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The Story of the Books of the Pentateuch – Genesis _ Exodus _ Leviticus _ Numbers _ Deuteronomy · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: What if I told you that everything in the Bible,
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  Speaker 1: every prophecy, every promise, every divine revelation, finds its foundation
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  Speaker 1: in just five books. The Pentateuch isn't merely ancient history.
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  Speaker 1: It's the prophetic blueprint of God's eternal plan for humanity,
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  Speaker 1: from the moment sin entered through Adam's disobedience to the
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  Speaker 1: cosmic promise of redemption. These books reveal mysteries that echo
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  Speaker 1: through eternity. Here lies the dna of covenant, the architecture
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  Speaker 1: of salvation, and the road map to understanding God's heart.
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  Speaker 1: Moses didn't just write history, He pent prophecy that would
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  Speaker 1: unfold across millennia. These five books are the master key
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  Speaker 1: that unlocks every other scripture, the foundation stone upon which
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  Speaker 1: the entire Biblical narrative stands. Without Genesis, through Deuteronomy, the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the Bible becomes an incomplete puzzle. Today we
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  Speaker 1: begin this extraordinary journey with jennais the book of beginnings
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  Speaker 1: that holds the seeds of every divine promise yet to
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  Speaker 1: be fulfilled. The Pentateuch is crucial because it establishes God's character,
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  Speaker 1: his covenance, his laws, and his redemptive plan that culminates
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  Speaker 1: in Christ. In the beginning, there was nothing but darkness
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  Speaker 1: and emptiness. Then God spoke. The first chapter of Genesis
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  Speaker 1: tells us that in the beginning God created the heavens
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  Speaker 1: and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty.
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  Speaker 1: Darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
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  Speaker 1: spirit of God was hovering over the waters. With just
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  Speaker 1: his voice, God brought light into existence, and God said,
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  Speaker 1: let there be light. And there was light. God saw
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  Speaker 1: that the light was good, and he separated the light
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  Speaker 1: from the darkness. Day by day, God shaped the world.
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  Speaker 1: He separated the sky from the waters, gathered the seas,
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  Speaker 1: and made dry land appear. Plants sprouted from the ground,
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  Speaker 1: Trees bore f root and flowers bloomed. The sun, moon
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  Speaker 1: and stars filled the sky to mark days and seasons.
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  Speaker 1: Fish swam in the oceans, birds soared through the air,
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  Speaker 1: and animals roamed the earth. But God wasn't finished yet.
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  Speaker 1: On the sixth day, he did something special. Genesis chapter one,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty seven says, so God created mankind in his
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  Speaker 1: own image, in the image of God. He created them
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  Speaker 1: male and female. He created them. God formed man from
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  Speaker 1: the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils
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  Speaker 1: the breath of life. This man became Adam, the first
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  Speaker 1: human being. Then, in Genesis chapter two, we see God
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  Speaker 1: create a beautiful garden called Eden. Now, the Lord God
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  Speaker 1: had planted a garden in the east in Eden, and
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  Speaker 1: there he put the man he had formed. This wasn't
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  Speaker 1: just any garden. It was perfect. Rivers flowed through it,
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  Speaker 1: Every tree was pleasant to look at, and the tree
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  Speaker 1: of life stood in the middle. God placed Adam there
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  Speaker 1: to take care of it. God saw that it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: good for man to be alone, so he caused a
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  Speaker 1: deep sleep to fall upon Adam, took one of his ribs,
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  Speaker 1: and from it made a woman. When Adam woke up
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  Speaker 1: and saw her, he was overjoyed. This is now bone
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  Speaker 1: of my bones, and flesh of my flesh, he said.
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  Speaker 1: She became his wife Eve. They lived together in perfect
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  Speaker 1: harmony with God, with each other, and with all creation.
