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And<00:11:38.519><c> if</c><00:11:38.639><c> you</c><00:11:38.820><c> try</c><00:11:39.000><c> and</c><00:11:39.179><c> find</c><00:11:39.379><c> them</c><00:11:39.460><c> on</c><00:11:39.639><c> the</c><00:11:39.840><c> map,</c>

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well,<00:11:40.720><c> you'll</c><00:11:40.980><c> find</c><00:11:41.080><c> that</c><00:11:41.299><c> the</c><00:11:41.500><c> sands</c><00:11:41.740><c> of</c><00:11:42.059><c> time</c><00:11:42.340><c> have</c><00:11:42.679><c> blown</c>

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across<00:11:43.580><c> any</c><00:11:44.240><c> footprints</c><00:11:44.779><c> that</c><00:11:45.019><c> Israel</c><00:11:45.340><c> left.</c>

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You<00:11:46.299><c> can't</c><00:11:46.779><c> find</c><00:11:47.139><c> those</c><00:11:47.500><c> places.</c>

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It's<00:11:51.299><c> a</c><00:11:51.480><c> tale</c><00:11:51.779><c> that</c><00:11:52.019><c> is</c><00:11:52.700><c> not</c><00:11:53.039><c> told.</c>

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It's<00:11:56.519><c> just</c><00:11:57.080><c> a</c><00:11:57.600><c> period</c><00:11:57.940><c> which</c><00:11:58.220><c> is</c><00:11:58.500><c> passed</c><00:11:58.779><c> over</c><00:11:59.019><c> in</c><00:11:59.299><c> scripture.</c>

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Look,<00:12:00.840><c> there</c><00:12:00.980><c> are</c><00:12:01.559><c> in</c><00:12:03.200><c> this</c><00:12:03.620><c> 10,</c><00:12:04.220><c> this</c><00:12:04.639><c> period</c><00:12:05.019><c> here</c><00:12:05.259><c> of</c><00:12:05.799><c> 10</c><00:12:06.379><c> chapters,</c>

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we<00:12:07.299><c> know</c><00:12:08.320><c> chapters</c><00:12:08.799><c> 11,</c><00:12:09.080><c> 12,</c><00:12:09.480><c> 13,</c><00:12:10.460><c> take</c><00:12:10.679><c> them</c><00:12:10.840><c> up</c><00:12:11.059><c> to</c><00:12:11.240><c> the</c><00:12:11.340><c> edge</c>

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of<00:12:11.659><c> the</c><00:12:11.820><c> promised</c><00:12:12.080><c> land.</c>

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That<00:12:12.580><c> was</c><00:12:12.759><c> only</c><00:12:13.000><c> a</c><00:12:13.240><c> few</c><00:12:13.480><c> weeks</c><00:12:13.820><c> or</c><00:12:14.059><c> months</c><00:12:14.419><c> of</c><00:12:14.700><c> time.</c>

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All<00:12:17.480><c> we</c><00:12:17.840><c> have</c><00:12:18.200><c> of</c><00:12:18.620><c> 38</c><00:12:19.179><c> long</c><00:12:19.559><c> years</c><00:12:19.840><c> in</c><00:12:20.019><c> the</c><00:12:20.200><c> wilderness</c><00:12:20.539><c> is</c><00:12:20.840><c> Numbers</c><00:12:21.179><c> chapter</c><00:12:21.500><c> 15,</c>

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16,<00:12:22.580><c> 17,</c><00:12:22.899><c> 18,</c><00:12:23.200><c> and</c><00:12:23.320><c> 19.</c>

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That's<00:12:23.960><c> all</c><00:12:24.100><c> five</c><00:12:24.379><c> chapters.</c>

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Five<00:12:26.139><c> chapters</c><00:12:26.519><c> for</c><00:12:26.820><c> 30.</c>

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And<00:12:27.259><c> there's</c><00:12:27.440><c> only</c><00:12:27.740><c> one</c><00:12:28.139><c> incident</c><00:12:28.500><c> recorded,</c><00:12:29.440><c> the</c><00:12:29.659><c> rebellion</c>

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of<00:12:30.779><c> Korah,</c><00:12:31.240><c> Dathan,</c><00:12:31.539><c> and</c><00:12:31.600><c> Abiram.</c>

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The<00:12:33.320><c> rest</c><00:12:33.700><c> is</c><00:12:34.100><c> gone.</c>

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We<00:12:34.340><c> don't</c><00:12:34.620><c> know</c><00:12:34.960><c> when</c><00:12:35.259><c> that</c><00:12:35.539><c> rebellion</c><00:12:35.919><c> occurred</c><00:12:36.299><c> at</c><00:12:36.480><c> the</c><00:12:36.700><c> beginning,</c><00:12:37.039><c> middle,</c><00:12:37.340><c> or</c>

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the<00:12:37.679><c> end.</c>

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Probably<00:12:38.980><c> at</c><00:12:39.200><c> the</c><00:12:39.399><c> beginning,</c><00:12:40.059><c> but</c><00:12:40.460><c> it's</c><00:12:41.080><c> gone.</c>

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The<00:12:42.039><c> Book</c><00:12:42.320><c> of</c><00:12:42.620><c> Numbers</c><00:12:42.940><c> is</c><00:12:43.279><c> not</c><00:12:43.600><c> a</c><00:12:43.879><c> travelogue</c><00:12:44.379><c> of</c><00:12:44.679><c> Israel's</c>

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sojournings<00:12:46.179><c> in</c><00:12:47.059><c> the</c><00:12:47.320><c> wilderness.</c>

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We<00:12:49.460><c> look</c><00:12:49.659><c> in</c><00:12:49.960><c> vain</c><00:12:50.139><c> to</c><00:12:50.460><c> find</c><00:12:50.700><c> out</c><00:12:51.220><c> what</c><00:12:51.539><c> happened</c><00:12:51.820><c> to</c><00:12:52.100><c> them</c>

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for<00:12:53.460><c> that</c><00:12:53.799><c> extended</c><00:12:54.500><c> period.</c>

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What<00:12:57.379><c> we</c><00:12:57.600><c> are</c><00:12:57.840><c> told</c><00:12:58.000><c> is</c><00:12:58.179><c> something</c><00:12:58.539><c> completely</c><00:12:59.259><c> different.</c>

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Its<00:12:59.820><c> purpose</c><00:13:00.179><c> is</c><00:13:00.419><c> different.</c>

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It<00:13:00.879><c> is</c><00:13:01.120><c> not</c><00:13:01.360><c> a</c><00:13:01.559><c> human</c><00:13:01.820><c> book.</c>

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Men<00:13:05.120><c> would</c><00:13:05.320><c> have</c><00:13:05.440><c> written</c><00:13:05.620><c> it</c><00:13:05.799><c> as</c><00:13:06.059><c> a</c><00:13:06.200><c> soap</c><00:13:06.379><c> opera,</c><00:13:06.740><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:06.840><c> they?</c>

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Giving<00:13:09.539><c> us</c><00:13:09.940><c> the</c><00:13:10.259><c> flavour</c><00:13:10.759><c> of</c><00:13:11.100><c> life</c><00:13:11.460><c> and</c><00:13:11.740><c> times</c><00:13:12.120><c> in</c><00:13:12.299><c> which</c><00:13:12.500><c> they</c><00:13:12.799><c> lived.</c>

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The<00:13:15.440><c> scriptures</c><00:13:15.679><c> are</c><00:13:15.980><c> silent</c><00:13:16.419><c> about</c><00:13:16.720><c> that,</c><00:13:16.940><c> and</c><00:13:17.139><c> that</c><00:13:17.379><c> is</c><00:13:18.100><c> a</c>

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eloquent<00:13:19.139><c> silence.</c>

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They<00:13:21.899><c> were</c><00:13:22.139><c> condemned</c><00:13:22.840><c> to</c><00:13:23.179><c> die</c><00:13:23.600><c> in</c><00:13:23.860><c> the</c><00:13:24.059><c> wilderness.</c>

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There's<00:13:24.639><c> nothing</c><00:13:24.980><c> more</c><00:13:25.340><c> to</c><00:13:25.519><c> be</c><00:13:25.720><c> said</c><00:13:25.899><c> about</c><00:13:26.179><c> them.</c>

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The<00:13:28.980><c> sands</c><00:13:29.220><c> of</c><00:13:29.500><c> Tyre</c><00:13:29.720><c> have</c><00:13:29.960><c> passed</c><00:13:30.320><c> over.</c>

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the<00:13:35.080><c> carcasses</c><00:13:35.700><c> of</c><00:13:35.960><c> a</c><00:13:36.120><c> generation</c><00:13:36.799><c> of</c><00:13:37.700><c> men</c><00:13:38.179><c> who</c><00:13:38.500><c> didn't</c><00:13:39.019><c> have</c><00:13:39.480><c> faith.</c>

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Let's<00:13:42.500><c> look</c><00:13:42.700><c> at</c><00:13:42.820><c> the</c><00:13:42.960><c> Book</c><00:13:43.080><c> of</c><00:13:43.299><c> Numbers,</c><00:13:44.200><c> the</c><00:13:44.299><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:44.740><c> in</c><00:13:45.279><c> the</c><00:13:45.419><c> wilderness,</c><00:13:46.279><c> in</c>

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a<00:13:46.659><c> different</c><00:13:46.860><c> way</c><00:13:47.080><c> altogether</c><00:13:47.659><c> then.</c>

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This<00:14:06.700><c> is</c><00:14:07.259><c> just</c><00:14:07.500><c> an</c><00:14:07.779><c> attempt</c><00:14:08.100><c> to</c><00:14:09.299><c> make</c><00:14:10.100><c> the</c><00:14:10.399><c> point</c><00:14:10.700><c> to</c><00:14:11.960><c> draw</c><00:14:12.279><c> the</c>

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parallels<00:14:13.000><c> between</c><00:14:13.940><c> what</c><00:14:14.580><c> happened</c><00:14:14.940><c> to</c><00:14:15.200><c> Israel</c><00:14:15.659><c> and</c><00:14:16.419><c> Ecclesial</c><00:14:16.940><c> life.</c>

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I<00:14:18.059><c> think</c><00:14:18.200><c> we</c><00:14:18.399><c> are</c><00:14:18.500><c> obliged</c><00:14:18.779><c> to</c><00:14:19.019><c> do</c><00:14:19.220><c> that,</c><00:14:19.539><c> because</c><00:14:20.220><c> the</c><00:14:20.379><c> Apostle</c><00:14:20.700><c> Paul</c><00:14:20.820><c> says,</c>

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no,<00:14:21.200><c> this</c><00:14:21.399><c> book</c><00:14:21.620><c> was</c><00:14:21.879><c> written</c><00:14:22.360><c> for</c><00:14:23.000><c> you,</c><00:14:23.759><c> for</c><00:14:23.919><c> the</c><00:14:24.159><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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That's<00:14:25.700><c> the</c><00:14:26.000><c> principle</c><00:14:26.679><c> upon</c><00:14:27.240><c> which</c><00:14:27.580><c> we</c><00:14:27.860><c> are</c><00:14:28.580><c> to</c><00:14:28.840><c> look</c><00:14:29.000><c> at</c><00:14:29.100><c> it.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:29.779><c> 1</c><00:14:30.080><c> of</c><00:14:30.259><c> Numbers</c><00:14:31.539><c> describes</c><00:14:32.299><c> the</c><00:14:32.659><c> enrolment</c><00:14:33.559><c> of</c><00:14:34.059><c> the</c>

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armies<00:14:34.820><c> of</c><00:14:35.500><c> Israel.</c>

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Every<00:14:36.919><c> tribe,</c><00:14:37.960><c> save</c><00:14:38.200><c> one,</c><00:14:39.259><c> was</c><00:14:39.539><c> to</c><00:14:39.899><c> be</c><00:14:40.960><c> enrolled.</c>

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All<00:14:42.200><c> the</c><00:14:42.419><c> men,</c><00:14:43.080><c> from</c><00:14:43.259><c> 20</c><00:14:43.580><c> years</c><00:14:43.840><c> old</c><00:14:44.059><c> and</c><00:14:44.259><c> upward,</c>

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all<00:14:45.240><c> that</c><00:14:45.480><c> were</c><00:14:45.759><c> able</c><00:14:46.019><c>-bodied,</c><00:14:46.820><c> able</c><00:14:47.080><c> to</c><00:14:47.259><c> go</c><00:14:47.519><c> forth</c><00:14:47.759><c> to</c><00:14:48.000><c> war.</c>

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There<00:14:48.299><c> was</c><00:14:48.539><c> no</c><00:14:48.759><c> upper</c><00:14:48.940><c> limit,</c><00:14:49.220><c> interestingly.</c>

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There<00:14:50.379><c> was</c><00:14:50.559><c> a</c><00:14:50.759><c> lower</c><00:14:50.919><c> limit</c><00:14:51.220><c> from</c><00:14:51.440><c> 20</c><00:14:51.740><c> years</c><00:14:51.980><c> old</c><00:14:52.139><c> and</c><00:14:52.519><c> upward.</c>

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It<00:14:53.519><c> depended</c><00:14:53.759><c> how</c><00:14:54.019><c> fit</c><00:14:54.220><c> you</c><00:14:54.500><c> were,</c><00:14:54.820><c> whether</c><00:14:55.080><c> you</c><00:14:55.299><c> were</c><00:14:55.460><c> registered</c><00:14:55.820><c> in</c><00:14:56.039><c> the</c><00:14:56.240><c> army.</c>

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600<00:14:56.899><c>,000</c><00:14:57.559><c> fighting</c><00:14:57.940><c> men</c><00:14:58.480><c> were</c><00:14:58.899><c> enrolled</c><00:14:59.259><c> in</c><00:14:59.440><c> Numbers,</c><00:14:59.860><c> Chapter</c><00:15:00.179><c> 1.</c>

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But<00:15:01.059><c> quite</c><00:15:01.340><c> specifically,</c><00:15:02.539><c> the</c><00:15:02.779><c> Levites</c><00:15:03.480><c> were</c><00:15:04.000><c> excluded</c>

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Now,<00:15:07.840><c> what</c><00:15:07.960><c> would</c><00:15:08.100><c> that</c><00:15:08.360><c> be</c><00:15:08.539><c> in</c><00:15:08.759><c> Ecclesial</c><00:15:09.200><c> terms?</c>

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Well,<00:15:10.820><c> see</c><00:15:11.080><c> what</c><00:15:11.240><c> you</c><00:15:11.480><c> think.</c>

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The<00:15:12.659><c> call</c><00:15:13.039><c> of</c><00:15:13.279><c> the</c><00:15:13.460><c> Gospel</c><00:15:14.259><c> calls</c><00:15:16.080><c> men</c><00:15:16.460><c> and</c><00:15:16.659><c> women</c><00:15:17.179><c> into</c><00:15:17.980><c> the</c>

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armies<00:15:18.720><c> of</c><00:15:19.000><c> the</c><00:15:19.100><c> living</c><00:15:19.299><c> God,</c>

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to<00:15:20.879><c> be</c><00:15:21.139><c> soldiers</c><00:15:21.879><c> of</c><00:15:22.399><c> Christ,</c><00:15:24.240><c> to</c><00:15:24.399><c> be</c><00:15:24.799><c> registered</c><00:15:25.399><c> by</c><00:15:25.860><c> name</c><00:15:26.399><c> in</c>

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to<00:15:30.720><c> be</c><00:15:30.980><c> committed</c><00:15:31.360><c> to</c><00:15:31.620><c> his</c><00:15:31.879><c> service,</c><00:15:33.480><c> to</c><00:15:34.299><c> provide</c><00:15:34.860><c> that</c><00:15:35.139><c> which</c>

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we<00:15:35.539><c> are</c><00:15:35.700><c> able</c><00:15:36.039><c> to</c><00:15:36.279><c> do</c>

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in<00:15:38.379><c> the</c><00:15:38.639><c> great</c><00:15:38.980><c> battle</c><00:15:39.539><c> which</c><00:15:41.019><c> wages</c><00:15:41.559><c> between</c><00:15:42.639><c> the</c><00:15:43.100><c> God</c><00:15:43.259><c> of</c><00:15:43.500><c> heaven</c><00:15:43.840><c> and</c><00:15:44.980><c> the</c><00:15:45.220><c> things</c><00:15:45.399><c> of</c>

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should<00:15:50.080><c> be</c><00:15:50.340><c> read</c><00:15:50.500><c> slightly</c><00:15:50.879><c> differently.</c>

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This<00:15:51.960><c> is</c><00:15:52.679><c> the</c><00:15:53.379><c> enrolment</c><00:15:54.240><c> into</c><00:15:54.799><c> the</c><00:15:55.159><c> armies</c><00:15:55.559><c> of</c><00:15:56.080><c> the</c><00:15:56.220><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:15:56.879><c> Christ.</c>

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Chapter<00:16:00.200><c> 2</c><00:16:00.940><c> describes</c><00:16:02.100><c> for</c><00:16:02.259><c> us</c><00:16:02.480><c> the</c><00:16:02.759><c> encampment</c><00:16:03.919><c> of</c><00:16:04.279><c> Israel.</c>

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The<00:16:06.100><c> establishment</c><00:16:07.039><c> of</c><00:16:07.340><c> the</c><00:16:07.539><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:16:09.519><c> principles</c><00:16:10.139><c> of</c><00:16:10.580><c> Ecclesial</c><00:16:11.100><c> life</c><00:16:11.419><c> represented</c><00:16:12.159><c> in</c><00:16:12.539><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:16:13.299><c> in</c><00:16:13.539><c> the</c><00:16:13.720><c> centre,</c>

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surrounded<00:16:14.799><c> by</c><00:16:15.159><c> the</c><00:16:15.320><c> Levites</c><00:16:15.740><c> and</c><00:16:16.000><c> priests,</c><00:16:16.720><c> surrounded</c><00:16:17.100><c> by</c>

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the<00:16:18.740><c> encampment</c><00:16:19.500><c> of</c><00:16:19.899><c> Israel.</c>

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Chapter<00:16:22.860><c> 3</c><00:16:23.340><c> of</c><00:16:23.539><c> Numbers</c><00:16:24.519><c> gives</c><00:16:25.019><c> us</c><00:16:25.379><c> now</c><00:16:25.600><c> detail</c><00:16:26.019><c> about</c><00:16:26.519><c> the</c>

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Levites<00:16:27.279><c> themselves.</c>

