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God.</c> 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:23.519 But<00:27:14.940><c> in</c><00:27:15.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:15.519><c> 56</c><00:27:16.720><c> verse</c><00:27:18.619><c> 3,</c><00:27:21.339><c> we</c><00:27:21.380><c> read,</c><00:27:22.019><c> Neither</c><00:27:22.119><c> let</c><00:27:22.380><c> the</c><00:27:22.680><c> son</c><00:27:23.140><c> of</c> 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:26.079 the<00:27:23.880><c> stranger</c><00:27:24.460><c> that</c><00:27:25.339><c> hath</c><00:27:25.700><c> joined</c> 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:33.059 himself<00:27:26.779><c> to</c><00:27:27.299><c> the</c><00:27:27.519><c> Lord</c><00:27:28.839><c> speak,</c><00:27:29.859><c> saying,</c><00:27:30.039><c> The</c><00:27:30.099><c> Lord</c><00:27:30.400><c> hath</c><00:27:31.160><c> utterly</c><00:27:31.680><c> separated</c><00:27:32.460><c> me</c> 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.579 from<00:27:33.259><c> his</c><00:27:33.599><c> people.</c> 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:39.059 Here<00:27:35.200><c> was</c><00:27:35.400><c> 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work</c><00:28:20.400><c> of</c><00:28:21.500><c> the</c><00:28:21.660><c> High</c><00:28:21.940><c> Priest.</c><00:28:23.599><c> And</c> 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:28.339 we<00:28:23.799><c> can</c><00:28:24.000><c> see</c><00:28:24.119><c> then</c><00:28:24.420><c> a</c><00:28:25.119><c> spiritual</c><00:28:26.579><c> principle</c> 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:37.200 being<00:28:28.960><c> developed</c><00:28:29.539><c> here</c><00:28:30.160><c> in</c><00:28:31.160><c> the</c><00:28:32.460><c> record</c><00:28:32.779><c> of</c><00:28:33.000><c> Numbers</c><00:28:33.279><c> 18.</c><00:28:36.480><c> Back</c><00:28:37.059><c> in</c> 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:40.779 Numbers<00:28:37.460><c> 18</c><00:28:37.880><c> and</c><00:28:38.099><c> verse</c><00:28:38.359><c> 6,</c><00:28:40.140><c> it</c><00:28:40.480><c> gives</c> 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:46.400 us<00:28:41.119><c> this</c><00:28:41.680><c> same</c><00:28:42.180><c> emphasis,</c><00:28:43.039><c> And</c><00:28:43.180><c> I</c><00:28:43.500><c> 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an</c><00:29:02.180><c> interesting</c><00:29:02.660><c> insight</c><00:29:03.240><c> into</c> 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.920 what<00:29:04.420><c> this</c><00:29:05.259><c> means</c> 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:13.259 and<00:29:06.380><c> how</c><00:29:06.680><c> it</c><00:29:06.880><c> is</c><00:29:07.220><c> a</c><00:29:07.660><c> pattern</c><00:29:07.980><c> of</c><00:29:08.279><c> spiritual</c><00:29:08.859><c> things.</c><00:29:10.960><c> Psalm</c><00:29:11.299><c> 68</c> 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:17.799 describes<00:29:14.960><c> for</c><00:29:15.259><c> us</c><00:29:15.619><c> the</c><00:29:16.480><c> march</c><00:29:17.039><c> of</c><00:29:17.480><c> Israel</c> 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:20.980 in<00:29:17.880><c> the</c><00:29:18.039><c> wilderness.