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It<00:26:23.009><c> took</c><00:26:23.170><c> about</c><00:26:23.789><c> six</c><00:26:24.089><c> weeks</c><00:26:24.450><c> for</c><00:26:24.650><c> the</c><00:26:24.869><c> horsemen</c><00:26:25.549><c> carrying</c><00:26:26.029><c> the</c>

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And<00:26:29.509><c> if</c><00:26:29.609><c> they</c><00:26:29.809><c> wanted</c><00:26:30.109><c> clarification</c><00:26:30.930><c> of</c><00:26:31.529><c> anything</c><00:26:31.789><c> it</c><00:26:31.930><c> would</c>

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He<00:26:39.450><c> gave</c><00:26:39.690><c> them</c><00:26:39.869><c> the</c><00:26:40.089><c> maximum</c><00:26:40.509><c> amount</c><00:26:40.769><c> of</c><00:26:40.990><c> time</c><00:26:41.150><c> to</c><00:26:41.369><c> prepare</c><00:26:41.829><c> and</c><00:26:42.470><c> Haman</c><00:26:42.650><c> didn't</c><00:26:43.049><c> stand</c><00:26:43.309><c> a</c><00:26:43.569><c> chance</c>

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Did<00:26:44.150><c> he</c><00:26:44.609><c> God</c><00:26:44.910><c> was</c><00:26:45.230><c> loading</c><00:26:45.549><c> the</c><00:26:45.849><c> dice</c><00:26:46.170><c> in</c><00:26:46.930><c> Israel's</c><00:26:47.730><c> favor</c><00:26:48.109><c> and</c>

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Haman<00:26:50.309><c> goes</c><00:26:50.650><c> before</c><00:26:51.009><c> the</c><00:26:51.230><c> king</c><00:26:51.490><c> with</c><00:26:51.990><c> his</c><00:26:52.210><c> request.</c><00:26:52.710><c> Look</c><00:26:53.009><c> how</c>

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Haman<00:26:55.430><c> said</c><00:26:55.789><c> unto</c><00:26:56.150><c> king</c><00:26:56.410><c> Ahasuerus</c>

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Scattered<00:27:01.769><c> abroad</c><00:27:02.329><c> and</c><00:27:02.869><c> dispersed</c><00:27:03.369><c> among</c><00:27:04.009><c> the</c><00:27:04.470><c> people</c><00:27:04.690><c> in</c><00:27:04.809><c> all</c><00:27:05.029><c> the</c><00:27:05.250><c> provinces</c><00:27:05.549><c> of</c>

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Let<00:27:21.089><c> it</c><00:27:21.289><c> be</c><00:27:21.569><c> written</c><00:27:21.990><c> that</c><00:27:22.470><c> they</c><00:27:22.670><c> may</c><00:27:22.849><c> be</c><00:27:23.130><c> destroyed</c><00:27:23.670><c> and</c><00:27:23.970><c> I</c>

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Ten<00:27:25.950><c> thousand</c><00:27:26.750><c> talents</c><00:27:27.210><c> of</c><00:27:27.509><c> silver</c><00:27:27.730><c> to</c><00:27:27.930><c> the</c><00:27:28.130><c> hands</c><00:27:28.329><c> of</c><00:27:28.990><c> those</c>

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Cunning

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That's<00:27:48.470><c> what</c><00:27:48.609><c> you</c><00:27:48.769><c> do</c><00:27:48.890><c> isn't</c><00:27:49.069><c> it</c><00:27:49.230><c> if</c><00:27:49.329><c> you</c><00:27:49.490><c> want</c><00:27:49.609><c> to</c><00:27:49.910><c> defame</c><00:27:50.450><c> someone</c><00:27:51.089><c> without</c><00:27:51.690><c> mentioning</c><00:27:52.390><c> names</c><00:27:52.890><c> and</c>

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Haman<00:27:53.369><c> was</c><00:27:53.569><c> very</c><00:27:53.950><c> careful</c>

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He<00:27:55.630><c> wanted</c><00:27:56.009><c> to</c><00:27:56.490><c> slip</c><00:27:56.730><c> this</c><00:27:57.150><c> decree</c><00:27:57.609><c> under</c><00:27:58.329><c> the</c><00:27:58.589><c> king's</c><00:27:59.029><c> radar</c>

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he<00:27:59.769><c> knew</c><00:28:00.210><c> that</c><00:28:00.630><c> the</c><00:28:00.809><c> city</c><00:28:01.009><c> of</c><00:28:01.349><c> Shushan</c><00:28:02.049><c> harbored</c><00:28:02.609><c> a</c><00:28:02.789><c> lot</c><00:28:03.009><c> of</c><00:28:03.269><c> Jewish</c><00:28:03.549><c> supporters</c><00:28:04.390><c> as</c>

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Oh,<00:28:20.950><c> yes,</c><00:28:21.950><c> there's</c><00:28:22.190><c> a</c><00:28:22.410><c> lot</c><00:28:22.609><c> of</c><00:28:22.869><c> Jewish</c><00:28:23.130><c> support</c><00:28:23.750><c> in</c><00:28:24.049><c> the</c><00:28:24.269><c> city</c>

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And<00:28:25.869><c> if</c><00:28:26.049><c> Haman</c><00:28:26.210><c> was</c><00:28:26.430><c> to</c><00:28:26.569><c> pull</c><00:28:26.769><c> off</c><00:28:27.089><c> a</c><00:28:27.410><c> masterpiece</c><00:28:27.910><c> and</c><00:28:28.410><c> bring</c>

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He<00:28:34.250><c> had</c><00:28:34.529><c> to</c><00:28:34.809><c> be</c><00:28:35.369><c> very</c><00:28:36.130><c> careful</c>

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This

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Certain<00:28:40.130><c> unnamed</c><00:28:41.069><c> people</c><00:28:41.609><c> are</c><00:28:42.170><c> unruly.</c><00:28:43.029><c> He</c><00:28:43.049><c> says</c><00:28:43.190><c> they're</c>

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different.<00:28:44.369><c> They're</c><00:28:45.009><c> diverse.</c><00:28:45.569><c> They</c><00:28:45.849><c> don't</c><00:28:46.089><c> keep</c><00:28:46.329><c> the</c><00:28:46.549><c> king's</c><00:28:46.869><c> laws</c>

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disruptive<00:28:50.329><c> bunch</c>

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disorderly

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Rebellious

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Seditious<00:28:55.390><c> even</c><00:28:55.849><c> that</c>

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Destabilizing<00:28:57.309><c> the</c><00:28:57.630><c> kingdom.</c><00:28:58.069><c> You</c><00:28:58.470><c> never</c><00:28:58.730><c> know.</c><00:28:59.289><c> They're</c><00:28:59.670><c> a</c>

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mischievous<00:29:00.490><c> crowd.</c><00:29:01.049><c> They</c><00:29:01.309><c> might</c><00:29:01.529><c> even</c><00:29:01.789><c> cause</c><00:29:02.069><c> a</c><00:29:02.309><c> revolt</c>

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It<00:29:07.250><c> isn't</c><00:29:07.750><c> safe</c><00:29:08.170><c> or</c><00:29:08.630><c> profitable</c><00:29:09.130><c> to</c><00:29:10.069><c> keep</c><00:29:10.289><c> them</c><00:29:10.589><c> around</c><00:29:10.970><c> a</c><00:29:11.250><c> has</c>

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suffer<00:29:21.109><c> them</c>

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out,<00:29:27.730><c> right?</c>

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lie<00:29:30.369><c> and</c>

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Esther

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Esther<00:29:38.029><c> says</c><00:29:38.450><c> she</c><00:29:39.089><c> couldn't</c><00:29:39.710><c> begin</c><00:29:40.230><c> to</c><00:29:40.569><c> count</c><00:29:40.750><c> the</c><00:29:40.990><c> financial</c>

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damage<00:29:41.970><c> that</c><00:29:42.450><c> the</c><00:29:42.710><c> destruction</c><00:29:43.190><c> of</c><00:29:43.390><c> the</c><00:29:43.569><c> Jewish</c><00:29:43.829><c> race</c><00:29:44.269><c> would</c><00:29:44.549><c> bring</c>

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That<00:29:49.390><c> the</c><00:29:49.650><c> Jews</c><00:29:49.789><c> were</c><00:29:50.009><c> not</c><00:29:50.309><c> profitable</c><00:29:50.769><c> to</c><00:29:51.029><c> have</c><00:29:51.210><c> around</c><00:29:51.910><c> and</c><00:29:52.789><c> furthermore</c>

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Haman<00:29:54.970><c> knew</c><00:29:55.730><c> that</c><00:29:56.250><c> it</c><00:29:56.390><c> was</c><00:29:56.589><c> a</c><00:29:56.769><c> lie</c><00:29:57.069><c> because</c><00:29:57.430><c> in</c><00:29:57.710><c> verse</c><00:29:57.930><c> 9</c><00:29:58.410><c> he</c><00:29:58.789><c> offered</c><00:29:59.109><c> to</c><00:29:59.470><c> pay</c>

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Talents<00:30:03.049><c> of</c><00:30:03.470><c> silver</c><00:30:03.890><c> for</c><00:30:04.410><c> these</c><00:30:04.690><c> people.</c><00:30:05.109><c> He</c><00:30:05.369><c> knew</c><00:30:05.549><c> they</c><00:30:05.750><c> were</c>

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valuable.<00:30:06.490><c> They</c><00:30:06.910><c> were</c><00:30:07.109><c> worth</c><00:30:07.349><c> a</c><00:30:07.609><c> king's</c><00:30:08.029><c> ransom</c>

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Do<00:30:10.509><c> you</c><00:30:10.549><c> know</c><00:30:10.750><c> according</c><00:30:11.130><c> to</c><00:30:11.630><c> Herodotus</c>

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Was<00:30:18.049><c> around</c>

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so<00:30:23.250><c> Haman's</c><00:30:23.970><c> offer</c><00:30:24.630><c> of</c>

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10<00:30:25.869><c>,000</c><00:30:26.410><c> talents</c><00:30:26.869><c> was</c><00:30:27.390><c> a</c><00:30:27.809><c> staggering</c><00:30:28.269><c> two</c><00:30:28.910><c>-thirds</c><00:30:29.430><c> of</c><00:30:30.190><c> the</c><00:30:30.470><c> national</c><00:30:31.009><c> revenue</c><00:30:31.529><c> a</c>

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massive<00:30:32.410><c> amount</c><00:30:32.710><c> of</c><00:30:32.890><c> money</c>

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Nothing's<00:30:36.730><c> changed</c><00:30:37.029><c> has</c><00:30:37.250><c> it</c><00:30:37.450><c> every</c><00:30:37.750><c> generation</c><00:30:38.210><c> is</c><00:30:38.369><c> just</c><00:30:38.549><c> the</c>

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But<00:30:42.029><c> this</c><00:30:42.349><c> is</c><00:30:42.549><c> the</c><00:30:42.809><c> measure</c><00:30:43.369><c> of</c>

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Haman's<00:30:45.230><c> hatred</c>

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Do<00:30:47.390><c> you</c><00:30:47.450><c> know</c><00:30:47.589><c> in</c><00:30:47.730><c> Numbers</c><00:30:48.069><c> chapter</c><00:30:48.490><c> 22</c><00:30:48.930><c> in</c><00:30:49.150><c> verse</c><00:30:49.410><c> 18</c><00:30:50.329><c> Balaam</c><00:30:51.029><c> said</c>

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If<00:30:52.470><c> Balak</c><00:30:53.190><c> would</c><00:30:53.509><c> give</c><00:30:53.730><c> me</c><00:30:54.029><c> his</c><00:30:54.309><c> house</c><00:30:55.009><c> full</c><00:30:55.650><c> of</c><00:30:56.309><c> silver</c><00:30:56.690><c> and</c><00:30:57.029><c> gold</c>

