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So<00:11:57.200><c> how</c><00:11:57.539><c> infected</c><00:11:57.960><c> are</c><00:11:58.240><c> we?</c>

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Are<00:12:00.340><c> we</c><00:12:00.539><c> looking</c><00:12:00.779><c> to</c><00:12:01.059><c> see</c><00:12:01.259><c> how</c><00:12:01.620><c> deep</c><00:12:01.919><c> into</c><00:12:02.240><c> the</c><00:12:02.559><c> skin,</c><00:12:03.659><c> quote</c>

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unquote<00:12:04.279><c> skin,</c>

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the<00:12:05.240><c> sin</c><00:12:05.480><c> runs</c><00:12:05.860><c> in</c><00:12:06.080><c> us?</c>

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And<00:12:07.899><c> so</c><00:12:08.120><c> self</c><00:12:08.340><c>-examination</c><00:12:08.980><c> is</c><00:12:09.679><c> obviously</c><00:12:10.120><c> a</c><00:12:10.419><c> requirement.</c>

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And<00:12:12.700><c> sin,</c><00:12:13.700><c> exactly</c><00:12:14.059><c> like</c><00:12:14.360><c> leprosy,</c><00:12:15.460><c> is</c><00:12:15.620><c> a</c><00:12:15.720><c> condition</c><00:12:16.139><c> of</c><00:12:16.340><c> the</c>

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flesh,<00:12:17.320><c> isn't</c><00:12:17.480><c> it,</c><00:12:17.679><c> brothers</c><00:12:17.899><c> and</c><00:12:18.120><c> sisters?</c>

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Typically,<00:12:20.539><c> leprosy</c><00:12:20.919><c> is</c><00:12:21.139><c> caused</c><00:12:21.559><c> by</c><00:12:22.200><c> unclean</c><00:12:22.600><c> living</c><00:12:22.860><c> spaces</c>

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What<00:12:38.259><c> happens</c><00:12:38.860><c> is,</c><00:12:41.000><c> and</c><00:12:41.240><c> it's</c><00:12:41.440><c> something</c><00:12:41.639><c> I</c><00:12:42.159><c> didn't</c><00:12:42.460><c> actually</c>

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I'm<00:13:13.220><c> going</c><00:13:13.340><c> to</c><00:13:13.399><c> explain</c><00:13:13.879><c> to</c><00:13:14.100><c> you</c><00:13:14.279><c> how</c><00:13:14.559><c> you</c><00:13:14.740><c> do</c><00:13:14.940><c> this.</c>

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So<00:13:15.840><c> when</c><00:13:16.000><c> you</c><00:13:16.259><c> get</c><00:13:16.460><c> there,</c><00:13:17.259><c> you're</c><00:13:17.600><c> going</c><00:13:17.720><c> to</c><00:13:17.879><c> know.</c>

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unclean<00:13:27.419><c> living</c><00:13:27.759><c> spaces.</c>

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And<00:13:52.519><c> so,</c><00:13:53.519><c> God</c><00:13:53.879><c> gives</c><00:13:54.620><c> them</c><00:13:55.019><c> the</c><00:13:55.279><c> grace</c><00:13:55.539><c> and</c><00:13:56.659><c> plans</c><00:13:57.159><c> ahead</c>

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attitude<00:14:16.279><c> about</c><00:14:16.759><c> cleansing,</c><00:14:17.360><c> right?</c>

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Mark<00:14:19.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:19.899><c> 7,</c><00:14:20.340><c> verse</c><00:14:20.600><c> 3,</c><00:14:21.419><c> we</c><00:14:21.559><c> read,</c>

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They<00:14:29.840><c> were</c><00:14:30.559><c> fanatical</c><00:14:31.700><c> about</c><00:14:32.200><c> the</c><00:14:32.539><c> washing</c><00:14:32.940><c> of</c><00:14:33.659><c> their</c><00:14:33.940><c> hands</c>

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and<00:14:34.779><c> their</c><00:14:35.139><c> clothes.</c>

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that<00:15:08.259><c> the</c><00:15:08.919><c> unclean</c><00:15:09.519><c> parts</c><00:15:09.860><c> of</c><00:15:10.080><c> those</c><00:15:10.340><c> animals</c>

