><00:50:37.929><c> bit</c><00:50:38.090><c> more</c><00:50:38.349><c> digging</c><00:50:38.550><c> yourselves</c><00:50:39.230><c> in</c><00:50:39.650><c> the</c>

00:50:39.829 --> 00:50:40.989
light<00:50:39.949><c> of</c><00:50:40.110><c> what</c><00:50:40.210><c> I've</c><00:50:40.469><c> been</c><00:50:40.710><c> saying.</c>

00:50:41.170 --> 00:50:43.250
And<00:50:41.349><c> that's</c><00:50:41.489><c> what</c><00:50:41.650><c> Bible</c><00:50:41.989><c> schools</c><00:50:42.250><c> are</c><00:50:42.409><c> all</c><00:50:42.590><c> about,</c><00:50:43.090><c> really,</c>

00:50:43.250 --> 00:50:43.710
isn't<00:50:43.429><c> it?</c>

00:50:43.869 --> 00:50:49.429
To<00:50:44.090><c> give</c><00:50:44.210><c> us</c><00:50:44.369><c> some</c><00:50:44.730><c> stimulus,</c><00:50:46.130><c> perhaps</c><00:50:46.449><c> to</c><00:50:46.829><c> see</c><00:50:47.090><c> things</c><00:50:47.929><c> a</c><00:50:48.630><c> little</c><00:50:48.809><c> differently</c><00:50:49.269><c> and</c>

00:50:49.429 --> 00:50:52.090
a<00:50:49.510><c> little</c><00:50:49.630><c> more</c><00:50:49.949><c> fully</c><00:50:50.329><c> than</c><00:50:50.869><c> we've</c><00:50:51.130><c> looked</c><00:50:51.269><c> at</c><00:50:51.449><c> them</c><00:50:51.610><c> before.</c>

00:50:52.090 --> 00:50:59.829
So<00:50:52.809><c> can</c><00:50:53.110><c> I</c><00:50:53.969><c> leave</c><00:50:54.409><c> with</c><00:50:54.789><c> you</c><00:50:55.050><c> this</c><00:50:55.309><c> picture</c><00:50:56.050><c> of</c><00:50:57.849><c> Ruth</c><00:50:58.190><c> going</c><00:50:58.489><c> back</c><00:50:58.889><c> home</c><00:50:59.429><c> as</c>

00:50:59.829 --> 00:51:01.489
the<00:51:00.030><c> dawn</c><00:51:00.289><c> breaks,</c>

00:51:01.670 --> 00:51:05.809
bearing<00:51:01.769><c> a</c><00:51:02.070><c> gift</c><00:51:02.530><c> from</c><00:51:03.489><c> this</c><00:51:03.949><c> man</c><00:51:04.269><c> who</c><00:51:04.650><c> has</c><00:51:04.969><c> declared</c><00:51:05.449><c> that</c><00:51:05.630><c> he</c>

00:51:05.809 --> 00:51:10.409
will<00:51:06.110><c> make</c><00:51:06.489><c> her</c><00:51:07.449><c> his</c><00:51:07.710><c> bride,</c><00:51:08.349><c> if</c><00:51:08.670><c> this</c><00:51:08.929><c> can</c><00:51:09.170><c> be</c><00:51:09.489><c> so.</c>

00:51:10.969 --> 00:51:15.050
And<00:51:11.210><c> now</c><00:51:11.510><c> when</c><00:51:11.650><c> it</c><00:51:11.829><c> comes</c><00:51:12.030><c> to</c><00:51:12.250><c> that</c><00:51:12.550><c> point,</c><00:51:13.670><c> Naomi</c><00:51:13.730><c> says,</c>

00:51:15.670 --> 00:51:21.329
there's<00:51:16.230><c> a</c><00:51:16.469><c> time</c><00:51:17.349><c> when</c><00:51:18.429><c> although</c><00:51:18.849><c> we've</c><00:51:19.150><c> been</c><00:51:19.309><c> making</c><00:51:19.590><c> our</c><00:51:19.869><c> own</c><00:51:20.090><c> arrangements</c><00:51:20.670><c> and</c><00:51:20.949><c> trying</c><00:51:21.150><c> to</c>