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I<00:30:58.269><c> cannot</c><00:30:58.650><c> go</c><00:30:59.109><c> beyond</c><00:30:59.450><c> the</c><00:30:59.690><c> word</c><00:30:59.829><c> of</c><00:31:00.069><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:00.349><c> my</c><00:31:00.650><c> god</c><00:31:00.950><c> to</c><00:31:01.390><c> do</c><00:31:01.650><c> less</c><00:31:02.009><c> or</c>

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more<00:31:02.509><c> and</c><00:31:02.910><c> curse</c><00:31:03.210><c> Israel</c>

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but<00:31:04.509><c> here</c><00:31:05.309><c> Haman</c>

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Worse<00:31:07.930><c> than</c><00:31:08.210><c> Balaam</c><00:31:08.930><c> the</c><00:31:09.190><c> mad</c><00:31:09.509><c> prophet</c><00:31:09.970><c> is</c><00:31:10.609><c> prepared</c><00:31:11.069><c> to</c><00:31:11.309><c> give</c>

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a<00:31:11.769><c> fortune</c><00:31:12.190><c> of</c><00:31:12.470><c> silver</c><00:31:12.809><c> coins</c><00:31:13.150><c> to</c><00:31:13.369><c> go</c><00:31:13.569><c> against</c><00:31:13.849><c> the</c><00:31:14.049><c> word</c><00:31:14.150><c> of</c><00:31:14.410><c> Yahweh</c>

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Haman<00:31:15.430><c> will</c><00:31:15.769><c> offer</c>

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more<00:31:17.109><c> than</c><00:31:17.609><c> Balaam</c><00:31:17.990><c> was</c><00:31:18.309><c> prepared</c><00:31:18.829><c> to</c><00:31:19.210><c> take</c>

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This<00:31:21.990><c> was</c><00:31:22.450><c> the</c><00:31:22.450><c> this</c><00:31:22.789><c> was</c><00:31:23.269><c> Haman's</c><00:31:23.990><c> bribe</c><00:31:24.430><c> to</c><00:31:24.630><c> the</c><00:31:24.829><c> king</c><00:31:25.450><c> a</c><00:31:26.009><c> carrot</c>

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A<00:31:27.710><c> little</c><00:31:28.130><c> sweetener</c><00:31:28.650><c> to</c><00:31:29.009><c> convince</c><00:31:29.470><c> the</c><00:31:29.789><c> king</c><00:31:29.930><c> to</c><00:31:30.230><c> push</c>

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Through<00:31:31.549><c> the</c><00:31:32.109><c> deal</c><00:31:32.490><c> manipulation</c><00:31:33.230><c> so</c><00:31:34.150><c> Haman</c><00:31:34.390><c> could</c><00:31:34.589><c> get</c><00:31:34.750><c> what</c>

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he<00:31:35.130><c> wanted</c>

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And<00:31:36.289><c> the</c><00:31:36.450><c> king</c><00:31:36.549><c> would</c><00:31:36.730><c> make</c><00:31:36.910><c> a</c><00:31:37.210><c> tidy</c><00:31:37.450><c> profit</c><00:31:37.849><c> on</c><00:31:38.190><c> the</c><00:31:38.470><c> side.</c><00:31:38.950><c> I</c>

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mean<00:31:39.349><c> global</c><00:31:39.789><c> genocide</c><00:31:40.289><c> is</c><00:31:40.450><c> just</c><00:31:40.750><c> simply</c><00:31:41.170><c> a</c><00:31:41.869><c> business</c><00:31:42.269><c> proposition</c>

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Listen<00:31:45.589><c> oh</c><00:31:46.190><c> king</c><00:31:46.430><c> you</c><00:31:47.410><c> can</c><00:31:47.690><c> hear</c><00:31:47.789><c> him</c><00:31:47.990><c> offer</c><00:31:48.230><c> in</c><00:31:49.569><c> a</c><00:31:49.910><c> smarmy</c>

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ingratiating<00:31:51.549><c> tone</c>

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I'm<00:31:53.549><c> more</c><00:31:53.809><c> than</c><00:31:54.049><c> willing</c><00:31:54.250><c> to</c><00:31:54.549><c> fix</c><00:31:54.730><c> this</c><00:31:55.049><c> nasty</c><00:31:55.490><c> problem</c><00:31:55.890><c> of</c><00:31:56.130><c> the</c><00:31:56.289><c> Jews.</c><00:31:56.589><c> I</c>

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And<00:32:01.630><c> and</c><00:32:01.829><c> so</c><00:32:01.910><c> that</c><00:32:02.130><c> you</c><00:32:02.309><c> oh</c><00:32:02.549><c> king</c><00:32:03.009><c> will</c><00:32:03.569><c> not</c><00:32:03.730><c> be</c><00:32:03.890><c> out</c><00:32:04.069><c> of</c><00:32:04.390><c> pocket</c>

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from<00:32:04.750><c> all</c><00:32:04.950><c> the</c><00:32:05.170><c> taxes</c><00:32:05.470><c> that</c><00:32:05.769><c> the</c><00:32:06.210><c> certain</c><00:32:06.650><c> people</c><00:32:07.150><c> pay</c>

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And<00:32:09.529><c> would</c><00:32:09.730><c> have</c><00:32:09.990><c> normally</c><00:32:10.450><c> contributed</c><00:32:11.170><c> to</c><00:32:11.930><c> the</c><00:32:12.470><c> empire's</c><00:32:13.269><c> coffers</c>

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It's<00:32:14.470><c> only</c><00:32:14.690><c> fear</c><00:32:14.950><c> that</c><00:32:15.190><c> I</c><00:32:15.470><c> reimburse</c><00:32:15.869><c> you</c><00:32:16.269><c> by</c><00:32:16.490><c> way</c><00:32:16.630><c> of</c><00:32:16.789><c> a</c><00:32:16.910><c> small</c>

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donation.<00:32:17.569><c> Let's</c><00:32:17.930><c> say</c><00:32:18.309><c> 8</c><00:32:18.690><c> 000</c><00:32:19.210><c> talent.</c><00:32:20.029><c> Let's</c><00:32:20.269><c> make</c><00:32:20.470><c> it</c><00:32:20.769><c> around</c>

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10<00:32:21.869><c> 000</c><00:32:22.269><c> absolutely</c><00:32:22.990><c> my</c><00:32:23.730><c> pleasure</c>

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Don't<00:32:25.289><c> mention</c><00:32:25.589><c> it</c>

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Leave<00:32:26.730><c> it</c><00:32:26.869><c> with</c><00:32:26.990><c> me</c>

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It's<00:32:28.230><c> the</c><00:32:28.349><c> very</c><00:32:28.529><c> least</c><00:32:28.750><c> I</c><00:32:28.849><c> can</c><00:32:29.069><c> do</c>

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Sniveling<00:32:33.369><c> groveling</c>

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Parasite

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You<00:32:36.029><c> can</c><00:32:36.250><c> just</c><00:32:36.450><c> imagine</c><00:32:36.809><c> the</c><00:32:37.269><c> suave</c><00:32:38.130><c> silver</c><00:32:38.809><c>-tongued</c><00:32:39.829><c> public</c>

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servant<00:32:40.809><c> this</c><00:32:41.190><c> man</c><00:32:41.569><c> is</c><00:32:41.890><c> a</c><00:32:42.089><c> talker</c>

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As<00:32:44.089><c> we'll</c><00:32:44.509><c> see</c><00:32:44.769><c> in</c><00:32:45.049><c> the</c><00:32:45.190><c> later</c><00:32:45.349><c> class</c>

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He<00:32:47.049><c> loves</c><00:32:47.490><c> to</c><00:32:47.809><c> hear</c><00:32:47.950><c> himself</c><00:32:48.430><c> talk</c>

00:32:50.170 --> 00:32:53.450
Suggesting<00:32:50.809><c> the</c><00:32:51.130><c> extermination</c><00:32:51.670><c> of</c><00:32:51.809><c> the</c><00:32:52.009><c> Jews</c><00:32:52.190><c> with</c><00:32:52.410><c> a</c><00:32:52.809><c> smile</c>

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and<00:32:54.490><c> a</c><00:32:54.690><c> bow</c>

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But<00:32:57.730><c> don't</c><00:32:57.990><c> be</c><00:32:58.230><c> thinking</c><00:32:58.450><c> brothers</c><00:32:58.750><c> and</c><00:32:58.970><c> sisters</c><00:32:59.250><c> that</c><00:32:59.569><c> Haman</c>

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was<00:33:00.089><c> going</c><00:33:00.230><c> to</c><00:33:00.549><c> donate</c><00:33:01.049><c> that</c><00:33:01.829><c> kind</c><00:33:02.029><c> of</c><00:33:02.230><c> money</c><00:33:02.509><c> out</c><00:33:02.789><c> of</c><00:33:02.930><c> his</c><00:33:03.210><c> own</c><00:33:03.549><c> pocket</c>

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Oh,<00:33:04.569><c> no</c>

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No,<00:33:05.809><c> no,</c><00:33:05.970><c> no,</c><00:33:06.170><c> no</c>

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See<00:33:07.329><c> verse</c><00:33:07.589><c> 13</c><00:33:08.289><c> when</c><00:33:08.789><c> he</c><00:33:09.049><c> destroyed</c><00:33:09.529><c> the</c><00:33:09.809><c> Jews.</c><00:33:10.089><c> He</c><00:33:10.549><c> was</c><00:33:10.829><c> going</c>

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to<00:33:11.289><c> take</c><00:33:11.470><c> a</c><00:33:11.970><c> spoil</c>

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And<00:33:13.589><c> a</c><00:33:14.009><c> prey</c><00:33:14.430><c> he</c><00:33:14.869><c> was</c><00:33:15.150><c> planning</c><00:33:15.430><c> on</c><00:33:16.009><c> confiscating</c><00:33:16.650><c> the</c><00:33:16.930><c> immense</c><00:33:17.250><c> wealth</c>

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of<00:33:17.730><c> the</c><00:33:17.950><c> Jews</c>

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After<00:33:19.289><c> they</c><00:33:19.829><c> had</c><00:33:20.069><c> been</c><00:33:20.289><c> brutally</c><00:33:20.730><c> massacred</c><00:33:21.430><c> and</c><00:33:21.809><c> after</c><00:33:22.170><c> donating</c><00:33:22.589><c> a</c><00:33:22.869><c> healthy</c><00:33:23.089><c> amount</c><00:33:23.369><c> to</c>

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the<00:33:23.690><c> king</c><00:33:23.809><c> as</c><00:33:24.009><c> a</c><00:33:24.230><c> bribe</c>

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He<00:33:25.289><c> was</c><00:33:25.710><c> greatly</c><00:33:26.170><c> looking</c><00:33:26.589><c> forward</c><00:33:26.849><c> to</c><00:33:27.250><c> pocketing</c><00:33:27.769><c> the</c><00:33:27.950><c> rest</c>

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It<00:33:29.349><c> was</c><00:33:29.509><c> a</c><00:33:29.789><c> perfect</c><00:33:30.269><c> win</c><00:33:30.849><c>-win</c><00:33:31.250><c> situation</c><00:33:32.130><c> murder</c><00:33:32.670><c> the</c><00:33:32.910><c> Jews</c>

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And<00:33:34.589><c> steal</c><00:33:35.029><c> their</c><00:33:35.230><c> money.</c><00:33:35.750><c> It</c><00:33:35.910><c> was</c><00:33:36.230><c> an</c><00:33:36.430><c> amalekite</c>

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masterpiece

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Do<00:33:40.650><c> you</c><00:33:40.670><c> know</c><00:33:40.730><c> it's</c><00:33:40.970><c> incredible,</c><00:33:41.390><c> isn't</c><00:33:41.589><c> it?</c>

