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sees<00:10:37.720><c> the</c><00:10:38.019><c> oppression</c><00:10:38.379><c> they</c><00:10:38.639><c> are</c><00:10:38.639><c> under.</c>

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And<00:10:41.259><c> so</c><00:10:41.440><c> verse</c><00:10:41.679><c> 17,</c><00:10:42.340><c> the</c><00:10:42.399><c> children</c><00:10:42.779><c> of</c><00:10:43.019><c> Ammon</c><00:10:43.200><c> were</c><00:10:43.399><c> gathered</c>

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together<00:10:44.120><c> and</c><00:10:44.399><c> encamped</c><00:10:44.639><c> in</c><00:10:44.899><c> Gilead.</c>

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And<00:10:46.539><c> the</c><00:10:46.679><c> children</c><00:10:46.940><c> of</c><00:10:47.039><c> Israel</c><00:10:47.399><c> assembled</c><00:10:47.860><c> themselves</c><00:10:48.320><c> together</c><00:10:48.960><c> and</c>

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encamped<00:10:49.620><c> in</c><00:10:49.820><c> Mizpah.</c>

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So<00:10:51.039><c> the</c><00:10:51.559><c> Israelites</c><00:10:51.779><c> are</c><00:10:51.980><c> going</c><00:10:52.039><c> to</c><00:10:52.240><c> take</c><00:10:52.460><c> on</c><00:10:52.720><c> these</c><00:10:53.340><c> Ammonites.</c>

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And<00:10:54.820><c> verse</c><00:10:55.139><c> 18</c><00:10:55.460><c> says,</c><00:10:57.200><c> And</c><00:10:57.200><c> the</c><00:10:57.360><c> people</c><00:10:57.899><c> and</c><00:10:58.179><c> the</c><00:10:58.360><c> princes</c><00:10:58.679><c> of</c>

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Gilead<00:10:59.240><c> said</c><00:10:59.480><c> one</c><00:10:59.679><c> to</c><00:10:59.879><c> another,</c>

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What<00:11:01.860><c> man</c><00:11:02.179><c> is</c><00:11:02.419><c> he</c><00:11:02.600><c> that</c><00:11:02.720><c> will</c><00:11:03.000><c> begin</c><00:11:03.240><c> to</c><00:11:03.500><c> fight</c><00:11:03.639><c> against</c><00:11:03.919><c> the</c>

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children<00:11:04.379><c> of</c><00:11:04.659><c> Ammon?</c>

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He<00:11:06.299><c> shall</c><00:11:06.519><c> be</c><00:11:06.940><c> head</c><00:11:07.299><c> over</c><00:11:07.860><c> all</c><00:11:08.179><c> the</c><00:11:08.320><c> inhabitants</c><00:11:08.620><c> of</c><00:11:08.879><c> Gilead.</c>

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So<00:11:09.440><c> you</c><00:11:09.639><c> see</c><00:11:09.759><c> what</c><00:11:09.919><c> happens</c><00:11:10.299><c> is</c><00:11:10.539><c> that</c><00:11:10.940><c> the</c><00:11:11.320><c> Israelites</c><00:11:11.620><c> prepare</c><00:11:12.139><c> to</c><00:11:12.379><c> try</c>

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and<00:11:12.779><c> fight</c><00:11:13.179><c> against</c><00:11:14.419><c> the</c><00:11:14.740><c> Ammonites.</c>

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This<00:11:16.259><c> last</c><00:11:16.720><c> wave</c><00:11:17.080><c> that</c><00:11:17.279><c> comes</c><00:11:17.519><c> at</c><00:11:17.720><c> the</c><00:11:17.740><c> end</c><00:11:17.860><c> of</c><00:11:18.019><c> 18</c><00:11:18.299><c> years</c><00:11:19.000><c> that</c>

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are<00:11:19.460><c> going</c><00:11:19.600><c> to</c><00:11:19.879><c> swamp</c><00:11:20.080><c> the</c><00:11:20.340><c> land</c>

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and<00:11:21.360><c> so</c><00:11:21.519><c> the</c><00:11:21.720><c> Israelites</c><00:11:22.080><c> and</c><00:11:22.480><c> in</c><00:11:22.659><c> particular</c><00:11:22.980><c> the</c><00:11:23.220><c> people</c><00:11:23.419><c> of</c>

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Gilead<00:11:23.980><c> form</c><00:11:24.519><c> an</c><00:11:25.019><c> army</c>

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but<00:11:25.519><c> they</c><00:11:25.740><c> are</c><00:11:25.740><c> looking</c><00:11:26.059><c> for</c><00:11:26.360><c> someone</c><00:11:26.600><c> to</c><00:11:26.879><c> lead</c><00:11:27.039><c> them.</c>

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And<00:11:28.960><c> so</c><00:11:29.120><c> verse</c><00:11:29.399><c> 18,</c><00:11:31.360><c> What</c><00:11:31.659><c> man</c><00:11:32.000><c> is</c><00:11:32.320><c> there</c><00:11:32.500><c> that</c><00:11:32.659><c> will</c><00:11:33.000><c> begin</c><00:11:33.519><c> to</c><00:11:33.879><c> fight?</c>

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We<00:11:34.799><c> need</c><00:11:35.120><c> someone</c><00:11:35.519><c> to</c><00:11:35.820><c> initiate</c><00:11:36.259><c> it.</c>

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Yes,<00:11:37.360><c> we've</c><00:11:37.620><c> got</c><00:11:37.740><c> ourselves</c><00:11:38.179><c> together.</c><00:11:39.100><c> We're</c><00:11:39.320><c> trying</c><00:11:39.519><c> to</c><00:11:39.759><c> turn</c><00:11:39.940><c> to</c><00:11:40.100><c> God.</c>

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We're<00:11:40.840><c> not</c><00:11:41.080><c> sure</c><00:11:41.320><c> if</c><00:11:41.480><c> God</c><00:11:41.659><c> is</c><00:11:41.820><c> going</c><00:11:41.980><c> to</c><00:11:42.120><c> help</c><00:11:42.220><c> us</c><00:11:42.460><c> because</c><00:11:42.639><c> he's</c><00:11:42.919><c> made</c><00:11:43.019><c> it</c>

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clear<00:11:43.559><c> that,</c>

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Well,<00:11:45.340><c> I</c><00:11:45.740><c> can't</c><00:11:46.059><c> help</c><00:11:46.320><c> you.</c>

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So<00:11:47.360><c> what</c><00:11:47.759><c> man</c><00:11:48.039><c> is</c><00:11:48.320><c> there</c><00:11:48.460><c> that</c><00:11:48.600><c> can</c><00:11:48.860><c> take</c><00:11:49.200><c> up</c><00:11:49.340><c> this</c><00:11:49.700><c> role</c><00:11:50.100><c> that</c>

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will<00:11:50.600><c> lead</c><00:11:50.740><c> us</c><00:11:51.659><c> against</c><00:11:53.340><c> these</c><00:11:53.799><c> Ammonites?</c>

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And<00:11:54.440><c> that's</c><00:11:54.840><c> the</c><00:11:55.059><c> setting</c><00:11:55.519><c> of</c><00:11:56.580><c> the</c><00:11:56.799><c> life</c><00:11:57.159><c> of</c><00:11:57.419><c> Jephthah.</c>

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And<00:12:01.159><c> so</c><00:12:01.419><c> we</c><00:12:01.600><c> come</c><00:12:01.919><c> to</c><00:12:03.100><c> chapter</c><00:12:03.519><c> 11</c><00:12:04.120><c> and</c><00:12:05.259><c> verse</c><00:12:05.539><c> 1</c><00:12:05.740><c> because</c><00:12:06.019><c> what</c>

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chapter<00:12:06.600><c> 11</c><00:12:06.940><c> does</c><00:12:07.279><c> is</c><00:12:07.500><c> it</c><00:12:07.600><c> actually</c><00:12:07.960><c> jumps</c><00:12:08.279><c> back</c><00:12:08.600><c> in</c><00:12:08.860><c> time.</c>

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The<00:12:10.860><c> earlier</c><00:12:11.080><c> events,</c><00:12:11.580><c> the</c><00:12:11.899><c> earlier</c><00:12:12.120><c> events</c><00:12:12.460><c> in</c><00:12:12.720><c> chapter</c><00:12:13.039><c> 11</c>

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are<00:12:13.639><c> actually</c><00:12:14.440><c> something</c><00:12:14.940><c> that</c><00:12:15.220><c> happens</c><00:12:15.519><c> before</c>

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the<00:12:16.820><c> events</c><00:12:17.080><c> that</c><00:12:17.259><c> we've</c><00:12:17.440><c> just</c><00:12:17.659><c> read</c><00:12:17.820><c> in</c><00:12:18.019><c> chapter</c><00:12:18.320><c> 10.</c>

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So<00:12:20.860><c> Israel</c><00:12:21.120><c> is</c><00:12:21.240><c> looking</c><00:12:21.480><c> for</c><00:12:21.679><c> leadership.</c>

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Well,<00:12:23.720><c> verse</c><00:12:24.039><c> 1</c><00:12:24.379><c> of</c><00:12:24.580><c> chapter</c><00:12:24.860><c> 11,</c><00:12:26.779><c> Now</c><00:12:27.120><c> Jephthah</c><00:12:27.559><c> the</c><00:12:27.720><c> Gileadite</c><00:12:28.279><c> was</c><00:12:28.519><c> a</c>

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mighty<00:12:29.100><c> man</c><00:12:29.360><c> of</c><00:12:29.600><c> valor</c>

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and<00:12:31.279><c> he</c><00:12:31.399><c> was</c><00:12:31.620><c> the</c><00:12:31.840><c> son</c><00:12:32.000><c> of</c><00:12:32.200><c> a</c><00:12:32.500><c> harlot</c><00:12:33.299><c> and</c><00:12:34.159><c> Gilead</c><00:12:35.039><c> begat</c><00:12:35.519><c> Jephthah.</c>

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So<00:12:37.740><c> here</c><00:12:37.899><c> we're</c><00:12:38.059><c> introduced</c><00:12:38.480><c> to</c><00:12:38.679><c> Jephthah.</c>

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And<00:12:41.200><c> what</c><00:12:41.360><c> are</c><00:12:41.419><c> we</c><00:12:41.559><c> told?</c><00:12:41.840><c> Well,</c><00:12:42.100><c> he's</c><00:12:42.379><c> a</c><00:12:42.460><c> mighty</c><00:12:42.620><c> man</c><00:12:42.840><c> of</c><00:12:43.000><c> valor.</c>

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So<00:12:43.340><c> he's</c><00:12:43.519><c> a</c><00:12:43.620><c> good</c><00:12:43.820><c> fighter.</c><00:12:44.220><c> He's</c><00:12:44.360><c> a</c><00:12:44.460><c> good</c><00:12:44.620><c> warrior.</c>

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But<00:12:47.039><c> also</c><00:12:47.519><c> his</c><00:12:47.799><c> mother</c><00:12:48.320><c> is</c><00:12:49.820><c> a</c><00:12:49.980><c> prostitute.</c>

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And<00:12:52.820><c> we</c><00:12:52.960><c> might</c><00:12:53.179><c> say,</c><00:12:53.820><c> well,</c><00:12:54.139><c> so</c><00:12:54.279><c> what?</c>

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Well,<00:12:55.279><c> verse</c><00:12:55.480><c> 2,</c><00:12:58.639><c> Gilead's</c><00:12:59.120><c> wife</c><00:12:59.379><c> bear</c><00:12:59.620><c> him</c><00:13:00.000><c> sons</c><00:13:00.620><c> and</c><00:13:02.240><c> his</c><00:13:02.500><c> wife's</c><00:13:03.159><c> sons</c><00:13:03.320><c> grew</c><00:13:03.620><c> up</c>

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and<00:13:04.259><c> they</c><00:13:04.700><c> thrust</c><00:13:04.980><c> out</c><00:13:05.340><c> Jephthah</c><00:13:05.860><c> and</c><00:13:06.100><c> said</c><00:13:06.259><c> unto</c><00:13:06.539><c> him,</c><00:13:08.059><c> Thou</c>

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shalt<00:13:08.659><c> not</c><00:13:08.960><c> inherit</c><00:13:09.500><c> in</c><00:13:09.860><c> our</c><00:13:10.120><c> father's</c><00:13:10.679><c> house</c>

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for<00:13:12.059><c> thou</c><00:13:12.500><c> art</c><00:13:12.759><c> the</c><00:13:13.019><c> son</c><00:13:13.379><c> of</c><00:13:13.600><c> a</c><00:13:14.100><c> strange</c><00:13:14.980><c> woman.</c>

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So<00:13:18.080><c> just</c><00:13:18.419><c> as</c><00:13:18.700><c> God</c><00:13:19.019><c> had</c><00:13:19.220><c> been</c><00:13:19.460><c> rejected</c><00:13:19.899><c> by</c><00:13:20.139><c> Israel</c><00:13:20.539><c> in</c><00:13:20.740><c> chapter</c>

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10,<00:13:22.820><c> this</c><00:13:23.019><c> now</c><00:13:23.240><c> happens</c><00:13:23.600><c> to</c><00:13:23.919><c> Jephthah.</c>

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Now<00:13:24.379><c> when</c><00:13:24.460><c> you</c><00:13:24.639><c> read</c><00:13:24.879><c> through</c><00:13:25.100><c> verses</c><00:13:25.340><c> 1</c><00:13:25.539><c> and</c><00:13:25.659><c> 2,</c><00:13:26.220><c> it</c><00:13:26.299><c> seems</c><00:13:26.600><c> that</c><00:13:26.879><c> Jephthah</c><00:13:27.440><c> is</c>

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the<00:13:28.019><c> firstborn</c><00:13:28.519><c> of</c><00:13:28.679><c> the</c><00:13:28.799><c> family.</c>

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But<00:13:30.960><c> his</c><00:13:31.159><c> mother,</c><00:13:32.279><c> well,</c><00:13:32.720><c> his</c><00:13:32.799><c> mother</c><00:13:33.059><c> isn't</c><00:13:33.340><c> the</c><00:13:33.539><c> mother</c><00:13:33.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:34.159><c> other</c><00:13:34.320><c> boys</c><00:13:34.600><c> in</c><00:13:34.759><c> the</c><00:13:34.940><c> family.</c>

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His<00:13:35.600><c> mother</c><00:13:36.299><c> happens</c><00:13:36.960><c> to</c><00:13:37.159><c> be</c><00:13:37.299><c> a</c><00:13:37.600><c> harlot.</c>

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And<00:13:38.820><c> even</c><00:13:39.019><c> though</c><00:13:39.279><c> he's</c><00:13:39.679><c> heir</c><00:13:40.320><c> to</c><00:13:40.980><c> the</c><00:13:41.200><c> inheritance</c><00:13:41.659><c> of</c><00:13:42.500><c> his</c>

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father's<00:13:44.000><c> household,</c>

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well,<00:13:45.139><c> verse</c><00:13:45.440><c> 2</c><00:13:45.679><c> says</c><00:13:46.440><c> that</c><00:13:47.240><c> the</c><00:13:47.360><c> rest</c><00:13:47.519><c> of</c><00:13:47.679><c> the</c><00:13:47.860><c> family</c><00:13:48.100><c> will</c>

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have<00:13:48.460><c> no</c><00:13:48.740><c> part</c><00:13:48.919><c> of</c><00:13:49.039><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:50.879><c> so</c><00:13:51.120><c> they</c><00:13:51.419><c> kick</c><00:13:51.679><c> him</c><00:13:51.820><c> out</c><00:13:52.000><c> of</c><00:13:52.080><c> the</c><00:13:52.240><c> house.</c>

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Get<00:13:53.100><c> out</c><00:13:53.360><c> of</c><00:13:53.519><c> here</c><00:13:53.740><c> because,</c><00:13:54.899><c> well,</c><00:13:54.899><c> we</c><00:13:55.100><c> don't</c><00:13:55.379><c> want</c><00:13:55.559><c> you</c><00:13:55.759><c> to</c>

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have<00:13:55.980><c> the</c><00:13:56.200><c> inheritance.</c>

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We<00:13:56.980><c> want</c><00:13:57.139><c> it</c><00:13:57.299><c> for</c><00:13:57.539><c> ourselves.</c><00:13:58.460><c> You</c><00:13:58.779><c> get</c><00:13:59.000><c> out.</c>

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And<00:14:01.899><c> so</c><00:14:02.379><c> verse</c><00:14:02.840><c> 3</c><00:14:03.120><c> says</c><00:14:03.440><c> he</c><00:14:03.600><c> has</c><00:14:03.860><c> to</c><00:14:04.179><c> flee</c><00:14:04.539><c> from</c><00:14:05.419><c> that</c><00:14:05.679><c> scenario.</c>

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And<00:14:10.559><c> people,</c><00:14:10.799><c> let's</c><00:14:11.100><c> just</c><00:14:11.399><c> try</c><00:14:11.580><c> and</c><00:14:11.679><c> put</c><00:14:11.759><c> ourselves</c><00:14:12.279><c> in</c><00:14:12.480><c> the</c>

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shoes<00:14:13.019><c> of</c><00:14:13.519><c> Jephthah.</c>

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If<00:14:17.659><c> there</c><00:14:17.919><c> was</c><00:14:18.139><c> ever</c><00:14:18.399><c> one,</c><00:14:18.879><c> anyone</c><00:14:19.299><c> who</c><00:14:19.659><c> had,</c><00:14:20.440><c> if</c><00:14:20.639><c> you</c><00:14:20.759><c> like,</c><00:14:21.120><c> a</c>

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right<00:14:21.500><c> to</c><00:14:21.799><c> be</c><00:14:22.220><c> bitter</c><00:14:22.639><c> about</c><00:14:23.100><c> life,</c><00:14:24.539><c> it</c><00:14:24.679><c> was</c><00:14:24.879><c> Jephthah.</c>

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You<00:14:26.799><c> think</c><00:14:27.019><c> about</c><00:14:27.220><c> it,</c><00:14:27.320><c> it's</c><00:14:27.740><c> no</c><00:14:28.059><c> fault</c><00:14:28.259><c> of</c><00:14:28.399><c> his</c><00:14:28.700><c> own.</c>

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It's<00:14:29.340><c> got</c><00:14:29.580><c> nothing</c><00:14:29.899><c> to</c><00:14:30.139><c> do</c><00:14:30.240><c> with</c><00:14:30.440><c> him</c><00:14:30.659><c> as</c><00:14:30.919><c> to,</c><00:14:31.820><c> well,</c><00:14:32.039><c> his</c><00:14:32.220><c> mother</c><00:14:32.480><c> was</c>

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a<00:14:32.899><c> harlot.</c>

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It's<00:14:33.539><c> not</c><00:14:34.019><c> his</c><00:14:34.519><c> fault.</c>

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And<00:14:35.460><c> yet</c><00:14:35.639><c> because</c><00:14:35.980><c> of</c><00:14:36.220><c> that,</c><00:14:36.539><c> he's</c><00:14:36.899><c> the</c><00:14:37.039><c> one</c><00:14:37.240><c> who's</c><00:14:37.440><c> being</c><00:14:37.740><c> targeted</c><00:14:38.259><c> and</c>

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kicked<00:14:39.000><c> out</c><00:14:39.179><c> of</c><00:14:39.279><c> the</c><00:14:39.500><c> family.</c>

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And<00:14:40.559><c> what's</c><00:14:40.919><c> motivating</c><00:14:41.259><c> the</c><00:14:41.559><c> family?</c>

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Well,<00:14:43.179><c> greed.</c>

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We<00:14:43.820><c> want</c><00:14:44.059><c> the</c><00:14:44.299><c> inheritance.</c><00:14:44.779><c> Well,</c><00:14:44.940><c> you're</c><00:14:45.080><c> not</c><00:14:45.159><c> going</c><00:14:45.259><c> to</c>

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have<00:14:45.500><c> it.</c>

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Get<00:14:46.320><c> out.</c>

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If<00:14:47.860><c> there</c><00:14:48.039><c> was</c><00:14:48.240><c> ever</c><00:14:48.519><c> someone</c><00:14:48.919><c> who</c><00:14:49.220><c> could</c><00:14:49.500><c> feel</c><00:14:49.879><c> bitter</c><00:14:50.240><c> about</c>

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life<00:14:51.200><c> and</c><00:14:51.840><c> angry</c><00:14:52.279><c> about</c><00:14:52.679><c> life,</c><00:14:53.259><c> it</c><00:14:53.340><c> was</c><00:14:53.600><c> this</c><00:14:54.019><c> man.</c>

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If<00:14:57.220><c> there</c><00:14:57.399><c> was</c><00:14:57.559><c> anyone,</c><00:14:57.940><c> young</c><00:14:58.080><c> people,</c><00:14:58.460><c> who</c><00:14:58.659><c> could</c><00:14:58.860><c> perhaps</c>

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feel<00:14:59.440><c> bitter</c><00:14:59.759><c> about</c><00:15:00.100><c> God,</c><00:15:00.559><c> it</c><00:15:00.600><c> was</c><00:15:00.799><c> Jephthah.</c>

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Because<00:15:02.620><c> here</c><00:15:02.879><c> he</c><00:15:03.019><c> is</c><00:15:03.220><c> being</c><00:15:03.559><c> turfed</c><00:15:03.899><c> out</c><00:15:04.080><c> of</c><00:15:04.179><c> the</c><00:15:04.379><c> family</c><00:15:05.039><c> and</c>

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he's<00:15:06.580><c> forced,</c><00:15:07.120><c> verse</c><00:15:07.379><c> 3,</c><00:15:07.600><c> to</c><00:15:07.820><c> flee</c><00:15:08.500><c> to</c><00:15:09.340><c> the</c><00:15:09.460><c> land</c><00:15:09.659><c> of</c><00:15:10.100><c> Tobe.</c>

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Now,<00:15:11.120><c> Tobe,</c><00:15:12.100><c> like</c><00:15:12.500><c> Gilead,</c><00:15:13.100><c> Gilead</c><00:15:13.740><c> is</c><00:15:14.220><c> probably</c><00:15:14.500><c> very</c><00:15:15.019><c> similar</c><00:15:15.320><c> to</c><00:15:15.460><c> what</c><00:15:15.679><c> the</c><00:15:15.899><c> Wild</c><00:15:16.120><c> West</c><00:15:16.360><c> was</c><00:15:16.580><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:16.879><c> US.</c>

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Gilead<00:15:17.799><c> was</c><00:15:18.000><c> a</c><00:15:18.240><c> really</c><00:15:18.580><c> rough</c><00:15:18.840><c> area.</c>

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Tobe<00:15:20.559><c> is</c><00:15:20.840><c> right</c><00:15:21.159><c> on</c><00:15:21.399><c> the</c><00:15:21.600><c> extremities</c><00:15:22.039><c> of</c><00:15:22.200><c> Gilead.</c>

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So<00:15:22.840><c> it's</c><00:15:23.120><c> the</c><00:15:23.379><c> frontier</c><00:15:23.759><c> town</c><00:15:24.039><c> of</c><00:15:24.179><c> the</c><00:15:24.379><c> frontier.</c>

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If<00:15:25.419><c> you</c><00:15:25.620><c> go</c><00:15:25.820><c> there,</c><00:15:26.379><c> it</c><00:15:27.440><c> is</c><00:15:27.740><c> a</c><00:15:27.940><c> wild</c><00:15:28.159><c> place.</c>

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And<00:15:28.759><c> he's</c><00:15:29.120><c> way,</c><00:15:29.519><c> way</c><00:15:29.659><c> up</c><00:15:29.919><c> there</c><00:15:31.240><c> through</c><00:15:32.360><c> no</c><00:15:32.580><c> fault</c><00:15:32.720><c> of</c><00:15:32.860><c> his</c><00:15:33.019><c> own.</c>

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And<00:15:36.360><c> so</c><00:15:36.519><c> he</c><00:15:36.600><c> has</c><00:15:36.840><c> to</c><00:15:37.000><c> go</c><00:15:37.159><c> out</c><00:15:37.440><c> there.</c>

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And<00:15:38.740><c> notice</c><00:15:38.899><c> what</c><00:15:39.120><c> verse</c><00:15:39.299><c> 3</c><00:15:39.480><c> tells</c><00:15:39.759><c> us</c><00:15:39.960><c> while</c><00:15:40.120><c> he's</c><00:15:40.320><c> there.</c>

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There<00:15:42.460><c> were</c><00:15:42.700><c> gathered</c><00:15:42.980><c> to</c><00:15:43.200><c> him</c><00:15:43.580><c> vain</c><00:15:44.019><c> men,</c><00:15:45.200><c> and</c><00:15:45.840><c> they</c><00:15:46.080><c> went</c>

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out<00:15:46.379><c> with</c><00:15:46.600><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:15:47.279><c> when</c><00:15:47.460><c> it</c><00:15:47.659><c> says</c><00:15:47.820><c> vain</c><00:15:48.240><c> men,</c><00:15:48.559><c> and</c><00:15:48.679><c> it's</c><00:15:48.919><c> a</c><00:15:49.000><c> little</c><00:15:49.139><c> bit</c><00:15:49.240><c> what</c><00:15:49.399><c> the</c>

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rabbis<00:15:49.879><c> had</c><00:15:50.039><c> to</c><00:15:50.220><c> say</c><00:15:50.340><c> about</c><00:15:50.740><c> Jephthah,</c><00:15:51.539><c> the</c><00:15:51.799><c> word</c><00:15:52.120><c> vain</c><00:15:52.480><c> men,</c>

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it<00:15:52.799><c> has</c><00:15:52.960><c> the</c><00:15:53.139><c> idea</c><00:15:53.740><c> of</c><00:15:54.419><c> worthless</c><00:15:54.820><c> men.</c>

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They<00:15:56.580><c> were</c><00:15:56.779><c> empty</c><00:15:57.039><c> men.</c><00:15:57.460><c> They</c><00:15:57.460><c> were</c><00:15:57.860><c> dum</c><00:15:58.200><c>-dums.</c>

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Okay,<00:15:59.720><c> so</c><00:15:59.899><c> here</c><00:16:00.139><c> he</c><00:16:00.259><c> is.</c><00:16:00.620><c> He's</c><00:16:00.639><c> out</c><00:16:00.840><c> there,</c><00:16:01.519><c> and</c><00:16:01.620><c> his</c><00:16:02.559><c> mates</c>

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are<00:16:03.159><c> dum</c><00:16:03.480><c>-dums.</c>

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They're<00:16:04.440><c> vain,</c><00:16:04.980><c> foolish</c><00:16:05.320><c> people.</c>

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And<00:16:08.460><c> it</c><00:16:08.620><c> says</c><00:16:08.759><c> they</c><00:16:08.940><c> went</c><00:16:09.100><c> out</c><00:16:09.299><c> with</c><00:16:09.460><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:16:09.740><c> that</c><00:16:09.799><c> doesn't</c><00:16:10.039><c> mean</c><00:16:10.320><c> that</c><00:16:10.500><c> they</c><00:16:10.679><c> went</c><00:16:10.820><c> out</c><00:16:11.080><c> to</c><00:16:11.220><c> restaurants</c><00:16:11.639><c> with</c><00:16:11.840><c> him.</c>

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Other<00:16:13.019><c> translations</c><00:16:13.659><c> put</c><00:16:13.860><c> it,</c><00:16:14.360><c> they</c><00:16:14.539><c> went</c><00:16:14.840><c> raiding</c><00:16:15.259><c> with</c><00:16:15.480><c> him.</c>

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So<00:16:16.899><c> let's</c><00:16:17.320><c> go</c><00:16:17.679><c> raiding.</c>

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And<00:16:19.000><c> they're</c><00:16:19.259><c> out</c><00:16:19.440><c> in</c><00:16:19.679><c> Tobe,</c><00:16:20.159><c> the</c><00:16:20.460><c> Wild</c><00:16:20.840><c> West</c><00:16:21.440><c> of</c><00:16:22.240><c> Israel,</c><00:16:22.960><c> and</c>

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they<00:16:23.379><c> go</c><00:16:23.539><c> out</c><00:16:23.740><c> raiding</c><00:16:24.059><c> together.</c>

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Let's<00:16:27.000><c> just</c><00:16:27.259><c> put</c><00:16:27.399><c> the</c><00:16:27.539><c> picture</c><00:16:27.799><c> together</c><00:16:28.200><c> of</c><00:16:28.340><c> what</c><00:16:28.480><c> we've</c><00:16:28.700><c> seen</c><00:16:28.899><c> so</c>

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far<00:16:29.440><c> about</c><00:16:29.720><c> Jephthah.</c>

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He's<00:16:31.360><c> a</c><00:16:31.460><c> good</c><00:16:31.639><c> fighter.</c>

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He's<00:16:33.899><c> a</c><00:16:34.080><c> powerful</c><00:16:34.419><c> warrior.</c><00:16:34.740><c> We</c><00:16:34.879><c> know</c><00:16:35.059><c> that</c><00:16:35.220><c> from</c><00:16:35.399><c> verse</c><00:16:35.679><c> 1.</c>

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He's<00:16:36.799><c> cruelly</c><00:16:37.220><c> rejected</c><00:16:37.659><c> by</c><00:16:37.860><c> his</c><00:16:37.980><c> own</c><00:16:38.240><c> family,</c><00:16:38.940><c> and</c><00:16:39.120><c> we're</c><00:16:39.320><c> going</c><00:16:39.399><c> to</c>

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see<00:16:39.580><c> it's</c><00:16:39.700><c> not</c><00:16:39.879><c> just</c><00:16:40.100><c> his</c><00:16:40.259><c> family</c><00:16:40.580><c> who's</c><00:16:40.840><c> involved</c><00:16:41.120><c> in</c><00:16:41.279><c> this.</c>

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It<00:16:41.740><c> actually</c><00:16:42.039><c> gets</c><00:16:42.320><c> worse.</c>

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But<00:16:43.360><c> he's</c><00:16:43.679><c> rejected</c><00:16:44.240><c> by</c><00:16:44.919><c> his</c><00:16:45.200><c> family</c><00:16:45.600><c> through</c><00:16:45.960><c> no</c><00:16:46.200><c> fault</c><00:16:46.340><c> of</c>

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his<00:16:46.700><c> own.</c>

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He's<00:16:49.159><c> surrounded</c><00:16:49.539><c> by</c><00:16:49.940><c> worthless,</c><00:16:50.639><c> aggressive</c><00:16:51.179><c> friends</c><00:16:51.960><c> who</c>

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just<00:16:53.639><c> go</c><00:16:53.840><c> out</c><00:16:54.100><c> raiding</c><00:16:54.500><c> together.</c>

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So<00:16:57.080><c> much</c><00:16:57.299><c> so</c><00:16:57.559><c> that</c><00:16:57.639><c> he</c><00:16:57.720><c> gets</c><00:16:57.940><c> a</c><00:16:58.159><c> reputation</c><00:16:58.820><c> for</c><00:16:59.120><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:16:59.799><c> young</c><00:16:59.840><c> people,</c><00:17:02.740><c> what</c><00:17:02.960><c> would</c><00:17:03.179><c> we</c><00:17:03.440><c> expect</c><00:17:03.980><c> Jephthah</c><00:17:04.440><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:04.920><c> like</c><00:17:05.180><c> then?</c>

