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So<00:10:25.299><c> the</c><00:10:25.419><c> marvelous</c><00:10:25.799><c> thing</c><00:10:26.100><c> is</c><00:10:26.460><c> that</c><00:10:26.679><c> Eli</c><00:10:26.980><c> that</c><00:10:27.460><c> brings</c><00:10:27.679><c> this</c>

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blessing<00:10:28.279><c> upon</c><00:10:28.539><c> this</c><00:10:28.779><c> woman</c><00:10:29.000><c> who</c><00:10:29.179><c> had</c><00:10:29.360><c> so</c><00:10:29.559><c> mightily</c><00:10:30.000><c> affected</c><00:10:30.320><c> him.</c>

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Elkhana<00:10:32.299><c> says</c><00:10:33.740><c> in</c><00:10:33.899><c> verse</c><00:10:34.120><c> 21</c><00:10:34.480><c> that</c><00:10:34.740><c> Yahweh</c><00:10:35.000><c> did</c><00:10:35.259><c> visit</c><00:10:35.559><c> Hannah</c>

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so<00:10:36.500><c> that</c><00:10:36.700><c> she</c><00:10:36.960><c> conceived.</c>

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And<00:10:38.799><c> so</c><00:10:39.019><c> now</c><00:10:39.419><c> then</c><00:10:40.139><c> that</c><00:10:41.500><c> phrase</c><00:10:42.440><c> Eli</c><00:10:43.480><c> blessed</c><00:10:44.019><c> Elkhana</c><00:10:45.019><c> of</c>

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verse<00:10:45.820><c> 20.</c>

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Now<00:10:48.320><c> becomes</c><00:10:48.919><c> Yahweh</c><00:10:49.480><c> visited</c><00:10:49.879><c> Hannah</c><00:10:50.399><c> of</c><00:10:50.840><c> verse</c><00:10:51.139><c> 21.</c>

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Isn't<00:10:52.620><c> that</c><00:10:52.860><c> an</c><00:10:53.000><c> interesting</c><00:10:53.139><c> connection?</c>

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Eli<00:10:55.980><c> blessed</c><00:10:56.539><c> Elkhana</c><00:10:57.899><c> but</c><00:10:59.860><c> Yahweh</c><00:11:01.059><c> visited</c><00:11:02.159><c> Hannah.</c>

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And<00:11:05.200><c> that's</c><00:11:05.360><c> how</c><00:11:05.580><c> this</c><00:11:06.200><c> story</c><00:11:06.539><c> of</c><00:11:07.679><c> fruitfulness</c><00:11:08.120><c> was</c><00:11:08.440><c> going</c>

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to<00:11:08.980><c> unfold.</c>

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And<00:11:10.100><c> so</c><00:11:10.320><c> upon</c><00:11:10.659><c> Hannah</c><00:11:11.039><c> then</c><00:11:11.299><c> would</c><00:11:11.500><c> come</c><00:11:11.820><c> the</c><00:11:12.159><c> blessing</c><00:11:12.419><c> of</c>

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divine<00:11:13.120><c> visitation</c><00:11:13.840><c> and</c><00:11:14.159><c> favor.</c>

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Similar<00:11:15.059><c> by</c><00:11:15.320><c> the</c><00:11:15.440><c> way</c><00:11:15.500><c> not</c><00:11:15.679><c> only</c><00:11:15.879><c> to</c><00:11:16.120><c> Ruth</c><00:11:16.320><c> and</c><00:11:16.500><c> bearing</c><00:11:16.679><c> a</c>

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special<00:11:17.200><c> son.</c>

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But<00:11:17.860><c> I</c><00:11:17.919><c> think</c><00:11:18.120><c> reminiscent</c><00:11:18.600><c> of</c><00:11:18.879><c> the</c><00:11:19.039><c> intervention</c><00:11:19.399><c> of</c><00:11:19.559><c> God</c><00:11:19.759><c> in</c>

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another<00:11:20.299><c> circumstance.</c>

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In<00:11:21.259><c> another</c><00:11:21.659><c> woman's</c><00:11:23.360><c> life</c><00:11:23.480><c> earlier</c><00:11:23.899><c> on</c><00:11:24.159><c> in</c><00:11:24.259><c> the</c><00:11:24.440><c> divine</c><00:11:24.700><c> record.</c>

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Because<00:11:25.460><c> if</c><00:11:25.759><c> you</c><00:11:25.799><c> come</c><00:11:25.980><c> back</c><00:11:26.139><c> to</c><00:11:26.240><c> Genesis</c><00:11:26.600><c> chapter</c><00:11:26.980><c> 21</c><00:11:27.340><c> we've</c>

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got<00:11:27.759><c> the</c><00:11:27.940><c> story</c><00:11:28.120><c> of</c><00:11:28.240><c> the</c><00:11:28.360><c> birth</c><00:11:28.519><c> of</c><00:11:28.720><c> Isaac.</c>

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To<00:11:30.200><c> who?</c><00:11:30.659><c> Why</c><00:11:30.879><c> to</c><00:11:31.039><c> a</c><00:11:31.240><c> barren</c><00:11:31.500><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:11:32.820><c> her</c><00:11:33.039><c> name</c><00:11:33.200><c> is</c><00:11:33.539><c> Sarah.</c>

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But<00:11:34.179><c> just</c><00:11:34.360><c> look</c><00:11:34.500><c> at</c><00:11:34.620><c> the</c><00:11:34.740><c> language</c><00:11:35.240><c> of</c><00:11:35.559><c> Genesis</c><00:11:35.940><c> chapter</c><00:11:36.299><c> 21</c>

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and<00:11:37.200><c> see</c><00:11:37.460><c> again</c><00:11:37.700><c> if</c><00:11:37.860><c> you</c><00:11:38.000><c> can</c><00:11:38.279><c> sense</c><00:11:38.600><c> the</c><00:11:39.039><c> spirit</c><00:11:39.299><c> and</c><00:11:39.480><c> the</c><00:11:39.740><c> story</c><00:11:40.000><c> of</c>

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Hannah<00:11:40.600><c> in</c><00:11:40.919><c> this</c><00:11:41.539><c> story</c><00:11:41.940><c> from</c><00:11:42.740><c> an</c><00:11:42.899><c> earlier</c><00:11:43.159><c> time.</c>

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Genesis<00:11:44.240><c> chapter</c><00:11:44.539><c> 21</c><00:11:44.980><c> puts</c><00:11:45.220><c> it</c><00:11:45.379><c> this</c><00:11:45.600><c> way</c><00:11:45.840><c> concerning</c><00:11:46.320><c> the</c><00:11:47.000><c> experience</c><00:11:47.379><c> of</c><00:11:47.679><c> Sarah.</c>

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So<00:11:48.580><c> verse</c><00:11:48.820><c> 1</c><00:11:49.179><c> Genesis</c><00:11:49.500><c> 21</c><00:11:50.100><c> verses</c><00:11:50.500><c> 1</c><00:11:50.759><c> and</c><00:11:50.960><c> 2</c><00:11:51.639><c> and</c><00:11:52.019><c> then</c><00:11:52.299><c> 6</c><00:11:52.679><c> to</c><00:11:52.919><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:11:55.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:11:55.399><c> visited</c><00:11:55.840><c> Sarah</c><00:11:56.279><c> as</c><00:11:56.559><c> he</c><00:11:56.740><c> had</c><00:11:56.960><c> said.</c>

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And<00:11:58.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:11:58.740><c> did</c><00:11:58.919><c> unto</c><00:11:59.139><c> Sarah</c><00:11:59.559><c> as</c><00:11:59.779><c> he</c><00:11:59.879><c> had</c><00:12:00.080><c> spoken.</c>

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For<00:12:01.539><c> Sarah</c><00:12:01.840><c> conceived</c><00:12:02.440><c> and</c><00:12:02.679><c> bare</c><00:12:02.860><c> Abram</c><00:12:03.100><c> a</c><00:12:03.299><c> son</c><00:12:03.440><c> in</c><00:12:03.580><c> his</c><00:12:03.700><c> old</c>

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age<00:12:04.179><c> at</c><00:12:04.379><c> the</c><00:12:04.519><c> set</c><00:12:04.740><c> time</c><00:12:05.019><c> of</c><00:12:05.159><c> which</c><00:12:05.360><c> God</c><00:12:05.779><c> had</c><00:12:06.120><c> spoken</c><00:12:06.539><c> to</c><00:12:06.899><c> him.</c>

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And<00:12:08.080><c> verse</c><00:12:08.320><c> 6</c><00:12:08.620><c> says</c><00:12:09.000><c> and</c><00:12:09.419><c> Sarah</c><00:12:09.779><c> said</c><00:12:10.159><c> God</c><00:12:10.820><c> hath</c><00:12:11.179><c> made</c><00:12:11.600><c> me</c><00:12:11.840><c> to</c><00:12:12.200><c> laugh.</c>

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So<00:12:13.139><c> that</c><00:12:13.279><c> all</c><00:12:13.580><c> that</c><00:12:13.799><c> hear</c><00:12:13.940><c> will</c><00:12:14.340><c> laugh</c><00:12:14.720><c> with</c><00:12:15.019><c> me.</c>

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And<00:12:15.940><c> she</c><00:12:15.940><c> said</c><00:12:16.120><c> who</c><00:12:16.240><c> would</c><00:12:16.480><c> have</c><00:12:16.559><c> said</c><00:12:16.720><c> unto</c><00:12:16.980><c> Abram</c><00:12:17.419><c> that</c><00:12:18.100><c> Sarah</c><00:12:18.399><c> should</c><00:12:18.580><c> have</c>

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given<00:12:18.960><c> children</c><00:12:19.639><c> suck.</c>

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For<00:12:20.100><c> I</c><00:12:20.620><c> have</c><00:12:20.860><c> borne</c><00:12:21.100><c> him</c><00:12:21.480><c> a</c><00:12:21.919><c> son</c><00:12:22.399><c> in</c><00:12:22.960><c> his</c><00:12:23.399><c> old</c><00:12:23.840><c> age</c><00:12:24.500><c> and</c><00:12:25.000><c> the</c><00:12:25.320><c> child</c><00:12:25.720><c> grew</c><00:12:26.480><c> and</c>

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was<00:12:29.700><c> weaned.</c>

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And<00:12:32.360><c> Abram</c><00:12:32.519><c> made</c><00:12:32.679><c> a</c><00:12:32.860><c> great</c><00:12:33.059><c> feast</c><00:12:33.279><c> the</c><00:12:33.500><c> same</c><00:12:33.679><c> day</c><00:12:33.980><c> Isaac</c><00:12:34.379><c> was</c><00:12:34.700><c> weaned.</c>

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And<00:12:35.139><c> all</c><00:12:35.340><c> those</c><00:12:35.580><c> words</c><00:12:35.899><c> visited</c><00:12:36.320><c> Sarah.</c>

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Sarah<00:12:37.100><c> conceived.</c>

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God's<00:12:38.120><c> made</c><00:12:38.240><c> me</c><00:12:38.379><c> to</c><00:12:38.620><c> laugh.</c>

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I've<00:12:39.299><c> given</c><00:12:39.480><c> children</c><00:12:39.980><c> suck.</c>

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The<00:12:40.580><c> child</c><00:12:41.000><c> grew.</c>

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The<00:12:41.559><c> child</c><00:12:41.960><c> was</c><00:12:42.279><c> weaned.</c>

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And<00:12:43.059><c> well</c><00:12:43.340><c> this</c><00:12:43.480><c> is</c><00:12:43.600><c> all</c><00:12:43.779><c> language</c><00:12:44.000><c> out</c><00:12:44.159><c> of</c><00:12:44.320><c> the</c><00:12:44.440><c> story</c><00:12:44.639><c> of</c><00:12:44.860><c> Hannah</c><00:12:44.960><c> isn't</c><00:12:45.299><c> it?</c>

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And<00:12:46.139><c> it's</c><00:12:46.360><c> reminiscent.</c>

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It's<00:12:47.059><c> all</c><00:12:47.299><c> caught</c><00:12:47.500><c> up</c><00:12:47.659><c> in</c><00:12:47.799><c> the</c><00:12:48.019><c> spirit's</c><00:12:48.460><c> phrase</c><00:12:48.779><c> back</c><00:12:49.279><c> in</c><00:12:49.720><c> the</c>

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verse<00:12:49.960><c> of</c><00:12:50.179><c> Samuel</c><00:12:50.580><c> chapter</c><00:12:51.139><c> 2</c><00:12:51.419><c> here.</c>

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Where<00:12:52.120><c> in</c><00:12:52.299><c> verse</c><00:12:52.480><c> 21</c><00:12:52.860><c> it</c><00:12:53.200><c> says</c><00:12:53.600><c> simply.</c>

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And<00:12:57.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:58.259><c> visited</c><00:12:58.960><c> Hannah.</c>

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And<00:13:01.700><c> somehow</c><00:13:01.899><c> we</c><00:13:02.159><c> capture</c><00:13:02.440><c> all</c><00:13:02.679><c> of</c><00:13:02.860><c> these</c><00:13:03.659><c> other</c><00:13:04.340><c> analogies</c>

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and<00:13:05.340><c> other</c><00:13:05.759><c> parallels.</c>

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How<00:13:06.799><c> much</c><00:13:07.000><c> of</c><00:13:07.100><c> this</c><00:13:07.240><c> do</c><00:13:07.399><c> you</c><00:13:07.440><c> think</c><00:13:07.580><c> Hannah</c><00:13:07.799><c> knew</c><00:13:08.059><c> and</c><00:13:08.240><c> treasured</c><00:13:08.500><c> in</c><00:13:08.639><c> her</c><00:13:08.799><c> heart?</c>

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Do<00:13:09.080><c> you</c><00:13:09.080><c> think</c><00:13:09.159><c> she</c><00:13:09.279><c> knew</c><00:13:09.440><c> the</c><00:13:09.600><c> story</c><00:13:09.820><c> of</c><00:13:10.059><c> Sarah?</c>

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I'm<00:13:10.519><c> sure</c><00:13:10.700><c> she</c><00:13:10.860><c> did.</c>

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Do<00:13:11.039><c> you</c><00:13:11.080><c> think</c><00:13:11.179><c> she</c><00:13:11.299><c> knew</c><00:13:11.419><c> the</c><00:13:11.519><c> story</c><00:13:11.740><c> of</c><00:13:11.899><c> Ruth?</c>

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I'm<00:13:12.860><c> sure</c><00:13:13.059><c> she</c><00:13:13.299><c> did.</c>

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She<00:13:13.639><c> treasured</c><00:13:13.899><c> all</c><00:13:14.139><c> these</c><00:13:14.360><c> ideas</c><00:13:14.740><c> in</c><00:13:14.919><c> her</c><00:13:15.100><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:13:15.740><c> so</c><00:13:15.820><c> the</c><00:13:15.980><c> record</c><00:13:16.240><c> says</c><00:13:16.620><c> in</c><00:13:16.799><c> verse</c><00:13:17.039><c> 21</c><00:13:17.440><c> that</c><00:13:17.899><c> having</c><00:13:18.159><c> visited</c><00:13:18.559><c> Hannah</c>

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she<00:13:19.500><c> conceived</c><00:13:20.019><c> indeed.</c>

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And<00:13:21.019><c> she</c><00:13:21.240><c> bear</c><00:13:21.440><c> three</c><00:13:22.080><c> sons</c><00:13:22.580><c> and</c><00:13:23.179><c> two</c><00:13:23.539><c> daughters.</c>

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And<00:13:26.179><c> the</c><00:13:26.379><c> child</c><00:13:26.620><c> Samuel</c><00:13:26.980><c> grew</c><00:13:27.200><c> before</c><00:13:27.580><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:13:29.159><c> now</c><00:13:29.399><c> she's</c><00:13:29.720><c> got</c><00:13:30.299><c> one</c><00:13:30.879><c> child</c><00:13:31.500><c> in</c><00:13:32.059><c> Shiloh.</c>

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But<00:13:33.740><c> she</c><00:13:33.980><c> now</c><00:13:34.220><c> has</c><00:13:34.500><c> another</c><00:13:34.980><c> five</c><00:13:35.759><c> children</c><00:13:36.360><c> at</c><00:13:36.919><c> home</c><00:13:37.360><c> who</c><00:13:37.980><c> would</c><00:13:38.220><c> be</c>

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rightfully<00:13:39.179><c> hers</c><00:13:39.679><c> to</c><00:13:40.080><c> raise.</c>

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And<00:13:41.100><c> so</c><00:13:41.340><c> we</c><00:13:41.519><c> could</c><00:13:41.759><c> argue</c><00:13:42.080><c> couldn't</c><00:13:42.419><c> we</c><00:13:42.600><c> that</c><00:13:42.840><c> Hannah</c><00:13:43.320><c> whose</c><00:13:43.759><c> name</c><00:13:44.080><c> means</c><00:13:44.559><c> grace</c><00:13:45.240><c> has</c><00:13:46.139><c> now</c><00:13:46.519><c> received</c><00:13:47.259><c> a</c>

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full<00:13:48.019><c> measure</c><00:13:48.340><c> of</c><00:13:48.580><c> the</c><00:13:48.840><c> Father's</c><00:13:49.399><c> grace</c><00:13:49.799><c> upon</c><00:13:50.120><c> her.</c>

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She's<00:13:50.679><c> got</c><00:13:50.960><c> five</c><00:13:51.779><c> little</c><00:13:52.200><c> children</c><00:13:52.820><c> at</c><00:13:53.399><c> home.</c>

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But<00:13:54.539><c> when</c><00:13:54.799><c> we</c><00:13:55.000><c> add</c><00:13:55.100><c> the</c><00:13:55.360><c> child</c><00:13:55.720><c> Samuel</c><00:13:56.200><c> who</c><00:13:56.600><c> stayed</c><00:13:56.899><c> in</c><00:13:57.379><c> Shiloh</c>

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she's<00:13:58.840><c> got</c><00:13:58.960><c> a</c><00:13:59.120><c> total</c><00:13:59.299><c> of</c><00:13:59.580><c> six</c><00:14:00.200><c> children.</c>

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Now<00:14:02.259><c> she'd</c><00:14:02.600><c> alluded</c><00:14:02.799><c> to</c><00:14:03.019><c> Ruth</c><00:14:03.179><c> in</c><00:14:03.320><c> her</c><00:14:03.500><c> own</c><00:14:03.720><c> prayer</c><00:14:04.000><c> hadn't</c><00:14:04.240><c> she?</c>

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The<00:14:04.559><c> first</c><00:14:04.759><c> of</c><00:14:04.919><c> Samuel</c><00:14:05.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:05.440><c> 2</c><00:14:05.720><c> verse</c><00:14:05.940><c> 5</c><00:14:06.240><c> and</c><00:14:06.419><c> the</c><00:14:06.600><c> prayer</c>

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she<00:14:06.919><c> offered</c><00:14:07.080><c> earlier</c><00:14:07.460><c> on.</c>

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And<00:14:08.179><c> she</c><00:14:08.779><c> the</c><00:14:08.960><c> barren</c><00:14:09.279><c> woman</c><00:14:09.519><c> hath</c><00:14:09.720><c> borne</c><00:14:10.240><c> seven.</c>

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But<00:14:12.580><c> actually</c><00:14:12.840><c> Hannah</c><00:14:12.980><c> never</c><00:14:13.259><c> did</c><00:14:13.500><c> have</c><00:14:13.759><c> seven</c><00:14:14.120><c> did</c><00:14:14.360><c> she?</c>

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And<00:14:15.899><c> I</c><00:14:16.080><c> think</c><00:14:16.200><c> that</c><00:14:16.320><c> was</c><00:14:16.500><c> in</c><00:14:16.620><c> the</c><00:14:16.779><c> providence</c><00:14:17.080><c> of</c><00:14:17.320><c> God.</c>

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That<00:14:20.019><c> barren</c><00:14:20.279><c> woman</c><00:14:20.480><c> though</c><00:14:20.620><c> she</c><00:14:20.879><c> was</c><00:14:21.139><c> and</c><00:14:21.500><c> visited</c><00:14:21.779><c> though</c>

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she<00:14:22.279><c> was</c><00:14:22.519><c> by</c><00:14:22.820><c> God.</c>

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God<00:14:25.120><c> only</c><00:14:25.360><c> ever</c><00:14:25.639><c> gave</c><00:14:26.080><c> Hannah</c><00:14:26.519><c> six</c><00:14:27.399><c> children.</c>

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The<00:14:31.200><c> Lord</c><00:14:31.720><c> left</c><00:14:32.220><c> her</c><00:14:32.600><c> short</c><00:14:33.179><c> of</c><00:14:33.940><c> the</c><00:14:34.139><c> seventh.</c>

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That<00:14:37.220><c> she</c><00:14:37.419><c> might</c><00:14:37.740><c> live</c><00:14:38.039><c> for</c><00:14:38.279><c> that</c><00:14:38.559><c> hope.</c>

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That<00:14:40.860><c> one</c><00:14:41.179><c> day</c><00:14:41.879><c> the</c><00:14:43.080><c> seventh</c><00:14:43.320><c> would</c><00:14:43.620><c> come.</c>

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She<00:14:45.620><c> looked</c><00:14:46.059><c> for</c><00:14:46.519><c> one</c><00:14:46.860><c> to</c><00:14:47.139><c> come.</c>

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But<00:14:48.220><c> not</c><00:14:48.480><c> yet.</c><00:14:49.580><c> Not</c><00:14:49.840><c> now.</c>

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And<00:14:52.440><c> when</c><00:14:52.620><c> he</c><00:14:52.940><c> came</c><00:14:53.440><c> he</c><00:14:54.820><c> would</c><00:14:55.000><c> be</c><00:14:55.159><c> the</c><00:14:55.360><c> Messiah</c><00:14:55.679><c> that</c><00:14:55.879><c> all</c>

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were<00:14:56.580><c> waiting</c><00:14:56.879><c> for.</c>

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And<00:14:57.799><c> Hannah</c><00:14:58.039><c> would</c><00:14:58.299><c> join</c><00:14:58.500><c> her</c><00:14:58.759><c> prayer</c><00:14:58.940><c> with</c><00:14:59.179><c> others</c><00:14:59.340><c> when</c><00:14:59.539><c> this</c><00:14:59.820><c> one</c><00:14:59.980><c> comes.</c>

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Unto<00:15:01.759><c> us</c><00:15:02.120><c> a</c><00:15:02.279><c> child</c><00:15:02.799><c> is</c><00:15:03.139><c> born.</c><00:15:04.480><c> Unto</c><00:15:04.679><c> us</c><00:15:05.360><c> a</c><00:15:05.919><c> son</c><00:15:06.440><c> is</c><00:15:06.960><c> given.</c>

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But<00:15:10.419><c> not</c><00:15:10.679><c> yet.</c>

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So<00:15:12.940><c> she's</c><00:15:13.200><c> left</c><00:15:13.480><c> with</c><00:15:13.820><c> six</c><00:15:14.419><c> in</c><00:15:14.659><c> order</c><00:15:14.899><c> that</c><00:15:15.100><c> she</c><00:15:15.340><c> also</c><00:15:15.779><c> might</c>

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look<00:15:16.360><c> forward</c><00:15:16.679><c> to</c><00:15:16.899><c> the</c><00:15:17.139><c> seventh.</c>

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Who<00:15:18.240><c> would</c><00:15:18.440><c> complete</c><00:15:18.779><c> the</c><00:15:19.120><c> story</c><00:15:19.340><c> of</c><00:15:19.480><c> her</c><00:15:19.740><c> own</c><00:15:19.960><c> life.</c>

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And<00:15:21.700><c> all</c><00:15:21.840><c> that</c><00:15:21.980><c> was</c><00:15:22.120><c> being</c><00:15:22.419><c> foreshadowed</c><00:15:24.240><c> in</c><00:15:24.700><c> Samuel's.</c>

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And<00:15:27.120><c> so</c><00:15:27.379><c> verse</c><00:15:27.720><c> 22</c><00:15:28.259><c> says.</c>

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Now<00:15:30.460><c> Eli</c><00:15:30.960><c> was</c><00:15:31.279><c> very</c><00:15:31.740><c> old</c><00:15:32.519><c> and</c><00:15:33.679><c> heard</c><00:15:33.799><c> all</c><00:15:34.039><c> that</c><00:15:34.259><c> his</c><00:15:34.419><c> sons</c><00:15:34.879><c> did</c>

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unto<00:15:35.759><c> all</c><00:15:35.960><c> Israel.</c>

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How<00:15:38.000><c> they</c><00:15:38.220><c> lay</c><00:15:38.379><c> with</c><00:15:38.539><c> the</c><00:15:38.679><c> woman</c><00:15:38.879><c> that</c><00:15:39.139><c> assembled</c><00:15:39.399><c> at</c><00:15:39.600><c> the</c><00:15:39.740><c> door</c><00:15:39.879><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:40.240><c> tabernacle</c><00:15:40.580><c> of</c><00:15:40.779><c> the</c><00:15:40.919><c> congregation.</c>

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Clearly<00:15:42.419><c> what</c><00:15:42.600><c> we're</c><00:15:42.759><c> being</c><00:15:43.039><c> told</c><00:15:43.340><c> in</c><00:15:43.539><c> verse</c><00:15:43.759><c> 22</c><00:15:44.159><c> is</c><00:15:44.360><c> that</c><00:15:44.480><c> at</c>

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some<00:15:44.899><c> point</c><00:15:45.120><c> his</c><00:15:45.399><c> age</c><00:15:45.820><c> prevented</c><00:15:46.480><c> him</c><00:15:46.759><c> from</c><00:15:47.059><c> supervising</c><00:15:48.159><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:15:49.019><c> activities.</c>

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He<00:15:50.159><c> couldn't</c><00:15:50.379><c> do</c><00:15:50.620><c> them</c><00:15:50.799><c> anymore.</c>

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But<00:15:52.580><c> the</c><00:15:52.860><c> problem</c><00:15:53.259><c> was</c><00:15:53.720><c> that</c><00:15:54.019><c> that</c><00:15:54.379><c> corrupt</c><00:15:54.779><c> form</c><00:15:55.120><c> of</c><00:15:55.440><c> worship</c>

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that<00:15:56.019><c> had</c><00:15:56.159><c> been</c><00:15:56.539><c> introduced.</c>

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Was<00:15:58.519><c> now</c><00:15:58.899><c> already</c><00:15:59.440><c> in</c><00:15:59.840><c> practice</c><00:16:00.179><c> so</c><00:16:00.559><c> deeply</c><00:16:00.899><c> entrenched</c><00:16:01.460><c> that</c>

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it<00:16:01.740><c> was</c><00:16:01.879><c> impossible</c><00:16:02.340><c> for</c><00:16:02.700><c> him</c><00:16:02.860><c> to</c><00:16:03.059><c> change</c><00:16:03.340><c> it</c><00:16:03.500><c> or</c><00:16:03.620><c> to</c><00:16:03.879><c> challenge</c><00:16:04.159><c> it</c><00:16:04.360><c> or</c><00:16:04.500><c> to</c>

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stop<00:16:05.000><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:05.740><c> now</c><00:16:05.940><c> his</c><00:16:06.220><c> advanced</c><00:16:06.600><c> years</c><00:16:06.840><c> makes</c><00:16:07.120><c> it</c><00:16:07.320><c> impossible</c><00:16:07.799><c> for</c><00:16:08.059><c> him</c><00:16:08.220><c> to</c>

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reverse<00:16:08.840><c> it.</c>

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He's<00:16:09.679><c> no</c><00:16:09.860><c> longer</c><00:16:10.059><c> in</c><00:16:10.360><c> charge.</c>

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And<00:16:11.480><c> so</c><00:16:11.580><c> these</c><00:16:11.840><c> sons</c><00:16:12.159><c> of</c><00:16:12.379><c> Belial</c><00:16:12.679><c> are</c><00:16:12.860><c> now</c><00:16:13.000><c> in</c><00:16:13.220><c> control</c><00:16:13.460><c> of</c><00:16:13.659><c> everything.</c>

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He's<00:16:13.980><c> just</c><00:16:14.200><c> an</c><00:16:14.360><c> old</c><00:16:14.580><c> man.</c><00:16:14.879><c> In</c><00:16:14.960><c> fact</c><00:16:15.120><c> a</c><00:16:15.220><c> very</c><00:16:15.519><c> old</c><00:16:15.759><c> man.</c>

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As<00:16:16.919><c> we've</c><00:16:17.159><c> said</c><00:16:17.220><c> I</c><00:16:17.360><c> think</c><00:16:17.580><c> he's</c><00:16:17.879><c> probably</c><00:16:18.100><c> at</c><00:16:18.259><c> least</c><00:16:18.620><c> 80</c><00:16:18.960><c> by</c>

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this<00:16:19.620><c> time.</c>

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He's<00:16:21.720><c> going</c><00:16:21.820><c> to</c><00:16:21.919><c> live</c><00:16:21.980><c> for</c><00:16:22.159><c> another</c><00:16:22.320><c> 18</c><00:16:22.679><c> years.</c>