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  Speaker 1: They felt no shame, even though they were naked, because
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  Speaker 1: everything was pure and good. Life in Eden was perfect
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  Speaker 1: until something terrible happened. Genesis chapter three introduces us to
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  Speaker 1: a cunning serpent who approached Eve with a question that
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  Speaker 1: would change everything. Now, the serpent was more crafty than
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  Speaker 1: any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.
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  Speaker 1: He said to the woman, did God really say you
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  Speaker 1: must not eat from any tree in the garden. God
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  Speaker 1: had given Adam and Eve freedom to eat from every
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  Speaker 1: tree in the garden except one, the tree of the
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of good and evil. He had warned them clearly,
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  Speaker 1: you must not eat from the Tree of the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of good and evil, for when you eat from it,
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  Speaker 1: you will certainly die. But the serpent twisted God's words.
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  Speaker 1: He told Eve, you will not certainly die, for God
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  Speaker 1: knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will
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  Speaker 1: be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good
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  Speaker 1: and evil. Eve looked at the fruit. It seemed good
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  Speaker 1: for food and pleasing to her eyes. She took some
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  Speaker 1: and ate it. Then gave some to Adam, who was
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  Speaker 1: with her, and he ate it too. Immediately everything changed.
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  Speaker 1: Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and
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  Speaker 1: they realized they were naked. So they sowed fig leaves
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  Speaker 1: together and made coverings for themselves. For the first time,
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  Speaker 1: they felt shame and fear. When they heard God walking
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  Speaker 1: in the garden. They hid among the trees. God called out,
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  Speaker 1: where are you? He wasn't asking because he didn't know
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  Speaker 1: He was giving them a chance to confess, but instead
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  Speaker 1: of taking responsibility, Adam blamed both Eve and God himself.
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  Speaker 1: The woman you put here with me. She gave me
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  Speaker 1: some fruit from the tree, and I ate it. Eve
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  Speaker 1: blamed the serpent and the The consequences were severe. God
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  Speaker 1: told the serpent it would crawl on its belly and
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  Speaker 1: eat dust. To Eve, he said childbirth would be painful.
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  Speaker 1: To Adam, he explained that the ground would be cursed,
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  Speaker 1: growing food would require hard work, and thorns and weeds
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  Speaker 1: would make farming difficult. Most serious of all, death entered
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  Speaker 1: the world. For dust you are, and to dust you
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  Speaker 1: will return, God told Adam. But even in this dark moment,
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  Speaker 1: God showed mercy. He made clothes from animal skins to
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  Speaker 1: cover them, and promised that one day some one from
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  Speaker 1: Eve's descendants would defeat the serpent. Then God said, the
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  Speaker 1: man has now become like one of us, knowing good
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  Speaker 1: and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out
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  Speaker 1: his hand and take also from the Tree of life
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  Speaker 1: and eat and live forever. So God sent them out
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  Speaker 1: of Eden, placing Cherubim with flaming swords to guard the
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  Speaker 1: way back to the Tree of Life. As years passed.
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  Speaker 1: People multiplied on the earth, but they didn't follow God's ways.
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  Speaker 1: Genesis chapter six tells us that the Lord saw how
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  Speaker 1: great the wickedness of the human race had become on
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  Speaker 1: the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of
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  Speaker 1: the human heart was only evil. All the time, violence
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  Speaker 1: filled the earth, and people forgot about their creator. This
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  Speaker 1: broke God's heart. The Lord regretted that he had made
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  Speaker 1: human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
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  Speaker 1: He decided to start over. But there was one man
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  Speaker 1: who stood out from all the rest, Noah. But Noah
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  Speaker 1: found favor in the eyes of the Lord while everyone
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  Speaker 1: else lived wickedly. Noah walked with God. God spoke to
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  Speaker 1: Noah with specific instructions. I am going to bring flood
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  Speaker 1: waters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens,
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  Speaker 1: every creature that has the breath of life in it.