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You<00:17:05.599><c> put</c><00:17:05.720><c> all</c><00:17:05.940><c> of</c><00:17:06.039><c> those</c><00:17:06.240><c> facts</c><00:17:06.460><c> together</c><00:17:06.819><c> and</c><00:17:06.980><c> think,</c><00:17:07.099><c> well,</c>

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what<00:17:07.460><c> sort</c><00:17:07.579><c> of</c><00:17:07.700><c> a</c><00:17:07.859><c> person</c><00:17:08.019><c> do</c><00:17:08.160><c> you</c><00:17:08.160><c> think</c><00:17:08.299><c> he'd</c><00:17:08.440><c> be</c><00:17:08.619><c> like?</c>

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Bitter<00:17:10.619><c> about</c><00:17:10.920><c> life,</c><00:17:12.220><c> angry</c><00:17:12.500><c> about</c><00:17:12.740><c> the</c><00:17:12.839><c> way</c><00:17:12.980><c> he's</c><00:17:13.059><c> being</c><00:17:13.339><c> treated,</c>

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at<00:17:14.900><c> war</c><00:17:15.220><c> with</c><00:17:15.480><c> the</c><00:17:15.680><c> world,</c><00:17:16.220><c> surrounded</c><00:17:16.559><c> by</c><00:17:16.960><c> dum</c><00:17:17.240><c>-dums</c><00:17:17.420><c> like</c>

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empty<00:17:18.440><c> people.</c>

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It<00:17:19.880><c> doesn't</c><00:17:20.319><c> make</c><00:17:20.700><c> for</c><00:17:20.980><c> someone</c><00:17:21.279><c> who</c><00:17:21.539><c> you</c><00:17:21.660><c> would</c><00:17:21.940><c> think</c><00:17:22.079><c> would</c>

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be<00:17:22.460><c> a</c><00:17:22.579><c> very</c><00:17:22.880><c> spiritual</c><00:17:23.299><c> person.</c>

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It<00:17:25.779><c> doesn't</c><00:17:26.099><c> make</c><00:17:26.380><c> for</c><00:17:26.640><c> someone</c><00:17:26.940><c> who</c><00:17:27.279><c> perhaps</c><00:17:27.759><c> you</c><00:17:28.019><c> would</c>

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think,<00:17:29.079><c> well,</c><00:17:30.400><c> they</c><00:17:30.539><c> know</c><00:17:30.779><c> about</c><00:17:31.059><c> God's</c><00:17:31.460><c> law.</c>

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It<00:17:33.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:33.859><c> perhaps</c><00:17:34.240><c> to</c><00:17:34.480><c> us</c><00:17:34.759><c> make</c><00:17:34.980><c> for</c><00:17:35.279><c> someone</c><00:17:35.559><c> who</c><00:17:35.880><c> we</c>

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would<00:17:36.319><c> think</c><00:17:36.480><c> would</c><00:17:36.740><c> care</c><00:17:37.039><c> about</c><00:17:37.359><c> God's</c><00:17:37.799><c> law.</c>

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It<00:17:39.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:40.079><c> make</c><00:17:40.339><c> for</c><00:17:40.619><c> someone</c><00:17:40.839><c> who</c><00:17:41.119><c> would</c><00:17:41.480><c> perhaps</c><00:17:41.779><c> think,</c>

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well,<00:17:42.700><c> they're</c><00:17:42.920><c> very</c><00:17:43.200><c> diplomatic</c><00:17:43.759><c> in</c><00:17:43.980><c> how</c><00:17:44.160><c> they</c><00:17:44.460><c> behave.</c>

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Someone<00:17:46.680><c> who</c><00:17:46.920><c> is</c><00:17:47.200><c> patient.</c>

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Someone<00:17:49.640><c> who</c><00:17:49.859><c> is</c><00:17:50.059><c> a</c><00:17:50.299><c> person</c><00:17:51.200><c> of</c><00:17:51.880><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:52.140><c> 11,</c><00:17:52.740><c> someone</c><00:17:53.099><c> who</c><00:17:53.319><c> is</c>

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a<00:17:53.680><c> person</c><00:17:53.980><c> of</c><00:17:54.279><c> faith.</c>

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Because<00:17:56.940><c> the</c><00:17:57.279><c> circumstances</c><00:17:57.740><c> of</c><00:17:57.960><c> their</c><00:17:58.180><c> life</c><00:17:58.359><c> say,</c><00:17:58.700><c> no,</c><00:17:58.859><c> no,</c>

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that<00:17:59.319><c> person</c><00:17:59.700><c> will</c><00:17:59.880><c> be</c><00:17:59.980><c> very</c><00:18:00.259><c> different.</c>

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And<00:18:01.660><c> yet</c><00:18:01.799><c> young</c><00:18:02.019><c> people,</c><00:18:02.339><c> despite</c><00:18:02.740><c> the</c><00:18:03.160><c> circumstances</c><00:18:03.740><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:04.220><c> life,</c>

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we're<00:18:06.440><c> going</c><00:18:06.519><c> to</c><00:18:06.700><c> find</c><00:18:07.059><c> Jephthah</c><00:18:07.579><c> to</c><00:18:07.819><c> be</c><00:18:08.259><c> a</c><00:18:08.579><c> man</c><00:18:08.759><c> of</c><00:18:08.920><c> all</c><00:18:09.059><c> of</c>

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those<00:18:09.319><c> qualities.</c>

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A<00:18:09.900><c> man</c><00:18:10.119><c> of</c><00:18:10.420><c> faith,</c><00:18:11.380><c> a</c><00:18:11.559><c> man</c><00:18:11.819><c> who</c><00:18:12.000><c> is</c><00:18:12.380><c> absolutely</c><00:18:13.000><c> awestruck</c><00:18:13.559><c> by</c>

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God,<00:18:14.640><c> a</c><00:18:14.779><c> man</c><00:18:15.039><c> who</c><00:18:15.220><c> is</c><00:18:15.460><c> diplomatic,</c>

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a<00:18:16.700><c> man</c><00:18:16.940><c> who</c><00:18:17.099><c> will</c><00:18:17.279><c> try</c><00:18:17.559><c> and</c><00:18:17.839><c> solve</c><00:18:18.019><c> a</c><00:18:18.259><c> problem</c><00:18:18.500><c> and</c><00:18:18.660><c> go</c><00:18:18.839><c> to</c><00:18:19.059><c> the</c>

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nth<00:18:19.460><c> degree</c><00:18:20.039><c> in</c><00:18:20.400><c> order</c><00:18:20.619><c> to</c><00:18:20.799><c> bring</c><00:18:20.920><c> about</c><00:18:21.200><c> a</c><00:18:21.440><c> solution</c><00:18:21.779><c> to</c><00:18:22.079><c> overcome</c><00:18:22.440><c> a</c><00:18:22.720><c> problem.</c>

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A<00:18:23.599><c> person</c><00:18:23.960><c> who</c><00:18:24.180><c> knows</c><00:18:24.420><c> a</c><00:18:24.660><c> very</c><00:18:25.000><c> good</c><00:18:25.339><c> deal</c><00:18:25.559><c> about</c><00:18:25.819><c> God's</c><00:18:26.220><c> law,</c>

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who<00:18:26.980><c> has</c><00:18:27.180><c> a</c><00:18:27.359><c> very</c><00:18:27.680><c> good</c><00:18:27.859><c> grasp</c><00:18:28.180><c> of</c><00:18:28.400><c> Israel</c><00:18:28.700><c> history.</c>

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He<00:18:29.680><c> has</c><00:18:29.859><c> all</c><00:18:30.099><c> of</c><00:18:30.259><c> these</c><00:18:30.480><c> things.</c><00:18:31.799><c> What's</c><00:18:32.059><c> it</c><00:18:32.240><c> telling</c><00:18:32.400><c> us?</c>

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Young<00:18:35.319><c> people,</c><00:18:35.700><c> we</c><00:18:35.740><c> don't</c><00:18:35.940><c> have</c><00:18:36.140><c> to</c><00:18:36.259><c> be</c><00:18:36.420><c> victims</c><00:18:36.819><c> of</c><00:18:37.059><c> our</c><00:18:37.339><c> circumstances.</c>

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We<00:18:39.259><c> don't</c><00:18:39.440><c> have</c><00:18:39.619><c> to</c><00:18:39.759><c> say,</c><00:18:40.720><c> oh,</c><00:18:40.799><c> woe</c><00:18:41.059><c> is</c><00:18:41.180><c> me</c><00:18:41.359><c> because</c><00:18:41.619><c> of</c><00:18:41.839><c> everything</c><00:18:42.019><c> that's</c>

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happened<00:18:42.420><c> to</c><00:18:42.539><c> me</c><00:18:42.680><c> in</c><00:18:42.859><c> life</c>

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and<00:18:43.500><c> the</c><00:18:43.799><c> way</c><00:18:44.079><c> people</c><00:18:44.400><c> treat</c><00:18:44.720><c> me</c><00:18:44.900><c> and</c><00:18:45.000><c> I've</c><00:18:45.180><c> been</c><00:18:45.319><c> treated</c><00:18:45.500><c> badly.</c>

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You<00:18:46.339><c> think</c><00:18:46.500><c> how</c><00:18:46.859><c> badly</c><00:18:47.240><c> Jephthah</c><00:18:47.619><c> was</c><00:18:47.859><c> treated.</c>

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And<00:18:49.700><c> yet</c><00:18:49.799><c> he</c><00:18:49.839><c> didn't</c><00:18:50.039><c> let</c><00:18:50.259><c> that</c><00:18:50.680><c> consume</c><00:18:51.180><c> him</c><00:18:51.460><c> or</c><00:18:51.700><c> take</c><00:18:51.980><c> over</c>

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his<00:18:52.460><c> life.</c>

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The<00:18:54.099><c> fact</c><00:18:54.240><c> here</c><00:18:54.460><c> he</c><00:18:54.519><c> is</c><00:18:54.779><c> way,</c><00:18:55.180><c> way</c><00:18:55.339><c> out</c><00:18:55.640><c> nowhere</c><00:18:56.119><c> surrounded</c>

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by<00:18:57.980><c> vain</c><00:18:58.380><c> fellows.</c>

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He<00:18:59.240><c> didn't</c><00:18:59.480><c> let</c><00:18:59.759><c> those</c><00:19:00.160><c> circumstances</c><00:19:00.960><c> control</c><00:19:01.519><c> his</c><00:19:01.799><c> life.</c>

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In<00:19:03.779><c> fact,</c><00:19:04.160><c> he</c><00:19:04.299><c> was</c><00:19:04.539><c> able</c><00:19:04.759><c> to</c><00:19:05.099><c> overcome</c><00:19:05.519><c> the</c><00:19:05.859><c> circumstances</c><00:19:06.480><c> of</c>

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his<00:19:06.839><c> life.</c>

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And<00:19:07.319><c> so</c><00:19:07.539><c> therefore</c><00:19:08.059><c> this</c><00:19:08.700><c> person</c><00:19:09.160><c> can</c><00:19:09.500><c> teach</c><00:19:09.700><c> us</c><00:19:09.980><c> a</c><00:19:10.180><c> lot</c><00:19:10.339><c> about</c><00:19:10.599><c> life.</c>

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Well,<00:19:13.400><c> verse</c><00:19:13.559><c> 4</c><00:19:13.740><c> says,</c><00:19:15.759><c> it</c><00:19:15.759><c> came</c><00:19:16.079><c> to</c><00:19:16.380><c> pass</c><00:19:17.160><c> in</c><00:19:18.359><c> the</c><00:19:18.640><c> process</c><00:19:19.160><c> of</c>

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time<00:19:20.220><c> that</c><00:19:22.000><c> the</c><00:19:22.220><c> children</c><00:19:22.480><c> of</c><00:19:22.700><c> Ammon</c><00:19:22.859><c> made</c><00:19:23.099><c> war</c><00:19:23.420><c> against</c><00:19:24.000><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:19:24.599><c> we're</c><00:19:24.799><c> back</c><00:19:25.059><c> there</c><00:19:25.339><c> to</c><00:19:25.579><c> where</c><00:19:25.799><c> we</c><00:19:26.160><c> saw</c><00:19:26.400><c> in</c><00:19:26.940><c> verse</c><00:19:27.220><c> 17</c><00:19:28.220><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:19:29.500><c> 10.</c>

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So<00:19:30.420><c> you</c><00:19:30.579><c> see,</c><00:19:30.859><c> it's</c><00:19:31.000><c> telling</c><00:19:31.160><c> us</c><00:19:31.420><c> that</c><00:19:31.599><c> what</c><00:19:31.720><c> we</c><00:19:31.960><c> have</c><00:19:32.059><c> in</c><00:19:32.240><c> these</c><00:19:32.480><c> verses</c><00:19:32.779><c> 1</c><00:19:33.079><c> to</c>

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3,<00:19:33.720><c> it's</c><00:19:33.940><c> a</c><00:19:34.019><c> little</c><00:19:34.160><c> bit</c><00:19:34.279><c> of</c><00:19:34.380><c> an</c><00:19:34.500><c> aside.</c>

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In<00:19:35.000><c> other</c><00:19:35.160><c> words,</c><00:19:35.319><c> all</c><00:19:35.539><c> of</c><00:19:35.619><c> this</c><00:19:35.779><c> has</c><00:19:36.019><c> happened</c><00:19:36.200><c> way</c><00:19:36.559><c> back.</c>

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You<00:19:38.099><c> see,</c><00:19:38.440><c> Jephthah</c><00:19:38.720><c> wasn't</c><00:19:39.000><c> involved</c><00:19:39.519><c> in</c><00:19:39.680><c> the</c><00:19:39.819><c> sorts</c><00:19:40.039><c> of</c><00:19:40.200><c> things</c><00:19:40.359><c> that</c><00:19:40.480><c> were</c><00:19:40.619><c> going</c><00:19:40.819><c> on</c>

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in<00:19:41.119><c> chapter</c><00:19:41.339><c> 10.</c>

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He<00:19:42.740><c> was</c><00:19:42.900><c> probably</c><00:19:43.339><c> way</c><00:19:43.880><c> out</c><00:19:44.160><c> in</c><00:19:44.339><c> tow</c><00:19:44.660><c> during</c><00:19:44.980><c> those</c><00:19:45.220><c> times.</c>

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So<00:19:45.980><c> we're</c><00:19:46.220><c> back</c><00:19:46.460><c> now</c><00:19:46.839><c> to</c><00:19:47.039><c> the</c><00:19:47.259><c> fact</c><00:19:47.779><c> that</c><00:19:49.400><c> the</c><00:19:49.680><c> Ammonites</c><00:19:50.359><c> are</c><00:19:51.119><c> everywhere.</c>

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And<00:19:54.660><c> so</c><00:19:54.920><c> verse</c><00:19:55.160><c> 5,</c><00:19:56.119><c> it</c><00:19:56.119><c> was</c><00:19:56.400><c> so</c><00:19:56.740><c> that</c><00:19:56.920><c> when</c><00:19:57.140><c> the</c><00:19:57.339><c> children</c><00:19:57.539><c> of</c>

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Ammon<00:19:57.920><c> made</c><00:19:58.220><c> war</c><00:19:58.599><c> against</c><00:19:59.039><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:20:01.440><c> elders</c><00:20:01.720><c> of</c><00:20:01.940><c> Gilead</c><00:20:02.180><c> went</c><00:20:02.400><c> to</c><00:20:02.619><c> fetch</c><00:20:02.900><c> Jephthah</c><00:20:03.380><c> out</c><00:20:03.579><c> of</c><00:20:03.700><c> the</c><00:20:03.759><c> land</c><00:20:03.940><c> of</c><00:20:04.299><c> Tobe.</c>

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So<00:20:05.819><c> these</c><00:20:06.000><c> are</c><00:20:06.180><c> the</c><00:20:06.380><c> same</c><00:20:06.599><c> elders</c><00:20:06.920><c> that</c><00:20:07.099><c> we</c><00:20:07.319><c> have</c><00:20:07.539><c> back</c><00:20:07.779><c> in</c><00:20:07.980><c> chapter</c><00:20:08.240><c> 10,</c>

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who<00:20:09.400><c> were</c><00:20:09.599><c> looking</c><00:20:09.839><c> for</c><00:20:10.140><c> a</c><00:20:10.180><c> leader</c><00:20:10.619><c> and</c><00:20:11.079><c> they</c><00:20:11.400><c> hear</c><00:20:11.759><c> these</c>

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stories<00:20:12.619><c> about</c><00:20:12.980><c> this</c><00:20:13.299><c> Jephthah.</c>

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And<00:20:15.539><c> so</c><00:20:15.700><c> they</c><00:20:15.859><c> go</c><00:20:16.039><c> all</c><00:20:16.299><c> the</c><00:20:16.380><c> way</c><00:20:16.559><c> out</c><00:20:16.720><c> to</c><00:20:16.980><c> Tobe</c><00:20:17.319><c> to</c><00:20:17.640><c> speak</c><00:20:17.819><c> to</c><00:20:18.019><c> Jephthah.</c>

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Verse<00:20:20.440><c> 7,</c><00:20:21.900><c> or</c><00:20:22.019><c> verse</c><00:20:22.259><c> 6,</c><00:20:22.599><c> they</c><00:20:22.720><c> said</c><00:20:23.059><c> to</c><00:20:23.279><c> Jephthah,</c>

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come<00:20:23.960><c> and</c><00:20:24.119><c> be</c><00:20:24.359><c> our</c><00:20:24.559><c> captain</c><00:20:25.000><c> that</c><00:20:25.420><c> we</c><00:20:25.599><c> might</c><00:20:25.859><c> fight</c><00:20:26.160><c> against</c>

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the<00:20:26.660><c> children</c><00:20:26.880><c> of</c><00:20:27.160><c> Ammon.</c>

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And<00:20:30.059><c> Jephthah</c><00:20:30.420><c> said</c><00:20:30.680><c> to</c><00:20:30.799><c> them,</c><00:20:31.059><c> verse</c><00:20:31.240><c> 7,</c>

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did<00:20:33.779><c> not</c><00:20:34.019><c> you</c><00:20:34.299><c> hate</c><00:20:34.559><c> me</c><00:20:34.839><c> and</c><00:20:35.079><c> expel</c><00:20:35.440><c> me</c><00:20:35.599><c> out</c><00:20:35.720><c> of</c><00:20:35.799><c> my</c><00:20:36.000><c> father's</c><00:20:36.440><c> house?</c>

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Why<00:20:38.640><c> have</c><00:20:38.759><c> you</c><00:20:38.880><c> come</c><00:20:39.180><c> unto</c><00:20:39.460><c> me</c><00:20:39.740><c> now</c><00:20:40.119><c> when</c><00:20:40.519><c> you're</c><00:20:41.200><c> in</c><00:20:41.380><c> distress?</c>

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You<00:20:42.200><c> notice</c><00:20:42.480><c> what</c><00:20:42.619><c> he</c><00:20:42.799><c> says</c><00:20:43.039><c> and</c><00:20:43.200><c> notice</c><00:20:43.460><c> who</c><00:20:43.579><c> he's</c><00:20:43.740><c> talking</c><00:20:44.039><c> to.</c>

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Jephthah<00:20:45.160><c> is</c><00:20:45.380><c> talking</c><00:20:45.740><c> not</c><00:20:46.039><c> to</c><00:20:46.240><c> his</c><00:20:46.380><c> own</c><00:20:46.599><c> family.</c>

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In<00:20:48.940><c> verse</c><00:20:49.200><c> 7,</c><00:20:49.500><c> he's</c><00:20:49.779><c> talking</c><00:20:50.059><c> to</c><00:20:50.299><c> the</c><00:20:50.579><c> elders,</c><00:20:51.079><c> the</c><00:20:51.259><c> princes</c>

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of<00:20:51.859><c> Gilead.</c>

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And<00:20:52.680><c> what</c><00:20:52.799><c> does</c><00:20:52.920><c> he</c><00:20:53.079><c> say?</c>

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You<00:20:55.740><c> hated</c><00:20:56.059><c> me.</c>

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So<00:20:57.960><c> you</c><00:20:58.099><c> see,</c><00:20:58.279><c> when</c><00:20:58.519><c> Jephthah</c><00:20:58.819><c> was</c><00:20:59.019><c> kicked</c><00:20:59.220><c> out</c><00:20:59.380><c> of</c><00:20:59.480><c> his</c><00:20:59.640><c> own</c><00:20:59.799><c> house,</c>

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it<00:21:00.160><c> wasn't</c><00:21:00.339><c> just</c><00:21:00.599><c> a</c><00:21:00.740><c> family</c><00:21:01.099><c> issue.</c>

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The<00:21:02.480><c> elders,</c><00:21:03.059><c> the</c><00:21:03.200><c> princes</c><00:21:03.680><c> of</c><00:21:04.140><c> Gilead</c><00:21:04.559><c> actually</c><00:21:04.839><c> got</c><00:21:05.079><c> involved</c><00:21:05.680><c> and</c>

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they<00:21:06.559><c> hated</c><00:21:06.859><c> him.</c>

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They<00:21:07.400><c> wanted</c><00:21:07.619><c> him</c><00:21:07.839><c> out</c><00:21:08.079><c> too.</c>

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So<00:21:09.279><c> it</c><00:21:09.279><c> wasn't</c><00:21:09.460><c> just</c><00:21:09.740><c> a</c><00:21:09.819><c> family</c><00:21:10.200><c> dispute.</c>

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It<00:21:12.319><c> escalated</c><00:21:12.859><c> so</c><00:21:13.140><c> that</c><00:21:13.339><c> the</c><00:21:13.619><c> elders</c><00:21:14.059><c> hated</c><00:21:14.579><c> him</c><00:21:14.839><c> and</c><00:21:15.039><c> said,</c>

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you<00:21:15.400><c> get</c><00:21:15.640><c> out.</c>

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And<00:21:17.940><c> so</c><00:21:18.180><c> now</c><00:21:18.759><c> they</c><00:21:19.779><c> have</c><00:21:20.000><c> to</c><00:21:20.240><c> come</c><00:21:20.440><c> to</c><00:21:20.599><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:23.339><c> as</c><00:21:23.519><c> he</c><00:21:23.700><c> said,</c><00:21:24.059><c> well,</c><00:21:24.119><c> you</c><00:21:24.259><c> come</c><00:21:24.460><c> to</c><00:21:24.680><c> me</c><00:21:24.859><c> now</c><00:21:25.160><c> in</c><00:21:25.359><c> your</c><00:21:25.619><c> time</c>

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of<00:21:26.160><c> distress.</c>

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Verse<00:21:29.380><c> 8,</c><00:21:31.619><c> the</c><00:21:31.660><c> elders</c><00:21:31.960><c> of</c><00:21:32.160><c> Gilead</c><00:21:32.480><c> said</c><00:21:32.720><c> unto</c><00:21:33.079><c> Jephthah,</c>

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therefore<00:21:34.359><c> we</c><00:21:34.680><c> turn</c><00:21:34.920><c> again</c><00:21:35.200><c> to</c><00:21:35.420><c> thee</c><00:21:35.559><c> now,</c>

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that<00:21:37.359><c> thou</c><00:21:37.579><c> mayst</c><00:21:37.920><c> go</c><00:21:38.180><c> with</c><00:21:38.460><c> us</c><00:21:38.740><c> and</c><00:21:38.900><c> fight</c><00:21:39.180><c> against</c><00:21:39.500><c> the</c><00:21:39.740><c> children</c><00:21:39.980><c> of</c><00:21:40.200><c> Ammon</c>

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and<00:21:40.500><c> be</c><00:21:40.740><c> our</c><00:21:41.039><c> head</c><00:21:41.279><c> over</c><00:21:41.559><c> all</c><00:21:41.859><c> the</c><00:21:42.019><c> inhabitants</c><00:21:42.400><c> of</c><00:21:42.720><c> Gilead.</c>

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You<00:21:44.019><c> know,</c><00:21:44.220><c> it</c><00:21:44.220><c> would</c><00:21:44.339><c> have</c><00:21:44.400><c> taken</c><00:21:44.640><c> a</c><00:21:44.859><c> fair</c><00:21:44.960><c> bit</c><00:21:45.240><c> of</c><00:21:45.819><c> humility</c>

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for<00:21:46.380><c> them</c><00:21:46.519><c> to</c><00:21:46.660><c> do</c><00:21:46.859><c> that.</c>

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Bearing<00:21:47.640><c> in</c><00:21:47.799><c> mind</c><00:21:47.880><c> what</c><00:21:48.000><c> they've</c><00:21:48.220><c> done</c><00:21:48.380><c> to</c><00:21:48.539><c> him</c><00:21:48.680><c> many</c><00:21:48.940><c> years</c><00:21:49.180><c> earlier</c>

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for<00:21:50.279><c> these</c><00:21:50.680><c> same</c><00:21:51.119><c> leaders</c><00:21:51.500><c> to</c><00:21:51.740><c> go</c><00:21:51.880><c> all</c><00:21:52.099><c> the</c><00:21:52.200><c> way</c><00:21:52.359><c> out</c><00:21:52.539><c> to</c><00:21:52.759><c> Tobe</c>

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to<00:21:53.579><c> this</c><00:21:53.940><c> frontier</c><00:21:54.380><c> town</c><00:21:54.759><c> in</c><00:21:54.960><c> the</c><00:21:55.039><c> middle</c><00:21:55.220><c> of</c><00:21:55.420><c> nowhere,</c>

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it<00:21:56.779><c> would</c><00:21:56.940><c> have</c><00:21:57.059><c> taken</c><00:21:57.220><c> a</c><00:21:57.440><c> lot</c><00:21:57.779><c> of</c><00:21:58.079><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:21:58.799><c> so</c><00:21:58.940><c> they</c><00:21:59.140><c> do.</c><00:21:59.339><c> They</c><00:21:59.539><c> come</c><00:21:59.839><c> out</c><00:22:00.240><c> all</c><00:22:00.640><c> this</c><00:22:00.859><c> way</c><00:22:01.299><c> and</c><00:22:01.660><c> say,</c>

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look,<00:22:02.079><c> please,</c><00:22:02.819><c> please,</c><00:22:03.240><c> will</c><00:22:03.339><c> you</c><00:22:03.460><c> come</c><00:22:03.680><c> back?</c>

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Will<00:22:04.200><c> you</c><00:22:04.380><c> come</c><00:22:04.599><c> back</c><00:22:04.819><c> and</c><00:22:05.019><c> lead</c><00:22:05.099><c> us?</c>

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That<00:22:07.579><c> is</c><00:22:07.720><c> what</c><00:22:07.920><c> Jephthah</c><00:22:08.240><c> says</c><00:22:08.480><c> to</c><00:22:08.660><c> them</c><00:22:08.759><c> in</c><00:22:08.920><c> verse</c><00:22:09.140><c> 9.</c>

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Jephthah<00:22:11.940><c> said</c><00:22:12.160><c> unto</c><00:22:12.579><c> the</c><00:22:12.920><c> elders</c><00:22:13.400><c> of</c><00:22:13.720><c> Gilead,</c>

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if<00:22:17.220><c> you</c><00:22:17.519><c> bring</c><00:22:17.759><c> me</c><00:22:20.359><c> home</c><00:22:21.000><c> again.</c>

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Home?<00:22:25.119><c> Home?</c>

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Like,<00:22:26.880><c> think</c><00:22:27.000><c> about</c><00:22:27.259><c> home,</c><00:22:27.619><c> Jephthah.</c>

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That<00:22:28.220><c> was</c><00:22:28.519><c> a</c><00:22:28.599><c> real</c><00:22:28.940><c> homely</c><00:22:29.420><c> place</c><00:22:29.740><c> to</c><00:22:30.000><c> be.</c>

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You<00:22:30.319><c> got</c><00:22:30.500><c> kicked</c><00:22:30.740><c> out</c><00:22:31.380><c> through</c><00:22:31.740><c> no</c><00:22:31.980><c> fault</c><00:22:32.099><c> of</c><00:22:32.279><c> your</c><00:22:32.500><c> own</c>

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because<00:22:32.980><c> of</c><00:22:33.259><c> bitterness</c><00:22:33.539><c> and</c><00:22:33.819><c> hatred</c><00:22:34.099><c> and</c><00:22:34.359><c> greed,</c>

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and<00:22:35.099><c> the</c><00:22:35.259><c> elders</c><00:22:35.440><c> got</c><00:22:35.680><c> involved</c><00:22:36.000><c> and</c><00:22:36.180><c> they</c><00:22:36.359><c> hated</c><00:22:36.480><c> you.</c>

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You<00:22:37.279><c> see,</c><00:22:37.799><c> young</c><00:22:37.960><c> people,</c><00:22:38.319><c> he</c><00:22:38.539><c> still</c><00:22:38.880><c> sees</c><00:22:39.180><c> it</c><00:22:39.359><c> as</c><00:22:39.640><c> home.</c>

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He<00:22:42.099><c> doesn't</c><00:22:42.359><c> let</c><00:22:42.539><c> the</c><00:22:42.819><c> bitterness</c><00:22:43.140><c> of</c><00:22:43.480><c> what</c><00:22:43.640><c> had</c><00:22:43.839><c> happened</c>

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years<00:22:44.480><c> before</c>

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and<00:22:45.099><c> the</c><00:22:45.180><c> way</c><00:22:45.339><c> he</c><00:22:45.480><c> was</c><00:22:45.680><c> treated,</c><00:22:45.980><c> he</c><00:22:46.140><c> doesn't</c><00:22:46.460><c> let</c><00:22:46.700><c> that</c><00:22:47.099><c> consume</c><00:22:47.539><c> his</c><00:22:47.799><c> life.</c>

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He<00:22:48.920><c> still</c><00:22:49.180><c> says,</c><00:22:49.900><c> that</c><00:22:49.900><c> was</c><00:22:50.140><c> home.</c>

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So<00:22:51.940><c> you</c><00:22:52.119><c> want</c><00:22:52.319><c> me</c><00:22:52.480><c> to</c><00:22:52.559><c> go</c><00:22:52.779><c> back</c><00:22:53.019><c> home.</c>

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And<00:22:55.119><c> that's</c><00:22:55.259><c> how</c><00:22:55.420><c> I</c><00:22:55.619><c> see</c><00:22:55.839><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:22:58.019><c> if</c><00:22:58.259><c> you</c><00:22:58.519><c> do</c><00:22:58.740><c> bring</c><00:22:58.920><c> me</c><00:22:59.140><c> home</c><00:22:59.359><c> again</c><00:22:59.640><c> to</c><00:22:59.819><c> fight</c><00:23:00.059><c> against</c>

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the<00:23:00.640><c> children</c><00:23:00.859><c> of</c><00:23:01.140><c> Ammon,</c>

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and<00:23:05.579><c> verse</c><00:23:05.799><c> 9,</c><00:23:06.279><c> and</c><00:23:06.460><c> the</c><00:23:06.559><c> Lord</c><00:23:06.920><c> deliver</c><00:23:07.359><c> them</c><00:23:07.619><c> before</c><00:23:08.079><c> me,</c>

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shall<00:23:10.440><c> I</c><00:23:10.579><c> be</c><00:23:10.680><c> your</c><00:23:10.960><c> head?</c>