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the<00:33:51.170><c> scripture?</c>

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and<00:34:00.509><c> now</c>

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But<00:34:39.909><c> no</c><00:34:40.210><c> amount</c><00:34:40.510><c> of</c><00:34:41.730><c> silver</c><00:34:41.730><c> brothers</c><00:34:42.150><c> and</c><00:34:42.369><c> sisters</c><00:34:42.829><c> could</c><00:34:43.289><c> buy</c><00:34:43.610><c> the</c><00:34:43.989><c> destruction</c><00:34:44.670><c> of</c><00:34:45.050><c> israel</c>

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hamon's<00:35:12.769><c> generous</c><00:35:13.130><c> offer</c>

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as<00:35:14.369><c> completely</c>

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Unnecessary

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Did<00:35:18.969><c> you</c><00:35:19.110><c> notice</c><00:35:19.369><c> that?</c>

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He<00:35:20.730><c> says</c><00:35:20.909><c> you</c><00:35:21.150><c> can</c><00:35:21.349><c> keep</c><00:35:21.510><c> the</c><00:35:21.690><c> money</c><00:35:21.889><c> hamon.</c><00:35:22.389><c> I</c><00:35:23.110><c> will</c>

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Give<00:35:25.860><c> you</c><00:35:26.679><c> control</c>

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Over<00:35:28.940><c> this</c><00:35:29.420><c> certain</c><00:35:30.039><c> people</c>

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delegated<00:35:35.900><c> authority</c><00:35:36.800><c> over</c><00:35:37.440><c> them</c>

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Not<00:35:38.639><c> something</c><00:35:39.059><c> you</c><00:35:39.360><c> have</c><00:35:39.860><c> rightfully</c>

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purchased

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And<00:35:42.500><c> the</c><00:35:42.639><c> king's</c><00:35:43.019><c> answer</c><00:35:43.360><c> is</c>

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actually

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Quite<00:35:46.019><c> short,</c><00:35:46.739><c> isn't</c><00:35:46.860><c> it</c><00:35:47.099><c> in</c><00:35:47.199><c> the</c><00:35:47.440><c> record?</c>

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Do<00:35:49.340><c> you</c><00:35:49.340><c> know</c><00:35:49.460><c> in</c><00:35:49.599><c> chapter</c><00:35:49.880><c> 1</c><00:35:50.139><c> and</c><00:35:50.320><c> verse</c><00:35:50.559><c> 21</c><00:35:51.179><c> we're</c><00:35:51.820><c> told</c>

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The<00:35:53.380><c> saying</c><00:35:53.860><c> pleased</c><00:35:54.880><c> the</c><00:35:55.360><c> king</c>

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In<00:35:56.820><c> chapter</c><00:35:57.099><c> 2</c><00:35:57.340><c> in</c><00:35:57.519><c> verse</c><00:35:57.739><c> 4</c><00:35:58.360><c> the</c><00:35:58.780><c> thing</c>

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Pleased<00:36:00.760><c> the</c><00:36:01.260><c> king</c>

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But<00:36:02.960><c> here</c><00:36:03.639><c> when</c><00:36:04.039><c> it</c><00:36:04.179><c> comes</c><00:36:04.440><c> to</c><00:36:04.719><c> signing</c><00:36:04.980><c> the</c><00:36:05.239><c> death</c><00:36:05.500><c> warrant</c><00:36:05.760><c> of</c><00:36:05.960><c> the</c><00:36:06.159><c> jews</c><00:36:06.739><c> despite</c><00:36:07.280><c> hamon</c><00:36:07.699><c> saying</c><00:36:07.980><c> in</c><00:36:08.219><c> verse</c><00:36:08.440><c> 9</c>

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If<00:36:09.260><c> it</c><00:36:09.639><c> pleased</c><00:36:09.980><c> the</c><00:36:10.300><c> king</c><00:36:10.599><c> there's</c><00:36:11.119><c> no</c><00:36:11.380><c> mention</c><00:36:11.679><c> of</c><00:36:11.900><c> this</c><00:36:12.340><c> pleasing</c><00:36:12.679><c> the</c>

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king<00:36:13.300><c> in</c><00:36:13.579><c> verse</c><00:36:13.840><c> 11</c>

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In<00:36:14.559><c> fact,</c><00:36:14.780><c> the</c><00:36:15.019><c> king</c><00:36:15.199><c> sounds</c><00:36:15.719><c> quite</c><00:36:16.179><c> abrupt</c><00:36:16.800><c> almost</c><00:36:17.519><c> unwilling</c><00:36:18.159><c> like</c><00:36:18.599><c> he</c>

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was<00:36:19.039><c> signing</c><00:36:19.380><c> against</c><00:36:19.840><c> his</c><00:36:20.099><c> better</c><00:36:20.320><c> judgment</c>

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But<00:36:22.800><c> nevertheless</c><00:36:23.260><c> in</c><00:36:23.500><c> verse</c><00:36:23.780><c> 10</c><00:36:24.239><c> the</c><00:36:24.599><c> king</c><00:36:24.860><c> takes</c><00:36:25.219><c> off</c><00:36:25.400><c> his</c>

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signet<00:36:26.019><c> ring</c>

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And<00:36:27.340><c> he</c><00:36:27.780><c> transfers</c><00:36:28.619><c> authority</c>

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And<00:36:33.179><c> so</c><00:36:33.400><c> for</c><00:36:33.719><c> a</c><00:36:33.860><c> set</c><00:36:34.019><c> time</c><00:36:34.639><c> sin</c><00:36:35.360><c> would</c><00:36:36.159><c> reign</c>

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supreme<00:36:38.039><c> in</c><00:36:38.400><c> the</c><00:36:38.659><c> realm</c>

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And<00:36:40.579><c> the</c><00:36:40.840><c> person</c><00:36:41.400><c> who</c><00:36:41.780><c> held</c><00:36:41.940><c> the</c><00:36:42.260><c> ring</c><00:36:42.519><c> the</c><00:36:43.000><c> signet</c><00:36:43.320><c> ring</c><00:36:43.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:36:43.840><c> empire</c>

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The<00:36:45.239><c> ring</c><00:36:45.440><c> that</c><00:36:45.619><c> later</c><00:36:45.940><c> in</c><00:36:46.159><c> chapter</c><00:36:46.400><c> 8</c><00:36:46.719><c> in</c><00:36:46.940><c> verse</c><00:36:47.139><c> 8</c><00:36:47.460><c> was</c><00:36:47.860><c> used</c>

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The<00:36:55.559><c> jews</c>

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Enemy

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Do<00:36:58.440><c> you</c><00:36:58.480><c> know</c><00:36:58.559><c> he's</c><00:36:58.960><c> called</c><00:36:59.280><c> the</c><00:36:59.579><c> jews</c><00:36:59.980><c> enemy?</c>

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six<00:37:01.800><c> times</c>

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We<00:37:03.679><c> saw</c><00:37:03.860><c> yesterday</c><00:37:04.500><c> that</c><00:37:05.059><c> ester</c><00:37:05.420><c> was</c><00:37:05.920><c> the</c><00:37:06.360><c> bride</c><00:37:06.659><c> by</c><00:37:07.099><c> grace</c>

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Seven<00:37:09.019><c> times</c><00:37:09.679><c> here</c><00:37:10.460><c> hamon</c><00:37:10.760><c> is</c><00:37:10.960><c> the</c><00:37:11.139><c> jews</c><00:37:11.739><c> enemy</c><00:37:12.019><c> six</c><00:37:13.099><c> times</c><00:37:13.739><c> if</c>

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you<00:37:14.019><c> want</c><00:37:14.119><c> to</c><00:37:14.260><c> take</c><00:37:14.420><c> a</c><00:37:14.599><c> note</c>

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These<00:37:15.659><c> are</c><00:37:15.780><c> the</c><00:37:15.980><c> passages</c><00:37:16.519><c> ester</c><00:37:17.099><c> chapter</c><00:37:17.360><c> 3</c><00:37:17.719><c> in</c><00:37:17.920><c> verse</c><00:37:18.159><c> 10</c>

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And<00:37:29.159><c> ester</c><00:37:29.539><c> chapter</c><00:37:29.880><c> 9</c><00:37:30.559><c> verses</c><00:37:31.019><c> 10</c>

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And<00:37:33.000><c> 24</c><00:37:33.900><c> this</c><00:37:34.519><c> is</c><00:37:34.900><c> the</c><00:37:35.219><c> jews</c><00:37:36.559><c> enemy.</c><00:37:36.960><c> He's</c><00:37:37.539><c> our</c><00:37:37.760><c> enemy</c>

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Did<00:37:39.719><c> you</c><00:37:39.880><c> notice</c><00:37:40.159><c> in</c><00:37:40.380><c> the</c><00:37:40.679><c> margin?</c>

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Against<00:37:42.280><c> the</c><00:37:42.539><c> word</c><00:37:42.980><c> enemy</c><00:37:43.460><c> it</c><00:37:44.239><c> says</c>

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oppressor

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Do<00:37:46.860><c> you</c><00:37:46.940><c> know</c><00:37:47.059><c> how</c><00:37:47.340><c> the</c><00:37:47.780><c> septuagint</c><00:37:48.360><c> has</c><00:37:48.719><c> translated</c><00:37:49.400><c> the</c>

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word<00:37:50.239><c> enemy?</c>

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Diabolos

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Diabolos<00:37:57.159><c> you</c><00:37:57.519><c> couldn't</c><00:37:57.940><c> get</c><00:37:58.300><c> a</c><00:37:58.500><c> more</c><00:37:58.880><c> damning</c><00:37:59.420><c> title</c><00:37:59.920><c> than</c>

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that<00:38:00.699><c> the</c><00:38:01.079><c> jews</c>

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Diabolos<00:38:02.960><c> six</c><00:38:03.539><c> times</c><00:38:04.179><c> in</c><00:38:04.380><c> the</c><00:38:04.599><c> record</c><00:38:04.920><c> the</c><00:38:05.400><c> ultimate</c><00:38:06.079><c> false</c>

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a

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Everything<00:41:28.960><c> is</c><00:41:29.400><c> mapped</c><00:41:29.639><c> out</c><00:41:30.079><c> here</c><00:41:30.300><c> brothers</c><00:41:30.579><c> and</c><00:41:30.820><c> sisters</c>

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And<00:41:36.219><c> so</c><00:41:36.400><c> the</c><00:41:36.639><c> decree</c><00:41:36.880><c> went</c><00:41:37.119><c> out</c><00:41:37.360><c> verse</c><00:41:37.619><c> 13</c><00:41:38.000><c> to</c><00:41:38.199><c> all</c><00:41:38.480><c> the</c><00:41:38.719><c> provinces</c><00:41:39.139><c> to</c><00:41:39.679><c> destroy</c>

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He<00:41:59.920><c> wanted</c><00:42:00.059><c> to</c><00:42:00.360><c> kill</c><00:42:00.539><c> them.</c><00:42:00.900><c> He</c><00:42:01.179><c> wanted</c><00:42:01.340><c> to</c><00:42:01.679><c> strangle</c><00:42:02.019><c> them</c><00:42:02.239><c> burn</c><00:42:02.619><c> them</c><00:42:03.000><c> drown</c><00:42:03.380><c> them</c><00:42:03.840><c> pull</c><00:42:04.119><c> them</c><00:42:04.360><c> apart</c><00:42:04.619><c> by</c>

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Because<00:42:10.980><c> brothers</c><00:42:11.239><c> and</c><00:42:11.480><c> sisters</c><00:42:12.039><c> hamon</c><00:42:12.599><c> was</c><00:42:13.500><c> an</c><00:42:14.019><c> amalekite</c>

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And<00:42:16.340><c> this</c><00:42:17.219><c> was</c>

