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officers.<00:11:00.240><c> Verse</c><00:11:00.399><c> 7</c><00:11:00.740><c> Solomon</c><00:11:01.120><c> had</c><00:11:01.399><c> 12</c><00:11:01.820><c> officers</c><00:11:02.460><c> over</c><00:11:02.960><c> all</c>

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at<00:50:57.280><c> verse</c><00:50:57.440><c> 22</c>

00:51:00.139 --> 00:51:02.760
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a<00:51:02.920><c> very</c><00:51:03.099><c> hungry</c><00:51:03.320><c> chap</c>

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roebucks<00:51:24.659><c> and</c><00:51:25.239><c> fellow</c><00:51:25.539><c> deer</c>

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00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:43.719
hebrew<00:51:42.599><c> word</c><00:51:42.840><c> koleth</c>

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00:51:50.179 --> 00:51:54.739
exclusively<00:51:50.920><c> from</c><00:51:51.780><c> the</c><00:51:52.199><c> inner</c><00:51:52.559><c> kernel</c><00:51:53.159><c> of</c><00:51:53.800><c> the</c><00:51:54.000><c> wheat</c>

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00:52:01.179 --> 00:52:06.599
of<00:52:01.519><c> the</c><00:52:01.559><c> wheat</c><00:52:01.719><c> only</c><00:52:02.380><c> is</c><00:52:02.860><c> used</c><00:52:03.420><c> to</c><00:52:03.820><c> make</c><00:52:04.119><c> this</c><00:52:04.800><c> fine</c><00:52:05.199><c> flour</c><00:52:05.639><c> the</c>

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luxury<00:52:13.420><c> item</c>

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00:52:19.300 --> 00:52:21.099
that's<00:52:19.800><c> contrasted</c><00:52:20.260><c> with</c><00:52:20.440><c> the</c><00:52:20.719><c> meal</c><00:52:20.900><c> which</c>

00:52:21.099 --> 00:52:24.679
is<00:52:21.340><c> also</c><00:52:21.619><c> there</c><00:52:21.940><c> so</c><00:52:22.239><c> you've</c><00:52:22.460><c> got</c><00:52:22.860><c> 30</c><00:52:23.280><c> measures</c><00:52:23.639><c> of</c><00:52:24.000><c> fine</c><00:52:24.280><c> flour</c>

00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:27.659
and<00:52:25.460><c> three</c><00:52:25.780><c> score</c><00:52:26.019><c> measures</c><00:52:26.340><c> of</c><00:52:26.639><c> meal</c><00:52:26.920><c> which</c><00:52:27.400><c> is</c>

00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:31.460
ordinary<00:52:28.320><c> wheat</c><00:52:28.480><c> not</c><00:52:28.800><c> just</c><00:52:29.400><c> the</c><00:52:29.840><c> fine</c><00:52:30.320><c> inner</c><00:52:30.599><c> part</c><00:52:30.940><c> of</c><00:52:31.219><c> the</c>

00:52:31.460 --> 00:52:34.780
inner<00:52:32.000><c> kernel</c><00:52:32.340><c> now</c><00:52:33.500><c> the</c><00:52:33.659><c> word</c><00:52:33.960><c> measure</c><00:52:34.320><c> here</c>

00:52:34.780 --> 00:52:45.659
is<00:52:35.300><c> the</c><00:52:35.500><c> hebrew</c><00:52:35.820><c> word</c><00:52:36.119><c> kor</c><00:52:36.860><c> c</c><00:52:37.199><c>-o</c><00:52:37.480><c>-r</c><00:52:38.199><c> and</c><00:52:38.440><c> that</c><00:52:38.659><c> means</c><00:52:39.019><c> 220</c><00:52:40.559><c> liters</c><00:52:41.539><c> so</c><00:52:42.960><c> that's</c><00:52:43.760><c> 6600</c><00:52:44.760><c> liters</c><00:52:45.280><c> of</c>

00:52:45.659 --> 00:52:46.800
fine<00:52:45.940><c> flour</c>

00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:55.980
13200<00:52:49.019><c> liters</c><00:52:49.559><c> of</c><00:52:49.860><c> meal</c><00:52:50.420><c> that's</c><00:52:51.860><c> 20</c><00:52:52.900><c> tons</c><00:52:53.599><c> of</c><00:52:54.599><c> wheat</c><00:52:55.000><c> per</c><00:52:55.639><c> day</c>