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And<00:23:13.000><c> people,</c><00:23:13.400><c> he</c><00:23:13.680><c> starts</c><00:23:13.960><c> talking</c><00:23:14.380><c> straight</c><00:23:14.720><c> away</c><00:23:14.940><c> about</c><00:23:15.200><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:17.380><c> yet,</c><00:23:18.119><c> in</c><00:23:18.180><c> looking</c><00:23:18.319><c> at</c><00:23:18.480><c> his</c><00:23:18.700><c> circumstances</c><00:23:19.339><c> in</c><00:23:19.599><c> life,</c>

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you<00:23:19.900><c> think,</c><00:23:20.359><c> where</c><00:23:20.640><c> would</c><00:23:20.779><c> he</c><00:23:20.920><c> ever</c><00:23:21.099><c> get</c><00:23:21.240><c> that</c><00:23:21.519><c> from?</c>

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Like,<00:23:22.079><c> here</c><00:23:22.180><c> he</c><00:23:22.339><c> is,</c><00:23:22.700><c> way</c><00:23:22.839><c> out</c><00:23:23.079><c> there,</c><00:23:23.420><c> out</c><00:23:23.799><c> raiding,</c>

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and<00:23:24.680><c> just</c><00:23:24.900><c> out</c><00:23:24.980><c> with</c><00:23:25.359><c> vain</c><00:23:25.660><c> fellows.</c>

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You<00:23:27.079><c> see,</c><00:23:27.740><c> he</c><00:23:28.019><c> believes</c><00:23:28.359><c> in</c><00:23:28.619><c> God,</c>

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and<00:23:30.480><c> as</c><00:23:30.640><c> he</c><00:23:30.900><c> says</c><00:23:31.019><c> in</c><00:23:31.240><c> verse</c><00:23:31.500><c> 9,</c>

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he<00:23:33.779><c> believes</c><00:23:34.119><c> in</c><00:23:34.319><c> the</c><00:23:34.460><c> fact</c><00:23:34.619><c> that</c><00:23:34.819><c> God</c><00:23:35.079><c> can</c><00:23:35.380><c> actually</c><00:23:35.799><c> work</c>

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and<00:23:36.619><c> can</c><00:23:36.960><c> deliver.</c>

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I'd<00:23:38.599><c> like</c><00:23:38.700><c> to</c><00:23:38.900><c> read</c><00:23:39.059><c> verse</c><00:23:39.339><c> 9</c><00:23:39.619><c> from</c><00:23:39.900><c> another</c><00:23:40.220><c> translation.</c>

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This<00:23:41.059><c> is</c><00:23:41.220><c> God's</c><00:23:41.640><c> word</c><00:23:42.000><c> translation,</c><00:23:43.220><c> and</c><00:23:43.559><c> it's</c><00:23:43.740><c> also</c><00:23:43.960><c> in</c><00:23:44.119><c> the</c><00:23:44.259><c> RSV.</c>

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It<00:23:45.880><c> just</c><00:23:46.000><c> changes</c><00:23:46.640><c> it</c><00:23:46.880><c> a</c><00:23:46.940><c> little</c><00:23:47.099><c> bit.</c>

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Let's<00:23:47.519><c> have</c><00:23:47.640><c> a</c><00:23:47.660><c> look</c><00:23:47.759><c> at</c><00:23:47.839><c> verse</c><00:23:48.079><c> 9.</c>

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If<00:23:49.960><c> you</c><00:23:50.279><c> take</c><00:23:50.519><c> me</c><00:23:50.880><c> back</c><00:23:51.119><c> to</c><00:23:51.380><c> fight</c><00:23:51.660><c> against</c><00:23:52.039><c> the</c><00:23:52.279><c> Ammonites,</c>

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and<00:23:54.980><c> the</c><00:23:55.180><c> Lord</c><00:23:55.420><c> gives</c><00:23:55.740><c> them</c><00:23:56.079><c> to</c><00:23:56.440><c> me,</c>

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I<00:23:59.160><c> will</c><00:23:59.400><c> be</c><00:23:59.559><c> your</c><00:23:59.759><c> leader.</c>

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So<00:24:01.420><c> you</c><00:24:01.539><c> see,</c><00:24:01.779><c> it</c><00:24:01.779><c> changes</c><00:24:02.039><c> it</c><00:24:02.279><c> from</c><00:24:02.420><c> a</c><00:24:02.619><c> question</c><00:24:02.960><c> to</c><00:24:03.160><c> a</c><00:24:03.380><c> statement.</c>

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But<00:24:03.920><c> you</c><00:24:04.059><c> see,</c><00:24:04.180><c> what</c><00:24:04.319><c> the</c><00:24:04.539><c> statement</c><00:24:04.799><c> is,</c>

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is<00:24:06.099><c> I</c><00:24:06.259><c> will</c><00:24:06.519><c> be</c><00:24:06.720><c> your</c><00:24:06.960><c> leader</c><00:24:07.420><c> if</c><00:24:07.759><c> you</c><00:24:07.960><c> take</c><00:24:08.140><c> me</c><00:24:08.339><c> back</c><00:24:08.579><c> home,</c>

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and<00:24:09.259><c> if</c><00:24:10.019><c> the</c><00:24:11.039><c> Lord</c><00:24:11.259><c> delivers</c><00:24:11.880><c> the</c><00:24:12.200><c> Ammonites</c><00:24:12.920><c> into</c><00:24:13.619><c> my</c><00:24:13.880><c> hand.</c>

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So<00:24:16.000><c> he</c><00:24:16.240><c> believes</c><00:24:16.980><c> that</c><00:24:17.319><c> God</c><00:24:17.539><c> can</c><00:24:17.799><c> do</c><00:24:17.980><c> this.</c>

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God<00:24:18.539><c> can</c><00:24:18.819><c> do</c><00:24:19.000><c> the</c><00:24:19.220><c> impossible,</c><00:24:20.200><c> bearing</c><00:24:20.400><c> in</c><00:24:20.640><c> mind</c><00:24:20.759><c> what</c><00:24:20.920><c> we</c><00:24:21.160><c> saw</c><00:24:21.299><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:24:21.819><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:24:25.000><c> so</c><00:24:25.400><c> he</c><00:24:26.039><c> believes</c><00:24:26.539><c> that</c><00:24:26.799><c> God</c><00:24:27.019><c> can</c><00:24:27.359><c> work</c><00:24:27.740><c> this</c><00:24:28.039><c> miracle.</c>

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It's<00:24:28.799><c> not</c><00:24:29.019><c> him.</c>

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Yes,<00:24:30.599><c> he's</c><00:24:30.900><c> a</c><00:24:31.039><c> mighty</c><00:24:31.279><c> warrior.</c>

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Yes,<00:24:32.039><c> they</c><00:24:32.220><c> want</c><00:24:32.319><c> him</c><00:24:32.460><c> to</c><00:24:32.579><c> be</c><00:24:32.720><c> a</c><00:24:32.859><c> leader.</c>

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It's<00:24:33.700><c> not</c><00:24:33.819><c> going</c><00:24:33.920><c> to</c><00:24:34.019><c> be</c><00:24:34.200><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:24:34.880><c> going</c><00:24:35.000><c> to</c><00:24:35.220><c> be</c><00:24:35.420><c> God</c><00:24:35.960><c> who</c><00:24:36.779><c> brings</c><00:24:37.220><c> about</c><00:24:38.000><c> this</c><00:24:38.420><c> particular</c>

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victory<00:24:39.440><c> if</c><00:24:39.599><c> it's</c><00:24:39.880><c> to</c><00:24:40.059><c> happen.</c>

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Well,<00:24:40.759><c> verse</c><00:24:41.019><c> 10.</c>

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The<00:24:43.200><c> elders</c><00:24:43.660><c> of</c><00:24:43.960><c> Gilead</c><00:24:44.319><c> said</c><00:24:44.519><c> to</c><00:24:44.740><c> Jephthah,</c>

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The<00:24:45.180><c> Lord</c><00:24:45.460><c> be</c><00:24:45.660><c> witness</c><00:24:46.019><c> between</c><00:24:46.440><c> us,</c>

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if<00:24:48.339><c> we</c><00:24:48.539><c> do</c><00:24:48.759><c> not</c><00:24:49.000><c> so</c><00:24:49.240><c> according</c><00:24:49.720><c> to</c><00:24:50.079><c> thy</c><00:24:50.279><c> words.</c>

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And<00:24:53.519><c> so,</c><00:24:54.200><c> verse</c><00:24:54.339><c> 11,</c>

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Jephthah<00:24:58.140><c> went</c><00:24:58.359><c> with</c><00:24:58.599><c> the</c><00:24:58.759><c> elders</c><00:24:58.960><c> of</c><00:24:59.200><c> Gilead,</c>

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and<00:25:01.839><c> the</c><00:25:02.000><c> people</c><00:25:02.259><c> made</c><00:25:02.539><c> him</c><00:25:02.799><c> head</c><00:25:03.200><c> and</c><00:25:03.720><c> captain</c><00:25:04.119><c> over</c><00:25:04.400><c> them</c><00:25:04.619><c> all.</c>

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Now<00:25:06.940><c> this</c><00:25:07.059><c> is</c><00:25:07.319><c> the</c><00:25:07.420><c> first</c><00:25:07.619><c> time</c><00:25:07.859><c> this</c><00:25:08.039><c> happens</c><00:25:08.339><c> with</c><00:25:08.559><c> a</c><00:25:08.680><c> judge.</c>

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:12.000
You<00:25:09.279><c> see,</c><00:25:09.420><c> every</c><00:25:09.740><c> other</c><00:25:10.000><c> judge</c><00:25:10.180><c> has</c><00:25:10.380><c> been</c><00:25:10.599><c> appointed</c><00:25:10.859><c> by</c><00:25:11.220><c> God.</c>

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This<00:25:12.720><c> particular</c><00:25:13.240><c> judge</c><00:25:13.599><c> is</c><00:25:13.859><c> appointed</c><00:25:14.119><c> by</c><00:25:14.339><c> the</c><00:25:14.519><c> people,</c>

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.960
and<00:25:15.359><c> yet</c><00:25:15.519><c> as</c><00:25:15.700><c> we</c><00:25:15.859><c> saw</c><00:25:16.019><c> from</c><00:25:16.279><c> 1</c><00:25:16.559><c> Samuel,</c>

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it's<00:25:17.259><c> actually</c><00:25:17.680><c> God</c><00:25:18.079><c> who</c><00:25:18.299><c> is</c><00:25:18.480><c> the</c><00:25:18.559><c> one</c><00:25:18.759><c> who</c><00:25:18.960><c> is</c><00:25:19.079><c> appointing.</c>

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So<00:25:20.440><c> the</c><00:25:20.599><c> people</c><00:25:20.940><c> appoint</c><00:25:21.279><c> him,</c>

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:25.720
and<00:25:22.859><c> yet</c><00:25:23.119><c> in</c><00:25:23.819><c> reality</c><00:25:24.259><c> it's</c><00:25:24.640><c> God</c><00:25:24.920><c> who</c><00:25:25.079><c> is</c><00:25:25.259><c> at</c><00:25:25.480><c> work.</c>

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And<00:25:26.099><c> do</c><00:25:26.200><c> you</c><00:25:26.200><c> notice</c><00:25:26.480><c> what</c><00:25:26.759><c> verse</c><00:25:27.079><c> 11</c><00:25:27.420><c> says?</c>

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:33.819
Jephthah<00:25:30.099><c> uttered</c><00:25:30.420><c> all</c><00:25:31.000><c> his</c><00:25:31.259><c> words</c><00:25:31.700><c> before</c><00:25:32.160><c> the</c><00:25:32.420><c> Lord</c><00:25:32.640><c> in</c><00:25:32.920><c> Misbah.</c>

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:36.720
So<00:25:35.160><c> everything</c><00:25:35.559><c> that</c><00:25:35.779><c> had</c><00:25:35.900><c> been</c><00:25:36.140><c> agreed</c><00:25:36.440><c> to,</c>

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he<00:25:36.880><c> goes</c><00:25:37.160><c> to</c><00:25:37.400><c> God</c><00:25:37.759><c> and</c><00:25:38.119><c> he</c><00:25:38.319><c> speaks</c><00:25:38.500><c> to</c><00:25:38.720><c> God</c><00:25:39.099><c> and</c><00:25:39.339><c> says,</c>

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This<00:25:40.119><c> is</c><00:25:40.339><c> what's</c><00:25:40.480><c> been</c><00:25:40.740><c> agreed.</c>

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This<00:25:41.819><c> is</c><00:25:42.019><c> what's</c><00:25:42.240><c> going</c><00:25:42.339><c> to</c><00:25:42.539><c> happen.</c>

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Is<00:25:44.220><c> that</c><00:25:44.420><c> okay?</c>

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You<00:25:46.319><c> see,</c><00:25:46.380><c> he</c><00:25:46.500><c> just</c><00:25:46.740><c> keeps</c><00:25:46.980><c> bringing</c><00:25:47.420><c> God</c><00:25:47.700><c> into</c><00:25:47.900><c> the</c><00:25:48.099><c> picture.</c>

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If<00:25:49.180><c> God</c><00:25:49.480><c> delivers,</c><00:25:50.400><c> well</c><00:25:50.599><c> then</c><00:25:50.720><c> I'll</c><00:25:50.900><c> be</c><00:25:51.039><c> your</c><00:25:51.240><c> leader.</c>

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I'm<00:25:52.019><c> going</c><00:25:52.119><c> to</c><00:25:52.160><c> go</c><00:25:52.319><c> and</c><00:25:52.500><c> take</c><00:25:52.640><c> all</c><00:25:52.859><c> of</c><00:25:52.960><c> this</c><00:25:53.119><c> to</c><00:25:53.319><c> God.</c>

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I'm<00:25:53.740><c> going</c><00:25:53.839><c> to</c><00:25:54.200><c> run</c><00:25:54.319><c> it</c><00:25:54.559><c> past</c><00:25:54.779><c> him.</c>

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I'm<00:25:55.140><c> going</c><00:25:55.200><c> to</c><00:25:55.240><c> let</c><00:25:55.420><c> him</c><00:25:55.640><c> know</c><00:25:56.059><c> what's</c><00:25:56.640><c> been</c><00:25:56.859><c> agreed</c><00:25:57.180><c> and</c><00:25:57.279><c> what's</c><00:25:57.579><c> going</c><00:25:57.700><c> to</c><00:25:57.920><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:25:59.160><c> so</c><00:25:59.400><c> time</c><00:25:59.660><c> and</c><00:25:59.819><c> time</c><00:25:59.960><c> again</c><00:26:00.180><c> we</c><00:26:00.359><c> see</c><00:26:00.519><c> with</c><00:26:00.660><c> this</c><00:26:00.940><c> man,</c>

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:04.980
he<00:26:02.519><c> brings</c><00:26:02.779><c> God</c><00:26:03.079><c> into</c><00:26:03.400><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:26:09.819><c> the</c><00:26:09.920><c> very</c><00:26:10.160><c> first</c><00:26:10.380><c> thing</c><00:26:10.500><c> he's</c><00:26:10.700><c> going</c><00:26:10.819><c> to</c><00:26:11.039><c> do</c>

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:16.839
is<00:26:13.039><c> he</c><00:26:13.279><c> has</c><00:26:13.519><c> to</c><00:26:13.759><c> now</c><00:26:14.400><c> meet</c><00:26:14.799><c> up</c><00:26:15.059><c> with</c><00:26:15.339><c> this</c><00:26:15.640><c> king</c><00:26:15.799><c> of</c><00:26:16.099><c> Ammon.</c>

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:20.599
He's<00:26:18.240><c> going</c><00:26:18.319><c> to</c><00:26:18.420><c> have</c><00:26:18.559><c> to</c><00:26:18.759><c> confront</c><00:26:19.160><c> this</c><00:26:19.500><c> king</c><00:26:19.720><c> who</c><00:26:19.940><c> has</c><00:26:20.079><c> brought</c><00:26:20.220><c> this</c>

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huge<00:26:21.039><c> army</c>

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and<00:26:23.519><c> he's</c><00:26:23.799><c> going</c><00:26:23.960><c> to</c><00:26:24.079><c> have</c><00:26:24.259><c> to</c><00:26:24.400><c> go</c><00:26:24.559><c> out</c><00:26:24.859><c> and</c><00:26:25.119><c> confront</c><00:26:25.779><c> the</c><00:26:26.400><c> circumstances.</c>

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So<00:26:27.299><c> how's</c><00:26:27.680><c> he</c><00:26:27.720><c> going</c><00:26:27.859><c> to</c><00:26:27.940><c> do</c><00:26:28.140><c> it?</c>

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So<00:26:29.859><c> bearing</c><00:26:30.019><c> in</c><00:26:30.279><c> mind</c><00:26:30.400><c> what</c><00:26:30.539><c> we've</c><00:26:30.759><c> seen</c><00:26:30.900><c> so</c><00:26:31.160><c> far,</c><00:26:31.400><c> what</c><00:26:31.480><c> sort</c>

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of<00:26:31.720><c> a</c><00:26:31.859><c> person</c><00:26:32.019><c> he</c><00:26:32.200><c> is,</c>

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he's<00:26:32.539><c> a</c><00:26:32.680><c> great</c><00:26:32.940><c> fighter,</c><00:26:34.420><c> he's</c><00:26:34.579><c> used</c><00:26:34.779><c> to</c><00:26:34.900><c> going</c><00:26:35.079><c> out</c><00:26:35.299><c> on</c>

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raiding<00:26:35.839><c> parties,</c>

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he's<00:26:38.420><c> a</c><00:26:38.559><c> wild</c><00:26:38.920><c> sort</c><00:26:39.099><c> of</c><00:26:39.359><c> character</c><00:26:39.700><c> it</c><00:26:40.000><c> would</c><00:26:40.299><c> seem.</c>

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How<00:26:41.220><c> are</c><00:26:41.380><c> you</c><00:26:41.480><c> going</c><00:26:41.599><c> to</c><00:26:41.819><c> deal</c><00:26:42.019><c> with</c><00:26:42.259><c> this</c><00:26:42.660><c> king</c><00:26:43.119><c> of</c><00:26:43.619><c> Ammon?</c>

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:51.519
The<00:26:47.339><c> amazing</c><00:26:47.660><c> thing</c><00:26:47.920><c> is,</c><00:26:48.539><c> and</c><00:26:49.000><c> I</c><00:26:49.200><c> find</c><00:26:49.640><c> chapter</c><00:26:50.059><c> 11</c><00:26:50.519><c> quite</c><00:26:51.059><c> incredible</c>

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:54.380
and<00:26:51.819><c> I'm</c><00:26:51.819><c> not</c><00:26:51.900><c> going</c><00:26:52.119><c> to</c><00:26:52.279><c> look</c><00:26:52.420><c> at</c><00:26:52.519><c> it</c><00:26:52.720><c> in</c><00:26:52.779><c> detail,</c>

00:26:54.799 --> 00:27:03.420
most<00:26:55.039><c> of</c><00:26:55.240><c> chapter</c><00:26:55.539><c> 11</c><00:26:56.299><c> is</c><00:26:58.480><c> all</c><00:26:58.759><c> about</c><00:26:59.960><c> Jephthah</c><00:27:00.680><c> trying</c><00:27:01.039><c> to</c><00:27:01.279><c> win</c><00:27:01.480><c> over</c><00:27:01.859><c> the</c><00:27:02.079><c> king</c><00:27:02.240><c> of</c><00:27:02.460><c> Ammon</c>

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and<00:27:04.299><c> he</c><00:27:04.480><c> does</c><00:27:04.660><c> it</c><00:27:04.900><c> with</c><00:27:05.200><c> diplomacy.</c>

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And<00:27:08.380><c> you</c><00:27:08.539><c> sort</c><00:27:08.680><c> of</c><00:27:08.700><c> think,</c><00:27:09.079><c> wow,</c><00:27:10.259><c> where</c><00:27:10.660><c> did</c><00:27:10.779><c> he</c><00:27:10.940><c> learn</c><00:27:11.140><c> that</c><00:27:11.440><c> from?</c>

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:17.779
You<00:27:13.880><c> see,</c><00:27:14.180><c> we</c><00:27:14.299><c> have</c><00:27:14.559><c> in</c><00:27:14.859><c> Jephthah</c><00:27:15.319><c> quite</c><00:27:15.700><c> an</c><00:27:16.099><c> incredible</c><00:27:16.579><c> character.</c>

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And<00:27:18.700><c> so</c><00:27:19.000><c> what</c><00:27:19.279><c> happens</c><00:27:19.700><c> now</c><00:27:20.059><c> is</c><00:27:20.240><c> he</c><00:27:20.380><c> is</c><00:27:20.519><c> going</c><00:27:20.640><c> to</c><00:27:20.880><c> try</c><00:27:21.119><c> and</c><00:27:21.799><c> win</c>

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over<00:27:22.519><c> this</c><00:27:22.940><c> king</c>

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in<00:27:23.680><c> order</c><00:27:23.980><c> to</c><00:27:24.339><c> avert</c><00:27:24.759><c> the</c><00:27:25.960><c> fight</c><00:27:26.440><c> that</c><00:27:26.680><c> looks</c><00:27:26.920><c> like</c><00:27:27.740><c> it's</c><00:27:28.240><c> going</c><00:27:28.339><c> to</c><00:27:28.539><c> happen.</c>

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What's<00:27:30.940><c> it</c><00:27:31.160><c> all</c><00:27:31.339><c> about?</c><00:27:31.539><c> What's</c><00:27:31.839><c> this</c><00:27:32.099><c> fight</c><00:27:32.279><c> about?</c>

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.880
Why<00:27:32.819><c> are</c><00:27:32.960><c> the</c><00:27:33.119><c> Ammonites</c><00:27:33.460><c> there?</c><00:27:33.740><c> Are</c><00:27:33.839><c> they</c><00:27:34.000><c> just</c><00:27:34.160><c> simply</c><00:27:34.380><c> there</c><00:27:34.619><c> to</c>

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.339
take<00:27:35.460><c> over</c><00:27:35.720><c> the</c><00:27:35.940><c> land</c>

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or<00:27:36.940><c> they</c><00:27:37.140><c> just</c><00:27:37.460><c> sort</c><00:27:37.559><c> of</c><00:27:37.680><c> want</c><00:27:37.819><c> to</c><00:27:38.059><c> be</c><00:27:38.519><c> like</c><00:27:38.839><c> parasites</c>

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and<00:27:39.500><c> just</c><00:27:39.700><c> take</c><00:27:39.880><c> everything</c><00:27:40.140><c> for</c><00:27:40.259><c> themselves?</c>

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Or<00:27:41.200><c> is</c><00:27:41.380><c> there</c><00:27:41.559><c> something</c><00:27:41.819><c> else</c><00:27:42.039><c> to</c><00:27:42.220><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:27:42.420><c> if</c><00:27:42.559><c> you</c><00:27:42.559><c> have</c><00:27:42.640><c> a</c><00:27:42.680><c> look</c><00:27:42.819><c> at</c><00:27:43.079><c> verse</c><00:27:43.359><c> 13,</c><00:27:44.859><c> it</c><00:27:45.019><c> actually</c><00:27:45.299><c> tells</c><00:27:45.579><c> us</c>

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why<00:27:46.259><c> the</c><00:27:46.539><c> Ammonites</c><00:27:46.940><c> are</c><00:27:47.160><c> there.</c>

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:52.920
The<00:27:49.079><c> king</c><00:27:49.380><c> of</c><00:27:49.539><c> the</c><00:27:49.720><c> children</c><00:27:50.000><c> of</c><00:27:50.279><c> Ammon</c><00:27:50.500><c> answered</c><00:27:51.119><c> the</c><00:27:51.380><c> messengers</c><00:27:51.839><c> of</c><00:27:52.119><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:59.119
we're<00:27:54.640><c> here</c><00:27:55.000><c> to</c><00:27:55.279><c> fight</c><00:27:55.599><c> because</c><00:27:56.319><c> Israel</c><00:27:56.960><c> took</c><00:27:57.259><c> away</c><00:27:57.680><c> my</c><00:27:58.119><c> land</c>

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:04.480
and<00:28:00.400><c> when</c><00:28:00.599><c> they</c><00:28:00.859><c> came</c><00:28:01.079><c> up</c><00:28:01.319><c> to</c><00:28:01.500><c> Egypt</c><00:28:01.839><c> from</c><00:28:03.339><c> Annan,</c><00:28:03.920><c> even</c><00:28:04.220><c> under</c>

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.079
Jabak,<00:28:05.319><c> under</c><00:28:05.579><c> the</c><00:28:05.839><c> Jordan,</c>

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:09.960
now<00:28:06.660><c> therefore</c><00:28:07.200><c> restore</c><00:28:07.920><c> those</c><00:28:08.259><c> lands</c><00:28:08.720><c> peaceably.</c>

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:13.700
So<00:28:11.099><c> what</c><00:28:11.200><c> he's</c><00:28:11.380><c> talking</c><00:28:11.740><c> about</c><00:28:12.000><c> is</c><00:28:12.200><c> something</c><00:28:12.539><c> that</c><00:28:12.880><c> happened</c>

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:16.119
over<00:28:14.299><c> 300</c><00:28:14.700><c> years</c><00:28:15.039><c> earlier.</c>

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:20.160
And<00:28:17.660><c> what</c><00:28:17.839><c> he's</c><00:28:18.099><c> saying</c><00:28:18.299><c> here</c><00:28:18.680><c> has</c><00:28:19.000><c> got</c><00:28:19.160><c> an</c><00:28:19.359><c> element</c><00:28:19.619><c> of</c><00:28:19.960><c> truth</c>

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.880
but<00:28:20.359><c> it's</c><00:28:20.680><c> not</c><00:28:20.880><c> exactly</c><00:28:21.440><c> true.</c>

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:26.980
You<00:28:22.480><c> see,</c><00:28:22.700><c> what</c><00:28:22.900><c> happened</c><00:28:23.259><c> was</c><00:28:23.720><c> when</c><00:28:25.839><c> Israel</c><00:28:26.279><c> came</c><00:28:26.599><c> out</c><00:28:26.799><c> of</c>

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:29.119
Egypt<00:28:27.440><c> under</c><00:28:27.799><c> Moses,</c>

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:35.759
they<00:28:30.960><c> came</c><00:28:31.339><c> to</c><00:28:31.619><c> this</c><00:28:32.160><c> area</c><00:28:32.619><c> and</c><00:28:33.700><c> they</c><00:28:34.099><c> were</c><00:28:34.380><c> instructed</c><00:28:34.920><c> by</c><00:28:35.279><c> God</c>

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:39.579
to<00:28:36.660><c> make</c><00:28:36.980><c> war</c><00:28:37.400><c> on</c><00:28:37.720><c> three</c><00:28:38.460><c> particular</c><00:28:39.180><c> powers.</c>

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:46.099
There<00:28:39.779><c> was</c><00:28:40.000><c> the</c><00:28:40.200><c> Amorites,</c><00:28:42.500><c> there</c><00:28:42.660><c> was</c><00:28:44.900><c> a</c><00:28:45.180><c> nation</c><00:28:45.319><c> called</c><00:28:45.720><c> Og</c>

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:49.980
and<00:28:46.960><c> another</c><00:28:47.380><c> nation</c><00:28:48.460><c> that</c><00:28:48.980><c> was</c><00:28:49.240><c> called</c><00:28:49.559><c> Sihon.</c>

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:55.019
And<00:28:50.180><c> God</c><00:28:50.319><c> said,</c><00:28:51.559><c> you</c><00:28:51.559><c> can</c><00:28:51.859><c> fight</c><00:28:52.079><c> against</c><00:28:52.440><c> those</c><00:28:52.779><c> three</c><00:28:53.000><c> nations,</c><00:28:54.819><c> but</c>

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:57.519
you're<00:28:55.319><c> not</c><00:28:55.559><c> to</c><00:28:55.799><c> touch</c><00:28:56.119><c> the</c><00:28:56.460><c> Ammonites.</c>

00:28:57.579 --> 00:29:01.579
So<00:28:57.779><c> bearing</c><00:28:57.980><c> in</c><00:28:58.220><c> mind</c><00:28:58.259><c> that</c><00:28:58.480><c> the</c><00:28:58.680><c> Ammonites</c><00:28:59.039><c> are</c><00:28:59.259><c> here</c><00:28:59.480><c> now</c><00:29:00.220><c> coming</c><00:29:00.940><c> to</c>

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.059
Jephthah<00:29:01.799><c> and</c><00:29:01.900><c> saying,</c>

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:05.960
we<00:29:02.200><c> want</c><00:29:02.380><c> our</c><00:29:02.599><c> land</c><00:29:02.839><c> back,</c><00:29:03.480><c> God</c><00:29:03.680><c> had</c><00:29:03.920><c> said</c><00:29:04.059><c> back</c><00:29:04.460><c> to</c><00:29:04.859><c> Moses,</c><00:29:05.440><c> you</c><00:29:05.480><c> are</c><00:29:05.619><c> not</c><00:29:05.740><c> to</c>

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.460
touch<00:29:06.160><c> them,</c>

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.359
but<00:29:06.700><c> you</c><00:29:06.779><c> can</c><00:29:06.980><c> fight</c><00:29:07.180><c> against</c><00:29:07.420><c> those</c><00:29:07.680><c> three</c><00:29:07.880><c> other</c><00:29:08.079><c> powers.</c>

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:11.140
Now<00:29:08.920><c> when</c><00:29:09.039><c> Israel</c><00:29:09.400><c> fought</c><00:29:09.640><c> against</c><00:29:09.980><c> the</c><00:29:10.279><c> Amorites,</c><00:29:10.920><c> they</c>

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.640
took<00:29:11.400><c> their</c><00:29:11.619><c> land.</c>

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:19.500
It<00:29:14.240><c> just</c><00:29:14.480><c> so</c><00:29:14.799><c> happened</c><00:29:15.279><c> that</c><00:29:15.700><c> years</c><00:29:15.980><c> before</c><00:29:16.539><c> that,</c><00:29:18.519><c> the</c><00:29:18.700><c> Moabites</c><00:29:19.279><c> had</c>

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.279
owned<00:29:19.700><c> some</c><00:29:19.960><c> of</c><00:29:20.039><c> that</c><00:29:20.180><c> land</c>

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:25.180
and<00:29:22.359><c> then</c><00:29:22.779><c> the</c><00:29:23.039><c> Ammonites</c><00:29:23.460><c> had</c><00:29:23.740><c> taken</c><00:29:23.940><c> over</c><00:29:24.220><c> from</c><00:29:24.420><c> the</c><00:29:24.579><c> Moabites</c><00:29:25.019><c> and</c>

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.019
they<00:29:25.359><c> owned</c><00:29:25.519><c> the</c><00:29:25.720><c> land,</c>

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:28.279
but<00:29:26.440><c> then</c><00:29:26.640><c> the</c><00:29:26.859><c> Amorites</c><00:29:27.259><c> came</c><00:29:27.519><c> and</c><00:29:27.680><c> took</c><00:29:27.779><c> it.</c>