00:51:21.329 --> 00:51:22.190
push<00:51:21.469><c> things</c><00:51:21.789><c> along,</c>

00:51:22.590 --> 00:51:26.130
as<00:51:22.650><c> she</c><00:51:22.909><c> clearly</c><00:51:23.329><c> had</c><00:51:23.570><c> been</c><00:51:23.949><c> doing</c><00:51:24.650><c> behind</c><00:51:25.449><c> the</c><00:51:25.670><c> scenes</c><00:51:25.949><c> in</c>

00:51:26.130 --> 00:51:27.409
all<00:51:26.429><c> this,</c>

00:51:27.510 --> 00:51:30.250
there's<00:51:27.750><c> a</c><00:51:27.869><c> time</c><00:51:28.090><c> comes</c><00:51:28.429><c> when</c><00:51:28.610><c> you</c><00:51:28.730><c> have</c><00:51:28.909><c> to</c><00:51:29.150><c> say,</c>

00:51:31.010 --> 00:51:37.170
be<00:51:31.130><c> still</c><00:51:31.769><c> and</c><00:51:33.170><c> see</c><00:51:33.929><c> the</c><00:51:34.570><c> salvation</c><00:51:35.449><c> of</c><00:51:36.170><c> God.</c>

00:51:37.309 --> 00:51:41.090
That's<00:51:37.690><c> precisely</c><00:51:38.190><c> what</c><00:51:38.389><c> she</c><00:51:38.610><c> says</c><00:51:38.829><c> to</c><00:51:39.130><c> Ruth</c><00:51:39.389><c> now</c><00:51:40.070><c> as</c><00:51:40.349><c> she</c><00:51:40.449><c> goes</c><00:51:40.690><c> back</c><00:51:40.969><c> to</c>

00:51:41.090 --> 00:51:41.590
the<00:51:41.269><c> home.</c>

00:51:41.590 --> 00:51:42.550
Verse<00:51:41.869><c> 18.</c>

00:51:42.829 --> 00:51:48.090
Sit<00:51:43.150><c> still,</c><00:51:43.769><c> my</c><00:51:43.889><c> daughter,</c><00:51:45.309><c> until</c><00:51:45.650><c> you</c><00:51:46.030><c> know</c><00:51:46.530><c> how</c><00:51:47.210><c> the</c><00:51:47.429><c> matter</c>

00:51:48.090 --> 00:51:49.510
will<00:51:48.650><c> fall.</c>

00:51:52.710 --> 00:51:55.150
I<00:51:52.909><c> wish</c><00:51:52.909><c> to</c><00:51:53.110><c> thank</c><00:51:53.210><c> Brother</c><00:51:53.530><c> Stand</c><00:51:53.809><c>-Even</c><00:51:53.989><c> for</c><00:51:54.309><c> his</c><00:51:54.869><c> message</c>

00:51:55.150 --> 00:51:56.429
this<00:51:55.429><c> morning.</c>

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Brothers<00:51:57.730><c> and</c><00:51:57.949><c> sisters,</c><00:51:58.349><c> if</c><00:51:58.510><c> you</c><00:51:58.690><c> will</c><00:51:58.829><c> remain</c><00:51:59.130><c> seated,</c>

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we'll<00:52:00.610><c> ask</c><00:52:00.929><c> Brother</c><00:52:01.469><c> Tom</c><00:52:01.849><c> Baldock</c><00:52:02.309><c> of</c><00:52:02.630><c> the</c><00:52:02.789><c> Union</c><00:52:02.989><c> Road</c><00:52:03.170><c> Ecclesia</c><00:52:03.610><c> to</c><00:52:03.989><c> bring</c><00:52:04.150><c> this</c><00:52:04.829><c> session</c><00:52:05.070><c> to</c>