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were<00:15:11.139><c> taken</c><00:15:11.500><c> outside</c><00:15:12.299><c> the</c><00:15:12.600><c> camp</c><00:15:12.840><c> and</c><00:15:13.179><c> buried</c>

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because,<00:15:15.159><c> again,</c><00:15:16.120><c> disease.</c>

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There's<00:15:16.860><c> a</c><00:15:17.019><c> practical</c><00:15:17.460><c> application</c><00:15:18.059><c> to</c><00:15:18.299><c> this.</c>

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Disease<00:15:19.200><c> and</c><00:15:19.960><c> sickness</c><00:15:20.299><c> would</c><00:15:20.580><c> come</c><00:15:20.799><c> from</c><00:15:20.980><c> those</c><00:15:21.259><c> things</c>

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just<00:15:21.759><c> lying</c><00:15:21.980><c> out.</c>

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God<00:15:22.659><c> wanted</c><00:15:22.899><c> them</c><00:15:23.220><c> away,</c><00:15:24.279><c> taken</c><00:15:24.539><c> out</c><00:15:25.039><c> from</c><00:15:25.320><c> the</c><00:15:25.539><c> dwellings</c><00:15:26.340><c> of</c>

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his<00:15:27.080><c> people.</c>

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And<00:15:31.019><c> so,</c><00:15:31.940><c> this</c><00:15:32.059><c> was</c><00:15:32.279><c> the</c><00:15:32.500><c> safety</c><00:15:32.799><c> measure</c><00:15:33.399><c> outside</c><00:15:34.419><c> the</c><00:15:34.720><c> camp.</c>

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The<00:15:35.299><c> being</c><00:15:35.480><c> brought</c><00:15:35.720><c> outside</c><00:15:36.039><c> the</c><00:15:36.259><c> camp</c><00:15:36.379><c> was</c><00:15:36.559><c> the</c><00:15:36.759><c> safety</c><00:15:37.039><c> measure</c>

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designed<00:15:37.620><c> by</c><00:15:37.919><c> God</c><00:15:38.200><c> to</c><00:15:38.460><c> protect</c><00:15:38.740><c> his</c><00:15:39.000><c> people</c><00:15:39.279><c> from</c><00:15:39.559><c> disease.</c>

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Now,<00:15:42.340><c> just</c><00:15:42.600><c> for</c><00:15:42.840><c> a</c><00:15:43.019><c> moment,</c><00:15:43.320><c> put</c><00:15:43.539><c> yourself</c><00:15:44.080><c> in</c><00:15:44.279><c> the</c><00:15:44.440><c> place</c>

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of<00:15:45.500><c> one</c><00:15:45.659><c> of</c><00:15:46.259><c> the</c><00:15:46.820><c> children</c><00:15:47.279><c> of</c><00:15:47.480><c> Israel.</c>

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How<00:15:50.019><c> difficult</c><00:15:50.539><c> must</c><00:15:50.840><c> it</c><00:15:51.080><c> be</c><00:15:51.659><c> for</c><00:15:52.299><c> those</c><00:15:52.559><c> people</c><00:15:52.840><c> to</c><00:15:53.519><c> wake</c><00:15:53.740><c> up</c>

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one<00:15:54.200><c> day</c>

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and<00:15:54.600><c> you</c><00:15:55.000><c> see</c><00:15:55.179><c> a</c><00:15:55.460><c> spot</c><00:15:55.659><c> on</c><00:15:55.879><c> your</c><00:15:56.139><c> arm?</c>

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Now,<00:15:58.000><c> you</c><00:15:58.100><c> might</c><00:15:58.299><c> be</c><00:15:58.440><c> able</c><00:15:58.600><c> to</c><00:15:58.759><c> cover</c><00:15:58.899><c> it</c><00:15:59.080><c> up.</c>

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The<00:16:00.320><c> temptation</c><00:16:00.740><c> might</c><00:16:00.960><c> even</c><00:16:01.200><c> be</c><00:16:01.440><c> there</c><00:16:01.620><c> to</c><00:16:01.820><c> cover</c><00:16:02.019><c> it</c><00:16:02.220><c> up.</c>