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:32.039
I<00:29:29.099><c> know</c><00:29:29.220><c> it</c><00:29:29.380><c> sounds</c><00:29:29.579><c> a</c><00:29:29.700><c> bit</c><00:29:29.859><c> confusing,</c><00:29:30.940><c> but</c><00:29:31.200><c> this</c><00:29:31.619><c> is</c><00:29:31.779><c> what's</c>

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.000
going<00:29:32.220><c> on.</c>

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:38.440
And<00:29:35.180><c> so</c><00:29:35.420><c> therefore</c><00:29:35.700><c> when</c><00:29:36.240><c> the</c><00:29:36.599><c> Israelites</c><00:29:36.819><c> took</c><00:29:37.119><c> that</c><00:29:37.400><c> land,</c>

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.960
they<00:29:39.400><c> were</c><00:29:39.599><c> taking</c><00:29:39.900><c> the</c><00:29:40.180><c> Amorites'</c><00:29:40.940><c> land,</c>

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:42.859
but<00:29:41.140><c> what</c><00:29:41.319><c> the</c><00:29:41.480><c> Ammonites</c><00:29:41.859><c> are</c><00:29:42.019><c> saying</c><00:29:42.220><c> is,</c><00:29:42.539><c> well</c><00:29:42.539><c> that's</c>

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.940
really<00:29:43.119><c> ours.</c>

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:49.940
Let's<00:29:46.099><c> just</c><00:29:46.400><c> put</c><00:29:46.539><c> this</c><00:29:46.819><c> into</c><00:29:47.180><c> perhaps</c><00:29:47.579><c> sort</c><00:29:48.400><c> of</c><00:29:48.500><c> an</c><00:29:48.720><c> everyday</c><00:29:49.160><c> example.</c>

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:53.019
If<00:29:50.559><c> you</c><00:29:50.759><c> like</c><00:29:50.920><c> the</c><00:29:51.240><c> New</c><00:29:51.339><c> Zealanders</c><00:29:51.960><c> coming</c><00:29:52.319><c> to</c><00:29:52.640><c> Australia</c>

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.200
and<00:29:53.279><c> saying,</c>

00:29:56.900 --> 00:30:01.599
well<00:29:57.420><c> part</c><00:29:57.940><c> of</c><00:29:58.259><c> Queensland,</c><00:29:59.180><c> we</c><00:29:59.339><c> used</c><00:29:59.579><c> to</c><00:29:59.799><c> have</c><00:30:00.019><c> part</c><00:30:00.279><c> of</c><00:30:00.519><c> Queensland,</c>

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:04.339
but<00:30:02.220><c> then</c><00:30:02.400><c> the</c><00:30:02.599><c> Northern</c><00:30:02.839><c> Territory</c><00:30:03.440><c> took</c><00:30:03.720><c> over</c><00:30:04.059><c> part</c><00:30:04.240><c> of</c>

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.759
that<00:30:04.519><c> land,</c>

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:08.779
and<00:30:05.119><c> then</c><00:30:05.279><c> the</c><00:30:05.460><c> New</c><00:30:05.640><c> South</c><00:30:05.940><c> Wales</c><00:30:06.460><c> took</c><00:30:06.740><c> over</c><00:30:07.019><c> that</c><00:30:07.359><c> land,</c><00:30:08.539><c> but</c>

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.240
it<00:30:08.799><c> was</c><00:30:09.079><c> the</c><00:30:09.220><c> other</c><00:30:09.339><c> land</c><00:30:09.559><c> before,</c>

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.599
so<00:30:10.599><c> we</c><00:30:10.859><c> want</c><00:30:11.000><c> it</c><00:30:11.259><c> back.</c>

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:13.259
There<00:30:11.900><c> you</c><00:30:12.440><c> go.</c>

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:16.319
Who<00:30:14.140><c> cares?</c>

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.400
Rating<00:30:20.420><c> party,</c><00:30:20.940><c> let's</c><00:30:21.339><c> go.</c>

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:30.900
You<00:30:25.180><c> know,</c><00:30:26.579><c> Jephthah</c><00:30:26.900><c> spends</c><00:30:27.400><c> 17</c><00:30:28.259><c> verses</c><00:30:29.039><c> to</c><00:30:29.480><c> try</c><00:30:29.819><c> and</c><00:30:30.160><c> convince</c><00:30:30.519><c> this</c>

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:32.160
king<00:30:31.059><c> to</c><00:30:31.339><c> say,</c>

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:34.660
we<00:30:32.579><c> don't</c><00:30:32.819><c> need</c><00:30:33.000><c> to</c><00:30:33.119><c> be</c><00:30:33.319><c> fighting</c><00:30:33.559><c> over</c><00:30:33.799><c> this.</c>

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:39.519
You<00:30:35.259><c> don't</c><00:30:35.579><c> need</c><00:30:35.819><c> to</c><00:30:36.019><c> be</c><00:30:36.240><c> here</c><00:30:36.640><c> over</c><00:30:37.240><c> something</c><00:30:37.619><c> that's</c><00:30:37.920><c> all...</c>

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:44.740
You<00:30:40.700><c> see</c><00:30:41.180><c> young</c><00:30:41.420><c> people,</c><00:30:42.140><c> this</c><00:30:42.539><c> is</c><00:30:42.819><c> an</c><00:30:43.019><c> incredible</c><00:30:43.519><c> person.</c>

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:49.019
He<00:30:45.880><c> is</c><00:30:46.140><c> prepared</c><00:30:46.519><c> to</c><00:30:46.700><c> go</c><00:30:46.839><c> the</c><00:30:47.180><c> nth</c><00:30:47.480><c> degree</c><00:30:47.920><c> to</c><00:30:48.299><c> reason</c><00:30:48.720><c> with</c>

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.619
this<00:30:49.359><c> very</c><00:30:49.779><c> unreasonable</c><00:30:50.359><c> king,</c>

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:55.539
as<00:30:50.779><c> we</c><00:30:50.960><c> will</c><00:30:51.160><c> see,</c><00:30:52.740><c> in</c><00:30:52.980><c> order</c><00:30:53.539><c> that</c><00:30:54.299><c> he</c><00:30:54.400><c> might</c><00:30:54.640><c> avoid</c><00:30:55.160><c> what's</c>

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.619
going<00:30:55.640><c> to</c><00:30:55.819><c> happen.</c>

00:30:57.380 --> 00:31:00.559
He<00:30:57.640><c> uses</c><00:30:58.000><c> diplomacy,</c><00:30:58.900><c> he</c><00:30:59.039><c> uses</c><00:30:59.420><c> really</c><00:30:59.740><c> good</c><00:31:00.039><c> reasoning,</c><00:31:00.400><c> and</c>

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:02.240
we'll<00:31:00.660><c> look</c><00:31:00.779><c> at</c><00:31:00.880><c> some</c><00:31:01.099><c> examples,</c>

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:04.319
but<00:31:02.839><c> some</c><00:31:03.200><c> things</c><00:31:03.380><c> really</c><00:31:03.839><c> stand</c><00:31:04.180><c> out.</c>

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:06.299
Now<00:31:04.680><c> I</c><00:31:04.700><c> don't</c><00:31:04.880><c> want</c><00:31:05.000><c> to</c><00:31:05.079><c> go</c><00:31:05.240><c> through</c><00:31:05.420><c> a</c><00:31:05.480><c> lot</c><00:31:05.660><c> of</c><00:31:05.839><c> these</c><00:31:06.019><c> verses,</c>

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.740
but<00:31:06.519><c> let</c><00:31:06.680><c> me</c><00:31:06.779><c> just</c><00:31:06.980><c> give</c><00:31:07.099><c> you</c><00:31:07.180><c> an</c><00:31:07.299><c> example.</c>

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.420
Verse<00:31:08.059><c> 14.</c>

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.819
Here's<00:31:09.779><c> his</c><00:31:10.000><c> response</c><00:31:10.400><c> to</c><00:31:10.599><c> this</c><00:31:10.779><c> problem.</c>

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:15.000
Jephthah<00:31:12.500><c> sent</c><00:31:12.759><c> messages</c><00:31:13.240><c> again</c><00:31:13.539><c> to</c><00:31:13.720><c> the</c><00:31:13.880><c> king</c><00:31:14.119><c> of</c><00:31:14.259><c> the</c><00:31:14.380><c> children</c><00:31:14.640><c> of</c><00:31:14.859><c> Ammon,</c>

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:17.339
and<00:31:15.099><c> he</c><00:31:15.279><c> said</c><00:31:15.440><c> unto</c><00:31:15.619><c> him,</c><00:31:16.200><c> thus</c><00:31:16.380><c> says</c><00:31:16.599><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:20.619
Israel<00:31:18.079><c> didn't</c><00:31:18.359><c> take</c><00:31:18.660><c> your</c><00:31:18.900><c> land</c><00:31:19.440><c> from</c><00:31:19.759><c> the</c><00:31:19.980><c> Moabites,</c>

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:24.299
nor<00:31:21.119><c> did</c><00:31:21.259><c> we</c><00:31:21.500><c> take</c><00:31:21.720><c> land,</c><00:31:21.960><c> verse</c><00:31:22.180><c> 15,</c><00:31:22.680><c> from</c><00:31:22.819><c> the</c><00:31:23.019><c> children</c><00:31:23.220><c> of</c><00:31:23.480><c> Ammon.</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:27.200
But<00:31:25.000><c> when</c><00:31:25.180><c> Israel</c><00:31:25.579><c> came</c><00:31:25.859><c> up</c><00:31:26.039><c> from</c><00:31:26.259><c> Egypt</c><00:31:26.579><c> and</c><00:31:26.779><c> walked</c><00:31:26.980><c> through</c>

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.400
the<00:31:27.400><c> wilderness</c><00:31:27.740><c> and</c><00:31:27.920><c> the</c><00:31:27.980><c> Red</c><00:31:28.259><c> Sea,</c>

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:31.380
they<00:31:28.619><c> came</c><00:31:28.839><c> to</c><00:31:29.079><c> Kadesh,</c><00:31:30.000><c> then,</c><00:31:30.579><c> verse</c><00:31:30.900><c> 17,</c>

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:34.380
Israel<00:31:31.940><c> sent</c><00:31:32.259><c> messages</c><00:31:32.819><c> unto</c><00:31:33.079><c> the</c><00:31:33.319><c> king</c><00:31:33.559><c> of</c><00:31:33.779><c> Edom</c><00:31:34.000><c> saying,</c>

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:37.420
Let<00:31:34.920><c> me,</c><00:31:35.380><c> I</c><00:31:35.380><c> pray,</c><00:31:35.640><c> thee</c><00:31:35.799><c> pass</c><00:31:36.099><c> through</c><00:31:36.319><c> thy</c><00:31:36.500><c> land,</c>

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:39.700
but<00:31:37.700><c> the</c><00:31:37.859><c> king</c><00:31:38.019><c> of</c><00:31:38.200><c> Edom</c><00:31:38.339><c> would</c><00:31:38.579><c> not</c><00:31:38.819><c> hearken</c><00:31:39.099><c> thereto,</c>

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.960
and<00:31:40.119><c> in</c><00:31:40.259><c> like</c><00:31:40.440><c> manner</c><00:31:40.599><c> they</c><00:31:40.859><c> sent</c><00:31:41.019><c> to</c><00:31:41.200><c> the</c><00:31:41.259><c> king</c><00:31:41.500><c> of</c><00:31:41.720><c> Moab,</c>

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.680
and<00:31:42.039><c> he</c><00:31:42.180><c> would</c><00:31:42.339><c> not</c><00:31:42.519><c> consent,</c><00:31:42.880><c> and</c><00:31:43.019><c> Israel</c><00:31:43.299><c> abode,</c>

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.099
and<00:31:43.940><c> he</c><00:31:44.059><c> goes</c><00:31:44.140><c> through</c><00:31:44.299><c> all</c><00:31:44.480><c> this</c><00:31:44.720><c> detail.</c>

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:47.940
Now<00:31:45.440><c> if</c><00:31:45.539><c> you've</c><00:31:45.740><c> got</c><00:31:45.859><c> a</c><00:31:46.160><c> King</c><00:31:46.319><c> James</c><00:31:46.660><c> with</c><00:31:46.859><c> a</c><00:31:47.059><c> margin,</c>

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:50.599
if<00:31:48.400><c> you've</c><00:31:48.519><c> got</c><00:31:48.640><c> a</c><00:31:48.839><c> margin,</c><00:31:49.240><c> you</c><00:31:49.339><c> notice</c><00:31:49.619><c> what</c><00:31:49.779><c> he's</c><00:31:50.079><c> doing</c><00:31:50.240><c> there,</c>

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:54.319
he's<00:31:51.240><c> quoting</c><00:31:51.740><c> word</c><00:31:52.339><c> for</c><00:31:52.680><c> word</c><00:31:53.019><c> from</c><00:31:53.279><c> numbers.</c>

00:31:55.819 --> 00:32:00.019
So<00:31:56.140><c> this</c><00:31:56.420><c> is</c><00:31:56.700><c> telling</c><00:31:56.900><c> us</c><00:31:57.339><c> that</c><00:31:57.680><c> Jephthah</c><00:31:58.039><c> not</c><00:31:58.220><c> only</c><00:31:58.440><c> has</c><00:31:58.619><c> a</c><00:31:59.039><c> great</c><00:31:59.279><c> knowledge</c><00:31:59.720><c> of</c>

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:01.619
Israel<00:32:00.440><c> history,</c>

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:06.500
he's<00:32:03.059><c> got</c><00:32:03.200><c> a</c><00:32:03.480><c> great</c><00:32:03.720><c> knowledge</c><00:32:04.440><c> of</c><00:32:05.660><c> the</c><00:32:05.880><c> earlier</c><00:32:06.099><c> books</c><00:32:06.339><c> of</c>

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.480
the<00:32:06.640><c> Bible,</c>

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:11.599
and<00:32:08.380><c> he</c><00:32:08.740><c> quotes</c><00:32:09.119><c> in</c><00:32:09.500><c> these</c><00:32:09.720><c> verses</c><00:32:10.140><c> time</c><00:32:10.539><c> and</c><00:32:10.700><c> time</c><00:32:10.920><c> again,</c>

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:14.440
almost<00:32:12.319><c> verbatim</c><00:32:13.059><c> from</c><00:32:13.359><c> the</c><00:32:13.539><c> book</c><00:32:13.700><c> of</c><00:32:14.000><c> Numbers,</c>

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:17.359
in<00:32:14.680><c> terms</c><00:32:14.980><c> of,</c><00:32:15.339><c> well,</c><00:32:15.359><c> I</c><00:32:15.920><c> just</c><00:32:16.200><c> want</c><00:32:16.299><c> to</c><00:32:16.440><c> set</c><00:32:16.559><c> the</c><00:32:16.740><c> record</c><00:32:17.019><c> straight,</c>

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:20.259
we<00:32:17.500><c> just</c><00:32:17.700><c> want</c><00:32:17.839><c> to,</c><00:32:18.279><c> you</c><00:32:18.440><c> know,</c><00:32:18.440><c> here's</c><00:32:18.640><c> what</c><00:32:18.819><c> exactly</c><00:32:19.259><c> happened.</c>

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:23.660
So<00:32:20.700><c> he</c><00:32:20.880><c> has</c><00:32:21.099><c> this</c><00:32:21.400><c> incredible</c><00:32:21.900><c> knowledge</c><00:32:22.220><c> of</c><00:32:22.339><c> God's</c><00:32:22.740><c> word,</c>

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:28.339
and<00:32:25.160><c> again</c><00:32:25.380><c> we</c><00:32:25.599><c> put</c><00:32:25.759><c> that</c><00:32:25.980><c> back</c><00:32:26.160><c> into</c><00:32:26.339><c> the</c><00:32:26.599><c> pot</c><00:32:26.740><c> of</c><00:32:26.940><c> the</c><00:32:27.099><c> picture</c><00:32:27.319><c> we</c><00:32:27.619><c> started</c><00:32:27.859><c> off</c><00:32:28.140><c> with,</c>

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:33.059
and<00:32:28.500><c> we</c><00:32:28.660><c> think,</c><00:32:29.140><c> well,</c><00:32:30.500><c> that's</c><00:32:30.819><c> not</c><00:32:31.039><c> how</c><00:32:31.240><c> we</c><00:32:31.359><c> would</c><00:32:31.740><c> see</c><00:32:32.380><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:38.279
given<00:32:33.319><c> his</c><00:32:33.779><c> circumstances</c><00:32:34.440><c> of</c><00:32:34.700><c> his</c><00:32:34.900><c> life</c><00:32:35.140><c> and</c><00:32:35.640><c> his</c><00:32:35.920><c> background</c><00:32:36.519><c> and</c><00:32:36.799><c> his</c><00:32:37.059><c> environment.</c>

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:42.700
You<00:32:38.619><c> see</c><00:32:38.779><c> young</c><00:32:39.039><c> people,</c><00:32:39.359><c> he</c><00:32:39.539><c> was</c><00:32:39.859><c> not</c><00:32:40.519><c> a</c><00:32:40.819><c> captive</c><00:32:41.140><c> of</c><00:32:41.380><c> his</c><00:32:41.539><c> own</c><00:32:41.720><c> environment.</c>

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:47.839
He<00:32:43.900><c> was</c><00:32:44.099><c> able</c><00:32:44.279><c> to</c><00:32:44.640><c> overcome</c><00:32:45.039><c> that,</c><00:32:45.299><c> and</c><00:32:45.599><c> so</c><00:32:45.819><c> here</c><00:32:46.059><c> he</c><00:32:46.200><c> is</c><00:32:46.380><c> using</c><00:32:46.839><c> diplomacy</c>

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:52.480
in<00:32:48.299><c> order</c><00:32:48.519><c> to</c><00:32:48.940><c> stop</c><00:32:49.400><c> this</c><00:32:49.880><c> king</c><00:32:50.180><c> from</c><00:32:50.519><c> waging</c><00:32:50.960><c> a</c><00:32:51.240><c> silly</c><00:32:51.500><c> war.</c>

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:57.019
And<00:32:52.900><c> so</c><00:32:53.039><c> he</c><00:32:53.259><c> uses</c><00:32:53.660><c> four</c><00:32:54.220><c> reasons</c><00:32:54.660><c> as</c><00:32:54.920><c> to</c><00:32:55.039><c> why</c><00:32:55.279><c> this</c><00:32:55.539><c> king</c><00:32:55.759><c> shouldn't</c><00:32:56.119><c> do</c><00:32:56.359><c> what</c><00:32:56.480><c> he's</c><00:32:56.680><c> going</c><00:32:56.759><c> to</c><00:32:56.880><c> do.</c>

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:59.839
So<00:32:57.259><c> verse</c><00:32:57.259><c> 21,</c><00:32:58.680><c> here's</c><00:32:58.900><c> reason</c><00:32:59.200><c> number</c><00:32:59.559><c> one,</c>

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:04.279
the<00:33:00.039><c> Lord</c><00:33:00.339><c> God</c><00:33:00.500><c> of</c><00:33:00.640><c> Israel</c><00:33:01.160><c> delivered</c><00:33:01.720><c> Sion</c><00:33:02.579><c> and</c><00:33:03.279><c> all</c><00:33:03.420><c> his</c><00:33:03.599><c> people</c><00:33:03.920><c> into</c><00:33:04.079><c> the</c>

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.920
hand<00:33:04.420><c> of</c><00:33:04.579><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:07.859
they<00:33:05.259><c> smote</c><00:33:05.539><c> them,</c><00:33:06.180><c> so</c><00:33:06.279><c> Israel</c><00:33:06.660><c> possessed</c><00:33:07.079><c> all</c><00:33:07.359><c> the</c><00:33:07.539><c> land</c><00:33:07.680><c> of</c>

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.579
the<00:33:08.019><c> Amorites,</c>

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.819
the<00:33:09.180><c> inhabitants</c><00:33:09.519><c> of</c><00:33:09.720><c> the</c><00:33:09.859><c> country,</c>

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:14.420
they<00:33:11.400><c> possessed</c><00:33:11.720><c> all</c><00:33:11.980><c> the</c><00:33:12.180><c> coasts</c><00:33:12.539><c> of</c><00:33:12.539><c> the</c><00:33:12.700><c> Amorites</c><00:33:13.119><c> from</c><00:33:13.359><c> Arne</c><00:33:13.619><c> and</c><00:33:13.759><c> even</c><00:33:13.920><c> to</c><00:33:14.140><c> Jabot.</c>

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:17.339
So<00:33:14.740><c> in</c><00:33:14.880><c> other</c><00:33:15.059><c> words,</c><00:33:15.319><c> when</c><00:33:15.420><c> Israel</c><00:33:15.720><c> took</c><00:33:15.920><c> the</c><00:33:16.160><c> land,</c><00:33:16.779><c> they</c><00:33:17.000><c> took</c><00:33:17.180><c> it</c>

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.859
from<00:33:17.500><c> the</c><00:33:17.740><c> Amorites.</c>

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:21.259
They<00:33:19.500><c> didn't</c><00:33:19.720><c> sort</c><00:33:19.880><c> of</c><00:33:19.920><c> go</c><00:33:20.119><c> through</c><00:33:20.279><c> this</c><00:33:20.460><c> big</c><00:33:20.819><c> flow</c><00:33:21.099><c> chart</c>

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.500
and<00:33:21.400><c> say,</c>

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:23.579
oh,<00:33:21.720><c> who</c><00:33:21.900><c> owns</c><00:33:22.119><c> this</c><00:33:22.380><c> land,</c><00:33:22.599><c> we</c><00:33:22.680><c> better</c><00:33:22.839><c> go</c><00:33:23.079><c> back</c><00:33:23.279><c> and</c><00:33:23.480><c> check</c>

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.359
all<00:33:23.759><c> the</c><00:33:23.960><c> records.</c>

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:27.839
They<00:33:25.019><c> just</c><00:33:25.279><c> took</c><00:33:25.400><c> it</c><00:33:25.579><c> because</c><00:33:26.059><c> God</c><00:33:26.420><c> told</c><00:33:26.759><c> them</c><00:33:26.940><c> to</c><00:33:27.140><c> take</c><00:33:27.299><c> it</c><00:33:27.599><c> and</c><00:33:27.740><c> it</c>

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.720
was<00:33:28.019><c> the</c><00:33:28.119><c> land</c><00:33:28.259><c> of</c><00:33:28.440><c> the</c><00:33:28.559><c> Amorites.</c>

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:32.720
So<00:33:30.700><c> that's</c><00:33:31.059><c> why</c><00:33:31.299><c> they</c><00:33:31.519><c> took</c><00:33:31.720><c> the</c><00:33:31.940><c> land.</c>

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.819
That's<00:33:33.019><c> the</c><00:33:33.200><c> first</c><00:33:33.460><c> reason.</c>

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:37.200
It's<00:33:34.200><c> not</c><00:33:34.420><c> personal,</c><00:33:35.440><c> it's</c><00:33:35.539><c> just</c><00:33:35.779><c> that's</c><00:33:36.059><c> what</c><00:33:36.200><c> happened.</c>

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:40.039
The<00:33:37.619><c> second</c><00:33:37.859><c> reason,</c><00:33:38.259><c> verse</c><00:33:38.519><c> 23,</c>

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:43.599
the<00:33:40.920><c> Lord</c><00:33:41.220><c> God</c><00:33:41.359><c> of</c><00:33:41.480><c> Israel</c><00:33:41.839><c> has</c><00:33:42.220><c> dispossessed</c><00:33:42.819><c> the</c><00:33:43.039><c> Amorites</c>

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:45.980
from<00:33:43.900><c> before</c><00:33:44.299><c> his</c><00:33:44.539><c> people</c><00:33:44.859><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:48.359
Well,<00:33:47.000><c> why</c><00:33:47.259><c> should</c><00:33:47.440><c> they</c><00:33:47.700><c> then</c><00:33:47.900><c> possess</c><00:33:48.200><c> it?</c>

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:51.640
So<00:33:48.640><c> here</c><00:33:48.900><c> he's</c><00:33:49.420><c> saying,</c><00:33:49.680><c> well,</c><00:33:49.839><c> it</c><00:33:49.900><c> was</c><00:33:50.099><c> God</c><00:33:50.339><c> who</c><00:33:50.500><c> did</c><00:33:50.680><c> it.</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:55.099
Verse<00:33:52.220><c> 24,</c><00:33:53.380><c> well,</c><00:33:53.440><c> why</c><00:33:53.680><c> don't</c><00:33:53.880><c> you</c><00:33:54.079><c> bring</c><00:33:54.259><c> your</c><00:33:54.539><c> God</c><00:33:54.680><c> into</c><00:33:54.940><c> it?</c>

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:58.440
Why<00:33:55.319><c> can't</c><00:33:55.680><c> your</c><00:33:55.920><c> God,</c><00:33:56.400><c> Chimosh,</c><00:33:56.940><c> get</c><00:33:57.099><c> the</c><00:33:57.299><c> land</c><00:33:57.460><c> back?</c>

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:02.319
So<00:33:58.960><c> he</c><00:33:59.039><c> says,</c><00:33:59.480><c> hey,</c><00:33:59.960><c> it's</c><00:34:00.240><c> not</c><00:34:00.539><c> just</c><00:34:00.880><c> us,</c><00:34:01.059><c> it's</c><00:34:01.319><c> actually</c><00:34:01.700><c> the</c><00:34:01.940><c> gods.</c>

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:06.440
So<00:34:02.839><c> it's</c><00:34:03.240><c> our</c><00:34:03.480><c> God</c><00:34:03.839><c> who</c><00:34:04.559><c> gave</c><00:34:04.740><c> us</c><00:34:04.920><c> the</c><00:34:05.099><c> land</c><00:34:05.420><c> versus</c><00:34:05.859><c> your</c><00:34:06.200><c> God.</c>

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:09.579
So<00:34:06.779><c> if</c><00:34:07.140><c> your</c><00:34:07.400><c> God's</c><00:34:07.599><c> really</c><00:34:07.859><c> good,</c><00:34:08.500><c> you</c><00:34:08.659><c> should</c><00:34:08.860><c> be</c><00:34:09.079><c> able</c><00:34:09.219><c> to</c>

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.300
get<00:34:09.699><c> that</c><00:34:09.960><c> land.</c>

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.400
You<00:34:10.639><c> should</c><00:34:10.840><c> have</c><00:34:10.980><c> that</c><00:34:11.199><c> land.</c>

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:14.519
But<00:34:11.800><c> our</c><00:34:12.059><c> God</c><00:34:12.300><c> is</c><00:34:12.559><c> the</c><00:34:12.719><c> one</c><00:34:12.900><c> who</c><00:34:13.139><c> won,</c><00:34:13.760><c> so</c><00:34:13.940><c> therefore</c><00:34:14.199><c> that's</c>

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.360
why<00:34:14.639><c> we've</c><00:34:14.880><c> got</c><00:34:15.000><c> the</c><00:34:15.159><c> land.</c>

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.780
So<00:34:15.719><c> that's</c><00:34:16.059><c> reason</c><00:34:16.239><c> number</c><00:34:16.500><c> two.</c>

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:20.460
Reason<00:34:17.099><c> number</c><00:34:17.420><c> three,</c><00:34:19.420><c> verse</c><00:34:19.679><c> 25,</c>

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:23.639
he<00:34:20.800><c> points</c><00:34:21.199><c> out,</c><00:34:21.519><c> well,</c><00:34:21.800><c> hang</c><00:34:21.920><c> on,</c><00:34:22.559><c> actually</c><00:34:22.780><c> the</c><00:34:23.039><c> Malabites</c>

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.619
owned<00:34:24.000><c> the</c><00:34:24.199><c> land</c><00:34:24.380><c> before</c><00:34:24.760><c> you.</c>

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.960
So<00:34:26.079><c> therefore</c><00:34:26.360><c> if</c><00:34:26.500><c> someone's</c><00:34:26.900><c> got</c><00:34:27.000><c> a</c><00:34:27.119><c> right</c><00:34:27.239><c> to</c><00:34:27.420><c> the</c><00:34:27.599><c> land,</c>

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.940
it's<00:34:28.219><c> the</c><00:34:28.360><c> Malabites,</c><00:34:28.780><c> not</c><00:34:29.000><c> you.</c>

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:33.300
And<00:34:30.420><c> then</c><00:34:30.599><c> the</c><00:34:30.739><c> final</c><00:34:31.019><c> reason,</c><00:34:31.500><c> verse</c><00:34:31.679><c> 26,</c>

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:37.739
basically<00:34:34.500><c> the</c><00:34:34.699><c> reason</c><00:34:35.000><c> is,</c><00:34:35.480><c> hey,</c><00:34:35.500><c> this</c><00:34:35.739><c> happened</c><00:34:36.019><c> 300</c><00:34:36.420><c> years</c><00:34:36.800><c> ago,</c>

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:40.300
how<00:34:38.440><c> about</c><00:34:38.559><c> we</c><00:34:38.699><c> just</c><00:34:38.960><c> move</c><00:34:39.159><c> on?</c>

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:45.599
Young<00:34:41.679><c> people,</c><00:34:42.280><c> he</c><00:34:42.280><c> spends</c><00:34:42.519><c> all</c><00:34:42.780><c> of</c><00:34:42.940><c> his</c><00:34:43.159><c> time</c><00:34:43.699><c> with</c><00:34:44.300><c> this</c><00:34:44.619><c> king</c><00:34:44.940><c> trying</c><00:34:45.300><c> to</c>

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.239
win<00:34:45.739><c> him</c><00:34:45.980><c> over,</c>

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:49.320
to<00:34:46.440><c> say,</c><00:34:46.780><c> let's</c><00:34:46.840><c> not</c><00:34:47.139><c> fight,</c><00:34:47.699><c> let's</c><00:34:48.039><c> work</c><00:34:48.239><c> it</c><00:34:48.480><c> through.</c>

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:53.079
And<00:34:50.559><c> the</c><00:34:50.980><c> response</c><00:34:51.420><c> of</c><00:34:51.639><c> the</c><00:34:51.639><c> king</c><00:34:52.039><c> of</c><00:34:52.380><c> Edom,</c>

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:56.199
this<00:34:53.920><c> must</c><00:34:54.340><c> have</c><00:34:54.480><c> been</c><00:34:54.579><c> a</c><00:34:54.760><c> mental</c><00:34:55.139><c> giant</c><00:34:55.400><c> of</c><00:34:55.579><c> a</c><00:34:55.679><c> man</c><00:34:55.800><c> by</c><00:34:56.019><c> now,</c>

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:59.800
having<00:34:56.500><c> to</c><00:34:56.619><c> hear</c><00:34:56.760><c> all</c><00:34:57.019><c> of</c><00:34:57.139><c> this</c><00:34:57.920><c> incredible</c><00:34:58.579><c> diplomacy,</c>

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:04.739
well,<00:35:03.340><c> verse</c><00:35:03.380><c> 28,</c>

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.320
how<00:35:05.539><c> be</c><00:35:05.619><c> it</c><00:35:05.719><c> the</c><00:35:05.820><c> king</c><00:35:06.059><c> of</c><00:35:06.199><c> the</c><00:35:06.340><c> children</c><00:35:06.519><c> of</c><00:35:06.760><c> Ammon,</c><00:35:07.039><c> Harkon,</c>

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:09.420
not<00:35:07.519><c> under</c><00:35:07.760><c> the</c><00:35:07.880><c> words</c><00:35:08.099><c> of</c><00:35:08.320><c> Jephthah.</c>