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That<00:16:28.480><c> tribe,</c><00:16:28.860><c> which</c><00:16:29.059><c> was</c><00:16:29.340><c> excluded</c><00:16:29.899><c> from</c><00:16:30.240><c> the</c><00:16:30.879><c> numbering</c><00:16:31.320><c> into</c><00:16:31.679><c> the</c>

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armies<00:16:32.679><c> of</c><00:16:32.919><c> Israel,</c>

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were<00:16:34.039><c> separated</c><00:16:34.700><c> for</c><00:16:34.960><c> a</c><00:16:35.200><c> special</c><00:16:35.500><c> purpose</c><00:16:36.019><c> and</c><00:16:36.340><c> were</c><00:16:36.620><c> indeed</c>

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numbered,<00:16:38.100><c> not</c><00:16:38.340><c> from</c><00:16:38.639><c> 20</c><00:16:38.860><c> years</c><00:16:39.100><c> old</c><00:16:39.259><c> and</c><00:16:39.440><c> upward,</c>

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but<00:16:39.860><c> from</c><00:16:40.139><c> one</c><00:16:40.379><c> month</c><00:16:40.600><c> and</c><00:16:40.759><c> upward,</c><00:16:41.320><c> because</c><00:16:41.559><c> they</c><00:16:41.779><c> had</c><00:16:41.919><c> a</c><00:16:42.179><c> special</c><00:16:42.519><c> service</c><00:16:43.100><c> to</c><00:16:43.899><c> offer.</c>

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They<00:16:44.899><c> weren't</c><00:16:45.840><c> conscientious</c><00:16:46.659><c> objectors</c><00:16:47.500><c> to</c><00:16:47.840><c> warfare.</c>

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It's<00:16:48.960><c> just</c><00:16:49.240><c> that</c><00:16:49.440><c> they</c><00:16:49.580><c> had</c><00:16:49.759><c> a</c><00:16:50.059><c> different</c><00:16:50.320><c> sort</c><00:16:50.720><c> of</c><00:16:51.039><c> warfare,</c>

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as<00:16:53.220><c> we</c><00:16:53.419><c> shall</c><00:16:53.620><c> see.</c>

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And<00:16:55.960><c> their</c><00:16:56.220><c> work</c><00:16:56.460><c> and</c><00:16:56.799><c> responsibilities</c><00:16:57.580><c> is</c><00:16:58.659><c> given</c><00:16:58.840><c> us</c><00:16:59.100><c> in</c><00:16:59.200><c> Numbers,</c><00:16:59.639><c> Chapter</c><00:16:59.919><c> 4.</c>

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It's<00:17:00.840><c> called</c><00:17:01.019><c> the</c><00:17:01.399><c> charge,</c><00:17:02.320><c> the</c><00:17:02.740><c> charge</c><00:17:03.320><c> of</c><00:17:03.940><c> the</c><00:17:04.180><c> Levites,</c>

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the<00:17:05.240><c> military</c><00:17:05.859><c> responsibility,</c>

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the<00:17:07.839><c> commission,</c><00:17:08.299><c> you</c><00:17:08.400><c> might</c><00:17:08.640><c> say,</c><00:17:09.339><c> which</c><00:17:09.480><c> was</c><00:17:09.759><c> laid</c><00:17:10.039><c> upon</c>

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the<00:17:10.700><c> Levites</c>

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as<00:17:12.019><c> a</c><00:17:12.359><c> special</c><00:17:13.380><c> army</c><00:17:14.259><c> to</c><00:17:15.259><c> wage</c><00:17:15.519><c> a</c><00:17:15.980><c> spiritual</c><00:17:16.799><c> warfare.</c>

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And<00:17:19.180><c> as</c><00:17:19.420><c> we</c><00:17:19.619><c> look</c><00:17:19.779><c> at</c><00:17:19.940><c> the</c><00:17:20.099><c> Levites,</c><00:17:20.460><c> we</c><00:17:20.559><c> realise</c><00:17:20.900><c> that</c><00:17:21.440><c> Israel</c>

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were<00:17:21.940><c> being</c><00:17:22.259><c> taught</c><00:17:22.599><c> themselves</c>

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to<00:17:23.619><c> look</c><00:17:23.759><c> at</c><00:17:23.920><c> the</c><00:17:24.119><c> Levites</c><00:17:24.640><c> as</c><00:17:25.220><c> a</c><00:17:25.599><c> representative</c><00:17:26.200><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:17:27.440><c> as</c><00:17:27.599><c> if</c><00:17:27.700><c> the</c><00:17:27.940><c> Levites</c><00:17:28.400><c> were</c><00:17:29.099><c> the</c><00:17:29.559><c> nation</c><00:17:29.900><c> as</c><00:17:30.220><c> a</c><00:17:30.420><c> whole.</c>

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Of<00:17:31.660><c> course,</c><00:17:31.759><c> it</c><00:17:31.819><c> wasn't</c><00:17:32.099><c> practical</c><00:17:32.660><c> that</c><00:17:32.940><c> God</c><00:17:33.160><c> could</c><00:17:33.420><c> take</c>

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the<00:17:34.000><c> whole</c><00:17:34.259><c> nation</c><00:17:34.619><c> and</c><00:17:34.900><c> use</c><00:17:35.160><c> them</c>

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at<00:17:36.380><c> the</c><00:17:36.640><c> Tabernacle.</c>

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He<00:17:37.640><c> had</c><00:17:37.839><c> to</c><00:17:37.980><c> take</c><00:17:38.220><c> representative</c><00:17:39.240><c> men,</c><00:17:40.660><c> which</c><00:17:40.759><c> could</c><00:17:41.019><c> be</c><00:17:41.400><c> identified</c><00:17:42.059><c> with</c><00:17:42.319><c> by</c>

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the<00:17:42.799><c> rest</c><00:17:43.160><c> of</c><00:17:43.519><c> the</c><00:17:43.660><c> nation.</c>

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We'll<00:17:44.119><c> see</c><00:17:44.279><c> how</c><00:17:44.460><c> that</c><00:17:44.640><c> was</c><00:17:44.839><c> done</c><00:17:45.000><c> in</c><00:17:45.180><c> a</c><00:17:45.319><c> while.</c>

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And<00:17:46.960><c> then</c><00:17:47.220><c> as</c><00:17:47.539><c> you</c><00:17:47.680><c> go</c><00:17:47.940><c> through,</c><00:17:48.160><c> and</c><00:17:48.279><c> I've</c><00:17:48.440><c> just</c><00:17:48.779><c> given</c><00:17:49.119><c> an</c><00:17:50.339><c> outline</c><00:17:50.700><c> here,</c><00:17:51.839><c> chapter</c><00:17:52.119><c> by</c><00:17:52.480><c> chapter,</c>

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it<00:17:53.359><c> is</c><00:17:53.700><c> possible</c><00:17:54.180><c> to</c><00:17:54.460><c> see</c><00:17:54.640><c> a</c><00:17:54.940><c> sequence</c><00:17:55.279><c> of</c><00:17:55.680><c> thought</c><00:17:55.900><c> going</c>

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through<00:17:56.579><c> these</c><00:17:56.859><c> chapters,</c>

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which<00:17:58.039><c> makes</c><00:17:58.319><c> this</c><00:17:58.660><c> book</c><00:17:59.059><c> not</c><00:17:59.500><c> a</c><00:17:59.779><c> history</c><00:18:00.059><c> book,</c><00:18:00.859><c> but</c><00:18:01.220><c> a</c><00:18:01.700><c> book</c>

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of<00:18:02.099><c> ecclesial</c><00:18:02.579><c> life.</c>

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After<00:18:04.519><c> Chapter</c><00:18:05.000><c> 4,</c><00:18:05.539><c> having</c><00:18:05.900><c> had</c><00:18:06.319><c> the</c>

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ecclesial<00:18:08.099><c> established</c><00:18:09.000><c> and</c><00:18:10.240><c> their</c><00:18:10.519><c> responsibilities</c><00:18:11.259><c> laid</c><00:18:11.640><c> out,</c>

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we<00:18:13.480><c> then</c><00:18:14.319><c> come</c><00:18:14.839><c> to</c><00:18:15.440><c> an</c><00:18:15.819><c> interesting</c><00:18:16.259><c> development.</c>

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Some<00:18:18.940><c> people</c><00:18:19.319><c> were</c><00:18:19.619><c> excluded</c><00:18:20.180><c> from</c><00:18:20.480><c> the</c><00:18:20.740><c> camp.</c>

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The<00:18:23.119><c> lepers,</c><00:18:25.500><c> the</c><00:18:25.579><c> people</c><00:18:25.880><c> defiled</c><00:18:26.380><c> with</c><00:18:26.539><c> an</c><00:18:26.819><c> issue</c><00:18:27.059><c> of</c><00:18:27.279><c> the</c><00:18:27.519><c> flesh,</c><00:18:27.900><c> a</c>

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running<00:18:28.380><c> saw</c><00:18:28.960><c> or</c><00:18:29.680><c> equivalent,</c>

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and<00:18:30.980><c> a</c><00:18:31.140><c> third</c><00:18:31.299><c> group,</c><00:18:31.579><c> those</c><00:18:31.839><c> that</c><00:18:32.019><c> had</c><00:18:32.200><c> been</c><00:18:32.460><c> defiled</c><00:18:33.059><c> by</c><00:18:33.359><c> the</c><00:18:33.579><c> dead.</c>

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That's<00:18:34.440><c> Chapter</c><00:18:34.720><c> 5,</c><00:18:35.200><c> Verse</c><00:18:35.420><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:18:36.579><c> you</c><00:18:36.700><c> think,</c><00:18:37.339><c> well,</c><00:18:37.559><c> you</c><00:18:38.000><c> know,</c><00:18:38.180><c> why</c><00:18:38.440><c> does</c><00:18:38.599><c> that</c><00:18:38.859><c> come</c><00:18:39.220><c> in</c>

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that<00:18:39.779><c> chapter?</c>

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And<00:18:41.160><c> the</c><00:18:41.220><c> whole</c><00:18:41.380><c> of</c><00:18:41.599><c> Chapter</c><00:18:41.859><c> 5</c><00:18:42.180><c> is</c><00:18:42.420><c> dealing</c><00:18:42.680><c> with</c><00:18:43.019><c> sin.</c>

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The<00:18:44.579><c> sequence</c><00:18:44.799><c> of</c><00:18:45.039><c> thought</c><00:18:45.180><c> is</c><00:18:45.400><c> this.</c>

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The<00:18:45.779><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:46.279><c> has</c><00:18:46.640><c> been</c><00:18:46.980><c> called,</c><00:18:47.180><c> the</c><00:18:47.279><c> gospel</c><00:18:47.740><c> has</c><00:18:48.140><c> called</c>

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men<00:18:48.799><c> and</c><00:18:49.000><c> women</c><00:18:49.200><c> into</c><00:18:49.500><c> the</c><00:18:49.779><c> armies</c>

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of<00:18:50.599><c> the</c><00:18:50.819><c> living</c><00:18:51.019><c> God,</c><00:18:51.619><c> and</c><00:18:51.759><c> they've</c><00:18:52.000><c> been</c><00:18:52.240><c> organized</c><00:18:52.740><c> in</c>

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ecclesial<00:18:53.680><c> life.</c>

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First<00:18:54.900><c> priority,</c><00:18:55.559><c> Chapter</c><00:18:55.960><c> 5,</c><00:18:56.819><c> sin</c><00:18:57.299><c> active</c><00:18:58.220><c> has</c><00:18:58.660><c> to</c><00:18:58.880><c> be</c><00:18:59.059><c> put</c>

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outside<00:18:59.579><c> the</c><00:18:59.859><c> camp.</c>

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And<00:19:03.339><c> Chapter</c><00:19:03.619><c> 5</c><00:19:03.960><c> deals</c><00:19:04.380><c> with</c><00:19:05.000><c> sins</c><00:19:05.359><c> visible</c><00:19:06.000><c> and</c><00:19:06.799><c> invisible.</c>

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It<00:19:08.240><c> deals</c><00:19:08.500><c> with</c><00:19:08.700><c> the</c><00:19:08.900><c> trial</c><00:19:09.039><c> of</c><00:19:09.299><c> jealousy,</c>

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which<00:19:10.500><c> demonstrated</c><00:19:11.099><c> that</c><00:19:11.339><c> only</c><00:19:11.619><c> God</c><00:19:12.019><c> could</c><00:19:12.319><c> know</c><00:19:12.559><c> the</c><00:19:12.819><c> heart</c>

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and<00:19:14.880><c> mind</c><00:19:15.380><c> of</c><00:19:16.039><c> the</c><00:19:16.339><c> individual</c><00:19:16.759><c> Israelite.</c>

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But<00:19:17.839><c> he</c><00:19:18.039><c> did</c><00:19:18.420><c> know</c><00:19:18.799><c> the</c><00:19:19.039><c> heart</c><00:19:19.259><c> and</c><00:19:19.519><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:19:20.660><c> a</c><00:19:20.819><c> judgment</c><00:19:21.460><c> would</c><00:19:22.319><c> be</c><00:19:22.579><c> made.</c>

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Then<00:19:25.579><c> Chapter</c><00:19:25.880><c> 6</c><00:19:26.259><c> of</c><00:19:26.440><c> Numbers</c><00:19:26.799><c> talks</c><00:19:27.119><c> about</c><00:19:27.420><c> the</c><00:19:27.920><c> Nazarites,</c>

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a<00:19:29.279><c> principle</c><00:19:29.720><c> in</c><00:19:29.920><c> which</c><00:19:30.299><c> every</c><00:19:30.960><c> Israelite</c><00:19:31.500><c> could</c><00:19:31.759><c> voluntarily</c><00:19:32.700><c> subscribe</c><00:19:33.460><c> to,</c>

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a<00:19:35.039><c> willing</c><00:19:35.720><c> separation</c><00:19:36.759><c> to</c><00:19:37.180><c> holiness.</c>

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So<00:19:39.599><c> sin</c><00:19:39.900><c> actively</c><00:19:40.819><c> being</c><00:19:41.440><c> put</c><00:19:41.920><c> outside</c><00:19:42.380><c> the</c><00:19:42.660><c> camp,</c>

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a<00:19:43.740><c> positive</c><00:19:44.160><c> principle</c><00:19:44.599><c> is</c><00:19:44.920><c> placed</c><00:19:45.660><c> in</c><00:19:46.119><c> its</c><00:19:46.519><c> stead,</c>

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which<00:19:47.339><c> is</c><00:19:47.599><c> that</c><00:19:47.819><c> of</c><00:19:48.039><c> the</c><00:19:48.299><c> Nazarite,</c>

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honoring<00:19:49.839><c> the</c><00:19:50.279><c> head,</c><00:19:51.059><c> the</c><00:19:51.180><c> Lord</c><00:19:51.380><c> Jesus</c><00:19:51.880><c> Christ,</c>

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separated<00:19:52.980><c> in</c><00:19:53.579><c> service</c><00:19:54.019><c> to</c><00:19:54.359><c> him</c><00:19:54.599><c> in</c><00:19:55.460><c> holiness.</c>

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That<00:19:56.700><c> was</c><00:19:57.000><c> the</c><00:19:57.200><c> ideal.</c>

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Then<00:19:59.460><c> Chapter</c><00:19:59.759><c> 7</c><00:20:00.339><c> is</c><00:20:00.839><c> the</c><00:20:01.019><c> description</c><00:20:01.480><c> of</c><00:20:01.720><c> how</c><00:20:02.019><c> the</c><00:20:02.920><c> heads</c><00:20:03.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:03.700><c> tribes</c><00:20:04.079><c> of</c><00:20:04.559><c> Israel</c>

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brought<00:20:06.140><c> offerings</c><00:20:06.960><c> that</c><00:20:07.579><c> were</c><00:20:07.920><c> not</c><00:20:08.279><c> prescribed</c><00:20:08.920><c> in</c><00:20:09.119><c> the</c><00:20:09.299><c> law.</c>

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And<00:20:11.240><c> Brother</c><00:20:11.440><c> Roberts</c><00:20:11.839><c> in</c><00:20:12.680><c> the</c><00:20:12.940><c> law</c><00:20:13.079><c> of</c><00:20:13.279><c> Moses</c><00:20:13.500><c> has</c><00:20:13.700><c> a</c><00:20:13.819><c> beautiful</c><00:20:14.240><c> chapter</c>

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on<00:20:15.380><c> Numbers,</c>

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it's<00:20:16.599><c> that</c><00:20:16.660><c> very</c><00:20:17.140><c> long</c><00:20:17.500><c> chapter</c><00:20:17.980><c> which</c><00:20:18.180><c> you</c><00:20:18.279><c> think,</c>

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oh,<00:20:19.180><c> it's</c><00:20:19.440><c> a</c><00:20:19.599><c> nightmare</c><00:20:19.839><c> chapter</c><00:20:20.240><c> to</c><00:20:20.519><c> read.</c>

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It's<00:20:21.720><c> repeated</c><00:20:22.140><c> 12</c><00:20:22.460><c> times</c><00:20:22.839><c> over.</c>

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All<00:20:23.700><c> the</c><00:20:23.940><c> offerings</c><00:20:24.240><c> of</c><00:20:24.440><c> each</c><00:20:24.700><c> tribe</c><00:20:24.940><c> are</c><00:20:25.160><c> listed.</c>

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They're<00:20:25.700><c> all</c><00:20:25.880><c> identical,</c><00:20:26.400><c> but</c><00:20:26.660><c> they're</c><00:20:26.940><c> all</c><00:20:27.140><c> repeated.</c>

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And<00:20:28.359><c> it</c><00:20:28.460><c> goes</c><00:20:28.680><c> to</c><00:20:28.880><c> 80</c><00:20:29.240><c> something</c><00:20:29.640><c> verses</c>

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and<00:20:30.900><c> you</c><00:20:31.039><c> just</c><00:20:31.240><c> hope</c><00:20:31.400><c> you</c><00:20:31.559><c> don't</c><00:20:31.740><c> get</c><00:20:31.859><c> to</c><00:20:32.039><c> read</c><00:20:32.160><c> that</c><00:20:32.359><c> on</c><00:20:32.539><c> a</c>

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Sunday<00:20:32.859><c> morning.</c>

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And<00:20:34.980><c> the</c><00:20:35.160><c> question</c><00:20:35.420><c> is,</c><00:20:35.700><c> well,</c><00:20:35.839><c> why</c><00:20:36.220><c> go</c><00:20:36.519><c> through</c><00:20:36.779><c> all</c><00:20:36.960><c> that</c><00:20:37.220><c> repetition?</c>