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But<00:16:26.019><c> he's</c><00:16:26.179><c> too</c><00:16:26.399><c> old</c><00:16:26.580><c> now.</c>

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It<00:16:28.220><c> says</c><00:16:28.320><c> he</c><00:16:28.500><c> heard</c><00:16:28.679><c> all</c><00:16:28.980><c> that</c><00:16:29.059><c> they</c><00:16:29.320><c> did.</c>

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And<00:16:30.679><c> their</c><00:16:30.960><c> spirit</c><00:16:31.240><c> affected</c><00:16:31.740><c> all</c><00:16:32.399><c> the</c><00:16:32.620><c> matters</c><00:16:32.840><c> at</c><00:16:33.080><c> the</c><00:16:33.320><c> sanctuary.</c>

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And<00:16:34.059><c> of</c><00:16:34.139><c> course</c><00:16:34.259><c> Hannah</c><00:16:34.519><c> knew</c><00:16:34.860><c> full</c><00:16:35.179><c> well</c><00:16:35.379><c> that</c><00:16:35.539><c> this</c><00:16:35.740><c> old</c><00:16:35.940><c> man</c>

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was<00:16:36.500><c> powerless.</c>

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And<00:16:36.960><c> I</c><00:16:37.080><c> think</c><00:16:37.220><c> that's</c><00:16:37.600><c> partly</c><00:16:37.759><c> why</c><00:16:37.980><c> she</c><00:16:38.159><c> prayed</c><00:16:38.379><c> for</c><00:16:38.639><c> a</c><00:16:38.659><c> son</c><00:16:38.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:39.000><c> first</c><00:16:39.220><c> place.</c>

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Because<00:16:39.879><c> going</c><00:16:40.159><c> up</c><00:16:40.419><c> year</c><00:16:40.600><c> by</c><00:16:40.840><c> year</c><00:16:41.139><c> she</c><00:16:41.440><c> not</c><00:16:41.639><c> only</c><00:16:41.879><c> saw</c><00:16:42.120><c> the</c><00:16:42.399><c> wickedness</c><00:16:42.820><c> of</c>

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Hophnai<00:16:43.460><c> and</c><00:16:43.580><c> Phineas.</c>

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But<00:16:44.340><c> she</c><00:16:44.500><c> understood</c><00:16:44.940><c> that</c><00:16:45.159><c> Eli</c><00:16:45.340><c> couldn't</c><00:16:45.679><c> change</c><00:16:46.039><c> it.</c>

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She<00:16:48.860><c> knew</c><00:16:49.000><c> he</c><00:16:49.220><c> couldn't.</c>

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So<00:16:52.139><c> she</c><00:16:52.419><c> prayed</c><00:16:52.799><c> to</c><00:16:53.100><c> break</c><00:16:53.360><c> the</c><00:16:53.620><c> cycle</c><00:16:53.879><c> of</c><00:16:54.100><c> these</c><00:16:54.320><c> men</c><00:16:54.799><c> that</c>

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their<00:16:55.879><c> father</c><00:16:56.159><c> couldn't.</c>

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But<00:16:59.419><c> Eli</c><00:16:59.659><c> knew.</c><00:17:00.120><c> He'd</c><00:17:00.240><c> heard</c><00:17:00.360><c> it</c><00:17:00.559><c> all.</c>

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And<00:17:02.639><c> what</c><00:17:02.799><c> he'd</c><00:17:03.039><c> heard,</c><00:17:03.399><c> verse</c><00:17:03.639><c> 22,</c><00:17:04.220><c> was</c><00:17:04.480><c> that</c><00:17:04.700><c> his</c><00:17:05.059><c> sons.</c>

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Lay<00:17:06.940><c> with</c><00:17:07.220><c> the</c><00:17:07.400><c> woman</c><00:17:07.660><c> that</c><00:17:07.980><c> assembled</c><00:17:08.380><c> at</c><00:17:08.619><c> the</c><00:17:08.799><c> door</c><00:17:09.380><c> of</c><00:17:09.839><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:17:10.819><c> of</c><00:17:11.500><c> the</c><00:17:11.700><c> congregation.</c>

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Now<00:17:15.079><c> let</c><00:17:15.299><c> me</c><00:17:15.420><c> just</c><00:17:15.619><c> take</c><00:17:15.740><c> you</c><00:17:15.859><c> on</c><00:17:15.980><c> a</c><00:17:16.079><c> little</c><00:17:16.279><c> journey</c><00:17:16.559><c> to</c><00:17:16.819><c> explain</c><00:17:17.279><c> this</c>

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word<00:17:17.960><c> assembled.</c>

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Because<00:17:18.859><c> I</c><00:17:18.940><c> think</c><00:17:19.079><c> it's</c><00:17:19.400><c> crucial</c><00:17:19.859><c> to</c><00:17:20.180><c> the</c><00:17:20.400><c> story.</c>

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In<00:17:21.980><c> fact</c><00:17:22.079><c> it</c><00:17:22.180><c> would</c><00:17:22.220><c> be</c><00:17:22.279><c> more</c><00:17:22.519><c> crucial</c><00:17:22.779><c> to</c><00:17:22.940><c> the</c><00:17:23.099><c> story</c><00:17:23.299><c> than</c><00:17:23.480><c> perhaps</c><00:17:23.799><c> we</c>

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first<00:17:24.400><c> realise.</c>

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If<00:17:26.400><c> you</c><00:17:26.519><c> come</c><00:17:26.680><c> back</c><00:17:26.900><c> to</c><00:17:27.019><c> the</c><00:17:27.119><c> book</c><00:17:27.240><c> of</c><00:17:27.420><c> Numbers,</c><00:17:27.880><c> chapter</c><00:17:28.119><c> 4.</c>

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Let<00:17:28.859><c> me</c><00:17:29.019><c> show</c><00:17:29.200><c> you</c><00:17:29.319><c> that</c><00:17:29.619><c> word</c><00:17:30.019><c> in</c><00:17:30.660><c> the</c><00:17:30.779><c> book</c><00:17:30.900><c> of</c><00:17:31.059><c> the</c><00:17:31.200><c> law.</c>

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Assembled.

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It's<00:17:35.980><c> in</c><00:17:36.240><c> Numbers,</c><00:17:36.619><c> chapter</c><00:17:36.920><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:17:39.940><c> in</c><00:17:40.319><c> verse</c><00:17:40.619><c> 23.</c>

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This<00:17:46.119><c> is</c><00:17:46.279><c> one</c><00:17:46.460><c> of</c><00:17:46.599><c> the</c><00:17:46.680><c> places</c><00:17:47.019><c> where</c><00:17:47.299><c> it's</c><00:17:47.539><c> used.</c>

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Numbers<00:17:49.140><c> 4,</c><00:17:49.480><c> verse</c><00:17:49.700><c> 23.</c>

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And<00:17:51.940><c> in</c><00:17:52.059><c> this</c><00:17:52.259><c> particular</c><00:17:52.619><c> case</c><00:17:52.940><c> it's</c><00:17:53.240><c> talking</c><00:17:53.440><c> about</c><00:17:53.740><c> the</c><00:17:53.920><c> sons</c><00:17:54.220><c> of</c><00:17:54.480><c> Gershom.</c>

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It<00:17:55.700><c> says,</c><00:17:56.299><c> verse</c><00:17:56.460><c> 23,</c><00:17:56.799><c> from</c><00:17:57.059><c> 30</c><00:17:57.460><c> years</c><00:17:57.740><c> old</c><00:17:57.880><c> and</c><00:17:58.039><c> upward</c><00:17:58.259><c> until</c>

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50<00:17:58.900><c> years</c><00:17:59.220><c> old,</c><00:17:59.519><c> shalt</c><00:17:59.640><c> thou</c><00:17:59.839><c> number</c><00:18:00.140><c> them,</c>

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all<00:18:01.660><c> that</c><00:18:01.880><c> enter</c><00:18:02.160><c> in</c><00:18:02.400><c> to</c><00:18:02.559><c> perform</c><00:18:02.859><c> the</c><00:18:03.119><c> service,</c><00:18:03.480><c> to</c><00:18:03.579><c> do</c><00:18:03.740><c> the</c>

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work<00:18:04.099><c> in</c><00:18:04.259><c> the</c><00:18:04.440><c> tabernacle</c><00:18:04.819><c> of</c><00:18:05.000><c> the</c><00:18:05.220><c> congregation.</c>

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But<00:18:08.079><c> you</c><00:18:08.279><c> see</c><00:18:08.400><c> in</c><00:18:08.500><c> the</c><00:18:08.740><c> margin,</c><00:18:09.059><c> all</c><00:18:09.240><c> that</c><00:18:09.440><c> enter</c><00:18:09.700><c> in</c><00:18:10.019><c> to</c><00:18:10.240><c> perform</c><00:18:10.519><c> the</c><00:18:10.819><c> service,</c>

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the<00:18:12.299><c> margin</c><00:18:12.819><c> says,</c><00:18:13.539><c> all</c><00:18:13.799><c> that</c><00:18:14.039><c> enter</c><00:18:14.299><c> in</c><00:18:14.700><c> to</c><00:18:15.019><c> war</c><00:18:15.299><c> the</c><00:18:15.680><c> warfare.</c>

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That's<00:18:17.000><c> an</c><00:18:17.180><c> interesting</c><00:18:17.420><c> question,</c><00:18:17.859><c> isn't</c><00:18:17.960><c> it?</c><00:18:18.019><c> They</c><00:18:18.220><c> came</c>

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to<00:18:18.640><c> war</c><00:18:18.819><c> the</c><00:18:19.039><c> warfare.</c>

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This<00:18:21.559><c> was</c><00:18:21.779><c> a</c><00:18:22.019><c> spiritual</c><00:18:22.480><c> war.</c>

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And<00:18:24.779><c> again</c><00:18:25.259><c> if</c><00:18:25.380><c> you</c><00:18:25.500><c> come</c><00:18:25.700><c> to</c><00:18:25.799><c> Numbers,</c><00:18:26.259><c> chapter</c><00:18:26.420><c> 8,</c><00:18:27.460><c> and</c><00:18:27.640><c> verses</c><00:18:28.000><c> 24</c>

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to<00:18:28.859><c> 26,</c>

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right<00:18:30.400><c> at</c><00:18:30.599><c> the</c><00:18:30.819><c> end</c><00:18:31.160><c> of</c><00:18:31.480><c> the</c><00:18:31.640><c> chapter,</c>

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we<00:18:33.759><c> will</c><00:18:33.940><c> be</c><00:18:34.119><c> told</c><00:18:34.299><c> something</c><00:18:34.660><c> very</c><00:18:35.279><c> similar,</c><00:18:36.240><c> where</c><00:18:36.380><c> it</c><00:18:36.539><c> says</c>

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this<00:18:37.000><c> in</c><00:18:37.200><c> verse</c><00:18:37.460><c> 24.</c>

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This<00:18:39.700><c> is</c><00:18:39.880><c> that</c><00:18:40.079><c> that</c><00:18:40.299><c> belongeth</c><00:18:40.579><c> unto</c><00:18:40.720><c> the</c><00:18:40.940><c> Levites,</c><00:18:41.480><c> from</c><00:18:41.640><c> 20</c>

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and<00:18:42.119><c> 5</c><00:18:42.420><c> years</c><00:18:42.599><c> old</c><00:18:42.779><c> and</c><00:18:42.900><c> upward</c><00:18:43.099><c> shall</c><00:18:43.259><c> they</c><00:18:43.460><c> go</c><00:18:43.859><c> in</c><00:18:44.380><c> to</c>

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war<00:18:45.940><c> the</c><00:18:46.180><c> warfare</c><00:18:46.920><c> of</c><00:18:47.359><c> the</c><00:18:47.619><c> service,</c><00:18:48.099><c> says</c><00:18:48.299><c> the</c><00:18:48.559><c> margin.</c>

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But<00:18:49.799><c> the</c><00:18:50.160><c> authorised</c><00:18:50.599><c> version</c><00:18:50.799><c> says</c><00:18:51.059><c> to</c><00:18:51.299><c> wait</c><00:18:51.539><c> upon</c><00:18:51.799><c> the</c><00:18:52.039><c> service.</c>

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And<00:18:52.700><c> likewise</c><00:18:53.119><c> verse</c><00:18:53.420><c> 25,</c><00:18:53.859><c> and</c><00:18:53.980><c> from</c><00:18:54.140><c> the</c><00:18:54.299><c> age</c><00:18:54.460><c> of</c><00:18:54.599><c> 50</c><00:18:54.839><c> years</c>

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they<00:18:55.440><c> shall</c><00:18:55.680><c> cease</c><00:18:56.099><c> waiting</c><00:18:56.380><c> upon</c><00:18:56.660><c> the</c><00:18:56.900><c> service,</c>

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the<00:18:57.559><c> margin</c><00:18:57.839><c> says</c><00:18:58.019><c> they</c><00:18:58.180><c> shall</c><00:18:58.359><c> return</c><00:18:58.859><c> from</c><00:18:59.099><c> the</c><00:18:59.299><c> warfare</c><00:18:59.579><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:59.940><c> service.</c>

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Now<00:19:00.700><c> that</c><00:19:01.000><c> word</c><00:19:01.460><c> in</c><00:19:01.819><c> the</c><00:19:02.019><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:02.319><c> is</c><00:19:02.559><c> the</c><00:19:02.640><c> word</c><00:19:03.019><c> tzaba,</c><00:19:03.839><c> T</c><00:19:04.200><c>-S</c><00:19:04.779><c>-A</c>

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-B<00:19:05.339><c>-A,</c>

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which<00:19:06.220><c> means</c><00:19:06.819><c> to</c><00:19:07.519><c> fight</c><00:19:08.039><c> and</c><00:19:08.759><c> to</c><00:19:09.000><c> muster</c><00:19:09.880><c> and</c><00:19:10.380><c> to</c><00:19:11.059><c> assemble.</c>

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So<00:19:12.880><c> there's</c><00:19:13.240><c> the</c><00:19:13.440><c> word.</c><00:19:13.880><c> It</c><00:19:14.079><c> means</c><00:19:14.460><c> to</c><00:19:14.759><c> assemble.</c>

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But<00:19:16.039><c> it's</c><00:19:16.359><c> a</c><00:19:16.559><c> military</c><00:19:17.200><c> term,</c><00:19:18.259><c> suggesting</c><00:19:18.779><c> conscription</c><00:19:19.660><c> for</c><00:19:20.119><c> service.</c>

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And<00:19:21.839><c> interestingly</c><00:19:22.779><c> enough</c><00:19:23.200><c> that</c><00:19:23.559><c> word</c><00:19:24.099><c> tzaba</c><00:19:24.920><c> is</c><00:19:26.559><c> the</c><00:19:26.960><c> root</c>

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word<00:19:28.180><c> of</c><00:19:29.859><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:31.180><c> tzavayoth,</c>

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the<00:19:33.740><c> Lord</c><00:19:34.019><c> of</c><00:19:34.259><c> hosts,</c><00:19:35.119><c> the</c><00:19:35.400><c> assembly</c><00:19:36.220><c> of</c><00:19:36.680><c> people,</c>

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conscripted<00:19:38.660><c> for</c><00:19:38.960><c> service</c><00:19:39.339><c> to</c><00:19:39.559><c> become</c><00:19:39.880><c> God's</c><00:19:40.599><c> armies</c><00:19:41.019><c> in</c><00:19:41.480><c> the</c>

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warfare<00:19:42.099><c> of</c><00:19:42.460><c> the</c><00:19:42.680><c> truth.</c>

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In<00:19:43.819><c> fact</c><00:19:43.900><c> this</c><00:19:44.099><c> whole</c><00:19:44.380><c> idea</c><00:19:44.599><c> of</c><00:19:44.740><c> the</c><00:19:44.960><c> warfare,</c><00:19:45.519><c> I</c><00:19:45.519><c> think</c><00:19:45.680><c> we</c><00:19:45.819><c> won't</c><00:19:46.019><c> turn</c><00:19:46.220><c> this</c><00:19:46.420><c> up,</c><00:19:46.599><c> but</c><00:19:46.720><c> I'll</c><00:19:46.859><c> just</c><00:19:47.019><c> give</c><00:19:47.119><c> you</c><00:19:47.299><c> a</c>

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cross<00:19:47.539><c> reference.</c>

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I<00:19:48.460><c> think</c><00:19:48.640><c> that</c><00:19:48.880><c> idea</c><00:19:49.220><c> from</c><00:19:49.500><c> the</c><00:19:49.619><c> book</c><00:19:49.779><c> of</c><00:19:50.539><c> Numbers</c><00:19:51.220><c> about</c><00:19:51.480><c> the</c>

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Levites<00:19:52.059><c> warring</c><00:19:52.519><c> the</c><00:19:52.720><c> warfare,</c>

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I<00:19:55.339><c> suggest</c><00:19:55.799><c> is</c><00:19:56.160><c> possibly</c><00:19:56.799><c> the</c><00:19:57.359><c> scriptural</c><00:19:57.799><c> basis</c><00:19:58.240><c> for</c><00:19:58.480><c> what</c>

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Paul<00:19:59.180><c> says</c><00:19:59.619><c> to</c><00:19:59.880><c> Timothy</c>

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when<00:20:01.200><c> in</c><00:20:01.400><c> the</c><00:20:01.460><c> first</c><00:20:01.740><c> of</c><00:20:01.920><c> Timothy</c><00:20:02.259><c> chapter</c><00:20:02.599><c> 1</c><00:20:02.799><c> and</c><00:20:02.940><c> verse</c><00:20:03.160><c> 18</c>

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he<00:20:03.799><c> says,</c>

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This<00:20:05.160><c> charge</c><00:20:05.819><c> I</c><00:20:06.480><c> commit</c><00:20:06.839><c> unto</c><00:20:07.160><c> thee,</c><00:20:07.599><c> son</c><00:20:07.660><c> Timothy,</c><00:20:08.579><c> according</c><00:20:08.859><c> to</c><00:20:09.059><c> the</c>

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prophecies<00:20:09.660><c> that</c><00:20:09.819><c> went</c><00:20:09.980><c> before</c><00:20:10.380><c> on</c><00:20:10.599><c> thee,</c>

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that<00:20:10.980><c> thou</c><00:20:11.319><c> by</c><00:20:11.700><c> then</c><00:20:12.460><c> mightest</c><00:20:13.880><c> war</c><00:20:14.380><c> a</c><00:20:14.720><c> good</c><00:20:14.980><c> warfare,</c><00:20:15.819><c> says</c>

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the<00:20:16.220><c> apostle.</c>

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And<00:20:16.900><c> I</c><00:20:17.099><c> think</c><00:20:17.299><c> that</c><00:20:17.460><c> that</c><00:20:17.680><c> idea,</c><00:20:18.079><c> that</c><00:20:18.220><c> expression</c><00:20:18.680><c> is</c><00:20:18.920><c> taken</c>

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out<00:20:19.319><c> of</c><00:20:19.460><c> this</c><00:20:19.759><c> word</c><00:20:20.079><c> in</c><00:20:20.400><c> the</c><00:20:20.519><c> book</c><00:20:20.619><c> of</c><00:20:20.799><c> Numbers</c>

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about<00:20:21.200><c> the</c><00:20:21.440><c> service</c><00:20:21.640><c> of</c><00:20:21.779><c> the</c><00:20:21.880><c> Levites.</c><00:20:22.240><c> They</c><00:20:22.420><c> came</c><00:20:22.819><c> to</c><00:20:23.180><c> war</c><00:20:23.299><c> the</c><00:20:23.519><c> warfare</c><00:20:23.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:24.480><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:20:25.019><c> that's</c><00:20:25.140><c> what</c><00:20:25.279><c> these</c><00:20:25.539><c> Levites</c><00:20:25.900><c> did.</c><00:20:26.420><c> They</c><00:20:26.720><c> assembled</c><00:20:27.319><c> for</c>

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the<00:20:28.059><c> warfare</c><00:20:28.500><c> of</c><00:20:28.680><c> the</c><00:20:28.920><c> service</c><00:20:29.180><c> of</c><00:20:29.420><c> the</c><00:20:29.619><c> truth</c><00:20:29.759><c> in</c><00:20:30.019><c> the</c><00:20:30.279><c> sanctuary.</c>

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But<00:20:34.000><c> there</c><00:20:34.180><c> were</c><00:20:34.259><c> women</c><00:20:34.519><c> involved</c><00:20:35.019><c> in</c><00:20:35.200><c> this</c><00:20:35.440><c> battle</c><00:20:35.640><c> as</c><00:20:35.880><c> well.</c>

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Now<00:20:37.920><c> if</c><00:20:38.019><c> you</c><00:20:38.140><c> come</c><00:20:38.279><c> to</c><00:20:38.440><c> Exodus</c><00:20:38.740><c> chapter</c><00:20:39.119><c> 38,</c>

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we<00:20:40.920><c> have</c><00:20:41.160><c> reference</c><00:20:41.500><c> to</c><00:20:41.799><c> those</c><00:20:42.019><c> women</c><00:20:42.680><c> who</c><00:20:43.339><c> were</c><00:20:43.539><c> also</c><00:20:44.119><c> involved</c><00:20:44.700><c> in</c>

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this<00:20:45.299><c> battle.</c>

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Because<00:20:46.960><c> in</c><00:20:47.220><c> Exodus</c><00:20:47.519><c> chapter</c><00:20:48.019><c> 38</c><00:20:49.279><c> and</c><00:20:49.700><c> verse</c><00:20:50.019><c> 8</c><00:20:50.240><c> it</c><00:20:50.500><c> says,</c>

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And<00:20:53.619><c> he</c><00:20:53.819><c> made</c><00:20:54.299><c> the</c><00:20:54.680><c> laver</c><00:20:55.220><c> of</c><00:20:55.700><c> brass</c><00:20:56.460><c> and</c><00:20:58.240><c> the</c><00:20:58.500><c> foot</c><00:20:58.680><c> of</c><00:20:58.880><c> it,</c><00:21:00.500><c> of</c><00:21:01.000><c> brass,</c>

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made<00:21:03.339><c> out</c><00:21:03.799><c> of</c><00:21:04.039><c> the</c><00:21:04.279><c> looking</c><00:21:04.599><c>-glasses</c><00:21:05.420><c> of</c><00:21:05.819><c> the</c><00:21:06.059><c> women</c><00:21:06.779><c> assembling,</c>

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which<00:21:09.400><c> assembled</c><00:21:10.420><c> at</c><00:21:11.640><c> the</c><00:21:12.019><c> door</c><00:21:12.579><c> of</c><00:21:13.460><c> the</c><00:21:13.779><c> tabernacle</c><00:21:14.440><c> of</c><00:21:14.880><c> the</c><00:21:15.140><c> congregation.</c>

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The<00:21:17.339><c> margin</c><00:21:17.759><c> says</c><00:21:18.000><c> they</c><00:21:18.259><c> assembled</c><00:21:18.839><c> by</c><00:21:19.339><c> troops,</c>

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but<00:21:21.079><c> it's</c><00:21:21.400><c> the</c><00:21:21.599><c> same</c><00:21:21.940><c> word</c><00:21:22.460><c> for</c><00:21:22.740><c> war</c><00:21:23.000><c> the</c><00:21:23.180><c> warfare</c><00:21:23.720><c> of</c><00:21:24.059><c> the</c><00:21:24.240><c> Levites.</c>

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It's<00:21:26.720><c> saba.</c><00:21:27.299><c> So</c><00:21:27.539><c> these</c><00:21:27.819><c> women</c><00:21:28.200><c> came</c><00:21:28.599><c> to</c><00:21:28.839><c> war</c><00:21:28.980><c> the</c><00:21:29.180><c> warfare</c><00:21:29.559><c> as</c>

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well<00:21:30.000><c> as</c><00:21:30.160><c> the</c><00:21:30.299><c> Levites.</c>

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Now<00:21:31.180><c> who</c><00:21:31.400><c> were</c><00:21:31.539><c> these</c><00:21:31.740><c> women?</c>

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They<00:21:32.519><c> were</c><00:21:32.680><c> women</c><00:21:33.140><c> who</c><00:21:33.640><c> devoted</c><00:21:34.059><c> themselves</c><00:21:34.779><c> in</c><00:21:35.319><c> some</c><00:21:35.740><c> way</c><00:21:36.460><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:37.660><c> service</c><00:21:38.059><c> of</c><00:21:38.420><c> the</c><00:21:38.680><c> truth</c>

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and<00:21:39.119><c> particularly</c><00:21:39.779><c> to</c><00:21:40.059><c> the</c><00:21:40.220><c> matters</c><00:21:40.519><c> of</c><00:21:40.880><c> the</c><00:21:41.180><c> sanctuary.</c>

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And<00:21:44.940><c> when</c><00:21:45.099><c> you</c><00:21:45.299><c> think</c><00:21:45.500><c> about</c><00:21:45.799><c> it,</c><00:21:47.099><c> it</c><00:21:47.519><c> makes</c><00:21:47.859><c> sense</c><00:21:48.480><c> that</c><00:21:48.720><c> that</c>

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was<00:21:49.160><c> the</c><00:21:49.299><c> case</c>

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because<00:21:50.380><c> the</c><00:21:50.920><c> sanctuary</c><00:21:51.420><c> service</c><00:21:52.079><c> had</c><00:21:52.440><c> lots</c><00:21:52.720><c> of</c><00:21:52.960><c> things</c><00:21:53.240><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:53.640><c> done.</c>

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There<00:21:55.559><c> were</c><00:21:55.640><c> lots</c><00:21:55.900><c> of</c><00:21:56.500><c> utensils,</c><00:21:57.480><c> there</c><00:21:57.500><c> were</c><00:21:57.640><c> lots</c><00:21:57.940><c> of</c><00:21:58.759><c> offerings,</c>

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there<00:21:59.500><c> were</c><00:21:59.859><c> lots</c><00:22:00.180><c> of</c><00:22:00.920><c> hangings,</c><00:22:01.539><c> there</c><00:22:01.539><c> were</c><00:22:01.700><c> lots</c><00:22:01.940><c> of</c><00:22:02.220><c> things</c><00:22:02.500><c> that</c>

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had<00:22:02.839><c> to</c><00:22:02.980><c> be</c><00:22:03.200><c> administered.</c>

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And<00:22:05.180><c> so</c><00:22:05.359><c> there</c><00:22:05.480><c> were</c><00:22:05.680><c> women</c><00:22:05.960><c> involved</c><00:22:06.519><c> in</c><00:22:06.720><c> the</c><00:22:06.980><c> service</c><00:22:07.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:07.900><c> sanctuary.</c>

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But<00:22:08.599><c> if</c><00:22:08.720><c> you</c><00:22:08.799><c> come</c><00:22:09.000><c> to</c><00:22:09.160><c> Numbers</c><00:22:09.460><c> chapter</c><00:22:09.799><c> 31,</c>

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in<00:22:11.039><c> the</c><00:22:11.240><c> case</c><00:22:11.440><c> of</c><00:22:11.599><c> one</c><00:22:11.680><c> of</c><00:22:11.779><c> the</c><00:22:11.960><c> battles</c><00:22:12.299><c> where</c><00:22:13.019><c> some</c><00:22:13.539><c> foreign</c>

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women<00:22:14.200><c> were</c><00:22:14.440><c> captured</c><00:22:14.859><c> in</c><00:22:15.299><c> battle</c>

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in<00:22:16.059><c> the</c><00:22:16.200><c> days</c><00:22:16.400><c> of</c><00:22:16.859><c> Phineas,</c><00:22:17.559><c> we're</c><00:22:17.759><c> told</c><00:22:17.900><c> this</c><00:22:18.200><c> in</c><00:22:18.559><c> Numbers</c><00:22:18.900><c> 31.</c>

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And<00:22:20.920><c> reading</c><00:22:21.240><c> from</c><00:22:21.680><c> verse,</c><00:22:22.200><c> maybe</c><00:22:22.599><c> verse</c><00:22:22.880><c> 26</c><00:22:23.460><c> to</c><00:22:23.779><c> start</c><00:22:24.059><c> with,</c>

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it<00:22:25.980><c> says</c><00:22:26.200><c> in</c><00:22:26.339><c> verses</c><00:22:26.640><c> 26</c><00:22:27.160><c> and</c><00:22:27.339><c> 27,</c><00:22:28.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:28.940><c> said</c><00:22:29.160><c> to</c><00:22:29.380><c> Moses,</c>

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so<00:22:30.180><c> it's</c><00:22:30.819><c> God's</c><00:22:31.380><c> saying,</c><00:22:31.599><c> not</c><00:22:31.740><c> Moses'</c><00:22:32.339><c> saying,</c>

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he<00:22:32.940><c> says,</c><00:22:33.420><c> take</c><00:22:33.420><c> the</c><00:22:33.640><c> sum</c><00:22:33.740><c> of</c><00:22:33.880><c> the</c><00:22:34.039><c> prey</c><00:22:34.160><c> that</c><00:22:34.279><c> was</c><00:22:34.519><c> taken</c><00:22:34.720><c> both</c>