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:12.159
So<00:35:10.079><c> here</c><00:35:10.260><c> he</c><00:35:10.420><c> is,</c><00:35:10.639><c> he's</c><00:35:10.679><c> spent</c><00:35:10.840><c> all</c><00:35:11.239><c> of</c><00:35:11.360><c> that</c><00:35:11.579><c> time</c><00:35:11.880><c> trying</c><00:35:12.079><c> to</c>

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.920
win<00:35:12.280><c> him</c><00:35:12.500><c> over,</c>

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:17.739
and<00:35:13.460><c> this</c><00:35:13.619><c> king</c><00:35:13.760><c> just,</c><00:35:14.199><c> not</c><00:35:15.820><c> interested,</c><00:35:16.380><c> let's</c><00:35:16.599><c> have</c><00:35:16.719><c> a</c><00:35:16.880><c> fight.</c>

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:20.380
Now<00:35:18.860><c> that's</c><00:35:19.119><c> where</c><00:35:19.219><c> it</c><00:35:19.320><c> was</c><00:35:19.460><c> all</c><00:35:19.619><c> heading</c><00:35:19.780><c> from</c><00:35:19.980><c> the</c><00:35:20.199><c> start,</c>

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:24.519
but<00:35:20.579><c> you</c><00:35:20.719><c> see,</c><00:35:22.219><c> Jephthah</c><00:35:22.519><c> didn't</c><00:35:22.920><c> just</c><00:35:23.619><c> launch</c><00:35:23.860><c> into</c><00:35:24.039><c> the</c><00:35:24.300><c> fight,</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:27.559
he<00:35:24.840><c> tried</c><00:35:25.119><c> to</c><00:35:25.400><c> actually</c><00:35:25.780><c> win</c><00:35:26.079><c> over</c><00:35:26.400><c> the</c><00:35:26.619><c> situation</c><00:35:27.179><c> before</c>

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.659
the<00:35:27.780><c> fight.</c>

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:33.219
And<00:35:29.659><c> in</c><00:35:29.800><c> doing</c><00:35:30.000><c> so,</c><00:35:30.699><c> he</c><00:35:30.880><c> tells</c><00:35:31.119><c> us</c><00:35:31.360><c> a</c><00:35:31.460><c> lot</c><00:35:31.559><c> about</c><00:35:31.760><c> what</c><00:35:31.900><c> he</c><00:35:32.019><c> thinks</c><00:35:32.159><c> about</c><00:35:32.420><c> God.</c>

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.860
You<00:35:34.079><c> notice</c><00:35:34.239><c> what</c><00:35:34.380><c> he</c><00:35:34.539><c> says</c><00:35:34.739><c> in</c><00:35:34.920><c> verse</c><00:35:35.119><c> 27,</c>

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:43.039
wherefore,<00:35:38.539><c> in</c><00:35:38.800><c> speaking</c><00:35:39.059><c> to</c><00:35:39.300><c> this</c><00:35:39.579><c> king,</c><00:35:40.860><c> I</c><00:35:41.059><c> have</c><00:35:41.239><c> not</c><00:35:41.460><c> sinned</c><00:35:41.619><c> against</c><00:35:41.940><c> you,</c>

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:47.059
but<00:35:43.900><c> you</c><00:35:44.079><c> do</c><00:35:44.219><c> us</c><00:35:44.400><c> wrong</c><00:35:44.739><c> to</c><00:35:45.039><c> war</c><00:35:45.300><c> against</c><00:35:45.659><c> me,</c>

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:52.579
the<00:35:48.800><c> Lord,</c><00:35:49.380><c> the</c><00:35:49.619><c> judge,</c><00:35:51.659><c> be</c><00:35:51.820><c> judged</c><00:35:52.079><c> this</c><00:35:52.420><c> day.</c>

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:56.380
Now<00:35:52.940><c> isn't</c><00:35:53.059><c> that</c><00:35:53.300><c> amazing?</c><00:35:54.599><c> You</c><00:35:54.760><c> know,</c><00:35:54.760><c> you've</c><00:35:55.039><c> been</c><00:35:55.300><c> studying</c><00:35:55.559><c> the</c><00:35:55.739><c> book</c><00:35:55.920><c> of</c><00:35:56.139><c> judges.</c>

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:59.960
This<00:35:56.760><c> is</c><00:35:56.980><c> the</c><00:35:57.079><c> only</c><00:35:57.320><c> judge</c><00:35:57.920><c> who</c><00:35:58.199><c> turns</c><00:35:58.420><c> around</c><00:35:58.679><c> and</c><00:35:58.860><c> says,</c>

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:05.280
yes,<00:36:00.739><c> I'm</c><00:36:00.940><c> in</c><00:36:01.079><c> the</c><00:36:01.260><c> position</c><00:36:01.559><c> of</c><00:36:01.719><c> a</c><00:36:01.920><c> judge,</c><00:36:03.239><c> but</c><00:36:03.920><c> I'm</c><00:36:04.099><c> not</c><00:36:04.280><c> the</c><00:36:04.460><c> judge.</c>

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:07.559
God's<00:36:06.500><c> the</c><00:36:06.639><c> judge.</c>

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:12.679
And<00:36:08.659><c> therefore,</c><00:36:09.179><c> anything</c><00:36:09.519><c> I</c><00:36:09.780><c> do,</c><00:36:10.159><c> well,</c><00:36:10.820><c> I</c><00:36:11.199><c> just</c><00:36:11.500><c> do</c><00:36:11.760><c> on</c><00:36:12.019><c> his</c><00:36:12.280><c> behalf,</c>

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:16.719
because<00:36:13.059><c> at</c><00:36:13.239><c> the</c><00:36:13.300><c> end</c><00:36:13.400><c> of</c><00:36:13.559><c> the</c><00:36:13.679><c> day,</c><00:36:15.099><c> he's</c><00:36:15.500><c> the</c><00:36:15.599><c> real</c><00:36:15.780><c> judge.</c>

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:19.420
You<00:36:17.579><c> see</c><00:36:17.900><c> the</c><00:36:18.079><c> way</c><00:36:18.320><c> Jephthah</c><00:36:18.780><c> saw</c><00:36:19.000><c> God,</c>

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:22.139
but<00:36:19.800><c> not</c><00:36:20.019><c> only</c><00:36:20.179><c> does</c><00:36:20.340><c> he</c><00:36:20.480><c> bring</c><00:36:20.639><c> God</c><00:36:20.840><c> into</c><00:36:21.039><c> it</c><00:36:21.199><c> all</c><00:36:21.460><c> the</c><00:36:21.699><c> time,</c>

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.880
not<00:36:22.579><c> only</c><00:36:22.800><c> does</c><00:36:22.980><c> it</c><00:36:23.179><c> translate</c><00:36:23.559><c> in</c><00:36:23.699><c> terms</c><00:36:23.980><c> of</c><00:36:24.139><c> his</c><00:36:24.320><c> behavior,</c>

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:27.039
of<00:36:25.059><c> trying</c><00:36:25.239><c> to</c><00:36:25.400><c> win</c><00:36:25.519><c> over</c><00:36:25.760><c> this</c><00:36:26.079><c> king,</c>

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:30.239
but<00:36:27.639><c> he</c><00:36:27.800><c> sees</c><00:36:28.079><c> God</c><00:36:28.340><c> as</c><00:36:28.599><c> being</c><00:36:28.800><c> the</c><00:36:29.059><c> ultimate</c><00:36:29.480><c> person.</c>

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:32.840
And<00:36:30.960><c> he's</c><00:36:31.159><c> awestruck</c><00:36:31.619><c> by</c><00:36:31.860><c> God.</c><00:36:32.059><c> He's</c><00:36:32.340><c> the</c><00:36:32.480><c> judge.</c>

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:36.599
And<00:36:33.179><c> so</c><00:36:33.380><c> therefore,</c><00:36:35.219><c> it's</c><00:36:35.400><c> up</c><00:36:35.559><c> to</c><00:36:35.679><c> him.</c>

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:42.039
And<00:36:37.199><c> so</c><00:36:37.340><c> the</c><00:36:37.420><c> response</c><00:36:37.820><c> of</c><00:36:38.000><c> this</c><00:36:38.179><c> king</c><00:36:38.360><c> is,</c><00:36:39.860><c> too</c><00:36:39.940><c> bad,</c><00:36:40.539><c> let's</c><00:36:40.820><c> just</c><00:36:41.000><c> have</c><00:36:41.139><c> a</c><00:36:41.300><c> fight.</c>

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:45.059
Well,<00:36:43.480><c> that's</c><00:36:43.980><c> exactly</c><00:36:44.320><c> what</c><00:36:44.619><c> happens.</c>

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:49.519
Verse<00:36:45.719><c> 29,</c><00:36:46.420><c> the</c><00:36:46.559><c> spirit</c><00:36:47.000><c> of</c><00:36:47.159><c> the</c><00:36:47.300><c> Lord</c><00:36:47.480><c> came</c><00:36:47.739><c> upon</c><00:36:48.159><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:52.739
and<00:36:49.960><c> so</c><00:36:50.059><c> he</c><00:36:50.219><c> passed</c><00:36:50.559><c> over</c><00:36:50.840><c> Gilead</c><00:36:51.300><c> and</c><00:36:51.500><c> Manasseh.</c>

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:56.239
He<00:36:52.940><c> went</c><00:36:53.239><c> from</c><00:36:53.460><c> Misbah</c><00:36:53.800><c> to</c><00:36:53.840><c> Gilead,</c><00:36:54.699><c> and</c><00:36:54.860><c> so</c><00:36:55.079><c> now</c><00:36:55.500><c> the</c><00:36:55.880><c> fight</c>

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:57.860
is<00:36:56.800><c> going</c><00:36:56.920><c> to</c><00:36:57.119><c> happen.</c>

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.619
You<00:37:00.699><c> see,</c><00:37:00.860><c> it's</c><00:37:00.980><c> God's</c><00:37:01.360><c> work.</c>

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:03.579
You<00:37:02.199><c> notice</c><00:37:02.440><c> what</c><00:37:02.599><c> we</c><00:37:02.780><c> saw</c><00:37:02.900><c> in</c><00:37:03.039><c> verse</c><00:37:03.199><c> 29?</c>

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:07.679
The<00:37:03.940><c> spirit</c><00:37:04.239><c> of</c><00:37:04.440><c> the</c><00:37:04.619><c> Lord</c><00:37:05.199><c> is</c><00:37:05.940><c> at</c><00:37:06.099><c> work</c><00:37:06.300><c> here.</c>

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:11.280
And<00:37:08.539><c> so</c><00:37:08.699><c> now</c><00:37:09.059><c> he's</c><00:37:09.380><c> going</c><00:37:09.539><c> to</c><00:37:09.719><c> pass</c><00:37:09.980><c> over</c><00:37:10.219><c> to</c><00:37:10.440><c> fight</c><00:37:10.659><c> against</c>

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.980
this<00:37:11.619><c> particular</c><00:37:12.099><c> king.</c>

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:17.179
But<00:37:14.039><c> in</c><00:37:14.239><c> the</c><00:37:14.380><c> meantime,</c><00:37:14.980><c> verse</c><00:37:15.099><c> 30,</c><00:37:15.619><c> before</c><00:37:15.860><c> this</c><00:37:16.099><c> happens,</c>

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:20.219
it<00:37:17.880><c> says,</c><00:37:18.480><c> Jephthah</c><00:37:18.820><c> vowed</c><00:37:19.239><c> a</c><00:37:19.380><c> vow</c><00:37:19.559><c> unto</c><00:37:19.800><c> the</c><00:37:20.039><c> Lord,</c>

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:23.599
and<00:37:20.340><c> he</c><00:37:20.539><c> said,</c><00:37:20.920><c> If</c><00:37:20.940><c> thou</c><00:37:21.239><c> wilt</c><00:37:21.440><c> without</c><00:37:21.800><c> fail</c><00:37:22.119><c> deliver</c><00:37:22.500><c> the</c><00:37:23.019><c> children</c><00:37:23.320><c> of</c>

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:25.360
Ammon<00:37:23.760><c> into</c><00:37:24.019><c> my</c><00:37:24.320><c> hand,</c>

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:29.579
then<00:37:26.380><c> it</c><00:37:26.619><c> shall</c><00:37:26.760><c> be</c><00:37:27.059><c> that</c><00:37:27.940><c> whatsoever</c><00:37:28.420><c> comes</c><00:37:28.900><c> forth</c><00:37:29.260><c> of</c><00:37:29.420><c> the</c>

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.960
doors<00:37:29.760><c> of</c><00:37:29.940><c> my</c><00:37:30.099><c> house</c><00:37:30.360><c> to</c><00:37:30.599><c> meet</c><00:37:30.739><c> me,</c>

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:33.219
when<00:37:31.079><c> I</c><00:37:31.300><c> return</c><00:37:31.719><c> in</c><00:37:32.000><c> peace</c><00:37:32.199><c> from</c><00:37:32.420><c> the</c><00:37:32.599><c> children</c><00:37:32.800><c> of</c><00:37:33.000><c> Ammon,</c>

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:36.840
it<00:37:33.940><c> shall</c><00:37:34.179><c> surely</c><00:37:34.659><c> be</c><00:37:34.900><c> the</c><00:37:35.079><c> Lord's,</c><00:37:35.619><c> and</c><00:37:35.739><c> I</c><00:37:35.900><c> will</c><00:37:36.179><c> offer</c><00:37:36.460><c> it</c><00:37:36.659><c> up</c>

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.619
for<00:37:37.039><c> a</c><00:37:37.139><c> burnt</c><00:37:37.280><c> offering.</c>

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:39.360
So<00:37:37.880><c> he</c><00:37:38.000><c> makes</c><00:37:38.260><c> this</c><00:37:38.519><c> promise</c><00:37:38.820><c> to</c><00:37:39.119><c> God.</c>

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:43.340
Now<00:37:40.460><c> we'll</c><00:37:40.599><c> come</c><00:37:40.820><c> back</c><00:37:41.099><c> to</c><00:37:41.260><c> talk</c><00:37:41.480><c> about</c><00:37:41.719><c> this</c><00:37:42.500><c> in</c><00:37:42.960><c> a</c><00:37:43.119><c> moment,</c>

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:46.699
in<00:37:43.539><c> terms</c><00:37:43.880><c> of</c><00:37:44.099><c> what's</c><00:37:44.480><c> this</c><00:37:44.780><c> promise</c><00:37:45.099><c> all</c><00:37:45.300><c> about,</c><00:37:45.960><c> this</c><00:37:46.219><c> vow,</c>

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:49.340
and<00:37:47.139><c> how</c><00:37:47.440><c> did</c><00:37:47.579><c> it</c><00:37:47.800><c> work</c><00:37:48.019><c> out?</c>

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:53.019
Because<00:37:50.619><c> what</c><00:37:50.960><c> happens</c><00:37:51.300><c> next</c><00:37:51.679><c> is,</c><00:37:52.039><c> well,</c><00:37:52.179><c> he</c><00:37:52.300><c> takes</c><00:37:52.579><c> up</c><00:37:52.800><c> the</c>

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:55.199
fight,<00:37:53.780><c> verse</c><00:37:54.019><c> 32,</c>

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:59.340
and<00:37:56.139><c> the</c><00:37:56.280><c> outcome,</c><00:37:56.639><c> verse</c><00:37:56.940><c> 32,</c><00:37:57.940><c> is,</c>

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:02.039
Jephthah<00:37:59.840><c> passed</c><00:38:00.199><c> over</c><00:38:00.659><c> unto</c><00:38:00.940><c> the</c><00:38:01.139><c> children</c><00:38:01.440><c> of</c><00:38:01.639><c> Ammon</c><00:38:01.820><c> to</c>

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:03.840
fight<00:38:02.300><c> against</c><00:38:02.699><c> them,</c>

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:06.760
and<00:38:04.840><c> the</c><00:38:05.000><c> Lord</c><00:38:05.239><c> delivered</c><00:38:05.619><c> them</c><00:38:05.960><c> into</c><00:38:06.239><c> his</c><00:38:06.500><c> hands.</c>

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:09.199
And<00:38:07.099><c> so</c><00:38:07.300><c> Jephthah</c><00:38:07.699><c> wins</c><00:38:07.980><c> this</c><00:38:08.340><c> great</c><00:38:08.739><c> victory.</c>

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:11.699
But<00:38:09.500><c> you</c><00:38:09.659><c> notice</c><00:38:09.940><c> what</c><00:38:10.059><c> we</c><00:38:10.239><c> see</c><00:38:10.380><c> in</c><00:38:10.500><c> verse</c><00:38:10.619><c> 32?</c>

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:15.079
Jephthah<00:38:13.159><c> is</c><00:38:13.380><c> the</c><00:38:13.460><c> leader,</c><00:38:13.860><c> he's</c><00:38:14.159><c> the</c><00:38:14.340><c> fighter,</c>

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:21.800
but<00:38:16.539><c> verse</c><00:38:16.820><c> 32,</c><00:38:19.239><c> the</c><00:38:19.320><c> Lord</c><00:38:19.559><c> delivered</c><00:38:19.940><c> them</c><00:38:20.239><c> into</c><00:38:20.539><c> his</c><00:38:20.820><c> hands.</c>

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:25.880
And<00:38:23.820><c> so</c><00:38:24.099><c> that</c><00:38:24.300><c> brings</c><00:38:24.559><c> about</c><00:38:24.820><c> this</c><00:38:25.000><c> victory.</c>

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:30.699
Well,<00:38:28.179><c> as</c><00:38:28.579><c> sometimes</c><00:38:28.960><c> happens,</c><00:38:29.699><c> there's</c><00:38:29.880><c> this</c><00:38:30.059><c> victory,</c><00:38:30.619><c> and</c>

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:31.079
you<00:38:30.880><c> think,</c>

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:34.440
wow,<00:38:31.440><c> that's</c><00:38:31.719><c> great,</c><00:38:32.059><c> we</c><00:38:32.260><c> are</c><00:38:32.380><c> now</c><00:38:32.619><c> relieved</c><00:38:33.039><c> of</c><00:38:33.239><c> this</c><00:38:33.420><c> oppression,</c>

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:36.679
the<00:38:34.739><c> Ammonites</c><00:38:35.119><c> are</c><00:38:35.280><c> destroyed,</c><00:38:35.820><c> and</c><00:38:36.000><c> in</c><00:38:36.159><c> fact,</c><00:38:36.280><c> when</c><00:38:36.380><c> you</c><00:38:36.480><c> look</c><00:38:36.599><c> at</c>

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.360
the<00:38:36.760><c> next</c><00:38:37.039><c> verse,</c>

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:39.679
in<00:38:37.480><c> verse</c><00:38:37.699><c> 33,</c><00:38:38.380><c> it</c><00:38:38.559><c> was</c><00:38:38.800><c> a</c><00:38:38.880><c> massive</c><00:38:39.260><c> defeat.</c>

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:41.840
They<00:38:40.079><c> were</c><00:38:40.300><c> well</c><00:38:40.539><c> and</c><00:38:40.659><c> truly</c><00:38:40.820><c> beaten.</c>

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:46.219
But<00:38:43.280><c> not</c><00:38:43.480><c> everyone's</c><00:38:43.860><c> happy,</c><00:38:44.980><c> because</c><00:38:45.280><c> you</c><00:38:45.440><c> come</c><00:38:45.679><c> to</c><00:38:45.880><c> Judges</c>

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:47.900
chapter<00:38:46.500><c> 12.</c>

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:51.699
The<00:38:49.559><c> men</c><00:38:49.739><c> of</c><00:38:49.920><c> Ephraim</c><00:38:50.300><c> gathered</c><00:38:50.659><c> themselves</c><00:38:51.139><c> together,</c>

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:55.360
and<00:38:52.099><c> they</c><00:38:52.179><c> went</c><00:38:52.440><c> northward,</c><00:38:52.920><c> and</c><00:38:52.980><c> they</c><00:38:53.219><c> said</c><00:38:53.500><c> to</c><00:38:54.039><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:59.199
Wherefore<00:38:56.699><c> passest</c><00:38:57.179><c> thou</c><00:38:57.360><c> over</c><00:38:57.639><c> to</c><00:38:57.800><c> fight</c><00:38:58.039><c> against</c><00:38:58.340><c> the</c><00:38:58.559><c> children</c><00:38:58.760><c> of</c><00:38:59.019><c> Ammon,</c>

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:01.659
and<00:38:59.460><c> you</c><00:38:59.659><c> didn't</c><00:39:00.000><c> call</c><00:39:00.280><c> us</c><00:39:00.579><c> to</c><00:39:00.739><c> go</c><00:39:00.900><c> with</c><00:39:01.159><c> you?</c>

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:04.639
We're<00:39:02.280><c> going</c><00:39:02.380><c> to</c><00:39:02.539><c> come</c><00:39:02.760><c> now</c><00:39:03.059><c> and</c><00:39:03.280><c> burn</c><00:39:03.480><c> your</c><00:39:03.639><c> house.</c>

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:14.320
You<00:39:12.360><c> know,</c><00:39:13.019><c> life</c><00:39:13.059><c> gets</c><00:39:13.400><c> like</c><00:39:13.619><c> that</c><00:39:13.760><c> sometimes.</c>

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:16.920
You<00:39:14.860><c> do</c><00:39:15.119><c> a</c><00:39:15.260><c> really</c><00:39:15.519><c> good</c><00:39:15.719><c> job,</c><00:39:16.079><c> you</c><00:39:16.219><c> try</c><00:39:16.400><c> your</c><00:39:16.619><c> hardest,</c>

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:20.579
and<00:39:17.260><c> all</c><00:39:17.480><c> you</c><00:39:17.659><c> do</c><00:39:17.880><c> is</c><00:39:18.039><c> you</c><00:39:18.179><c> get</c><00:39:18.500><c> people</c><00:39:18.980><c> responding</c><00:39:19.500><c> like</c><00:39:19.760><c> this.</c>

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:24.699
And<00:39:21.699><c> it</c><00:39:21.860><c> happens,</c><00:39:22.800><c> and</c><00:39:22.980><c> it</c><00:39:23.059><c> is</c><00:39:23.280><c> very</c><00:39:23.619><c> frustrating.</c>

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:27.559
So<00:39:25.719><c> here</c><00:39:25.900><c> it</c><00:39:26.059><c> is,</c><00:39:26.420><c> these</c><00:39:26.739><c> people</c><00:39:27.039><c> of</c><00:39:27.280><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:29.000
we're<00:39:27.800><c> going</c><00:39:27.880><c> to</c><00:39:27.980><c> come</c><00:39:28.099><c> and</c><00:39:28.260><c> burn</c><00:39:28.360><c> your</c><00:39:28.500><c> house,</c><00:39:28.780><c> you</c><00:39:28.860><c> didn't</c>

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.519
call<00:39:29.239><c> us.</c>

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:36.059
So,<00:39:30.980><c> the</c><00:39:34.460><c> people</c><00:39:34.679><c> of</c><00:39:34.880><c> Ephraim</c><00:39:35.199><c> had</c><00:39:35.380><c> done</c><00:39:35.559><c> this</c><00:39:35.800><c> earlier.</c>

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:38.280
Do<00:39:36.260><c> you</c><00:39:36.260><c> remember</c><00:39:36.559><c> which</c><00:39:36.900><c> Judge</c><00:39:37.119><c> they</c><00:39:37.340><c> had</c><00:39:37.480><c> done</c><00:39:37.679><c> pretty</c><00:39:38.059><c> much</c>

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:40.460
the<00:39:38.519><c> same</c><00:39:38.820><c> thing</c><00:39:39.139><c> to</c><00:39:39.260><c> them?</c>

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:43.079
A<00:39:41.880><c> bit</c><00:39:42.000><c> of</c><00:39:42.179><c> a</c><00:39:42.280><c> test.</c>

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:48.460
Very<00:39:45.400><c> similar.</c><00:39:46.760><c> Who,</c><00:39:47.199><c> who,</c><00:39:47.519><c> which</c><00:39:47.780><c> Judge</c><00:39:48.000><c> was</c><00:39:48.199><c> that?</c>

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:51.980
Gideon,<00:39:49.579><c> yes,</c><00:39:49.760><c> Gideon.</c><00:39:50.340><c> Okay,</c><00:39:50.699><c> very</c><00:39:50.980><c> similar.</c>

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:58.679
You<00:39:54.079><c> see,</c><00:39:55.480><c> there's</c><00:39:55.800><c> a</c><00:39:55.920><c> lot</c><00:39:56.019><c> at</c><00:39:56.320><c> stake</c><00:39:56.539><c> here,</c><00:39:57.119><c> as</c><00:39:57.179><c> we</c><00:39:57.880><c> will</c><00:39:58.239><c> fathom</c><00:39:58.519><c> as</c>

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:00.000
we<00:39:58.820><c> go</c><00:39:59.059><c> through</c><00:39:59.300><c> this.</c>

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:03.340
It's<00:40:00.679><c> all</c><00:40:00.880><c> about</c><00:40:01.199><c> jealousy</c><00:40:01.739><c> and</c><00:40:02.179><c> leadership.</c>

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:08.639
And<00:40:05.139><c> one</c><00:40:05.659><c> fact</c><00:40:05.860><c> you</c><00:40:06.019><c> need</c><00:40:06.199><c> to</c><00:40:06.400><c> know</c><00:40:06.539><c> to</c><00:40:06.800><c> say,</c><00:40:07.260><c> well,</c><00:40:07.260><c> why</c><00:40:07.659><c> do</c><00:40:07.840><c> the</c><00:40:08.260><c> people</c><00:40:08.480><c> of</c>

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:10.400
Ephraim<00:40:08.940><c> do</c><00:40:09.179><c> this</c><00:40:09.460><c> now?</c>

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:14.019
Does<00:40:10.860><c> anyone</c><00:40:11.199><c> know</c><00:40:11.659><c> the</c><00:40:11.900><c> people</c><00:40:12.179><c> who</c><00:40:12.420><c> lived</c><00:40:12.559><c> in</c><00:40:12.820><c> Gilead,</c><00:40:13.139><c> which</c><00:40:13.480><c> tribe</c><00:40:13.840><c> did</c>

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:15.440
they<00:40:14.219><c> belong</c><00:40:14.420><c> to?</c>

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:23.119
I'll<00:40:21.760><c> give</c><00:40:21.880><c> you</c><00:40:22.000><c> a</c><00:40:22.059><c> little</c><00:40:22.360><c> clue.</c>

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:33.739
If<00:40:23.980><c> you</c><00:40:24.159><c> have</c><00:40:24.340><c> a</c><00:40:24.460><c> look</c><00:40:24.559><c> at</c><00:40:30.159><c> verse</c><00:40:32.440><c> four,</c><00:40:33.000><c> just</c><00:40:33.199><c> have</c><00:40:33.400><c> a</c><00:40:33.400><c> look</c><00:40:33.619><c> at</c>

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.340
verse<00:40:34.099><c> four.</c>

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:37.280
I'll<00:40:34.500><c> give</c><00:40:34.579><c> you</c><00:40:34.699><c> a</c><00:40:34.780><c> little</c><00:40:34.940><c> clue</c><00:40:35.280><c> as</c><00:40:35.519><c> to</c><00:40:35.679><c> what</c><00:40:35.980><c> tribe</c><00:40:36.119><c> the</c><00:40:36.380><c> people</c><00:40:36.599><c> of</c><00:40:36.800><c> Gilead,</c>

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:42.239
which<00:40:37.619><c> is</c><00:40:37.760><c> where</c><00:40:38.460><c> Jephthah</c><00:40:38.860><c> comes</c><00:40:39.099><c> from,</c><00:40:39.539><c> what</c><00:40:39.780><c> tribe</c><00:40:40.079><c> do</c><00:40:40.300><c> they</c><00:40:40.460><c> belong</c><00:40:40.719><c> to?</c>

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:49.099
Manasseh.