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a<00:52:05.409><c> close.</c>

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Our<00:52:07.210><c> Father,</c><00:52:09.030><c> thou</c><00:52:09.190><c> who</c><00:52:09.329><c> art</c><00:52:09.610><c> eternal</c><00:52:10.389><c> and</c><00:52:11.030><c> almighty</c><00:52:11.590><c> in</c><00:52:12.730><c> heaven</c><00:52:13.030><c> and</c>

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in<00:52:13.489><c> earth,</c>

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praised,<00:52:16.010><c> honored,</c><00:52:16.329><c> and</c><00:52:16.570><c> glorified</c><00:52:17.010><c> be</c><00:52:17.210><c> thy</c><00:52:17.469><c> great</c><00:52:17.789><c> name</c><00:52:18.250><c> before</c><00:52:18.630><c> all</c><00:52:18.889><c> others.</c>

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At<00:52:21.769><c> this</c><00:52:22.050><c> time,</c><00:52:22.369><c> dear</c><00:52:22.449><c> Heavenly</c><00:52:22.829><c> Father,</c><00:52:23.269><c> as</c><00:52:23.469><c> we</c><00:52:23.750><c> have</c><00:52:24.469><c> concluded</c><00:52:24.989><c> our</c>

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main<00:52:26.309><c> classes</c><00:52:26.710><c> for</c><00:52:26.989><c> today,</c>

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we<00:52:29.269><c> would</c><00:52:29.489><c> approach</c><00:52:29.789><c> unto</c><00:52:30.130><c> thee</c><00:52:30.889><c> to</c><00:52:31.190><c> thank</c><00:52:31.429><c> thee</c><00:52:32.550><c> for</c><00:52:33.150><c> this</c><00:52:33.369><c> opportunity</c><00:52:34.030><c> to</c>

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turn<00:52:34.989><c> our</c><00:52:35.250><c> minds</c><00:52:35.769><c> to</c><00:52:36.869><c> thy</c><00:52:37.190><c> word.</c>

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We<00:52:39.670><c> would</c><00:52:39.929><c> thank</c><00:52:40.110><c> thee</c><00:52:40.389><c> for</c><00:52:40.670><c> the</c><00:52:42.110><c> labors</c><00:52:42.469><c> of</c><00:52:42.670><c> our</c><00:52:42.869><c> brethren,</c>

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each<00:52:45.710><c> of</c><00:52:45.909><c> whom</c><00:52:46.070><c> has</c><00:52:46.389><c> come,</c><00:52:46.750><c> who</c><00:52:46.989><c> has</c><00:52:47.250><c> come</c><00:52:47.489><c> for</c><00:52:47.730><c> some</c><00:52:47.969><c> distance</c>

00:52:48.389 --> 00:52:50.690
to<00:52:48.610><c> be</c><00:52:48.730><c> with</c><00:52:48.929><c> us</c><00:52:49.289><c> this</c><00:52:49.550><c> week,</c>

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that<00:52:51.869><c> we</c><00:52:52.050><c> might</c><00:52:52.309><c> grow</c><00:52:52.869><c> as</c><00:52:53.449><c> a</c><00:52:53.590><c> result</c><00:52:53.829><c> of</c><00:52:54.010><c> their</c><00:52:54.150><c> labors</c><00:52:55.030><c> and</c><00:52:56.210><c> of</c>

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our<00:52:56.610><c> own</c><00:52:57.070><c> study</c>

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in<00:52:59.210><c> the</c><00:52:59.369><c> knowledge</c><00:52:59.630><c> of</c><00:52:59.889><c> thee</c><00:53:00.550><c> and</c><00:53:01.010><c> of</c><00:53:01.150><c> thy</c><00:53:01.309><c> plan</c><00:53:01.590><c> and</c><00:53:01.809><c> purpose</c>

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with<00:53:03.070><c> this</c><00:53:03.269><c> earth.</c>