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Couldn't<00:20:38.460><c> he</c><00:20:38.640><c> just</c><00:20:38.859><c> say,</c><00:20:39.359><c> you</c><00:20:39.559><c> know,</c>

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after<00:20:39.940><c> the</c><00:20:40.180><c> first</c><00:20:40.480><c> and</c><00:20:40.880><c> all</c><00:20:41.119><c> the</c><00:20:41.279><c> other</c><00:20:41.460><c> tribes</c><00:20:41.660><c> brought</c><00:20:41.920><c> the</c><00:20:42.180><c> same?</c>

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You<00:20:42.779><c> know,</c><00:20:43.440><c> but</c><00:20:45.279><c> there's</c><00:20:45.680><c> point</c><00:20:45.859><c> in</c><00:20:46.019><c> that</c><00:20:46.279><c> repetition.</c>

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And<00:20:47.680><c> the</c><00:20:48.059><c> beautiful</c><00:20:48.460><c> point</c><00:20:48.720><c> that</c><00:20:48.900><c> Brother</c><00:20:49.059><c> Roberts</c><00:20:49.380><c> brings</c>

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out<00:20:49.880><c> in</c><00:20:50.019><c> the</c><00:20:50.160><c> law</c><00:20:50.259><c> of</c><00:20:50.480><c> Moses</c>

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is<00:20:52.559><c> that</c><00:20:52.779><c> God</c><00:20:53.019><c> was</c><00:20:53.339><c> emphasizing</c><00:20:54.160><c> his</c><00:20:55.220><c> willingness</c>

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to<00:20:56.779><c> accept</c><00:20:57.220><c> the</c><00:20:57.579><c> offerings</c><00:20:58.140><c> of</c><00:20:59.180><c> his</c><00:20:59.519><c> people</c><00:21:00.299><c> willingly</c><00:21:01.000><c> given.</c>

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And<00:21:03.339><c> even</c><00:21:03.559><c> though</c><00:21:03.779><c> it</c><00:21:03.819><c> was</c><00:21:04.059><c> not</c><00:21:04.299><c> laid</c><00:21:04.460><c> out</c><00:21:04.720><c> in</c><00:21:04.880><c> the</c><00:21:05.019><c> law</c><00:21:05.119><c> exactly</c><00:21:05.599><c> what</c>

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they<00:21:06.099><c> should</c><00:21:06.319><c> do,</c>

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and<00:21:07.319><c> that's</c><00:21:07.599><c> like</c><00:21:07.779><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:08.160><c> life</c><00:21:08.400><c> today</c><00:21:08.740><c> without</c><00:21:09.119><c> inspired</c><00:21:09.720><c> elders,</c>

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ecclesias<00:21:11.700><c> have</c><00:21:11.960><c> to</c><00:21:12.240><c> work</c><00:21:12.500><c> out</c><00:21:12.759><c> from</c><00:21:13.059><c> the</c><00:21:13.299><c> scriptures</c>

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what<00:21:14.220><c> the</c><00:21:14.460><c> best</c><00:21:14.700><c> thing</c><00:21:14.960><c> is</c><00:21:15.160><c> to</c><00:21:15.319><c> do</c><00:21:15.420><c> in</c><00:21:15.599><c> a</c><00:21:15.660><c> given</c><00:21:15.819><c> situation,</c>

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how<00:21:18.039><c> to</c><00:21:18.359><c> organize</c><00:21:18.900><c> themselves</c><00:21:19.720><c> and</c><00:21:19.980><c> so</c><00:21:20.200><c> on.</c>

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And<00:21:21.740><c> Numbers</c><00:21:22.059><c> chapter</c><00:21:22.460><c> seven</c><00:21:23.140><c> gives</c><00:21:23.460><c> us</c><00:21:23.740><c> a</c><00:21:24.140><c> precedent</c><00:21:24.759><c> for</c><00:21:25.039><c> that.</c>

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Even<00:21:26.000><c> in</c><00:21:26.480><c> the</c><00:21:26.700><c> time</c><00:21:26.920><c> when</c><00:21:27.220><c> law</c><00:21:27.539><c> was</c><00:21:27.859><c> given</c><00:21:28.079><c> in</c><00:21:28.380><c> abundance,</c>

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here<00:21:29.779><c> was</c><00:21:29.980><c> an</c><00:21:30.220><c> episode</c><00:21:30.599><c> where</c><00:21:30.859><c> the</c><00:21:31.079><c> princes</c><00:21:31.400><c> came</c><00:21:31.779><c> with</c><00:21:32.099><c> their</c>

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own<00:21:32.579><c> offerings.</c>

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They<00:21:33.019><c> brought</c><00:21:33.240><c> wagons</c><00:21:35.079><c> in</c><00:21:35.640><c> service.</c>

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And<00:21:36.880><c> God</c><00:21:37.359><c> says</c><00:21:37.619><c> to</c><00:21:37.819><c> Moses,</c><00:21:38.079><c> yes,</c><00:21:38.359><c> accept</c><00:21:38.880><c> these</c><00:21:39.220><c> things,</c>

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but<00:21:39.619><c> don't</c><00:21:39.900><c> give</c><00:21:40.079><c> the</c><00:21:40.339><c> wagons</c><00:21:40.619><c> to</c><00:21:40.819><c> the</c><00:21:41.059><c> Kohathites</c><00:21:41.519><c> because</c>

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I've<00:21:42.279><c> said</c>

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they've<00:21:42.779><c> got</c><00:21:42.880><c> to</c><00:21:43.099><c> carry</c><00:21:43.519><c> the</c><00:21:43.960><c> things</c><00:21:44.240><c> of</c><00:21:44.480><c> the</c><00:21:44.720><c> tabernacle</c><00:21:45.119><c> on</c>

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their<00:21:45.640><c> shoulder.</c>

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But<00:21:46.440><c> you</c><00:21:46.559><c> can</c><00:21:46.700><c> give</c><00:21:46.920><c> the</c><00:21:47.140><c> wagons</c><00:21:47.480><c> to</c><00:21:47.720><c> the</c><00:21:47.940><c> others.</c>

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I'll<00:21:49.480><c> accept</c><00:21:49.779><c> the</c><00:21:50.140><c> offerings</c><00:21:50.660><c> because</c><00:21:52.279><c> it's</c><00:21:52.799><c> done</c><00:21:53.000><c> in</c><00:21:53.200><c> the</c>

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right<00:21:53.599><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:21:54.640><c> it's</c><00:21:54.940><c> according</c><00:21:55.220><c> to</c><00:21:55.480><c> my</c><00:21:55.720><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:21:59.000><c> then</c><00:21:59.180><c> in</c><00:21:59.380><c> chapter</c><00:21:59.640><c> eight,</c><00:22:00.759><c> the</c><00:22:00.940><c> Levites</c><00:22:01.660><c> are</c><00:22:02.960><c> brought</c><00:22:03.259><c> as</c>

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living<00:22:04.079><c> sacrifices,</c>

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as<00:22:05.220><c> we</c><00:22:05.380><c> shall</c><00:22:05.579><c> see.</c>

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So<00:22:06.440><c> if</c><00:22:06.539><c> you're</c><00:22:06.680><c> willing</c><00:22:06.940><c> to</c><00:22:07.259><c> consider</c><00:22:07.599><c> this</c><00:22:07.859><c> approach</c><00:22:08.440><c> to</c>

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this<00:22:09.140><c> book,</c>

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taking<00:22:09.619><c> the</c><00:22:09.859><c> apostle</c><00:22:10.160><c> Paul's</c><00:22:11.079><c> cue</c><00:22:11.599><c> as</c><00:22:12.359><c> to</c><00:22:12.559><c> how</c><00:22:12.819><c> to</c><00:22:13.019><c> look</c><00:22:13.180><c> at</c><00:22:13.319><c> it,</c>

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it's<00:22:14.299><c> a</c><00:22:14.420><c> book</c><00:22:14.579><c> about</c><00:22:14.880><c> the</c><00:22:15.140><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:15.599><c> in</c><00:22:15.759><c> the</c><00:22:15.960><c> wilderness.</c>

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Let's<00:22:17.500><c> go</c><00:22:17.819><c> back</c><00:22:18.220><c> in</c><00:22:19.660><c> our</c><00:22:19.880><c> own</c><00:22:20.099><c> time</c><00:22:20.420><c> and</c><00:22:20.880><c> read</c><00:22:21.059><c> the</c><00:22:21.240><c> book</c><00:22:21.359><c> of</c><00:22:21.599><c> Numbers</c>

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and<00:22:22.420><c> see</c><00:22:22.660><c> if</c><00:22:22.799><c> we</c><00:22:23.140><c> can't</c><00:22:23.579><c> see</c><00:22:23.799><c> a</c><00:22:24.099><c> marvelous</c><00:22:24.500><c> sequence</c><00:22:25.079><c> of</c><00:22:25.460><c> thought</c>

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which<00:22:26.500><c> gives</c><00:22:26.779><c> us</c><00:22:27.160><c> a</c><00:22:27.539><c> perspective</c><00:22:28.319><c> on</c><00:22:28.920><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:29.480><c> life</c><00:22:29.799><c> today.</c>

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So<00:22:32.480><c> that</c><00:22:32.700><c> list</c><00:22:32.940><c> again</c><00:22:33.240><c> is</c><00:22:33.519><c> in</c><00:22:34.140><c> the</c><00:22:34.339><c> handout</c><00:22:34.700><c> and</c><00:22:35.599><c> you</c><00:22:35.779><c> can</c><00:22:35.960><c> have</c>

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that<00:22:36.740><c> in</c><00:22:37.000><c> a</c><00:22:37.099><c> little</c><00:22:37.299><c> while.</c>

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Let's<00:22:53.119><c> consider</c><00:22:53.500><c> now</c><00:22:53.700><c> then</c><00:22:53.900><c> why</c><00:22:54.259><c> was</c><00:22:54.599><c> the</c><00:22:54.859><c> Levites</c><00:22:55.420><c> as</c><00:22:55.779><c> a</c><00:22:56.019><c> tribe</c><00:22:56.279><c> which</c><00:22:56.619><c> were</c>

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singled<00:22:57.339><c> out</c>

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to<00:22:58.240><c> be</c><00:22:58.380><c> the</c><00:22:58.680><c> priestly</c><00:22:59.019><c> tribe</c><00:22:59.500><c> and</c><00:22:59.680><c> those</c><00:22:59.940><c> who</c><00:23:00.160><c> weren't</c><00:23:00.359><c> priests</c>

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were<00:23:01.380><c> to</c><00:23:01.559><c> be</c><00:23:01.759><c> helpers</c><00:23:02.480><c> of</c><00:23:02.759><c> the</c><00:23:03.019><c> priest.</c>

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We<00:23:04.539><c> go</c><00:23:04.680><c> back</c><00:23:05.000><c> to</c><00:23:05.319><c> Exodus</c><00:23:05.799><c> chapter</c><00:23:06.299><c> 32.</c>

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And<00:23:08.579><c> there</c><00:23:08.980><c> we</c><00:23:09.259><c> find</c><00:23:09.700><c> that</c><00:23:10.759><c> the</c><00:23:11.039><c> Levites</c><00:23:11.400><c> had</c><00:23:11.680><c> marked</c><00:23:11.940><c> themselves</c><00:23:12.700><c> out</c>

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as<00:23:13.839><c> a</c><00:23:14.019><c> very</c><00:23:14.400><c> special</c><00:23:14.940><c> group</c><00:23:15.220><c> of</c><00:23:15.579><c> people.</c>

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This<00:23:16.759><c> was</c><00:23:16.980><c> the</c><00:23:17.160><c> time</c><00:23:17.319><c> when</c><00:23:17.500><c> Moses</c><00:23:18.019><c> was</c><00:23:18.519><c> in</c><00:23:18.660><c> the</c><00:23:18.819><c> mount</c><00:23:18.980><c> receiving</c><00:23:19.480><c> the</c><00:23:19.799><c> law</c>

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and<00:23:20.519><c> the</c><00:23:20.680><c> children</c><00:23:20.920><c> of</c><00:23:21.099><c> Israel</c><00:23:22.440><c> created</c><00:23:24.380><c> an</c><00:23:24.779><c> idol</c><00:23:25.059><c> and</c><00:23:26.519><c> began</c>

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to<00:23:27.160><c> worship</c><00:23:28.019><c> that</c><00:23:28.839><c> idol,</c>

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the<00:23:30.599><c> golden</c><00:23:30.980><c> calf.</c>

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In<00:23:33.420><c> Exodus</c><00:23:33.720><c> 32</c><00:23:34.339><c> verse</c><00:23:34.759><c> 25,</c>

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And<00:23:37.900><c> when</c><00:23:38.079><c> Moses</c><00:23:38.460><c> saw</c><00:23:38.859><c> that</c><00:23:39.059><c> the</c><00:23:39.240><c> people</c><00:23:39.400><c> were</c><00:23:39.660><c> naked,</c>

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for<00:23:40.400><c> Aaron</c><00:23:40.700><c> had</c><00:23:40.940><c> made</c><00:23:41.119><c> them</c><00:23:41.359><c> naked</c><00:23:41.759><c> unto</c><00:23:41.980><c> their</c><00:23:42.339><c> shame</c><00:23:42.859><c> among</c>

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their<00:23:43.640><c> enemies,</c>

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then<00:23:45.380><c> Moses</c><00:23:45.819><c> stood</c><00:23:46.099><c> in</c><00:23:46.299><c> the</c><00:23:46.420><c> gate</c><00:23:46.539><c> of</c><00:23:46.740><c> the</c><00:23:46.920><c> camp</c><00:23:47.140><c> and</c><00:23:47.400><c> said,</c>

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Who<00:23:48.940><c> is</c><00:23:49.400><c> on</c><00:23:49.980><c> the</c><00:23:50.339><c> Lord's</c><00:23:50.940><c> side?</c>

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Let<00:23:52.039><c> him</c><00:23:52.380><c> come</c><00:23:53.079><c> unto</c><00:23:53.559><c> me.</c>

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And<00:23:54.980><c> all</c><00:23:55.279><c> the</c><00:23:55.519><c> sons</c><00:23:55.799><c> of</c><00:23:56.160><c> Levi</c><00:23:56.640><c> gathered</c><00:23:57.420><c> themselves</c><00:23:58.019><c> together</c>

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unto<00:23:59.700><c> him.</c>

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Who<00:24:01.539><c> is</c><00:24:02.240><c> on</c><00:24:02.779><c> the</c><00:24:03.059><c> Lord's</c><00:24:03.599><c> side?</c>

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And<00:24:05.079><c> that</c><00:24:05.380><c> was</c><00:24:06.079><c> the</c><00:24:06.440><c> principle</c><00:24:07.099><c> of</c><00:24:07.779><c> the</c><00:24:08.019><c> Levites.</c>

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That's<00:24:09.559><c> who</c><00:24:09.640><c> they</c><00:24:09.920><c> represent.</c>

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They<00:24:11.039><c> represent</c><00:24:11.519><c> people</c><00:24:11.980><c> who</c><00:24:12.259><c> when</c><00:24:12.539><c> the</c><00:24:12.859><c> challenge</c><00:24:13.220><c> comes</c>

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to<00:24:14.539><c> choose</c><00:24:14.940><c> between</c><00:24:15.480><c> ways</c><00:24:15.779><c> of</c><00:24:16.099><c> life,</c>

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when<00:24:17.480><c> the</c><00:24:17.759><c> cry</c><00:24:17.900><c> comes</c><00:24:18.160><c> out</c><00:24:18.400><c> who</c><00:24:18.759><c> is</c><00:24:19.059><c> on</c><00:24:19.319><c> Yahweh's</c><00:24:19.920><c> side,</c>

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immediately<00:24:22.480><c> they</c><00:24:23.079><c> respond.</c>

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And<00:24:24.680><c> it's</c><00:24:24.960><c> quite</c><00:24:25.140><c> interesting</c><00:24:25.799><c> to</c><00:24:26.160><c> go</c><00:24:26.359><c> back</c><00:24:26.559><c> to</c><00:24:26.700><c> verse</c><00:24:26.880><c> 25</c>

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and<00:24:28.039><c> look</c><00:24:28.259><c> in</c><00:24:28.400><c> the</c><00:24:28.579><c> margin</c><00:24:28.880><c> of</c><00:24:29.039><c> the</c><00:24:29.259><c> authorized</c><00:24:29.640><c> day</c><00:24:29.900><c> and</c><00:24:30.019><c> it</c><00:24:30.240><c> says,</c>

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Aaron<00:24:31.240><c> had</c><00:24:31.500><c> made</c><00:24:31.720><c> them</c><00:24:32.000><c> naked</c><00:24:32.680><c> unto</c><00:24:33.119><c> their</c><00:24:33.579><c> shame</c><00:24:34.259><c> among</c>

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their<00:24:36.019><c> enemies.</c>

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Among<00:24:38.299><c> their</c><00:24:38.839><c> enemies.</c>

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Now<00:24:39.640><c> who</c><00:24:39.779><c> were</c><00:24:39.980><c> these</c><00:24:40.259><c> enemies</c><00:24:40.940><c> of</c><00:24:41.740><c> the</c><00:24:42.380><c> children</c><00:24:42.640><c> of</c><00:24:42.900><c> Israel</c>

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who<00:24:43.839><c> were</c><00:24:44.319><c> ashamed</c><00:24:45.180><c> of</c><00:24:45.839><c> them?</c>

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And<00:24:49.460><c> the</c><00:24:49.720><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:50.019><c> for</c><00:24:50.539><c> their</c><00:24:50.900><c> enemies</c><00:24:51.460><c> in</c><00:24:52.039><c> the</c><00:24:52.240><c> margin</c><00:24:52.579><c> is</c><00:24:52.819><c> those</c><00:24:53.380><c> that</c><00:24:53.799><c> rose</c><00:24:54.200><c> up</c>

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against<00:24:54.940><c> them.</c>

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Well,<00:24:55.839><c> that</c><00:24:56.000><c> was</c><00:24:56.200><c> the</c><00:24:56.400><c> Levites,</c><00:24:56.839><c> wasn't</c><00:24:57.059><c> it?</c>

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It<00:24:57.640><c> was</c><00:24:57.880><c> the</c><00:24:58.140><c> Levites</c><00:24:58.559><c> who</c><00:24:58.740><c> rose</c><00:24:59.059><c> up</c><00:24:59.400><c> against</c><00:24:59.940><c> the</c><00:25:00.200><c> children</c>

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of<00:25:00.680><c> Israel.</c>