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of<00:22:35.180><c> man</c><00:22:35.440><c> and</c><00:22:35.640><c> beast,</c>

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thou<00:22:36.140><c> and</c><00:22:36.299><c> Elias</c><00:22:36.579><c> the</c><00:22:36.740><c> priest</c><00:22:37.079><c> and</c><00:22:37.240><c> the</c><00:22:37.380><c> chief</c><00:22:37.500><c> of</c><00:22:37.660><c> the</c><00:22:37.839><c> fathers</c><00:22:38.059><c> of</c><00:22:38.240><c> the</c><00:22:38.420><c> congregation,</c>

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and<00:22:39.720><c> divide</c><00:22:40.039><c> the</c><00:22:40.319><c> prey</c><00:22:40.440><c> into</c><00:22:40.640><c> two</c><00:22:40.900><c> parts,</c><00:22:41.299><c> between</c><00:22:41.579><c> them</c><00:22:41.759><c> that</c>

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took<00:22:42.160><c> war</c><00:22:42.420><c> upon</c><00:22:42.680><c> them</c>

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who<00:22:43.279><c> went</c><00:22:43.440><c> out</c><00:22:43.640><c> to</c><00:22:43.799><c> battle</c><00:22:44.079><c> and</c><00:22:44.500><c> between</c><00:22:44.880><c> all</c><00:22:45.119><c> the</c><00:22:45.339><c> congregation,</c>

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and<00:22:46.819><c> levy</c><00:22:47.059><c> a</c><00:22:47.259><c> tribute</c><00:22:47.559><c> unto</c><00:22:47.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:48.259><c> of</c><00:22:48.420><c> the</c><00:22:48.559><c> men</c><00:22:48.680><c> of</c><00:22:48.880><c> war</c><00:22:49.099><c> which</c><00:22:49.440><c> went</c>

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out<00:22:50.240><c> to</c><00:22:50.420><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:22:51.200><c> as</c><00:22:51.400><c> a</c><00:22:51.519><c> result</c><00:22:51.720><c> of</c><00:22:51.900><c> that</c><00:22:52.119><c> division</c><00:22:52.539><c> of</c><00:22:52.980><c> labor,</c>

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what<00:22:54.000><c> we're</c><00:22:54.420><c> told</c><00:22:54.579><c> in</c><00:22:54.839><c> verse</c><00:22:55.099><c> 35</c><00:22:56.019><c> firstly,</c>

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that<00:22:57.279><c> there</c><00:22:57.440><c> were</c><00:22:57.720><c> persons</c><00:22:58.480><c> that</c><00:22:59.099><c> were</c><00:22:59.380><c> devoted</c><00:22:59.740><c> to</c><00:22:59.980><c> the</c><00:23:00.180><c> high</c><00:23:00.460><c> priest,</c>

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of<00:23:02.099><c> whom</c><00:23:02.319><c> it</c><00:23:02.559><c> says</c><00:23:02.980><c> that</c><00:23:03.680><c> these</c><00:23:04.039><c> were</c><00:23:04.380><c> women</c><00:23:04.819><c> that</c><00:23:05.099><c> had</c><00:23:05.500><c> not</c><00:23:06.200><c> known</c><00:23:06.680><c> man</c><00:23:07.640><c> by</c>

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lying<00:23:08.980><c> with</c><00:23:09.480><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:11.319><c> the</c><00:23:11.460><c> record</c><00:23:11.680><c> says</c><00:23:11.859><c> in</c><00:23:12.039><c> verse</c><00:23:12.279><c> 40,</c>

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the<00:23:13.039><c> persons</c><00:23:13.299><c> were</c><00:23:13.519><c> 16</c><00:23:14.099><c>,000</c><00:23:14.519><c> of</c><00:23:14.720><c> which</c><00:23:15.000><c> Yahweh's</c><00:23:15.720><c> tribute</c><00:23:15.940><c> was</c>

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32<00:23:16.700><c> persons.</c>

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So<00:23:18.000><c> those</c><00:23:18.500><c> 32</c><00:23:19.240><c> virgins</c><00:23:20.140><c> were</c><00:23:20.559><c> given</c><00:23:20.859><c> to</c><00:23:21.079><c> the</c><00:23:21.299><c> matters</c><00:23:21.579><c> of</c><00:23:21.920><c> the</c><00:23:22.200><c> sanctuary.</c>

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And<00:23:23.019><c> so</c><00:23:23.180><c> verse</c><00:23:23.420><c> 47</c><00:23:24.019><c> said,</c><00:23:24.900><c> even</c><00:23:24.940><c> if</c><00:23:25.119><c> the</c><00:23:25.299><c> children</c><00:23:25.539><c> of</c><00:23:25.700><c> Israel's</c><00:23:26.299><c> half,</c>

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Moses<00:23:27.200><c> took</c><00:23:27.420><c> one</c><00:23:27.740><c> portion</c><00:23:28.039><c> of</c><00:23:28.259><c> 50</c><00:23:28.559><c> both</c><00:23:28.799><c> of</c><00:23:29.000><c> man</c><00:23:29.200><c> and</c><00:23:29.380><c> beast,</c>

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and<00:23:29.859><c> gave</c><00:23:30.099><c> them</c><00:23:30.279><c> unto</c><00:23:30.480><c> the</c><00:23:30.700><c> Levites</c><00:23:31.099><c> which</c><00:23:31.480><c> kept</c><00:23:31.799><c> the</c><00:23:32.099><c> charge</c>

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of<00:23:32.519><c> the</c><00:23:32.680><c> tabernacle.</c>

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So<00:23:33.859><c> there</c><00:23:34.079><c> were</c><00:23:34.400><c> virgins</c><00:23:35.000><c> captured</c><00:23:35.660><c> in</c><00:23:36.180><c> war</c><00:23:36.660><c> that</c><00:23:37.359><c> were</c><00:23:37.680><c> sent</c>

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to<00:23:38.200><c> the</c><00:23:38.500><c> service</c><00:23:38.880><c> of</c><00:23:39.180><c> the</c><00:23:39.420><c> tabernacle.</c>

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And<00:23:40.319><c> in</c><00:23:40.460><c> many</c><00:23:40.619><c> respects</c><00:23:41.059><c> that</c><00:23:41.240><c> would</c><00:23:41.400><c> have</c><00:23:41.539><c> been</c><00:23:41.779><c> an</c><00:23:42.019><c> honored</c>

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and<00:23:42.720><c> an</c><00:23:43.079><c> honorable</c><00:23:43.339><c> position.</c>

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They<00:23:44.460><c> were</c><00:23:44.680><c> sent</c><00:23:44.940><c> for</c><00:23:45.220><c> service</c><00:23:45.680><c> under</c><00:23:46.299><c> the</c><00:23:46.680><c> authority</c><00:23:47.099><c> of</c><00:23:47.359><c> both</c><00:23:47.619><c> the</c>

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high<00:23:48.220><c> priest</c><00:23:48.579><c> and</c><00:23:48.920><c> the</c><00:23:49.059><c> Levites.</c>

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And<00:23:50.079><c> I</c><00:23:50.180><c> think</c><00:23:50.319><c> there's</c><00:23:50.700><c> something</c><00:23:50.900><c> about</c><00:23:51.259><c> this</c><00:23:51.400><c> you</c><00:23:51.640><c> see.</c>

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There's<00:23:52.420><c> something</c><00:23:52.640><c> about</c><00:23:52.900><c> that</c><00:23:53.259><c> spirit</c><00:23:53.619><c> of</c><00:23:54.019><c> what</c><00:23:54.240><c> it</c><00:23:54.440><c> meant</c>

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for<00:23:54.720><c> them</c><00:23:54.819><c> to</c><00:23:54.960><c> be</c><00:23:55.140><c> virgins</c><00:23:55.640><c> in</c><00:23:55.839><c> that</c><00:23:56.019><c> context.</c>

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If<00:23:57.000><c> you</c><00:23:57.160><c> come</c><00:23:57.299><c> to</c><00:23:57.440><c> the</c><00:23:57.519><c> book</c><00:23:57.660><c> of</c><00:23:57.880><c> Corinthians,</c>

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you'll<00:23:59.240><c> remember</c><00:23:59.539><c> in</c><00:23:59.759><c> the</c><00:23:59.900><c> first</c><00:24:00.119><c> of</c><00:24:00.279><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:00.619><c> chapter</c><00:24:01.200><c> seven,</c>

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we<00:24:02.059><c> have</c><00:24:02.220><c> the</c><00:24:02.480><c> apostles</c><00:24:02.839><c> comments</c><00:24:03.420><c> upon</c><00:24:03.720><c> both</c><00:24:04.059><c> marriage,</c>

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but<00:24:05.160><c> also</c><00:24:05.619><c> on</c><00:24:05.940><c> the</c><00:24:06.259><c> virgin</c><00:24:06.740><c> state.</c>

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And<00:24:07.720><c> I</c><00:24:07.880><c> want</c><00:24:07.960><c> you</c><00:24:08.099><c> to</c><00:24:08.279><c> notice</c><00:24:08.440><c> what</c><00:24:08.579><c> he</c><00:24:08.859><c> says</c><00:24:09.019><c> about</c><00:24:09.380><c> virgins</c>

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because<00:24:10.259><c> it's</c><00:24:10.720><c> instructive</c><00:24:11.200><c> and</c><00:24:11.400><c> helpful.</c>

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The<00:24:13.259><c> apostle</c><00:24:13.579><c> Paul</c><00:24:13.920><c> says</c><00:24:14.319><c> in</c><00:24:14.960><c> the</c><00:24:15.140><c> first</c><00:24:15.319><c> of</c><00:24:15.460><c> Corinthians</c>

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chapter<00:24:16.200><c> seven,</c>

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in<00:24:17.400><c> giving</c><00:24:17.619><c> his</c><00:24:17.900><c> advice</c><00:24:18.180><c> upon</c><00:24:18.519><c> virgins,</c>

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he<00:24:19.700><c> makes</c><00:24:20.059><c> this</c><00:24:20.420><c> comment</c><00:24:20.740><c> in</c><00:24:20.960><c> verses</c><00:24:21.259><c> 34</c><00:24:21.940><c> and</c><00:24:22.180><c> 35.</c>

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He<00:24:25.279><c> said</c><00:24:25.440><c> there</c><00:24:25.539><c> is</c><00:24:25.799><c> a</c><00:24:26.000><c> difference</c><00:24:26.259><c> also</c><00:24:26.740><c> between</c><00:24:27.099><c> a</c><00:24:27.359><c> wife</c><00:24:27.819><c> and</c>

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a<00:24:29.220><c> virgin.</c>

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The<00:24:31.039><c> unmarried</c><00:24:31.799><c> woman</c><00:24:32.660><c> careth</c><00:24:33.480><c> for</c><00:24:33.759><c> the</c><00:24:33.980><c> things</c><00:24:34.240><c> of</c><00:24:34.579><c> the</c><00:24:34.759><c> Lord,</c>

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:40.980
that<00:24:36.460><c> she</c><00:24:36.799><c> may</c><00:24:37.079><c> be</c><00:24:37.460><c> holy</c><00:24:37.839><c> both</c><00:24:38.339><c> in</c><00:24:38.779><c> body</c><00:24:39.079><c> and</c><00:24:39.579><c> in</c><00:24:40.019><c> spirit.</c>

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:46.440
But<00:24:42.039><c> she</c><00:24:42.319><c> that</c><00:24:42.480><c> is</c><00:24:42.779><c> married</c><00:24:43.660><c> careth</c><00:24:44.460><c> for</c><00:24:44.660><c> the</c><00:24:44.839><c> things</c><00:24:45.279><c> of</c><00:24:45.640><c> the</c><00:24:45.940><c> world,</c>

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:50.059
how<00:24:47.240><c> she</c><00:24:47.579><c> may</c><00:24:47.859><c> please</c><00:24:48.440><c> her</c><00:24:48.880><c> husband.</c>

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:52.539
And<00:24:50.759><c> this</c><00:24:50.940><c> I</c><00:24:51.240><c> speak</c><00:24:51.420><c> for</c><00:24:51.640><c> your</c><00:24:51.960><c> own</c><00:24:52.259><c> profit,</c>

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.799
not<00:24:52.839><c> that</c><00:24:52.960><c> I</c><00:24:53.180><c> may</c><00:24:53.380><c> cast</c><00:24:53.740><c> a</c><00:24:54.059><c> snare</c><00:24:54.220><c> upon</c><00:24:54.559><c> you,</c>

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:56.599
but<00:24:54.980><c> for</c><00:24:55.180><c> that</c><00:24:55.359><c> which</c><00:24:55.559><c> is</c><00:24:55.920><c> comely,</c>

00:24:56.980 --> 00:25:05.380
and<00:24:57.599><c> that</c><00:24:58.460><c> ye</c><00:24:59.160><c> may</c><00:25:00.240><c> attend</c><00:25:01.119><c> upon</c><00:25:01.920><c> the</c><00:25:02.460><c> Lord</c><00:25:02.920><c> without</c><00:25:03.740><c> distraction.</c>

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So<00:25:07.059><c> the</c><00:25:07.220><c> teaching</c><00:25:07.420><c> of</c><00:25:07.579><c> the</c><00:25:07.740><c> apostle</c><00:25:08.000><c> Paul</c><00:25:08.359><c> in</c><00:25:08.599><c> his</c><00:25:08.920><c> time,</c>

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and<00:25:09.319><c> by</c><00:25:09.420><c> the</c><00:25:09.539><c> way,</c><00:25:09.680><c> given</c><00:25:09.859><c> particular</c><00:25:10.440><c> circumstances,</c>

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which<00:25:11.759><c> was</c><00:25:12.000><c> the</c><00:25:12.180><c> impending</c><00:25:12.539><c> catastrophe</c><00:25:13.079><c> of</c><00:25:13.380><c> AD</c><00:25:13.779><c> 70,</c>

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:17.079
the<00:25:14.720><c> apostle</c><00:25:15.079><c> said</c><00:25:15.359><c> those</c><00:25:15.599><c> that</c><00:25:15.880><c> decide</c><00:25:16.160><c> to</c><00:25:16.319><c> remain</c><00:25:16.579><c> virgins</c>

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do<00:25:17.460><c> well</c>

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because<00:25:18.440><c> they</c><00:25:18.619><c> can</c><00:25:18.859><c> attend</c><00:25:19.140><c> upon</c><00:25:19.519><c> the</c><00:25:19.740><c> matters</c><00:25:19.960><c> of</c><00:25:20.160><c> the</c><00:25:20.279><c> Lord</c>

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:24.339
and<00:25:20.680><c> do</c><00:25:20.880><c> so</c><00:25:21.059><c> with</c><00:25:21.339><c> such</c><00:25:21.599><c> devotion</c><00:25:22.319><c> of</c><00:25:22.839><c> both</c><00:25:23.119><c> mind</c><00:25:23.579><c> and</c><00:25:23.920><c> body</c>

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:27.700
that<00:25:24.700><c> they</c><00:25:24.859><c> might</c><00:25:25.119><c> be</c><00:25:26.559><c> profitable</c><00:25:27.039><c> in</c><00:25:27.279><c> the</c><00:25:27.460><c> service</c>

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without<00:25:28.119><c> any</c><00:25:28.559><c> other</c><00:25:28.819><c> distracting</c><00:25:29.420><c> cares</c><00:25:29.920><c> in</c><00:25:30.299><c> life.</c>

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.000
That's<00:25:31.059><c> what</c><00:25:31.220><c> those</c><00:25:31.579><c> virgins</c><00:25:31.900><c> were</c><00:25:32.140><c> like</c><00:25:32.279><c> at</c><00:25:32.460><c> the</c><00:25:32.619><c> tabernacle</c>

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of<00:25:33.180><c> the</c><00:25:33.359><c> congregation.</c>

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:36.759
They<00:25:34.220><c> gave</c><00:25:34.559><c> themselves</c><00:25:35.079><c> to</c><00:25:35.279><c> that</c><00:25:35.599><c> work,</c><00:25:35.839><c> to</c><00:25:36.000><c> that</c><00:25:36.259><c> service,</c>

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gave<00:25:37.299><c> themselves</c><00:25:37.839><c> utterly</c><00:25:38.339><c> to</c><00:25:38.539><c> the</c><00:25:38.779><c> service</c><00:25:39.160><c> of</c><00:25:39.660><c> the</c><00:25:39.819><c> house</c>

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of<00:25:40.319><c> God.</c>

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In<00:25:40.839><c> fact,</c><00:25:41.000><c> I</c><00:25:41.059><c> think</c><00:25:41.240><c> they're</c><00:25:41.519><c> alluded</c><00:25:41.720><c> to</c><00:25:41.920><c> at</c><00:25:42.059><c> the</c><00:25:42.200><c> time</c><00:25:42.339><c> of</c><00:25:42.500><c> the</c><00:25:42.720><c> destruction</c><00:25:43.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:43.299><c> temple.</c>

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If<00:25:43.940><c> you</c><00:25:44.059><c> come</c><00:25:44.220><c> back</c><00:25:44.420><c> to</c><00:25:44.579><c> Lamentations</c><00:25:45.339><c> chapter</c><00:25:45.740><c> 1,</c>

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:49.220
you<00:25:46.640><c> see</c><00:25:46.700><c> what</c><00:25:46.799><c> it</c><00:25:47.019><c> says</c><00:25:47.140><c> in</c><00:25:47.299><c> the</c><00:25:47.380><c> book</c><00:25:47.539><c> of</c><00:25:47.700><c> Lamentations</c><00:25:48.259><c> in</c><00:25:48.460><c> chapter</c><00:25:48.700><c> 1</c>

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:54.839
when<00:25:49.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:50.359><c> laments</c><00:25:50.920><c> the</c><00:25:51.220><c> catastrophe</c><00:25:51.759><c> of</c><00:25:52.039><c> the</c><00:25:52.559><c> overthrow</c><00:25:53.099><c> of</c><00:25:53.720><c> the</c><00:25:53.920><c> city.</c>

00:25:54.880 --> 00:26:00.579
He<00:25:55.119><c> says</c><00:25:55.440><c> this,</c><00:25:56.680><c> Lamentations</c><00:25:57.359><c> chapter</c><00:25:57.740><c> 1</c><00:25:58.660><c> and</c><00:25:59.160><c> verse</c><00:25:59.440><c> 4,</c>

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I<00:26:01.200><c> think</c><00:26:01.339><c> there's</c><00:26:01.539><c> an</c><00:26:01.720><c> allusion</c><00:26:01.980><c> to</c><00:26:02.180><c> those</c><00:26:02.519><c> virgins,</c><00:26:03.019><c> you</c><00:26:03.240><c> see,</c><00:26:03.880><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:04.319><c> temple.</c>

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It<00:26:05.859><c> says</c><00:26:06.079><c> the</c><00:26:06.279><c> ways</c><00:26:06.720><c> of</c><00:26:07.099><c> Zion</c><00:26:07.500><c> do</c><00:26:07.920><c> mourn</c>

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:12.240
because<00:26:09.859><c> none</c><00:26:10.240><c> come</c><00:26:10.579><c> to</c><00:26:10.759><c> the</c><00:26:11.000><c> solemn</c><00:26:11.279><c> feasts.</c>

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That's<00:26:12.940><c> the</c><00:26:13.140><c> temple.</c>

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All<00:26:14.980><c> her</c><00:26:15.180><c> gates</c><00:26:15.640><c> are</c><00:26:15.960><c> desolate.</c>

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Her<00:26:17.779><c> priests</c><00:26:18.480><c> sigh.</c>

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Her<00:26:21.119><c> virgins</c><00:26:21.900><c> are</c><00:26:22.980><c> afflicted.</c>

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And<00:26:25.559><c> she</c><00:26:25.759><c> is</c><00:26:25.920><c> in</c><00:26:26.059><c> bitterness.</c>

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:34.180
And<00:26:28.839><c> so</c><00:26:29.220><c> these</c><00:26:29.920><c> were</c><00:26:30.500><c> honoured</c><00:26:31.359><c> and</c><00:26:32.259><c> honourable</c><00:26:32.859><c> women</c>

00:26:34.210 --> 00:26:37.920
whose<00:26:34.660><c> lives</c><00:26:35.380><c> were</c><00:26:35.819><c> devoted</c><00:26:36.420><c> at</c><00:26:36.819><c> the</c><00:26:37.160><c> sanctuary</c>

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to<00:26:39.039><c> spiritual</c><00:26:39.960><c> things.</c>

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Whether<00:26:43.460><c> in</c><00:26:44.059><c> fasting</c><00:26:44.740><c> or</c><00:26:46.200><c> praying</c><00:26:46.859><c> or</c><00:26:48.220><c> singing,</c>

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:55.740
whether<00:26:50.500><c> in</c><00:26:50.980><c> making</c><00:26:51.599><c> or</c><00:26:52.680><c> cleansing</c><00:26:53.480><c> or</c><00:26:54.420><c> preparing,</c>

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:58.240
they<00:26:56.779><c> served</c><00:26:57.019><c> at</c><00:26:57.200><c> the</c><00:26:57.380><c> sanctuary.</c>

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They<00:26:59.279><c> weren't</c><00:26:59.559><c> priests.</c><00:27:00.059><c> They</c><00:27:00.160><c> couldn't</c><00:27:00.400><c> offer</c><00:27:00.700><c> sacrifices.</c>

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They<00:27:01.640><c> didn't</c><00:27:01.900><c> give</c><00:27:02.140><c> priestly</c><00:27:02.559><c> blessings.</c>

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But<00:27:03.539><c> there</c><00:27:03.660><c> was</c><00:27:03.859><c> a</c><00:27:03.960><c> multitude</c><00:27:04.400><c> of</c><00:27:04.680><c> tasks</c><00:27:05.000><c> that</c><00:27:05.240><c> the</c><00:27:05.460><c> sanctuary</c>

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might<00:27:06.019><c> operate.</c>

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And<00:27:07.460><c> these</c><00:27:07.720><c> women</c><00:27:07.920><c> were</c><00:27:08.160><c> part</c><00:27:08.400><c> of</c><00:27:08.539><c> the</c><00:27:08.680><c> warfare.</c>

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:12.859
They<00:27:10.420><c> were</c><00:27:10.619><c> virgins</c><00:27:11.079><c> that</c><00:27:11.339><c> assembled</c><00:27:11.700><c> at</c><00:27:12.119><c> the</c><00:27:12.299><c> door</c><00:27:12.519><c> of</c><00:27:12.740><c> the</c>

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:14.079
tabernacle<00:27:13.220><c> of</c><00:27:13.400><c> the</c><00:27:13.599><c> congregation.</c>

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.700
Now<00:27:14.400><c> when</c><00:27:14.500><c> we</c><00:27:14.660><c> come</c><00:27:14.839><c> back</c><00:27:15.019><c> to</c><00:27:15.119><c> the</c><00:27:15.180><c> book</c><00:27:15.339><c> of</c><00:27:15.599><c> Samuel,</c>

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:17.700
let's<00:27:15.900><c> come</c><00:27:16.079><c> back</c><00:27:16.240><c> now</c><00:27:16.400><c> to</c><00:27:16.539><c> the</c><00:27:16.619><c> first</c><00:27:16.819><c> of</c><00:27:16.960><c> Samuel</c><00:27:17.220><c> chapter</c><00:27:17.500><c> 2,</c>

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.099
but<00:27:17.859><c> you</c><00:27:17.980><c> see</c><00:27:18.019><c> we've</c><00:27:18.180><c> got</c><00:27:18.259><c> a</c><00:27:18.420><c> context</c><00:27:18.779><c> now.</c>

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:21.500
We've<00:27:19.500><c> got</c><00:27:19.660><c> a</c><00:27:19.779><c> context</c><00:27:20.140><c> that</c><00:27:20.299><c> this</c><00:27:20.519><c> in</c><00:27:20.660><c> fact</c><00:27:20.759><c> was</c><00:27:21.079><c> the</c><00:27:21.240><c> case.</c>

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:24.559
There<00:27:21.940><c> were</c><00:27:22.279><c> virgins</c><00:27:22.880><c> that</c><00:27:23.380><c> from</c><00:27:23.680><c> a</c><00:27:23.759><c> long</c><00:27:24.000><c> time</c><00:27:24.220><c> earlier</c>

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:26.279
had<00:27:24.720><c> been</c><00:27:24.960><c> devoted</c><00:27:25.240><c> to</c><00:27:25.440><c> the</c><00:27:25.559><c> matters</c><00:27:25.720><c> of</c><00:27:25.880><c> the</c><00:27:26.079><c> sanctuary,</c>

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.599
and<00:27:26.440><c> that's</c><00:27:26.720><c> exactly</c><00:27:27.019><c> where</c><00:27:27.180><c> they</c><00:27:27.359><c> came.</c>

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:30.460
They<00:27:28.079><c> assembled</c><00:27:28.440><c> at</c><00:27:28.599><c> the</c><00:27:28.759><c> door</c><00:27:28.900><c> of</c><00:27:29.059><c> the</c><00:27:29.259><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:29.619><c> of</c><00:27:29.779><c> the</c><00:27:29.960><c> congregation.</c>

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:34.500
So<00:27:31.180><c> when</c><00:27:31.400><c> it</c><00:27:31.759><c> says</c><00:27:32.099><c> in</c><00:27:32.539><c> the</c><00:27:32.740><c> first</c><00:27:32.940><c> of</c><00:27:33.180><c> Samuel</c><00:27:33.519><c> chapter</c><00:27:34.019><c> 2</c><00:27:34.319><c> in</c>

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.440
verse<00:27:34.759><c> 22</c>

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that<00:27:36.220><c> Hophni</c><00:27:36.880><c> and</c><00:27:37.220><c> Phineas</c><00:27:38.180><c> lay</c><00:27:38.859><c> with</c><00:27:39.319><c> the</c><00:27:39.500><c> women</c>

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:43.039
that<00:27:40.019><c> assembled</c><00:27:40.319><c> at</c><00:27:40.519><c> the</c><00:27:40.660><c> door</c><00:27:40.799><c> of</c><00:27:40.980><c> the</c><00:27:41.140><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:41.500><c> of</c><00:27:41.700><c> the</c><00:27:41.859><c> congregation,</c>

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:46.059
well<00:27:44.440><c> these</c><00:27:44.619><c> are</c><00:27:44.779><c> the</c><00:27:44.859><c> women</c><00:27:45.059><c> that</c><00:27:45.259><c> this</c><00:27:45.559><c> reference</c><00:27:45.819><c> is</c>

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.319
talking<00:27:46.259><c> about.</c>

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:52.839
These<00:27:48.539><c> that</c><00:27:49.259><c> had</c><00:27:49.720><c> committed</c><00:27:50.039><c> themselves</c><00:27:50.640><c> to</c><00:27:50.940><c> Yahweh's</c><00:27:51.559><c> service</c><00:27:51.799><c> as</c><00:27:52.079><c> virgins</c><00:27:52.559><c> at</c>

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.059
the<00:27:53.079><c> sanctuary.</c>

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:57.059
Now<00:27:54.539><c> this</c><00:27:54.680><c> can</c><00:27:54.880><c> only</c><00:27:55.059><c> have</c><00:27:55.240><c> happened</c><00:27:55.400><c> for</c><00:27:55.559><c> two</c><00:27:55.779><c> reasons.</c>

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Either<00:27:58.900><c> they</c><00:27:59.059><c> were</c><00:27:59.400><c> so</c><00:27:59.839><c> far</c><00:28:00.119><c> removed</c><00:28:00.599><c> from</c><00:28:00.880><c> the</c><00:28:01.119><c> spirit</c><00:28:01.279><c> of</c><00:28:01.480><c> those</c><00:28:01.640><c> who</c><00:28:01.839><c> gave</c><00:28:02.000><c> their</c><00:28:02.279><c> mirrors</c><00:28:02.559><c> to</c><00:28:02.779><c> Moses</c>

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because<00:28:03.460><c> they</c><00:28:03.660><c> rejected</c><00:28:04.099><c> the</c><00:28:04.319><c> vanity</c><00:28:04.579><c> of</c><00:28:04.839><c> outward</c><00:28:05.059><c> appearance</c>

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:08.279
and<00:28:05.980><c> gave</c><00:28:06.240><c> themselves</c><00:28:06.740><c> utterly</c><00:28:07.140><c> to</c><00:28:07.339><c> the</c><00:28:07.460><c> service</c><00:28:07.759><c> of</c><00:28:07.900><c> God.</c>

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:10.900
Either<00:28:08.779><c> these</c><00:28:09.019><c> women</c><00:28:09.220><c> are</c><00:28:09.519><c> so</c><00:28:09.740><c> far</c><00:28:10.000><c> removed</c><00:28:10.359><c> from</c><00:28:10.539><c> that</c><00:28:10.740><c> that</c>