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Payback<00:42:20.019><c> time</c>

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Kingston<00:42:22.099><c> is</c><00:42:22.940><c> always</c><00:42:23.460><c> into</c><00:42:24.360><c> paybacks</c>

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You<00:42:26.940><c> remember</c><00:42:27.199><c> these</c><00:42:27.519><c> words</c>

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That<00:42:41.119><c> they</c><00:42:41.360><c> have</c><00:42:41.539><c> and</c><00:42:41.860><c> spear</c><00:42:42.000><c> not</c><00:42:42.280><c> slay</c><00:42:42.639><c> both</c><00:42:43.079><c> man</c><00:42:43.480><c> and</c><00:42:44.119><c> woman</c>

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infant<00:42:46.000><c> suckling</c><00:42:46.719><c> ox</c><00:42:47.059><c> and</c><00:42:47.400><c> sheep</c><00:42:47.639><c> camel</c><00:42:48.079><c> and</c><00:42:48.300><c> ass</c><00:42:48.780><c> and</c><00:42:49.079><c> now</c><00:42:49.239><c> in</c>

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ester<00:42:49.699><c> chapter</c><00:42:49.960><c> 3</c><00:42:50.420><c> in</c><00:42:50.659><c> verse</c><00:42:50.920><c> 13</c>

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There<00:42:52.480><c> is</c><00:42:52.659><c> the</c><00:42:53.039><c> deliberate</c><00:42:53.500><c> emphasis</c><00:42:54.300><c> mimicking</c><00:42:55.139><c> god's</c><00:42:55.800><c> instructions</c><00:42:56.300><c> against</c><00:42:57.019><c> amalek.</c><00:42:57.699><c> Can</c>

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you<00:42:58.119><c> just</c><00:42:58.619><c> hear</c><00:42:58.940><c> the</c><00:42:59.199><c> hatred</c><00:42:59.539><c> bubbling</c><00:42:59.900><c> off</c><00:43:00.179><c> the</c><00:43:00.420><c> page?</c>

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Every<00:43:01.559><c> province</c><00:43:02.079><c> every</c><00:43:02.679><c> people</c><00:43:03.159><c> all</c><00:43:03.699><c> the</c><00:43:03.960><c> jews</c><00:43:04.539><c> he</c><00:43:04.619><c> wanted</c><00:43:04.880><c> no</c><00:43:05.340><c> exceptions</c>

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No<00:43:06.619><c> exemptions</c><00:43:07.420><c> to</c><00:43:07.599><c> this</c><00:43:07.840><c> decree</c><00:43:08.079><c> of</c><00:43:08.340><c> death</c><00:43:08.579><c> the</c><00:43:09.099><c> command</c><00:43:09.440><c> was</c><00:43:09.860><c> irrevocable</c>

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All<00:43:11.519><c> must</c><00:43:11.860><c> die</c>

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because<00:43:13.139><c> of</c><00:43:13.360><c> the</c><00:43:13.639><c> decree</c><00:43:13.980><c> of</c><00:43:14.400><c> sin</c>

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And<00:43:16.639><c> so</c><00:43:16.780><c> before</c><00:43:17.039><c> the</c><00:43:17.260><c> king</c><00:43:17.420><c> could</c><00:43:17.659><c> change</c><00:43:17.960><c> his</c><00:43:18.260><c> mind</c><00:43:18.559><c> in</c><00:43:18.800><c> verse</c><00:43:19.500><c> 15</c>

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Hamon<00:43:21.940><c> hastened</c><00:43:22.619><c> off</c><00:43:23.019><c> the</c><00:43:23.320><c> posts</c><00:43:23.619><c> on</c><00:43:23.920><c> horseback</c><00:43:24.639><c> carrying</c><00:43:25.199><c> the</c><00:43:25.579><c> black</c><00:43:26.079><c> message</c><00:43:26.480><c> of</c>

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death<00:43:26.920><c> to</c><00:43:27.219><c> all</c><00:43:27.480><c> the</c><00:43:27.739><c> corners</c><00:43:27.960><c> of</c><00:43:28.159><c> the</c><00:43:28.380><c> realm</c>

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And<00:43:29.639><c> hamon</c><00:43:29.860><c> and</c><00:43:29.980><c> the</c><00:43:30.159><c> king</c>

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sat<00:43:31.280><c> down</c>

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to<00:43:32.760><c> drink</c>

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Two<00:43:34.900><c> men</c>

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And<00:43:36.980><c> a</c><00:43:37.199><c> city</c>

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Hamon<00:43:39.420><c> was</c><00:43:39.639><c> satisfied</c><00:43:40.219><c> that</c><00:43:41.019><c> sin</c><00:43:41.380><c> had</c><00:43:41.679><c> an</c><00:43:42.000><c> irresistible</c><00:43:42.880><c> grip</c>

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on<00:43:43.460><c> the</c><00:43:43.599><c> destiny</c><00:43:44.000><c> of</c><00:43:44.239><c> mordechai</c><00:43:44.699><c> and</c><00:43:44.880><c> the</c><00:43:45.059><c> jews</c>

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The<00:43:47.079><c> king</c><00:43:47.280><c> was</c><00:43:47.579><c> satisfied</c><00:43:48.079><c> that</c><00:43:48.559><c> his</c><00:43:48.920><c> will</c><00:43:49.099><c> and</c><00:43:49.360><c> best</c><00:43:49.579><c> interests</c><00:43:50.019><c> were</c><00:43:50.199><c> being</c><00:43:50.539><c> perfectly</c><00:43:51.079><c> carried</c><00:43:51.400><c> out</c><00:43:51.659><c> by</c>

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his<00:43:52.059><c> loyal</c><00:43:52.380><c> servant</c>

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But<00:43:54.840><c> the</c><00:43:55.019><c> city</c><00:43:55.179><c> of</c><00:43:55.440><c> shushan</c><00:43:55.840><c> was</c><00:43:56.260><c> perplexed</c>

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Perplexed

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And<00:43:58.780><c> rightly</c><00:43:59.219><c> so</c><00:43:59.820><c> because</c><00:44:00.219><c> in</c><00:44:00.440><c> israel</c><00:44:00.679><c> chapter</c><00:44:00.920><c> 6</c><00:44:01.280><c> in</c><00:44:01.480><c> verse</c>

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14<00:44:02.260><c> the</c><00:44:02.639><c> king</c><00:44:02.860><c> had</c><00:44:03.179><c> seemed</c><00:44:03.559><c> pro</c><00:44:04.179><c> jewish</c>

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Before<00:44:05.599><c> now</c><00:44:06.019><c> this</c><00:44:06.400><c> was</c><00:44:06.599><c> an</c><00:44:06.820><c> abrupt</c><00:44:07.159><c> change</c><00:44:07.559><c> of</c><00:44:07.840><c> heart.</c><00:44:08.300><c> It</c><00:44:08.659><c> was</c>

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difficult<00:44:09.239><c> to</c><00:44:09.460><c> understand</c>

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Actually,<00:44:11.880><c> the</c><00:44:12.059><c> word</c><00:44:12.340><c> perplexed</c><00:44:13.300><c> is</c><00:44:13.559><c> the</c><00:44:13.860><c> hebrew</c><00:44:14.780><c> word</c><00:44:15.179><c> used</c>

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When<00:44:17.000><c> israel</c><00:44:17.579><c> came</c><00:44:18.119><c> out</c><00:44:18.980><c> in</c><00:44:19.480><c> the</c><00:44:19.780><c> exodus</c><00:44:20.400><c> you</c><00:44:20.699><c> remember</c><00:44:21.059><c> they</c>

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were<00:44:21.559><c> trapped</c><00:44:21.840><c> by</c><00:44:22.059><c> the</c><00:44:22.159><c> red</c><00:44:22.480><c> sea</c><00:44:22.800><c> with</c><00:44:23.139><c> pharaoh</c>

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Roaring<00:44:24.300><c> up</c><00:44:24.539><c> behind</c><00:44:24.820><c> them</c><00:44:25.440><c> and</c><00:44:25.719><c> exodus</c><00:44:26.340><c> chapter</c><00:44:26.800><c> 14</c><00:44:27.280><c> in</c><00:44:27.500><c> verse</c>

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3<00:44:28.380><c> says</c><00:44:28.760><c> they</c><00:44:29.099><c> were</c><00:44:29.699><c> entangled</c>

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In<00:44:32.179><c> the</c><00:44:32.480><c> land</c>

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It's<00:44:34.760><c> the</c><00:44:34.960><c> same</c><00:44:35.139><c> word</c><00:44:35.320><c> as</c><00:44:35.559><c> perplexed</c>

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And<00:44:37.400><c> so</c><00:44:37.539><c> on</c><00:44:37.719><c> the</c><00:44:37.940><c> 13th</c><00:44:38.599><c> of</c><00:44:38.860><c> abab</c><00:44:39.219><c> the</c><00:44:39.659><c> night</c><00:44:40.000><c> before</c><00:44:40.440><c> the</c><00:44:40.760><c> Passover</c><00:44:41.199><c> and</c>

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the<00:44:41.920><c> exodus</c><00:44:42.280><c> night</c><00:44:42.639><c> the</c><00:44:43.039><c> city</c><00:44:43.199><c> was</c><00:44:43.500><c> entangled</c>

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in<00:44:44.960><c> a</c><00:44:45.300><c> web</c><00:44:45.559><c> of</c>

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conflicting<00:44:46.920><c> thoughts</c>

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Could<00:44:48.639><c> what</c><00:44:48.880><c> seemed</c><00:44:49.219><c> like</c><00:44:49.619><c> certain</c><00:44:49.960><c> death</c><00:44:50.460><c> be</c><00:44:51.000><c> turned</c><00:44:51.340><c> into</c>

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deliverance<00:44:52.599><c> and</c><00:44:52.840><c> redemption</c><00:44:53.440><c> again</c>

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Well

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In<00:44:58.000><c> the</c><00:44:58.179><c> last</c><00:44:58.440><c> few</c><00:44:58.599><c> minutes</c><00:44:58.860><c> that</c><00:44:59.000><c> we</c><00:44:59.119><c> have</c><00:44:59.300><c> left.</c><00:44:59.500><c> I</c><00:44:59.599><c> want</c><00:44:59.760><c> to</c>

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touch<00:45:00.079><c> on</c><00:45:00.199><c> a</c><00:45:00.340><c> couple</c><00:45:00.480><c> of</c><00:45:00.679><c> things</c><00:45:00.860><c> in</c><00:45:01.079><c> chapter</c><00:45:01.340><c> 4</c>

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Because<00:45:03.119><c> in</c><00:45:03.380><c> chapter</c><00:45:03.639><c> 4</c><00:45:04.039><c> we</c><00:45:04.440><c> have</c><00:45:04.599><c> the</c><00:45:04.860><c> response</c><00:45:05.539><c> of</c><00:45:06.099><c> mordechai</c><00:45:06.659><c> and</c><00:45:07.300><c> he</c><00:45:07.679><c> truly</c><00:45:08.000><c> is</c><00:45:08.340><c> a</c>

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remarkable<00:45:09.079><c> man</c>

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We<00:45:10.880><c> read</c><00:45:11.059><c> this</c><00:45:11.460><c> in</c><00:45:11.679><c> chapter</c><00:45:11.940><c> 4</c><00:45:12.300><c> in</c><00:45:12.500><c> verses</c><00:45:12.780><c> 1</c><00:45:13.059><c> and</c><00:45:13.280><c> 2</c>

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When<00:45:14.739><c> mordechai</c><00:45:15.260><c> perceived</c><00:45:15.900><c> all</c><00:45:16.239><c> that</c><00:45:16.380><c> was</c><00:45:16.519><c> done</c><00:45:16.980><c> mordechai</c>

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rent<00:45:18.519><c> his</c><00:45:18.900><c> clothes</c>