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Aaron<00:25:02.019><c> had</c><00:25:02.319><c> made</c><00:25:02.539><c> them</c><00:25:02.779><c> naked</c><00:25:03.279><c> unto</c><00:25:04.660><c> their</c><00:25:05.140><c> shame</c><00:25:05.779><c> among</c><00:25:06.559><c> the</c><00:25:06.839><c> Levites.</c>

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In<00:25:07.740><c> other</c><00:25:07.900><c> words,</c><00:25:08.200><c> the</c><00:25:08.339><c> Levites</c><00:25:08.720><c> were</c><00:25:08.900><c> not</c><00:25:09.140><c> participating</c><00:25:09.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:11.259><c> revelry</c><00:25:11.680><c> that</c><00:25:11.819><c> was</c><00:25:12.039><c> going</c><00:25:12.299><c> on</c>

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but<00:25:13.359><c> felt</c><00:25:13.640><c> ashamed</c><00:25:14.240><c> of</c><00:25:14.480><c> their</c><00:25:14.720><c> brethren.</c>

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So<00:25:16.799><c> when</c><00:25:17.079><c> the</c><00:25:17.339><c> call</c><00:25:17.519><c> came</c><00:25:18.099><c> who</c><00:25:18.500><c> was</c><00:25:18.740><c> on</c><00:25:19.000><c> Yahweh's</c><00:25:19.559><c> side,</c>

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they<00:25:19.759><c> had</c><00:25:19.980><c> already</c><00:25:20.460><c> made</c><00:25:20.759><c> that</c><00:25:21.059><c> decision</c><00:25:21.799><c> and</c><00:25:23.279><c> merely</c><00:25:23.559><c> lined</c><00:25:23.960><c> up</c>

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in<00:25:26.839><c> the</c><00:25:27.000><c> battalions</c><00:25:27.900><c> of</c><00:25:28.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:29.839><c> to</c><00:25:30.160><c> go</c><00:25:30.359><c> out</c><00:25:30.619><c> to</c><00:25:30.839><c> fight</c><00:25:31.160><c> the</c><00:25:31.740><c> battle</c><00:25:32.420><c> that</c><00:25:33.140><c> was</c><00:25:33.740><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:34.420><c> waged.</c>

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And<00:25:37.619><c> verse</c><00:25:37.839><c> 29</c><00:25:38.380><c> tells</c><00:25:38.680><c> us</c><00:25:38.839><c> what</c><00:25:38.980><c> Moses</c><00:25:39.279><c> had</c><00:25:39.559><c> commanded</c><00:25:39.839><c> them</c>

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to<00:25:40.240><c> do.</c>

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It<00:25:40.519><c> says,</c><00:25:40.819><c> and</c><00:25:40.940><c> Moses</c><00:25:41.319><c> had</c><00:25:41.640><c> said,</c><00:25:42.160><c> consecrate</c><00:25:42.859><c> yourselves</c><00:25:43.480><c> today</c><00:25:44.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:44.960><c> Lord,</c>

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even<00:25:46.380><c> every</c><00:25:46.980><c> man</c><00:25:47.440><c> upon</c><00:25:47.759><c> his</c><00:25:48.180><c> son</c><00:25:48.599><c> and</c><00:25:49.079><c> upon</c><00:25:49.339><c> his</c><00:25:49.700><c> brother,</c>

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that<00:25:50.920><c> he</c><00:25:51.119><c> may</c><00:25:51.380><c> bestow</c><00:25:51.880><c> upon</c><00:25:52.160><c> you</c><00:25:52.579><c> a</c><00:25:52.859><c> blessing</c><00:25:53.460><c> this</c><00:25:54.039><c> day.</c>

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:57.259
Now<00:25:55.380><c> that</c><00:25:55.640><c> was</c><00:25:56.000><c> quite</c><00:25:56.339><c> some</c><00:25:56.720><c> command.</c>

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They<00:25:57.759><c> went</c><00:25:58.059><c> out</c><00:25:58.420><c> and</c><00:25:58.579><c> they</c><00:25:58.799><c> were</c><00:25:59.000><c> to</c><00:25:59.220><c> be</c><00:26:00.160><c> indiscriminate</c><00:26:01.519><c> in</c>

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their<00:26:02.279><c> judgments</c>

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in<00:26:04.220><c> relation</c><00:26:04.640><c> to</c><00:26:04.940><c> family</c><00:26:05.420><c> or</c><00:26:05.859><c> friendship</c><00:26:06.420><c> ties.</c>

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:10.299
When<00:26:08.099><c> they</c><00:26:08.359><c> went</c><00:26:08.640><c> out</c><00:26:08.900><c> to</c><00:26:09.160><c> apply</c><00:26:09.480><c> this</c><00:26:09.819><c> rule,</c>

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.980
it<00:26:10.680><c> didn't</c><00:26:10.920><c> matter</c><00:26:11.220><c> who</c><00:26:11.579><c> was</c><00:26:11.819><c> committing</c><00:26:12.119><c> idolatry,</c>

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they<00:26:13.519><c> were</c><00:26:13.779><c> the</c><00:26:13.920><c> ones</c><00:26:14.440><c> that</c><00:26:14.799><c> had</c><00:26:14.980><c> to</c><00:26:15.099><c> be</c><00:26:15.279><c> targeted.</c>

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If<00:26:16.960><c> they</c><00:26:17.180><c> knew</c><00:26:17.380><c> them</c><00:26:17.660><c> well</c><00:26:17.900><c> or</c><00:26:18.079><c> they</c><00:26:18.180><c> were</c><00:26:18.359><c> their</c><00:26:18.579><c> best</c><00:26:18.920><c> friend,</c>

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:21.259
they<00:26:19.380><c> were</c><00:26:19.519><c> their</c><00:26:19.759><c> family,</c><00:26:20.460><c> it</c><00:26:20.619><c> mattered</c><00:26:20.920><c> not.</c>

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The<00:26:21.720><c> truth</c><00:26:21.880><c> came</c><00:26:22.200><c> first.</c>

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They<00:26:22.960><c> had</c><00:26:23.200><c> to</c><00:26:23.440><c> love</c><00:26:23.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:24.119><c> more</c><00:26:24.579><c> than</c><00:26:24.759><c> mother,</c><00:26:25.140><c> father,</c><00:26:25.579><c> brother,</c><00:26:26.000><c> sister,</c><00:26:27.319><c> and</c>

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so<00:26:27.759><c> on.</c>

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And<00:26:29.019><c> that</c><00:26:29.140><c> was</c><00:26:29.400><c> the</c><00:26:29.660><c> call</c><00:26:29.980><c> that</c><00:26:30.480><c> came</c><00:26:30.759><c> to</c><00:26:31.059><c> them.</c>

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And<00:26:31.880><c> because</c><00:26:32.259><c> of</c><00:26:32.519><c> that,</c><00:26:33.579><c> they</c><00:26:33.799><c> were</c><00:26:34.079><c> a</c><00:26:34.299><c> tribe</c><00:26:34.640><c> ideally</c><00:26:35.319><c> suited</c>

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:38.740
to<00:26:36.559><c> the</c><00:26:36.819><c> role</c><00:26:37.059><c> that</c><00:26:37.279><c> they</c><00:26:37.400><c> would</c><00:26:37.599><c> be</c><00:26:37.819><c> given.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:26:40.099><c> chapter</c><00:26:40.539><c> 33</c><00:26:41.500><c> describes</c><00:26:42.380><c> for</c><00:26:42.599><c> us</c><00:26:42.880><c> one</c><00:26:43.099><c> of</c><00:26:43.279><c> the</c><00:26:44.900><c> roles</c><00:26:45.299><c> that</c><00:26:45.619><c> the</c><00:26:45.819><c> tribe</c><00:26:46.019><c> of</c>

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Levi<00:26:46.539><c> would</c><00:26:46.920><c> have</c>

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when<00:26:48.559><c> Israel</c><00:26:48.880><c> came</c><00:26:49.180><c> into</c><00:26:49.440><c> the</c><00:26:49.680><c> land.</c>

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It<00:26:50.299><c> wasn't</c><00:26:50.579><c> just</c><00:26:50.900><c> that</c><00:26:51.140><c> they</c><00:26:51.380><c> were</c><00:26:52.660><c> helpers</c><00:26:53.180><c> to</c><00:26:53.359><c> the</c><00:26:53.519><c> high</c><00:26:53.799><c> priest</c>

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in<00:26:54.500><c> the</c><00:26:54.859><c> work</c><00:26:55.079><c> of</c><00:26:55.599><c> the</c><00:26:55.819><c> tabernacle</c><00:26:56.299><c> and</c><00:26:56.619><c> ultimately</c><00:26:57.099><c> the</c><00:26:57.420><c> temple,</c>

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they<00:26:58.339><c> also</c><00:26:58.859><c> were</c><00:26:59.079><c> going</c><00:26:59.220><c> to</c><00:26:59.380><c> be</c><00:26:59.579><c> ministers</c><00:27:00.140><c> of</c><00:27:00.400><c> the</c><00:27:00.599><c> word</c><00:27:00.779><c> of</c><00:27:01.059><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:03.079><c> they</c><00:27:03.200><c> were</c><00:27:03.400><c> going</c><00:27:03.539><c> to</c><00:27:04.180><c> be</c><00:27:04.319><c> the</c><00:27:04.599><c> judges</c><00:27:05.079><c> of</c><00:27:05.380><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:27:07.839><c> in</c><00:27:08.059><c> verse</c><00:27:08.500><c> 8</c><00:27:09.619><c> of</c><00:27:09.779><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:10.180><c> 33</c><00:27:10.619><c> says,</c>

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And<00:27:11.140><c> of</c><00:27:11.440><c> Levi</c><00:27:11.900><c> he</c><00:27:12.660><c> said,</c>

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Let<00:27:13.920><c> thy</c><00:27:14.279><c> thumbim</c><00:27:14.839><c> and</c><00:27:15.140><c> thy</c><00:27:15.400><c> urim</c><00:27:15.700><c> be</c><00:27:15.940><c> with</c><00:27:16.480><c> thy</c><00:27:16.900><c> holy</c><00:27:17.279><c> one,</c>

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whom<00:27:18.140><c> thou</c><00:27:18.359><c> didst</c><00:27:18.759><c> prove</c><00:27:18.900><c> at</c><00:27:19.160><c> Massa,</c>

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and<00:27:20.180><c> with</c><00:27:20.339><c> whom</c><00:27:20.440><c> thou</c><00:27:20.619><c> didst</c><00:27:21.000><c> strive</c><00:27:21.220><c> at</c><00:27:21.420><c> the</c><00:27:21.559><c> waters</c><00:27:21.859><c> of</c><00:27:22.140><c> Meribah,</c>

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:26.480
who<00:27:23.359><c> said</c><00:27:23.700><c> unto</c><00:27:24.000><c> his</c><00:27:24.400><c> father</c><00:27:24.960><c> and</c><00:27:25.500><c> to</c><00:27:25.759><c> his</c><00:27:26.059><c> mother,</c>

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I<00:27:27.059><c> have</c><00:27:27.339><c> not</c><00:27:27.619><c> seen</c><00:27:27.880><c> him,</c><00:27:28.680><c> neither</c><00:27:29.000><c> did</c><00:27:29.259><c> he</c><00:27:29.779><c> acknowledge</c><00:27:30.680><c> his</c>

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brethren<00:27:31.819><c> nor</c><00:27:32.740><c> knew</c><00:27:33.000><c> his</c><00:27:33.339><c> own</c><00:27:33.640><c> children.</c>

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Now<00:27:35.220><c> what's</c><00:27:35.440><c> that</c><00:27:35.700><c> referring</c><00:27:36.079><c> to?</c>

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Is<00:27:37.420><c> that</c><00:27:37.700><c> a</c><00:27:37.980><c> reference</c><00:27:38.319><c> to</c><00:27:38.700><c> Exodus</c><00:27:39.039><c> 32,</c>

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:43.599
to<00:27:40.319><c> the</c><00:27:40.519><c> command</c><00:27:40.859><c> that</c><00:27:41.099><c> Moses</c><00:27:41.440><c> had</c><00:27:41.740><c> given</c><00:27:42.000><c> in</c><00:27:42.319><c> verse</c><00:27:42.599><c> 29?</c>

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Consecrate<00:27:45.500><c> yourselves</c><00:27:45.960><c> today</c><00:27:46.339><c> even</c><00:27:46.859><c> every</c><00:27:47.339><c> man</c><00:27:47.619><c> upon</c><00:27:47.900><c> his</c>

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:50.279
son<00:27:48.500><c> and</c><00:27:48.740><c> upon</c><00:27:48.900><c> his</c><00:27:49.200><c> brother?</c>

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:55.019
Is<00:27:51.740><c> it</c><00:27:51.960><c> saying</c><00:27:52.200><c> that</c><00:27:52.380><c> they</c><00:27:52.579><c> went</c><00:27:52.839><c> out</c><00:27:53.099><c> and</c><00:27:53.259><c> were</c><00:27:53.519><c> impartial</c><00:27:54.599><c> in</c>

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.299
their<00:27:55.220><c> judgments,</c>

00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:01.599
for<00:27:56.799><c> they</c><00:27:57.160><c> have</c><00:27:57.400><c> observed</c><00:27:58.039><c> thy</c><00:27:58.440><c> word</c><00:27:58.920><c> and</c><00:27:59.480><c> kept</c><00:28:00.059><c> thy</c><00:28:00.640><c> commandment?</c>

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:04.220
Because<00:28:02.200><c> that</c><00:28:02.440><c> was</c><00:28:02.619><c> the</c><00:28:02.799><c> principle</c><00:28:03.140><c> of</c><00:28:03.400><c> judgment</c><00:28:03.680><c> in</c><00:28:03.859><c> Israel.</c>

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:07.619
God<00:28:04.819><c> hated</c><00:28:06.000><c> false</c><00:28:06.960><c> judgments.</c>

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:12.180
God<00:28:08.319><c> hated</c><00:28:09.059><c> judgments</c><00:28:09.720><c> biased</c><00:28:10.599><c> by</c><00:28:11.119><c> family</c><00:28:11.680><c> ties,</c>

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:14.380
or<00:28:12.619><c> by</c><00:28:12.819><c> the</c><00:28:13.039><c> possibility</c><00:28:13.599><c> of</c><00:28:13.940><c> reward,</c>

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:16.980
or<00:28:14.779><c> by</c><00:28:15.059><c> respect</c><00:28:15.599><c> of</c><00:28:15.880><c> persons.</c>

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:20.359
His<00:28:17.759><c> judgment</c><00:28:18.220><c> was</c><00:28:18.599><c> impartial</c><00:28:19.440><c> and</c><00:28:19.819><c> righteous,</c>

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:23.519
so<00:28:20.779><c> that</c><00:28:20.960><c> the</c><00:28:21.240><c> poor</c><00:28:21.519><c> and</c><00:28:21.900><c> the</c><00:28:22.200><c> stranger</c><00:28:22.539><c> and</c><00:28:22.759><c> the</c><00:28:23.039><c> father</c><00:28:23.319><c> and</c>

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.039
the<00:28:23.740><c> widow</c>

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:28.339
would<00:28:24.460><c> have</c><00:28:24.680><c> equal</c><00:28:25.200><c> right</c><00:28:25.720><c> to</c><00:28:26.140><c> justice</c><00:28:26.779><c> in</c><00:28:27.200><c> the</c><00:28:27.420><c> land.</c>

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:32.880
And<00:28:29.420><c> who</c><00:28:29.579><c> better</c><00:28:29.819><c> to</c><00:28:30.140><c> choose</c><00:28:30.539><c> to</c><00:28:30.799><c> administer</c><00:28:31.400><c> such</c><00:28:31.819><c> wonderful</c><00:28:32.319><c> principles</c>

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:36.819
than<00:28:33.319><c> a</c><00:28:33.599><c> tribe</c><00:28:33.839><c> would</c><00:28:34.099><c> mark</c><00:28:34.460><c> themselves</c><00:28:34.960><c> out</c><00:28:35.200><c> from</c><00:28:35.400><c> the</c><00:28:35.460><c> very</c><00:28:35.740><c> beginning?</c>

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:40.460
As<00:28:37.940><c> a</c><00:28:38.160><c> tribe</c><00:28:38.460><c> on</c><00:28:39.000><c> Yahweh's</c><00:28:39.619><c> side.</c>

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:48.099
That<00:28:44.859><c> command,</c><00:28:46.700><c> who</c><00:28:46.900><c> is</c><00:28:47.079><c> on</c><00:28:47.259><c> the</c><00:28:47.420><c> Lord's</c><00:28:47.920><c> side,</c>

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:54.440
is<00:28:48.460><c> in</c><00:28:49.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:49.319><c> a</c><00:28:49.539><c> very</c><00:28:50.200><c> abrupt</c><00:28:50.880><c> three</c><00:28:52.440><c>-word</c><00:28:53.700><c> sentence.</c>

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:58.000
We<00:28:55.140><c> can't</c><00:28:55.420><c> actually</c><00:28:55.759><c> say</c><00:28:55.920><c> it</c><00:28:56.539><c> in</c><00:28:56.859><c> English</c><00:28:57.200><c> in</c><00:28:57.440><c> that</c><00:28:57.660><c> way.</c>

00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:01.099
It's<00:28:58.660><c> who,</c><00:28:59.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:00.220><c> me.</c>

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:04.140
Who<00:29:01.319><c> is</c><00:29:01.839><c> who</c><00:29:02.220><c> for</c><00:29:02.460><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:02.940><c> to</c><00:29:03.180><c> me.</c>

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:07.599
It's<00:29:05.160><c> thought</c><00:29:05.359><c> of</c><00:29:05.579><c> as</c><00:29:05.720><c> a</c><00:29:05.839><c> sort</c><00:29:05.980><c> of</c><00:29:06.059><c> military</c><00:29:06.519><c> command.</c>

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:13.400
Shouted<00:29:08.339><c> out</c><00:29:09.599><c> a</c><00:29:10.279><c> minimum</c><00:29:10.680><c> of</c><00:29:11.200><c> words</c><00:29:11.700><c> to</c><00:29:12.539><c> a</c><00:29:13.019><c> people</c>

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:16.519
that<00:29:13.839><c> would</c><00:29:14.099><c> listen</c><00:29:14.420><c> and</c><00:29:14.819><c> respond</c><00:29:15.299><c> immediately.</c>