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it<00:28:10.960><c> doesn't</c><00:28:11.299><c> matter</c><00:28:11.640><c> anymore</c>

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because<00:28:12.839><c> they're</c><00:28:13.119><c> part</c><00:28:13.400><c> of</c><00:28:13.539><c> the</c><00:28:13.740><c> corruption.</c>

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:21.480
Or<00:28:17.480><c> the</c><00:28:17.680><c> priests,</c><00:28:19.779><c> Hophni</c><00:28:20.079><c> and</c><00:28:20.220><c> Phineas,</c>

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:28.900
on<00:28:23.759><c> whose</c><00:28:24.160><c> approval</c><00:28:25.119><c> the</c><00:28:26.599><c> food</c><00:28:27.160><c> and</c><00:28:28.079><c> the</c><00:28:28.380><c> clothes</c>

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:33.380
and<00:28:29.680><c> the</c><00:28:29.960><c> accommodation</c><00:28:30.559><c> and</c><00:28:31.799><c> the</c><00:28:32.019><c> livelihoods</c><00:28:32.940><c> of</c><00:28:33.140><c> these</c>

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:35.740
women<00:28:33.720><c> depended</c>

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:42.200
were<00:28:37.480><c> simply</c><00:28:37.880><c> told</c><00:28:38.240><c> that</c><00:28:38.480><c> more</c><00:28:38.599><c> was</c><00:28:38.900><c> expected</c><00:28:39.400><c> of</c><00:28:39.640><c> them</c><00:28:39.940><c> if</c><00:28:40.220><c> they</c><00:28:40.460><c> wanted</c><00:28:40.720><c> to</c><00:28:41.099><c> stay.</c>

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:47.859
And<00:28:45.519><c> they</c><00:28:45.700><c> had</c><00:28:46.000><c> nowhere</c><00:28:46.180><c> else</c><00:28:46.519><c> to</c><00:28:46.740><c> go.</c>

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:54.940
And<00:28:50.420><c> what</c><00:28:50.619><c> this</c><00:28:50.880><c> chapter</c><00:28:51.140><c> tells</c><00:28:51.539><c> us</c><00:28:52.400><c> is</c><00:28:53.539><c> that</c><00:28:53.839><c> corruption</c><00:28:54.460><c> of</c>

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:58.339
doctrine,<00:28:55.759><c> verses</c><00:28:56.200><c> 13</c><00:28:56.799><c> to</c><00:28:56.960><c> 17,</c>

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is<00:28:59.940><c> inevitably</c><00:29:00.500><c> followed</c><00:29:01.059><c> by</c><00:29:01.539><c> corruption</c><00:29:02.259><c> of</c><00:29:03.359><c> practice,</c><00:29:05.400><c> verse</c><00:29:05.599><c> 22.</c>

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:13.400
When<00:29:10.319><c> we</c><00:29:10.619><c> start</c><00:29:10.819><c> to</c><00:29:11.039><c> lose</c><00:29:11.200><c> the</c><00:29:11.460><c> doctrines</c><00:29:11.839><c> of</c><00:29:12.019><c> the</c><00:29:12.200><c> truth,</c>

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:17.779
we<00:29:15.220><c> start</c><00:29:15.539><c> to</c><00:29:15.759><c> lose</c><00:29:15.900><c> the</c><00:29:16.140><c> conduct</c><00:29:16.539><c> of</c><00:29:16.740><c> the</c><00:29:16.880><c> truth.</c>

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:22.000
So<00:29:19.880><c> we</c><00:29:20.000><c> don't</c><00:29:20.200><c> know</c><00:29:20.319><c> what</c><00:29:20.519><c> the</c><00:29:20.640><c> answer</c><00:29:20.940><c> was.</c>

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:27.440
But<00:29:23.599><c> these</c><00:29:23.900><c> women</c><00:29:24.099><c> may</c><00:29:24.359><c> have</c><00:29:24.519><c> been</c><00:29:24.680><c> put</c><00:29:25.259><c> in</c><00:29:26.160><c> a</c><00:29:26.359><c> very</c><00:29:26.599><c> difficult,</c><00:29:27.099><c> if</c><00:29:27.259><c> not</c>

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impossible,<00:29:28.900><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:29:30.880><c> given</c><00:29:31.059><c> the</c><00:29:31.339><c> spirit</c><00:29:31.559><c> of</c><00:29:31.839><c> Hophni</c><00:29:32.319><c> and</c><00:29:32.700><c> Phineas,</c>

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:38.640
why<00:29:35.099><c> would</c><00:29:35.400><c> we</c><00:29:35.940><c> be</c><00:29:36.220><c> surprised</c><00:29:36.720><c> that</c><00:29:37.880><c> that</c><00:29:38.099><c> might</c><00:29:38.319><c> have</c><00:29:38.480><c> been</c>

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.640
the<00:29:38.779><c> case?</c>

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:43.380
So<00:29:41.339><c> Eli</c><00:29:41.900><c> says,</c><00:29:42.400><c> verse</c><00:29:42.599><c> 23,</c>

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:48.599
He<00:29:44.579><c> said</c><00:29:44.740><c> unto</c><00:29:44.940><c> them,</c><00:29:45.779><c> Why</c><00:29:45.779><c> do</c><00:29:46.380><c> ye</c><00:29:46.779><c> such</c><00:29:47.079><c> things?</c>

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:53.279
For<00:29:49.140><c> I</c><00:29:49.619><c> hear</c><00:29:49.859><c> of</c><00:29:50.140><c> your</c><00:29:50.400><c> evil</c><00:29:50.900><c> doings</c><00:29:51.480><c> by</c><00:29:51.700><c> all</c><00:29:52.359><c> the</c><00:29:52.559><c> people.</c>

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:56.460
So<00:29:54.059><c> at</c><00:29:54.180><c> least</c><00:29:54.380><c> he</c><00:29:54.559><c> makes</c><00:29:54.859><c> remonstrance.</c>

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.920
But<00:29:58.019><c> he</c><00:29:58.099><c> had</c><00:29:58.279><c> no</c><00:29:58.559><c> power</c><00:29:58.720><c> to</c><00:29:58.940><c> change.</c>

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And<00:30:01.140><c> this</c><00:30:01.240><c> was</c><00:30:01.440><c> a</c><00:30:01.500><c> wickedness,</c><00:30:01.859><c> you</c><00:30:02.000><c> see,</c><00:30:02.380><c> so</c><00:30:02.640><c> notorious</c><00:30:03.180><c> as</c>

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to<00:30:03.720><c> be</c><00:30:03.920><c> evidenced</c><00:30:04.259><c> by</c>

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a<00:30:04.960><c> widespread</c><00:30:05.400><c> and</c><00:30:05.640><c> general</c><00:30:05.900><c> complaint</c><00:30:06.299><c> throughout</c><00:30:06.599><c> the</c><00:30:06.880><c> congregation</c><00:30:07.299><c> as</c><00:30:07.519><c> old.</c>

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Everyone<00:30:07.980><c> knew</c><00:30:08.240><c> about</c><00:30:08.440><c> it.</c>

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It<00:30:08.619><c> was</c><00:30:08.799><c> no</c><00:30:09.000><c> secret.</c>

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The<00:30:09.859><c> whole</c><00:30:09.980><c> of</c><00:30:10.140><c> Israel</c><00:30:10.440><c> knew</c><00:30:10.640><c> what</c><00:30:10.759><c> was</c><00:30:10.960><c> going</c><00:30:11.160><c> on</c><00:30:11.319><c> at</c><00:30:11.480><c> the</c><00:30:11.680><c> sanctuary.</c>

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:16.819
Eli<00:30:14.500><c> must</c><00:30:14.799><c> have</c><00:30:14.980><c> been</c><00:30:15.119><c> ashamed</c><00:30:15.519><c> and</c><00:30:15.740><c> embarrassed</c><00:30:16.279><c> by</c><00:30:16.579><c> what</c>

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.539
his<00:30:16.940><c> sons</c><00:30:17.099><c> were</c><00:30:17.339><c> like</c>

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and<00:30:17.819><c> how</c><00:30:18.099><c> his</c><00:30:18.339><c> sons</c><00:30:18.539><c> behaved</c><00:30:19.099><c> in</c><00:30:19.480><c> this</c><00:30:19.640><c> particular</c><00:30:20.160><c> context.</c>

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:23.220
Why<00:30:21.440><c> do</c><00:30:21.819><c> you</c><00:30:21.859><c> do</c><00:30:22.119><c> such</c><00:30:22.400><c> things,</c><00:30:22.759><c> he</c><00:30:22.980><c> says.</c>

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.819
And<00:30:23.579><c> so</c><00:30:23.700><c> he</c><00:30:23.859><c> says,</c><00:30:24.099><c> verse</c><00:30:24.299><c> 24,</c>

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:32.420
Nay,<00:30:25.559><c> my</c><00:30:25.779><c> sons,</c><00:30:26.200><c> it</c><00:30:26.400><c> is</c><00:30:26.740><c> no</c><00:30:27.059><c> good</c><00:30:27.339><c> report</c><00:30:27.759><c> that</c><00:30:28.000><c> I</c><00:30:28.339><c> hear</c><00:30:28.720><c> ye</c><00:30:29.440><c> make</c><00:30:29.799><c> Yahweh's</c><00:30:30.740><c> people</c><00:30:31.140><c> to</c><00:30:31.599><c> transgress.</c>

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:36.819
And<00:30:32.819><c> so</c><00:30:33.039><c> the</c><00:30:33.339><c> life</c><00:30:33.599><c> led</c><00:30:33.799><c> by</c><00:30:34.079><c> the</c><00:30:34.299><c> priest</c><00:30:34.539><c> so</c><00:30:35.019><c> publicly,</c><00:30:35.579><c> so</c><00:30:35.940><c> obviously</c><00:30:36.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:37.099><c> sanctuary</c>

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was<00:30:38.000><c> so</c><00:30:38.680><c> scornful</c><00:30:39.420><c> of</c><00:30:39.799><c> holy</c><00:30:40.119><c> ordinances.</c>

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:47.220
Their<00:30:42.460><c> open</c><00:30:43.039><c> and</c><00:30:43.559><c> brazen</c><00:30:44.119><c> immorality</c><00:30:45.339><c> corrupted</c><00:30:45.940><c> the</c><00:30:46.480><c> religious</c><00:30:46.900><c> life</c>

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of<00:30:47.400><c> the</c><00:30:47.519><c> nation.</c>

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So<00:30:47.960><c> there</c><00:30:48.039><c> was</c><00:30:48.180><c> nothing</c><00:30:48.440><c> left</c><00:30:48.680><c> anymore.</c>

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:51.420
Do<00:30:49.460><c> you</c><00:30:49.500><c> know</c><00:30:49.539><c> how</c><00:30:49.700><c> the</c><00:30:49.900><c> Septuagint</c><00:30:50.420><c> translates</c><00:30:50.960><c> the</c><00:30:51.160><c> end</c><00:30:51.319><c> of</c>

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.599
verse<00:30:51.579><c> 24?</c>

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.920
You<00:30:53.039><c> make</c><00:30:53.240><c> Yahweh's</c><00:30:53.740><c> people</c><00:30:53.900><c> to</c><00:30:54.220><c> transgress.</c>

00:30:54.920 --> 00:31:01.779
The<00:30:55.740><c> Septuagint</c><00:30:56.299><c> says,</c><00:30:57.759><c> ye</c><00:30:57.819><c> make</c><00:30:58.660><c> Yahweh's</c><00:30:59.740><c> people</c><00:31:00.880><c> cease</c><00:31:01.539><c> to</c>

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:03.279
worship<00:31:02.079><c> him.</c>

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:10.279
That<00:31:06.799><c> was</c><00:31:07.779><c> the</c><00:31:08.279><c> source</c><00:31:08.759><c> of</c><00:31:09.119><c> Hannah's</c><00:31:09.440><c> grief.</c>

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:13.880
That's<00:31:12.319><c> why</c><00:31:12.500><c> she</c><00:31:12.660><c> hated</c><00:31:12.880><c> this.</c>

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:18.279
Ye<00:31:14.180><c> make</c><00:31:15.000><c> Yahweh's</c><00:31:15.960><c> people</c><00:31:16.299><c> cease</c><00:31:16.720><c> to</c><00:31:16.960><c> worship</c><00:31:17.259><c> him.</c>

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:21.619
That's<00:31:19.940><c> what</c><00:31:20.079><c> she</c><00:31:20.339><c> grieved</c><00:31:20.539><c> about.</c>

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:28.420
The<00:31:22.759><c> impact</c><00:31:23.339><c> of</c><00:31:24.220><c> Hophnai</c><00:31:25.000><c> and</c><00:31:25.480><c> Phineas</c><00:31:25.940><c> on</c><00:31:26.220><c> the</c><00:31:26.619><c> spiritual</c><00:31:27.420><c> worship</c><00:31:28.039><c> of</c>

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.660
the<00:31:28.640><c> nation.</c>

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.579
That's<00:31:30.519><c> why</c><00:31:30.720><c> she</c><00:31:31.039><c> grieved.</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:33.339
That's<00:31:32.299><c> why</c><00:31:32.500><c> she</c><00:31:32.720><c> couldn't</c><00:31:33.000><c> eat.</c>

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.440
That's<00:31:34.119><c> why</c><00:31:34.279><c> she</c><00:31:34.519><c> prayed</c><00:31:34.759><c> for</c><00:31:35.079><c> a</c><00:31:35.140><c> son.</c>

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.460
That's<00:31:36.160><c> why</c><00:31:36.319><c> she</c><00:31:36.559><c> gave</c><00:31:36.839><c> praise.</c>

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:39.880
That's<00:31:38.099><c> why</c><00:31:38.240><c> she</c><00:31:38.500><c> brought</c><00:31:38.640><c> the</c><00:31:38.839><c> little</c><00:31:39.059><c> coat.</c>

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:43.559
All<00:31:40.960><c> this</c><00:31:41.259><c> controversy</c><00:31:41.720><c> is</c><00:31:41.980><c> well</c><00:31:42.140><c> and</c><00:31:42.400><c> truly</c><00:31:42.660><c> joined</c><00:31:43.079><c> now,</c>

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.119
isn't<00:31:43.859><c> it,</c>

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:46.720
as<00:31:44.440><c> far</c><00:31:44.640><c> as</c><00:31:45.000><c> Hannah's</c><00:31:45.460><c> spirit</c><00:31:45.619><c> and</c><00:31:45.920><c> mind</c><00:31:46.099><c> is</c><00:31:46.339><c> concerned.</c>

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:48.960
And<00:31:47.039><c> this</c><00:31:47.200><c> is</c><00:31:47.380><c> why,</c><00:31:47.599><c> this</c><00:31:47.759><c> is</c><00:31:48.039><c> exactly</c><00:31:48.500><c> why.</c>

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:51.740
Because<00:31:49.859><c> of</c><00:31:50.019><c> all</c><00:31:50.180><c> of</c><00:31:50.339><c> this.</c>

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:55.240
And<00:31:52.140><c> so</c><00:31:52.299><c> verse</c><00:31:52.500><c> 25</c><00:31:53.059><c> we're</c><00:31:53.440><c> told</c><00:31:53.700><c> that</c><00:31:54.240><c> Eli</c><00:31:54.460><c> said</c><00:31:54.720><c> to</c><00:31:54.920><c> his</c><00:31:55.099><c> sons,</c>

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:57.539
if<00:31:55.440><c> one</c><00:31:55.680><c> man</c><00:31:55.960><c> sinned</c><00:31:56.180><c> against</c><00:31:56.559><c> another,</c><00:31:56.960><c> the</c><00:31:57.119><c> judge</c><00:31:57.319><c> shall</c>

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.980
judge<00:31:57.839><c> him.</c>

00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:00.940
But<00:31:58.160><c> if</c><00:31:58.480><c> a</c><00:31:58.640><c> man</c><00:31:58.880><c> sinned</c><00:31:59.160><c> against</c><00:31:59.539><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:00.059><c> who</c><00:32:00.299><c> shall</c><00:32:00.559><c> entreat</c>

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for<00:32:01.240><c> him?</c>

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:04.660
And<00:32:02.140><c> clearly</c><00:32:02.319><c> the</c><00:32:02.599><c> sense</c><00:32:02.859><c> of</c><00:32:03.059><c> that</c><00:32:03.279><c> is,</c><00:32:03.460><c> as</c><00:32:03.640><c> was</c><00:32:03.839><c> read</c><00:32:04.039><c> to</c><00:32:04.339><c> us,</c>

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:07.160
is<00:32:05.240><c> that</c><00:32:05.440><c> that</c><00:32:05.720><c> first</c><00:32:05.960><c> part</c><00:32:06.200><c> of</c><00:32:06.339><c> verse</c><00:32:06.519><c> 25,</c>

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:10.460
what<00:32:07.579><c> Eli</c><00:32:07.920><c> is</c><00:32:08.220><c> saying</c><00:32:08.420><c> is,</c><00:32:08.859><c> if</c><00:32:09.019><c> a</c><00:32:09.160><c> man</c><00:32:09.420><c> sins</c><00:32:09.700><c> against</c><00:32:10.099><c> God,</c>

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.920
who<00:32:10.859><c> will</c><00:32:11.119><c> entreat</c><00:32:11.460><c> for</c><00:32:11.640><c> him?</c>

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:14.359
And<00:32:12.160><c> the</c><00:32:12.339><c> answer</c><00:32:12.599><c> is,</c><00:32:13.059><c> well</c><00:32:13.220><c> of</c><00:32:13.339><c> course</c><00:32:13.460><c> he</c><00:32:13.599><c> needed</c><00:32:13.779><c> a</c><00:32:14.039><c> priest.</c>

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:17.220
He<00:32:14.960><c> needed</c><00:32:15.200><c> a</c><00:32:15.480><c> priest</c><00:32:15.680><c> to</c><00:32:15.940><c> entreat</c><00:32:16.240><c> for</c><00:32:16.440><c> him</c><00:32:16.440><c> if</c><00:32:16.579><c> a</c><00:32:16.700><c> man</c><00:32:16.900><c> sinned</c>

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.680
against<00:32:17.579><c> God.</c>

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:23.519
But<00:32:19.740><c> you</c><00:32:19.900><c> see,</c><00:32:20.319><c> Hothnai</c><00:32:20.720><c> and</c><00:32:21.000><c> Phineas</c><00:32:21.500><c> had</c><00:32:21.940><c> sinned</c><00:32:22.400><c> so</c><00:32:22.920><c> grievously</c>

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.940
against<00:32:24.039><c> God</c><00:32:24.339><c> themselves.</c>

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.980
And<00:32:25.160><c> what</c><00:32:25.460><c> Eli,</c><00:32:25.700><c> their</c><00:32:25.880><c> father,</c><00:32:26.380><c> is</c><00:32:26.380><c> saying</c><00:32:26.579><c> is,</c>

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.920
who<00:32:27.299><c> can</c><00:32:27.539><c> you</c><00:32:27.740><c> go</c><00:32:28.019><c> to</c><00:32:28.160><c> for</c><00:32:28.420><c> intercession?</c>

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:31.019
You<00:32:29.440><c> are</c><00:32:29.859><c> the</c><00:32:30.099><c> priests.</c>

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:35.460
How<00:32:32.779><c> can</c><00:32:33.019><c> you</c><00:32:33.400><c> have</c><00:32:33.819><c> intercession</c><00:32:34.380><c> made</c><00:32:34.660><c> to</c><00:32:34.799><c> God</c><00:32:35.039><c> for</c><00:32:35.259><c> you?</c>

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.400
You're<00:32:35.839><c> the</c><00:32:36.059><c> priests.</c>

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:38.480
You<00:32:36.799><c> can't</c><00:32:37.140><c> go</c><00:32:37.400><c> to</c><00:32:37.559><c> intercede</c><00:32:37.839><c> for</c><00:32:38.079><c> your</c><00:32:38.299><c> sin.</c>

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:41.700
You've<00:32:39.019><c> put</c><00:32:39.180><c> yourself</c><00:32:39.700><c> in</c><00:32:40.019><c> an</c><00:32:40.319><c> impossible</c><00:32:40.880><c> situation.</c>

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:45.859
And<00:32:42.140><c> Eli</c><00:32:42.579><c> pleaded</c><00:32:43.160><c> with</c><00:32:43.380><c> them</c><00:32:43.539><c> to</c><00:32:43.779><c> realize</c><00:32:44.339><c> the</c><00:32:44.799><c> terrible</c><00:32:45.380><c> predicament</c>

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:47.519
they<00:32:46.099><c> had</c><00:32:46.420><c> placed</c><00:32:46.660><c> themselves</c><00:32:47.180><c> in.</c>

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:53.039
You've<00:32:48.160><c> placed</c><00:32:48.500><c> yourself</c><00:32:49.240><c> beyond</c><00:32:49.960><c> the</c><00:32:50.319><c> scope</c><00:32:50.519><c> for</c><00:32:50.859><c> intercession</c><00:32:51.519><c> or</c><00:32:51.960><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:32:57.539 --> 00:33:02.220
And<00:32:58.359><c> the</c><00:32:58.539><c> record</c><00:32:58.799><c> says,</c><00:33:00.680><c> notwithstanding,</c>

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:06.579
they<00:33:03.619><c> hearkened</c><00:33:03.980><c> not</c><00:33:04.180><c> unto</c><00:33:04.440><c> the</c><00:33:04.599><c> voice</c><00:33:05.019><c> of</c><00:33:05.259><c> their</c><00:33:05.460><c> father,</c>

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:11.579
because<00:33:09.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:09.940><c> would</c><00:33:10.240><c> slay</c><00:33:10.579><c> them.</c>

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:16.680
So<00:33:14.059><c> the</c><00:33:14.240><c> father's</c><00:33:14.619><c> reproof</c><00:33:14.880><c> made</c><00:33:15.099><c> no</c><00:33:15.400><c> impression.</c>

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:19.400
Now<00:33:17.980><c> we're</c><00:33:18.180><c> told</c><00:33:18.299><c> in</c><00:33:18.440><c> a</c><00:33:18.480><c> number</c><00:33:18.640><c> of</c><00:33:18.799><c> places,</c><00:33:19.140><c> aren't</c><00:33:19.259><c> we,</c>

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.099
in<00:33:19.539><c> scripture</c><00:33:19.779><c> about</c><00:33:20.059><c> the</c><00:33:20.299><c> hardening</c><00:33:20.599><c> of</c><00:33:20.859><c> hearts</c>

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:23.859
and<00:33:21.299><c> how</c><00:33:21.500><c> God</c><00:33:21.700><c> has</c><00:33:21.920><c> worked</c><00:33:22.079><c> with</c><00:33:22.220><c> the</c><00:33:22.440><c> hardening</c><00:33:22.720><c> of</c><00:33:22.940><c> hearts?</c>

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:26.859
When<00:33:24.420><c> it</c><00:33:24.500><c> says</c><00:33:24.880><c> that</c><00:33:25.680><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:33:26.059><c> heart</c><00:33:26.259><c> was</c><00:33:26.559><c> hardened,</c>

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:28.759
and<00:33:27.079><c> it</c><00:33:27.240><c> implies</c><00:33:27.619><c> that</c><00:33:27.880><c> God</c><00:33:28.119><c> hardened</c><00:33:28.420><c> his</c><00:33:28.640><c> heart.</c>

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:30.579
No,<00:33:28.980><c> God</c><00:33:29.200><c> didn't</c><00:33:29.519><c> harden</c><00:33:29.819><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:33:30.339><c> heart.</c>

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:33.339
God<00:33:31.200><c> permitted</c><00:33:31.619><c> Pharaoh</c><00:33:31.960><c> the</c><00:33:32.259><c> free</c><00:33:32.460><c> will</c><00:33:32.660><c> choice</c><00:33:32.940><c> to</c><00:33:33.180><c> harden</c>

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.980
his<00:33:33.579><c> own</c><00:33:33.779><c> heart,</c>

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:36.220
and<00:33:34.079><c> then</c><00:33:34.259><c> God</c><00:33:34.519><c> worked</c><00:33:34.880><c> with</c><00:33:35.279><c> that</c><00:33:35.720><c> hardness</c><00:33:35.940><c> of</c><00:33:36.140><c> heart</c>

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.720
to<00:33:36.440><c> accomplish</c><00:33:36.799><c> his</c><00:33:37.059><c> own</c><00:33:37.299><c> purpose.</c>

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:40.920
And<00:33:38.200><c> these</c><00:33:38.440><c> two</c><00:33:38.759><c> boys</c><00:33:39.160><c> are</c><00:33:39.599><c> heading</c><00:33:39.799><c> headlong</c><00:33:40.319><c> towards</c><00:33:40.660><c> their</c>

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.579
own<00:33:41.099><c> destruction.</c>

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.799
They<00:33:41.940><c> don't</c><00:33:42.220><c> know</c><00:33:42.400><c> it</c><00:33:42.599><c> yet,</c><00:33:42.740><c> but</c><00:33:42.859><c> they're</c><00:33:43.039><c> well</c><00:33:43.200><c> on</c><00:33:43.359><c> the</c><00:33:43.480><c> way.</c>

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:47.819
And<00:33:44.240><c> part</c><00:33:44.380><c> of</c><00:33:44.539><c> that</c><00:33:44.779><c> hardness</c><00:33:45.059><c> of</c><00:33:45.339><c> heart</c><00:33:45.539><c> is</c><00:33:45.960><c> that</c><00:33:46.180><c> a</c><00:33:46.299><c> grieving</c><00:33:46.579><c> father</c>

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:50.940
can<00:33:48.180><c> no</c><00:33:48.500><c> longer</c><00:33:48.720><c> have</c><00:33:48.980><c> any</c><00:33:49.460><c> impact</c><00:33:49.799><c> on</c><00:33:49.960><c> their</c><00:33:50.180><c> lives</c><00:33:50.380><c> whatsoever,</c>

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:55.059
and<00:33:51.460><c> they</c><00:33:51.920><c> sealed</c><00:33:52.240><c> their</c><00:33:52.640><c> own</c><00:33:53.039><c> fate</c><00:33:53.339><c> by</c><00:33:53.819><c> their</c><00:33:54.200><c> refusal</c><00:33:54.720><c> to</c>

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:57.420
take<00:33:55.279><c> warning</c><00:33:55.680><c> from</c><00:33:56.180><c> anyone</c>

00:33:57.740 --> 00:34:01.119
in<00:33:58.019><c> the</c><00:33:58.240><c> context</c><00:33:58.779><c> of</c><00:33:59.400><c> their</c><00:33:59.779><c> unrighteous</c><00:34:00.500><c> behavior.</c>

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:03.579
And<00:34:01.799><c> in</c><00:34:02.079><c> the</c><00:34:02.279><c> Hebrew,</c><00:34:02.700><c> at</c><00:34:02.920><c> the</c><00:34:02.920><c> end</c><00:34:03.059><c> of</c><00:34:03.180><c> that</c><00:34:03.380><c> verse,</c>

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:07.680
it's<00:34:04.160><c> extraordinarily</c><00:34:04.900><c> strong,</c><00:34:06.119><c> much</c><00:34:06.579><c> more</c><00:34:06.980><c> so</c><00:34:07.220><c> than</c><00:34:07.400><c> the</c>

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:09.380
authorized<00:34:08.099><c> version</c><00:34:08.519><c> would</c><00:34:08.860><c> suggest,</c>

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:13.019
because<00:34:10.099><c> the</c><00:34:10.380><c> authorized</c><00:34:10.820><c> version</c><00:34:11.260><c> says</c><00:34:11.800><c> they</c><00:34:12.480><c> hearken</c><00:34:12.780><c> not</c>

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.159
unto<00:34:13.179><c> the</c><00:34:13.320><c> voice</c><00:34:13.500><c> of</c><00:34:13.659><c> their</c><00:34:13.860><c> father</c>

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.579
because<00:34:14.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:15.480><c> would</c><00:34:15.880><c> slay</c><00:34:16.219><c> them.</c>

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.239
But<00:34:16.960><c> the</c><00:34:17.139><c> Hebrew's</c><00:34:17.519><c> stronger</c><00:34:17.820><c> than</c><00:34:18.079><c> that.</c>

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:23.739
The<00:34:19.000><c> ASV</c><00:34:19.860><c> says</c><00:34:20.239><c> because</c><00:34:20.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:21.480><c> was</c><00:34:21.960><c> minded</c><00:34:22.519><c> to</c><00:34:23.079><c> slay</c><00:34:23.380><c> them.</c>

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:32.519
Green's<00:34:24.699><c> literal</c><00:34:25.019><c> says</c><00:34:25.539><c> because</c><00:34:26.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:27.699><c> desired</c><00:34:28.760><c> to</c><00:34:29.420><c> execute</c><00:34:30.179><c> them.</c>

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:36.539
Young's<00:34:32.920><c> literal</c><00:34:33.219><c> says</c><00:34:33.780><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:34.500><c> has</c><00:34:34.960><c> delighted</c><00:34:35.780><c> to</c><00:34:36.179><c> put</c><00:34:36.320><c> them</c>