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And<00:45:20.539><c> put</c><00:45:20.719><c> on</c><00:45:21.119><c> sackcloth</c>

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:26.539
With<00:45:22.739><c> ashes</c><00:45:23.320><c> and</c><00:45:23.800><c> went</c><00:45:24.000><c> out</c><00:45:24.300><c> into</c><00:45:24.539><c> the</c><00:45:24.719><c> midst</c><00:45:24.880><c> of</c><00:45:25.099><c> the</c><00:45:25.239><c> city</c><00:45:25.420><c> and</c><00:45:25.800><c> cried</c><00:45:26.059><c> with</c><00:45:26.360><c> a</c>

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loud<00:45:26.699><c> and</c><00:45:26.920><c> bitter</c><00:45:27.059><c> cry</c>

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And<00:45:28.019><c> came</c><00:45:28.239><c> even</c><00:45:28.519><c> before</c><00:45:28.820><c> the</c><00:45:29.039><c> king's</c><00:45:29.400><c> gate</c><00:45:29.739><c> for</c><00:45:30.099><c> none</c><00:45:30.300><c> might</c>

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:33.420
enter<00:45:30.900><c> into</c><00:45:31.099><c> the</c><00:45:31.280><c> king's</c><00:45:31.599><c> gate</c><00:45:31.820><c> clothed</c><00:45:32.280><c> with</c><00:45:32.500><c> sackcloth</c>

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How<00:45:34.619><c> easy</c><00:45:35.019><c> could</c><00:45:35.219><c> it</c><00:45:35.460><c> be</c><00:45:35.739><c> how</c><00:45:36.059><c> easy</c><00:45:36.500><c> would</c><00:45:36.719><c> it</c><00:45:36.920><c> have</c><00:45:37.119><c> been</c><00:45:37.360><c> brothers</c><00:45:37.639><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:45:38.400><c> for</c><00:45:38.940><c> mordechai</c><00:45:39.599><c> to</c><00:45:39.760><c> just</c><00:45:40.119><c> crumble?</c>

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To<00:45:41.920><c> take</c><00:45:42.219><c> the</c><00:45:42.579><c> path</c><00:45:42.820><c> of</c><00:45:43.099><c> least</c><00:45:43.340><c> resistance</c>

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:48.500
To<00:45:45.239><c> just</c><00:45:45.639><c> bow</c><00:45:45.840><c> down</c><00:45:46.139><c> to</c><00:45:46.360><c> hamen</c><00:45:46.559><c> and</c><00:45:46.760><c> make</c><00:45:46.920><c> this</c><00:45:47.300><c> problem</c><00:45:47.900><c> this</c>

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disaster<00:45:49.440><c> all</c><00:45:49.880><c> go</c><00:45:50.159><c> away</c>

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Must<00:45:52.400><c> have</c><00:45:52.579><c> been</c><00:45:52.780><c> tempting</c>

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Can<00:45:54.679><c> you</c><00:45:54.860><c> imagine</c><00:45:55.239><c> it?</c>

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Mordechai

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Compromising

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Bowing<00:46:02.500><c> down</c><00:46:02.800><c> to</c><00:46:03.079><c> sin</c><00:46:03.420><c> not</c><00:46:04.219><c> one</c><00:46:05.079><c> inch.</c><00:46:05.860><c> This</c><00:46:06.400><c> was</c><00:46:06.639><c> something</c>

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that<00:46:07.260><c> had</c><00:46:07.380><c> to</c><00:46:07.599><c> be</c><00:46:07.980><c> faced</c>

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And<00:46:09.900><c> often</c><00:46:10.340><c> brothers</c><00:46:10.679><c> and</c><00:46:10.880><c> sisters</c><00:46:11.119><c> when</c><00:46:11.480><c> we</c><00:46:11.820><c> show</c><00:46:12.139><c> faith</c><00:46:12.679><c> or</c>

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courage<00:46:13.840><c> or</c><00:46:14.519><c> obedience</c><00:46:15.079><c> it</c><00:46:15.519><c> makes</c><00:46:15.860><c> our</c><00:46:16.219><c> lives</c><00:46:16.579><c> harder</c>

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Not<00:46:18.559><c> easier.</c><00:46:19.320><c> It's</c><00:46:20.039><c> good</c><00:46:20.239><c> to</c><00:46:20.539><c> remind</c><00:46:20.820><c> ourselves</c><00:46:21.239><c> of</c><00:46:21.480><c> this</c><00:46:21.820><c> the</c>

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easiest<00:46:22.800><c> way</c>

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Is<00:46:24.619><c> not</c><00:46:25.099><c> usually</c><00:46:25.760><c> the</c><00:46:26.239><c> right</c><00:46:26.519><c> way</c>

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Mordechai<00:46:28.519><c> knew</c><00:46:28.920><c> the</c><00:46:29.280><c> stakes</c>

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Clearly<00:46:31.639><c> he</c><00:46:31.900><c> was</c><00:46:32.239><c> terribly</c><00:46:32.900><c> distraught</c>

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greatly<00:46:35.159><c> distressed</c>

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We<00:46:37.139><c> know</c><00:46:37.360><c> from</c><00:46:37.820><c> duramiah</c><00:46:38.420><c> chapter</c><00:46:38.699><c> 6</c><00:46:39.059><c> and</c><00:46:39.260><c> verse</c><00:46:39.460><c> 26</c><00:46:39.960><c> and</c><00:46:40.239><c> many</c>

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:43.000
other<00:46:40.920><c> places</c><00:46:41.519><c> that</c><00:46:42.079><c> sackcloth</c>

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And<00:46:44.320><c> ashes</c>

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And<00:46:46.559><c> rending</c><00:46:47.219><c> of</c><00:46:47.480><c> the</c><00:46:47.820><c> clothes</c><00:46:48.260><c> were</c><00:46:48.639><c> signs</c><00:46:49.000><c> of</c><00:46:49.320><c> extreme</c><00:46:50.039><c> agitation</c>

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grief

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and<00:46:53.960><c> mourning</c>

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did<00:47:10.260><c> you</c><00:47:10.400><c> know</c><00:47:10.579><c> that?</c>

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very<00:47:24.320><c> national</c><00:47:25.099><c> existence</c><00:47:25.960><c> was</c><00:47:26.239><c> now</c><00:47:26.760><c> hanging</c>

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In<00:47:27.780><c> the</c><00:47:28.000><c> balance</c><00:47:28.320><c> and</c><00:47:28.780><c> worse</c><00:47:28.960><c> than</c><00:47:29.199><c> that</c><00:47:29.659><c> he</c><00:47:29.840><c> knew</c><00:47:30.019><c> that</c><00:47:30.340><c> he</c>

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was<00:47:31.320><c> the</c><00:47:31.659><c> root</c><00:47:31.920><c> cause</c>

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It<00:47:32.599><c> was</c><00:47:33.199><c> because</c><00:47:33.420><c> he</c><00:47:33.800><c> had</c><00:47:34.119><c> refused</c><00:47:34.519><c> to</c><00:47:34.719><c> bow</c><00:47:34.880><c> down</c><00:47:35.079><c> to</c><00:47:35.280><c> hamon</c><00:47:35.679><c> that</c><00:47:35.920><c> now</c><00:47:36.119><c> the</c><00:47:36.340><c> whole</c><00:47:36.559><c> nation</c><00:47:36.920><c> was</c><00:47:37.179><c> in</c><00:47:37.400><c> peril</c>

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It<00:47:38.019><c> was</c><00:47:38.219><c> his</c><00:47:38.579><c> stand</c><00:47:38.760><c> for</c><00:47:38.960><c> the</c><00:47:39.219><c> truth</c><00:47:39.679><c> that</c><00:47:40.119><c> had</c><00:47:40.420><c> brought</c><00:47:40.760><c> this</c>

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decree<00:47:41.500><c> about</c>

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now<00:47:47.079><c> on</c><00:47:47.260><c> the</c><00:47:47.500><c> chopping</c><00:47:47.679><c> block</c>

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He<00:47:48.420><c> felt</c><00:47:48.619><c> that</c><00:47:48.980><c> everything</c><00:47:49.340><c> was</c><00:47:49.539><c> on</c><00:47:49.699><c> his</c><00:47:49.940><c> shoulders.</c><00:47:50.639><c> So</c><00:47:50.880><c> now</c>

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mordechai<00:47:51.900><c> is</c><00:47:52.159><c> beside</c><00:47:52.659><c> himself.</c><00:47:53.179><c> There's</c><00:47:53.780><c> severe</c><00:47:54.199><c> mental</c>

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anguish<00:47:55.119><c> here</c>

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This<00:48:01.900><c> battle</c><00:48:02.139><c> was</c><00:48:02.380><c> not</c><00:48:02.659><c> easy</c><00:48:03.000><c> for</c><00:48:03.219><c> mordechai</c><00:48:03.739><c> and</c><00:48:04.260><c> he</c><00:48:04.440><c> goes</c>

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into<00:48:05.079><c> the</c><00:48:05.360><c> central</c>

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marketplace

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The<00:48:08.300><c> word</c><00:48:08.539><c> means</c><00:48:08.900><c> the</c><00:48:09.400><c> square</c><00:48:09.780><c> or</c><00:48:10.139><c> open</c><00:48:10.480><c> place</c><00:48:10.900><c> and</c><00:48:11.239><c> he</c><00:48:11.460><c> lifts</c>

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and<00:48:14.659><c> bitter</c><00:48:14.900><c> cry</c>

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They<00:48:21.719><c> sighed</c><00:48:22.699><c> by</c><00:48:22.980><c> reason</c><00:48:23.280><c> of</c><00:48:23.440><c> their</c><00:48:23.599><c> bondage</c><00:48:23.960><c> and</c><00:48:24.079><c> they</c><00:48:24.539><c> cried</c>

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And<00:48:25.719><c> their</c><00:48:25.960><c> cry</c><00:48:26.260><c> came</c><00:48:26.519><c> up</c><00:48:26.699><c> to</c><00:48:26.860><c> god</c><00:48:27.059><c> by</c><00:48:27.360><c> reason</c><00:48:27.599><c> of</c><00:48:27.800><c> their</c><00:48:27.960><c> bondage</c><00:48:28.420><c> and</c><00:48:28.699><c> god</c><00:48:29.099><c> heard</c><00:48:29.519><c> their</c><00:48:29.940><c> groaning.</c><00:48:30.599><c> It</c><00:48:30.980><c> was</c><00:48:31.320><c> a</c><00:48:31.519><c> loud</c>

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and<00:48:32.880><c> bitter</c><00:48:33.119><c> cry</c><00:48:33.500><c> for</c><00:48:33.840><c> deliverance</c>

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And<00:48:36.480><c> mordechai</c><00:48:36.900><c> was</c><00:48:37.139><c> prepared</c><00:48:37.719><c> to</c><00:48:38.239><c> make</c><00:48:38.460><c> a</c><00:48:38.940><c> public</c><00:48:39.579><c> spectacle</c>

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of<00:48:40.599><c> himself</c>

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There<00:48:42.739><c> was</c><00:48:42.920><c> nothing</c><00:48:43.239><c> private</c><00:48:43.760><c> or</c><00:48:44.199><c> secretive</c><00:48:44.699><c> about</c><00:48:44.960><c> mordechai's</c><00:48:45.760><c> actions.</c>

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It<00:48:46.659><c> was</c><00:48:46.840><c> for</c><00:48:47.159><c> all</c><00:48:47.579><c> the</c><00:48:47.860><c> world</c><00:48:48.039><c> to</c><00:48:48.420><c> see</c>