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:21.539
And<00:29:17.119><c> that</c><00:29:17.259><c> gives</c><00:29:17.400><c> us</c><00:29:17.660><c> the</c><00:29:17.819><c> idea</c><00:29:18.140><c> of</c><00:29:18.440><c> the</c><00:29:18.700><c> Levites</c><00:29:19.019><c> as</c><00:29:19.359><c> a</c><00:29:19.660><c> warrior</c><00:29:20.279><c> tribe.</c>

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:23.460
But<00:29:21.839><c> we've</c><00:29:22.140><c> seen</c><00:29:22.220><c> from</c><00:29:22.400><c> Numbers</c><00:29:22.720><c> chapter</c><00:29:23.099><c> one,</c>

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:27.359
not<00:29:23.839><c> to</c><00:29:24.000><c> go</c><00:29:24.140><c> out</c><00:29:24.319><c> and</c><00:29:24.599><c> fight</c><00:29:24.819><c> the</c><00:29:25.140><c> physical</c><00:29:25.640><c> battles</c><00:29:26.160><c> of</c><00:29:26.380><c> Israel,</c>

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:34.279
but<00:29:28.640><c> to</c><00:29:29.240><c> wage</c><00:29:29.539><c> a</c><00:29:29.940><c> warfare</c><00:29:30.720><c> against</c><00:29:31.619><c> sin</c><00:29:32.299><c> in</c><00:29:32.980><c> the</c><00:29:33.200><c> very</c><00:29:33.660><c> heart</c>

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.960
of<00:29:34.819><c> the</c><00:29:35.019><c> nation.</c>

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:42.740
For<00:29:38.019><c> they</c><00:29:38.299><c> were</c><00:29:38.500><c> the</c><00:29:38.720><c> tribe</c><00:29:39.319><c> that</c><00:29:39.900><c> provided</c><00:29:40.519><c> the</c><00:29:41.319><c> guards</c><00:29:41.940><c> for</c>

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.619
the<00:29:43.019><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:46.059
They<00:29:44.380><c> camped</c><00:29:44.940><c> around</c><00:29:45.259><c> the</c><00:29:45.539><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:49.160
They<00:29:46.339><c> protected</c><00:29:46.859><c> it,</c><00:29:47.339><c> they</c><00:29:47.619><c> preserved</c><00:29:48.099><c> it,</c><00:29:48.519><c> they</c><00:29:48.779><c> watched</c>

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.799
over<00:29:49.519><c> it.</c>

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:53.819
They<00:29:50.259><c> ensured</c><00:29:50.779><c> its</c><00:29:51.220><c> security</c><00:29:51.799><c> for</c><00:29:52.380><c> that</c><00:29:52.700><c> tabernacle</c>

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:58.140
was<00:29:54.200><c> the</c><00:29:54.380><c> means</c><00:29:54.660><c> by</c><00:29:54.940><c> which</c><00:29:55.160><c> the</c><00:29:55.460><c> sins</c><00:29:55.759><c> of</c><00:29:55.920><c> Israel</c><00:29:56.559><c> could</c><00:29:56.940><c> be</c><00:29:57.200><c> conquered.</c>

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:03.740
And<00:29:59.680><c> they</c><00:29:59.900><c> were</c><00:30:00.160><c> there</c><00:30:00.440><c> to</c><00:30:00.680><c> be</c><00:30:01.420><c> servants</c><00:30:02.140><c> to</c><00:30:02.740><c> the</c><00:30:02.900><c> high</c><00:30:03.259><c> priest,</c>

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:08.920
to<00:30:04.519><c> do</c><00:30:04.680><c> his</c><00:30:04.900><c> every</c><00:30:05.400><c> bidding</c><00:30:05.880><c> that</c><00:30:07.119><c> the</c><00:30:07.400><c> nation</c><00:30:08.019><c> might</c><00:30:08.500><c> conquer</c>

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:12.019
that<00:30:09.359><c> sin</c><00:30:09.700><c> which</c><00:30:10.259><c> so</c><00:30:10.579><c> easily</c><00:30:11.000><c> beset</c><00:30:11.460><c> them.</c>

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:18.079
Their<00:30:12.680><c> warfare</c><00:30:13.319><c> was</c><00:30:13.859><c> on</c><00:30:14.079><c> a</c><00:30:14.319><c> higher</c><00:30:14.660><c> plane,</c><00:30:16.519><c> a</c><00:30:16.680><c> more</c><00:30:17.039><c> arduous</c>

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:23.019
soldiery<00:30:20.559><c> than</c><00:30:20.759><c> those</c><00:30:21.099><c> who</c><00:30:21.299><c> went</c><00:30:21.460><c> out</c><00:30:21.720><c> to</c><00:30:21.900><c> fight</c><00:30:22.079><c> the</c><00:30:22.400><c> Canaanites</c><00:30:22.839><c> would</c>

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:24.319
ever<00:30:23.400><c> know.</c>

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:30.700
The<00:30:25.160><c> warfare</c><00:30:25.740><c> against</c><00:30:26.579><c> sin</c><00:30:27.079><c> in</c><00:30:27.880><c> the</c><00:30:28.079><c> very</c><00:30:28.400><c> heart</c><00:30:29.019><c> of</c><00:30:29.579><c> the</c><00:30:29.759><c> nation.</c>

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:37.019
And<00:30:32.339><c> that's</c><00:30:33.259><c> really</c><00:30:33.680><c> how</c><00:30:34.299><c> we</c><00:30:34.559><c> should</c><00:30:34.759><c> look</c><00:30:35.259><c> upon</c><00:30:35.819><c> the</c><00:30:36.059><c> Levites.</c>

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:50.259
In<00:30:44.279><c> chapter</c><00:30:44.619><c> three,</c><00:30:45.140><c> we're</c><00:30:46.160><c> given</c><00:30:46.160><c> a</c><00:30:47.700><c> sequence</c><00:30:48.220><c> which</c><00:30:49.700><c> helps</c>

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.299
us<00:30:50.579><c> understand</c>

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:55.940
the<00:30:51.680><c> way</c><00:30:51.819><c> in</c><00:30:51.940><c> which</c><00:30:52.119><c> Israel</c><00:30:52.920><c> were</c><00:30:53.339><c> to</c><00:30:53.660><c> consider</c><00:30:54.579><c> the</c><00:30:55.559><c> role</c><00:30:55.720><c> of</c>

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.240
the<00:30:56.099><c> Levites.</c>

00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:03.480
The<00:30:58.519><c> death</c><00:30:58.819><c> of</c><00:30:59.039><c> the</c><00:30:59.259><c> firstborn</c><00:30:59.799><c> in</c><00:31:00.019><c> Egypt</c><00:31:00.460><c> had</c><00:31:00.819><c> made</c><00:31:01.079><c> the</c><00:31:01.380><c> point</c><00:31:01.740><c> that</c>

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:06.599
human<00:31:04.259><c> existence</c><00:31:04.980><c> was</c><00:31:05.359><c> entirely</c><00:31:05.960><c> dependent</c>

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:08.779
upon<00:31:07.099><c> the</c><00:31:07.940><c> mercy</c><00:31:08.299><c> of</c><00:31:08.579><c> God.</c>

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:11.839
The<00:31:09.099><c> nations</c><00:31:09.660><c> were</c><00:31:10.019><c> told</c><00:31:10.279><c> that</c><00:31:10.539><c> God</c><00:31:10.799><c> was</c><00:31:11.079><c> in</c><00:31:11.339><c> control.</c>

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:17.279
The<00:31:12.480><c> firstborn</c><00:31:13.079><c> represented</c><00:31:13.819><c> the</c><00:31:14.279><c> preeminence</c><00:31:15.019><c> of</c><00:31:15.720><c> the</c><00:31:15.980><c> family,</c><00:31:16.940><c> the</c>

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.920
strength<00:31:17.859><c> of</c><00:31:18.539><c> the</c><00:31:18.819><c> family,</c>

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:23.500
upon<00:31:20.259><c> whom</c><00:31:20.619><c> the</c><00:31:21.039><c> future</c><00:31:21.380><c> of</c><00:31:21.619><c> the</c><00:31:21.839><c> family</c><00:31:22.240><c> depended.</c>

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:27.859
It<00:31:24.079><c> represented</c><00:31:24.720><c> the</c><00:31:25.059><c> future</c><00:31:25.480><c> and</c><00:31:26.000><c> the</c><00:31:26.279><c> strength</c><00:31:26.559><c> of</c><00:31:26.779><c> the</c><00:31:26.920><c> nation.</c>

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:31.200
And<00:31:28.119><c> by</c><00:31:28.480><c> slaying</c><00:31:28.819><c> the</c><00:31:29.119><c> firstborn,</c><00:31:29.920><c> God</c><00:31:30.119><c> was</c><00:31:30.420><c> saying</c><00:31:30.619><c> that</c><00:31:30.900><c> all</c>

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:33.599
human<00:31:31.519><c> life</c><00:31:31.900><c> belonged</c><00:31:32.339><c> to</c><00:31:32.599><c> him.</c>

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:39.140
And<00:31:34.619><c> he</c><00:31:34.720><c> would</c><00:31:34.960><c> allow</c><00:31:35.240><c> men</c><00:31:35.779><c> to</c><00:31:36.339><c> continue</c><00:31:36.819><c> upon</c><00:31:37.359><c> certain</c><00:31:37.859><c> principles</c>

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:42.059
which<00:31:39.619><c> were</c><00:31:39.819><c> embodied</c><00:31:40.180><c> in</c><00:31:40.380><c> the</c><00:31:40.640><c> Passover</c><00:31:41.079><c> lamb.</c>

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:46.779
And<00:31:43.400><c> that</c><00:31:43.599><c> Passover</c><00:31:44.079><c> lamb</c><00:31:44.440><c> emphasized</c><00:31:45.200><c> that</c><00:31:45.579><c> the</c><00:31:45.960><c> firstborn</c>

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.480
belonged<00:31:47.680><c> to</c><00:31:48.079><c> God.</c>

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:51.799
The<00:31:49.200><c> firstborn</c><00:31:50.200><c> had</c><00:31:50.759><c> to</c><00:31:51.079><c> be</c><00:31:51.380><c> redeemed.</c>

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.500
It<00:31:51.920><c> was</c><00:31:52.579><c> God's.</c>

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:58.250
And<00:31:55.480><c> if</c><00:31:55.599><c> it</c><00:31:55.720><c> was</c><00:31:55.940><c> not</c><00:31:56.099><c> to</c><00:31:56.240><c> be</c><00:31:56.480><c> redeemed,</c><00:31:56.799><c> it</c><00:31:56.880><c> was</c><00:31:57.079><c> to</c><00:31:57.220><c> be</c><00:31:57.460><c> slain.</c>

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:02.480
In<00:31:59.799><c> Numbers</c><00:32:00.180><c> chapter</c><00:32:00.519><c> three,</c><00:32:00.880><c> we</c><00:32:01.059><c> have</c><00:32:01.180><c> a</c><00:32:01.299><c> very</c><00:32:01.640><c> interesting</c>

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:05.220
development<00:32:03.519><c> of</c><00:32:04.380><c> thought.</c>

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:12.920
In<00:32:08.039><c> verse</c><00:32:08.319><c> 40</c><00:32:08.920><c> of</c><00:32:09.240><c> Numbers</c><00:32:09.680><c> three,</c><00:32:11.779><c> it</c><00:32:11.980><c> says,</c>

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:18.759
And<00:32:14.319><c> the</c><00:32:14.480><c> Lord</c><00:32:14.700><c> said</c><00:32:14.980><c> unto</c><00:32:15.180><c> Moses,</c><00:32:16.140><c> Number</c><00:32:16.460><c> all</c><00:32:16.799><c> the</c><00:32:17.099><c> firstborn</c><00:32:17.779><c> of</c><00:32:18.000><c> the</c><00:32:18.279><c> males</c>

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:22.940
of<00:32:18.980><c> the</c><00:32:19.200><c> children</c><00:32:19.519><c> of</c><00:32:19.680><c> Israel</c><00:32:20.259><c> from</c><00:32:20.779><c> a</c><00:32:21.140><c> month</c><00:32:21.400><c> old</c><00:32:21.740><c> and</c><00:32:21.980><c> upward,</c>

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:25.279
and<00:32:23.640><c> take</c><00:32:23.819><c> the</c><00:32:24.119><c> number</c><00:32:24.480><c> of</c><00:32:24.819><c> their</c><00:32:25.039><c> names.</c>

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:28.660
Now<00:32:25.559><c> notice</c><00:32:25.920><c> this</c><00:32:26.519><c> is</c><00:32:26.779><c> a</c><00:32:27.019><c> different</c><00:32:27.299><c> numbering</c><00:32:27.880><c> from</c><00:32:28.099><c> chapter</c><00:32:28.480><c> one.</c>

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:33.740
Chapter<00:32:29.079><c> one</c><00:32:29.680><c> was</c><00:32:29.980><c> a</c><00:32:30.200><c> numbering</c><00:32:30.579><c> of</c><00:32:30.859><c> all</c><00:32:31.259><c> the</c><00:32:31.559><c> males</c><00:32:32.019><c> from</c><00:32:33.319><c> 20</c>

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.440
years<00:32:34.019><c> old</c><00:32:34.240><c> and</c><00:32:34.400><c> upward</c>

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:38.940
so<00:32:35.920><c> that</c><00:32:36.039><c> they</c><00:32:36.259><c> could</c><00:32:36.500><c> be</c><00:32:36.960><c> enrolled</c><00:32:37.519><c> in</c><00:32:37.880><c> the</c><00:32:38.140><c> army.</c>

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:41.160
This<00:32:40.220><c> is</c><00:32:40.400><c> a</c><00:32:40.559><c> different</c><00:32:40.799><c> numbering.</c>

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:46.200
This<00:32:41.299><c> is</c><00:32:41.500><c> a</c><00:32:41.579><c> numbering</c><00:32:41.920><c> of</c><00:32:42.160><c> firstborn</c><00:32:42.920><c> males</c><00:32:43.720><c> from</c><00:32:45.380><c> one</c><00:32:45.720><c> month</c><00:32:46.039><c> old.</c>

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:49.019
The<00:32:46.440><c> babies</c><00:32:46.859><c> as</c><00:32:47.220><c> well</c><00:32:47.380><c> from</c><00:32:47.579><c> one</c><00:32:47.900><c> month</c><00:32:48.180><c> old</c><00:32:48.380><c> and</c><00:32:48.579><c> upward.</c>

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:51.049
Take<00:32:49.480><c> the</c><00:32:49.660><c> number</c><00:32:49.880><c> of</c><00:32:50.079><c> their</c><00:32:50.240><c> names.</c>

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.119
Then<00:32:51.599><c> verse</c><00:32:51.839><c> 41.</c>

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:58.480
And<00:32:53.279><c> thou</c><00:32:53.720><c> shalt</c><00:32:54.140><c> take</c><00:32:54.680><c> the</c><00:32:55.000><c> Levites</c><00:32:55.579><c> for</c><00:32:55.940><c> me,</c><00:32:57.019><c> I</c><00:32:57.319><c> am</c><00:32:57.460><c> the</c><00:32:57.640><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:03.420
instead<00:32:59.480><c> of</c><00:33:00.099><c> all</c><00:33:00.319><c> the</c><00:33:00.539><c> firstborn</c><00:33:01.200><c> among</c><00:33:01.859><c> the</c><00:33:02.079><c> children</c><00:33:02.299><c> of</c><00:33:02.460><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:09.380
So<00:33:06.259><c> God</c><00:33:06.480><c> says</c><00:33:06.819><c> the</c><00:33:07.299><c> firstborn,</c><00:33:08.200><c> they</c><00:33:08.200><c> are</c><00:33:08.500><c> already</c><00:33:09.019><c> mine.</c>

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:12.880
I've<00:33:09.920><c> established</c><00:33:10.299><c> that</c><00:33:10.539><c> principle</c><00:33:10.880><c> when</c><00:33:11.079><c> I</c><00:33:11.299><c> brought</c><00:33:11.420><c> you</c><00:33:11.599><c> out</c><00:33:11.720><c> of</c><00:33:11.880><c> Egypt.</c>

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:14.960
Firstborn<00:33:13.700><c> represents</c><00:33:14.319><c> the</c><00:33:14.619><c> nation.</c>

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:17.400
You<00:33:15.440><c> belong</c><00:33:16.039><c> to</c><00:33:16.400><c> me.</c>

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:20.220
And<00:33:17.660><c> in</c><00:33:17.819><c> those</c><00:33:18.140><c> days,</c><00:33:18.640><c> before</c><00:33:19.279><c> the</c><00:33:19.900><c> Exodus,</c>

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:23.440
it<00:33:20.460><c> seems</c><00:33:20.759><c> that</c><00:33:21.000><c> the</c><00:33:21.220><c> firstborn</c><00:33:21.819><c> performed</c><00:33:22.519><c> the</c><00:33:22.779><c> function</c><00:33:23.099><c> of</c>

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:25.339
priest<00:33:23.819><c> in</c><00:33:24.240><c> the</c><00:33:24.480><c> family.</c>

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:28.720
You<00:33:26.099><c> know,</c><00:33:26.180><c> this</c><00:33:26.400><c> is</c><00:33:26.619><c> quite</c><00:33:27.339><c> an</c><00:33:27.619><c> established</c><00:33:28.059><c> idea,</c><00:33:28.519><c> isn't</c><00:33:28.619><c> it?</c>

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:32.039
That<00:33:28.920><c> the</c><00:33:29.200><c> firstborn</c><00:33:29.700><c> had</c><00:33:29.900><c> a</c><00:33:30.299><c> priestly</c><00:33:30.619><c> role</c><00:33:30.900><c> and</c><00:33:31.039><c> Joseph</c><00:33:31.500><c> with</c><00:33:31.740><c> his</c>

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.700
special<00:33:32.359><c> coat</c>

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:35.619
seems<00:33:33.240><c> to</c><00:33:33.420><c> be</c><00:33:33.500><c> in</c><00:33:33.619><c> the</c><00:33:33.779><c> one</c><00:33:33.880><c> who</c><00:33:34.039><c> was</c><00:33:34.240><c> chosen</c><00:33:34.519><c> to</c><00:33:34.680><c> be</c><00:33:34.799><c> the</c><00:33:35.059><c> firstborn</c>

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:38.980
of<00:33:36.039><c> the</c><00:33:36.259><c> chosen</c><00:33:36.599><c> wife</c><00:33:37.000><c> in</c><00:33:37.460><c> the</c><00:33:37.640><c> family</c><00:33:37.960><c> of</c><00:33:38.240><c> Jacob.</c>