00:52:55.980 --> 00:52:59.739
now<00:52:57.219><c> that's</c><00:52:57.519><c> huge</c><00:52:58.219><c> interestingly</c><00:52:59.300><c> by</c><00:52:59.599><c> the</c>

00:52:59.739 --> 00:53:02.460
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00:53:02.460 --> 00:53:04.320
some<00:53:02.619><c> of</c><00:53:02.739><c> the</c><00:53:02.900><c> ancient</c><00:53:03.139><c> persian</c>

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little<00:53:07.679><c> bit</c><00:53:07.920><c> higher</c>

00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:12.619
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00:53:12.619 --> 00:53:14.239
this<00:53:12.800><c> would</c><00:53:12.920><c> have</c><00:53:13.119><c> supported</c><00:53:13.460><c> something</c><00:53:13.800><c> like</c>

00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:19.340
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00:53:19.340 --> 00:53:23.960
000<00:53:19.760><c> but</c><00:53:20.320><c> it</c><00:53:20.539><c> seems</c><00:53:20.840><c> about</c><00:53:21.500><c> 14</c><00:53:22.099><c> 000</c><00:53:22.400><c> people</c><00:53:23.099><c> per</c><00:53:23.519><c> day</c>

00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:27.440
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00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:30.760
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00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:33.880
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00:53:33.880 --> 00:53:37.219
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00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:40.599
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00:53:42.820 --> 00:53:48.900
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00:53:48.900 --> 00:53:53.320
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00:53:53.320 --> 00:53:55.280
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00:53:55.280 --> 00:53:59.920
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this<00:54:07.099><c> provisioning</c><00:54:07.559><c> not</c><00:54:07.679><c> just</c><00:54:07.800><c> for</c>

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it's<00:54:12.179><c> wherever</c><00:54:12.360><c> they're</c><00:54:12.659><c> located</c><00:54:12.960><c> so</c><00:54:13.159><c> he</c><00:54:13.239><c> had</c><00:54:13.320><c> his</c>

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00:54:31.159 --> 00:54:33.300
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00:54:33.300 --> 00:54:36.960
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00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:38.719
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00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:45.539
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providing<00:54:57.920><c> the</c>

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thou<00:55:18.019><c> the</c><00:55:18.260><c> ruler</c><00:55:18.480><c> over</c><00:55:19.639><c> 10</c><00:55:20.300><c> cities</c>

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five<00:55:21.920><c> cities</c><00:55:22.440><c> there's</c><00:55:23.199><c> going</c><00:55:23.300><c> to</c><00:55:23.440><c> be</c><00:55:23.539><c> a</c><00:55:23.800><c> global</c><00:55:24.420><c> management</c>

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hmm

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it's<00:56:06.059><c> worth</c><00:56:06.199><c> looking</c><00:56:06.460><c> at</c>

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aren't<00:56:20.500><c> written</c><00:56:20.780><c> there</c><00:56:21.320><c> merely</c><00:56:21.880><c> to</c><00:56:22.139><c> give</c><00:56:22.219><c> us</c><00:56:22.480><c> some</c><00:56:22.639><c> sort</c><00:56:22.880><c> of</c>

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table<00:57:14.239><c> this</c><00:57:15.760><c> is</c><00:57:16.480><c> the</c><00:57:16.699><c> anti</c><00:57:16.920><c>-top</c>

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00:57:22.380 --> 00:57:25.360
in<00:57:22.579><c> place</c><00:57:22.760><c> all</c><00:57:23.000><c> these</c><00:57:23.199><c> administrative</c><00:57:23.679><c> structures</c><00:57:24.159><c> and</c><00:57:24.559><c> these</c><00:57:24.780><c> people</c><00:57:25.079><c> that</c>

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ate<00:57:25.539><c> at</c><00:57:25.760><c> his</c><00:57:26.019><c> table</c><00:57:26.579><c> so</c><00:57:27.219><c> it's</c><00:57:27.599><c> telling</c>

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administrative<00:57:31.900><c> structure</c><00:57:32.320><c> that</c><00:57:32.519><c> enables</c><00:57:32.860><c> him</c>

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