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.780
to<00:34:36.820><c> death.</c>

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.599
And<00:34:38.500><c> that's</c><00:34:38.760><c> an</c><00:34:38.940><c> astonishing</c><00:34:39.360><c> thing.</c>

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.239
Can<00:34:39.719><c> you</c><00:34:39.880><c> imagine</c><00:34:40.059><c> that?</c>

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:42.539
That's<00:34:40.440><c> what</c><00:34:40.579><c> God</c><00:34:40.800><c> says</c><00:34:41.019><c> about</c><00:34:41.260><c> these</c><00:34:41.579><c> two</c><00:34:41.780><c> men.</c>

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:46.460
It<00:34:42.980><c> was</c><00:34:43.260><c> God's</c><00:34:43.860><c> delight</c><00:34:44.500><c> to</c><00:34:45.500><c> put</c><00:34:45.679><c> them</c><00:34:45.900><c> to</c><00:34:46.159><c> death.</c>

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:49.679
Can<00:34:46.920><c> we</c><00:34:47.159><c> have</c><00:34:47.500><c> any</c><00:34:48.059><c> imagination</c><00:34:48.679><c> of</c><00:34:48.840><c> what</c><00:34:48.980><c> it</c><00:34:49.139><c> must</c><00:34:49.280><c> have</c><00:34:49.400><c> been</c><00:34:49.519><c> like</c>

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:54.320
in<00:34:49.820><c> the</c><00:34:50.000><c> sanctuary</c><00:34:50.219><c> in</c><00:34:50.420><c> those</c><00:34:50.639><c> days</c><00:34:51.139><c> and</c><00:34:51.880><c> why</c><00:34:52.219><c> Hannah</c><00:34:52.420><c> had</c><00:34:52.739><c> felt</c><00:34:53.059><c> exactly</c><00:34:53.780><c> why</c>

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.559
she<00:34:54.659><c> had?</c>

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:58.960
Oh,<00:34:57.260><c> yes,</c><00:34:57.519><c> their</c><00:34:57.659><c> judgment</c><00:34:57.920><c> was</c><00:34:58.239><c> coming.</c>

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:05.260
What<00:35:01.500><c> those</c><00:35:01.760><c> two</c><00:35:01.980><c> men</c><00:35:02.159><c> didn't</c><00:35:02.420><c> realize</c><00:35:02.960><c> is</c><00:35:04.679><c> that</c><00:35:04.860><c> that</c><00:35:05.039><c> little</c>

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:07.039
boy<00:35:05.480><c> right</c><00:35:05.940><c> there</c><00:35:06.360><c> in</c><00:35:06.559><c> the</c><00:35:06.800><c> sanctuary</c>

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:12.320
where<00:35:07.260><c> they</c><00:35:07.559><c> were</c><00:35:08.739><c> had</c><00:35:10.840><c> sealed</c><00:35:11.059><c> their</c><00:35:11.360><c> fate.</c>

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:16.760
God<00:35:14.139><c> already</c><00:35:14.539><c> planned</c><00:35:14.800><c> to</c><00:35:15.019><c> work</c><00:35:15.179><c> through</c><00:35:15.380><c> that</c><00:35:15.659><c> child.</c>

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:22.280
Their<00:35:17.940><c> time</c><00:35:18.199><c> would</c><00:35:18.460><c> come</c><00:35:19.300><c> and</c><00:35:21.099><c> soon</c><00:35:21.300><c> enough.</c>

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:26.880
And<00:35:23.500><c> isn't</c><00:35:23.639><c> it</c><00:35:24.019><c> remarkable</c><00:35:24.539><c> that</c><00:35:25.559><c> the</c><00:35:25.820><c> record</c><00:35:26.119><c> writes</c><00:35:26.500><c> itself</c>

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.099
up<00:35:27.119><c> in</c><00:35:27.280><c> such</c><00:35:27.500><c> a</c><00:35:27.679><c> way</c>

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:33.480
that<00:35:28.639><c> after</c><00:35:29.039><c> all</c><00:35:29.360><c> of</c><00:35:29.519><c> that</c><00:35:29.679><c> evil,</c><00:35:31.619><c> verse</c><00:35:31.900><c> 26</c><00:35:32.420><c> says,</c>

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:37.780
the<00:35:34.099><c> child</c><00:35:34.639><c> Samuel</c><00:35:35.059><c> grew</c><00:35:35.340><c> on</c><00:35:35.760><c> and</c><00:35:35.980><c> was</c><00:35:36.320><c> in</c><00:35:36.639><c> favor</c><00:35:36.960><c> both</c><00:35:37.460><c> with</c>

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:41.440
Yahweh<00:35:38.500><c> and</c><00:35:39.360><c> also</c><00:35:39.880><c> with</c><00:35:40.199><c> men.</c>

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:45.699
Incidentally,<00:35:43.820><c> it's</c><00:35:43.840><c> not</c><00:35:44.079><c> always</c><00:35:44.340><c> easy</c><00:35:44.599><c> for</c><00:35:44.739><c> those</c><00:35:45.000><c> two</c><00:35:45.179><c> categories</c><00:35:45.519><c> to</c>

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:48.139
both<00:35:45.920><c> work.</c>

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:51.239
Child<00:35:48.980><c> Samuel</c><00:35:49.239><c> grew</c><00:35:49.440><c> on</c><00:35:49.639><c> and</c><00:35:49.699><c> was</c><00:35:50.019><c> in</c><00:35:50.340><c> favor</c><00:35:50.539><c> both</c><00:35:50.800><c> with</c><00:35:51.019><c> God</c>

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.940
and<00:35:51.480><c> with</c><00:35:51.719><c> men.</c>

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.599
It's<00:35:52.219><c> possible</c><00:35:52.440><c> to</c><00:35:52.579><c> be</c><00:35:52.679><c> in</c><00:35:52.800><c> favor</c><00:35:52.920><c> with</c><00:35:53.119><c> God,</c>

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.980
but<00:35:54.219><c> managing</c><00:35:54.519><c> that</c><00:35:54.840><c> and</c><00:35:54.920><c> also</c><00:35:55.079><c> being</c><00:35:55.320><c> in</c><00:35:55.500><c> favor</c><00:35:55.619><c> with</c><00:35:55.800><c> men</c>

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.719
is<00:35:56.179><c> not</c><00:35:56.380><c> easy</c><00:35:56.599><c> because</c><00:35:56.860><c> of</c><00:35:56.980><c> the</c><00:35:57.099><c> perversity</c><00:35:57.519><c> of</c><00:35:57.679><c> human</c><00:35:57.860><c> nature.</c>

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.840
But<00:35:59.260><c> this</c><00:35:59.460><c> little</c><00:35:59.739><c> boy</c><00:35:59.860><c> was.</c>

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:04.659
In<00:36:01.360><c> Samuel's</c><00:36:01.760><c> case,</c><00:36:02.099><c> even</c><00:36:02.340><c> as</c><00:36:02.579><c> a</c><00:36:02.739><c> lad,</c><00:36:02.920><c> there</c><00:36:02.940><c> was</c><00:36:03.159><c> an</c><00:36:03.340><c> exhibition</c><00:36:03.780><c> of</c><00:36:04.059><c> dedication</c>

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:09.579
so<00:36:05.320><c> wholesome</c><00:36:05.940><c> that</c><00:36:07.179><c> somehow</c><00:36:08.039><c> everyone</c><00:36:08.900><c> that</c><00:36:09.159><c> looked</c><00:36:09.300><c> upon</c>

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.119
this<00:36:09.900><c> lad</c>

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:12.820
couldn't<00:36:10.500><c> help</c><00:36:10.760><c> but</c><00:36:10.940><c> approve</c><00:36:11.179><c> of</c><00:36:11.360><c> his</c><00:36:11.500><c> godly</c><00:36:11.820><c> ways.</c>

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.539
Now,<00:36:16.139><c> here's</c><00:36:16.380><c> the</c><00:36:16.599><c> paradox.</c>

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:22.340
Because<00:36:19.739><c> I</c><00:36:19.820><c> think</c><00:36:19.880><c> there</c><00:36:20.019><c> is</c><00:36:20.119><c> a</c><00:36:20.300><c> paradox</c><00:36:20.579><c> in</c><00:36:20.760><c> verse</c><00:36:20.940><c> 26,</c>

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:26.119
especially<00:36:23.539><c> coming</c><00:36:24.019><c> hard</c><00:36:24.239><c> on</c><00:36:24.420><c> the</c><00:36:24.559><c> heels</c><00:36:24.800><c> as</c><00:36:24.980><c> it</c><00:36:25.159><c> does</c><00:36:25.500><c> after</c>

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:28.039
verses<00:36:26.420><c> 22</c><00:36:26.800><c> to</c><00:36:27.019><c> 25.</c>

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:36.219
So<00:36:29.000><c> the</c><00:36:29.260><c> priests</c><00:36:29.760><c> in</c><00:36:30.239><c> this</c><00:36:30.539><c> place</c><00:36:31.119><c> were</c><00:36:32.840><c> evil</c><00:36:33.659><c> to</c><00:36:34.500><c> their</c><00:36:35.099><c> core.</c>

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:40.139
The<00:36:37.260><c> honor</c><00:36:37.639><c> of</c><00:36:37.940><c> the</c><00:36:38.199><c> sacrifices</c><00:36:38.760><c> was</c><00:36:39.159><c> corrupted.</c>

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:45.139
The<00:36:41.199><c> worship</c><00:36:41.500><c> of</c><00:36:41.739><c> the</c><00:36:41.960><c> sanctuary</c><00:36:42.219><c> was</c><00:36:42.659><c> defiled</c><00:36:43.139><c> by</c><00:36:43.659><c> immorality.</c>

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:48.739
It<00:36:46.119><c> had</c><00:36:46.300><c> reached</c><00:36:46.519><c> a</c><00:36:46.719><c> point</c><00:36:46.860><c> of</c><00:36:47.159><c> no</c><00:36:47.500><c> return.</c>

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.980
As<00:36:49.739><c> we</c><00:36:49.980><c> said</c><00:36:50.099><c> in</c><00:36:50.280><c> an</c><00:36:50.420><c> earlier</c><00:36:50.719><c> study,</c>

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:54.599
the<00:36:51.159><c> very</c><00:36:51.539><c> center</c><00:36:51.900><c> of</c><00:36:52.239><c> wickedness</c><00:36:52.760><c> in</c><00:36:53.000><c> the</c><00:36:53.260><c> land</c><00:36:53.699><c> was</c><00:36:54.260><c> the</c>

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:56.119
sanctuary<00:36:54.980><c> itself.</c>

00:36:58.159 --> 00:37:02.239
And<00:36:58.440><c> yet</c><00:36:58.639><c> the</c><00:36:59.079><c> strange</c><00:36:59.559><c> thing</c><00:37:00.000><c> is,</c><00:37:00.599><c> verse</c><00:37:00.940><c> 26,</c>

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:07.559
that<00:37:04.260><c> Samuel</c><00:37:04.739><c> walked</c><00:37:05.079><c> through</c><00:37:05.320><c> the</c><00:37:05.440><c> midst</c><00:37:05.659><c> of</c><00:37:05.980><c> all</c><00:37:06.260><c> of</c><00:37:06.420><c> this</c>

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:11.719
and<00:37:09.079><c> he</c><00:37:09.360><c> seemed</c><00:37:09.559><c> to</c><00:37:09.739><c> live</c><00:37:09.860><c> a</c><00:37:10.079><c> charmed</c><00:37:10.440><c> life</c>

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:18.239
when<00:37:12.780><c> no</c><00:37:13.159><c> evil</c><00:37:13.420><c> touched</c><00:37:13.880><c> him</c><00:37:14.820><c> and</c><00:37:16.179><c> no</c><00:37:16.539><c> harm</c><00:37:16.800><c> reached</c><00:37:17.239><c> him.</c>

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:22.059
Now,<00:37:20.019><c> how</c><00:37:20.019><c> was</c><00:37:20.679><c> that?</c>

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:25.440
Well,<00:37:23.599><c> of</c><00:37:23.699><c> course,</c><00:37:23.780><c> the</c><00:37:23.880><c> obvious</c><00:37:24.199><c> answer</c><00:37:24.579><c> is</c>

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:28.940
that<00:37:25.980><c> Yahweh's</c><00:37:26.519><c> providential</c><00:37:27.039><c> care</c><00:37:27.380><c> kept</c><00:37:27.639><c> him</c><00:37:27.900><c> safe.</c>

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.059
We<00:37:29.360><c> believe</c><00:37:29.659><c> that.</c>

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.559
But<00:37:31.039><c> the</c><00:37:31.199><c> question</c><00:37:31.500><c> is,</c>

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:38.360
what<00:37:33.760><c> instrument</c><00:37:34.239><c> did</c><00:37:34.659><c> God</c><00:37:35.579><c> providentially</c><00:37:36.639><c> use</c><00:37:37.380><c> to</c><00:37:38.059><c> keep</c>

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:40.119
the<00:37:38.579><c> little</c><00:37:38.800><c> boy</c><00:37:39.059><c> safe?</c>

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:44.179
That's<00:37:41.559><c> the</c><00:37:41.739><c> burning</c><00:37:42.079><c> question,</c><00:37:42.920><c> isn't</c><00:37:43.199><c> it?</c>

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:47.340
So<00:37:44.739><c> ask</c><00:37:45.019><c> yourself</c><00:37:45.320><c> this</c><00:37:45.539><c> question,</c><00:37:46.260><c> as</c><00:37:46.340><c> every</c><00:37:46.639><c> sister</c><00:37:46.940><c> does,</c>

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.920
much<00:37:47.820><c> more</c><00:37:48.039><c> so</c><00:37:48.159><c> than</c><00:37:48.300><c> brothers,</c><00:37:48.679><c> by</c><00:37:48.760><c> the</c><00:37:48.860><c> way,</c>

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:50.940
because<00:37:49.119><c> sisters</c><00:37:49.360><c> think</c><00:37:49.579><c> about</c><00:37:49.780><c> everything</c><00:37:50.019><c> and</c><00:37:50.159><c> how</c><00:37:50.300><c> everything</c><00:37:50.500><c> connects</c><00:37:50.840><c> to</c>

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.480
everything<00:37:51.219><c> else.</c>

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:53.440
You<00:37:51.960><c> think</c><00:37:52.119><c> about</c><00:37:52.300><c> all</c><00:37:52.480><c> the</c><00:37:52.659><c> details,</c><00:37:53.000><c> because</c><00:37:53.119><c> that's</c><00:37:53.360><c> how</c>

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.179
sisters<00:37:53.719><c> are</c><00:37:53.940><c> made.</c>

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:56.400
And<00:37:54.659><c> by</c><00:37:54.800><c> the</c><00:37:54.900><c> way,</c><00:37:54.960><c> that's</c><00:37:55.260><c> such</c><00:37:55.400><c> a</c><00:37:55.539><c> wonderful</c><00:37:55.840><c> thing</c><00:37:56.159><c> when</c><00:37:56.300><c> it</c>

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.559
comes<00:37:56.639><c> to</c><00:37:56.840><c> Bible</c><00:37:57.179><c> passages</c>

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:59.079
and<00:37:57.800><c> thinking</c><00:37:58.059><c> about</c><00:37:58.360><c> Bible</c><00:37:58.659><c> passages.</c>

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.440
So<00:37:59.420><c> think</c><00:37:59.679><c> about</c><00:37:59.900><c> this</c><00:38:00.139><c> one.</c>

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:03.280
You<00:38:01.039><c> see,</c><00:38:01.579><c> what</c><00:38:01.719><c> would</c><00:38:01.920><c> be</c><00:38:02.099><c> the</c><00:38:02.260><c> greatest</c><00:38:02.559><c> need</c><00:38:02.739><c> of</c><00:38:02.900><c> a</c><00:38:02.980><c> very</c>

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.880
young<00:38:03.480><c> child</c>

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:06.619
living<00:38:04.119><c> at</c><00:38:04.340><c> the</c><00:38:04.539><c> sanctuary</c><00:38:04.780><c> but</c><00:38:05.059><c> separated</c><00:38:05.440><c> from</c><00:38:05.679><c> his</c><00:38:05.900><c> home?</c>

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:12.340
A<00:38:06.920><c> child,</c><00:38:07.500><c> because</c><00:38:07.840><c> of</c><00:38:08.000><c> his</c><00:38:08.099><c> age,</c><00:38:09.179><c> who</c><00:38:09.440><c> still</c><00:38:09.900><c> needs</c><00:38:10.539><c> the</c><00:38:10.920><c> nurture</c><00:38:11.360><c> and</c><00:38:11.980><c> care</c>

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:14.760
of<00:38:12.579><c> someone</c><00:38:12.840><c> who</c><00:38:12.980><c> can</c><00:38:13.119><c> help</c><00:38:13.280><c> him</c><00:38:13.420><c> to</c><00:38:13.659><c> eat</c><00:38:13.880><c> and</c><00:38:14.099><c> to</c><00:38:14.360><c> drink</c><00:38:14.559><c> and</c>

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.199
to<00:38:15.039><c> sleep</c>

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:17.940
and<00:38:15.420><c> to</c><00:38:15.639><c> rise</c><00:38:15.920><c> and</c><00:38:16.099><c> to</c><00:38:16.320><c> wash</c><00:38:16.500><c> and</c><00:38:16.800><c> to</c><00:38:17.000><c> dress</c><00:38:17.159><c> and</c><00:38:17.360><c> to</c><00:38:17.599><c> speak</c><00:38:17.760><c> and</c>

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.320
to<00:38:18.159><c> read</c>

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:20.139
and<00:38:18.480><c> to</c><00:38:18.659><c> sing</c><00:38:18.780><c> and</c><00:38:18.940><c> to</c><00:38:19.099><c> pray</c><00:38:19.219><c> and</c><00:38:19.360><c> to</c><00:38:19.500><c> learn</c><00:38:19.619><c> and</c><00:38:19.760><c> to</c><00:38:19.940><c> grow.</c>

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.119
How<00:38:20.659><c> is</c><00:38:20.739><c> all</c><00:38:20.860><c> this</c><00:38:21.019><c> going</c><00:38:21.119><c> to</c><00:38:21.260><c> happen</c><00:38:21.380><c> with</c><00:38:21.559><c> a</c><00:38:21.699><c> little</c><00:38:21.900><c> three</c>

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:23.179
-year<00:38:22.320><c>-old</c><00:38:22.460><c> in</c><00:38:22.639><c> the</c><00:38:22.820><c> sanctuary,</c>

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:26.539
even<00:38:23.860><c> if</c><00:38:24.079><c> Hannah</c><00:38:24.199><c> was</c><00:38:24.519><c> confident</c><00:38:24.960><c> to</c><00:38:25.179><c> leave</c><00:38:25.340><c> him</c><00:38:25.579><c> there?</c>

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:31.179
He<00:38:27.260><c> needed</c><00:38:27.619><c> the</c><00:38:27.980><c> guardian</c><00:38:28.440><c> care</c><00:38:29.039><c> of</c><00:38:29.400><c> a</c><00:38:29.579><c> mother,</c><00:38:30.579><c> not</c><00:38:30.820><c> an</c><00:38:30.980><c> 80</c>

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:33.000
-year<00:38:31.400><c>-old</c><00:38:31.539><c> man.</c>

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:38.239
And<00:38:35.159><c> Jahweh,</c><00:38:35.400><c> in</c><00:38:35.559><c> his</c><00:38:35.719><c> goodness,</c><00:38:36.260><c> provided</c><00:38:36.619><c> such</c><00:38:36.960><c> a</c><00:38:37.119><c> mother.</c>

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:43.260
And<00:38:41.860><c> the</c><00:38:41.940><c> mother</c><00:38:42.019><c> wasn't</c><00:38:42.360><c> in</c><00:38:42.539><c> Rama.</c>

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.320
I<00:38:45.559><c> think</c><00:38:45.659><c> this</c><00:38:45.900><c> mother</c><00:38:46.019><c> was</c><00:38:46.219><c> in</c><00:38:46.460><c> Shaiwe.</c>

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:52.619
And<00:38:49.500><c> I</c><00:38:49.539><c> think</c><00:38:49.659><c> there</c><00:38:49.820><c> was</c><00:38:50.039><c> a</c><00:38:50.280><c> virgin</c><00:38:50.760><c> at</c><00:38:51.320><c> the</c><00:38:51.519><c> Tabernacle</c>

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:56.400
who<00:38:54.340><c> was</c><00:38:54.619><c> ready</c><00:38:54.880><c> to</c><00:38:55.039><c> be</c><00:38:55.199><c> that</c><00:38:55.380><c> mother.</c>

00:38:58.239 --> 00:39:00.619
So<00:38:58.340><c> let's</c><00:38:58.539><c> come</c><00:38:58.699><c> back</c><00:38:58.860><c> and</c><00:38:58.940><c> have</c><00:38:59.039><c> a</c><00:38:59.079><c> look</c><00:38:59.199><c> at</c><00:38:59.300><c> her,</c><00:38:59.539><c> shall</c><00:38:59.639><c> we?</c>

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:06.860
Because<00:39:02.920><c> I</c><00:39:03.019><c> think</c><00:39:03.179><c> she</c><00:39:03.340><c> is</c><00:39:03.559><c> the</c><00:39:03.659><c> woman</c><00:39:03.780><c> of</c><00:39:05.199><c> Judges</c><00:39:05.719><c> 11.</c>

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:14.780
So<00:39:09.960><c> see</c><00:39:10.059><c> what</c><00:39:10.179><c> the</c><00:39:10.400><c> record</c><00:39:10.679><c> says</c><00:39:11.380><c> in</c><00:39:13.300><c> Judges</c><00:39:13.699><c> 11.</c>

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:21.039
We've<00:39:17.579><c> already</c><00:39:17.940><c> discovered</c><00:39:18.460><c> how</c><00:39:18.860><c> the</c><00:39:19.760><c> book</c><00:39:20.500><c> of</c><00:39:20.699><c> Samuel</c>

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:24.199
follows<00:39:21.480><c> straight</c><00:39:21.920><c> on</c><00:39:22.179><c> from</c><00:39:22.380><c> the</c><00:39:22.500><c> record</c><00:39:22.739><c> of</c><00:39:23.000><c> Judges.</c>

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:27.420
All<00:39:24.539><c> these</c><00:39:24.800><c> chapters</c><00:39:25.000><c> are</c><00:39:25.099><c> much</c><00:39:25.380><c> more</c><00:39:25.760><c> close</c><00:39:26.519><c> chronologically</c>

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:29.960
than<00:39:27.800><c> you</c><00:39:28.159><c> might</c><00:39:28.440><c> have</c><00:39:28.860><c> understood.</c>

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:38.730
So<00:39:31.760><c> in</c><00:39:32.579><c> Judges</c><00:39:33.059><c> 11,</c><00:39:34.940><c> we're</c><00:39:35.199><c> told</c><00:39:35.820><c> of</c><00:39:36.460><c> a</c><00:39:36.639><c> vow</c><00:39:37.039><c> that</c><00:39:37.480><c> a</c><00:39:37.639><c> man</c><00:39:37.880><c> made,</c>

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:44.739
and<00:39:40.579><c> it's</c><00:39:40.760><c> in</c><00:39:40.880><c> verse</c><00:39:41.219><c> 30,</c><00:39:43.539><c> when</c><00:39:43.699><c> it</c><00:39:43.840><c> says</c><00:39:44.059><c> that</c>

00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:01.900
So<00:39:58.239><c> we</c><00:39:58.639><c> all</c><00:39:58.840><c> know</c><00:39:58.960><c> about</c><00:39:59.219><c> the</c><00:39:59.340><c> vow</c><00:39:59.480><c> of</c><00:39:59.760><c> Jephthah.</c>

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:05.480
I<00:40:02.139><c> want</c><00:40:02.320><c> you</c><00:40:02.500><c> to</c><00:40:02.619><c> just</c><00:40:02.820><c> notice</c><00:40:03.039><c> the</c><00:40:03.460><c> overtones</c><00:40:04.059><c> in</c><00:40:04.500><c> Jephthah's</c><00:40:05.239><c> story</c>

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.880
to<00:40:05.800><c> actually</c><00:40:06.239><c> Samuel's</c><00:40:06.960><c> story,</c>

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:11.139
because<00:40:08.719><c> what</c><00:40:08.920><c> happens</c><00:40:09.280><c> here</c><00:40:09.519><c> is</c><00:40:09.639><c> a</c><00:40:09.739><c> man</c><00:40:09.880><c> makes</c><00:40:10.159><c> a</c><00:40:10.340><c> vow.</c>

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.320
And<00:40:11.800><c> what</c><00:40:11.900><c> does</c><00:40:12.019><c> he</c><00:40:12.159><c> vow?</c>

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:14.840
He<00:40:12.460><c> says,</c><00:40:12.739><c> if</c><00:40:12.739><c> you</c><00:40:12.880><c> will</c><00:40:13.059><c> do</c><00:40:13.159><c> this</c><00:40:13.400><c> for</c><00:40:13.539><c> me,</c><00:40:13.780><c> O</c><00:40:13.920><c> God,</c>

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:17.960
then<00:40:15.840><c> I</c><00:40:16.000><c> will</c><00:40:16.199><c> give</c><00:40:16.400><c> you</c><00:40:17.059><c> some</c><00:40:17.519><c> body.</c>

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:20.599
And<00:40:18.719><c> incidentally,</c><00:40:19.119><c> that's</c><00:40:19.360><c> exactly</c><00:40:19.599><c> how</c><00:40:19.739><c> we</c><00:40:19.880><c> should</c><00:40:20.059><c> translate</c><00:40:20.460><c> it,</c>

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.019
because<00:40:20.760><c> you</c><00:40:20.920><c> see,</c><00:40:21.000><c> that's</c><00:40:21.019><c> how</c><00:40:21.019><c> we</c><00:40:21.019><c> should</c><00:40:21.019><c> translate</c><00:40:21.019><c> it.</c>

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:23.139
He<00:40:21.019><c> says</c><00:40:21.019><c> that</c><00:40:21.139><c> word</c><00:40:21.360><c> whatsoever</c><00:40:22.019><c> in</c><00:40:22.260><c> verse</c><00:40:22.539><c> 31.</c>

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:26.360
It<00:40:23.460><c> doesn't</c><00:40:23.760><c> mean</c><00:40:24.039><c> whatsoever,</c><00:40:24.699><c> it</c><00:40:24.739><c> means</c><00:40:25.280><c> whosoever.</c>

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:29.840
Jephthah<00:40:27.159><c> always</c><00:40:27.840><c> had</c><00:40:28.019><c> in</c><00:40:28.139><c> mind</c><00:40:28.460><c> a</c><00:40:28.760><c> person.</c>

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:34.079
He<00:40:31.000><c> had</c><00:40:31.280><c> someone</c><00:40:31.519><c> in</c><00:40:31.820><c> mind</c><00:40:31.940><c> as</c><00:40:32.159><c> a</c><00:40:32.400><c> person</c><00:40:32.920><c> that</c><00:40:33.460><c> he</c><00:40:33.579><c> would</c><00:40:33.800><c> give</c>

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.840
to<00:40:34.320><c> God</c>

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:38.059
if<00:40:35.539><c> God</c><00:40:35.960><c> gave</c><00:40:36.260><c> him</c><00:40:36.519><c> victory</c><00:40:36.880><c> against</c><00:40:37.300><c> the</c><00:40:37.639><c> children</c>

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:39.599
of<00:40:38.500><c> the</c><00:40:38.659><c> Ammonites</c><00:40:39.019><c> at</c><00:40:39.179><c> that</c><00:40:39.360><c> stage.</c>

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:45.119
And<00:40:39.719><c> that</c><00:40:40.039><c> person,</c><00:40:40.500><c> he</c><00:40:40.699><c> says,</c><00:40:41.480><c> shall</c><00:40:41.800><c> surely</c><00:40:42.559><c> be</c><00:40:43.400><c> Yahweh's.</c>

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:47.019
Now,<00:40:46.199><c> you</c><00:40:46.360><c> see</c><00:40:46.460><c> what</c><00:40:46.639><c> it</c><00:40:46.840><c> says.</c>

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:48.500
This<00:40:47.199><c> is</c><00:40:47.320><c> where</c><00:40:47.460><c> the</c><00:40:47.679><c> puzzle</c><00:40:47.860><c> has</c><00:40:48.059><c> always</c><00:40:48.340><c> been,</c>

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.579
the<00:40:48.699><c> problem</c><00:40:48.980><c> has</c><00:40:49.099><c> always</c><00:40:49.400><c> been.</c>

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:51.400
You<00:40:49.860><c> see</c><00:40:50.000><c> what</c><00:40:50.139><c> it</c><00:40:50.280><c> says</c><00:40:50.480><c> in</c><00:40:50.659><c> the</c><00:40:50.719><c> next</c><00:40:51.199><c> bit.</c>