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:51.679
Okay,<00:40:49.840><c> now,</c><00:40:50.239><c> does</c><00:40:50.340><c> anyone</c><00:40:50.559><c> know</c><00:40:50.739><c> what's</c><00:40:50.980><c> the</c><00:40:51.099><c> relationship</c>

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.719
between<00:40:52.139><c> Manasseh,</c>

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:56.519
if<00:40:52.860><c> you</c><00:40:52.920><c> go</c><00:40:53.139><c> back</c><00:40:53.460><c> to</c><00:40:53.820><c> their</c><00:40:54.000><c> father,</c><00:40:55.219><c> what's</c><00:40:55.559><c> the</c><00:40:55.659><c> relationship</c><00:40:56.219><c> between</c>

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:58.099
Manasseh<00:40:57.039><c> and</c><00:40:57.219><c> Ephraim?</c>

00:40:58.420 --> 00:41:00.340
They<00:40:58.900><c> were</c><00:40:59.159><c> brothers.</c>

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:03.980
Okay,<00:41:01.900><c> so</c><00:41:02.179><c> you</c><00:41:02.300><c> can</c><00:41:02.559><c> now</c><00:41:02.800><c> just</c><00:41:03.159><c> put</c><00:41:03.340><c> the</c><00:41:03.519><c> picture</c><00:41:03.719><c> together.</c>

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:06.900
He's<00:41:04.519><c> big</c><00:41:04.880><c> brother,</c><00:41:05.159><c> Ephraim,</c><00:41:05.699><c> and</c><00:41:05.860><c> he</c><00:41:05.980><c> was</c><00:41:06.119><c> sort</c><00:41:06.360><c> of</c><00:41:06.440><c> the</c><00:41:06.579><c> bully</c><00:41:06.719><c> of</c>

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.400
the<00:41:07.059><c> family.</c>

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:12.019
Because<00:41:08.199><c> he</c><00:41:08.380><c> wasn't</c><00:41:08.639><c> the</c><00:41:08.880><c> firstborn,</c><00:41:10.519><c> and</c><00:41:10.800><c> yet</c><00:41:10.920><c> he'd</c><00:41:11.019><c> been</c><00:41:11.219><c> given</c><00:41:11.539><c> the</c><00:41:11.719><c> right</c><00:41:11.880><c> of</c>

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:13.179
the<00:41:12.199><c> firstborn.</c>

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:15.860
And<00:41:13.860><c> he</c><00:41:14.039><c> becomes</c><00:41:14.340><c> the</c><00:41:14.579><c> bully</c><00:41:14.739><c> of</c><00:41:14.900><c> the</c><00:41:15.059><c> family.</c>

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:18.940
And<00:41:17.019><c> Manasseh,</c><00:41:17.619><c> he's</c><00:41:17.760><c> his</c><00:41:18.000><c> brother.</c>

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:22.079
And<00:41:19.500><c> so</c><00:41:19.579><c> what's</c><00:41:19.880><c> happening</c><00:41:20.059><c> here</c><00:41:20.440><c> is</c><00:41:20.599><c> it's</c><00:41:20.860><c> like</c><00:41:21.059><c> one</c><00:41:21.340><c> brother,</c><00:41:21.800><c> that</c><00:41:21.920><c> is</c>

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:23.280
one<00:41:22.380><c> tribe,</c><00:41:22.719><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:26.159
saying<00:41:23.780><c> to</c><00:41:23.960><c> Manasseh,</c><00:41:25.139><c> why</c><00:41:25.260><c> didn't</c><00:41:25.360><c> you</c><00:41:25.519><c> tell</c><00:41:25.699><c> us?</c>

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:28.440
We're<00:41:26.719><c> going</c><00:41:26.800><c> to</c><00:41:26.860><c> come</c><00:41:27.099><c> and</c><00:41:27.219><c> beat</c><00:41:27.320><c> you</c><00:41:27.539><c> up.</c>

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:33.099
You<00:41:30.139><c> see,</c><00:41:30.340><c> young</c><00:41:30.480><c> people,</c><00:41:31.119><c> they're</c><00:41:31.539><c> treating</c><00:41:32.039><c> now</c><00:41:32.340><c> the</c><00:41:32.579><c> people</c><00:41:32.840><c> of</c>

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:36.219
Gilead<00:41:33.500><c> very</c><00:41:33.920><c> much</c><00:41:34.360><c> the</c><00:41:34.739><c> same</c><00:41:35.019><c> way</c>

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:39.860
as<00:41:37.079><c> the</c><00:41:37.280><c> people</c><00:41:37.460><c> of</c><00:41:37.619><c> Gilead</c><00:41:38.159><c> had</c><00:41:38.460><c> treated</c><00:41:38.960><c> Jephthah.</c>

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:44.019
As<00:41:41.360><c> Jephthah's</c><00:41:41.880><c> own</c><00:41:42.159><c> family,</c><00:41:42.699><c> his</c><00:41:42.860><c> own</c><00:41:43.059><c> household,</c><00:41:43.519><c> had</c><00:41:43.699><c> kicked</c><00:41:43.840><c> him</c>

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:45.039
out<00:41:44.139><c> of</c><00:41:44.260><c> the</c><00:41:44.420><c> house,</c>

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:49.070
so<00:41:45.739><c> now</c><00:41:46.079><c> what's</c><00:41:46.440><c> happening</c><00:41:46.739><c> is,</c><00:41:47.760><c> on</c><00:41:47.760><c> a</c><00:41:47.960><c> tribal</c><00:41:48.320><c> scene,</c>

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:53.280
the<00:41:50.079><c> tribe</c><00:41:50.280><c> of</c><00:41:50.500><c> Ephraim</c><00:41:50.960><c> is</c><00:41:51.139><c> now</c><00:41:51.480><c> trying</c><00:41:51.900><c> to</c><00:41:52.219><c> do</c><00:41:52.320><c> the</c><00:41:52.579><c> same</c><00:41:52.860><c> thing</c><00:41:53.119><c> to</c>

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:55.460
the<00:41:53.420><c> people</c><00:41:53.619><c> of</c><00:41:53.800><c> Gilead.</c>

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:58.059
And<00:41:55.920><c> so</c><00:41:56.019><c> it</c><00:41:56.119><c> is</c><00:41:56.300><c> quite</c><00:41:56.500><c> an</c><00:41:56.780><c> irony,</c><00:41:57.119><c> isn't</c><00:41:57.199><c> it,</c><00:41:57.440><c> that</c><00:41:57.579><c> this</c><00:41:57.880><c> is</c>

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:59.139
now<00:41:58.420><c> starting</c><00:41:58.719><c> to</c><00:41:59.000><c> happen.</c>

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:03.119
So<00:41:59.460><c> the</c><00:41:59.619><c> people</c><00:41:59.940><c> of</c><00:42:00.280><c> Ephraim</c><00:42:01.199><c> are</c><00:42:01.579><c> flexing</c><00:42:02.000><c> their</c><00:42:02.119><c> muscles.</c>

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:06.719
Well,<00:42:03.780><c> verse</c><00:42:03.880><c> two,</c><00:42:04.380><c> Jephthah</c><00:42:04.579><c> points</c><00:42:04.940><c> out,</c><00:42:05.900><c> I</c><00:42:05.980><c> did</c><00:42:06.300><c> ask</c><00:42:06.559><c> you</c>

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.900
to<00:42:06.940><c> come.</c>

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:10.219
And<00:42:08.800><c> do</c><00:42:08.920><c> you</c><00:42:08.920><c> notice</c><00:42:09.119><c> what</c><00:42:09.260><c> he</c><00:42:09.380><c> has</c><00:42:09.599><c> to</c><00:42:09.880><c> say?</c>

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:14.780
Verse<00:42:10.840><c> two,</c><00:42:12.440><c> I</c><00:42:12.739><c> and</c><00:42:12.940><c> my</c><00:42:13.219><c> people</c><00:42:13.500><c> were</c><00:42:13.760><c> at</c><00:42:13.920><c> great</c><00:42:14.199><c> strife</c><00:42:14.579><c> with</c>

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:16.119
the<00:42:14.940><c> children</c><00:42:15.199><c> of</c><00:42:15.420><c> Ammon,</c>

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:20.480
and<00:42:16.719><c> when</c><00:42:16.860><c> I</c><00:42:17.099><c> called</c><00:42:17.300><c> you,</c><00:42:17.719><c> you</c><00:42:19.159><c> delivered</c><00:42:19.559><c> me</c><00:42:19.900><c> not</c><00:42:20.059><c> out</c><00:42:20.360><c> of</c>

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.800
their<00:42:20.739><c> hands.</c>

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:24.699
Verse<00:42:22.099><c> three,</c><00:42:22.639><c> and</c><00:42:22.760><c> when</c><00:42:22.960><c> I</c><00:42:23.260><c> saw</c><00:42:23.440><c> that</c><00:42:23.639><c> you</c><00:42:23.800><c> delivered</c><00:42:24.099><c> me</c><00:42:24.320><c> not,</c><00:42:24.619><c> I</c>

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:26.059
put<00:42:24.880><c> my</c><00:42:25.159><c> life</c><00:42:25.400><c> in</c><00:42:25.539><c> my</c><00:42:25.820><c> hands,</c>

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:28.800
I<00:42:26.320><c> passed</c><00:42:26.619><c> over</c><00:42:26.920><c> to</c><00:42:27.099><c> the</c><00:42:27.199><c> children</c><00:42:27.460><c> of</c><00:42:27.679><c> Ammon,</c><00:42:28.159><c> and</c><00:42:28.380><c> the</c><00:42:28.599><c> Lord</c>

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:30.739
delivered<00:42:29.159><c> them</c><00:42:29.340><c> into</c><00:42:29.539><c> my</c><00:42:29.840><c> hand.</c>

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:35.099
Wherefore<00:42:32.440><c> then</c><00:42:32.639><c> are</c><00:42:32.739><c> you</c><00:42:32.980><c> come</c><00:42:33.260><c> up</c><00:42:33.460><c> this</c><00:42:33.760><c> day</c><00:42:34.019><c> to</c><00:42:34.260><c> fight</c><00:42:34.480><c> against</c><00:42:34.860><c> me?</c>

00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:36.639
So<00:42:35.360><c> again,</c><00:42:35.619><c> he</c><00:42:35.699><c> uses</c><00:42:36.000><c> diplomacy.</c>

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:39.960
And<00:42:37.059><c> what</c><00:42:37.199><c> he's</c><00:42:37.320><c> saying</c><00:42:37.539><c> is,</c><00:42:37.880><c> hey,</c><00:42:37.940><c> look,</c><00:42:38.079><c> I</c><00:42:38.159><c> did</c><00:42:38.420><c> ask</c><00:42:38.719><c> you,</c>

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.820
but<00:42:40.300><c> you</c><00:42:40.440><c> didn't</c><00:42:40.659><c> come.</c>

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:43.460
You<00:42:40.940><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:41.119><c> lift</c><00:42:41.380><c> one</c><00:42:41.820><c> finger</c><00:42:42.159><c> to</c><00:42:42.400><c> try</c><00:42:42.539><c> and</c><00:42:42.679><c> help.</c>

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:45.159
Now,<00:42:44.500><c> isn't</c><00:42:44.599><c> that</c><00:42:44.840><c> interesting?</c>

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.980
You<00:42:45.340><c> know,</c><00:42:45.460><c> sometimes</c><00:42:45.840><c> we</c><00:42:46.059><c> read</c><00:42:46.260><c> these</c><00:42:46.559><c> stories</c><00:42:46.920><c> of</c><00:42:47.519><c> men</c><00:42:47.760><c> of</c>

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:49.539
faith<00:42:48.159><c> and</c><00:42:48.360><c> think,</c><00:42:48.519><c> oh,</c><00:42:48.760><c> it</c><00:42:48.800><c> was</c><00:42:48.980><c> so</c><00:42:49.260><c> easy.</c>

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:52.440
You<00:42:49.920><c> know,</c><00:42:50.019><c> we</c><00:42:50.219><c> read,</c><00:42:50.699><c> the</c><00:42:50.860><c> spirit</c><00:42:51.159><c> of</c><00:42:51.360><c> the</c><00:42:51.360><c> Lord</c><00:42:51.559><c> was</c><00:42:51.860><c> with</c><00:42:52.199><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:55.460
so<00:42:52.639><c> he</c><00:42:52.699><c> just</c><00:42:52.820><c> went,</c><00:42:53.059><c> let's</c><00:42:53.920><c> fight</c><00:42:54.159><c> him</c><00:42:54.300><c> right</c><00:42:54.480><c> out</c><00:42:54.639><c> of</c><00:42:54.800><c> his</c><00:42:54.840><c> own.</c>

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:59.119
You<00:42:56.599><c> see</c><00:42:56.760><c> what</c><00:42:56.960><c> it's</c><00:42:57.360><c> saying</c><00:42:57.519><c> in</c><00:42:57.739><c> verse</c><00:42:58.019><c> three?</c>

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:04.179
When<00:43:00.119><c> Jephthah</c><00:43:00.500><c> went</c><00:43:00.719><c> into</c><00:43:00.840><c> that</c><00:43:01.159><c> fight,</c><00:43:01.559><c> he</c><00:43:01.820><c> was</c><00:43:02.699><c> scared</c><00:43:03.260><c> stiff.</c>

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:06.840
I<00:43:05.000><c> put</c><00:43:05.300><c> my</c><00:43:05.679><c> life</c><00:43:05.920><c> in</c><00:43:06.059><c> my</c><00:43:06.400><c> hands.</c>

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:09.119
Yes,<00:43:07.340><c> I</c><00:43:07.559><c> believe</c><00:43:07.960><c> God</c><00:43:08.219><c> would</c><00:43:08.460><c> deliver</c><00:43:08.739><c> me.</c>

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:12.960
I<00:43:09.579><c> believe</c><00:43:09.860><c> God</c><00:43:10.099><c> was</c><00:43:10.320><c> with</c><00:43:10.599><c> us,</c><00:43:11.139><c> but</c><00:43:11.340><c> it</c><00:43:11.760><c> still</c><00:43:12.000><c> terrified</c><00:43:12.599><c> me.</c>

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:15.099
And<00:43:13.280><c> yes,</c><00:43:13.460><c> I</c><00:43:13.619><c> am</c><00:43:13.820><c> a</c><00:43:13.960><c> great</c><00:43:14.139><c> warrior.</c>

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:18.219
You<00:43:16.000><c> see,</c><00:43:16.280><c> young</c><00:43:16.400><c> people,</c><00:43:16.800><c> faith</c><00:43:17.079><c> doesn't</c><00:43:17.440><c> mean</c><00:43:17.780><c> that</c><00:43:17.960><c> we</c><00:43:18.119><c> are</c>

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:19.219
just<00:43:18.440><c> so</c><00:43:18.760><c> confident</c>

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:22.000
that<00:43:19.519><c> everything</c><00:43:19.820><c> just</c><00:43:20.159><c> fits</c><00:43:20.320><c> into</c><00:43:20.639><c> place</c><00:43:20.980><c> and</c><00:43:21.500><c> it's</c><00:43:21.699><c> all</c>

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.639
smooth<00:43:22.360><c> sailing.</c>

00:43:22.780 --> 00:43:24.300
It's<00:43:22.980><c> not</c><00:43:23.159><c> that</c><00:43:23.320><c> at</c><00:43:23.519><c> all.</c>

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:26.719
Here<00:43:24.659><c> is</c><00:43:24.880><c> Jephthah</c><00:43:25.179><c> saying,</c><00:43:25.480><c> I</c><00:43:25.699><c> was</c><00:43:26.039><c> terrified.</c>

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:28.820
I<00:43:27.280><c> would</c><00:43:27.460><c> have</c><00:43:27.719><c> loved</c><00:43:28.000><c> you</c><00:43:28.139><c> to</c><00:43:28.340><c> come</c><00:43:28.460><c> with</c><00:43:28.659><c> me.</c>

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:32.219
In<00:43:29.000><c> fact,</c><00:43:29.539><c> I</c><00:43:29.739><c> wanted</c><00:43:30.000><c> you</c><00:43:30.300><c> to</c><00:43:30.519><c> be</c><00:43:30.800><c> there,</c><00:43:31.179><c> but</c><00:43:31.440><c> you</c><00:43:31.679><c> wouldn't.</c>

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:35.239
And<00:43:32.599><c> so,</c><00:43:32.780><c> as</c><00:43:33.000><c> a</c><00:43:33.119><c> result,</c><00:43:33.719><c> the</c><00:43:33.920><c> Ephraimites</c><00:43:34.340><c> come</c><00:43:34.599><c> up</c><00:43:34.800><c> and</c><00:43:34.900><c> they</c><00:43:35.119><c> say,</c>

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:36.860
right,<00:43:35.500><c> we</c><00:43:35.639><c> are</c><00:43:35.699><c> going</c><00:43:35.800><c> to</c><00:43:35.880><c> get</c><00:43:36.019><c> into</c><00:43:36.199><c> you</c><00:43:36.440><c> now.</c>

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:40.860
And<00:43:37.460><c> so,</c><00:43:37.820><c> once</c><00:43:38.039><c> again,</c><00:43:38.500><c> the</c><00:43:38.719><c> diplomacy</c><00:43:39.380><c> of</c><00:43:39.820><c> Jephthah</c><00:43:40.119><c> doesn't</c><00:43:40.460><c> work.</c>

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:45.480
He<00:43:41.340><c> tries,</c><00:43:43.679><c> but</c><00:43:44.000><c> the</c><00:43:44.260><c> fight</c><00:43:44.420><c> happens.</c>

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:49.460
And<00:43:46.699><c> so,</c><00:43:46.940><c> as</c><00:43:47.159><c> a</c><00:43:47.300><c> result</c><00:43:47.539><c> of</c><00:43:47.739><c> this,</c><00:43:48.159><c> the</c><00:43:48.280><c> people</c><00:43:48.500><c> of</c><00:43:48.719><c> Ephraim</c>

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.900
are<00:43:50.539><c> beaten.</c>

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:54.780
Now,<00:43:51.300><c> let's</c><00:43:51.579><c> just</c><00:43:51.980><c> look</c><00:43:52.179><c> at</c><00:43:52.300><c> verse</c><00:43:52.539><c> five</c><00:43:52.940><c> and</c><00:43:53.340><c> six.</c>

00:43:55.920 --> 00:44:00.119
The<00:43:56.159><c> Gileadites</c><00:43:56.840><c> took</c><00:43:57.079><c> the</c><00:43:57.400><c> passages</c><00:43:57.760><c> of</c><00:43:58.059><c> Jordan</c><00:43:58.579><c> before</c><00:43:59.380><c> the</c><00:43:59.579><c> Ephraimites</c>

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:03.000
and<00:44:00.260><c> it</c><00:44:00.260><c> was</c><00:44:00.539><c> so</c><00:44:00.739><c> that</c><00:44:01.219><c> when</c><00:44:01.500><c> those</c><00:44:01.880><c> of</c><00:44:02.019><c> the</c><00:44:02.219><c> Ephraimites</c><00:44:02.739><c> who</c>

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:03.900
were<00:44:03.260><c> escaped</c><00:44:03.519><c> said,</c>

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:08.159
let<00:44:04.519><c> me</c><00:44:04.699><c> go</c><00:44:05.000><c> over,</c><00:44:06.719><c> that</c><00:44:06.820><c> the</c><00:44:06.960><c> men</c><00:44:07.119><c> of</c><00:44:07.280><c> Gilead</c><00:44:07.539><c> said</c><00:44:07.760><c> to</c><00:44:07.900><c> them,</c>

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:10.039
aren't<00:44:08.480><c> thou</c><00:44:08.679><c> an</c><00:44:08.840><c> Ephraimite?</c>

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:16.840
And<00:44:11.519><c> if</c><00:44:11.639><c> he</c><00:44:11.820><c> said,</c><00:44:12.300><c> no,</c><00:44:14.460><c> then</c><00:44:14.760><c> said</c><00:44:15.019><c> they</c><00:44:15.320><c> unto</c><00:44:15.500><c> him,</c>

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:19.460
say<00:44:17.340><c> now,</c><00:44:18.480><c> Shibboleth.</c>

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:26.400
And<00:44:20.500><c> he</c><00:44:20.699><c> said,</c><00:44:21.579><c> Shibboleth,</c><00:44:23.420><c> for</c><00:44:23.619><c> he</c><00:44:23.840><c> could</c><00:44:24.079><c> not</c><00:44:24.360><c> frame</c><00:44:24.659><c> to</c><00:44:24.880><c> pronounce</c><00:44:25.179><c> it</c><00:44:25.440><c> right.</c>

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:30.199
Then<00:44:27.559><c> they</c><00:44:27.800><c> took</c><00:44:27.980><c> him</c><00:44:28.219><c> and</c><00:44:28.480><c> slew</c><00:44:28.679><c> him</c><00:44:28.880><c> at</c><00:44:29.039><c> the</c><00:44:29.280><c> passages</c><00:44:29.639><c> of</c><00:44:29.920><c> Jordan</c>

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:34.179
and<00:44:30.460><c> there</c><00:44:30.699><c> fell</c><00:44:30.840><c> at</c><00:44:30.960><c> that</c><00:44:31.300><c> time</c><00:44:31.559><c> of</c><00:44:31.780><c> the</c><00:44:31.980><c> Ephraimites</c><00:44:32.519><c> 42</c><00:44:33.179><c>,000.</c>

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.280
Isn't<00:44:34.760><c> that</c><00:44:34.940><c> amazing?</c>

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:39.159
They<00:44:35.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:36.219><c> provide</c><00:44:36.619><c> one</c><00:44:37.179><c> person</c><00:44:37.599><c> to</c><00:44:37.820><c> help</c><00:44:38.019><c> fight</c><00:44:38.280><c> against</c><00:44:38.559><c> the</c><00:44:38.719><c> Ammonites.</c>

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:42.820
They<00:44:39.719><c> had</c><00:44:40.019><c> enough</c><00:44:40.320><c> men,</c><00:44:40.559><c> at</c><00:44:40.659><c> least</c><00:44:40.960><c> 42</c><00:44:41.440><c>,000,</c><00:44:41.920><c> to</c><00:44:42.019><c> fight</c><00:44:42.239><c> against</c><00:44:42.579><c> their</c>

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:43.980
own<00:44:43.059><c> brothers.</c>

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:48.519
And<00:44:45.300><c> we</c><00:44:45.380><c> look</c><00:44:45.440><c> at</c><00:44:45.579><c> this</c><00:44:45.820><c> story</c><00:44:45.980><c> and</c><00:44:46.059><c> think,</c><00:44:46.239><c> well,</c><00:44:46.400><c> that's</c><00:44:47.820><c> strange</c><00:44:48.360><c> and</c>

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.119
a<00:44:48.619><c> bit</c><00:44:48.880><c> unusual</c>

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:53.079
and<00:44:50.059><c> Shibboleth,</c><00:44:50.539><c> Shibboleth,</c><00:44:51.599><c> Shibboleth,</c><00:44:52.599><c> what's</c><00:44:52.940><c> that</c>

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:54.039
all<00:44:53.260><c> about?</c>

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:57.820
You<00:44:54.860><c> know,</c><00:44:55.179><c> young</c><00:44:55.300><c> people,</c><00:44:55.599><c> there's</c><00:44:55.860><c> a</c><00:44:55.980><c> lot</c><00:44:56.119><c> more</c><00:44:56.360><c> to</c><00:44:56.579><c> this</c>

00:44:57.940 --> 00:45:01.280
than<00:44:58.460><c> just</c><00:44:58.739><c> simply</c><00:44:59.280><c> someone</c><00:44:59.820><c> not</c><00:45:00.039><c> being</c><00:45:00.280><c> able</c><00:45:00.519><c> to</c><00:45:00.800><c> say</c><00:45:01.039><c> the</c>

00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:02.739
words<00:45:01.619><c> correctly.</c>

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:08.880
There<00:45:06.340><c> was</c><00:45:06.539><c> a</c><00:45:06.840><c> discovery,</c><00:45:07.420><c> it's</c><00:45:07.579><c> a</c><00:45:07.719><c> little</c><00:45:07.860><c> while</c><00:45:08.079><c> ago</c><00:45:08.260><c> now,</c>

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:14.139
at<00:45:09.440><c> a</c><00:45:09.559><c> particular</c><00:45:09.980><c> tell</c><00:45:10.440><c> in</c><00:45:12.599><c> the</c><00:45:12.860><c> Middle</c><00:45:13.039><c> East.</c>

00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:19.940
And<00:45:15.179><c> what</c><00:45:15.380><c> they</c><00:45:15.679><c> found</c><00:45:15.980><c> was,</c><00:45:16.980><c> they</c><00:45:17.679><c> found</c><00:45:17.920><c> some</c><00:45:18.179><c> old</c><00:45:18.440><c> ancient</c><00:45:18.820><c> writing</c>

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:25.900
and<00:45:21.239><c> they</c><00:45:21.460><c> found</c><00:45:21.840><c> that</c><00:45:23.039><c> the</c><00:45:23.639><c> letter</c><00:45:24.179><c> S,</c><00:45:24.900><c> as</c><00:45:25.320><c> it</c><00:45:25.519><c> is</c><00:45:25.699><c> here,</c>

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:28.400
and<00:45:26.119><c> of</c><00:45:26.239><c> course</c><00:45:26.380><c> it's</c><00:45:26.539><c> not</c><00:45:26.699><c> the</c><00:45:26.780><c> letter</c><00:45:26.940><c> S,</c><00:45:27.199><c> but</c><00:45:27.340><c> it's</c><00:45:27.679><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:34.860
but<00:45:28.679><c> the</c><00:45:29.199><c> letter</c><00:45:29.440><c> S</c><00:45:30.079><c> was</c><00:45:31.380><c> actually</c><00:45:32.260><c> an</c><00:45:33.039><c> Amorite</c><00:45:33.619><c> sound,</c>

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:39.880
whereas<00:45:36.739><c> in</c><00:45:37.219><c> Shibboleth</c><00:45:37.739><c> was</c><00:45:38.199><c> a</c><00:45:38.539><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:38.860><c> sound,</c>

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:43.820
which<00:45:41.420><c> is</c><00:45:41.679><c> telling</c><00:45:41.880><c> us</c><00:45:42.559><c> that</c><00:45:43.019><c> there's</c><00:45:43.219><c> more</c><00:45:43.460><c> to</c><00:45:43.659><c> this</c>

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:46.599
than<00:45:44.000><c> just</c><00:45:44.239><c> simply</c><00:45:45.119><c> someone</c><00:45:45.599><c> not</c><00:45:45.800><c> being</c><00:45:45.940><c> able</c><00:45:46.079><c> to</c><00:45:46.280><c> say</c><00:45:46.420><c> the</c>

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:47.840
right<00:45:46.800><c> words.</c>

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:52.739
You<00:45:48.880><c> see,</c><00:45:49.780><c> under</c><00:45:50.079><c> Joshua,</c><00:45:50.719><c> when</c><00:45:51.119><c> the</c><00:45:51.360><c> Gileadites</c><00:45:51.980><c> came</c><00:45:52.440><c> into</c>

00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:53.440
the<00:45:52.960><c> land</c>

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:58.019
and<00:45:53.679><c> to</c><00:45:53.840><c> the</c><00:45:53.920><c> area</c><00:45:54.219><c> of</c><00:45:54.440><c> Gilead,</c><00:45:55.500><c> they</c><00:45:55.760><c> destroyed</c><00:45:56.360><c> all</c><00:45:56.719><c> of</c><00:45:56.840><c> the</c><00:45:56.960><c> Amorites,</c>

00:45:58.739 --> 00:46:00.039
wiped<00:45:58.880><c> them</c><00:45:59.059><c> all</c><00:45:59.239><c> out.</c>

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:05.079
But<00:46:02.400><c> we're</c><00:46:02.619><c> told</c><00:46:03.059><c> that</c><00:46:03.320><c> the</c><00:46:03.500><c> people</c><00:46:03.719><c> of</c><00:46:03.900><c> Ephraim</c><00:46:04.400><c> didn't.</c>

00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:07.380
They<00:46:05.539><c> left</c><00:46:05.780><c> some</c><00:46:06.099><c> of</c><00:46:06.260><c> the</c><00:46:06.440><c> Amorites</c><00:46:06.940><c> there.</c>

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:12.860
And<00:46:07.780><c> you</c><00:46:07.900><c> see,</c><00:46:08.039><c> what</c><00:46:08.219><c> happened</c><00:46:08.519><c> over</c><00:46:08.880><c> time</c><00:46:09.559><c> is</c><00:46:10.079><c> not</c><00:46:10.320><c> just</c><00:46:10.760><c> the</c>

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:14.280
behaviour<00:46:13.480><c> of</c><00:46:13.739><c> the</c><00:46:13.880><c> Amorites,</c>

00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:17.599
but<00:46:14.519><c> even</c><00:46:15.019><c> some</c><00:46:15.300><c> of</c><00:46:15.460><c> their</c><00:46:15.639><c> language</c><00:46:16.360><c> had</c><00:46:16.599><c> an</c><00:46:16.840><c> impact</c><00:46:17.199><c> on</c><00:46:17.380><c> the</c>

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:18.860
people<00:46:17.820><c> of</c><00:46:18.119><c> Ephraim.</c>

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:24.460
So<00:46:20.519><c> much</c><00:46:20.760><c> so</c><00:46:21.099><c> that</c><00:46:21.260><c> that's</c><00:46:21.579><c> why,</c><00:46:22.019><c> when</c><00:46:22.139><c> it</c><00:46:22.300><c> came</c><00:46:22.500><c> to</c><00:46:22.699><c> either</c><00:46:23.059><c> Shibboleth</c><00:46:23.420><c> or</c><00:46:23.679><c> Shibboleth,</c>

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:27.139
that's<00:46:25.199><c> why</c><00:46:25.440><c> the</c><00:46:25.699><c> Ephraimites</c><00:46:26.099><c> would</c><00:46:26.340><c> say</c><00:46:26.599><c> Shibboleth,</c>

00:46:27.179 --> 00:46:29.219
because<00:46:27.559><c> of</c><00:46:27.780><c> the</c><00:46:28.059><c> influence</c><00:46:28.500><c> of</c><00:46:28.719><c> the</c><00:46:28.880><c> Amorites.</c>

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:30.739
Now<00:46:29.440><c> isn't</c><00:46:29.559><c> that</c><00:46:29.780><c> amazing?</c>

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:34.139
It<00:46:31.199><c> wasn't</c><00:46:31.440><c> just</c><00:46:31.760><c> simply</c><00:46:32.079><c> an</c><00:46:32.619><c> unusual</c><00:46:33.079><c> thing,</c>

00:46:34.260 --> 00:46:36.659
it<00:46:34.500><c> was</c><00:46:34.699><c> actually</c><00:46:35.079><c> because</c><00:46:35.460><c> of</c><00:46:35.619><c> the</c><00:46:35.820><c> environment</c><00:46:36.300><c> that</c><00:46:36.460><c> they</c>

00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:37.260
had<00:46:36.800><c> come</c><00:46:37.000><c> from.</c>

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:41.400
And<00:46:37.679><c> so</c><00:46:37.820><c> as</c><00:46:38.039><c> a</c><00:46:38.179><c> result</c><00:46:38.400><c> of</c><00:46:38.639><c> that,</c><00:46:39.519><c> the</c><00:46:39.699><c> Ephraimites</c><00:46:40.199><c> were</c><00:46:40.460><c> beaten.</c>

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:45.699
And<00:46:42.219><c> so</c><00:46:42.500><c> verse</c><00:46:42.760><c> 7,</c><00:46:43.219><c> we</c><00:46:43.260><c> end</c><00:46:43.480><c> the</c><00:46:43.659><c> life</c><00:46:43.900><c> of</c><00:46:44.119><c> Jephthah.</c>

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:48.360
He<00:46:46.760><c> judged</c><00:46:47.039><c> Israel</c><00:46:47.480><c> six</c><00:46:47.840><c> years.</c>

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:50.320
Not<00:46:48.860><c> a</c><00:46:48.980><c> long</c><00:46:49.179><c> time.</c>

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:54.820
But<00:46:51.099><c> he</c><00:46:51.260><c> brought</c><00:46:51.480><c> about</c><00:46:51.880><c> relief</c><00:46:52.500><c> from</c><00:46:53.780><c> their</c><00:46:53.980><c> enemies.</c>

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:59.440
Let's<00:46:56.480><c> now</c><00:46:56.679><c> just</c><00:46:56.980><c> quickly</c><00:46:57.179><c> go</c><00:46:57.460><c> back</c><00:46:57.659><c> to</c><00:46:57.860><c> the</c><00:46:58.099><c> vow</c><00:46:58.360><c> of</c><00:46:58.960><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:01.960
and<00:47:00.119><c> then</c><00:47:00.360><c> draw</c><00:47:00.500><c> out</c><00:47:00.780><c> some</c><00:47:01.039><c> lessons.</c>

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:05.239
What's<00:47:03.179><c> this</c><00:47:03.500><c> vow,</c><00:47:03.760><c> this</c><00:47:03.960><c> promise</c><00:47:04.260><c> all</c><00:47:04.519><c> about?</c>

00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:08.360
Just<00:47:05.500><c> come</c><00:47:05.699><c> back</c><00:47:05.980><c> to</c><00:47:07.000><c> chapter</c><00:47:07.380><c> 11.</c>

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:11.239
And<00:47:09.219><c> unfortunately,</c><00:47:09.820><c> sometimes</c><00:47:10.280><c> this</c><00:47:10.480><c> is</c><00:47:10.659><c> seen</c><00:47:10.780><c> as</c><00:47:10.940><c> a</c><00:47:10.980><c> bit</c><00:47:11.079><c> of</c>

00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:12.960
a<00:47:11.440><c> controversial</c><00:47:12.019><c> subject,</c>

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:16.420
but<00:47:13.820><c> hopefully</c><00:47:14.320><c> we</c><00:47:14.480><c> can</c><00:47:14.719><c> take</c><00:47:14.980><c> some</c><00:47:15.260><c> positive</c><00:47:15.659><c> things</c><00:47:15.980><c> from</c><00:47:16.219><c> it.</c>

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:18.559
Have<00:47:16.679><c> a</c><00:47:16.760><c> look</c><00:47:16.960><c> at</c><00:47:17.320><c> Judges</c><00:47:17.699><c> 11.</c>