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:42.279
But<00:33:39.299><c> that</c><00:33:39.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:39.779><c> have</c><00:33:39.960><c> been</c><00:33:40.059><c> a</c><00:33:40.299><c> practical</c><00:33:40.839><c> situation</c><00:33:41.819><c> for</c>

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.819
a<00:33:42.460><c> nation.</c>

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:46.180
And<00:33:43.160><c> God</c><00:33:43.359><c> says,</c><00:33:43.960><c> what</c><00:33:44.000><c> I'm</c><00:33:44.220><c> going</c><00:33:44.339><c> to</c><00:33:44.480><c> do,</c><00:33:44.779><c> instead</c><00:33:45.099><c> of</c><00:33:45.339><c> the</c><00:33:45.640><c> firstborn,</c>

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:49.740
I'm<00:33:46.539><c> going</c><00:33:46.640><c> to</c><00:33:46.819><c> use</c><00:33:46.980><c> the</c><00:33:47.299><c> Levites</c><00:33:47.700><c> as</c><00:33:47.900><c> a</c><00:33:48.259><c> firstborn</c><00:33:49.380><c> tribe</c>

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:51.960
and<00:33:49.900><c> they're</c><00:33:50.160><c> going</c><00:33:50.279><c> to</c><00:33:50.380><c> be</c><00:33:50.480><c> the</c><00:33:50.700><c> priestly</c><00:33:51.019><c> tribe.</c>

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.619
And<00:33:52.420><c> this</c><00:33:52.579><c> is</c><00:33:52.779><c> the</c><00:33:52.880><c> way</c><00:33:53.000><c> it</c><00:33:53.160><c> was</c><00:33:53.380><c> done.</c>

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:57.519
You<00:33:54.240><c> can</c><00:33:54.420><c> imagine</c><00:33:54.779><c> a</c><00:33:55.000><c> whole</c><00:33:55.460><c> line</c><00:33:55.839><c> of</c><00:33:56.119><c> firstborn</c><00:33:56.640><c> males,</c><00:33:57.240><c> you</c><00:33:57.240><c> know,</c>

00:33:57.759 --> 00:34:00.400
and<00:33:57.859><c> mums</c><00:33:58.140><c> carrying</c><00:33:58.460><c> the</c><00:33:58.680><c> very</c><00:33:58.920><c> little</c><00:33:59.220><c> babies</c><00:33:59.519><c> right</c><00:33:59.779><c> at</c><00:34:00.000><c> the</c><00:34:00.160><c> end.</c>

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.019
And<00:34:01.059><c> they</c><00:34:01.220><c> all</c><00:34:01.440><c> line</c><00:34:01.660><c> up.</c>

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:04.920
Everybody<00:34:02.700><c> was</c><00:34:02.900><c> the</c><00:34:03.160><c> firstborn</c><00:34:03.539><c> in</c><00:34:03.700><c> their</c><00:34:03.900><c> family</c><00:34:04.180><c> on</c><00:34:04.400><c> this</c><00:34:04.640><c> side.</c>

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:07.619
And<00:34:05.500><c> on</c><00:34:05.680><c> this</c><00:34:05.960><c> side,</c><00:34:06.299><c> all</c><00:34:06.480><c> the</c><00:34:06.640><c> Levites.</c>

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:11.239
And<00:34:08.440><c> there</c><00:34:08.559><c> were</c><00:34:08.760><c> 22</c><00:34:09.139><c>,000</c><00:34:09.619><c> Levites,</c><00:34:10.199><c> verse</c><00:34:10.400><c> 39</c><00:34:10.920><c> says.</c>

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:15.079
So<00:34:12.059><c> there's</c><00:34:12.219><c> 22</c><00:34:12.679><c>,000</c><00:34:13.219><c> Levites</c><00:34:13.679><c> lined</c><00:34:13.940><c> up</c><00:34:14.239><c> here.</c>

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.059
And<00:34:15.719><c> every</c><00:34:15.860><c> time</c><00:34:16.059><c> a</c><00:34:16.320><c> firstborn</c><00:34:16.719><c> came</c><00:34:17.280><c> to</c><00:34:18.199><c> Moses,</c><00:34:18.659><c> he</c><00:34:18.880><c> said,</c>

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.420
okay,<00:34:19.340><c> here's</c><00:34:19.699><c> your</c><00:34:19.980><c> Levite.</c>

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:22.420
This<00:34:21.079><c> is</c><00:34:21.260><c> the</c><00:34:21.539><c> pair.</c>

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:24.460
Firstborn,<00:34:22.940><c> you</c><00:34:23.079><c> can</c><00:34:23.239><c> go</c><00:34:23.500><c> back</c><00:34:23.679><c> to</c><00:34:23.840><c> your</c><00:34:24.019><c> family,</c>

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:27.360
but<00:34:24.900><c> this</c><00:34:25.280><c> Levite</c><00:34:25.880><c> instead</c><00:34:26.420><c> of</c><00:34:26.579><c> the</c><00:34:26.800><c> firstborn</c>

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:29.760
comes<00:34:27.840><c> over</c><00:34:28.199><c> here</c><00:34:28.380><c> for</c><00:34:28.559><c> the</c><00:34:28.800><c> service</c><00:34:29.000><c> of</c><00:34:29.199><c> the</c><00:34:29.420><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:33.639
And<00:34:29.960><c> so</c><00:34:30.199><c> every</c><00:34:30.920><c> firstborn</c><00:34:31.519><c> was</c><00:34:31.780><c> paired</c><00:34:32.099><c> up</c><00:34:32.320><c> with</c><00:34:32.500><c> a</c><00:34:32.679><c> Levite.</c>

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:37.599
And<00:34:34.860><c> in</c><00:34:35.079><c> that</c><00:34:35.300><c> way,</c><00:34:35.719><c> every</c><00:34:36.039><c> family</c><00:34:36.480><c> in</c><00:34:36.719><c> Israel</c><00:34:36.960><c> could</c><00:34:37.179><c> say,</c>

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.639
see<00:34:38.280><c> that</c><00:34:38.539><c> Levite,</c><00:34:38.699><c> that's</c><00:34:39.019><c> my</c><00:34:39.199><c> Levite.</c>

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:41.860
Probably<00:34:40.119><c> they</c><00:34:40.320><c> would</c><00:34:40.539><c> know</c><00:34:40.679><c> his</c><00:34:40.940><c> name,</c><00:34:41.139><c> you</c><00:34:41.320><c> know.</c>

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:44.699
See<00:34:42.219><c> brother</c><00:34:42.519><c> Levi</c><00:34:42.840><c> over</c><00:34:43.139><c> there,</c><00:34:43.659><c> he's</c><00:34:43.920><c> my</c><00:34:44.199><c> Levite.</c>

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.840
God<00:34:45.219><c> has</c><00:34:45.519><c> taken</c><00:34:45.699><c> him</c><00:34:45.900><c> instead</c><00:34:46.300><c> of</c><00:34:46.559><c> me,</c>

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:49.679
not<00:34:47.099><c> as</c><00:34:47.340><c> a</c><00:34:47.579><c> substitute,</c><00:34:47.980><c> but</c><00:34:48.139><c> as</c><00:34:48.340><c> a</c><00:34:48.539><c> representative.</c>

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:51.960
And<00:34:49.960><c> what</c><00:34:50.099><c> he's</c><00:34:50.500><c> doing</c><00:34:50.619><c> on</c><00:34:50.860><c> behalf</c><00:34:51.159><c> of</c><00:34:51.360><c> the</c><00:34:51.460><c> high</c><00:34:51.699><c> priest</c>

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:54.239
is<00:34:52.280><c> what</c><00:34:52.460><c> God</c><00:34:52.719><c> wants</c><00:34:53.000><c> me</c><00:34:53.300><c> to</c><00:34:53.480><c> do.</c>

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:57.059
That<00:34:54.860><c> Levite</c><00:34:55.260><c> over</c><00:34:55.539><c> there</c><00:34:55.840><c> assisting</c><00:34:56.280><c> the</c><00:34:56.559><c> high</c><00:34:56.780><c> priest,</c>

00:34:57.300 --> 00:35:00.420
fetching<00:34:57.519><c> and</c><00:34:57.760><c> carrying</c><00:34:58.039><c> for</c><00:34:58.360><c> him</c><00:34:58.559><c> is</c><00:34:59.019><c> the</c><00:34:59.340><c> spiritual</c><00:34:59.860><c> principle</c>

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:03.019
that<00:35:00.619><c> God</c><00:35:00.800><c> wants</c><00:35:01.079><c> me</c><00:35:01.199><c> to</c><00:35:01.360><c> apply</c><00:35:01.579><c> in</c><00:35:01.719><c> my</c><00:35:02.019><c> family.</c>

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.500
We<00:35:03.519><c> all</c><00:35:03.920><c> belong</c><00:35:04.360><c> to</c><00:35:04.599><c> him.</c>

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:09.420
And<00:35:06.000><c> so</c><00:35:06.179><c> the</c><00:35:06.440><c> Levite</c><00:35:06.860><c> would</c><00:35:07.500><c> be</c><00:35:07.780><c> the</c><00:35:08.039><c> figurehead</c><00:35:08.480><c> for</c><00:35:08.659><c> that</c><00:35:08.880><c> principle.</c>

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:11.659
In<00:35:10.019><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:10.559><c> life.</c>

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.639
But<00:35:12.099><c> there</c><00:35:12.260><c> was</c><00:35:12.440><c> a</c><00:35:12.639><c> problem.</c>

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:17.880
22<00:35:15.760><c>,000</c><00:35:16.280><c> Levites</c><00:35:16.820><c> came</c><00:35:17.179><c> along</c><00:35:17.460><c> the</c><00:35:17.659><c> line</c>

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:20.960
and<00:35:18.059><c> 22</c><00:35:18.519><c>,000</c><00:35:19.000><c> firstborn</c><00:35:19.719><c> were</c><00:35:20.280><c> matched</c><00:35:20.639><c> up</c>

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.960
and<00:35:21.179><c> went</c><00:35:21.320><c> back</c><00:35:21.579><c> to</c><00:35:21.699><c> their</c><00:35:21.900><c> families.</c>

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:29.539
No<00:35:23.940><c> Levites</c><00:35:24.400><c> on</c><00:35:24.599><c> this</c><00:35:24.840><c> side,</c><00:35:26.159><c> 273</c><00:35:27.500><c> firstborn</c><00:35:28.179><c> left</c><00:35:28.559><c> over.</c>

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:35.159
So<00:35:29.960><c> if</c><00:35:30.059><c> you</c><00:35:30.159><c> have</c><00:35:30.280><c> a</c><00:35:30.360><c> look</c><00:35:31.000><c> in</c><00:35:32.380><c> verse</c><00:35:33.500><c> 43,</c>

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:37.340
it<00:35:35.440><c> says</c><00:35:35.679><c> that</c><00:35:35.920><c> all</c><00:35:36.119><c> the</c><00:35:36.440><c> firstborn</c><00:35:36.900><c> males</c>

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:40.400
by<00:35:37.599><c> the</c><00:35:37.860><c> number</c><00:35:38.320><c> of</c><00:35:38.659><c> names</c><00:35:38.960><c> from</c><00:35:39.199><c> a</c><00:35:39.460><c> month</c><00:35:39.639><c> old</c><00:35:39.820><c> and</c><00:35:39.980><c> upward</c>

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:45.559
of<00:35:40.860><c> those</c><00:35:41.099><c> that</c><00:35:41.300><c> were</c><00:35:41.519><c> numbered</c><00:35:41.840><c> were</c><00:35:42.079><c> 20</c><00:35:42.480><c> and</c><00:35:42.659><c> 2</c><00:35:42.960><c>,203</c><00:35:44.980><c> score</c>

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:47.300
and<00:35:46.119><c> 13.</c>

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:52.099
And<00:35:47.679><c> there</c><00:35:47.800><c> were</c><00:35:47.860><c> only</c><00:35:48.159><c> 22</c><00:35:48.500><c>,000</c><00:35:48.940><c> in</c><00:35:49.039><c> verse</c><00:35:49.300><c> 39</c><00:35:50.340><c> Levites.</c>

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.539
So<00:35:53.300><c> what's</c><00:35:53.599><c> gonna</c><00:35:53.739><c> happen?</c>

00:35:55.679 --> 00:36:00.940
Verse<00:35:56.280><c> 47,</c><00:35:57.920><c> thou</c><00:35:58.159><c> shall</c><00:35:58.380><c> even</c><00:35:58.739><c> take</c><00:35:59.039><c> five</c><00:35:59.659><c> shekels</c><00:36:00.239><c> a</c><00:36:00.400><c> piece</c>

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:04.440
by<00:36:01.539><c> the</c><00:36:01.840><c> pole</c><00:36:02.179><c> after</c><00:36:02.639><c> the</c><00:36:02.940><c> shekel</c><00:36:03.119><c> of</c><00:36:03.300><c> the</c><00:36:03.519><c> sanctuary</c>

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:07.719
shalt<00:36:04.800><c> thou</c><00:36:04.960><c> take</c><00:36:05.320><c> them</c><00:36:05.679><c> and</c><00:36:06.380><c> thou</c><00:36:06.559><c> shalt</c><00:36:06.780><c> give</c><00:36:07.139><c> them</c><00:36:07.320><c> money</c>

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:12.380
wherewith<00:36:08.239><c> the</c><00:36:08.579><c> odd</c><00:36:08.940><c> number</c><00:36:09.639><c> of</c><00:36:10.159><c> them</c><00:36:10.420><c> is</c><00:36:10.739><c> to</c><00:36:10.960><c> be</c><00:36:11.539><c> redeemed.</c>

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:16.139
Verse<00:36:13.519><c> 49,</c><00:36:14.159><c> and</c><00:36:14.360><c> Moses</c><00:36:14.639><c> took</c><00:36:14.920><c> the</c><00:36:15.199><c> redemption</c><00:36:15.679><c> money</c>

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:18.619
of<00:36:16.659><c> them</c><00:36:16.920><c> that</c><00:36:17.119><c> were</c><00:36:17.360><c> over</c><00:36:17.780><c> and</c><00:36:18.199><c> above</c>

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:21.420
them<00:36:19.219><c> that</c><00:36:19.500><c> were</c><00:36:19.840><c> redeemed</c><00:36:20.340><c> by</c><00:36:20.699><c> the</c><00:36:20.900><c> Levites.</c>

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:23.860
Now<00:36:22.000><c> this</c><00:36:22.239><c> is</c><00:36:22.699><c> some</c><00:36:22.980><c> curious</c><00:36:23.400><c> detail</c>

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:26.099
for<00:36:24.079><c> the</c><00:36:24.260><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:24.519><c> in</c><00:36:24.699><c> the</c><00:36:24.780><c> wilderness,</c><00:36:25.320><c> isn't</c><00:36:25.320><c> it?</c>

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:32.300
22<00:36:27.579><c>,000</c><00:36:28.059><c> firstborn</c><00:36:28.619><c> were</c><00:36:28.920><c> redeemed</c><00:36:29.940><c> by</c><00:36:30.239><c> 22</c><00:36:30.739><c>,000</c><00:36:31.539><c> Levites.</c>

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:41.099
But<00:36:32.699><c> there</c><00:36:32.840><c> were</c><00:36:33.159><c> still</c><00:36:33.960><c> 273</c><00:36:36.679><c> firstborn</c><00:36:37.980><c> left</c><00:36:38.920><c> unredeemed.</c>

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.260
How<00:36:42.159><c> are</c><00:36:42.300><c> they</c><00:36:42.400><c> gonna</c><00:36:42.599><c> be</c><00:36:42.960><c> redeemed?</c>

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.679
By<00:36:43.579><c> silver.</c>

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:52.000
But<00:36:47.559><c> you</c><00:36:48.139><c> want</c><00:36:48.320><c> to</c><00:36:48.980><c> take</c><00:36:49.619><c> note</c><00:36:49.980><c> of</c><00:36:50.639><c> these</c><00:36:51.000><c> numbers.</c>

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.989
See,<00:36:52.679><c> what</c><00:36:52.800><c> do</c><00:36:52.880><c> you</c><00:36:52.900><c> think</c><00:36:53.079><c> of</c><00:36:53.199><c> this?</c>

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:59.019
This<00:36:54.500><c> number</c><00:36:54.840><c> 273,</c><00:36:56.820><c> I</c><00:36:57.000><c> can't</c><00:36:57.460><c> make</c><00:36:57.739><c> anything</c><00:36:58.059><c> of</c><00:36:58.300><c> it</c><00:36:58.440><c> as</c><00:36:58.599><c> a</c><00:36:58.739><c> number.</c>

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:01.039
I<00:36:59.719><c> don't</c><00:36:59.860><c> know</c><00:36:59.980><c> what</c><00:37:00.119><c> its</c><00:37:00.440><c> square</c><00:37:00.639><c> root</c><00:37:00.820><c> is</c>

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:04.760
or<00:37:01.280><c> any</c><00:37:01.519><c> particular</c><00:37:02.079><c> properties</c><00:37:02.679><c> of</c><00:37:04.059><c> this</c><00:37:04.460><c> number.</c>

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:06.099
It's<00:37:05.360><c> just</c><00:37:05.599><c> mentioned.</c>

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:10.340
It<00:37:06.539><c> doesn't</c><00:37:06.679><c> have</c><00:37:06.920><c> to</c><00:37:07.079><c> be</c><00:37:07.260><c> mentioned,</c><00:37:07.579><c> but</c><00:37:07.760><c> it</c><00:37:07.960><c> is</c><00:37:08.219><c> mentioned,</c><00:37:08.719><c> 273.</c>

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:12.340
And<00:37:10.820><c> you</c><00:37:10.940><c> might</c><00:37:11.059><c> have</c><00:37:11.239><c> heard</c><00:37:11.440><c> me</c><00:37:11.659><c> say</c><00:37:11.760><c> this</c><00:37:11.980><c> before,</c>

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:14.800
but<00:37:13.019><c> we</c><00:37:13.679><c> puzzled</c><00:37:13.980><c> over</c><00:37:14.199><c> this</c><00:37:14.340><c> for</c><00:37:14.559><c> a</c><00:37:14.659><c> while</c>

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:16.639
and<00:37:14.940><c> we</c><00:37:15.059><c> were</c><00:37:15.219><c> doing</c><00:37:15.380><c> the</c><00:37:15.619><c> readings</c><00:37:15.860><c> in</c><00:37:16.260><c> the</c><00:37:16.420><c> house</c>