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He<00:48:49.639><c> came</c><00:48:50.000><c> to</c><00:48:50.139><c> the</c><00:48:50.420><c> king's</c><00:48:51.039><c> gate</c><00:48:51.480><c> and</c><00:48:51.980><c> he</c><00:48:52.380><c> cried</c><00:48:53.219><c> and</c><00:48:54.139><c> cried</c><00:48:54.920><c> and</c><00:48:55.699><c> cried</c>

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When<00:49:02.639><c> our</c><00:49:02.820><c> lord</c><00:49:03.059><c> jesus</c><00:49:03.440><c> christ</c><00:49:03.739><c> came</c>

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The<00:49:05.179><c> weight</c><00:49:05.500><c> of</c><00:49:05.880><c> every</c><00:49:06.280><c> man</c><00:49:06.980><c> woman</c><00:49:07.480><c> and</c><00:49:07.940><c> child</c><00:49:08.139><c> was</c><00:49:08.300><c> on</c><00:49:08.440><c> his</c><00:49:08.679><c> shoulders</c><00:49:09.119><c> a</c>

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Hebrews<00:49:14.320><c> chapter</c><00:49:14.820><c> 5</c><00:49:15.099><c> verse</c><00:49:15.320><c> 7</c><00:49:15.699><c> says</c><00:49:16.139><c> in</c><00:49:16.599><c> the</c><00:49:16.719><c> days</c><00:49:16.940><c> of</c><00:49:17.099><c> his</c><00:49:17.380><c> flesh</c><00:49:17.699><c> when</c><00:49:18.099><c> he</c>

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had<00:49:18.400><c> offered</c><00:49:18.480><c> up</c><00:49:18.760><c> prayers</c><00:49:19.179><c> and</c><00:49:19.599><c> supplication</c><00:49:20.219><c> with</c><00:49:20.559><c> strong</c>

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Crying<00:49:22.280><c> and</c><00:49:22.639><c> tears</c><00:49:23.260><c> unto</c><00:49:23.639><c> him</c><00:49:23.860><c> that</c><00:49:23.980><c> was</c><00:49:24.179><c> able</c><00:49:24.400><c> to</c><00:49:24.719><c> save</c><00:49:24.960><c> him</c>

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from<00:49:25.699><c> death.</c><00:49:26.300><c> He</c><00:49:26.719><c> learned</c><00:49:27.300><c> obedience</c>

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By<00:49:29.019><c> the</c><00:49:29.260><c> things</c><00:49:29.579><c> that</c><00:49:29.900><c> he</c><00:49:30.159><c> suffered</c>

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And<00:49:32.199><c> our</c><00:49:32.500><c> lord</c><00:49:32.659><c> in</c><00:49:32.820><c> the</c><00:49:33.000><c> garden</c><00:49:33.199><c> of</c><00:49:33.420><c> gethsemane</c><00:49:34.059><c> cried</c><00:49:34.739><c> and</c>

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cried<00:49:36.000><c> and</c><00:49:36.639><c> cried</c>

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And<00:49:39.119><c> just</c><00:49:39.380><c> like</c><00:49:39.599><c> mordechai</c>

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The<00:49:47.940><c> people</c><00:49:48.139><c> with</c><00:49:48.320><c> his</c><00:49:48.519><c> own</c><00:49:48.760><c> blood</c><00:49:49.099><c> suffered</c><00:49:49.539><c> without</c>

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the<00:49:51.440><c> gate</c>

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He<00:49:53.539><c> identified</c><00:49:54.139><c> with</c><00:49:54.420><c> all</c><00:49:54.739><c> those</c><00:49:55.179><c> who</c><00:49:55.500><c> he</c><00:49:55.619><c> had</c><00:49:55.800><c> come</c><00:49:55.960><c> to</c><00:49:56.300><c> save</c>

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And<00:49:58.300><c> our</c><00:49:58.480><c> god</c><00:49:58.860><c> put</c><00:49:59.199><c> him</c><00:49:59.320><c> up</c><00:49:59.440><c> on</c><00:49:59.739><c> a</c><00:49:59.900><c> cross</c><00:50:00.340><c> so</c><00:50:01.260><c> everyone</c><00:50:02.239><c> could</c><00:50:02.760><c> see</c><00:50:03.440><c> a</c><00:50:03.920><c> public</c>

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Spectacle<00:50:05.719><c> galatians</c><00:50:06.280><c> 3</c><00:50:06.539><c> verse</c><00:50:06.780><c> 1</c><00:50:07.420><c> evidently</c><00:50:08.260><c> set</c><00:50:08.460><c> forth</c>

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Placarded<00:50:10.119><c> for</c><00:50:10.639><c> all</c><00:50:10.900><c> the</c><00:50:11.099><c> world</c><00:50:11.219><c> to</c><00:50:11.539><c> see</c><00:50:11.860><c> this</c><00:50:12.380><c> brothers</c><00:50:12.639><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:50:13.119><c> in</c><00:50:13.340><c> these</c><00:50:13.579><c> verses</c><00:50:14.019><c> typically</c>

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Is<00:50:15.679><c> the</c><00:50:15.940><c> distress</c><00:50:16.539><c> of</c><00:50:16.780><c> the</c><00:50:17.079><c> cross?</c>

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This<00:50:19.119><c> is</c><00:50:19.380><c> christ</c><00:50:19.679><c> on</c><00:50:19.980><c> the</c><00:50:20.239><c> cross</c><00:50:20.619><c> with</c><00:50:21.139><c> the</c><00:50:21.400><c> weight</c><00:50:21.539><c> of</c><00:50:21.699><c> all</c><00:50:21.800><c> the</c><00:50:22.079><c> world</c><00:50:22.280><c> on</c>

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his<00:50:22.760><c> shoulders,</c><00:50:23.260><c> and</c><00:50:23.699><c> do</c><00:50:23.800><c> you</c><00:50:23.880><c> know</c><00:50:23.940><c> how</c><00:50:24.119><c> we</c><00:50:24.340><c> know</c><00:50:24.539><c> that</c><00:50:24.679><c> that's</c><00:50:25.039><c> true?</c>

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Because<00:50:26.820><c> in</c><00:50:27.079><c> verse</c><00:50:27.360><c> 4</c>

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ester

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Exceedingly<00:50:33.880><c> grieved</c>

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Outside<00:51:06.920><c> the</c><00:51:07.380><c> gate</c><00:51:07.659><c> a</c><00:51:08.219><c> man</c><00:51:08.559><c> crying</c><00:51:08.960><c> with</c><00:51:09.239><c> a</c><00:51:09.380><c> loud</c><00:51:09.559><c> voice</c><00:51:09.980><c> and</c>

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Mordechai<00:51:30.300><c> truly</c><00:51:30.900><c> is</c><00:51:31.239><c> our</c><00:51:31.440><c> lord</c><00:51:31.619><c> jesus</c><00:51:32.019><c> christ.</c><00:51:32.579><c> There</c><00:51:32.900><c> would</c>

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be<00:51:33.400><c> no</c>

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alleviation<00:51:34.860><c> of</c><00:51:35.000><c> his</c><00:51:35.179><c> suffering</c>

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No<00:51:36.980><c> easing</c><00:51:37.400><c> of</c><00:51:37.539><c> his</c><00:51:37.780><c> pain.</c><00:51:38.280><c> No</c><00:51:38.659><c> lightning</c><00:51:39.099><c> of</c><00:51:39.300><c> his</c><00:51:39.539><c> burden</c>

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This<00:51:40.320><c> man</c><00:51:40.500><c> had</c><00:51:40.719><c> come</c><00:51:40.860><c> to</c><00:51:41.099><c> save</c><00:51:41.260><c> the</c><00:51:41.519><c> world</c><00:51:41.760><c> by</c><00:51:42.179><c> never</c><00:51:42.519><c> bowing</c>

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He<00:51:43.840><c> was</c><00:51:44.000><c> not</c><00:51:44.199><c> going</c><00:51:44.340><c> to</c><00:51:44.699><c> accept</c><00:51:45.000><c> ester's</c><00:51:45.679><c> clothes</c><00:51:46.059><c> when</c><00:51:46.440><c> the</c>

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problem<00:51:46.940><c> was</c><00:51:47.239><c> still</c><00:51:47.559><c> unsolved</c>

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It<00:51:49.519><c> was</c><00:51:49.780><c> futile</c><00:51:50.260><c> to</c><00:51:50.460><c> think</c><00:51:50.639><c> so</c>

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And<00:51:52.059><c> was</c><00:51:52.260><c> it</c><00:51:52.639><c> appropriate</c><00:51:53.300><c> for</c><00:51:53.860><c> the</c><00:51:54.159><c> bride</c><00:51:54.380><c> to</c><00:51:54.679><c> clothe</c><00:51:55.079><c> the</c><00:51:55.360><c> bridegroom</c><00:51:55.880><c> to</c>

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tell<00:51:56.519><c> him</c><00:51:56.980><c> how</c><00:51:57.260><c> to</c><00:51:57.519><c> act?</c>

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I<00:51:58.659><c> mean</c><00:51:59.119><c> clearly</c><00:51:59.500><c> ester</c><00:51:59.760><c> was</c><00:51:59.940><c> upset</c><00:52:00.320><c> and</c><00:52:00.539><c> desperate</c><00:52:00.820><c> to</c><00:52:01.039><c> find</c>

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You'll<00:52:03.539><c> remember</c><00:52:03.679><c> to</c><00:52:03.900><c> appear</c><00:52:04.260><c> sad</c><00:52:04.579><c> before</c><00:52:04.960><c> the</c><00:52:05.199><c> king</c>

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Mordechai's<00:52:07.199><c> state</c><00:52:07.380><c> might</c><00:52:07.639><c> jeopardize</c><00:52:08.139><c> his</c><00:52:08.380><c> life</c>

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And<00:52:10.079><c> so</c><00:52:10.380><c> haytek</c><00:52:10.840><c> one</c><00:52:11.360><c> of</c><00:52:11.699><c> the</c><00:52:11.960><c> king's</c><00:52:12.519><c> trusted</c><00:52:12.880><c> chamberlains</c>

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becomes<00:52:13.840><c> the</c><00:52:14.440><c> secret</c><00:52:14.739><c> messenger</c><00:52:15.119><c> between</c><00:52:15.480><c> mordechai</c>

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And<00:52:16.539><c> the</c><00:52:16.840><c> queen</c><00:52:17.079><c> as</c><00:52:17.360><c> ester</c><00:52:17.619><c> tries</c><00:52:17.880><c> to</c><00:52:18.119><c> determine</c><00:52:18.440><c> what</c><00:52:18.619><c> is</c><00:52:18.900><c> causing</c><00:52:19.360><c> her</c>

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foster<00:52:20.179><c> father</c><00:52:20.699><c> so</c><00:52:21.179><c> much</c><00:52:21.539><c> distress</c>

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It<00:52:23.539><c> appears</c><00:52:23.860><c> from</c><00:52:24.079><c> verse</c><00:52:24.559><c> 7</c>

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That<00:52:25.820><c> mordechai</c><00:52:26.420><c> knew</c><00:52:26.940><c> more</c><00:52:27.820><c> than</c><00:52:28.219><c> even</c><00:52:28.800><c> ester</c><00:52:29.119><c> herself</c>

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She<00:52:30.639><c> was</c><00:52:30.900><c> somewhat</c><00:52:31.239><c> if</c><00:52:31.500><c> not</c><00:52:31.900><c> completely</c><00:52:32.639><c> oblivious</c>

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To<00:52:34.119><c> the</c><00:52:34.380><c> disaster</c><00:52:34.920><c> that</c><00:52:35.179><c> had</c><00:52:35.500><c> unfolded</c><00:52:36.199><c> in</c><00:52:36.380><c> the</c><00:52:36.679><c> decree.</c><00:52:37.000><c> Isn't</c><00:52:37.440><c> that</c><00:52:37.599><c> amazing?</c>