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We<00:53:05.269><c> pray</c><00:53:05.530><c> that</c><00:53:05.730><c> the</c><00:53:05.889><c> things</c><00:53:06.150><c> that</c><00:53:06.349><c> we</c><00:53:06.510><c> are</c><00:53:06.670><c> learning</c><00:53:06.989><c> will</c><00:53:07.630><c> abide</c><00:53:08.010><c> with</c><00:53:08.269><c> us</c>

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and<00:53:10.989><c> will</c><00:53:11.250><c> stimulate</c><00:53:11.690><c> us</c><00:53:12.030><c> to</c><00:53:14.170><c> more</c><00:53:14.670><c> deeply</c><00:53:14.969><c> look</c><00:53:15.230><c> into</c><00:53:15.449><c> thy</c><00:53:15.750><c> word,</c>

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that<00:53:18.130><c> we</c><00:53:18.289><c> might</c><00:53:18.550><c> know</c><00:53:18.750><c> thee</c><00:53:19.510><c> and</c><00:53:20.610><c> thy</c><00:53:20.849><c> plan</c><00:53:21.530><c> and</c><00:53:23.030><c> thy</c><00:53:23.329><c> Son</c><00:53:24.130><c> more</c><00:53:25.650><c> thoroughly,</c>

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that<00:53:28.630><c> we</c><00:53:28.829><c> might</c><00:53:28.989><c> be</c><00:53:29.369><c> prepared</c><00:53:30.070><c> more</c><00:53:31.230><c> perfectly</c><00:53:31.730><c> for</c><00:53:33.409><c> his</c><00:53:33.630><c> return.</c>

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So<00:53:36.389><c> we</c><00:53:36.530><c> would</c><00:53:36.750><c> ask</c><00:53:37.030><c> that</c><00:53:37.250><c> thou</c><00:53:37.429><c> would</c><00:53:37.730><c> be</c><00:53:37.949><c> with</c><00:53:38.130><c> us</c><00:53:38.329><c> then,</c><00:53:38.809><c> dear</c>

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Heavenly<00:53:39.269><c> Father,</c>

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as<00:53:40.829><c> we</c><00:53:41.010><c> go</c><00:53:41.210><c> from</c><00:53:41.429><c> this</c><00:53:41.670><c> room</c><00:53:41.889><c> and</c><00:53:42.110><c> from</c><00:53:42.250><c> this</c><00:53:42.469><c> place,</c>

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that<00:53:44.690><c> thou</c><00:53:44.889><c> would</c><00:53:45.190><c> strengthen</c><00:53:45.610><c> us</c><00:53:45.969><c> in</c><00:53:46.170><c> thy</c><00:53:46.409><c> way</c><00:53:47.429><c> even</c><00:53:49.570><c> through</c>

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thy<00:53:50.110><c> word.</c>

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For<00:53:53.429><c> we</c><00:53:53.610><c> give</c><00:53:53.730><c> thee</c><00:53:53.909><c> thanks</c><00:53:54.170><c> for</c><00:53:54.409><c> all</c><00:53:54.650><c> things</c><00:53:55.409><c> and</c><00:53:56.889><c> ask</c><00:53:56.989><c> that</c>

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thou<00:53:57.289><c> will</c><00:53:57.510><c> continue</c><00:53:57.829><c> with</c><00:53:58.070><c> us</c><00:53:58.610><c> even</c><00:53:58.929><c> till</c><00:53:59.110><c> the</c><00:53:59.289><c> end,</c>

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in<00:54:01.289><c> and</c><00:54:01.409><c> through</c><00:54:01.570><c> the</c><00:54:01.710><c> name</c><00:54:02.030><c> of</c><00:54:02.250><c> thy</c><00:54:02.409><c> beloved</c><00:54:02.750><c> Son,</c><00:54:04.469><c> even</c><00:54:04.670><c> Jesus</c><00:54:05.010><c> Christ</c><00:54:05.389><c> our</c>

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Lord.<00:54:06.610><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.