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  Speaker 1: Everything on earth will perish. But I will establish my
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  Speaker 1: covenant with you, and you will enter the Ark, you
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  Speaker 1: and your sons, and your wife and your son's wives
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  Speaker 1: with you. God told Noah to build an ark, a
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  Speaker 1: massive boat unlike anything the world had ever seen. It
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  Speaker 1: was to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide,
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  Speaker 1: and thirty cubits high, with rooms inside and covered with
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  Speaker 1: pitch to make it waterproof. Noah was also to bring
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  Speaker 1: two of every kind of animal and seven pairs of
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  Speaker 1: every clean animal, along with food for everyone. Noah obeyed completely.
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  Speaker 1: For years he worked on this enormous project while people
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  Speaker 1: probably mocked him, but Noah did everything just as God
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  Speaker 1: commanded him. When the Ark was finished, God told Noah,
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  Speaker 1: go into the Ark, you and your whole family, because
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  Speaker 1: I have found you righteous in this generation. Genesis chapter
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  Speaker 1: seven describes what happened next in the six hundredth year
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  Speaker 1: of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month.
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  Speaker 1: On that day, all the springs of the Great Deep
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  Speaker 1: burst forth, and the flood gates of the heavens were opened.
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  Speaker 1: Rain poured down for forty days and forty nights. Water
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  Speaker 1: covered even the highest mountains. Every living thing that moved
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  Speaker 1: on land perished, birds, live, stock, wild animals, all the
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  Speaker 1: creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. But
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  Speaker 1: inside the Ark, Noah and his family were safe. For
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty days, the waters flooded the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Then God remember, but Noah and caused a wind to
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  Speaker 1: blow over the earth, and the waters began to recede.
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  Speaker 1: The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
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  Speaker 1: Noah sent out a raven and then a dove to
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  Speaker 1: see if the water had gone down the first time.
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  Speaker 1: The dove found no place to rest and returned. Seven
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  Speaker 1: days later, the dove came back with a fresh olive
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  Speaker 1: leaf in its beak. Seven days after that, the dove
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  Speaker 1: didn't return at all. It had found dry ground. When
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  Speaker 1: they finally left the ark, Noah built an altar and
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  Speaker 1: offered sacrifices to God. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma
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  Speaker 1: and said in his heart, never again will I curse
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  Speaker 1: the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of
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  Speaker 1: the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again
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  Speaker 1: will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
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  Speaker 1: God placed a rainbow in the clouds as a sign
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  Speaker 1: of his promise never to destroy the earth by flood again.
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  Speaker 1: After the flood, Noah's descendants began to multiply and spread
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  Speaker 1: across the earth. At first Genesis chapter eleven tells us
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  Speaker 1: now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
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  Speaker 1: People traveled together and settled in a plain in the
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  Speaker 1: land of Shinar, where they decided to stay. But instead
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  Speaker 1: of spreading out and filling the earth as God had commanded,
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  Speaker 1: they made a different plan. Come, let us build ourselves
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  Speaker 1: a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens,
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  Speaker 1: so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise
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  Speaker 1: we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
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  Speaker 1: They wanted to build something so impressive that people would
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  Speaker 1: remember them forever. They won't content with simple homes or
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  Speaker 1: even a basic city. They wanted a tower that would
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  Speaker 1: reach up to heaven itself, a monument to their own greatness.
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  Speaker 1: They used bricks instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar,
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  Speaker 1: and they began their ambitious project with great enthusiasm. But
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  Speaker 1: God saw what they were doing, and he wasn't pleased.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord came down to see the city and the
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  Speaker 1: tower the people were building. Their problem wasn't the building itself,
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  Speaker 1: it was their pride and their refusal to obey God's
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  Speaker 1: command to fill the earth. They wanted to stay together
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  Speaker 1: and make themselves famous, instead of honoring God and following
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  Speaker 1: his plan. God said, if as one people speaking the
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  Speaker 1: same language, they have begun to do this, then nothing
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  Speaker 1: they plan to do will be impossible for them. Their
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  Speaker 1: unity and disobedience would only lead to greater rebellion against God.