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:20.599
We<00:47:18.880><c> have</c><00:47:19.079><c> the</c><00:47:19.280><c> vow</c><00:47:19.500><c> that</c><00:47:19.699><c> he</c><00:47:19.840><c> makes.</c>

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.420
Verse<00:47:21.659><c> 30.</c>

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:25.840
He<00:47:23.820><c> makes</c><00:47:24.099><c> this</c><00:47:24.400><c> vow</c><00:47:24.599><c> and</c><00:47:24.760><c> he</c><00:47:24.920><c> says,</c>

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:29.920
If<00:47:25.920><c> you</c><00:47:26.239><c> will</c><00:47:26.480><c> without</c><00:47:26.840><c> fail</c><00:47:27.340><c> deliver</c><00:47:27.860><c> me</c><00:47:28.360><c> from</c><00:47:29.059><c> the</c><00:47:29.420><c> Amorites,</c>

00:47:30.059 --> 00:47:31.480
well<00:47:30.219><c> then,</c><00:47:30.440><c> verse</c><00:47:30.719><c> 31,</c>

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:35.420
Whatsoever<00:47:33.320><c> comes</c><00:47:33.820><c> forth</c><00:47:34.179><c> out</c><00:47:34.380><c> of</c><00:47:34.480><c> the</c><00:47:34.639><c> doors</c><00:47:34.840><c> of</c><00:47:35.019><c> my</c><00:47:35.199><c> house</c>

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:36.079
to<00:47:35.679><c> meet</c><00:47:35.820><c> me,</c>

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:39.960
when<00:47:36.820><c> I</c><00:47:37.579><c> return</c><00:47:37.940><c> in</c><00:47:38.219><c> peace</c><00:47:38.400><c> from</c><00:47:38.579><c> the</c><00:47:38.719><c> children</c><00:47:38.940><c> of</c><00:47:39.179><c> Ammon,</c>

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:42.659
it<00:47:40.019><c> will</c><00:47:40.119><c> be</c><00:47:40.380><c> the</c><00:47:40.599><c> Lord's</c><00:47:41.159><c> and</c><00:47:41.199><c> I</c><00:47:41.380><c> will</c><00:47:41.619><c> offer</c><00:47:41.840><c> it</c><00:47:42.039><c> up</c><00:47:42.260><c> for</c><00:47:42.480><c> a</c>

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:43.880
burnt<00:47:42.860><c> offering.</c>

00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:46.860
So<00:47:44.599><c> he's</c><00:47:44.860><c> seeking</c><00:47:45.079><c> here</c><00:47:45.320><c> assurance</c><00:47:45.679><c> from</c><00:47:45.920><c> God.</c>

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:52.679
If<00:47:47.940><c> you</c><00:47:48.199><c> deliver</c><00:47:48.639><c> them</c><00:47:48.940><c> into</c><00:47:49.139><c> my</c><00:47:49.400><c> hands,</c><00:47:49.820><c> I</c><00:47:50.079><c> will</c><00:47:50.340><c> deliver</c><00:47:50.679><c> something</c><00:47:51.119><c> for</c><00:47:51.679><c> you.</c>

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:56.300
Now<00:47:53.940><c> it's</c><00:47:54.099><c> interesting</c><00:47:54.500><c> young</c><00:47:54.699><c> people,</c><00:47:55.039><c> you</c><00:47:55.179><c> won't</c><00:47:55.460><c> find</c><00:47:55.739><c> anywhere</c><00:47:56.099><c> in</c>

00:47:56.300 --> 00:47:57.769
the<00:47:56.500><c> story</c><00:47:56.820><c> of</c><00:47:57.019><c> Jephthah,</c>

00:47:59.199 --> 00:48:02.340
where<00:47:59.320><c> God</c><00:47:59.539><c> gives</c><00:47:59.820><c> him</c><00:48:00.039><c> the</c><00:48:00.260><c> assurance</c><00:48:00.579><c> that</c><00:48:00.739><c> he</c><00:48:00.840><c> will</c><00:48:01.059><c> definitely</c><00:48:01.400><c> win.</c>

00:48:02.699 --> 00:48:05.840
As<00:48:02.960><c> we</c><00:48:03.179><c> saw</c><00:48:03.440><c> when</c><00:48:03.619><c> he</c><00:48:03.820><c> talks</c><00:48:04.059><c> to</c><00:48:04.280><c> the</c><00:48:04.460><c> Ephraimites,</c><00:48:04.900><c> he</c><00:48:05.059><c> said,</c>

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:09.800
My<00:48:06.360><c> life</c><00:48:06.940><c> was</c><00:48:07.139><c> in</c><00:48:07.219><c> my</c><00:48:07.440><c> hands,</c><00:48:07.619><c> I</c><00:48:07.719><c> had</c><00:48:07.980><c> no</c><00:48:08.199><c> idea</c><00:48:08.619><c> that</c><00:48:08.800><c> it</c><00:48:08.960><c> was</c><00:48:09.099><c> actually</c><00:48:09.400><c> going</c><00:48:09.599><c> to</c>

00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:11.059
definitely<00:48:10.079><c> work.</c>

00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:14.159
Because<00:48:11.639><c> nowhere</c><00:48:11.880><c> does</c><00:48:12.099><c> God</c><00:48:12.260><c> say</c><00:48:12.480><c> to</c><00:48:12.579><c> him,</c><00:48:13.099><c> it</c><00:48:13.239><c> will.</c>

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:16.860
He<00:48:14.659><c> believes</c><00:48:15.059><c> that</c><00:48:15.300><c> God</c><00:48:15.440><c> is</c><00:48:15.679><c> there,</c><00:48:16.079><c> he</c><00:48:16.199><c> believes</c><00:48:16.539><c> that</c><00:48:16.719><c> God</c>

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:18.119
is<00:48:17.139><c> fighting</c><00:48:17.460><c> for</c><00:48:17.719><c> him,</c>

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:20.679
but<00:48:18.579><c> he</c><00:48:18.719><c> has</c><00:48:18.840><c> not</c><00:48:19.039><c> been</c><00:48:19.280><c> told</c><00:48:19.559><c> the</c><00:48:19.800><c> outcome.</c>

00:48:21.739 --> 00:48:24.139
Now<00:48:21.980><c> it's</c><00:48:22.219><c> interesting</c><00:48:22.579><c> if</c><00:48:22.719><c> you've</c><00:48:22.900><c> got</c><00:48:22.980><c> an</c><00:48:23.219><c> authorised</c><00:48:23.719><c> version,</c>

00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:26.679
again<00:48:24.579><c> just</c><00:48:24.980><c> in</c><00:48:25.340><c> terms</c><00:48:25.639><c> of</c><00:48:26.059><c> a</c><00:48:26.260><c> margin,</c>

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:28.599
at<00:48:27.320><c> the</c><00:48:27.400><c> end</c><00:48:27.539><c> of</c><00:48:27.639><c> verse</c><00:48:27.860><c> 31,</c>

00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:31.500
where<00:48:30.380><c> it</c><00:48:30.579><c> says,</c>

00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:34.639
When<00:48:32.079><c> I</c><00:48:32.280><c> return</c><00:48:32.579><c> in</c><00:48:32.860><c> peace</c><00:48:33.039><c> from</c><00:48:33.219><c> the</c><00:48:33.400><c> children</c><00:48:33.619><c> of</c><00:48:33.840><c> Ammon,</c>

00:48:35.719 --> 00:48:38.480
whatever<00:48:36.320><c> comes</c><00:48:36.739><c> out</c><00:48:37.300><c> from</c><00:48:37.480><c> the</c><00:48:37.659><c> doors,</c>

00:48:38.739 --> 00:48:41.800
I<00:48:39.340><c> will</c><00:48:39.599><c> offer</c><00:48:39.860><c> it</c><00:48:40.059><c> up</c><00:48:40.219><c> for</c><00:48:40.460><c> a</c><00:48:40.639><c> burnt</c><00:48:40.820><c> offering.</c>

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:46.000
And<00:48:42.679><c> in</c><00:48:42.780><c> the</c><00:48:42.980><c> margin</c><00:48:43.260><c> it</c><00:48:43.539><c> has</c><00:48:43.920><c> just</c><00:48:44.340><c> a</c><00:48:45.320><c> slight</c><00:48:45.619><c> difference.</c>

00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:50.099
It<00:48:46.199><c> says,</c><00:48:47.500><c> or</c><00:48:47.880><c> I</c><00:48:48.139><c> will</c><00:48:48.420><c> offer</c><00:48:48.739><c> it.</c>

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:52.360
So<00:48:50.559><c> instead</c><00:48:50.880><c> of</c><00:48:51.119><c> and</c><00:48:51.460><c> I</c><00:48:51.639><c> will</c><00:48:51.860><c> offer</c><00:48:52.059><c> it,</c>

00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:55.400
it<00:48:52.699><c> offers</c><00:48:53.000><c> the</c><00:48:53.280><c> suggestion</c><00:48:53.820><c> that</c><00:48:54.440><c> whatever</c><00:48:54.840><c> comes</c><00:48:55.119><c> out</c><00:48:55.300><c> of</c>

00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:56.079
the<00:48:55.579><c> doors</c>

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:58.440
shall<00:48:56.539><c> surely</c><00:48:56.940><c> be</c><00:48:57.280><c> the</c><00:48:57.539><c> Lord's,</c>

00:48:58.440 --> 00:49:01.599
or<00:48:58.760><c> I</c><00:48:59.059><c> will</c><00:48:59.320><c> offer</c><00:48:59.599><c> it</c><00:48:59.800><c> up</c><00:49:00.139><c> for</c><00:49:00.340><c> a</c><00:49:00.500><c> burnt</c><00:49:00.639><c> offering.</c>

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:06.539
And<00:49:02.960><c> we</c><00:49:03.139><c> say,</c><00:49:03.639><c> well</c><00:49:03.639><c> what</c><00:49:04.199><c> was</c><00:49:04.840><c> Jeb</c><00:49:05.019><c> for</c><00:49:05.199><c> thinking</c><00:49:05.599><c> about?</c>

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:09.860
He<00:49:08.239><c> talks</c><00:49:08.460><c> about</c><00:49:08.820><c> whatever</c><00:49:09.199><c> comes</c><00:49:09.579><c> out,</c>

00:49:10.059 --> 00:49:11.780
but<00:49:10.199><c> it's</c><00:49:10.440><c> interesting</c><00:49:10.780><c> again</c><00:49:11.019><c> when</c><00:49:11.159><c> you</c><00:49:11.280><c> look</c><00:49:11.440><c> at</c><00:49:11.559><c> some</c>

00:49:11.780 --> 00:49:12.960
other<00:49:12.079><c> translations,</c>

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:16.039
they<00:49:14.599><c> change</c><00:49:14.980><c> that.</c>

00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:20.039
The<00:49:18.019><c> emphasised</c><00:49:18.679><c> Bible,</c>

00:49:21.159 --> 00:49:23.699
whosoever<00:49:21.679><c> comes</c><00:49:22.559><c> forth,</c>

00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:26.719
the<00:49:25.079><c> revised</c><00:49:25.480><c> standard</c><00:49:25.840><c> version,</c>

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:29.360
then<00:49:27.719><c> whoever</c><00:49:28.119><c> comes</c><00:49:28.500><c> forth.</c>

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:31.800
So<00:49:30.000><c> it's</c><00:49:30.480><c> not</c><00:49:30.639><c> necessarily</c><00:49:31.219><c> a</c><00:49:31.559><c> what,</c>

00:49:31.940 --> 00:49:33.659
it<00:49:32.059><c> can</c><00:49:32.340><c> be</c><00:49:32.659><c> a</c><00:49:32.880><c> who.</c>

00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:37.840
And<00:49:34.179><c> we</c><00:49:34.360><c> think,</c><00:49:35.480><c> what</c><00:49:35.599><c> are</c><00:49:35.699><c> you</c><00:49:35.900><c> talking</c><00:49:36.179><c> about,</c><00:49:37.699><c> Jeb?</c>

00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:41.960
Are<00:49:38.059><c> you</c><00:49:38.219><c> talking</c><00:49:38.420><c> about</c><00:49:39.219><c> someone</c><00:49:39.800><c> coming</c><00:49:40.260><c> out</c><00:49:40.579><c> of</c><00:49:40.800><c> your</c><00:49:41.119><c> own</c><00:49:41.480><c> doors,</c>

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:43.079
your<00:49:42.320><c> own</c><00:49:42.519><c> house,</c>

00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:46.900
and<00:49:43.699><c> you're</c><00:49:43.940><c> going</c><00:49:44.179><c> to</c><00:49:44.579><c> offer</c><00:49:44.820><c> them</c><00:49:45.079><c> up</c><00:49:45.380><c> as</c><00:49:45.639><c> a</c><00:49:45.780><c> burnt</c><00:49:45.920><c> offering?</c>

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:49.679
It's<00:49:47.880><c> not</c><00:49:48.079><c> just</c><00:49:48.579><c> a</c><00:49:49.039><c> what,</c><00:49:49.260><c> it's</c><00:49:49.440><c> a</c><00:49:49.539><c> who.</c>

00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:50.800
And<00:49:49.960><c> when</c><00:49:50.079><c> you</c><00:49:50.260><c> think</c><00:49:50.420><c> about</c><00:49:50.659><c> it,</c>

00:49:51.099 --> 00:49:53.360
he's<00:49:51.380><c> talking,</c><00:49:51.800><c> verse</c><00:49:52.099><c> 31,</c><00:49:52.539><c> about</c><00:49:52.679><c> what's</c><00:49:52.980><c> coming</c><00:49:53.099><c> out</c><00:49:53.300><c> of</c>

00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:55.119
his<00:49:53.519><c> own</c><00:49:54.179><c> doors.</c>

00:49:55.860 --> 00:49:58.539
So<00:49:56.239><c> it</c><00:49:56.659><c> would</c><00:49:56.900><c> probably</c><00:49:57.119><c> be</c><00:49:57.360><c> a</c><00:49:57.440><c> little</c><00:49:57.599><c> bit</c><00:49:57.780><c> unfeasible</c><00:49:58.260><c> to</c><00:49:58.420><c> think,</c>

00:49:58.860 --> 00:50:00.780
what<00:49:58.860><c> he</c><00:49:58.920><c> meant</c><00:49:59.019><c> was</c><00:49:59.219><c> a</c><00:49:59.360><c> whole</c><00:49:59.539><c> herd</c><00:49:59.679><c> of</c><00:49:59.880><c> cattle</c><00:50:00.059><c> coming</c><00:50:00.360><c> through</c><00:50:00.599><c> the</c>

00:50:00.780 --> 00:50:01.460
front<00:50:00.980><c> doors,</c>

00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:04.500
but<00:50:02.280><c> he's</c><00:50:02.500><c> talking</c><00:50:02.840><c> about</c><00:50:03.099><c> his</c><00:50:03.320><c> own</c><00:50:03.539><c> doors.</c>

00:50:04.760 --> 00:50:08.260
Verse<00:50:05.019><c> 31,</c><00:50:05.559><c> whatever</c><00:50:05.840><c> comes</c><00:50:06.159><c> through</c><00:50:06.440><c> the</c><00:50:06.619><c> doors</c><00:50:06.880><c> of</c><00:50:07.059><c> my</c><00:50:07.239><c> house.</c>

00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:10.900
And<00:50:09.480><c> as</c><00:50:09.639><c> I</c><00:50:09.739><c> said,</c><00:50:09.880><c> it</c><00:50:09.960><c> would</c><00:50:10.059><c> be</c><00:50:10.199><c> unusual</c><00:50:10.539><c> to</c><00:50:10.739><c> say,</c>

00:50:11.199 --> 00:50:15.079
I'm<00:50:11.460><c> expecting</c><00:50:11.820><c> a</c><00:50:12.659><c> cow</c><00:50:12.980><c> to</c><00:50:13.179><c> come</c><00:50:13.380><c> through,</c><00:50:13.679><c> or</c><00:50:13.940><c> a</c><00:50:14.179><c> bull.</c>

00:50:15.780 --> 00:50:18.619
And<00:50:16.260><c> that's</c><00:50:16.519><c> why</c><00:50:16.880><c> some</c><00:50:17.079><c> of</c><00:50:17.239><c> the</c><00:50:17.460><c> translations</c><00:50:17.880><c> struggle</c><00:50:18.440><c> in</c>

00:50:18.619 --> 00:50:19.219
terms<00:50:18.920><c> of,</c>

00:50:19.380 --> 00:50:22.780
well<00:50:19.400><c> are</c><00:50:19.460><c> we</c><00:50:19.679><c> talking</c><00:50:19.880><c> about</c><00:50:20.320><c> what</c><00:50:20.780><c> or</c><00:50:21.860><c> who?</c>

00:50:25.320 --> 00:50:29.039
We've<00:50:25.800><c> already</c><00:50:26.079><c> seen</c><00:50:26.380><c> that</c><00:50:26.639><c> Jephthah</c><00:50:26.940><c> had</c><00:50:27.139><c> a</c><00:50:27.340><c> very</c><00:50:27.679><c> good</c><00:50:27.880><c> knowledge</c>

00:50:29.400 --> 00:50:31.480
of<00:50:29.880><c> the</c><00:50:30.039><c> early</c><00:50:30.219><c> books</c><00:50:30.420><c> of</c><00:50:30.579><c> the</c><00:50:30.699><c> Bible.</c>

00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:36.360
One<00:50:33.079><c> of</c><00:50:33.179><c> those</c><00:50:33.400><c> books</c><00:50:34.199><c> made</c><00:50:34.599><c> it</c><00:50:34.800><c> very</c><00:50:35.059><c> clear</c>

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:40.179
that<00:50:37.719><c> human</c><00:50:38.019><c> sacrifice</c><00:50:38.679><c> was</c><00:50:39.000><c> not</c><00:50:39.159><c> to</c><00:50:39.360><c> happen.</c>

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:45.400
So<00:50:41.239><c> I</c><00:50:41.300><c> would</c><00:50:41.460><c> suggest</c><00:50:41.960><c> that</c><00:50:43.019><c> Jephthah</c><00:50:43.519><c> would</c><00:50:43.699><c> be</c><00:50:43.920><c> aware</c><00:50:44.139><c> of</c><00:50:44.360><c> that.</c>

00:50:45.860 --> 00:50:49.059
Human<00:50:46.340><c> sacrifice,</c><00:50:46.880><c> that's</c><00:50:47.380><c> what</c><00:50:48.019><c> the</c><00:50:48.420><c> gods</c><00:50:48.599><c> of</c><00:50:48.780><c> the</c><00:50:48.900><c> other</c>

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:49.860
nations<00:50:49.480><c> did.</c>

00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:52.760
It<00:50:50.320><c> was</c><00:50:50.599><c> not</c><00:50:50.800><c> to</c><00:50:51.039><c> happen</c><00:50:51.239><c> in</c><00:50:51.440><c> the</c><00:50:51.619><c> people</c><00:50:51.880><c> of</c><00:50:52.119><c> God.</c>

00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:56.119
And<00:50:54.059><c> so</c><00:50:54.260><c> that's</c><00:50:54.500><c> why</c><00:50:54.760><c> I</c><00:50:54.920><c> would</c><00:50:55.079><c> suggest</c><00:50:55.519><c> that</c><00:50:55.699><c> what</c><00:50:55.840><c> you</c><00:50:56.019><c> have</c>

00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:56.739
in<00:50:56.239><c> the</c><00:50:56.480><c> margin</c>

00:50:56.739 --> 00:51:00.159
of<00:50:56.940><c> the</c><00:50:57.159><c> authorised</c><00:50:57.599><c> version</c><00:50:58.159><c> is</c><00:50:59.260><c> possibly</c><00:50:59.699><c> where</c><00:50:59.960><c> that</c>

00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:01.380
comes<00:51:00.440><c> from.</c>

00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:06.869
It's<00:51:01.760><c> either,</c><00:51:03.699><c> it</c><00:51:03.820><c> will</c><00:51:04.039><c> be</c><00:51:04.239><c> Yahweh's,</c><00:51:05.619><c> it</c><00:51:05.739><c> will</c><00:51:05.940><c> be</c><00:51:06.139><c> God's,</c>

00:51:07.780 --> 00:51:10.480
or<00:51:08.059><c> I</c><00:51:08.239><c> will</c><00:51:08.480><c> offer</c><00:51:08.679><c> it</c><00:51:08.880><c> up</c><00:51:09.099><c> as</c><00:51:09.340><c> a</c><00:51:09.440><c> burnt</c><00:51:09.599><c> offering.</c>

00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:12.900
Well<00:51:11.940><c> how</c><00:51:12.079><c> did</c><00:51:12.199><c> it</c><00:51:12.300><c> all</c><00:51:12.440><c> work</c><00:51:12.699><c> out?</c>

00:51:13.139 --> 00:51:18.920
If<00:51:13.239><c> you</c><00:51:13.239><c> come</c><00:51:13.420><c> down</c><00:51:13.760><c> to</c><00:51:14.960><c> verse</c><00:51:15.340><c> 34,</c><00:51:18.039><c> when</c><00:51:18.239><c> he</c><00:51:18.360><c> comes</c><00:51:18.599><c> home,</c>

00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:20.900
the<00:51:19.139><c> first</c><00:51:19.360><c> thing</c><00:51:19.519><c> that</c><00:51:19.780><c> happens</c><00:51:20.079><c> is</c><00:51:20.340><c> that</c><00:51:20.480><c> his</c><00:51:20.679><c> daughter</c>

00:51:20.900 --> 00:51:22.159
comes<00:51:21.179><c> out.</c>

00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:26.059
And<00:51:23.960><c> let's</c><00:51:24.360><c> just</c><00:51:24.619><c> read</c><00:51:24.760><c> verse</c><00:51:24.960><c> 34</c><00:51:25.360><c> because</c><00:51:25.559><c> it</c><00:51:25.679><c> gives</c><00:51:25.860><c> us</c>

00:51:26.059 --> 00:51:28.679
some<00:51:26.260><c> very</c><00:51:26.699><c> important</c><00:51:27.039><c> information.</c>

00:51:30.340 --> 00:51:32.619
Jephthah<00:51:30.599><c> came</c><00:51:30.900><c> to</c><00:51:31.099><c> Mizpah</c><00:51:31.440><c> and</c><00:51:31.599><c> to</c><00:51:31.719><c> his</c><00:51:31.860><c> house</c><00:51:32.139><c> and</c><00:51:32.340><c> behold,</c>

00:51:32.739 --> 00:51:35.380
his<00:51:32.840><c> daughter</c><00:51:33.059><c> came</c><00:51:33.380><c> out</c><00:51:33.619><c> to</c><00:51:33.780><c> meet</c><00:51:34.000><c> him</c><00:51:34.260><c> with</c><00:51:34.539><c> timbrels</c><00:51:35.119><c> and</c>

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:36.940
with<00:51:35.599><c> dances.</c>

00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:42.719
And<00:51:40.039><c> she</c><00:51:40.340><c> was</c><00:51:40.539><c> his</c><00:51:40.820><c> only</c><00:51:41.239><c> child.</c>

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:46.820
Beside<00:51:44.139><c> her</c><00:51:44.519><c> he</c><00:51:44.739><c> had</c><00:51:45.039><c> neither</c><00:51:45.420><c> son</c><00:51:45.699><c> nor</c><00:51:45.980><c> daughter.</c>

00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:49.019
What's<00:51:47.639><c> that</c><00:51:47.820><c> telling</c><00:51:48.059><c> us?</c>

00:51:49.719 --> 00:51:53.539
It's<00:51:50.400><c> telling</c><00:51:50.539><c> us</c><00:51:50.780><c> young</c><00:51:50.960><c> people</c><00:51:51.460><c> that</c><00:51:52.199><c> Jephthah's</c><00:51:52.980><c> inheritance</c>

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:55.960
all<00:51:54.139><c> depended</c><00:51:54.599><c> on</c><00:51:54.820><c> this</c><00:51:55.159><c> girl.</c>

00:51:57.179 --> 00:51:59.559
That's<00:51:57.480><c> the</c><00:51:57.599><c> only</c><00:51:57.900><c> child</c><00:51:58.219><c> he's</c><00:51:58.639><c> got.</c>

00:52:00.780 --> 00:52:04.400
The<00:52:00.960><c> only</c><00:52:01.400><c> hope</c><00:52:01.679><c> he</c><00:52:01.820><c> has</c><00:52:02.099><c> of</c><00:52:02.360><c> receiving</c><00:52:02.880><c> his</c><00:52:03.340><c> father's</c><00:52:04.019><c> inheritance,</c>

00:52:04.820 --> 00:52:08.820
of<00:52:04.960><c> having</c><00:52:05.219><c> a</c><00:52:05.500><c> name</c><00:52:05.739><c> in</c><00:52:05.980><c> Israel,</c><00:52:06.920><c> is</c><00:52:07.260><c> through</c><00:52:07.599><c> this</c><00:52:07.960><c> girl.</c>

00:52:09.739 --> 00:52:12.019
That's<00:52:10.179><c> the</c><00:52:10.340><c> only</c><00:52:10.579><c> child</c><00:52:10.820><c> he</c><00:52:11.019><c> has.</c>

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:15.219
If<00:52:13.079><c> he</c><00:52:13.340><c> loses</c><00:52:13.679><c> this</c><00:52:14.059><c> girl,</c><00:52:14.579><c> you</c><00:52:14.800><c> know</c><00:52:15.000><c> what?</c>

00:52:15.219 --> 00:52:19.820
He's<00:52:15.840><c> back</c><00:52:16.300><c> where</c><00:52:16.760><c> he</c><00:52:17.179><c> started</c><00:52:17.480><c> back</c><00:52:17.800><c> in</c><00:52:17.980><c> chapter</c><00:52:18.260><c> 11,</c><00:52:18.599><c> verse</c><00:52:18.800><c> 2.</c>

00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:21.820
He's<00:52:20.579><c> lost</c><00:52:20.840><c> everything.</c>

00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:24.380
Everything<00:52:22.579><c> depends</c><00:52:23.079><c> on</c><00:52:23.260><c> this</c><00:52:23.579><c> girl.</c>

00:52:26.800 --> 00:52:30.820
And<00:52:27.000><c> so</c><00:52:27.179><c> now</c><00:52:27.400><c> this</c><00:52:27.699><c> girl</c><00:52:27.980><c> is</c><00:52:28.239><c> going</c><00:52:28.380><c> to</c><00:52:28.579><c> be</c><00:52:28.739><c> given</c><00:52:29.139><c> to</c><00:52:29.860><c> God.</c>

00:52:32.460 --> 00:52:35.159
And<00:52:32.599><c> so</c><00:52:32.840><c> verse</c><00:52:33.059><c> 35,</c><00:52:33.920><c> it</c><00:52:33.920><c> came</c><00:52:34.139><c> to</c><00:52:34.360><c> pass</c><00:52:34.539><c> when</c><00:52:34.719><c> he</c><00:52:34.960><c> saw,</c>

00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:36.619
he<00:52:35.480><c> read</c><00:52:35.659><c> his</c><00:52:35.980><c> clothes</c><00:52:36.179><c> and</c><00:52:36.320><c> he</c><00:52:36.480><c> said,</c>

00:52:36.860 --> 00:52:39.920
Alas<00:52:37.260><c> my</c><00:52:37.500><c> daughter,</c><00:52:37.960><c> thou</c><00:52:38.019><c> hast</c><00:52:38.199><c> brought</c><00:52:38.440><c> me</c><00:52:38.599><c> very</c><00:52:38.960><c> low.</c>

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:42.539
For<00:52:40.699><c> thou</c><00:52:40.940><c> art</c><00:52:41.119><c> one</c><00:52:41.380><c> of</c><00:52:41.539><c> them</c><00:52:41.699><c> that</c><00:52:41.940><c> trouble</c><00:52:42.219><c> me,</c>

00:52:42.539 --> 00:52:45.159
for<00:52:42.679><c> I</c><00:52:42.880><c> have</c><00:52:43.079><c> opened</c><00:52:43.360><c> my</c><00:52:43.659><c> mouth</c><00:52:44.019><c> unto</c><00:52:44.219><c> the</c><00:52:44.460><c> Lord</c><00:52:44.679><c> and</c><00:52:44.840><c> I</c><00:52:45.019><c> cannot</c>

00:52:45.159 --> 00:52:46.400
go<00:52:45.480><c> back.</c>

00:52:47.579 --> 00:52:49.199
I've<00:52:47.960><c> lost</c><00:52:48.099><c> everything.</c>

00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:55.099
And<00:52:53.280><c> what</c><00:52:53.460><c> about</c><00:52:53.659><c> her</c><00:52:53.940><c> response?</c>

00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:58.860
Dad,<00:52:56.460><c> you</c><00:52:56.639><c> are</c><00:52:57.000><c> a</c><00:52:57.239><c> biggest</c><00:52:57.739><c> fool</c><00:52:58.119><c> out.</c>

00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:01.760
Like,<00:52:59.659><c> again</c><00:52:59.860><c> young</c><00:53:00.059><c> people,</c><00:53:00.599><c> if</c><00:53:00.880><c> you</c><00:53:01.039><c> wanted</c><00:53:01.159><c> to</c><00:53:01.320><c> be</c><00:53:01.519><c> bitter</c>

00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:02.380
about<00:53:02.039><c> life,</c>

00:53:02.460 --> 00:53:03.559
what<00:53:02.639><c> about</c><00:53:02.840><c> this</c><00:53:03.099><c> poor</c><00:53:03.320><c> girl?</c>

00:53:03.659 --> 00:53:07.619
Through<00:53:03.780><c> no</c><00:53:04.119><c> fault</c><00:53:04.260><c> of</c><00:53:04.460><c> her</c><00:53:04.659><c> own,</c><00:53:04.900><c> through</c><00:53:05.159><c> whatever</c><00:53:05.619><c> commitment</c><00:53:06.239><c> her</c><00:53:06.820><c> father</c><00:53:07.139><c> had</c><00:53:07.380><c> made,</c>

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:09.320
now<00:53:08.119><c> she's</c><00:53:08.440><c> in</c><00:53:08.559><c> this</c><00:53:08.840><c> predicament.</c>

00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:12.940
And<00:53:09.960><c> she</c><00:53:10.139><c> could</c><00:53:10.320><c> have</c><00:53:10.440><c> been</c><00:53:10.679><c> bitter</c><00:53:11.119><c> and</c><00:53:11.420><c> taken</c><00:53:11.659><c> it</c><00:53:11.880><c> out</c><00:53:11.980><c> on</c><00:53:12.159><c> him.</c>

00:53:13.539 --> 00:53:15.739
And<00:53:13.539><c> what's</c><00:53:14.340><c> her</c><00:53:14.539><c> reaction?</c>

00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:16.820
Verse<00:53:15.940><c> 36.</c>

00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:23.340
My<00:53:18.500><c> father,</c><00:53:20.019><c> if</c><00:53:20.159><c> you've</c><00:53:20.440><c> opened</c><00:53:20.659><c> your</c><00:53:20.880><c> mouth</c><00:53:21.179><c> unto</c><00:53:21.360><c> the</c><00:53:21.579><c> Lord,</c>