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:53.920
It<00:40:51.500><c> says,</c><00:40:52.280><c> and</c><00:40:52.280><c> I</c><00:40:52.380><c> will</c><00:40:52.619><c> offer</c><00:40:52.780><c> it</c><00:40:52.980><c> up</c><00:40:53.099><c> for</c><00:40:53.280><c> a</c><00:40:53.440><c> burnt</c><00:40:53.599><c> offering.</c>

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:55.639
That's<00:40:54.480><c> not</c><00:40:54.659><c> what</c><00:40:54.820><c> the</c><00:40:54.980><c> Hebrew</c><00:40:55.199><c> says.</c>

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:57.440
First<00:40:56.420><c> of</c><00:40:56.579><c> all,</c><00:40:56.679><c> you</c><00:40:56.780><c> need</c><00:40:56.940><c> to</c><00:40:57.119><c> understand</c>

00:40:57.440 --> 00:41:00.420
that<00:40:57.639><c> the</c><00:40:57.739><c> word</c><00:40:58.079><c> for</c><00:40:58.519><c> is</c><00:40:58.960><c> not</c><00:40:59.280><c> in</c><00:40:59.460><c> the</c><00:40:59.619><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:02.820
It<00:41:01.579><c> doesn't</c><00:41:01.860><c> say</c><00:41:02.280><c> in</c><00:41:02.440><c> the</c><00:41:02.639><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:05.719
I<00:41:03.000><c> will</c><00:41:03.219><c> offer</c><00:41:03.340><c> him</c><00:41:03.559><c> up</c><00:41:03.860><c> for</c><00:41:04.340><c> a</c><00:41:04.579><c> burnt</c><00:41:04.780><c> offering.</c>

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:08.699
In<00:41:06.260><c> fact,</c><00:41:06.579><c> in</c><00:41:06.800><c> the</c><00:41:06.960><c> Hebrew,</c><00:41:07.619><c> that</c><00:41:07.800><c> whole</c><00:41:08.179><c> phrase,</c>

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:11.119
I<00:41:09.079><c> will</c><00:41:09.340><c> offer</c><00:41:09.519><c> him</c><00:41:09.940><c> up</c><00:41:10.340><c> for</c><00:41:10.500><c> a</c><00:41:10.619><c> burnt</c><00:41:10.760><c> offering,</c>

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:13.159
is<00:41:11.460><c> only</c><00:41:11.719><c> two</c><00:41:12.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:41:12.440><c> words.</c>

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.699
Wahalatu<00:41:16.260><c> olah.</c>

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:20.059
And<00:41:17.340><c> wahalatu</c><00:41:18.119><c> olah</c><00:41:18.559><c> literally</c><00:41:19.000><c> means,</c>

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:26.539
I<00:41:20.199><c> will</c><00:41:20.559><c> offer</c><00:41:20.920><c> him,</c><00:41:22.699><c> that</c><00:41:23.099><c> is</c><00:41:23.380><c> God,</c><00:41:25.320><c> a</c><00:41:25.480><c> burnt</c><00:41:25.659><c> offering.</c>

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:29.880
I<00:41:27.840><c> will</c><00:41:28.139><c> offer</c><00:41:28.400><c> him</c><00:41:29.000><c> a</c><00:41:29.280><c> burnt</c><00:41:29.500><c> offering.</c>

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:33.559
Now,<00:41:30.639><c> that</c><00:41:30.980><c> burnt</c><00:41:31.340><c> offering</c><00:41:31.679><c> wasn't</c><00:41:32.079><c> the</c><00:41:32.420><c> person.</c>

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:39.019
It's<00:41:34.900><c> the</c><00:41:35.179><c> offering</c><00:41:35.539><c> of</c><00:41:35.860><c> dedication</c><00:41:36.460><c> that</c><00:41:36.820><c> accompanies</c><00:41:37.679><c> that</c><00:41:38.019><c> person.</c>

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:42.860
What<00:41:39.380><c> Jephthah</c><00:41:39.760><c> did</c><00:41:40.019><c> was</c><00:41:40.500><c> vowed</c><00:41:41.119><c> a</c><00:41:41.440><c> person</c><00:41:41.860><c> to</c><00:41:42.099><c> the</c><00:41:42.420><c> service</c>

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.559
of<00:41:43.099><c> God.</c>

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:46.800
And<00:41:44.199><c> when</c><00:41:44.480><c> that</c><00:41:44.820><c> person</c><00:41:45.139><c> was</c><00:41:45.440><c> brought</c><00:41:45.699><c> to</c><00:41:45.880><c> the</c><00:41:46.239><c> service,</c>

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:49.820
there<00:41:47.340><c> would</c><00:41:47.559><c> be</c><00:41:47.980><c> a</c><00:41:48.380><c> burnt</c><00:41:48.559><c> offering</c><00:41:48.900><c> that</c><00:41:49.139><c> would</c><00:41:49.460><c> accompany</c>

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.559
that<00:41:50.159><c> person.</c>

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:55.179
Why<00:41:51.300><c> would</c><00:41:51.579><c> there</c><00:41:51.840><c> be</c><00:41:52.239><c> a</c><00:41:52.559><c> burnt</c><00:41:52.800><c> offering</c><00:41:53.300><c> to</c><00:41:53.679><c> accompany</c><00:41:54.000><c> the</c><00:41:54.280><c> person?</c>

00:41:55.800 --> 00:42:00.159
Because<00:41:56.179><c> the</c><00:41:56.519><c> burnt</c><00:41:56.780><c> offering</c><00:41:57.559><c> symbolizes</c><00:41:58.980><c> the</c><00:41:59.500><c> dedication</c>

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.059
of<00:42:00.420><c> the</c><00:42:00.639><c> person.</c>

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:04.820
Now,<00:42:01.780><c> where</c><00:42:02.079><c> have</c><00:42:02.219><c> we</c><00:42:02.360><c> come</c><00:42:02.559><c> across</c><00:42:02.920><c> the</c><00:42:03.360><c> story</c><00:42:03.639><c> before,</c>

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:10.679
where<00:42:05.119><c> someone</c><00:42:05.659><c> vows</c><00:42:06.360><c> a</c><00:42:06.860><c> child</c><00:42:07.440><c> and</c><00:42:08.119><c> brings</c><00:42:08.500><c> the</c><00:42:08.960><c> child</c><00:42:09.480><c> to</c><00:42:09.679><c> the</c><00:42:09.880><c> house</c><00:42:10.079><c> of</c><00:42:10.340><c> God,</c>

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:14.300
and<00:42:11.099><c> with</c><00:42:11.420><c> the</c><00:42:11.840><c> child</c><00:42:12.219><c> that's</c><00:42:12.639><c> being</c><00:42:13.059><c> dedicated</c><00:42:13.639><c> to</c><00:42:13.900><c> God,</c>

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:17.860
there<00:42:14.920><c> is</c><00:42:15.179><c> also</c><00:42:15.639><c> brought</c><00:42:15.900><c> a</c><00:42:16.159><c> burnt</c><00:42:16.420><c> offering</c><00:42:16.739><c> to</c><00:42:16.960><c> be</c><00:42:17.159><c> burnt</c><00:42:17.480><c> to</c>

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:19.199
symbolize<00:42:18.460><c> the</c><00:42:18.780><c> child.</c>

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:21.820
In<00:42:19.599><c> fact,</c><00:42:19.820><c> wasn't</c><00:42:20.119><c> it</c><00:42:20.340><c> a</c><00:42:20.500><c> child</c><00:42:20.719><c> of</c><00:42:21.019><c> three</c><00:42:21.219><c> years</c><00:42:21.539><c> old,</c>

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.719
and<00:42:22.159><c> one</c><00:42:22.400><c> bullock</c><00:42:22.679><c> of</c><00:42:22.900><c> three</c><00:42:23.099><c> years</c><00:42:23.360><c> old,</c>

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:25.920
and<00:42:24.159><c> the</c><00:42:24.360><c> bullock</c><00:42:24.619><c> was</c><00:42:24.900><c> burnt</c><00:42:25.039><c> as</c><00:42:25.219><c> a</c><00:42:25.340><c> burnt</c><00:42:25.519><c> offering</c>

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:29.960
to<00:42:26.280><c> symbolize</c><00:42:26.820><c> that</c><00:42:26.980><c> the</c><00:42:27.119><c> child</c><00:42:27.340><c> was</c><00:42:27.559><c> about</c><00:42:27.699><c> to</c><00:42:27.840><c> be</c><00:42:27.940><c> given</c><00:42:28.260><c> to</c><00:42:29.039><c> Eli?</c>

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:34.480
This<00:42:30.300><c> is</c><00:42:30.639><c> exactly</c><00:42:31.219><c> the</c><00:42:31.619><c> story</c><00:42:32.079><c> of</c><00:42:32.500><c> Hannah</c><00:42:32.960><c> vowing</c><00:42:33.780><c> Samuel.</c>

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:36.659
I<00:42:34.780><c> think</c><00:42:34.940><c> that's</c><00:42:35.320><c> exactly</c><00:42:35.679><c> what</c><00:42:36.059><c> Jephthah</c><00:42:36.320><c> did.</c>

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.860
And<00:42:37.099><c> right</c><00:42:37.280><c> from</c><00:42:37.460><c> the</c><00:42:37.659><c> start,</c><00:42:38.119><c> he</c><00:42:38.340><c> anticipated,</c>

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:41.880
he<00:42:39.059><c> intended</c><00:42:39.559><c> to</c><00:42:39.840><c> actually</c><00:42:40.159><c> offer</c><00:42:40.420><c> someone</c><00:42:40.719><c> to</c><00:42:40.940><c> God.</c>

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:45.420
There<00:42:43.079><c> was</c><00:42:43.360><c> no</c><00:42:43.659><c> indication</c><00:42:44.320><c> in</c><00:42:44.619><c> this</c><00:42:44.920><c> passage</c>

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:47.780
that<00:42:46.400><c> he</c><00:42:46.519><c> was</c><00:42:46.659><c> simply</c><00:42:46.840><c> going</c><00:42:47.039><c> to</c><00:42:47.239><c> slaughter</c><00:42:47.539><c> them.</c>

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.800
That<00:42:48.039><c> doesn't</c><00:42:48.340><c> honor</c><00:42:48.480><c> God.</c>

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:51.639
There's<00:42:49.139><c> no</c><00:42:49.320><c> honor</c><00:42:49.500><c> to</c><00:42:49.699><c> God</c><00:42:49.840><c> in</c><00:42:50.099><c> slaughtering</c><00:42:50.579><c> a</c><00:42:50.739><c> person.</c>

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:58.800
Now,<00:42:54.940><c> let</c><00:42:55.119><c> me</c><00:42:56.000><c> briefly</c><00:42:56.380><c> mention</c><00:42:56.780><c> why</c><00:42:57.039><c> I</c><00:42:57.159><c> think</c><00:42:57.320><c> that's</c><00:42:57.739><c> right,</c>

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:02.059
so<00:43:00.000><c> that</c><00:43:00.119><c> we</c><00:43:00.199><c> can</c><00:43:00.360><c> come</c><00:43:00.599><c> back</c><00:43:00.760><c> to</c><00:43:00.920><c> the</c><00:43:01.179><c> story.</c>

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:06.880
When<00:43:04.300><c> the</c><00:43:04.820><c> daughter</c><00:43:05.480><c> hears,</c>

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:12.219
notice<00:43:08.000><c> what</c><00:43:08.260><c> she</c><00:43:08.539><c> says,</c><00:43:10.420><c> verse</c><00:43:10.519><c> 36.</c>

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:14.659
She<00:43:12.579><c> said</c><00:43:12.760><c> unto</c><00:43:13.000><c> him,</c><00:43:13.340><c> My</c><00:43:13.340><c> father,</c>

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:18.880
if<00:43:15.619><c> thou</c><00:43:15.800><c> hast</c><00:43:16.000><c> opened</c><00:43:16.280><c> thy</c><00:43:16.500><c> mouth</c><00:43:17.400><c> unto</c><00:43:17.780><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:21.360
do<00:43:19.599><c> to</c><00:43:19.739><c> me</c><00:43:19.900><c> according</c><00:43:20.179><c> to</c><00:43:20.320><c> that</c><00:43:20.420><c> which</c><00:43:20.579><c> hath</c><00:43:20.760><c> proceeded</c><00:43:21.139><c> out</c>

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.840
of<00:43:21.440><c> thy</c><00:43:21.559><c> mouth.</c>

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.940
Oh,<00:43:22.179><c> where</c><00:43:22.320><c> does</c><00:43:22.400><c> that</c><00:43:22.579><c> come</c><00:43:22.800><c> from?</c>

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.980
That's<00:43:23.239><c> the</c><00:43:23.320><c> law</c><00:43:23.440><c> of</c><00:43:23.760><c> vows.</c>

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:26.340
Remember,<00:43:24.639><c> that</c><00:43:24.780><c> which</c><00:43:24.940><c> proceeds</c><00:43:25.300><c> out</c><00:43:25.619><c> of</c><00:43:25.639><c> thy</c><00:43:25.900><c> mouth</c><00:43:26.179><c> thou</c>

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.059
must<00:43:26.639><c> do.</c>

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.659
Numbers<00:43:27.800><c> 30,</c><00:43:28.139><c> verse</c><00:43:28.360><c> 1.</c>

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:29.639
She<00:43:29.000><c> understood</c><00:43:29.420><c> that.</c>

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:31.579
Jephthah's<00:43:30.099><c> daughter</c><00:43:30.219><c> understood</c><00:43:30.719><c> the</c><00:43:30.880><c> principle</c><00:43:31.199><c> of</c><00:43:31.440><c> vows.</c>

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:34.679
If<00:43:32.000><c> this</c><00:43:32.179><c> has</c><00:43:32.280><c> come</c><00:43:32.420><c> out</c><00:43:32.559><c> of</c><00:43:32.679><c> your</c><00:43:32.840><c> mouth,</c><00:43:33.260><c> then</c><00:43:33.420><c> you</c><00:43:33.539><c> must</c><00:43:33.780><c> perform.</c>

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:38.400
If<00:43:35.320><c> this</c><00:43:35.599><c> person</c><00:43:36.219><c> that</c><00:43:36.719><c> you</c><00:43:36.940><c> intended</c><00:43:37.500><c> to</c><00:43:37.780><c> devote</c><00:43:38.000><c> to</c><00:43:38.159><c> God,</c>

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:40.679
to<00:43:38.559><c> give</c><00:43:38.739><c> to</c><00:43:38.960><c> God,</c><00:43:39.280><c> to</c><00:43:39.320><c> dedicate</c><00:43:39.739><c> to</c><00:43:39.880><c> God...</c>

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:42.400
See,<00:43:40.880><c> I</c><00:43:40.880><c> think</c><00:43:41.099><c> Jephthah</c><00:43:41.360><c> had</c><00:43:41.559><c> someone</c><00:43:41.760><c> else</c><00:43:41.960><c> in</c><00:43:42.139><c> mind,</c><00:43:42.260><c> by</c>

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:42.659
the<00:43:42.519><c> way.</c>

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:44.079
I<00:43:42.800><c> don't</c><00:43:42.940><c> think</c><00:43:43.059><c> he</c><00:43:43.099><c> had</c><00:43:43.179><c> his</c><00:43:43.360><c> daughter</c><00:43:43.539><c> in</c><00:43:43.699><c> mind</c><00:43:43.820><c> at</c><00:43:43.960><c> all.</c>

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:45.039
That's<00:43:44.440><c> absolutely</c><00:43:44.820><c> true.</c>

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:47.000
But<00:43:45.179><c> he</c><00:43:45.199><c> had</c><00:43:45.400><c> someone</c><00:43:45.639><c> in</c><00:43:45.900><c> mind.</c>

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:51.320
But<00:43:48.900><c> she</c><00:43:49.179><c> says,</c><00:43:49.980><c> verse</c><00:43:50.159><c> 37.</c>

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:53.260
Let<00:43:52.059><c> this</c><00:43:52.340><c> thing</c><00:43:52.500><c> be</c><00:43:52.679><c> done</c><00:43:52.840><c> for</c><00:43:53.079><c> me.</c>

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:54.440
Let<00:43:53.440><c> me</c><00:43:53.639><c> alone</c><00:43:53.820><c> two</c><00:43:54.159><c> months,</c>

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:56.159
that<00:43:54.619><c> I</c><00:43:54.739><c> may</c><00:43:54.840><c> go</c><00:43:54.980><c> up</c><00:43:55.159><c> and</c><00:43:55.320><c> down</c><00:43:55.460><c> upon</c><00:43:55.679><c> the</c><00:43:55.860><c> mountains</c>

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:59.019
and<00:43:56.420><c> bewail</c><00:43:56.760><c> my</c><00:43:57.099><c> virginity,</c><00:43:57.840><c> I</c><00:43:58.179><c> and</c><00:43:58.420><c> my</c><00:43:58.719><c> fellows.</c>

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.820
And<00:43:59.800><c> he</c><00:44:00.059><c> said,</c><00:44:00.820><c> Go.</c>

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:03.119
And<00:44:01.340><c> he</c><00:44:01.840><c> sent</c><00:44:02.079><c> her</c><00:44:02.239><c> away</c><00:44:02.400><c> for</c><00:44:02.579><c> two</c><00:44:02.840><c> months.</c>

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:05.559
And<00:44:03.300><c> she</c><00:44:03.420><c> went</c><00:44:03.780><c> away</c><00:44:04.059><c> with</c><00:44:04.239><c> her</c><00:44:04.599><c> companions.</c>

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:07.460
And<00:44:05.739><c> there</c><00:44:05.920><c> in</c><00:44:06.059><c> the</c><00:44:06.300><c> privacy</c><00:44:06.659><c> of</c><00:44:06.880><c> the</c><00:44:07.019><c> mountains,</c>

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:10.139
she<00:44:08.119><c> bewailed</c><00:44:08.539><c> her</c><00:44:08.860><c> virginity</c><00:44:09.360><c> upon</c><00:44:09.559><c> the</c><00:44:09.780><c> mountains.</c>

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:11.980
Now,<00:44:10.539><c> just</c><00:44:10.780><c> stop</c><00:44:10.940><c> and</c><00:44:11.099><c> think</c><00:44:11.239><c> about</c><00:44:11.460><c> the</c><00:44:11.679><c> principle</c>

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:16.820
of<00:44:12.099><c> what's</c><00:44:12.340><c> being</c><00:44:12.659><c> mentioned</c><00:44:13.039><c> here</c><00:44:13.360><c> in</c><00:44:13.800><c> verse</c><00:44:14.119><c> 37</c><00:44:14.780><c> and</c><00:44:15.199><c> verse</c><00:44:15.719><c> 38.</c>

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:23.340
You<00:44:19.139><c> see,</c><00:44:19.239><c> do</c><00:44:19.420><c> you</c><00:44:19.460><c> notice</c><00:44:19.800><c> that</c><00:44:20.059><c> she</c><00:44:20.400><c> bewailed</c><00:44:21.079><c> her</c><00:44:21.719><c> virginity,</c>

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:27.500
not<00:44:24.659><c> her</c><00:44:24.960><c> impending</c><00:44:25.480><c> death?</c>

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:33.219
Because<00:44:31.400><c> she</c><00:44:31.539><c> wasn't</c><00:44:31.780><c> going</c><00:44:31.980><c> to</c><00:44:32.199><c> die.</c>

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:37.860
So<00:44:36.579><c> she</c><00:44:36.699><c> didn't</c><00:44:37.039><c> bewail</c><00:44:37.440><c> death,</c>

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:40.400
because<00:44:38.199><c> death</c><00:44:38.519><c> wasn't</c><00:44:38.860><c> what</c><00:44:39.079><c> was</c><00:44:39.440><c> about</c><00:44:39.780><c> to</c><00:44:40.079><c> happen.</c>

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:43.260
What<00:44:40.940><c> she</c><00:44:41.219><c> bewailed</c><00:44:41.880><c> was</c><00:44:42.420><c> her</c><00:44:42.719><c> virginity.</c>

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:47.039
Now,<00:44:44.300><c> why</c><00:44:44.320><c> would</c><00:44:44.659><c> she</c><00:44:44.920><c> be</c><00:44:45.260><c> bewailing</c><00:44:45.760><c> her</c><00:44:46.300><c> virginity?</c>

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:51.679
Well,<00:44:47.679><c> because</c><00:44:48.559><c> the</c><00:44:49.059><c> principle</c><00:44:49.659><c> of</c><00:44:49.980><c> the</c><00:44:50.360><c> whole</c><00:44:50.800><c> burnt</c><00:44:51.139><c> offering</c>

00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:55.460
was<00:44:52.559><c> dedication</c><00:44:53.679><c> in</c><00:44:54.579><c> perpetuity.</c>

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.980
And<00:44:55.940><c> what</c><00:44:56.159><c> that</c><00:44:56.519><c> meant,</c><00:44:56.840><c> if</c><00:44:56.980><c> you</c><00:44:56.980><c> will,</c>

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:58.739
if<00:44:57.239><c> Jephthah</c><00:44:57.579><c> fulfilled</c><00:44:58.099><c> his</c><00:44:58.440><c> vow,</c>

00:44:59.179 --> 00:45:00.599
is<00:44:59.280><c> that</c><00:44:59.420><c> she</c><00:44:59.579><c> would</c><00:44:59.820><c> be</c><00:45:00.099><c> dedicated</c>

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:03.460
for<00:45:00.960><c> the</c><00:45:01.360><c> whole</c><00:45:01.820><c> of</c><00:45:02.199><c> her</c><00:45:02.500><c> life</c><00:45:02.780><c> to</c><00:45:03.019><c> God.</c>

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:06.559
And<00:45:04.239><c> that</c><00:45:04.780><c> included</c><00:45:05.579><c> the</c><00:45:06.239><c> part</c>

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:12.019
that<00:45:07.119><c> might</c><00:45:07.420><c> have</c><00:45:07.659><c> been</c><00:45:07.860><c> offered</c><00:45:08.059><c> to</c><00:45:08.320><c> her</c><00:45:08.440><c> husband</c><00:45:09.019><c> and</c><00:45:10.639><c> the</c><00:45:10.940><c> family.</c>

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:17.260
She<00:45:13.579><c> didn't</c><00:45:14.019><c> mourn</c><00:45:14.420><c> because</c><00:45:14.739><c> she</c><00:45:14.980><c> had</c><00:45:15.179><c> to</c><00:45:15.480><c> die</c><00:45:16.059><c> a</c><00:45:16.400><c> virgin.</c>

00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:22.519
She<00:45:18.800><c> mourned</c><00:45:19.219><c> because</c><00:45:19.519><c> she</c><00:45:19.719><c> had</c><00:45:19.940><c> to</c><00:45:20.260><c> live</c><00:45:20.539><c> as</c><00:45:20.960><c> a</c><00:45:21.179><c> virgin.</c>

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:30.440
And<00:45:25.739><c> that</c><00:45:26.260><c> virginity</c><00:45:27.880><c> stood</c><00:45:28.500><c> in</c><00:45:28.860><c> some</c><00:45:29.199><c> peculiar</c><00:45:29.840><c> relation</c>

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:32.199
to<00:45:30.639><c> the</c><00:45:30.860><c> nature</c><00:45:31.280><c> of</c><00:45:31.579><c> her</c><00:45:31.840><c> vow,</c>

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:36.320
which<00:45:32.880><c> was</c><00:45:33.440><c> that</c><00:45:33.880><c> she</c><00:45:34.039><c> would</c><00:45:34.260><c> be</c><00:45:34.400><c> given</c><00:45:34.639><c> utterly</c><00:45:35.099><c> to</c><00:45:35.380><c> Yahweh's</c><00:45:35.940><c> service</c>

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:39.739
as<00:45:36.639><c> a</c><00:45:36.920><c> virgin</c><00:45:37.460><c> at</c><00:45:37.860><c> the</c><00:45:38.179><c> Sanctuary.</c>

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:43.860
Now,<00:45:42.420><c> do</c><00:45:42.500><c> you</c><00:45:42.500><c> think</c><00:45:42.619><c> that's</c><00:45:42.860><c> right?</c>

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:45.880
See,<00:45:44.119><c> verse</c><00:45:44.320><c> 39.</c>

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:48.440
It<00:45:47.159><c> came</c><00:45:47.280><c> to</c><00:45:47.420><c> pass</c><00:45:47.559><c> at</c><00:45:47.719><c> the</c><00:45:47.719><c> end</c><00:45:47.880><c> of</c><00:45:47.980><c> two</c><00:45:48.139><c> months</c>

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.719
that<00:45:48.579><c> she</c><00:45:48.800><c> returned</c><00:45:49.079><c> unto</c><00:45:49.280><c> her</c><00:45:49.480><c> father,</c>

00:45:49.739 --> 00:45:51.440
who<00:45:49.860><c> did</c><00:45:50.079><c> with</c><00:45:50.199><c> her</c><00:45:50.400><c> according</c><00:45:50.659><c> to</c><00:45:51.079><c> his</c><00:45:51.280><c> vow,</c>

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:53.519
which<00:45:51.639><c> she</c><00:45:51.800><c> had</c><00:45:52.059><c> vowed,</c>

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:55.639
and<00:45:54.019><c> she</c><00:45:54.219><c> knew</c><00:45:54.420><c> no</c><00:45:54.699><c> man.</c>

00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:59.760
Now,<00:45:56.780><c> if</c><00:45:57.000><c> all</c><00:45:57.219><c> he</c><00:45:57.380><c> had</c><00:45:57.519><c> done</c><00:45:57.800><c> was</c><00:45:58.219><c> kill</c><00:45:58.639><c> her,</c>

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:03.860
then<00:46:00.940><c> adding</c><00:46:01.360><c> the</c><00:46:01.719><c> phrase,</c><00:46:02.579><c> she</c><00:46:02.579><c> knew</c><00:46:02.960><c> no</c><00:46:03.360><c> man,</c>

00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:06.079
doesn't<00:46:04.380><c> add</c><00:46:04.739><c> anything</c><00:46:05.019><c> to</c><00:46:05.260><c> the</c><00:46:05.380><c> idea</c><00:46:05.699><c> of</c><00:46:05.920><c> death</c>

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:07.940
because<00:46:06.320><c> we</c><00:46:06.579><c> already</c><00:46:06.840><c> know</c><00:46:07.079><c> that</c><00:46:07.280><c> she's</c><00:46:07.500><c> a</c><00:46:07.659><c> virgin.</c>

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:10.059
So<00:46:08.639><c> if</c><00:46:08.780><c> we</c><00:46:08.960><c> know</c><00:46:09.099><c> she's</c><00:46:09.420><c> a</c><00:46:09.579><c> virgin,</c>

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:12.300
and<00:46:10.500><c> then</c><00:46:10.639><c> it</c><00:46:10.840><c> says,</c><00:46:11.159><c> and</c><00:46:11.300><c> her</c><00:46:11.460><c> father</c><00:46:11.719><c> killed</c><00:46:12.019><c> her,</c>

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:14.320
and<00:46:12.460><c> then</c><00:46:12.619><c> it</c><00:46:12.780><c> says,</c><00:46:13.079><c> and</c><00:46:13.320><c> she</c><00:46:13.500><c> knew</c><00:46:13.679><c> no</c><00:46:13.980><c> man,</c>

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:16.380
it's<00:46:14.880><c> only</c><00:46:15.039><c> repeating</c><00:46:15.380><c> what</c><00:46:15.579><c> we</c><00:46:15.800><c> already</c><00:46:16.119><c> know</c>

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:19.139
is<00:46:16.539><c> that</c><00:46:16.639><c> she</c><00:46:16.760><c> was</c><00:46:16.940><c> a</c><00:46:17.079><c> virgin</c><00:46:17.320><c> when</c><00:46:17.840><c> her</c><00:46:18.159><c> father</c><00:46:18.380><c> killed</c><00:46:18.760><c> her.</c>

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:21.840
Ah,<00:46:19.860><c> but</c><00:46:20.099><c> if</c><00:46:20.300><c> she's</c><00:46:20.659><c> alive,</c>

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:24.119
then<00:46:22.179><c> what</c><00:46:22.380><c> this</c><00:46:22.599><c> is</c><00:46:22.800><c> saying</c><00:46:23.039><c> is</c><00:46:23.219><c> that</c><00:46:23.340><c> she</c><00:46:23.460><c> was</c><00:46:23.679><c> dedicated</c>

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.699
for<00:46:24.400><c> life,</c>

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:26.599
and<00:46:25.019><c> the</c><00:46:25.159><c> fact</c><00:46:25.300><c> that</c><00:46:25.500><c> she</c><00:46:25.679><c> knew</c><00:46:25.960><c> no</c><00:46:26.320><c> man</c>