</c><00:29:19.339><c> We've</c><00:29:19.480><c> looked</c><00:29:19.660><c> at</c><00:29:19.859><c> how</c><00:29:20.259><c> there</c><00:29:20.559><c> was</c><00:29:20.759><c> an</c> 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:23.240 orderly<00:29:21.339><c> 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rise</c><00:29:56.460><c> up,</c><00:29:56.920><c> Lord,</c><00:29:57.759><c> and</c><00:29:57.779><c> let</c><00:29:58.039><c> them</c><00:29:59.019><c> that</c><00:30:03.440><c> hate</c><00:30:03.779><c> thee</c><00:30:04.440><c> flee</c><00:30:04.880><c> before</c><00:30:05.500><c> thee.</c><00:30:07.599><c> And</c> 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.119 the<00:30:07.920><c> psalm</c> 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:11.359 opens<00:30:08.440><c> with</c><00:30:08.700><c> those</c><00:30:08.980><c> words.</c><00:30:09.460><c> Psalm</c><00:30:09.720><c> 68</c><00:30:10.259><c> opens</c><00:30:10.700><c> with</c><00:30:10.960><c> the</c><00:30:11.119><c> words</c> 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:14.839 of<00:30:12.019><c> Numbers</c><00:30:12.420><c> 10</c><00:30:12.759><c> verse</c><00:30:12.960><c> 35,</c><00:30:14.240><c> let</c><00:30:14.460><c> God</c> 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:19.859 arise,<00:30:15.980><c> let</c><00:30:16.099><c> his</c><00:30:16.339><c> enemies</c><00:30:16.859><c> be</c><00:30:17.299><c> scattered.</c><00:30:18.380><c> So</c><00:30:18.640><c> Psalm</c><00:30:18.900><c> 68</c><00:30:19.420><c> is</c> 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:22.720 taking<00:30:20.140><c> us</c><00:30:20.380><c> into</c><00:30:20.680><c> the</c><00:30:20.980><c> spiritual</c><00:30:22.000><c> meaning</c> 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:27.920 of<00:30:23.140><c> the</c><00:30:23.640><c> wilderness</c><00:30:24.380><c> movement</c><00:30:25.680><c> of</c><00:30:25.920><c> the</c><00:30:26.119><c> people</c><00:30:26.319><c> in</c><00:30:26.460><c> the</c><00:30:26.680><c> tabernacle.</c><00:30:27.640><c> God</c> 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:30.619 is<00:30:28.160><c> on</c><00:30:28.319><c> the</c><00:30:28.500><c> march,</c><00:30:30.279><c> and</c><00:30:30.400><c> the</c> 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:34.900 armies<00:30:30.859><c> of</c><00:30:31.119><c> Israel</c><00:30:31.660><c> are</c><00:30:32.299><c> following</c><00:30:32.900><c> through</c><00:30:33.819><c> the</c><00:30:34.059><c> wilderness.</c><00:30:34.440><c> 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00:31:13.720 Yea,<00:31:09.680><c> for</c><00:31:09.799><c> the</c><00:31:10.099><c> rebellious</c><00:31:10.700><c> also</c><00:31:11.400><c> that</c><00:31:12.119><c> the</c><00:31:12.380><c> Lord</c><00:31:12.680><c> God</c><00:31:13.299><c> might</c> 00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:17.579 dwell<00:31:14.220><c> among</c><00:31:14.900><c> them.</c><00:31:16.740><c> I</c><00:31:16.740><c> know</c><00:31:16.920><c> those</c><00:31:17.279><c> words</c> 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:21.240 seem<00:31:18.400><c> on</c><00:31:19.140><c> the</c><00:31:19.319><c> face</c><00:31:19.500><c> of</c><00:31:19.579><c> it</c><00:31:19.700><c> a</c><00:31:19.799><c> little</c><00:31:19.940><c> difficult</c><00:31:20.319><c> to</c><00:31:20.700><c> follow.</c> 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:23.420 If<00:31:21.640><c> we</c><00:31:21.740><c> just</c><00:31:22.039><c> put</c><00:31:22.200><c> it</c><00:31:22.380><c> as</c><00:31:22.619><c> a</c><00:31:22.839><c> question,</c> 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:29.740 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