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Mordechai<00:52:39.599><c> in</c><00:52:39.920><c> the</c><00:52:40.119><c> king's</c><00:52:40.480><c> gate</c><00:52:40.739><c> knew</c><00:52:41.079><c> more</c>

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Than<00:52:42.260><c> the</c><00:52:42.559><c> queen</c><00:52:42.800><c> of</c><00:52:43.000><c> all</c><00:52:43.219><c> the</c><00:52:43.480><c> world.</c><00:52:43.780><c> This</c><00:52:44.000><c> is</c><00:52:44.199><c> god's</c><00:52:44.619><c> right</c>

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hand<00:52:45.079><c> man</c>

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placed<00:52:46.340><c> strategically</c><00:52:47.199><c> in</c><00:52:47.579><c> the</c><00:52:47.840><c> gate.</c><00:52:48.119><c> He</c><00:52:48.500><c> knows</c><00:52:48.820><c> everything</c>

00:52:50.739 --> 00:52:52.780
He<00:52:51.099><c> knew</c><00:52:51.239><c> the</c><00:52:51.539><c> unspecified</c><00:52:52.199><c> people</c>

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He<00:52:53.280><c> knew</c><00:52:53.519><c> what</c><00:52:53.699><c> was</c><00:52:53.840><c> in</c><00:52:54.000><c> man</c>

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He<00:52:55.059><c> knew</c><00:52:55.239><c> what</c><00:52:55.440><c> was</c><00:52:55.519><c> in</c><00:52:55.699><c> the</c><00:52:55.920><c> decree.</c><00:52:56.260><c> He</c><00:52:56.619><c> knew</c><00:52:56.760><c> what</c><00:52:57.079><c> evil</c><00:52:57.460><c> lurked</c><00:52:57.840><c> in</c>

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hamon's<00:52:58.699><c> heart.</c><00:52:59.019><c> He</c><00:52:59.619><c> even</c><00:53:00.079><c> knew</c>

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the<00:53:01.440><c> exact</c>

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sum<00:53:03.199><c> of</c><00:53:03.780><c> money</c><00:53:04.159><c> the</c><00:53:04.619><c> sum</c><00:53:05.039><c> that</c><00:53:05.460><c> hamon</c><00:53:05.679><c> had</c><00:53:05.900><c> promised</c>

00:53:06.340 --> 00:53:09.159
10<00:53:07.000><c> 000</c><00:53:07.539><c> talents</c><00:53:08.059><c> do</c><00:53:08.539><c> you</c><00:53:08.599><c> know?</c>

00:53:09.460 --> 00:53:13.219
That<00:53:09.739><c> that</c><00:53:10.079><c> word</c><00:53:10.400><c> sum</c><00:53:10.940><c> only</c><00:53:11.539><c> occurs</c><00:53:12.019><c> twice</c>

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In<00:53:13.519><c> all</c><00:53:13.980><c> of</c><00:53:14.219><c> the</c><00:53:14.380><c> bible</c><00:53:14.780><c> and</c><00:53:15.159><c> the</c><00:53:15.440><c> only</c><00:53:15.860><c> other</c><00:53:16.320><c> time</c><00:53:16.659><c> it's</c><00:53:17.179><c> used</c>

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is<00:53:17.659><c> in</c><00:53:17.860><c> chapter</c><00:53:18.139><c> 10</c>

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Flick<00:53:19.380><c> over</c><00:53:19.539><c> to</c><00:53:19.699><c> chapter</c><00:53:19.920><c> 10</c><00:53:20.179><c> and</c><00:53:20.320><c> look</c><00:53:20.480><c> at</c><00:53:20.599><c> this</c>

00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:27.699
Chapter<00:53:22.039><c> 10</c><00:53:22.420><c> in</c><00:53:22.619><c> verse</c><00:53:22.860><c> 2</c><00:53:23.559><c> all</c><00:53:24.260><c> the</c><00:53:24.599><c> acts</c><00:53:25.199><c> of</c><00:53:25.719><c> his</c><00:53:26.059><c> power</c><00:53:26.699><c> and</c>

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of<00:53:27.880><c> his</c><00:53:28.219><c> might</c>

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And<00:53:30.300><c> the</c><00:53:30.800><c> declaration</c><00:53:31.760><c> of</c><00:53:32.280><c> the</c><00:53:32.679><c> greatness</c><00:53:33.059><c> of</c><00:53:33.380><c> mordechai</c><00:53:33.880><c> at</c>

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the<00:53:34.539><c> end</c><00:53:34.679><c> of</c><00:53:34.860><c> the</c><00:53:35.059><c> story</c>

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The<00:53:35.699><c> word</c><00:53:35.960><c> declaration</c><00:53:36.500><c> is</c><00:53:36.820><c> the</c><00:53:37.099><c> only</c><00:53:37.320><c> other</c><00:53:37.619><c> time</c><00:53:37.820><c> the</c><00:53:38.019><c> word</c>

00:53:38.320 --> 00:53:42.920
sum<00:53:38.820><c> is</c><00:53:39.280><c> used</c><00:53:39.619><c> in</c><00:53:39.780><c> the</c><00:53:39.940><c> bible</c><00:53:40.219><c> the</c><00:53:40.760><c> sum</c><00:53:41.199><c> of</c><00:53:41.539><c> the</c><00:53:41.900><c> greatness</c>

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of<00:53:43.460><c> mordechai</c>

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So<00:53:45.780><c> mordechai</c>

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Knew<00:53:47.519><c> the</c><00:53:47.940><c> exact</c><00:53:48.260><c> amount</c><00:53:48.619><c> that</c><00:53:48.880><c> hamon</c><00:53:49.019><c> had</c><00:53:49.300><c> promised</c><00:53:49.619><c> the</c><00:53:49.980><c> king</c><00:53:50.340><c> but</c>

00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:53.039
in<00:53:51.079><c> the</c><00:53:51.320><c> final</c><00:53:51.860><c> analysis</c>

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Hamon<00:53:54.019><c> was</c><00:53:54.300><c> worthless</c><00:53:54.880><c> and</c><00:53:55.480><c> mordechai</c><00:53:56.079><c> was</c><00:53:56.539><c> worth</c><00:53:57.019><c> a</c><00:53:57.500><c> fortune</c>

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to<00:53:58.440><c> the</c><00:53:58.659><c> king</c>

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The<00:53:59.619><c> exact</c><00:54:00.159><c> sum</c><00:54:00.679><c> of</c><00:54:00.980><c> the</c><00:54:01.300><c> greatness</c><00:54:01.639><c> of</c><00:54:01.940><c> mordechai.</c><00:54:02.619><c> See</c><00:54:03.059><c> the</c>

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power<00:54:03.539><c> of</c><00:54:03.739><c> our</c><00:54:03.840><c> heavenly</c><00:54:04.119><c> father</c><00:54:04.440><c> brothers</c><00:54:04.699><c> and</c><00:54:04.880><c> sisters</c><00:54:05.039><c> to</c>

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reverse<00:54:05.800><c> our</c><00:54:06.119><c> fortunes</c>

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Don't<00:54:07.800><c> be</c><00:54:08.099><c> deceived</c><00:54:08.579><c> when</c><00:54:08.739><c> you</c><00:54:08.880><c> look</c><00:54:09.079><c> around</c><00:54:09.500><c> at</c><00:54:10.000><c> the</c><00:54:10.260><c> prosperity</c>

00:54:11.739 --> 00:54:15.599
Out<00:54:12.340><c> there</c><00:54:12.659><c> the</c><00:54:12.960><c> 10</c><00:54:13.320><c> 000</c><00:54:13.760><c> talents</c><00:54:14.199><c> of</c><00:54:14.360><c> the</c><00:54:14.539><c> wicked</c><00:54:14.820><c> out</c><00:54:15.300><c> in</c><00:54:15.460><c> the</c>

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world<00:54:15.739><c> the</c><00:54:16.000><c> hamons</c><00:54:16.280><c> driving</c><00:54:16.639><c> around</c><00:54:16.960><c> in</c><00:54:17.119><c> their</c><00:54:17.300><c> ferraris</c>

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Living<00:54:18.340><c> it</c><00:54:18.539><c> up</c><00:54:18.860><c> if</c><00:54:19.039><c> we're</c><00:54:19.239><c> with</c><00:54:19.440><c> mordechai</c>

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We<00:54:21.119><c> are</c><00:54:21.760><c> far</c><00:54:22.219><c> more</c><00:54:22.579><c> precious</c>

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Far<00:54:24.699><c> more</c><00:54:25.000><c> valuable</c><00:54:25.440><c> to</c><00:54:25.639><c> the</c><00:54:25.840><c> king</c><00:54:26.099><c> in</c><00:54:26.539><c> the</c><00:54:26.860><c> final</c><00:54:27.360><c> analysis</c>

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And<00:54:29.820><c> so</c><00:54:30.000><c> mordechai</c><00:54:30.559><c> sends</c><00:54:30.980><c> the</c><00:54:31.219><c> message</c><00:54:31.539><c> back</c><00:54:31.840><c> to</c><00:54:32.099><c> ester</c>

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In<00:54:33.079><c> fact,</c><00:54:33.179><c> he's</c><00:54:33.440><c> managed</c><00:54:33.619><c> to</c><00:54:33.800><c> get</c><00:54:34.079><c> a</c><00:54:34.360><c> copy</c><00:54:34.539><c> of</c><00:54:34.679><c> the</c><00:54:34.940><c> actual</c><00:54:35.219><c> decree.</c><00:54:35.659><c> So</c>

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rather<00:54:36.440><c> than</c><00:54:36.659><c> give</c><00:54:36.920><c> a</c><00:54:37.440><c> garbled</c><00:54:37.960><c> verbal</c><00:54:38.699><c> message</c>

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He<00:54:39.719><c> gives</c><00:54:39.960><c> a</c><00:54:40.199><c> copy</c><00:54:40.440><c> to</c><00:54:40.699><c> haytack</c><00:54:41.219><c> and</c><00:54:41.539><c> he</c><00:54:41.860><c> charges</c><00:54:42.219><c> her</c><00:54:42.739><c> in</c>

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But<00:55:26.199><c> it's</c><00:55:26.719><c> true.</c><00:55:27.219><c> Isn't</c><00:55:27.340><c> it</c><00:55:27.519><c> brothers</c><00:55:27.719><c> and</c><00:55:27.900><c> sisters</c><00:55:28.099><c> that</c><00:55:28.380><c> he</c>

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But<00:55:37.360><c> he's</c><00:55:37.780><c> already</c><00:55:38.280><c> done</c><00:55:38.519><c> that</c><00:55:38.940><c> before</c><00:55:39.360><c> by</c><00:55:39.659><c> refusing</c><00:55:40.179><c> to</c><00:55:40.500><c> bow</c>

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Esther<00:55:43.000><c> you</c><00:55:43.659><c> have</c><00:55:43.860><c> to</c><00:55:44.019><c> make</c><00:55:44.380><c> a</c><00:55:44.719><c> request</c><00:55:45.039><c> for</c><00:55:45.320><c> us</c><00:55:45.639><c> all</c><00:55:46.019><c> and</c><00:55:46.300><c> in</c>

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She<00:55:50.360><c> says</c>

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I've<00:55:54.880><c> got</c><00:55:55.219><c> absolutely</c><00:55:55.760><c> no</c><00:55:56.159><c> idea</c><00:55:56.840><c> or</c><00:55:57.280><c> assurance</c><00:55:57.980><c> of</c><00:55:58.639><c> his</c>

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mood

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I<00:56:01.460><c> don't</c><00:56:01.719><c> think</c><00:56:01.860><c> she's</c><00:56:02.599><c> trying</c><00:56:02.880><c> to</c><00:56:03.119><c> be</c><00:56:03.639><c> disobedient</c>