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:29.780
was<00:46:26.980><c> the</c><00:46:27.280><c> proof</c><00:46:27.519><c> that</c><00:46:27.760><c> her</c><00:46:28.000><c> vow</c><00:46:28.139><c> was</c><00:46:28.599><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:31.860
That<00:46:30.840><c> she</c><00:46:31.019><c> went</c><00:46:31.300><c> to</c><00:46:31.460><c> the</c><00:46:31.599><c> temple,</c>

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:33.219
she<00:46:32.059><c> went</c><00:46:32.320><c> to</c><00:46:32.500><c> the</c><00:46:32.699><c> tabernacle,</c>

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:36.099
and<00:46:33.659><c> she</c><00:46:33.900><c> knew</c><00:46:34.099><c> no</c><00:46:34.380><c> man</c><00:46:34.579><c> because</c><00:46:34.840><c> that's</c><00:46:35.360><c> how</c><00:46:35.619><c> her</c><00:46:35.920><c> vow</c>

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:38.139
would<00:46:36.360><c> be</c><00:46:36.539><c> lived</c><00:46:36.699><c> out</c><00:46:36.960><c> for</c><00:46:37.139><c> the</c><00:46:37.219><c> rest</c><00:46:37.440><c> of</c><00:46:37.659><c> her</c><00:46:37.840><c> life.</c>

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:41.960
And<00:46:38.659><c> she</c><00:46:38.960><c> bewailed</c><00:46:39.559><c> at</c><00:46:40.139><c> least</c><00:46:40.460><c> the</c><00:46:40.679><c> loss</c><00:46:41.019><c> of</c><00:46:41.300><c> a</c><00:46:41.440><c> husband</c>

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:45.239
and<00:46:42.599><c> the</c><00:46:42.940><c> chance</c><00:46:43.179><c> of</c><00:46:43.420><c> a</c><00:46:43.619><c> family</c><00:46:43.980><c> in</c><00:46:44.239><c> her</c><00:46:44.579><c> own</c><00:46:44.900><c> right.</c>

00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:49.719
And<00:46:46.099><c> so</c><00:46:46.840><c> verse</c><00:46:47.039><c> 40</c><00:46:47.340><c> says,</c><00:46:47.880><c> it</c><00:46:48.079><c> was</c><00:46:48.260><c> a</c><00:46:48.380><c> custom</c><00:46:48.599><c> in</c><00:46:48.840><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:52.039
that<00:46:50.059><c> the</c><00:46:50.179><c> daughters</c><00:46:50.539><c> of</c><00:46:50.679><c> Israel</c><00:46:51.119><c> went</c><00:46:51.539><c> yearly</c>

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:54.219
to<00:46:52.340><c> lament</c><00:46:52.619><c> the</c><00:46:52.820><c> daughter</c><00:46:53.079><c> of</c><00:46:53.320><c> Jephthah</c><00:46:53.559><c> the</c><00:46:53.699><c> Gileadite</c>

00:46:54.219 --> 00:46:57.000
four<00:46:54.579><c> days</c><00:46:55.039><c> in</c><00:46:55.519><c> a</c><00:46:55.679><c> year.</c>

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:59.860
Now,<00:46:57.679><c> notice</c><00:46:57.960><c> verse</c><00:46:58.139><c> 40,</c><00:46:58.659><c> the</c><00:46:58.719><c> daughters</c><00:46:58.940><c> of</c><00:46:59.059><c> Israel</c><00:46:59.280><c> went</c><00:46:59.539><c> yearly.</c>

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:01.679
Oh,<00:47:00.139><c> that's</c><00:47:00.440><c> interesting,</c><00:47:00.739><c> the</c><00:47:00.920><c> margin</c><00:47:01.239><c> says,</c>

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:05.340
from<00:47:02.340><c> year</c><00:47:02.599><c> to</c><00:47:02.860><c> year,</c><00:47:03.440><c> where</c><00:47:03.639><c> have</c><00:47:03.780><c> we</c><00:47:03.880><c> heard</c><00:47:04.059><c> that</c><00:47:04.360><c> before?</c>

00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:08.480
They<00:47:06.260><c> went</c><00:47:06.440><c> up</c><00:47:06.719><c> year</c><00:47:07.000><c> by</c><00:47:07.400><c> year.</c>

00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:11.139
That's<00:47:10.019><c> a</c><00:47:10.099><c> visit</c><00:47:10.219><c> to</c><00:47:10.519><c> Shiloh,</c><00:47:10.880><c> isn't</c><00:47:11.019><c> it?</c>

00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:12.500
That's<00:47:11.539><c> a</c><00:47:11.619><c> visit</c><00:47:11.760><c> to</c><00:47:11.940><c> the</c><00:47:12.119><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.800
That's<00:47:12.800><c> where</c><00:47:12.940><c> this</c><00:47:13.159><c> woman</c><00:47:13.380><c> was.</c>

00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:16.079
And<00:47:14.159><c> when</c><00:47:14.340><c> it</c><00:47:14.500><c> says</c><00:47:14.579><c> they</c><00:47:14.739><c> went</c><00:47:14.920><c> to</c><00:47:15.139><c> lament,</c>

00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:19.199
that<00:47:16.980><c> word</c><00:47:17.179><c> is</c><00:47:17.380><c> only</c><00:47:17.599><c> used</c><00:47:17.980><c> here</c><00:47:18.179><c> in</c><00:47:18.320><c> one</c><00:47:18.500><c> other</c><00:47:18.780><c> place.</c>

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:21.719
It's<00:47:19.760><c> in</c><00:47:19.940><c> the</c><00:47:20.039><c> book</c><00:47:20.179><c> of</c><00:47:20.460><c> Judges.</c>

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:24.679
Have<00:47:22.900><c> I</c><00:47:23.099><c> got</c><00:47:23.340><c> it</c><00:47:23.559><c> here?</c>

00:47:26.179 --> 00:47:29.940
No,<00:47:26.440><c> I</c><00:47:26.480><c> don't</c><00:47:26.760><c> think</c><00:47:26.920><c> I</c><00:47:27.219><c> do,</c><00:47:27.940><c> but</c><00:47:28.139><c> I</c><00:47:28.320><c> know</c><00:47:28.440><c> where</c><00:47:28.659><c> it</c><00:47:28.880><c> is.</c>

00:47:30.300 --> 00:47:33.800
The<00:47:30.500><c> only</c><00:47:30.599><c> other</c><00:47:30.900><c> place</c><00:47:31.219><c> where</c><00:47:31.739><c> that</c><00:47:32.139><c> word</c><00:47:32.360><c> is</c><00:47:32.699><c> used</c>

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:40.500
is<00:47:34.559><c> back</c><00:47:35.039><c> in</c><00:47:35.659><c> Deborah's</c><00:47:37.239><c> song</c><00:47:37.780><c> in</c><00:47:38.699><c> Judges</c><00:47:39.179><c> 5,</c>

00:47:40.500 --> 00:47:48.320
where<00:47:41.239><c> it</c><00:47:41.539><c> says</c><00:47:42.500><c> in</c><00:47:46.360><c> verse</c><00:47:46.659><c> 11,</c>

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:52.599
there<00:47:48.860><c> shall</c><00:47:49.360><c> they</c><00:47:49.739><c> rehearse</c><00:47:50.480><c> the</c><00:47:50.719><c> righteous</c><00:47:51.280><c> acts</c><00:47:51.800><c> of</c><00:47:52.139><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:56.159
And<00:47:52.900><c> that</c><00:47:53.099><c> word</c><00:47:53.340><c> rehearse</c><00:47:54.260><c> is</c><00:47:54.840><c> the</c><00:47:54.980><c> same</c><00:47:55.219><c> word</c><00:47:55.440><c> here,</c><00:47:56.159><c> lament.</c>

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:58.920
So<00:47:56.719><c> Kimji,</c><00:47:57.360><c> who</c><00:47:57.400><c> was</c><00:47:57.579><c> a</c><00:47:57.679><c> noted</c><00:47:58.019><c> Hebrew</c><00:47:58.519><c> scholar,</c>

00:47:59.059 --> 00:48:02.119
said<00:47:59.059><c> the</c><00:47:59.219><c> word</c><00:47:59.380><c> actually</c><00:47:59.599><c> means</c><00:47:59.880><c> to</c><00:48:00.159><c> celebrate</c><00:48:00.619><c> or</c><00:48:00.880><c> to</c><00:48:01.079><c> talk</c><00:48:01.300><c> with.</c>

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:07.159
They<00:48:02.760><c> went</c><00:48:02.840><c> up</c><00:48:02.980><c> every</c><00:48:03.219><c> year</c><00:48:03.360><c> to</c><00:48:03.559><c> talk</c><00:48:03.920><c> with</c><00:48:05.659><c> Jephthah's</c><00:48:06.260><c> daughter.</c>

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:09.260
Where<00:48:07.659><c> did</c><00:48:07.719><c> they</c><00:48:07.840><c> go</c><00:48:08.019><c> year</c><00:48:08.199><c> by</c><00:48:08.420><c> year</c><00:48:08.579><c> to</c><00:48:08.800><c> talk</c><00:48:09.000><c> with</c><00:48:09.179><c> her?</c>

00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:10.679
Why,<00:48:09.659><c> where</c><00:48:09.739><c> everyone</c><00:48:09.960><c> went</c><00:48:10.139><c> year</c><00:48:10.400><c> by</c><00:48:10.579><c> year,</c>

00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:13.360
they<00:48:10.780><c> went</c><00:48:10.940><c> up</c><00:48:11.139><c> to</c><00:48:11.260><c> the</c><00:48:11.460><c> sacrifice,</c><00:48:12.059><c> to</c><00:48:12.159><c> the</c><00:48:12.340><c> sanctuary,</c><00:48:12.820><c> to</c><00:48:13.019><c> Shiloh.</c>

00:48:13.619 --> 00:48:14.800
That's<00:48:13.840><c> where</c><00:48:13.980><c> she</c><00:48:14.159><c> was,</c><00:48:14.460><c> you</c><00:48:14.579><c> see.</c>

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:16.619
Jephthah's<00:48:15.519><c> daughter</c><00:48:15.699><c> was</c><00:48:15.920><c> given</c><00:48:16.119><c> to</c><00:48:16.320><c> the</c><00:48:16.480><c> Lord</c>

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:20.139
that<00:48:16.780><c> she</c><00:48:16.940><c> might</c><00:48:17.219><c> serve</c><00:48:17.840><c> without</c><00:48:19.239><c> distraction,</c>

00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:24.239
attending<00:48:20.860><c> upon</c><00:48:21.219><c> the</c><00:48:21.480><c> things</c><00:48:21.780><c> of</c><00:48:22.000><c> the</c><00:48:22.239><c> Lord</c><00:48:22.619><c> at</c><00:48:22.960><c> the</c><00:48:23.239><c> sanctuary.</c>

00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:26.639
Now,<00:48:24.840><c> let</c><00:48:25.000><c> me</c><00:48:25.059><c> tell</c><00:48:25.139><c> you</c><00:48:25.199><c> something</c><00:48:25.420><c> else</c><00:48:25.599><c> interesting</c><00:48:25.980><c> about</c><00:48:26.219><c> Jephthah</c>

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:28.480
just<00:48:26.739><c> before</c><00:48:26.980><c> we</c><00:48:27.159><c> leave</c><00:48:27.280><c> this</c><00:48:27.599><c> page.</c>

00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:30.260
Do<00:48:28.860><c> you</c><00:48:28.880><c> know</c><00:48:28.980><c> that</c><00:48:29.119><c> of</c><00:48:29.260><c> all</c><00:48:29.480><c> the</c><00:48:29.579><c> book</c><00:48:29.719><c> of</c><00:48:29.920><c> Judges,</c>

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:32.480
from<00:48:30.579><c> Judges</c><00:48:31.000><c> 1</c><00:48:31.239><c> right</c><00:48:31.539><c> through</c><00:48:31.659><c> to</c><00:48:31.840><c> Judges</c><00:48:32.099><c> 21,</c>

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:35.139
there's<00:48:33.099><c> no</c><00:48:33.340><c> chronology</c><00:48:33.840><c> ever</c><00:48:34.099><c> given</c><00:48:34.260><c> in</c><00:48:34.420><c> the</c><00:48:34.500><c> book</c><00:48:34.619><c> of</c><00:48:34.820><c> Judges.</c>

00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:37.739
There's<00:48:35.480><c> only</c><00:48:35.739><c> one</c><00:48:36.300><c> point</c><00:48:36.579><c> historically</c><00:48:37.320><c> noted</c>

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:40.480
in<00:48:38.059><c> the</c><00:48:38.260><c> entire</c><00:48:38.719><c> book</c><00:48:38.940><c> of</c><00:48:39.159><c> Judges</c><00:48:39.500><c> where</c><00:48:39.760><c> we</c><00:48:39.880><c> can</c><00:48:40.099><c> pinpoint</c>

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.559
any<00:48:40.900><c> single</c><00:48:41.280><c> judge.</c>

00:48:41.820 --> 00:48:44.500
And<00:48:41.840><c> you</c><00:48:41.880><c> never</c><00:48:42.079><c> guess</c><00:48:42.239><c> which</c><00:48:42.539><c> judge</c><00:48:42.719><c> we</c><00:48:42.860><c> can</c><00:48:43.099><c> pinpoint</c><00:48:43.400><c> historically,</c><00:48:44.159><c> would</c><00:48:44.260><c> you?</c>

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:46.099
Why,<00:48:44.840><c> it's</c><00:48:45.079><c> Jephthah.</c>

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:49.940
Now,<00:48:46.639><c> here</c><00:48:46.780><c> it</c><00:48:46.880><c> is,</c><00:48:47.079><c> it's</c><00:48:47.159><c> in</c><00:48:47.280><c> Judges</c><00:48:47.539><c> 11</c><00:48:48.380><c> and</c><00:48:49.000><c> verse</c><00:48:49.159><c> 26,</c>

00:48:50.059 --> 00:48:51.619
right<00:48:50.300><c> here</c><00:48:50.460><c> in</c><00:48:50.539><c> this</c><00:48:50.719><c> chapter.</c>

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:56.559
He<00:48:52.900><c> says</c><00:48:53.380><c> in</c><00:48:53.659><c> his</c><00:48:53.940><c> conversation</c><00:48:54.480><c> with</c><00:48:54.960><c> the</c><00:48:56.039><c> Ammonites,</c>

00:48:57.019 --> 00:49:00.739
while<00:48:57.139><c> Israel</c><00:48:57.679><c> dwelt,</c><00:48:58.000><c> why</c><00:48:58.239><c> didn't</c><00:48:58.440><c> you</c><00:48:58.639><c> take</c><00:48:58.920><c> these</c><00:48:59.719><c> cities</c><00:49:00.500><c> back?</c>

00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:02.920
While<00:49:00.960><c> Israel</c><00:49:01.440><c> dwelt</c><00:49:01.739><c> in</c><00:49:01.920><c> Heshbon</c><00:49:02.280><c> and</c><00:49:02.460><c> her</c><00:49:02.579><c> towns,</c>

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:04.360
and<00:49:03.179><c> in</c><00:49:03.300><c> Naroah</c><00:49:03.699><c> and</c><00:49:03.880><c> her</c><00:49:04.000><c> towns,</c>

00:49:04.619 --> 00:49:06.639
and<00:49:04.760><c> in</c><00:49:04.880><c> all</c><00:49:05.059><c> the</c><00:49:05.179><c> cities</c><00:49:05.360><c> that</c><00:49:05.559><c> be</c><00:49:05.679><c> along</c><00:49:05.880><c> by</c><00:49:06.119><c> the</c><00:49:06.219><c> coast</c><00:49:06.420><c> of</c>

00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:07.300
Arlon,<00:49:07.059><c> why?</c>

00:49:07.300 --> 00:49:09.199
He<00:49:07.400><c> says,</c><00:49:07.659><c> these</c><00:49:07.800><c> last</c><00:49:08.159><c> 300</c><00:49:08.659><c> years,</c>

00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:11.039
and<00:49:09.440><c> you've</c><00:49:09.579><c> never</c><00:49:09.719><c> come</c><00:49:09.900><c> and</c><00:49:10.039><c> tried</c><00:49:10.159><c> to</c><00:49:10.340><c> take</c><00:49:10.519><c> them?</c>

00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:12.519
300<00:49:11.880><c> years.</c>

00:49:12.760 --> 00:49:16.099
Now,<00:49:12.940><c> that's</c><00:49:13.400><c> 300</c><00:49:13.739><c> years</c><00:49:14.079><c> from</c><00:49:14.280><c> the</c><00:49:14.559><c> conquest</c><00:49:15.039><c> of</c><00:49:15.320><c> the</c><00:49:15.519><c> land</c>

00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:17.920
under<00:49:16.820><c> Joshua.</c>

00:49:18.679 --> 00:49:22.659
Now,<00:49:18.960><c> the</c><00:49:19.139><c> normal</c><00:49:19.420><c> date</c><00:49:19.679><c> for</c><00:49:19.940><c> the</c><00:49:20.280><c> Exodus</c><00:49:20.559><c> is</c><00:49:20.840><c> 1446,</c>

00:49:24.679 --> 00:49:26.579
and<00:49:25.239><c> the</c><00:49:25.800><c> time</c><00:49:26.139><c> period,</c>

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:29.420
that's<00:49:27.159><c> normally</c><00:49:27.420><c> deemed</c><00:49:27.679><c> to</c><00:49:27.900><c> be</c><00:49:28.079><c> the</c><00:49:28.280><c> entry</c><00:49:28.599><c> into</c><00:49:28.820><c> the</c><00:49:29.059><c> land</c>

00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:30.480
by<00:49:29.800><c> conquest,</c>

00:49:30.820 --> 00:49:33.380
is<00:49:31.019><c> 1406,</c><00:49:32.179><c> obviously</c><00:49:32.539><c> 40</c><00:49:32.860><c> years</c><00:49:33.159><c> later</c>

00:49:33.380 --> 00:49:35.019
because<00:49:33.579><c> the</c><00:49:33.780><c> wilderness</c><00:49:34.079><c> wanderings</c><00:49:34.380><c> are</c><00:49:34.739><c> completed.</c>

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:39.059
From<00:49:35.739><c> 1406,</c><00:49:36.940><c> if</c><00:49:36.940><c> you</c><00:49:37.119><c> take</c><00:49:37.480><c> Jephthah's</c><00:49:38.059><c> 300</c><00:49:38.480><c> years,</c>

00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:40.519
we're<00:49:39.400><c> now</c><00:49:39.579><c> at</c><00:49:39.699><c> 1106.</c>

00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:42.699
Now,<00:49:41.360><c> I'm</c><00:49:41.460><c> not</c><00:49:41.659><c> going</c><00:49:41.760><c> to</c><00:49:41.840><c> go</c><00:49:41.900><c> into</c><00:49:42.059><c> the</c><00:49:42.260><c> chronology,</c>

00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:44.559
which<00:49:42.880><c> is</c><00:49:43.139><c> somewhat</c><00:49:43.420><c> complicated,</c>

00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:45.880
but<00:49:44.739><c> suffice</c><00:49:45.139><c> to</c><00:49:45.280><c> say</c><00:49:45.500><c> this,</c>

00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:47.320
I've<00:49:46.380><c> got</c><00:49:46.500><c> a</c><00:49:46.639><c> calculation</c><00:49:47.079><c> here,</c>

00:49:47.320 --> 00:49:50.000
which<00:49:47.500><c> you'll</c><00:49:47.800><c> be</c><00:49:48.079><c> most</c><00:49:48.300><c> welcome</c><00:49:48.519><c> to</c><00:49:48.719><c> see</c><00:49:48.860><c> afterwards,</c>

00:49:50.059 --> 00:49:52.940
but<00:49:50.239><c> if</c><00:49:50.380><c> you</c><00:49:50.559><c> take</c><00:49:50.860><c> Jephthah's</c><00:49:51.519><c> daughter</c><00:49:51.860><c> as</c><00:49:52.219><c> being</c><00:49:52.519><c> 20</c>

00:49:52.940 --> 00:49:54.579
at<00:49:53.199><c> the</c><00:49:53.420><c> time</c><00:49:53.599><c> that</c><00:49:53.820><c> her</c><00:49:54.019><c> father</c><00:49:54.300><c> died,</c>

00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:56.980
because<00:49:54.739><c> he</c><00:49:54.880><c> only</c><00:49:55.059><c> judged</c><00:49:55.260><c> for</c><00:49:55.460><c> six</c><00:49:55.719><c> years,</c>

00:49:58.079 --> 00:50:03.500
that<00:49:58.260><c> between</c><00:49:58.579><c> that</c><00:49:59.559><c> and</c><00:50:01.880><c> the</c><00:50:02.139><c> 25th</c><00:50:02.719><c> year</c><00:50:02.860><c> of</c><00:50:03.139><c> Eli,</c>

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:05.000
why<00:50:04.000><c> do</c><00:50:04.159><c> I</c><00:50:04.300><c> say</c><00:50:04.420><c> the</c><00:50:04.619><c> 25th?</c>

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:07.300
How<00:50:05.280><c> many</c><00:50:05.500><c> years</c><00:50:05.719><c> did</c><00:50:05.940><c> Eli</c><00:50:06.199><c> judge?</c>

00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:09.920
40<00:50:07.659><c> years,</c><00:50:08.460><c> but</c><00:50:08.519><c> remember,</c>

00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:13.619
Samuel<00:50:10.239><c> is</c><00:50:10.579><c> born</c><00:50:10.900><c> about</c><00:50:11.420><c> 15</c><00:50:11.880><c> years</c><00:50:12.260><c> before</c><00:50:12.679><c> Eli</c><00:50:13.139><c> dies,</c>

00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:17.559
so<00:50:13.900><c> he's</c><00:50:14.300><c> born</c><00:50:14.940><c> only</c><00:50:15.860><c> into</c><00:50:16.179><c> about</c><00:50:16.559><c> year</c><00:50:16.780><c> 25</c>

00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:19.380
of<00:50:17.860><c> Eli's</c><00:50:18.360><c> 40</c><00:50:18.579><c> years</c><00:50:18.800><c> of</c><00:50:19.079><c> judgment,</c>

00:50:19.500 --> 00:50:21.059
and<00:50:19.659><c> then</c><00:50:20.239><c> Samuel's</c><00:50:20.699><c> born.</c>

00:50:21.460 --> 00:50:23.719
At<00:50:21.760><c> that</c><00:50:22.119><c> moment,</c>

00:50:24.219 --> 00:50:28.119
Jephthah's<00:50:24.659><c> daughter</c><00:50:25.559><c> will</c><00:50:26.300><c> be</c><00:50:26.500><c> about</c><00:50:26.920><c> 70.</c>

00:50:29.500 --> 00:50:31.519
She's<00:50:30.019><c> an</c><00:50:30.199><c> old</c><00:50:30.480><c> lady,</c>

00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:34.280
a<00:50:32.480><c> very</c><00:50:32.820><c> old</c><00:50:33.079><c> lady.</c>

00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:36.599
Now,<00:50:35.039><c> just</c><00:50:35.199><c> stop</c><00:50:35.340><c> and</c><00:50:35.480><c> think</c><00:50:35.659><c> about</c><00:50:35.900><c> this.</c>

00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:39.920
Think<00:50:37.119><c> about</c><00:50:37.579><c> the</c><00:50:37.800><c> remarkable</c><00:50:38.559><c> aspect</c><00:50:39.239><c> of</c><00:50:39.500><c> this,</c>

00:50:40.260 --> 00:50:42.940
because<00:50:40.400><c> you</c><00:50:40.500><c> see,</c><00:50:40.639><c> I</c><00:50:40.639><c> think</c><00:50:40.840><c> what</c><00:50:41.039><c> we're</c><00:50:41.260><c> being</c><00:50:41.559><c> told</c>

00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:48.420
is<00:50:44.840><c> that</c><00:50:45.360><c> in</c><00:50:46.480><c> the</c><00:50:46.639><c> wisdom</c><00:50:46.920><c> of</c><00:50:47.119><c> God,</c>

00:50:49.219 --> 00:50:50.699
God<00:50:49.440><c> already</c><00:50:49.739><c> plans</c><00:50:50.099><c> for</c><00:50:50.420><c> everything</c>

00:50:50.699 --> 00:50:53.300
long<00:50:51.099><c> before</c><00:50:51.480><c> circumstances</c><00:50:52.139><c> arise.</c>

00:50:54.840 --> 00:50:55.920
So<00:50:55.099><c> behind</c><00:50:55.360><c> the</c><00:50:55.599><c> scenes,</c>

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:57.739
when<00:50:56.139><c> it</c><00:50:56.400><c> says</c><00:50:56.659><c> in</c><00:50:57.079><c> the</c><00:50:57.239><c> first</c><00:50:57.420><c> of</c><00:50:57.539><c> Samuel,</c>

00:50:57.739 --> 00:50:59.019
chapter<00:50:58.039><c> 2,</c><00:50:58.300><c> verse</c><00:50:58.539><c> 26,</c>

00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:00.079
so<00:50:59.199><c> we</c><00:50:59.280><c> just</c><00:50:59.420><c> go</c><00:50:59.579><c> back</c><00:50:59.840><c> there,</c>

00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:02.239
let's<00:51:00.619><c> finish</c><00:51:00.880><c> our</c><00:51:01.159><c> story</c><00:51:01.380><c> in</c><00:51:01.519><c> the</c><00:51:01.639><c> right</c><00:51:01.840><c> spot.</c>

00:51:02.460 --> 00:51:04.699
So<00:51:02.639><c> when</c><00:51:02.840><c> it</c><00:51:03.099><c> says</c><00:51:03.440><c> in</c><00:51:03.820><c> the</c><00:51:03.960><c> first</c><00:51:04.159><c> of</c><00:51:04.420><c> Samuel,</c>

00:51:04.860 --> 00:51:07.380
chapter<00:51:05.239><c> 2,</c><00:51:05.539><c> in</c><00:51:05.699><c> verse</c><00:51:05.900><c> 26,</c>

00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:11.239
and<00:51:09.539><c> the</c><00:51:09.739><c> child</c><00:51:10.199><c> Samuel</c><00:51:10.639><c> grew</c><00:51:10.920><c> on</c>

00:51:11.239 --> 00:51:13.119
and<00:51:11.440><c> was</c><00:51:11.639><c> in</c><00:51:11.980><c> favor</c><00:51:12.239><c> both</c><00:51:12.539><c> with</c><00:51:12.920><c> Yahweh</c>

00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:14.519
and<00:51:13.380><c> also</c><00:51:13.820><c> with</c><00:51:14.119><c> men,</c>

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:16.420
I<00:51:15.400><c> think</c><00:51:15.559><c> the</c><00:51:15.739><c> point</c><00:51:15.900><c> that</c><00:51:16.059><c> we're</c><00:51:16.139><c> making</c>

00:51:16.420 --> 00:51:18.320
is<00:51:16.579><c> that</c><00:51:16.719><c> that</c><00:51:16.900><c> wasn't</c><00:51:17.099><c> an</c><00:51:17.360><c> accident.</c>

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:21.659
Yes,<00:51:19.619><c> it</c><00:51:19.719><c> was</c><00:51:19.860><c> under</c><00:51:20.099><c> Yahweh's</c><00:51:20.739><c> care,</c>

00:51:21.860 --> 00:51:24.400
but<00:51:22.380><c> I</c><00:51:22.579><c> think</c><00:51:22.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:23.179><c> in</c><00:51:23.300><c> his</c><00:51:23.500><c> providential</c><00:51:24.039><c> care</c>

00:51:24.400 --> 00:51:26.000
made<00:51:24.639><c> sure</c><00:51:24.840><c> that</c><00:51:25.019><c> the</c><00:51:25.219><c> right</c><00:51:25.480><c> person</c>

00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:28.739
was<00:51:26.320><c> in</c><00:51:26.440><c> the</c><00:51:26.679><c> right</c><00:51:26.920><c> place</c><00:51:27.300><c> at</c><00:51:27.699><c> just</c><00:51:28.039><c> the</c><00:51:28.239><c> right</c><00:51:28.500><c> time</c>

00:51:28.739 --> 00:51:30.079
to<00:51:28.840><c> be</c><00:51:29.000><c> a</c><00:51:29.139><c> mother</c><00:51:29.260><c> to</c><00:51:29.440><c> this</c><00:51:29.599><c> little</c><00:51:29.800><c> boy.</c>

00:51:30.380 --> 00:51:31.280
You<00:51:30.460><c> know</c><00:51:30.539><c> one</c><00:51:30.639><c> of</c><00:51:30.639><c> the</c><00:51:30.780><c> marvelous</c><00:51:31.039><c> things</c>

00:51:31.280 --> 00:51:32.480
about<00:51:31.500><c> what</c><00:51:31.699><c> God</c><00:51:31.860><c> can</c><00:51:32.139><c> do?</c>

00:51:32.920 --> 00:51:34.940
He<00:51:33.099><c> can</c><00:51:33.300><c> bring</c><00:51:33.500><c> together</c><00:51:33.840><c> in</c><00:51:34.119><c> one</c><00:51:34.440><c> action</c>