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Knowing<00:16:04.000><c> that</c><00:16:04.279><c> you</c><00:16:04.480><c> have</c><00:16:04.659><c> to</c><00:16:04.740><c> go</c><00:16:04.940><c> to</c><00:16:05.100><c> the</c><00:16:05.299><c> priest</c><00:16:05.580><c> and</c><00:16:05.799><c> be</c><00:16:06.100><c> examined</c>

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and<00:16:07.460><c> shut</c><00:16:07.679><c> up</c><00:16:07.860><c> for</c><00:16:08.100><c> seven</c><00:16:08.399><c> days,</c>

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what<00:16:09.919><c> must</c><00:16:10.139><c> those</c><00:16:10.440><c> seven</c><00:16:10.759><c> days</c><00:16:11.600><c> have</c><00:16:12.100><c> been</c><00:16:12.360><c> like?</c>

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Ernest<00:16:14.440><c> prayer</c><00:16:14.940><c> that</c><00:16:16.139><c> please</c><00:16:16.639><c> let</c><00:16:16.820><c> this</c><00:16:17.120><c> not</c><00:16:17.360><c> be</c><00:16:17.559><c> leprosy.</c>

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Please<00:16:18.879><c> don't</c><00:16:19.120><c> let</c><00:16:19.240><c> me</c><00:16:19.399><c> get</c><00:16:19.639><c> separated</c><00:16:20.019><c> from</c><00:16:20.259><c> the</c><00:16:20.519><c> camp.</c>

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Can<00:16:22.100><c> you</c><00:16:22.379><c> imagine</c><00:16:22.799><c> what</c><00:16:23.080><c> that</c><00:16:24.179><c> torturous</c><00:16:25.139><c> seven</c><00:16:25.899><c> days</c>

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would<00:16:26.340><c> be</c><00:16:26.559><c> like</c><00:16:26.759><c> for</c><00:16:26.960><c> you?</c>

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I've<00:16:28.419><c> thought</c><00:16:28.580><c> about</c><00:16:28.779><c> it</c><00:16:28.940><c> myself</c><00:16:29.320><c> and</c><00:16:29.559><c> it's</c><00:16:29.980><c> not</c><00:16:30.240><c> pretty.</c>

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So,<00:16:33.179><c> if</c><00:16:33.639><c> you</c><00:16:33.899><c> knew</c><00:16:34.059><c> that,</c>

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would<00:16:36.279><c> the</c><00:16:36.440><c> temptation</c><00:16:37.019><c> be</c><00:16:37.399><c> to</c><00:16:38.220><c> maybe</c><00:16:38.559><c> hide</c><00:16:39.240><c> that</c><00:16:39.960><c> spot?</c>

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Cover<00:16:41.340><c> that</c><00:16:41.639><c> spot</c><00:16:41.840><c> up</c><00:16:42.059><c> somehow</c><00:16:42.580><c> so</c><00:16:43.259><c> that</c><00:16:43.879><c> the</c><00:16:44.059><c> blemish</c><00:16:44.360><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:44.559><c> be</c><00:16:44.860><c> seen?</c>

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It's<00:16:46.940><c> a</c><00:16:47.019><c> real</c><00:16:47.159><c> possibility,</c><00:16:47.720><c> isn't</c><00:16:47.919><c> it?</c>

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And<00:16:49.799><c> so</c><00:16:49.960><c> it</c><00:16:50.039><c> is</c><00:16:50.580><c> for</c><00:16:50.879><c> us</c><00:16:51.299><c> with</c><00:16:51.559><c> sin</c><00:16:51.759><c> in</c><00:16:51.960><c> our</c><00:16:52.120><c> lives,</c><00:16:52.580><c> right?</c>

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When<00:16:53.919><c> we</c><00:16:54.200><c> examine</c><00:16:54.600><c> ourselves</c><00:16:55.240><c> and</c><00:16:55.399><c> we</c><00:16:55.580><c> find</c><00:16:55.759><c> those</c><00:16:56.039><c> little</c><00:16:56.240><c> blemishes,</c>