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She's<00:56:05.199><c> just</c><00:56:05.420><c> saying</c><00:56:05.579><c> this</c><00:56:05.900><c> king</c><00:56:06.260><c> has</c><00:56:07.000><c> no</c><00:56:07.340><c> favorites</c>

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It's<00:56:08.340><c> one</c><00:56:08.599><c> law</c><00:56:08.719><c> for</c><00:56:08.960><c> him</c><00:56:09.260><c> to</c><00:56:09.559><c> put</c><00:56:09.900><c> anyone</c><00:56:10.300><c> to</c><00:56:10.599><c> death</c><00:56:10.940><c> all</c><00:56:11.300><c> are</c>

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treated<00:56:11.820><c> alike</c><00:56:12.420><c> and</c><00:56:13.000><c> she's</c><00:56:13.260><c> just</c><00:56:13.460><c> wanting</c>

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Reassurance<00:56:15.260><c> I</c><00:56:15.880><c> don't</c><00:56:16.019><c> think</c><00:56:16.119><c> she's</c><00:56:16.460><c> afraid</c><00:56:16.739><c> or</c><00:56:16.980><c> disobedient.</c><00:56:17.659><c> I</c><00:56:17.980><c> think</c><00:56:18.159><c> she</c>

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If<00:56:21.460><c> I</c><00:56:21.679><c> do</c><00:56:21.840><c> this</c><00:56:22.079><c> mordechai,</c><00:56:22.820><c> you</c><00:56:23.059><c> may</c><00:56:23.340><c> never</c><00:56:23.900><c> see</c><00:56:24.380><c> me</c><00:56:24.739><c> again</c>

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And

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secondly

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She<00:56:29.349><c> wants</c><00:56:29.769><c> she</c><00:56:30.090><c> doesn't</c><00:56:30.309><c> want</c><00:56:30.429><c> to</c><00:56:30.610><c> appear</c><00:56:30.929><c> headstrong</c><00:56:31.570><c> or</c><00:56:31.929><c> pushy</c>

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Demanding<00:56:33.690><c> or</c><00:56:34.010><c> unseemly</c><00:56:34.530><c> the</c><00:56:34.710><c> last</c><00:56:35.010><c> queen</c><00:56:35.190><c> that</c><00:56:35.389><c> did</c><00:56:35.550><c> that</c>

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was<00:56:36.570><c> deposed</c><00:56:37.369><c> for</c><00:56:37.949><c> presumption</c>

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And<00:56:39.210><c> so</c><00:56:39.389><c> she</c><00:56:40.070><c> sent</c><00:56:40.429><c> message</c><00:56:40.849><c> back</c><00:56:41.230><c> to</c><00:56:41.409><c> mordechai</c><00:56:41.889><c> and</c><00:56:42.090><c> in</c><00:56:42.269><c> verse</c><00:56:42.489><c> 13</c>

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we<00:56:43.170><c> have</c><00:56:43.329><c> mordechai's</c><00:56:44.309><c> marvelous</c><00:56:44.769><c> answer</c>

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He<00:56:45.829><c> commanded</c><00:56:46.309><c> to</c><00:56:46.590><c> answer</c><00:56:46.869><c> ester</c><00:56:47.590><c> think</c><00:56:47.989><c> not</c><00:56:48.329><c> with</c><00:56:48.610><c> thyself</c>

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that<00:56:49.650><c> thou</c><00:56:49.869><c> shalt</c><00:56:50.110><c> escape</c><00:56:50.570><c> in</c><00:56:50.769><c> the</c><00:56:50.929><c> king's</c><00:56:51.250><c> house</c><00:56:51.730><c> more</c><00:56:52.250><c> than</c>

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all<00:56:52.869><c> the</c><00:56:53.110><c> jews</c>

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For<00:56:54.519><c> if</c><00:56:54.739><c> thou</c><00:56:55.159><c> altogether</c><00:56:55.679><c> holdest</c><00:56:56.139><c> thy</c><00:56:56.300><c> peace</c><00:56:56.619><c> at</c><00:56:56.800><c> this</c><00:56:57.019><c> time</c>

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Then<00:56:57.980><c> shall</c><00:56:58.300><c> their</c><00:56:58.699><c> enlargement</c><00:56:59.639><c> and</c><00:57:00.260><c> deliverance</c><00:57:00.860><c> arise</c><00:57:01.300><c> to</c>

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the<00:57:01.679><c> jews</c><00:57:01.900><c> from</c><00:57:02.079><c> another</c><00:57:02.360><c> place</c>

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That<00:57:03.579><c> thou</c><00:57:03.860><c> and</c><00:57:04.059><c> thy</c><00:57:04.239><c> father's</c><00:57:04.719><c> house</c><00:57:04.900><c> shall</c><00:57:05.059><c> be</c><00:57:05.280><c> destroyed</c>

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For<00:57:07.019><c> who</c><00:57:07.260><c> knoweth</c><00:57:07.699><c> whether</c><00:57:07.960><c> thou</c><00:57:08.199><c> art</c><00:57:08.300><c> come</c><00:57:08.519><c> to</c><00:57:08.679><c> the</c><00:57:08.840><c> kingdom</c>

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for<00:57:09.719><c> such</c><00:57:10.199><c> a</c><00:57:10.820><c> time</c><00:57:11.199><c> as</c><00:57:11.860><c> this</c>

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So<00:57:14.260><c> gentle</c>

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He<00:57:16.480><c> doesn't</c><00:57:16.739><c> force</c><00:57:17.059><c> her</c><00:57:17.159><c> to</c><00:57:17.360><c> act</c><00:57:17.679><c> as</c><00:57:18.019><c> he</c><00:57:18.320><c> thinks</c><00:57:18.599><c> best</c><00:57:19.059><c> this</c><00:57:19.480><c> will</c><00:57:19.679><c> have</c><00:57:19.820><c> to</c>

00:57:19.960 --> 00:57:22.860
be<00:57:20.099><c> a</c><00:57:20.360><c> willing</c><00:57:20.619><c> response</c><00:57:21.340><c> in</c><00:57:22.000><c> ester</c>

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And<00:57:23.239><c> he's</c><00:57:23.420><c> not</c><00:57:23.659><c> presumptuous.</c><00:57:24.380><c> He</c><00:57:24.539><c> doesn't</c><00:57:24.840><c> guarantee</c><00:57:25.440><c> ester</c>

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that<00:57:25.900><c> if</c><00:57:26.039><c> she</c><00:57:26.420><c> follows</c><00:57:26.820><c> his</c><00:57:27.059><c> advice</c>

00:57:27.639 --> 00:57:31.840
That<00:57:28.300><c> her</c><00:57:28.519><c> life</c><00:57:28.739><c> will</c><00:57:28.920><c> be</c><00:57:29.219><c> spared.</c><00:57:29.440><c> He</c><00:57:29.800><c> just</c><00:57:30.139><c> outlines</c><00:57:30.599><c> the</c><00:57:30.880><c> principles</c>

00:57:32.679 --> 00:57:35.179
He<00:57:33.320><c> probes</c><00:57:33.699><c> her</c><00:57:33.980><c> conscience</c>

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And<00:57:36.059><c> encourages</c><00:57:36.559><c> her</c><00:57:36.920><c> faith.</c><00:57:37.340><c> She</c><00:57:37.719><c> would</c><00:57:37.880><c> have</c><00:57:38.019><c> to</c><00:57:38.179><c> act</c><00:57:38.400><c> on</c>

00:57:38.679 --> 00:57:41.300
her<00:57:39.000><c> faith</c><00:57:39.280><c> not</c><00:57:39.639><c> mordechai's</c>

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But<00:57:41.880><c> know</c><00:57:42.139><c> this</c><00:57:42.380><c> ester</c>

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If<00:57:44.219><c> you</c><00:57:44.539><c> don't</c><00:57:44.800><c> do</c><00:57:45.039><c> it</c>

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God<00:57:47.119><c> will</c>

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Enlargement<00:57:50.539><c> will</c><00:57:50.820><c> come</c><00:57:51.059><c> from</c><00:57:51.300><c> another</c><00:57:51.599><c> quarter</c>

00:57:52.599 --> 00:57:55.400
Do<00:57:52.980><c> you</c><00:57:53.000><c> know</c><00:57:53.099><c> the</c><00:57:53.280><c> word</c><00:57:53.480><c> enlargement</c><00:57:54.139><c> is</c><00:57:54.599><c> the</c><00:57:54.820><c> hebrew</c><00:57:55.099><c> word</c>

00:57:55.400 --> 00:57:58.860
rivach<00:57:56.039><c> and</c><00:57:56.320><c> it's</c><00:57:56.619><c> closely</c><00:57:56.980><c> related</c><00:57:57.380><c> to</c><00:57:57.639><c> the</c><00:57:58.019><c> word</c><00:57:58.360><c> ruach</c>

00:57:58.860 --> 00:58:01.320
It<00:57:59.079><c> literally</c><00:57:59.400><c> means</c><00:57:59.719><c> a</c><00:58:00.099><c> breathing</c><00:58:00.500><c> space</c>

00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:05.079
A<00:58:01.960><c> respite</c><00:58:02.519><c> a</c><00:58:02.760><c> little</c><00:58:03.000><c> space</c><00:58:03.320><c> to</c><00:58:03.599><c> breathe</c><00:58:04.000><c> see</c><00:58:04.380><c> the</c><00:58:04.599><c> margin</c>

00:58:05.079 --> 00:58:10.099
Respiration<00:58:06.019><c> and</c><00:58:06.619><c> that</c><00:58:06.860><c> word</c><00:58:07.000><c> is</c><00:58:07.300><c> only</c><00:58:07.719><c> used</c><00:58:08.159><c> twice</c><00:58:08.880><c> in</c><00:58:09.679><c> all</c>

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of<00:58:10.300><c> the</c><00:58:10.460><c> bible</c>

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Mordechai<00:58:12.280><c> knew</c><00:58:12.579><c> his</c><00:58:12.860><c> bible</c><00:58:13.280><c> inside</c><00:58:14.219><c> out</c><00:58:14.679><c> brothers</c><00:58:15.000><c> and</c><00:58:15.219><c> sisters</c>

00:58:15.800 --> 00:58:18.699
It's<00:58:16.539><c> the</c><00:58:16.739><c> word</c><00:58:17.059><c> used</c><00:58:17.380><c> by</c><00:58:17.739><c> jacob</c>

00:58:18.719 --> 00:58:23.019
in<00:58:19.260><c> genesis</c><00:58:19.760><c> 32</c><00:58:20.340><c> in</c><00:58:20.579><c> verse</c><00:58:20.800><c> 16</c><00:58:21.539><c> when</c><00:58:22.059><c> esau</c>

00:58:23.460 --> 00:58:27.739
The<00:58:24.179><c> progenitor</c><00:58:25.039><c> of</c><00:58:25.400><c> the</c><00:58:25.679><c> amalekites</c><00:58:26.360><c> was</c><00:58:26.579><c> coming</c><00:58:26.860><c> to</c><00:58:27.039><c> meet</c><00:58:27.280><c> him</c>

00:58:27.940 --> 00:58:32.300
And<00:58:28.420><c> he</c><00:58:28.599><c> divided</c><00:58:28.920><c> his</c><00:58:29.239><c> flocks</c><00:58:29.739><c> and</c><00:58:29.940><c> he's</c><00:58:30.239><c> put</c><00:58:30.559><c> a</c><00:58:30.880><c> little</c><00:58:31.320><c> space</c>

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Between<00:58:33.380><c> drove</c><00:58:33.920><c> and</c><00:58:34.440><c> drove</c><00:58:34.940><c> a</c><00:58:35.559><c> little</c><00:58:36.179><c> breathing</c><00:58:36.719><c> space</c><00:58:37.360><c> at</c>

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Who<00:59:42.780><c> knows?</c>

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