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:36.300
something<00:51:35.380><c> that</c><00:51:35.679><c> suits</c><00:51:35.900><c> the</c><00:51:36.119><c> needs</c>

00:51:36.300 --> 00:51:37.280
of<00:51:36.480><c> many</c><00:51:36.679><c> different</c><00:51:36.920><c> people,</c>

00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:38.579
and<00:51:37.539><c> in</c><00:51:37.719><c> one</c><00:51:37.960><c> single</c><00:51:38.219><c> action,</c>

00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:40.139
I<00:51:38.699><c> think</c><00:51:38.900><c> that</c><00:51:39.059><c> what</c><00:51:39.199><c> Almighty</c><00:51:39.599><c> God</c><00:51:39.880><c> do</c>

00:51:40.139 --> 00:51:43.000
in<00:51:40.440><c> His</c><00:51:40.780><c> amazing</c><00:51:41.360><c> wisdom</c><00:51:41.780><c> was,</c>

00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:46.500
Samuel<00:51:45.119><c> was</c><00:51:45.380><c> guided,</c>

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:51.119
Hannah<00:51:48.659><c> was</c><00:51:49.079><c> comforted,</c>

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:54.880
and<00:51:52.280><c> Jephthah's</c><00:51:52.760><c> daughter</c><00:51:52.960><c> was</c><00:51:53.340><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:51:56.119 --> 00:51:58.539
because<00:51:56.679><c> she</c><00:51:56.860><c> had</c><00:51:57.099><c> a</c><00:51:57.300><c> child,</c>

00:51:59.860 --> 00:52:01.519
a<00:52:00.119><c> child</c><00:52:00.420><c> to</c><00:52:00.659><c> love,</c>

00:52:02.139 --> 00:52:04.039
a<00:52:02.300><c> child</c><00:52:02.559><c> to</c><00:52:02.719><c> look</c><00:52:02.940><c> after,</c>

00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:06.320
a<00:52:04.699><c> child</c><00:52:04.980><c> to</c><00:52:05.219><c> guard.</c>

00:52:07.320 --> 00:52:08.320
Do<00:52:07.380><c> you</c><00:52:07.380><c> think</c><00:52:07.559><c> Jephthah's</c><00:52:08.099><c> daughter</c>

00:52:08.320 --> 00:52:10.039
was<00:52:08.619><c> strong</c><00:52:09.039><c> spiritually?</c>

00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:12.300
She<00:52:10.800><c> absolutely</c><00:52:11.320><c> comes</c><00:52:11.599><c> across</c><00:52:11.940><c> that</c><00:52:12.179><c> way</c>

00:52:12.300 --> 00:52:13.420
in<00:52:12.440><c> the</c><00:52:12.579><c> record.</c>

00:52:14.340 --> 00:52:15.739
And<00:52:14.619><c> now,</c>

00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:17.800
when<00:52:16.300><c> she</c><00:52:16.519><c> would</c><00:52:16.760><c> never</c><00:52:16.940><c> ever</c><00:52:17.360><c> have</c><00:52:17.559><c> dreamed</c>

00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:20.139
it<00:52:17.940><c> was</c><00:52:18.219><c> possible</c><00:52:18.659><c> to</c><00:52:18.920><c> have</c><00:52:19.219><c> a</c><00:52:19.519><c> child,</c>

00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:21.780
out<00:52:20.639><c> of</c><00:52:20.739><c> the</c><00:52:20.900><c> blue,</c>

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:23.199
in<00:52:21.980><c> the</c><00:52:22.199><c> providence</c><00:52:22.500><c> of</c><00:52:22.820><c> God,</c>

00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:26.679
a<00:52:24.139><c> little</c><00:52:24.519><c> boy</c><00:52:24.840><c> turns</c><00:52:25.260><c> up</c><00:52:25.599><c> on</c><00:52:25.860><c> her</c><00:52:26.219><c> doorstep</c>

00:52:26.679 --> 00:52:27.739
at<00:52:26.840><c> the</c><00:52:26.980><c> door</c><00:52:27.039><c> of</c><00:52:27.280><c> the</c><00:52:27.420><c> tabernacle</c>

00:52:27.739 --> 00:52:28.539
of<00:52:27.920><c> the</c><00:52:28.099><c> congregation.</c>

00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:29.480
Do<00:52:28.980><c> you</c><00:52:28.980><c> think</c><00:52:29.099><c> that</c><00:52:29.320><c> woman</c>

00:52:29.480 --> 00:52:30.739
might<00:52:29.719><c> have</c><00:52:29.880><c> guarded</c><00:52:30.119><c> that</c><00:52:30.440><c> child</c>

00:52:30.739 --> 00:52:32.840
with<00:52:31.119><c> all</c><00:52:31.360><c> her</c><00:52:31.539><c> love</c><00:52:31.780><c> and</c><00:52:32.099><c> all</c><00:52:32.260><c> her</c><00:52:32.460><c> affection?</c>

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:34.159
Oh,<00:52:33.360><c> yes.</c>

00:52:34.239 --> 00:52:34.780
Who<00:52:34.380><c> do</c><00:52:34.460><c> you</c><00:52:34.639><c> think</c>

00:52:34.780 --> 00:52:37.340
put<00:52:34.960><c> the</c><00:52:35.139><c> little</c><00:52:35.519><c> ephod</c><00:52:36.059><c> on</c><00:52:36.280><c> the</c><00:52:36.500><c> boy?</c>

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:40.280
I<00:52:38.840><c> think</c><00:52:38.980><c> it</c><00:52:39.119><c> was</c><00:52:39.260><c> this</c><00:52:39.500><c> woman.</c>

00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:42.579
And<00:52:41.300><c> when</c><00:52:41.579><c> Hannah</c><00:52:41.860><c> came</c><00:52:42.280><c> up</c>

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:44.880
with<00:52:42.800><c> the</c><00:52:42.920><c> little</c><00:52:43.139><c> coat</c><00:52:43.400><c> each</c><00:52:43.780><c> year,</c>

00:52:45.900 --> 00:52:47.460
she<00:52:46.179><c> would</c><00:52:46.360><c> be</c><00:52:46.639><c> comforted</c><00:52:47.039><c> to</c><00:52:47.199><c> know</c>

00:52:47.460 --> 00:52:49.139
that<00:52:47.739><c> there</c><00:52:47.960><c> was</c><00:52:48.119><c> a</c><00:52:48.300><c> guardian</c><00:52:48.639><c> mother</c>

00:52:49.139 --> 00:52:51.139
looking<00:52:49.500><c> after</c><00:52:49.820><c> her</c><00:52:50.179><c> child.</c>

00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:55.159
See,<00:52:53.400><c> God</c><00:52:53.619><c> can</c><00:52:53.840><c> do</c><00:52:53.980><c> astonishing</c><00:52:54.420><c> things,</c>

00:52:56.119 --> 00:52:57.579
can't<00:52:56.599><c> he?</c>

00:52:58.179 --> 00:52:58.800
Above<00:52:58.400><c> and</c><00:52:58.599><c> beyond</c>

00:52:58.800 --> 00:53:00.480
what<00:52:58.960><c> we</c><00:52:59.099><c> could</c><00:52:59.239><c> ever</c><00:52:59.440><c> imagine</c>

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:02.699
might<00:53:01.119><c> be</c><00:53:01.320><c> possible.</c>

00:53:03.980 --> 00:53:06.900
And<00:53:04.159><c> I</c><00:53:04.280><c> think</c><00:53:04.420><c> that's</c><00:53:04.659><c> how</c><00:53:04.840><c> God</c><00:53:05.059><c> arranged</c><00:53:05.460><c> this</c>

00:53:07.219 --> 00:53:09.480
in<00:53:07.699><c> His</c><00:53:07.940><c> providential</c><00:53:08.480><c> wisdom.</c>

00:53:11.320 --> 00:53:14.199
So<00:53:11.519><c> as</c><00:53:11.699><c> Hothnai</c><00:53:12.119><c> and</c><00:53:12.280><c> Phileas</c><00:53:12.659><c> fell,</c>

00:53:15.500 --> 00:53:16.960
Samuel<00:53:15.980><c> arose.</c>

00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:19.420
And<00:53:18.179><c> the</c><00:53:18.380><c> waning</c><00:53:18.619><c> of</c><00:53:18.840><c> the</c><00:53:19.000><c> one</c>

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:21.159
became<00:53:20.000><c> the</c><00:53:20.320><c> waxing</c><00:53:20.780><c> of</c><00:53:20.900><c> the</c><00:53:21.019><c> other.</c>

00:53:21.159 --> 00:53:22.159
One<00:53:21.340><c> must</c><00:53:21.639><c> decrease,</c>

00:53:22.199 --> 00:53:23.320
the<00:53:22.320><c> other</c><00:53:22.480><c> must</c><00:53:22.840><c> increase.</c>

00:53:23.420 --> 00:53:24.119
And<00:53:23.500><c> the</c><00:53:23.539><c> whole</c><00:53:23.780><c> narrative</c>

00:53:24.119 --> 00:53:25.179
is<00:53:24.320><c> now</c><00:53:24.420><c> going</c><00:53:24.599><c> to</c><00:53:24.780><c> sweep</c><00:53:25.000><c> on</c>

00:53:25.179 --> 00:53:26.199
through<00:53:25.340><c> the</c><00:53:25.420><c> rest</c><00:53:25.659><c> of</c><00:53:25.840><c> the</c><00:53:25.920><c> chapter</c>

00:53:26.199 --> 00:53:27.519
that<00:53:26.539><c> we</c><00:53:26.719><c> won't</c><00:53:26.940><c> look</c><00:53:27.280><c> at.</c>

00:53:27.699 --> 00:53:28.760
But<00:53:27.840><c> in</c><00:53:28.019><c> the</c><00:53:28.079><c> rest</c><00:53:28.300><c> of</c><00:53:28.480><c> the</c><00:53:28.579><c> chapter,</c>

00:53:28.820 --> 00:53:31.139
what<00:53:28.900><c> we're</c><00:53:29.059><c> going</c><00:53:29.159><c> to</c><00:53:29.239><c> be</c><00:53:29.460><c> brought</c><00:53:29.639><c> to,</c>

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:32.380
ultimately,

00:53:33.380 --> 00:53:36.219
is<00:53:33.500><c> the</c><00:53:33.639><c> promise</c><00:53:34.119><c> of</c><00:53:34.719><c> verse</c><00:53:34.960><c> 35</c>

00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:39.559
when<00:53:37.360><c> it</c><00:53:37.500><c> says,</c><00:53:38.519><c> when</c><00:53:38.840><c> God</c><00:53:39.199><c> says,</c>

00:53:39.800 --> 00:53:42.199
I<00:53:40.059><c> will</c><00:53:40.340><c> raise</c><00:53:40.699><c> me</c><00:53:40.960><c> up</c><00:53:41.119><c> a</c><00:53:41.340><c> faithful</c><00:53:41.780><c> priest</c>

00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:43.780
that<00:53:42.440><c> shall</c><00:53:42.599><c> do</c><00:53:42.880><c> according</c><00:53:43.239><c> to</c><00:53:43.519><c> all</c>

00:53:43.780 --> 00:53:46.460
that's<00:53:44.059><c> in</c><00:53:44.179><c> my</c><00:53:44.599><c> heart</c><00:53:44.940><c> and</c><00:53:45.420><c> mind.</c>

00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:49.460
Now,<00:53:48.380><c> there's</c><00:53:48.519><c> been</c><00:53:48.739><c> different</c><00:53:49.000><c> suggestions</c>

00:53:49.460 --> 00:53:50.900
as<00:53:49.659><c> to</c><00:53:49.679><c> who</c><00:53:49.820><c> the</c><00:53:50.019><c> faithful</c><00:53:50.280><c> priest</c><00:53:50.579><c> was,</c>

00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:52.199
and<00:53:51.139><c> ultimately</c><00:53:51.519><c> it</c><00:53:51.659><c> has</c><00:53:51.900><c> to</c><00:53:52.079><c> be</c>

00:53:52.199 --> 00:53:53.300
our<00:53:52.360><c> Lord</c><00:53:52.559><c> Jesus</c><00:53:52.920><c> Christ</c>

00:53:53.300 --> 00:53:55.039
who<00:53:53.519><c> combines</c><00:53:54.039><c> priesthood</c><00:53:54.519><c> and</c><00:53:54.679><c> kingship</c>

00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:56.320
in<00:53:55.559><c> the</c><00:53:55.820><c> two</c><00:53:55.980><c> roles.</c>

00:53:56.539 --> 00:53:58.760
But<00:53:56.940><c> in</c><00:53:57.119><c> the</c><00:53:57.380><c> immediate</c><00:53:57.719><c> context</c><00:53:58.320><c> of</c><00:53:58.559><c> Hannah,</c>

00:53:58.900 --> 00:53:59.699
see<00:53:59.059><c> what</c><00:53:59.199><c> it</c><00:53:59.340><c> must</c><00:53:59.519><c> mean,</c>

00:53:59.719 --> 00:54:00.500
verse<00:53:59.960><c> 34,</c>

00:54:00.820 --> 00:54:02.219
This<00:54:01.019><c> shall</c><00:54:01.199><c> be</c><00:54:01.480><c> a</c><00:54:01.619><c> sign</c><00:54:01.739><c> unto</c><00:54:01.960><c> thee</c>

00:54:02.219 --> 00:54:03.860
that<00:54:02.380><c> shall</c><00:54:02.519><c> come</c><00:54:02.719><c> upon</c><00:54:02.920><c> thy</c><00:54:03.239><c> two</c><00:54:03.480><c> sons</c>

00:54:03.860 --> 00:54:05.159
on<00:54:04.280><c> Hothnai</c><00:54:04.699><c> and</c><00:54:04.860><c> Phileas,</c>

00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:06.980
and<00:54:05.460><c> one</c><00:54:05.739><c> day</c><00:54:05.940><c> they</c><00:54:06.139><c> shall</c><00:54:06.300><c> die</c><00:54:06.539><c> both</c><00:54:06.760><c> of</c><00:54:06.860><c> them,</c>

00:54:06.980 --> 00:54:08.960
and<00:54:07.340><c> I</c><00:54:07.480><c> will</c><00:54:07.659><c> raise</c><00:54:07.860><c> me</c><00:54:08.000><c> up</c><00:54:08.119><c> a</c><00:54:08.239><c> faithful</c><00:54:08.539><c> priest.</c>

00:54:09.159 --> 00:54:10.800
Now,<00:54:09.420><c> in</c><00:54:09.599><c> the</c><00:54:09.800><c> context</c><00:54:10.159><c> of</c><00:54:10.320><c> raising</c><00:54:10.579><c> up</c>

00:54:10.800 --> 00:54:11.679
a<00:54:10.940><c> faithful</c><00:54:11.219><c> priest,</c>

00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:13.159
hard<00:54:12.159><c> on</c><00:54:12.380><c> the</c><00:54:12.539><c> heels</c><00:54:12.679><c> of</c><00:54:12.880><c> the</c><00:54:13.000><c> death</c>

00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:14.199
of<00:54:13.360><c> Hothnai</c><00:54:13.699><c> and</c><00:54:13.900><c> Phileas,</c>

00:54:14.199 --> 00:54:16.059
who<00:54:14.460><c> could</c><00:54:14.679><c> that</c><00:54:14.880><c> priest</c><00:54:15.139><c> be?</c>

00:54:16.380 --> 00:54:17.139
There's<00:54:16.400><c> only</c><00:54:16.619><c> one</c><00:54:16.860><c> person</c>

00:54:17.139 --> 00:54:18.059
that<00:54:17.300><c> could</c><00:54:17.480><c> possibly</c><00:54:17.840><c> be</c>

00:54:18.059 --> 00:54:19.539
in<00:54:18.300><c> the</c><00:54:18.559><c> immediate</c><00:54:18.880><c> context,</c>

00:54:19.860 --> 00:54:21.000
and<00:54:19.940><c> that's</c><00:54:20.300><c> Samuel</c><00:54:20.440><c> himself.</c>

00:54:21.480 --> 00:54:22.619
And<00:54:21.599><c> I</c><00:54:21.659><c> think</c><00:54:21.760><c> that's</c><00:54:21.940><c> what</c><00:54:22.099><c> God</c><00:54:22.320><c> is</c><00:54:22.420><c> saying.</c>

00:54:22.679 --> 00:54:25.099
God<00:54:22.840><c> is</c><00:54:23.099><c> endorsing</c><00:54:23.599><c> all</c><00:54:24.099><c> of</c><00:54:24.400><c> Hannah's</c><00:54:24.760><c> desires,</c>

00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:26.360
all<00:54:25.599><c> of</c><00:54:25.780><c> Hannah's</c><00:54:26.159><c> prayers.</c>

00:54:26.820 --> 00:54:29.260
Yes,<00:54:27.119><c> Hannah,</c><00:54:27.639><c> I</c><00:54:27.960><c> will</c><00:54:28.320><c> use</c><00:54:28.639><c> your</c><00:54:28.980><c> son,</c>

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:30.920
and<00:54:29.739><c> in</c><00:54:30.000><c> him</c><00:54:30.159><c> I</c><00:54:30.280><c> will</c><00:54:30.519><c> raise</c><00:54:30.739><c> up</c>

00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:33.360
the<00:54:31.099><c> faithful</c><00:54:31.440><c> priest</c><00:54:31.719><c> that</c><00:54:31.920><c> the</c><00:54:32.059><c> nation</c><00:54:32.320><c> needs.</c>

00:54:33.659 --> 00:54:35.760
And<00:54:33.900><c> the</c><00:54:34.119><c> reason</c><00:54:34.420><c> why</c><00:54:34.659><c> I</c><00:54:34.760><c> think</c><00:54:34.940><c> we</c><00:54:35.139><c> know</c><00:54:35.400><c> that</c>

00:54:35.760 --> 00:54:37.940
is<00:54:36.139><c> because,</c><00:54:36.840><c> do</c><00:54:36.860><c> you</c><00:54:37.059><c> see</c><00:54:37.219><c> what</c><00:54:37.380><c> it</c><00:54:37.679><c> says</c>

00:54:37.940 --> 00:54:41.099
in<00:54:38.440><c> chapter</c><00:54:38.800><c> 3</c><00:54:39.360><c> and</c><00:54:39.699><c> verse</c><00:54:40.019><c> 20?</c>

00:54:41.380 --> 00:54:42.039
It<00:54:41.760><c> says,</c>

00:54:42.039 --> 00:54:44.619
And<00:54:42.300><c> all</c><00:54:42.920><c> Israel</c><00:54:43.599><c> from</c><00:54:44.019><c> Dan,</c>

00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:46.519
even<00:54:45.219><c> to</c><00:54:45.380><c> Beersheba,</c>

00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:50.340
knew<00:54:47.500><c> that</c><00:54:48.340><c> Samuel</c><00:54:48.900><c> was</c><00:54:49.619><c> established</c>

00:54:50.340 --> 00:54:52.199
to<00:54:50.820><c> be</c><00:54:51.019><c> a</c><00:54:51.340><c> prophet.</c>

00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:55.820
But<00:54:53.780><c> the</c><00:54:54.119><c> margin</c><00:54:54.619><c> says,</c>

00:54:56.800 --> 00:55:02.719
they<00:54:57.039><c> knew</c><00:54:57.340><c> that</c><00:54:57.699><c> Samuel</c><00:54:58.320><c> was</c><00:55:01.500><c> faithful.</c>

00:55:03.940 --> 00:55:06.320
And<00:55:04.340><c> that's</c><00:55:05.000><c> the</c><00:55:05.260><c> same</c><00:55:05.639><c> word</c>

00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:08.820
for<00:55:07.260><c> the</c><00:55:07.619><c> faithful</c><00:55:08.179><c> priest</c>

00:55:08.820 --> 00:55:11.619
of<00:55:09.119><c> chapter</c><00:55:09.460><c> 2,</c><00:55:09.920><c> verse</c><00:55:10.199><c> 35.</c>

00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:16.380
They<00:55:14.239><c> knew</c><00:55:14.440><c> that</c><00:55:14.739><c> Samuel</c><00:55:14.940><c> was</c><00:55:15.199><c> the</c><00:55:15.340><c> one.</c>

00:55:18.019 --> 00:55:20.039
He's<00:55:18.559><c> the</c><00:55:18.659><c> faithful</c><00:55:19.000><c> priest.</c>

00:55:22.179 --> 00:55:24.539
God<00:55:22.400><c> had</c><00:55:22.559><c> it</c><00:55:22.699><c> all</c><00:55:22.900><c> worked</c><00:55:23.119><c> out,</c>

00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:27.980
and<00:55:26.039><c> so</c><00:55:26.219><c> it</c><00:55:26.320><c> would</c><00:55:26.440><c> come</c><00:55:26.579><c> to</c><00:55:26.760><c> pass</c>

00:55:28.179 --> 00:55:30.179
in<00:55:28.719><c> the</c><00:55:28.860><c> wisdom</c><00:55:29.099><c> of</c><00:55:29.320><c> God.</c>

00:55:31.880 --> 00:55:33.079
Now,<00:55:32.079><c> the</c><00:55:32.179><c> funny</c><00:55:32.360><c> thing</c><00:55:32.579><c> is,</c>

00:55:33.099 --> 00:55:33.960
about<00:55:33.300><c> that</c><00:55:33.659><c> story,</c>

00:55:33.960 --> 00:55:35.780
as<00:55:34.079><c> it</c><00:55:34.219><c> comes</c><00:55:34.460><c> to</c><00:55:34.739><c> a</c><00:55:34.880><c> close,</c>

00:55:36.219 --> 00:55:38.599
well,<00:55:36.579><c> it</c><00:55:36.860><c> sort</c><00:55:37.000><c> of</c><00:55:37.139><c> comes</c><00:55:37.340><c> to</c><00:55:37.559><c> a</c><00:55:37.719><c> close.</c>

00:55:39.980 --> 00:55:40.760
The<00:55:40.159><c> strange</c><00:55:40.340><c> thing</c><00:55:40.539><c> is</c><00:55:40.659><c> that</c>

00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:42.139
when<00:55:40.840><c> we</c><00:55:40.980><c> come</c><00:55:41.079><c> to</c><00:55:41.199><c> the</c><00:55:41.340><c> gospel</c><00:55:41.639><c> records,</c>

00:55:42.340 --> 00:55:44.579
there's<00:55:42.619><c> one</c><00:55:43.000><c> gospel</c><00:55:43.559><c> in</c><00:55:44.000><c> particular</c>

00:55:45.059 --> 00:55:48.400
that<00:55:45.539><c> focuses</c><00:55:45.940><c> on</c><00:55:46.199><c> our</c><00:55:46.440><c> Lord</c><00:55:46.679><c> Jesus</c><00:55:47.139><c> Christ</c>

00:55:49.059 --> 00:55:50.920
as<00:55:49.539><c> a</c><00:55:49.699><c> little</c><00:55:49.880><c> child.</c>

00:55:53.219 --> 00:55:55.019
And<00:55:53.699><c> only</c><00:55:53.920><c> one</c><00:55:54.119><c> gospel.</c>

00:55:55.900 --> 00:55:58.139
And<00:55:56.380><c> not</c><00:55:56.579><c> only</c><00:55:56.739><c> will</c><00:55:56.920><c> that</c><00:55:57.119><c> gospel</c><00:55:57.500><c> tell</c><00:55:57.780><c> us</c>

00:55:58.139 --> 00:56:00.340
over<00:55:58.460><c> and</c><00:55:58.699><c> over</c><00:55:58.980><c> and</c><00:55:59.139><c> over</c><00:55:59.500><c> again</c><00:55:59.719><c> about</c><00:55:59.980><c> Jesus</c>

00:56:00.340 --> 00:56:01.480
as<00:56:00.579><c> a</c><00:56:00.800><c> little</c><00:56:01.079><c> child,</c>

00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:03.940
which<00:56:01.699><c> no</c><00:56:01.920><c> other</c><00:56:02.099><c> gospel</c><00:56:02.380><c> will</c><00:56:02.639><c> tell</c><00:56:02.739><c> us</c><00:56:02.960><c> about,</c>

00:56:04.039 --> 00:56:05.800
but<00:56:04.139><c> will</c><00:56:04.380><c> describe</c><00:56:04.940><c> him</c><00:56:05.219><c> in</c><00:56:05.460><c> language</c>

00:56:05.800 --> 00:56:06.719
that<00:56:06.019><c> comes</c><00:56:06.280><c> straight</c><00:56:06.579><c> out</c>

00:56:06.719 --> 00:56:07.639
of<00:56:06.800><c> the</c><00:56:06.860><c> life</c><00:56:07.059><c> of</c><00:56:07.340><c> Samuel.</c>

00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:09.139
And<00:56:07.960><c> it's</c><00:56:08.119><c> that</c><00:56:08.480><c> same</c><00:56:08.780><c> gospel</c>

00:56:09.139 --> 00:56:11.300
that<00:56:09.340><c> will</c><00:56:09.599><c> record</c><00:56:09.940><c> why</c><00:56:10.300><c> Mary's</c><00:56:10.940><c> prayer,</c>

00:56:11.599 --> 00:56:12.960
quoting<00:56:11.900><c> Hannah's</c><00:56:12.719><c> prayer.</c>

00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:14.440
And<00:56:13.360><c> when</c><00:56:13.460><c> we</c><00:56:13.619><c> look</c><00:56:13.780><c> into</c><00:56:14.000><c> the</c><00:56:14.260><c> story</c>

00:56:14.440 --> 00:56:15.079
of<00:56:14.599><c> that</c><00:56:14.780><c> gospel,</c>

00:56:15.199 --> 00:56:16.219
we<00:56:15.340><c> suddenly</c><00:56:15.639><c> discover</c>

00:56:16.219 --> 00:56:19.320
that<00:56:16.820><c> every</c><00:56:17.300><c> single</c><00:56:17.719><c> person</c><00:56:18.239><c> in</c><00:56:18.599><c> this</c><00:56:19.019><c> story</c>

00:56:19.320 --> 00:56:20.300
in<00:56:19.480><c> the</c><00:56:19.619><c> first</c><00:56:19.800><c> of</c><00:56:20.000><c> Samuel,</c>

00:56:20.480 --> 00:56:21.480
chapter<00:56:20.760><c> 1</c><00:56:20.960><c> and</c><00:56:21.099><c> 2,</c>

00:56:21.639 --> 00:56:23.739
every<00:56:22.000><c> single</c><00:56:22.400><c> character</c><00:56:22.820><c> in</c><00:56:23.099><c> this</c><00:56:23.440><c> story</c>

00:56:23.739 --> 00:56:26.739
will<00:56:24.099><c> turn</c><00:56:24.320><c> up</c><00:56:24.480><c> in</c><00:56:24.579><c> the</c><00:56:24.719><c> gospel</c><00:56:25.239><c> of</c><00:56:25.719><c> Luke.</c>

00:56:28.519 --> 00:56:30.260
The<00:56:28.679><c> question</c><00:56:29.039><c> is,</c>

00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:33.079
why<00:56:31.280><c> did</c><00:56:31.539><c> Luke</c><00:56:31.699><c> do</c><00:56:32.000><c> that?</c>

00:56:33.380 --> 00:56:36.119
And<00:56:33.619><c> why</c><00:56:34.019><c> only</c><00:56:35.039><c> does</c><00:56:35.480><c> Luke</c><00:56:35.719><c> do</c><00:56:35.920><c> that</c>

00:56:36.119 --> 00:56:37.440
in<00:56:36.260><c> his</c><00:56:36.440><c> gospel?</c>

00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:41.260
Well,<00:56:39.179><c> that</c><00:56:39.780><c> is</c><00:56:40.780><c> the</c><00:56:40.940><c> subject</c>

00:56:41.260 --> 00:56:43.980
of<00:56:41.480><c> our</c><00:56:42.360><c> exaltation</c><00:56:42.960><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:56:46.900 --> 00:56:48.880
So<00:56:47.159><c> let's</c><00:56:47.500><c> close</c>

00:56:49.699 --> 00:56:52.860
with<00:56:50.519><c> the</c><00:56:50.619><c> hymn</c><00:56:50.739><c> that</c><00:56:50.900><c> we</c><00:56:51.340><c> actually</c><00:56:51.760><c> used</c>

00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:57.380
on<00:56:54.659><c> our</c><00:56:55.480><c> opening</c><00:56:55.880><c> introductory</c><00:56:56.659><c> study</c><00:56:57.199><c> night</c>

00:56:57.380 --> 00:56:58.219
on<00:56:57.639><c> Thursday,</c>

00:56:58.219 --> 00:57:00.760
but<00:56:58.800><c> let's</c><00:56:59.219><c> sing</c><00:56:59.380><c> it</c><00:56:59.559><c> again.</c>

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Hymn<00:57:02.380><c> 146.</c>

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Verse<00:57:04.639><c> 2.</c>

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Hymn<00:57:21.559><c> 146.</c>