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  Speaker 1: So he decided to act. Come, let us go down
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  Speaker 1: and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.
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  Speaker 1: God said. Suddenly, the people who had been working together
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  Speaker 1: so smoothly couldn't understand what their neighbors were saying. Confusions
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  Speaker 1: spread throughout the construction site. Workers couldn't coordinate their efforts.
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  Speaker 1: Instructions became meaningless noise. The great building project ground to
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  Speaker 1: a halt. So the Lord scattered them from there over
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  Speaker 1: all the earth, and they stopped building the city. What
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  Speaker 1: they had feared most being scattered happened because of their disobedience.
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  Speaker 1: That is why it was called Babel, Because there the
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  Speaker 1: Lord confused the language of the whole world from Babel.
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  Speaker 1: People groups spread in different directions, each developing their own
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  Speaker 1: culture and way of life. What started as an act
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  Speaker 1: of judgment became part of God's plan to fill the
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  Speaker 1: earth with diverse nations and peoples, each with their own
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  Speaker 1: language and homeland. Many generations after Babel, in the city
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  Speaker 1: of Ur lived a man named Abram. His father, Terra,
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  Speaker 1: had three sons, Abram, Nehor, and Haran. Haran died young,
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  Speaker 1: leaving behind a son named Lot. Genesis chapter eleven tells
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  Speaker 1: us that Abram married Sarah, but Sarah was childless because
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  Speaker 1: she was not able to conceive. Terra decided to move
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  Speaker 1: his family from Ur to Canaan, but they stopped along
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  Speaker 1: the way in a place called Harn and settled there.
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  Speaker 1: After Terra died, something amazing happened. God spoke directly to
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  Speaker 1: Abram with a call that would change his life forever.
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  Speaker 1: Genesis chapter twelve records God's words, go from your country,
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  Speaker 1: your people, and your father's household to the land I
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  Speaker 1: will show you. I will make you into a great nation,
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  Speaker 1: and I will bless you. I will make your name great,
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  Speaker 1: and you will be a blessing. I will bless those
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  Speaker 1: who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse,
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  Speaker 1: and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
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  Speaker 1: This was an incredible promise, especially since Abram was already
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  Speaker 1: seventy five years old and had no children. But God
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  Speaker 1: was asked him to leave everything familiar, his homeland, his relatives,
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  Speaker 1: his father's house, and go to a place he had
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  Speaker 1: never seen. Most people would have found excuses or asked
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  Speaker 1: for more details, but Abram's response was simple. He obeyed.
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  Speaker 1: So Abram went as the Lord had told him, and
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  Speaker 1: Lot went with him. He took his wife Sarah, his
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  Speaker 1: nephew Lot, all their possessions, and the servants they had
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  Speaker 1: acquired in Haran. They packed up their entire lives and
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  Speaker 1: started walking toward an unknown destination, trusting that God would
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  Speaker 1: guide them. When they reached Canaan, God appeared to Abram
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  Speaker 1: again and said, to your offspring, I will give this land.
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  Speaker 1: Even though Abram didn't have any children yet, God was
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  Speaker 1: promising that his descendants would inherit this beautiful land. Abram
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  Speaker 1: built an altar there to worship the Lord. They continued
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  Speaker 1: traveling through the land, and Abram built altars and called
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  Speaker 1: the name of the Lord wherever they went. But then
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  Speaker 1: a famine struck the land, forcing them to go down
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  Speaker 1: to Egypt for food. This created a problem. Sarai was
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  Speaker 1: so beautiful that Abram feared the Egyptians might kill him
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  Speaker 1: to take her as a wife, so Abram asked Sarai
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  Speaker 1: to say she was his sister instead of his wife.