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:19.880
and<00:37:16.840><c> then</c><00:37:17.039><c> our</c><00:37:17.199><c> oldest</c><00:37:17.340><c> son</c><00:37:17.559><c> Joseph,</c><00:37:18.579><c> years</c><00:37:18.760><c> ago</c><00:37:19.039><c> now,</c>

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.219
we<00:37:20.000><c> were</c><00:37:20.119><c> reading</c><00:37:20.280><c> Acts</c><00:37:20.579><c> chapter</c><00:37:20.940><c> 27.</c>

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:25.579
And<00:37:23.340><c> out</c><00:37:23.519><c> of</c><00:37:23.639><c> the</c><00:37:23.840><c> blue,</c><00:37:23.980><c> we</c><00:37:24.139><c> asked</c><00:37:24.340><c> a</c><00:37:24.559><c> question.</c>

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:27.599
In<00:37:26.039><c> Acts</c><00:37:26.199><c> 27,</c><00:37:26.739><c> we'd</c><00:37:26.900><c> like</c><00:37:26.920><c> to</c><00:37:27.179><c> turn</c><00:37:27.340><c> there.</c>

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:30.980
He<00:37:27.840><c> says,</c><00:37:28.860><c> who</c><00:37:29.159><c> was</c><00:37:29.500><c> Aristarchus?</c>

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.260
And<00:37:32.559><c> I</c><00:37:32.739><c> don't</c><00:37:32.980><c> know.</c>

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.400
Do<00:37:33.500><c> you</c><00:37:33.579><c> know</c><00:37:33.739><c> who</c><00:37:33.980><c> Aristarchus</c><00:37:34.539><c> was?</c>

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.480
He's<00:37:35.920><c> mentioned</c><00:37:36.360><c> in</c><00:37:36.679><c> Acts</c><00:37:36.860><c> 27.</c>

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:39.559
You'll<00:37:37.739><c> see</c><00:37:37.860><c> the</c><00:37:38.079><c> relevance</c><00:37:38.320><c> of</c><00:37:38.420><c> this</c><00:37:38.579><c> in</c><00:37:38.739><c> a</c><00:37:38.840><c> minute.</c>

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:44.840
In<00:37:40.019><c> Acts</c><00:37:40.239><c> 27,</c><00:37:42.960><c> Aristarchus</c><00:37:43.699><c> is</c><00:37:43.940><c> there</c><00:37:44.099><c> in</c><00:37:44.300><c> the</c><00:37:44.500><c> ship</c>

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.380
with<00:37:45.260><c> Paul</c><00:37:45.880><c> and</c><00:37:46.460><c> others.</c>

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:52.820
We're<00:37:49.039><c> told</c><00:37:49.159><c> that</c><00:37:49.579><c> in</c><00:37:49.960><c> verse</c><00:37:50.239><c> two</c><00:37:50.699><c> of</c><00:37:51.079><c> Acts</c><00:37:51.360><c> chapter</c><00:37:51.659><c> 27.</c>

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.519
And<00:37:53.619><c> I</c><00:37:53.800><c> said,</c><00:37:53.940><c> well,</c><00:37:54.039><c> I</c><00:37:54.139><c> don't</c><00:37:54.280><c> know</c><00:37:54.360><c> who</c><00:37:54.539><c> Aristarchus</c><00:37:55.199><c> was.</c>

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:58.179
Well,<00:37:55.840><c> he</c><00:37:56.000><c> said,</c><00:37:56.719><c> was</c><00:37:56.920><c> he</c><00:37:57.199><c> a</c><00:37:57.380><c> brother?</c>

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.860
Do<00:37:59.219><c> you</c><00:37:59.239><c> think</c><00:37:59.360><c> he</c><00:37:59.440><c> was</c><00:37:59.579><c> a</c><00:37:59.739><c> brother?</c>

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:01.039
Looks<00:38:00.099><c> like</c><00:38:00.300><c> he</c><00:38:00.480><c> was</c><00:38:00.659><c> a</c><00:38:00.860><c> brother.</c>

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:03.420
You<00:38:01.199><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:01.420><c> have</c><00:38:01.579><c> mentioned</c><00:38:01.820><c> him</c><00:38:02.260><c> as</c><00:38:02.420><c> one</c><00:38:02.519><c> of</c><00:38:02.699><c> Paul's</c><00:38:03.159><c> companions</c>

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.599
if<00:38:03.639><c> he</c><00:38:03.860><c> wasn't.</c>

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:08.860
So<00:38:05.639><c> he</c><00:38:05.860><c> said,</c><00:38:06.099><c> well,</c><00:38:06.360><c> there's</c><00:38:06.599><c> your</c><00:38:06.840><c> 273</c><00:38:07.880><c> then.</c>

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:15.639
If<00:38:10.719><c> you</c><00:38:10.980><c> look</c><00:38:11.460><c> at</c><00:38:12.260><c> Acts</c><00:38:12.440><c> 27</c><00:38:13.219><c> and</c><00:38:14.119><c> go</c><00:38:14.380><c> to</c><00:38:14.559><c> verse</c><00:38:14.840><c> 37,</c>

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:18.579
we're<00:38:16.239><c> giving</c><00:38:16.480><c> a</c><00:38:16.719><c> detail,</c><00:38:17.619><c> which</c><00:38:17.760><c> is</c><00:38:17.960><c> one</c><00:38:18.079><c> of</c><00:38:18.179><c> those</c><00:38:18.360><c> things</c>

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:21.320
in<00:38:18.900><c> scripture</c><00:38:19.199><c> we</c><00:38:19.780><c> should</c><00:38:19.960><c> never</c><00:38:20.340><c> overlook.</c>

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:23.139
Every<00:38:22.119><c> word</c><00:38:22.400><c> is</c><00:38:22.699><c> inspired.</c>

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:24.599
Nothing<00:38:23.639><c> is</c><00:38:24.139><c> redundant.</c>

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:26.079
There's<00:38:25.059><c> a</c><00:38:25.179><c> purpose</c><00:38:25.539><c> to</c><00:38:25.820><c> everything.</c>

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:27.820
We<00:38:26.380><c> may</c><00:38:26.559><c> not</c><00:38:26.780><c> understand</c><00:38:27.179><c> what</c><00:38:27.360><c> it</c><00:38:27.559><c> is,</c>

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:29.639
but<00:38:28.039><c> let's</c><00:38:28.380><c> believe</c><00:38:28.619><c> that</c><00:38:28.780><c> there</c><00:38:28.940><c> is</c><00:38:29.119><c> a</c><00:38:29.280><c> purpose</c>

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:31.739
to<00:38:29.780><c> be</c><00:38:30.599><c> sought</c><00:38:30.900><c> out.</c>

00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:35.579
And<00:38:32.800><c> Paul</c><00:38:33.059><c> says</c><00:38:33.480><c> in</c><00:38:34.000><c> verse</c><00:38:34.239><c> 37,</c><00:38:34.900><c> or</c><00:38:35.059><c> Luke</c><00:38:35.260><c> says,</c>

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:44.760
and<00:38:36.019><c> we</c><00:38:36.380><c> were</c><00:38:36.800><c> in</c><00:38:37.099><c> all</c><00:38:37.539><c> in</c><00:38:38.199><c> the</c><00:38:38.440><c> ship</c><00:38:39.079><c> 203</c><00:38:41.239><c> score</c><00:38:41.820><c> and</c><00:38:42.559><c> 16</c><00:38:43.460><c> souls.</c>

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.460
That's<00:38:47.280><c> 276.</c>

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.920
And<00:38:49.780><c> this</c><00:38:49.960><c> is</c><00:38:50.219><c> where</c><00:38:50.380><c> the</c><00:38:50.579><c> question,</c>

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:52.739
who<00:38:51.139><c> was</c><00:38:51.380><c> Aristarchus</c><00:38:52.019><c> comes</c><00:38:52.380><c> in.</c>

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:57.239
Because<00:38:53.539><c> one</c><00:38:53.860><c> of</c><00:38:54.000><c> the</c><00:38:54.300><c> 276</c><00:38:55.340><c> was</c><00:38:55.539><c> the</c><00:38:55.760><c> apostle</c><00:38:56.079><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:57.699 --> 00:39:02.619
One<00:38:58.380><c> was</c><00:38:58.780><c> Luke</c><00:38:59.280><c> because</c><00:39:00.079><c> he's</c><00:39:00.380><c> writing</c><00:39:00.780><c> in</c><00:39:01.280><c> the</c><00:39:01.659><c> present</c><00:39:02.079><c> tense,</c>

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:05.440
plural,<00:39:03.579><c> we</c><00:39:04.000><c> were,</c><00:39:04.460><c> so</c><00:39:04.639><c> Luke</c><00:39:04.780><c> was</c><00:39:05.039><c> there.</c>

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:09.159
And<00:39:06.360><c> one,</c><00:39:07.179><c> verse</c><00:39:07.460><c> two,</c><00:39:07.840><c> was</c><00:39:08.099><c> Aristarchus.</c>

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:14.920
You<00:39:10.460><c> take</c><00:39:10.639><c> those</c><00:39:10.960><c> three</c><00:39:11.199><c> away</c><00:39:11.699><c> and</c><00:39:12.219><c> you've</c><00:39:12.480><c> got</c><00:39:12.900><c> 273,</c>

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:19.280
we<00:39:15.500><c> presume</c><00:39:15.840><c> Gentiles,</c><00:39:17.480><c> that</c><00:39:17.599><c> were</c><00:39:17.880><c> going</c><00:39:18.039><c> to</c><00:39:18.239><c> be</c><00:39:18.559><c> saved</c>

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:21.340
in<00:39:20.039><c> this</c><00:39:20.320><c> chapter.</c>

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:24.960
Numbers<00:39:22.860><c> three</c><00:39:23.019><c> has</c><00:39:23.300><c> left</c><00:39:23.500><c> us</c><00:39:23.780><c> with</c><00:39:23.980><c> this</c><00:39:24.260><c> curious</c><00:39:24.599><c> thing.</c>

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:27.780
Why<00:39:25.360><c> are</c><00:39:25.559><c> there</c><00:39:25.900><c> 273</c><00:39:26.920><c> left</c><00:39:27.300><c> over?</c>

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:30.260
And<00:39:28.239><c> why</c><00:39:28.500><c> is</c><00:39:28.719><c> a</c><00:39:28.980><c> special</c><00:39:29.280><c> form</c><00:39:29.559><c> of</c><00:39:29.800><c> redemption</c>

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:33.980
outside<00:39:31.320><c> of</c><00:39:31.739><c> the</c><00:39:31.980><c> law</c><00:39:32.440><c> provided</c><00:39:33.360><c> for</c><00:39:33.699><c> them?</c>

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:35.500
There<00:39:34.380><c> were</c><00:39:34.659><c> no</c><00:39:34.920><c> Levites.</c>

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.760
The<00:39:36.000><c> Levites</c><00:39:36.380><c> had</c><00:39:36.579><c> run</c><00:39:36.840><c> out.</c>

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:40.579
The<00:39:38.199><c> law</c><00:39:38.440><c> had</c><00:39:38.860><c> finished</c><00:39:39.219><c> its</c><00:39:39.599><c> course.</c>

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.539
Everyone<00:39:41.219><c> was</c><00:39:41.579><c> spent.</c>

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:44.780
There<00:39:42.860><c> were</c><00:39:43.039><c> none</c><00:39:43.239><c> left</c><00:39:43.619><c> over.</c>

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:49.360
And<00:39:45.400><c> 273</c><00:39:46.500><c> youngsters</c><00:39:47.079><c> waiting</c><00:39:48.079><c> for</c><00:39:48.380><c> redemption.</c>

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:53.539
And<00:39:49.800><c> you</c><00:39:49.920><c> don't</c><00:39:50.119><c> get</c><00:39:50.380><c> that</c><00:39:50.619><c> number</c><00:39:50.940><c> again</c><00:39:51.500><c> until</c><00:39:52.280><c> Acts</c><00:39:52.539><c> chapter</c><00:39:52.880><c> 27,</c>

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:56.280
where<00:39:53.739><c> for</c><00:39:54.039><c> some</c><00:39:54.340><c> reason</c><00:39:55.079><c> Paul</c><00:39:55.880><c> and</c><00:39:56.079><c> Luke</c>

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:58.559
have<00:39:56.539><c> added</c><00:39:56.679><c> up</c><00:39:56.980><c> everybody</c><00:39:57.420><c> in</c><00:39:57.599><c> the</c><00:39:57.739><c> boat.</c>

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.579
And<00:39:59.639><c> why</c><00:39:59.820><c> did</c><00:39:59.920><c> they</c><00:40:00.079><c> do</c><00:40:00.280><c> that?</c>

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:06.320
Well,<00:40:00.960><c> in</c><00:40:01.119><c> Acts</c><00:40:01.300><c> 27,</c><00:40:02.940><c> verse</c><00:40:03.199><c> 23,</c><00:40:04.460><c> the</c><00:40:04.619><c> apostle</c><00:40:04.940><c> is</c><00:40:05.300><c> told.</c>

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:08.340
He's<00:40:07.400><c> told</c><00:40:07.539><c> this.</c>

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:11.920
And<00:40:09.320><c> it's</c><00:40:10.019><c> remarkable,</c><00:40:10.719><c> it'll</c><00:40:11.059><c> get</c><00:40:11.260><c> more</c><00:40:11.559><c> remarkable</c>

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.219
as<00:40:12.139><c> we'll</c><00:40:12.340><c> see</c><00:40:12.539><c> the</c><00:40:12.719><c> language</c><00:40:13.099><c> in</c><00:40:13.420><c> future</c><00:40:13.719><c> studies</c>

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:16.079
from<00:40:14.780><c> the</c><00:40:14.940><c> book</c><00:40:15.079><c> of</c><00:40:15.280><c> Numbers.</c>

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:19.800
Acts<00:40:17.760><c> 27,</c><00:40:18.320><c> verse</c><00:40:18.500><c> 23.</c>

00:40:19.690 --> 00:40:24.630
For<00:40:20.159><c> there</c><00:40:20.539><c> stood</c><00:40:20.739><c> by</c><00:40:21.079><c> me</c><00:40:21.320><c> this</c><00:40:21.639><c> night</c><00:40:22.239><c> an</c><00:40:23.000><c> angel</c><00:40:23.340><c> of</c><00:40:23.659><c> God</c>

00:40:25.190 --> 00:40:29.489
whose<00:40:25.659><c> I</c><00:40:26.059><c> am</c><00:40:26.960><c> and</c><00:40:28.000><c> whom</c><00:40:28.179><c> I</c><00:40:28.519><c> serve.</c>

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:34.179
Saying,<00:40:30.559><c> fear</c><00:40:30.860><c> not</c><00:40:31.219><c> Paul,</c><00:40:32.159><c> thou</c><00:40:32.280><c> must</c><00:40:32.539><c> be</c><00:40:32.840><c> brought</c><00:40:33.059><c> before</c><00:40:33.579><c> Caesar</c>

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:42.739
and<00:40:35.159><c> lo,</c><00:40:36.119><c> God</c><00:40:36.539><c> hath</c><00:40:37.099><c> given</c><00:40:37.760><c> thee</c><00:40:38.699><c> all</c><00:40:39.920><c> them</c><00:40:40.639><c> that</c><00:40:41.199><c> sail</c><00:40:41.500><c> with</c><00:40:41.880><c> thee.</c>

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:47.300
Now<00:40:43.679><c> just</c><00:40:44.400><c> mentally</c><00:40:45.119><c> underline</c><00:40:46.139><c> three</c><00:40:46.719><c> phrases.</c>

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:58.719
Verse<00:40:47.760><c> 23,</c><00:40:50.179><c> whose</c><00:40:50.739><c> I</c><00:40:51.820><c> am,</c><00:40:56.099><c> whom</c><00:40:56.380><c> I</c><00:40:57.519><c> serve.</c>

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:05.900
And<00:41:00.500><c> verse</c><00:41:00.719><c> 24,</c><00:41:02.380><c> God</c><00:41:03.019><c> hath</c><00:41:03.960><c> given</c><00:41:04.699><c> thee.</c>

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:10.880
Numbers<00:41:09.119><c> chapter</c><00:41:09.679><c> three.</c>

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:17.039
This<00:41:14.219><c> is</c><00:41:14.480><c> the</c><00:41:14.780><c> charge</c><00:41:15.500><c> of</c><00:41:16.119><c> the</c><00:41:16.300><c> Levites.</c>

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:20.039
Numbers<00:41:18.059><c> three,</c><00:41:19.079><c> verse</c><00:41:19.219><c> seven.</c>

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:23.699
They<00:41:20.699><c> shall</c><00:41:20.960><c> keep</c><00:41:21.219><c> his</c><00:41:21.659><c> charge</c><00:41:22.320><c> and</c><00:41:22.820><c> the</c><00:41:23.159><c> charge</c>

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:28.500
of<00:41:24.079><c> the</c><00:41:24.340><c> whole</c><00:41:25.039><c> congregation</c><00:41:25.880><c> before</c><00:41:27.679><c> the</c><00:41:28.019><c> tabernacle</c>

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:32.539
of<00:41:28.699><c> the</c><00:41:28.960><c> congregation</c><00:41:29.619><c> to</c><00:41:30.699><c> do</c><00:41:31.280><c> the</c><00:41:32.019><c> service.</c>

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:35.239
One<00:41:33.000><c> of</c><00:41:33.119><c> the</c><00:41:33.280><c> key</c><00:41:33.500><c> phrases</c><00:41:33.900><c> about</c><00:41:34.139><c> the</c><00:41:34.400><c> Levites</c><00:41:34.800><c> is</c><00:41:35.000><c> this,</c>

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:37.059
to<00:41:35.760><c> do</c><00:41:36.420><c> the</c><00:41:36.739><c> service.</c>

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:39.539
It<00:41:37.440><c> comes</c><00:41:37.659><c> up</c><00:41:37.940><c> time</c><00:41:38.360><c> and</c><00:41:38.840><c> time</c><00:41:39.179><c> again.</c>

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:43.480
That<00:41:40.119><c> was</c><00:41:40.599><c> their</c><00:41:40.960><c> sole</c><00:41:41.460><c> function</c><00:41:42.019><c> to</c><00:41:42.480><c> serve.</c>

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:47.280
And<00:41:44.679><c> the</c><00:41:44.820><c> apostle</c><00:41:45.099><c> Paul</c><00:41:45.420><c> says,</c><00:41:45.920><c> an</c><00:41:45.920><c> angel</c><00:41:46.159><c> of</c><00:41:46.320><c> God</c><00:41:46.519><c> stood</c><00:41:46.739><c> by</c><00:41:47.019><c> me</c>