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is<00:16:57.700><c> it</c><00:16:58.179><c> our</c><00:16:58.519><c> nature</c><00:16:59.080><c> to</c><00:17:00.480><c> want</c><00:17:00.879><c> to</c><00:17:01.100><c> seek</c><00:17:01.200><c> the</c><00:17:01.480><c> priest?</c>

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Or<00:17:03.320><c> is</c><00:17:03.519><c> it</c><00:17:03.679><c> our</c><00:17:03.860><c> nature</c><00:17:04.160><c> to</c><00:17:05.519><c> not</c><00:17:05.839><c> worry</c><00:17:06.140><c> about</c><00:17:06.359><c> it</c><00:17:06.500><c> right</c><00:17:06.700><c> now?</c>

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Let's<00:17:07.640><c> just</c><00:17:07.880><c> cover</c><00:17:08.059><c> that</c><00:17:08.299><c> up.</c>

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Out<00:17:09.220><c> of</c><00:17:09.500><c> sight,</c><00:17:09.619><c> out</c><00:17:09.799><c> of</c><00:17:09.980><c> mind,</c><00:17:10.259><c> right?</c>

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That's<00:17:11.539><c> the</c><00:17:11.700><c> way</c><00:17:12.400><c> that</c><00:17:13.319><c> people</c><00:17:13.680><c> tend</c><00:17:13.960><c> to</c><00:17:14.180><c> be.</c>

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I<00:17:14.900><c> tend</c><00:17:15.039><c> to</c><00:17:15.160><c> be</c><00:17:15.240><c> that</c><00:17:15.440><c> way</c><00:17:15.579><c> myself.</c>

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And<00:17:18.539><c> so,</c><00:17:19.880><c> our</c><00:17:20.059><c> real</c><00:17:20.319><c> response</c><00:17:20.960><c> should</c><00:17:21.220><c> be</c><00:17:21.519><c> that</c>

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which<00:17:22.480><c> God</c><00:17:22.880><c> laid</c><00:17:23.099><c> out</c><00:17:23.740><c> for</c><00:17:24.039><c> the</c><00:17:24.220><c> children</c><00:17:24.440><c> of</c><00:17:24.680><c> Israel</c>

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is<00:17:25.740><c> to</c><00:17:26.019><c> seek</c><00:17:26.180><c> out</c><00:17:26.359><c> the</c><00:17:26.599><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:17:28.740><c> you</c><00:17:28.900><c> see,</c><00:17:29.480><c> when</c><00:17:29.740><c> I</c><00:17:29.920><c> said</c><00:17:30.039><c> earlier,</c>

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and<00:17:30.519><c> I'll</c><00:17:30.680><c> just</c><00:17:30.880><c> remind</c><00:17:31.200><c> you</c><00:17:31.359><c> of</c><00:17:31.460><c> it,</c>

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left<00:17:32.500><c> untreated,</c><00:17:33.700><c> leprosy</c><00:17:34.140><c> can</c><00:17:34.339><c> be</c><00:17:34.579><c> progressive,</c>

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causing<00:17:36.599><c> permanent</c><00:17:37.160><c> damage</c><00:17:37.619><c> to</c><00:17:37.859><c> the</c><00:17:38.180><c> skin,</c>

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the<00:17:39.740><c> nerves,</c><00:17:40.720><c> the</c><00:17:40.960><c> limbs,</c><00:17:42.000><c> and</c><00:17:42.279><c> eyes.</c>

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Loss<00:17:43.599><c> of</c><00:17:43.859><c> sensation</c><00:17:44.420><c> is</c><00:17:44.779><c> common.</c>

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How<00:17:46.700><c> true</c><00:17:47.359><c> that</c><00:17:47.740><c> is,</c><00:17:48.240><c> brothers</c><00:17:48.339><c> and</c><00:17:48.599><c> sisters</c><00:17:48.920><c> of</c><00:17:49.200><c> sin,</c><00:17:49.460><c> isn't</c><00:17:49.640><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:17:50.859><c> progressive.</c>