00:53:23.460 --> 00:53:26.260
do<00:53:23.480><c> to</c><00:53:23.639><c> me</c><00:53:23.820><c> according</c><00:53:24.320><c> to</c><00:53:24.599><c> that</c><00:53:24.860><c> which</c><00:53:25.219><c> has</c><00:53:25.539><c> proceeded</c><00:53:25.940><c> out</c><00:53:26.179><c> of</c>

00:53:26.260 --> 00:53:26.800
the<00:53:26.400><c> mouth.</c>

00:53:27.079 --> 00:53:29.539
For<00:53:27.260><c> as</c><00:53:27.420><c> much</c><00:53:27.599><c> as</c><00:53:27.760><c> the</c><00:53:27.900><c> Lord</c><00:53:28.059><c> has</c><00:53:28.280><c> taken</c><00:53:28.559><c> vengeance</c><00:53:29.000><c> for</c><00:53:29.260><c> thee</c>

00:53:29.539 --> 00:53:30.920
on<00:53:29.739><c> your</c><00:53:29.960><c> enemies,</c>

00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:32.840
even<00:53:31.239><c> on</c><00:53:31.400><c> the</c><00:53:31.579><c> children</c><00:53:31.820><c> of</c><00:53:32.039><c> Ammon,</c>

00:53:33.519 --> 00:53:35.519
well<00:53:33.639><c> let</c><00:53:33.760><c> this</c><00:53:34.000><c> thing</c><00:53:34.139><c> be</c><00:53:34.360><c> done</c><00:53:34.539><c> to</c><00:53:34.780><c> me.</c>

00:53:36.260 --> 00:53:39.820
And<00:53:36.820><c> people,</c><00:53:37.579><c> it's</c><00:53:37.880><c> not</c><00:53:38.159><c> so</c><00:53:38.500><c> much</c><00:53:38.760><c> what's</c><00:53:39.219><c> involved</c><00:53:39.500><c> here</c><00:53:39.739><c> in</c>

00:53:39.820 --> 00:53:40.400
terms<00:53:40.179><c> of,</c>

00:53:40.579 --> 00:53:43.239
well<00:53:40.579><c> what's</c><00:53:40.920><c> this</c><00:53:41.360><c> vow</c><00:53:41.579><c> all</c><00:53:41.840><c> about</c><00:53:42.039><c> and</c><00:53:42.420><c> how</c><00:53:42.679><c> does</c><00:53:42.860><c> it</c><00:53:43.059><c> work</c>

00:53:43.239 --> 00:53:43.960
its<00:53:43.420><c> way</c><00:53:43.639><c> out?</c>

00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:48.139
Was<00:53:44.380><c> it</c><00:53:44.579><c> a</c><00:53:44.780><c> sacrifice</c><00:53:45.340><c> or</c><00:53:45.539><c> was</c><00:53:45.780><c> it</c><00:53:45.940><c> just</c><00:53:46.659><c> giving</c><00:53:47.079><c> his</c><00:53:47.739><c> daughter</c>

00:53:48.139 --> 00:53:49.840
to<00:53:48.340><c> God</c><00:53:48.619><c> in</c><00:53:48.960><c> service?</c>

00:53:49.900 --> 00:53:51.760
It's<00:53:50.260><c> not</c><00:53:50.460><c> so</c><00:53:50.679><c> much</c><00:53:50.880><c> that</c><00:53:51.119><c> that's</c><00:53:51.480><c> important.</c>

00:53:51.820 --> 00:53:56.300
What's<00:53:52.280><c> important</c><00:53:52.780><c> is</c><00:53:53.860><c> the</c><00:53:54.039><c> response</c><00:53:54.539><c> of</c><00:53:54.800><c> both</c><00:53:55.139><c> Jephthah</c><00:53:55.659><c> and</c>

00:53:56.300 --> 00:53:58.599
his<00:53:56.659><c> daughter</c><00:53:57.039><c> to</c><00:53:57.260><c> this</c><00:53:57.400><c> situation.</c>

00:53:59.460 --> 00:54:01.460
That's<00:53:59.940><c> the</c><00:54:00.139><c> important</c><00:54:00.380><c> thing.</c>

00:54:02.360 --> 00:54:07.460
You<00:54:02.800><c> see,</c><00:54:03.360><c> what</c><00:54:03.519><c> he</c><00:54:03.719><c> says</c><00:54:03.940><c> in</c><00:54:04.199><c> verse</c><00:54:04.679><c> 35,</c>

00:54:09.099 --> 00:54:13.260
I've<00:54:09.539><c> opened</c><00:54:09.760><c> my</c><00:54:10.019><c> mouth</c><00:54:10.280><c> unto</c><00:54:10.440><c> the</c><00:54:10.699><c> Lord,</c><00:54:12.699><c> I'm</c><00:54:12.960><c> not</c><00:54:13.119><c> going</c><00:54:13.199><c> to</c>

00:54:13.260 --> 00:54:14.480
go<00:54:13.480><c> back.</c>

00:54:15.579 --> 00:54:17.320
You<00:54:15.780><c> see,</c><00:54:15.860><c> he</c><00:54:16.019><c> could</c><00:54:16.159><c> have</c><00:54:16.280><c> been</c><00:54:16.420><c> tricky</c><00:54:16.699><c> and</c><00:54:16.860><c> he</c><00:54:16.960><c> could</c><00:54:17.059><c> have</c><00:54:17.159><c> said,</c>

00:54:17.360 --> 00:54:19.900
hang<00:54:17.760><c> on,</c><00:54:18.480><c> let's</c><00:54:18.940><c> just</c><00:54:19.159><c> think</c><00:54:19.260><c> what</c><00:54:19.420><c> I</c><00:54:19.679><c> said.</c>

00:54:20.139 --> 00:54:20.840
Verse<00:54:20.360><c> 31.</c>

00:54:21.239 --> 00:54:23.659
I<00:54:21.539><c> didn't</c><00:54:21.780><c> say</c><00:54:22.019><c> the</c><00:54:22.179><c> very</c><00:54:22.559><c> first</c><00:54:22.840><c> thing</c><00:54:23.000><c> that</c><00:54:23.139><c> comes</c><00:54:23.360><c> out</c><00:54:23.559><c> of</c>

00:54:23.659 --> 00:54:25.139
my<00:54:23.860><c> doors</c><00:54:24.179><c> I'll</c><00:54:24.619><c> give</c><00:54:24.739><c> to</c><00:54:24.900><c> the</c><00:54:25.039><c> Lord.</c>

00:54:25.340 --> 00:54:26.559
I<00:54:25.480><c> said</c><00:54:25.619><c> whatever</c><00:54:25.940><c> comes</c><00:54:26.300><c> through.</c>

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:29.199
So<00:54:27.099><c> I'll</c><00:54:27.380><c> let</c><00:54:27.460><c> the</c><00:54:27.699><c> first</c><00:54:27.880><c> person</c><00:54:28.239><c> pass</c><00:54:28.639><c> and</c><00:54:28.840><c> then</c><00:54:28.980><c> whatever</c>

00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:29.880
comes<00:54:29.559><c> next,</c>

00:54:29.880 --> 00:54:33.079
oh<00:54:30.619><c> good,</c><00:54:31.179><c> it</c><00:54:31.179><c> was</c><00:54:31.420><c> a</c><00:54:31.599><c> sheep,</c><00:54:31.920><c> good,</c><00:54:32.300><c> good,</c><00:54:32.619><c> right.</c>

00:54:33.460 --> 00:54:35.119
He<00:54:33.659><c> could</c><00:54:33.739><c> have</c><00:54:33.860><c> been</c><00:54:34.039><c> tricky.</c>

00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:41.420
As<00:54:37.880><c> the</c><00:54:38.440><c> rabbis</c><00:54:38.880><c> say,</c><00:54:39.260><c> he</c><00:54:39.440><c> actually</c><00:54:39.860><c> could</c><00:54:40.159><c> have</c><00:54:40.380><c> paid</c><00:54:40.659><c> a</c><00:54:40.980><c> fee</c>

00:54:41.420 --> 00:54:45.260
to<00:54:42.139><c> waive</c><00:54:42.440><c> that</c><00:54:42.860><c> particular</c><00:54:44.079><c> promise.</c>

00:54:46.559 --> 00:54:48.179
He<00:54:47.119><c> doesn't.</c>

00:54:48.639 --> 00:54:52.519
He<00:54:48.800><c> says,</c><00:54:51.179><c> I</c><00:54:51.219><c> can't</c><00:54:51.460><c> go</c><00:54:51.679><c> back.</c>

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:53.780
And<00:54:53.179><c> what</c><00:54:53.340><c> about</c><00:54:53.500><c> her?</c>

00:54:53.980 --> 00:54:55.139
Does<00:54:54.099><c> she</c><00:54:54.300><c> take</c><00:54:54.480><c> it</c><00:54:54.639><c> out</c><00:54:54.719><c> on</c><00:54:54.840><c> him?</c>

00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:58.440
You<00:54:55.719><c> notice</c><00:54:55.900><c> what</c><00:54:56.099><c> she</c><00:54:56.340><c> says,</c><00:54:56.739><c> verse</c><00:54:57.119><c> 37.</c>

00:54:58.480 --> 00:55:00.239
Let<00:54:58.880><c> this</c><00:54:59.119><c> thing</c><00:54:59.280><c> be</c><00:54:59.440><c> done</c><00:54:59.599><c> to</c><00:54:59.800><c> me.</c>

00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:04.260
Let<00:55:00.659><c> me</c><00:55:00.960><c> alone</c><00:55:01.320><c> two</c><00:55:01.639><c> months</c><00:55:01.960><c> that</c><00:55:02.139><c> I</c><00:55:02.320><c> may</c><00:55:02.420><c> go</c><00:55:02.659><c> up</c><00:55:02.820><c> and</c><00:55:03.019><c> down</c><00:55:03.400><c> upon</c><00:55:03.760><c> the</c><00:55:03.960><c> mountains</c>

00:55:04.260 --> 00:55:06.960
and<00:55:04.539><c> bewail</c><00:55:04.820><c> my</c><00:55:05.099><c> virginity,</c><00:55:06.139><c> I</c><00:55:06.340><c> and</c><00:55:06.440><c> my</c><00:55:06.699><c> fellows.</c>

00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:09.239
You<00:55:07.340><c> see,</c><00:55:07.420><c> she's</c><00:55:07.579><c> not</c><00:55:07.739><c> going</c><00:55:07.840><c> to</c><00:55:07.920><c> have</c><00:55:08.039><c> any</c><00:55:08.280><c> children.</c>

00:55:10.179 --> 00:55:12.599
And<00:55:10.380><c> that,</c><00:55:10.639><c> as</c><00:55:10.780><c> we've</c><00:55:11.000><c> said,</c><00:55:11.320><c> is</c><00:55:11.420><c> going</c><00:55:11.639><c> to</c><00:55:11.760><c> impact</c><00:55:12.159><c> greatly</c>

00:55:12.599 --> 00:55:13.880
on<00:55:12.840><c> Jephthah.</c>

00:55:14.119 --> 00:55:16.880
And<00:55:14.199><c> so</c><00:55:14.360><c> verse</c><00:55:14.519><c> 38,</c><00:55:14.880><c> Jephthah</c><00:55:15.199><c> says</c><00:55:15.400><c> go,</c><00:55:16.219><c> send</c><00:55:16.320><c> her</c><00:55:16.500><c> away</c><00:55:16.699><c> for</c>

00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:18.079
two<00:55:17.119><c> months.</c>

00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:19.199
And<00:55:18.539><c> then</c><00:55:18.679><c> what</c><00:55:18.800><c> happens?</c>

00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:22.639
Verse<00:55:19.480><c> 39,</c><00:55:20.440><c> at</c><00:55:20.539><c> the</c><00:55:20.539><c> end</c><00:55:20.679><c> of</c><00:55:20.780><c> two</c><00:55:20.940><c> months</c><00:55:21.159><c> she</c><00:55:21.300><c> comes</c><00:55:21.559><c> back.</c>

00:55:23.679 --> 00:55:25.340
Young<00:55:23.800><c> people,</c><00:55:24.019><c> how</c><00:55:24.219><c> easy</c><00:55:24.440><c> it</c><00:55:24.539><c> would</c><00:55:24.619><c> have</c><00:55:24.739><c> been</c><00:55:24.880><c> for</c><00:55:25.059><c> her</c><00:55:25.219><c> to</c>

00:55:25.340 --> 00:55:26.340
do<00:55:25.480><c> a</c><00:55:25.639><c> runner.</c>

00:55:26.719 --> 00:55:29.320
Like,<00:55:27.199><c> everyone</c><00:55:27.679><c> does</c><00:55:28.019><c> whatever's</c><00:55:28.480><c> right</c><00:55:28.599><c> in</c><00:55:28.719><c> their</c><00:55:28.840><c> own</c><00:55:29.019><c> eyes.</c>

00:55:29.719 --> 00:55:31.119
I'll<00:55:29.940><c> be</c><00:55:30.039><c> gone</c><00:55:30.179><c> two</c><00:55:30.380><c> months,</c><00:55:30.960><c> Dad.</c>

00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:32.699
She's<00:55:31.880><c> gone.</c>

00:55:33.260 --> 00:55:35.380
It<00:55:33.260><c> reminds</c><00:55:33.579><c> me</c><00:55:33.739><c> a</c><00:55:33.840><c> little</c><00:55:34.079><c> of</c><00:55:34.360><c> Matthew.</c>

00:55:36.159 --> 00:55:37.500
Will<00:55:36.239><c> you</c><00:55:36.460><c> clean</c><00:55:36.559><c> your</c><00:55:36.780><c> room?</c>

00:55:37.699 --> 00:55:40.980
I'll<00:55:38.179><c> just</c><00:55:38.179><c> go</c><00:55:38.260><c> and</c><00:55:38.719><c> kick</c><00:55:39.000><c> the</c><00:55:39.199><c> football</c><00:55:39.519><c> for</c><00:55:39.940><c> only</c><00:55:40.219><c> ten</c><00:55:40.500><c> minutes</c><00:55:40.840><c> and</c>

00:55:40.980 --> 00:55:42.239
I'll<00:55:41.139><c> come</c><00:55:41.340><c> back.</c>

00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:47.380
You<00:55:44.440><c> see,</c><00:55:44.780><c> young</c><00:55:44.960><c> people,</c><00:55:45.219><c> she</c><00:55:45.420><c> could</c><00:55:45.579><c> have</c><00:55:45.659><c> done</c><00:55:45.820><c> a</c><00:55:45.980><c> runner</c><00:55:46.119><c> too.</c>

00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:51.320
But<00:55:48.480><c> true</c><00:55:48.579><c> to</c><00:55:48.739><c> her</c><00:55:48.900><c> word,</c><00:55:49.960><c> she</c><00:55:50.199><c> comes</c><00:55:50.460><c> back.</c>

00:55:52.179 --> 00:55:55.559
You<00:55:52.400><c> see,</c><00:55:52.519><c> it's</c><00:55:52.739><c> their</c><00:55:53.000><c> response</c><00:55:53.719><c> to</c><00:55:54.039><c> this</c><00:55:54.579><c> oath</c><00:55:54.880><c> that's</c><00:55:55.300><c> the</c>

00:55:55.559 --> 00:55:55.820
important<00:55:55.820><c> thing.</c>

00:55:55.840 --> 00:56:01.739
In<00:55:56.420><c> terms</c><00:55:56.800><c> of</c><00:55:57.980><c> both</c><00:55:58.340><c> Jephthah</c><00:55:59.360><c> and</c><00:56:00.400><c> his</c><00:56:00.760><c> daughter.</c>

00:56:04.860 --> 00:56:06.619
What<00:56:05.059><c> does</c><00:56:05.380><c> this</c><00:56:05.760><c> teach</c><00:56:05.920><c> us</c><00:56:06.099><c> about</c><00:56:06.300><c> leadership?</c>

00:56:06.719 --> 00:56:08.179
What<00:56:06.840><c> have</c><00:56:06.960><c> we</c><00:56:07.099><c> seen</c><00:56:07.280><c> tonight?</c>

00:56:10.559 --> 00:56:13.280
Young<00:56:10.760><c> people,</c><00:56:10.980><c> leadership</c><00:56:11.420><c> isn't</c><00:56:11.679><c> about</c><00:56:11.980><c> me</c><00:56:12.300><c> being</c><00:56:12.500><c> up</c><00:56:12.719><c> here</c><00:56:12.920><c> speaking.</c>

00:56:13.739 --> 00:56:15.260
That<00:56:14.380><c> is</c><00:56:14.719><c> not</c><00:56:14.880><c> leadership.</c>

00:56:15.639 --> 00:56:20.639
Someone<00:56:15.860><c> up</c><00:56:16.360><c> in</c><00:56:16.559><c> a</c><00:56:16.659><c> hall</c><00:56:17.019><c> speaking,</c><00:56:18.539><c> that's</c><00:56:18.920><c> not</c><00:56:19.099><c> what</c><00:56:19.260><c> leadership's</c><00:56:19.780><c> about.</c>

00:56:22.179 --> 00:56:24.920
Leadership<00:56:22.579><c> isn't</c><00:56:23.280><c> necessarily</c><00:56:23.880><c> about</c><00:56:24.179><c> the</c><00:56:24.360><c> big</c><00:56:24.519><c> things</c><00:56:24.760><c> in</c>

00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:26.019
life<00:56:25.079><c> either.</c>

00:56:26.920 --> 00:56:29.460
It<00:56:27.440><c> can</c><00:56:27.659><c> be</c><00:56:27.800><c> just</c><00:56:27.940><c> those</c><00:56:28.159><c> little</c><00:56:28.400><c> simple</c><00:56:28.699><c> things.</c>

00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:35.119
As<00:56:31.159><c> we</c><00:56:31.320><c> saw</c><00:56:31.539><c> with</c><00:56:31.820><c> Jephthah</c><00:56:32.320><c> and</c><00:56:32.699><c> with</c><00:56:33.539><c> his</c><00:56:33.760><c> daughter,</c><00:56:34.940><c> being</c>

00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:36.380
true<00:56:35.300><c> to</c><00:56:35.440><c> your</c><00:56:35.619><c> word.</c>

00:56:37.559 --> 00:56:39.920
If<00:56:37.800><c> you've</c><00:56:37.980><c> got</c><00:56:38.079><c> a</c><00:56:38.300><c> commitment</c><00:56:38.559><c> to</c><00:56:38.760><c> do</c><00:56:38.960><c> something,</c><00:56:39.360><c> it's</c><00:56:39.739><c> at</c>

00:56:39.920 --> 00:56:43.239
school,<00:56:40.380><c> at</c><00:56:40.539><c> work,</c><00:56:41.699><c> in</c><00:56:41.880><c> the</c><00:56:42.079><c> CYC.</c>

00:56:43.820 --> 00:56:45.400
Hey,<00:56:44.500><c> stick</c><00:56:44.800><c> to</c><00:56:44.960><c> your</c><00:56:45.059><c> commitment.</c>

00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:47.320
Be<00:56:45.900><c> true</c><00:56:46.079><c> to</c><00:56:46.219><c> your</c><00:56:46.380><c> word.</c>

00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:51.719
When<00:56:48.760><c> we're</c><00:56:49.119><c> baptized</c><00:56:49.500><c> and</c><00:56:49.900><c> we</c><00:56:50.119><c> make</c><00:56:50.280><c> commitments</c><00:56:50.619><c> to</c><00:56:50.860><c> God,</c>

00:56:52.579 --> 00:56:55.099
stick<00:56:52.900><c> to</c><00:56:53.099><c> what</c><00:56:53.320><c> we</c><00:56:54.079><c> promise.</c>

00:56:56.920 --> 00:57:00.260
Sticking<00:56:57.360><c> to</c><00:56:57.519><c> your</c><00:56:57.739><c> word</c><00:56:57.920><c> even</c><00:56:58.199><c> when</c><00:56:58.400><c> it</c><00:56:58.559><c> might</c><00:56:58.780><c> inconvenience</c><00:56:59.539><c> us.</c>

00:57:02.500 --> 00:57:05.119
When<00:57:02.619><c> you</c><00:57:02.739><c> get</c><00:57:02.940><c> married,</c><00:57:03.500><c> if</c><00:57:03.699><c> you</c><00:57:03.860><c> do</c><00:57:04.000><c> get</c><00:57:04.179><c> married,</c><00:57:04.599><c> and</c><00:57:04.920><c> you</c>

00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:09.639
make<00:57:05.300><c> a</c><00:57:05.519><c> commitment</c><00:57:05.739><c> to</c><00:57:05.900><c> your</c><00:57:06.139><c> partner</c><00:57:06.340><c> to</c><00:57:06.500><c> be</c><00:57:06.719><c> faithful,</c><00:57:08.239><c> stick</c><00:57:08.420><c> to</c><00:57:08.639><c> it.</c>

00:57:10.139 --> 00:57:12.860
That's<00:57:10.579><c> about</c><00:57:11.019><c> leadership.</c><00:57:11.599><c> That's</c><00:57:11.900><c> not</c><00:57:12.079><c> the</c><00:57:12.300><c> big</c><00:57:12.599><c> things.</c>

00:57:12.920 --> 00:57:14.860
It's<00:57:13.059><c> not</c><00:57:13.260><c> the</c><00:57:13.460><c> things</c><00:57:13.639><c> that</c><00:57:13.780><c> are</c><00:57:13.940><c> out</c><00:57:14.099><c> there,</c><00:57:14.380><c> up</c><00:57:14.480><c> in</c><00:57:14.619><c> the</c><00:57:14.739><c> top.</c>

00:57:14.980 --> 00:57:17.719
Look<00:57:15.320><c> at</c><00:57:15.599><c> Jephthah.</c><00:57:16.320><c> It</c><00:57:16.460><c> was</c><00:57:16.619><c> the</c><00:57:16.840><c> leadership</c><00:57:17.159><c> and</c><00:57:17.320><c> all</c><00:57:17.440><c> those</c>

00:57:17.719 --> 00:57:20.760
little<00:57:18.099><c> things</c><00:57:18.500><c> that</c><00:57:18.739><c> brought</c><00:57:18.920><c> about</c><00:57:19.260><c> his</c><00:57:19.480><c> great</c><00:57:19.760><c> victory.</c>

00:57:22.559 --> 00:57:26.199
And<00:57:23.000><c> leadership,</c><00:57:23.460><c> as</c><00:57:23.619><c> we've</c><00:57:23.900><c> seen</c><00:57:24.019><c> tonight</c><00:57:24.400><c> in</c><00:57:24.539><c> terms</c><00:57:24.880><c> of</c><00:57:25.199><c> both</c><00:57:25.619><c> Jephthah</c><00:57:25.980><c> and</c>

00:57:26.199 --> 00:57:31.420
his<00:57:26.480><c> daughter,</c><00:57:28.880><c> it's</c><00:57:29.119><c> doing</c><00:57:29.400><c> what</c><00:57:29.619><c> God</c><00:57:29.880><c> wants</c><00:57:30.179><c> us</c><00:57:30.400><c> to</c><00:57:30.539><c> do.</c>

00:57:32.940 --> 00:57:36.000
It's<00:57:33.380><c> taking</c><00:57:33.800><c> command,</c><00:57:34.380><c> young</c><00:57:34.539><c> people,</c><00:57:34.880><c> of</c><00:57:35.019><c> their</c><00:57:35.199><c> own</c><00:57:35.400><c> life</c>

00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:40.880
and<00:57:36.480><c> not</c><00:57:36.780><c> using</c><00:57:37.420><c> what</c><00:57:38.099><c> happens</c><00:57:38.460><c> to</c><00:57:38.699><c> us</c><00:57:38.860><c> in</c><00:57:39.059><c> life</c><00:57:39.340><c> as</c><00:57:39.739><c> an</c><00:57:39.940><c> excuse.</c>

00:57:40.900 --> 00:57:43.460
And<00:57:40.920><c> say,</c><00:57:41.219><c> well,</c><00:57:41.480><c> it's</c><00:57:41.679><c> the</c><00:57:41.860><c> circumstances</c><00:57:42.440><c> of</c><00:57:42.719><c> life</c><00:57:42.900><c> and</c><00:57:43.019><c> that's</c><00:57:43.280><c> why</c>

00:57:43.460 --> 00:57:46.320
I<00:57:43.699><c> behave</c><00:57:44.000><c> like</c><00:57:44.199><c> I</c><00:57:44.400><c> do,</c><00:57:44.760><c> and</c><00:57:44.900><c> that's</c><00:57:45.119><c> why</c><00:57:45.340><c> I</c><00:57:45.619><c> think</c><00:57:45.800><c> like</c><00:57:46.019><c> I</c><00:57:46.239><c> do,</c>

00:57:46.340 --> 00:57:47.500
and<00:57:46.420><c> that's</c><00:57:46.639><c> why</c><00:57:46.739><c> I'm</c><00:57:46.820><c> bitter</c><00:57:47.079><c> and</c><00:57:47.280><c> angry.</c>

00:57:47.500 --> 00:57:51.079
And<00:57:48.139><c> what's</c><00:57:48.500><c> happening</c><00:57:48.739><c> there,</c><00:57:49.119><c> young</c><00:57:49.219><c> people,</c><00:57:49.659><c> is</c><00:57:49.760><c> that</c><00:57:49.880><c> we're</c><00:57:50.059><c> allowing</c><00:57:50.440><c> life</c><00:57:50.900><c> and</c>

00:57:51.079 --> 00:57:54.659
the<00:57:51.380><c> circumstances</c><00:57:51.920><c> of</c><00:57:52.179><c> life</c><00:57:52.380><c> to</c><00:57:52.619><c> become</c><00:57:52.820><c> our</c><00:57:53.099><c> leader</c><00:57:53.579><c> instead</c><00:57:54.139><c> of</c><00:57:54.340><c> us</c>

00:57:54.659 --> 00:57:56.179
taking<00:57:55.039><c> control.</c>

00:57:57.539 --> 00:58:00.440
So<00:57:57.760><c> leadership</c><00:57:58.119><c> is</c><00:57:58.380><c> about</c><00:57:58.599><c> those</c><00:57:58.860><c> little</c><00:57:59.159><c> things</c><00:57:59.400><c> in</c><00:57:59.559><c> our</c><00:57:59.780><c> life</c><00:58:00.039><c> that</c><00:58:00.179><c> we</c>

00:58:00.440 --> 00:58:04.599
can<00:58:00.739><c> control</c><00:58:01.440><c> and</c><00:58:01.900><c> that</c><00:58:02.039><c> we</c><00:58:02.199><c> don't</c><00:58:02.519><c> excuse</c><00:58:03.219><c> our</c><00:58:03.539><c> behaviour.</c>

00:58:05.679 --> 00:58:12.940
And<00:58:05.800><c> bringing</c><00:58:06.039><c> God</c><00:58:06.260><c> into</c><00:58:06.480><c> our</c><00:58:06.780><c> plans</c><00:58:07.179><c> and</c><00:58:07.420><c> saying,</c><00:58:08.099><c> look,</c><00:58:09.579><c> like</c><00:58:09.840><c> Jephthah,</c><00:58:11.059><c> I</c><00:58:11.599><c> believe</c><00:58:11.920><c> he's</c><00:58:12.159><c> going</c><00:58:12.260><c> to</c><00:58:12.360><c> do</c><00:58:12.539><c> it,</c><00:58:12.719><c> I</c>

00:58:12.940 --> 00:58:17.260
don't<00:58:13.159><c> know</c><00:58:13.380><c> how,</c><00:58:13.960><c> I</c><00:58:14.280><c> put</c><00:58:14.440><c> my</c><00:58:14.699><c> life</c><00:58:14.860><c> on</c><00:58:15.000><c> my</c><00:58:15.260><c> hands,</c><00:58:15.619><c> but</c><00:58:15.840><c> I</c><00:58:16.019><c> do</c><00:58:16.280><c> trust.</c>

00:58:17.500 --> 00:58:22.539
That<00:58:17.920><c> he</c><00:58:18.079><c> really</c><00:58:18.440><c> does</c><00:58:18.739><c> care</c><00:58:19.539><c> and</c><00:58:20.980><c> he'll</c><00:58:21.139><c> do</c><00:58:21.280><c> what</c><00:58:21.420><c> he</c><00:58:21.639><c> promises.</c>

00:58:25.500 --> 00:58:29.320
You<00:58:25.599><c> know,</c><00:58:26.139><c> when</c><00:58:26.239><c> we</c><00:58:26.400><c> talk</c><00:58:26.519><c> about</c><00:58:26.739><c> leadership,</c><00:58:28.980><c> just</c><00:58:29.119><c> think</c>

00:58:29.320 --> 00:58:31.440
of<00:58:29.460><c> it</c><00:58:29.659><c> perhaps</c><00:58:29.940><c> in</c><00:58:30.179><c> this</c><00:58:30.380><c> way.</c>

00:58:34.260 --> 00:58:38.380
The<00:58:34.420><c> nation</c><00:58:34.800><c> of</c><00:58:35.019><c> Israel</c><00:58:35.460><c> would</c><00:58:35.900><c> never</c><00:58:36.239><c> ever</c><00:58:36.639><c> have</c><00:58:36.920><c> needed</c><00:58:37.260><c> Jephthah.</c>

00:58:39.599 --> 00:58:42.679
They<00:58:40.019><c> would</c><00:58:40.260><c> never</c><00:58:40.559><c> have</c><00:58:40.780><c> needed</c><00:58:41.159><c> his</c><00:58:41.519><c> leadership</c><00:58:41.980><c> to</c><00:58:42.300><c> rescue</c>

00:58:42.679 --> 00:58:44.860
them<00:58:43.039><c> out</c><00:58:43.139><c> of</c><00:58:43.179><c> their</c><00:58:43.380><c> own</c><00:58:43.559><c> situation.</c>

00:58:45.739 --> 00:58:49.619
If<00:58:46.360><c> only</c><00:58:46.739><c> they</c><00:58:47.079><c> had</c><00:58:47.199><c> have</c><00:58:47.420><c> taken</c><00:58:47.719><c> leadership</c><00:58:48.219><c> of</c><00:58:48.400><c> their</c><00:58:48.579><c> own</c><00:58:48.800><c> lives.</c>

00:58:50.400 --> 00:58:54.280
And<00:58:50.699><c> that's</c><00:58:50.940><c> the</c><00:58:51.099><c> key.</c><00:58:51.760><c> They</c><00:58:51.900><c> would</c><00:58:52.280><c> never</c><00:58:52.519><c> have</c><00:58:52.760><c> needed</c><00:58:53.239><c> Jephthah</c><00:58:53.880><c> if</c>

00:58:54.280 --> 00:58:59.159
only<00:58:54.719><c> they</c><00:58:55.079><c> had</c><00:58:55.239><c> have</c><00:58:55.559><c> taken</c><00:58:55.940><c> control</c><00:58:56.579><c> and</c><00:58:56.880><c> command</c><00:58:57.519><c> of</c><00:58:58.980><c> their</c>

00:58:59.159 --> 00:59:02.679
own<00:58:59.400><c> lives</c><00:58:59.719><c> and</c><00:59:00.179><c> done</c><00:59:00.400><c> what</c><00:59:00.619><c> God</c><00:59:01.000><c> had</c><00:59:01.380><c> asked</c><00:59:01.579><c> them</c><00:59:01.739><c> to</c><00:59:01.880><c> do.</c>