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:49.480
whom<00:41:47.940><c> I</c><00:41:48.320><c> serve.</c>

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:55.449
Look<00:41:51.880><c> at</c><00:41:52.039><c> verse</c><00:41:52.579><c> 12</c><00:41:53.280><c> and</c><00:41:53.559><c> 13</c><00:41:54.059><c> of</c><00:41:54.280><c> Numbers</c><00:41:54.619><c> three.</c>

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:59.280
And<00:41:56.739><c> I</c><00:41:57.079><c> behold,</c><00:41:57.599><c> I</c><00:41:57.599><c> have</c><00:41:57.820><c> taken</c><00:41:58.139><c> the</c><00:41:58.440><c> Levites</c><00:41:58.860><c> from</c><00:41:59.059><c> among</c>

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:01.460
the<00:41:59.480><c> children</c><00:41:59.699><c> of</c><00:41:59.820><c> Israel</c><00:42:00.059><c> instead</c><00:42:00.440><c> of</c><00:42:00.599><c> all</c><00:42:00.760><c> the</c><00:42:00.960><c> firstborn</c>

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:04.940
that<00:42:01.840><c> openeth</c><00:42:02.159><c> the</c><00:42:02.340><c> matrix</c><00:42:02.739><c> among</c><00:42:03.340><c> the</c><00:42:03.739><c> children</c><00:42:04.000><c> of</c><00:42:04.420><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:10.940
Therefore,<00:42:06.659><c> the</c><00:42:06.860><c> Levites</c><00:42:07.960><c> shall</c><00:42:08.880><c> be</c><00:42:09.920><c> mine.</c>

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:14.320
And<00:42:11.340><c> that</c><00:42:11.659><c> phrase</c><00:42:11.980><c> occurs</c><00:42:12.739><c> time</c><00:42:13.300><c> and</c><00:42:13.519><c> time</c><00:42:13.760><c> again</c>

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:15.880
when<00:42:14.739><c> we</c><00:42:14.920><c> read</c><00:42:15.059><c> about</c><00:42:15.260><c> the</c><00:42:15.480><c> Levites.</c>

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.320
They<00:42:16.639><c> shall</c><00:42:17.500><c> be</c><00:42:18.039><c> mine.</c>

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:21.860
Verse<00:42:18.619><c> 13,</c><00:42:19.519><c> mine</c><00:42:20.139><c> shall</c><00:42:20.699><c> they</c><00:42:21.019><c> be.</c>

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:25.559
Verse<00:42:22.360><c> 45,</c><00:42:23.440><c> the</c><00:42:23.699><c> Levites</c><00:42:24.260><c> shall</c><00:42:24.820><c> be</c><00:42:25.199><c> mine.</c>

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:28.780
And<00:42:26.019><c> Paul</c><00:42:26.260><c> says,</c><00:42:26.659><c> an</c><00:42:26.659><c> angel</c><00:42:26.880><c> of</c><00:42:27.039><c> God</c><00:42:27.380><c> appeared</c><00:42:27.880><c> to</c><00:42:28.099><c> me</c><00:42:28.239><c> last</c><00:42:28.539><c> night</c>

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:33.059
whose<00:42:29.340><c> I</c><00:42:29.780><c> am</c><00:42:30.440><c> and</c><00:42:31.619><c> whom</c><00:42:31.800><c> I</c><00:42:32.139><c> serve.</c>

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:36.139
And<00:42:34.019><c> he's</c><00:42:34.199><c> using</c><00:42:34.519><c> the</c><00:42:34.719><c> very</c><00:42:34.960><c> language</c><00:42:35.320><c> of</c><00:42:35.519><c> the</c><00:42:35.699><c> Levites.</c>

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:40.039
And<00:42:36.659><c> then</c><00:42:36.840><c> he</c><00:42:37.079><c> says</c><00:42:37.340><c> in</c><00:42:37.500><c> verse</c><00:42:37.719><c> 24</c><00:42:38.260><c> of</c><00:42:38.460><c> Acts</c><00:42:38.619><c> 27,</c>

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:44.739
God<00:42:40.380><c> hath</c><00:42:40.960><c> given</c><00:42:41.539><c> thee</c><00:42:42.500><c> all</c><00:42:43.539><c> of</c><00:42:43.880><c> them.</c>

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:48.239
Verse<00:42:45.800><c> nine</c><00:42:46.500><c> of</c><00:42:46.860><c> Numbers</c><00:42:47.260><c> three.</c>

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:55.539
God<00:42:50.239><c> says,</c><00:42:50.940><c> and</c><00:42:50.940><c> thou</c><00:42:51.320><c> shalt</c><00:42:51.820><c> give</c><00:42:52.840><c> the</c><00:42:53.340><c> Levites</c><00:42:54.360><c> unto</c><00:42:54.960><c> Aaron</c>

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:57.380
and<00:42:56.320><c> to</c><00:42:56.599><c> his</c><00:42:56.880><c> sons.</c>

00:42:57.719 --> 00:43:02.099
They<00:42:58.079><c> are</c><00:42:58.719><c> wholly</c><00:42:59.420><c> given</c><00:43:00.280><c> unto</c><00:43:01.139><c> him.</c>

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:08.380
Now<00:43:02.739><c> the</c><00:43:03.039><c> three</c><00:43:04.239><c> phrases</c><00:43:05.360><c> that</c><00:43:05.800><c> Paul</c><00:43:06.119><c> uses</c><00:43:06.699><c> in</c><00:43:07.260><c> Acts</c><00:43:07.480><c> 27</c>

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:11.980
are<00:43:09.059><c> three</c><00:43:09.679><c> key</c><00:43:10.159><c> phrases</c><00:43:10.880><c> in</c><00:43:11.380><c> Numbers</c><00:43:11.760><c> three</c>

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:13.500
to<00:43:12.300><c> describe</c><00:43:12.539><c> the</c><00:43:12.739><c> work</c><00:43:12.900><c> of</c><00:43:13.079><c> the</c><00:43:13.219><c> Levites.</c>

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:15.400
Is<00:43:14.019><c> that</c><00:43:14.300><c> coincidence?</c>

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.579
Is<00:43:17.139><c> it</c><00:43:17.420><c> coincidence?</c>

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:20.460
When<00:43:17.840><c> every</c><00:43:18.219><c> word</c><00:43:18.539><c> of</c><00:43:18.739><c> God</c><00:43:19.239><c> is</c><00:43:19.860><c> inspired,</c>

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:23.579
when<00:43:21.079><c> every</c><00:43:21.579><c> word</c><00:43:21.860><c> is</c><00:43:22.079><c> the</c><00:43:22.280><c> right</c><00:43:22.599><c> word,</c>

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:28.440
that<00:43:24.559><c> those</c><00:43:25.019><c> three</c><00:43:25.460><c> phrases</c><00:43:25.960><c> should</c><00:43:26.280><c> turn</c><00:43:26.539><c> up</c><00:43:26.719><c> in</c><00:43:26.900><c> Paul's</c><00:43:27.300><c> vocabulary.</c>

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:30.440
And<00:43:28.860><c> Luke</c><00:43:29.039><c> happens</c><00:43:29.360><c> to</c><00:43:29.579><c> say,</c><00:43:29.780><c> and</c><00:43:29.900><c> by</c><00:43:30.079><c> the</c><00:43:30.239><c> way,</c>

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:37.059
they<00:43:30.679><c> were</c><00:43:30.840><c> in</c><00:43:31.019><c> the</c><00:43:31.239><c> ship,</c><00:43:31.619><c> 273</c><00:43:33.199><c> plus</c><00:43:33.960><c> Paul</c><00:43:35.119><c> and</c><00:43:36.039><c> me</c>

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:39.039
and<00:43:37.579><c> one</c><00:43:37.860><c> Aristarchus.</c>

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.619
Isn't<00:43:42.079><c> the</c><00:43:42.280><c> inspired</c><00:43:42.719><c> record</c><00:43:43.039><c> telling</c><00:43:43.360><c> us</c>

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:45.800
that<00:43:43.860><c> back</c><00:43:44.059><c> in</c><00:43:44.260><c> Numbers</c><00:43:44.820><c> chapter</c><00:43:45.179><c> three,</c>

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:49.400
those<00:43:46.340><c> 273,</c><00:43:47.780><c> an</c><00:43:48.039><c> odd</c><00:43:48.260><c> number,</c>

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:51.900
which<00:43:49.820><c> were</c><00:43:50.079><c> over</c><00:43:50.420><c> and</c><00:43:50.719><c> above</c><00:43:51.000><c> the</c><00:43:51.300><c> capability</c>

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:54.320
of<00:43:52.159><c> the</c><00:43:52.300><c> nation</c><00:43:52.579><c> of</c><00:43:52.800><c> Israel</c><00:43:52.960><c> to</c><00:43:53.219><c> redeem,</c>

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:58.239
would<00:43:55.079><c> represent</c><00:43:55.619><c> the</c><00:43:55.900><c> Gentiles</c><00:43:56.880><c> whom</c><00:43:57.239><c> God</c><00:43:57.480><c> had</c><00:43:57.659><c> a</c><00:43:57.940><c> special</c>

00:43:58.239 --> 00:43:59.199
purpose<00:43:58.760><c> with</c>

00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:01.420
and<00:43:59.639><c> who</c><00:43:59.820><c> through</c><00:43:59.980><c> the</c><00:44:00.179><c> work</c><00:44:00.320><c> of</c><00:44:00.500><c> the</c><00:44:00.639><c> Apostle</c><00:44:01.059><c> Paul</c>

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:05.420
would<00:44:01.860><c> call</c><00:44:02.199><c> them</c><00:44:02.360><c> out</c><00:44:02.579><c> of</c><00:44:02.739><c> the</c><00:44:02.920><c> nations</c><00:44:03.420><c> and</c><00:44:03.820><c> keep</c><00:44:04.039><c> them</c><00:44:04.340><c> safe.</c>

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So<00:44:06.380><c> long</c><00:44:06.559><c> as</c><00:44:06.719><c> they</c><00:44:06.940><c> stayed</c><00:44:07.139><c> with</c><00:44:07.480><c> him</c><00:44:07.639><c> in</c><00:44:07.860><c> that</c><00:44:08.079><c> ship,</c>

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they<00:44:08.380><c> were</c><00:44:08.679><c> safe.</c>

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And<00:44:10.940><c> remember,</c><00:44:11.260><c> even</c><00:44:11.380><c> the</c><00:44:11.639><c> soldiers</c><00:44:11.960><c> kept</c><00:44:12.340><c> the</c><00:44:12.679><c> charge</c>

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of<00:44:13.219><c> the</c><00:44:13.380><c> Apostle</c><00:44:13.800><c> Paul.</c>

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All<00:44:14.159><c> of</c><00:44:14.340><c> a</c><00:44:14.420><c> sudden,</c><00:44:15.000><c> Romans</c><00:44:15.440><c> sent</c><00:44:15.739><c> soldiers,</c>

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answerable<00:44:17.099><c> not</c><00:44:17.300><c> to</c><00:44:17.480><c> a</c><00:44:17.699><c> centurion,</c><00:44:18.420><c> but</c><00:44:18.539><c> to</c><00:44:18.719><c> the</c><00:44:18.900><c> Apostle</c><00:44:19.280><c> Paul.</c>

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I<00:44:21.880><c> shall</c><00:44:22.079><c> keep</c><00:44:22.320><c> the</c><00:44:22.619><c> charge.</c>

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And<00:44:24.260><c> the</c><00:44:24.500><c> charge</c><00:44:24.739><c> of</c><00:44:24.920><c> the</c><00:44:25.059><c> whole</c><00:44:25.239><c> congregation,</c>

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the<00:44:25.980><c> Apostle</c><00:44:26.340><c> Paul</c><00:44:26.480><c> says,</c><00:44:26.800><c> God</c><00:44:26.880><c> has</c><00:44:27.179><c> given</c><00:44:27.340><c> them</c><00:44:27.579><c> to</c><00:44:27.840><c> me</c>

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as<00:44:29.800><c> if</c><00:44:29.980><c> he</c><00:44:30.139><c> was</c><00:44:30.360><c> a</c><00:44:30.500><c> high</c><00:44:30.719><c> priest</c><00:44:30.900><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:44:32.199><c> that</c><00:44:32.420><c> is</c><00:44:32.639><c> actually</c><00:44:32.940><c> what</c><00:44:33.159><c> he</c><00:44:33.500><c> says</c><00:44:33.960><c> in</c><00:44:34.599><c> Romans</c><00:44:35.159><c> chapter</c>

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15<00:44:36.159><c> and</c><00:44:36.360><c> verse</c><00:44:36.579><c> 16.</c>

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He<00:44:37.980><c> says</c><00:44:38.440><c> that</c><00:44:39.239><c> he</c><00:44:39.360><c> had</c><00:44:39.539><c> been</c><00:44:39.840><c> given</c><00:44:40.280><c> the</c><00:44:41.039><c> Gentiles</c>

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to<00:44:42.460><c> offer</c><00:44:42.780><c> up</c><00:44:43.320><c> as</c><00:44:43.619><c> an</c><00:44:43.900><c> offering</c><00:44:44.199><c> to</c><00:44:45.119><c> God</c>

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upon<00:44:46.260><c> the</c><00:44:46.519><c> altar</c><00:44:46.960><c> of</c><00:44:47.380><c> the</c><00:44:47.500><c> Lord</c><00:44:47.719><c> Jesus</c><00:44:48.179><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:44:51.800><c> don't</c><00:44:51.900><c> think</c><00:44:52.000><c> it</c><00:44:52.159><c> can</c><00:44:52.360><c> be</c><00:44:52.599><c> just</c><00:44:52.800><c> coincidence,</c>

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brothers<00:44:53.599><c> and</c><00:44:53.800><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:44:55.500><c> is</c><00:44:55.679><c> surely</c><00:44:55.880><c> part</c><00:44:56.360><c> of</c><00:44:56.619><c> the</c><00:44:56.940><c> beauty</c><00:44:57.440><c> of</c><00:44:58.139><c> the</c><00:44:58.340><c> word</c><00:44:58.519><c> of</c><00:44:58.780><c> God.</c>

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To<00:45:00.519><c> understand</c><00:45:01.019><c> that</c><00:45:01.280><c> every</c><00:45:01.639><c> word</c><00:45:02.039><c> so</c><00:45:03.099><c> crafted</c><00:45:03.519><c> and</c><00:45:04.079><c> constructed</c>

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:08.039
is<00:45:04.579><c> there</c><00:45:04.880><c> to</c><00:45:05.119><c> teach</c><00:45:05.260><c> us</c><00:45:05.500><c> a</c><00:45:05.619><c> lesson</c><00:45:06.000><c> from</c><00:45:06.719><c> the</c><00:45:06.980><c> Ecclesia</c><00:45:07.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:45:08.199><c> wilderness.</c>

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This<00:45:09.500><c> is</c><00:45:09.699><c> just</c><00:45:09.900><c> a</c><00:45:10.159><c> start</c><00:45:10.519><c> on</c><00:45:11.159><c> our</c><00:45:11.400><c> studies.</c>

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Our<00:45:12.199><c> time</c><00:45:12.400><c> has</c><00:45:12.679><c> gone.</c>

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What<00:45:13.900><c> we</c><00:45:14.159><c> find</c><00:45:14.500><c> is</c><00:45:15.079><c> that</c><00:45:15.519><c> the</c><00:45:15.739><c> Levites</c><00:45:16.300><c> are</c><00:45:16.739><c> a</c><00:45:16.980><c> pattern</c><00:45:17.539><c> of</c><00:45:18.320><c> the</c><00:45:18.539><c> saints.</c>

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Just<00:45:21.380><c> think</c><00:45:21.559><c> of</c><00:45:21.699><c> this.</c>

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The<00:45:24.500><c> Levites</c><00:45:25.179><c> are</c><00:45:25.780><c> mine,</c><00:45:27.179><c> says</c><00:45:27.360><c> God,</c>

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and<00:45:28.800><c> I</c><00:45:28.980><c> have</c><00:45:29.239><c> given</c><00:45:29.460><c> them</c><00:45:30.239><c> and</c><00:45:30.619><c> to</c><00:45:30.900><c> Aaron</c><00:45:31.340><c> as</c><00:45:32.059><c> a</c><00:45:32.219><c> gift.</c>

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We<00:45:34.280><c> are</c><00:45:34.579><c> not</c><00:45:34.800><c> our</c><00:45:35.079><c> own.</c>

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We<00:45:36.800><c> are</c><00:45:37.039><c> bought</c><00:45:37.179><c> with</c><00:45:37.440><c> a</c><00:45:37.619><c> price.</c>

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We<00:45:39.099><c> are</c><00:45:39.260><c> not</c><00:45:39.400><c> to</c><00:45:39.639><c> please</c><00:45:39.820><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:45:41.360><c> are</c><00:45:41.460><c> not</c><00:45:41.619><c> to</c><00:45:41.739><c> live</c><00:45:41.840><c> in</c><00:45:41.980><c> the</c><00:45:42.179><c> times</c><00:45:42.400><c> when</c><00:45:42.639><c> every</c><00:45:42.820><c> man</c><00:45:43.019><c> did</c><00:45:43.179><c> that</c>

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which<00:45:43.559><c> is</c><00:45:43.820><c> right</c><00:45:43.960><c> in</c><00:45:44.079><c> his</c><00:45:44.280><c> own</c><00:45:44.460><c> eyes.</c>

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Because<00:45:46.019><c> God</c><00:45:46.280><c> says,</c><00:45:47.119><c> they</c><00:45:47.280><c> are</c><00:45:47.559><c> mine.</c>

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And<00:45:49.099><c> I</c><00:45:49.260><c> have</c><00:45:49.460><c> given</c><00:45:49.679><c> them</c><00:45:50.559><c> as</c><00:45:51.019><c> a</c><00:45:51.199><c> gift</c><00:45:51.639><c> to</c><00:45:52.380><c> the</c><00:45:52.539><c> Lord</c><00:45:52.719><c> Jesus</c><00:45:53.179><c> Christ.</c>

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Whose<00:45:54.840><c> we</c><00:45:55.139><c> are</c><00:45:56.019><c> and</c><00:45:56.539><c> whom</c><00:45:56.780><c> we</c><00:45:57.059><c> should</c><00:45:57.340><c> serve.</c>

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That<00:45:58.880><c> is</c><00:45:59.079><c> the</c><00:45:59.280><c> privilege</c><00:45:59.760><c> of</c><00:46:00.340><c> the</c><00:46:00.519><c> saints.</c>