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One<00:17:52.660><c> little</c><00:17:52.960><c> sin</c><00:17:53.259><c> leads</c><00:17:53.619><c> to</c><00:17:53.819><c> the</c><00:17:53.980><c> next,</c><00:17:54.839><c> to</c><00:17:55.000><c> the</c><00:17:55.180><c> next,</c>

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to<00:17:56.240><c> the</c><00:17:56.420><c> next,</c><00:17:56.700><c> and</c><00:17:56.900><c> so</c><00:17:57.160><c> on.</c>

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It's<00:17:58.259><c> a</c><00:17:58.480><c> perpetuating</c><00:17:59.200><c> cycle.</c>

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Our<00:18:01.519><c> eyes,</c><00:18:03.119><c> exposed</c><00:18:04.019><c> to</c><00:18:04.319><c> sin,</c><00:18:04.660><c> get</c><00:18:04.859><c> damaged.</c>

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We<00:18:06.799><c> don't</c><00:18:07.119><c> see</c><00:18:07.460><c> things</c><00:18:08.059><c> the</c><00:18:08.740><c> way</c><00:18:08.880><c> we</c><00:18:09.099><c> ought</c><00:18:09.220><c> to</c><00:18:09.500><c> see.</c>

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The<00:18:10.880><c> atrocities</c><00:18:11.720><c> of</c><00:18:12.279><c> the</c><00:18:12.539><c> world</c>

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and<00:18:13.599><c> the</c><00:18:13.859><c> sin</c><00:18:14.079><c> that</c><00:18:14.279><c> they</c><00:18:14.640><c> perpetuate</c><00:18:15.539><c> and</c><00:18:16.160><c> call</c><00:18:16.380><c> it</c><00:18:16.700><c> okay,</c>

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we<00:18:18.460><c> no</c><00:18:18.779><c> longer</c><00:18:19.160><c> see</c><00:18:19.519><c> it</c><00:18:20.119><c> in</c><00:18:20.500><c> the</c><00:18:20.700><c> light</c><00:18:20.859><c> we</c><00:18:21.119><c> should.</c>

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We<00:18:22.619><c> become</c><00:18:23.000><c> desensitized</c><00:18:24.119><c> to</c><00:18:24.480><c> those</c><00:18:24.759><c> things</c>

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and<00:18:25.180><c> we</c><00:18:25.339><c> say,</c><00:18:25.720><c> well,</c><00:18:25.779><c> it's</c><00:18:26.039><c> just</c><00:18:26.299><c> the</c><00:18:26.480><c> world.</c>

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We'll<00:18:26.900><c> just</c><00:18:27.099><c> try</c><00:18:27.240><c> to</c><00:18:27.440><c> ignore</c><00:18:27.700><c> it.</c>

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against<00:18:35.740><c> infection</c><00:18:36.460><c> with</c><00:18:37.279><c> leprosy,</c>

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it<00:18:38.660><c> becomes</c><00:18:38.839><c> hard,</c><00:18:39.859><c> it</c><00:18:40.220><c> becomes</c><00:18:40.220><c> scaly,</c>

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and<00:18:41.240><c> lose</c><00:18:41.480><c> sensation.</c>

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How<00:18:43.960><c> true,</c><00:18:45.059><c> brothers</c><00:18:45.240><c> and</c><00:18:45.559><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:18:46.619><c> is,</c><00:18:47.599><c> do</c><00:18:47.859><c> we</c><00:18:48.019><c> build</c><00:18:48.240><c> up</c><00:18:48.500><c> that</c><00:18:48.819><c> thick</c><00:18:49.019><c> skin</c><00:18:49.380><c> to</c><00:18:49.660><c> sin?</c>

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It<00:18:50.460><c> doesn't</c><00:18:50.579><c> really</c><00:18:50.900><c> affect</c><00:18:51.140><c> us</c><00:18:51.359><c> anymore.</c>

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It<00:18:52.220><c> doesn't</c><00:18:52.440><c> rub</c><00:18:52.619><c> us</c><00:18:52.819><c> the</c><00:18:53.039><c> wrong</c><00:18:53.240><c> way.</c>

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