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  Speaker 1: When they arrived in Egypt, Pharaoh's officials saw sirise beauty
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  Speaker 1: and brought her into Pharaoh's palace. Pharaoh treated Abram well
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  Speaker 1: because of her, giving him sheep, cattle, donkeys, servants, and camels,
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  Speaker 1: but God protected Sarai by inflicting serious diseases on Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: and his household. When Pharaoh realized what had happened, he
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  Speaker 1: called Abram and said, what have you done to me?
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  Speaker 1: Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? He
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  Speaker 1: immediately sent them away with all their possessions. Abram and
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  Speaker 1: Lot returned to Canaan, both now wealthy with large flocks
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  Speaker 1: and herds, but their success created a new problem. There
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  Speaker 1: wasn't enough land for both of their animals to graze.
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  Speaker 1: Arguments broke out between their herdsmen, and Abram realized they
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  Speaker 1: needed to separate. Being the older and wiser man, Abram
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  Speaker 1: gave Lot first choice of where to settle. Is not
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  Speaker 1: the whole land before you. Let's part company. If you
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  Speaker 1: go to the left, I'll go to the right. If
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  Speaker 1: you go to the right, I'll go to the left.
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  Speaker 1: Lot looked around and chose the well watered Jordan Valley,
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  Speaker 1: which looked like the Garden of Eden. He moved towards
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  Speaker 1: Sodom while Abram stayed in Canaan. After Lot left, God
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  Speaker 1: spoke to Abram again. Look around from where you are,
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  Speaker 1: to the north and south, to the east and west.
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  Speaker 1: All the land that you see I will give to
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  Speaker 1: you and your offspring forever. I will make your offspring
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  Speaker 1: like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone
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  Speaker 1: could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
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  Speaker 1: Years passed and Abram grew older, but he still had
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  Speaker 1: no children. One night, God came to him in a
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  Speaker 1: vision with reassuring words found in Genesis chapter fifteen. Do
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  Speaker 1: not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very
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  Speaker 1: great reward. But Abram had a question that weighed heavily
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  Speaker 1: on his heart. Sovereign Lord, what can you give me?
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  Speaker 1: Since I remain childless, and the one who will inherit
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  Speaker 1: my estate is Eliezer of Damascus. Abram explained his concern.
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  Speaker 1: You have given me no children, so a servant in
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  Speaker 1: my household will be my heir. According to the customs
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  Speaker 1: of that time, his servant would inherit everything if he
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  Speaker 1: died without sons. But God had a different plan. He
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  Speaker 1: took Abram outside and said, look up at the sky
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  Speaker 1: and count the stars. If indeed you can count them,
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  Speaker 1: so shall your offspring be. It was a clear night,
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  Speaker 1: and the stars stretched endlessly across the heavens. God was
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  Speaker 1: promising that Abram's descendants would be just as countless. Genesis
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  Speaker 1: fifteen six records something remarkable. Abram believed the Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: he credited it to him as righteousness. Even though it
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  Speaker 1: seemed impossible for an old man and his barren wife
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  Speaker 1: to have children, Abram trusted God's promise completely. To confirm
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  Speaker 1: this promise, God made a formal covenant with Abram. He
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  Speaker 1: told him to bring a heifer, a goat, a ram,
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  Speaker 1: a dove, and a young pigeon. Abram cut the animals
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  Speaker 1: in half and arrange the pieces with a pathway between them.
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  Speaker 1: As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram,
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  Speaker 1: and God spoke to him about the future. Know for
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  Speaker 1: certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be
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  Speaker 1: strangers in a country not their own, and that they
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  Speaker 1: will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish
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  Speaker 1: the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will
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  Speaker 1: come out with great possessions. This was a prophecy about
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  Speaker 1: their time in Egypt, which wouldn't happen for many years.
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  Speaker 1: When darkness fell, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch
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  Speaker 1: appeared and passed between the pieces. This was God himself
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  Speaker 1: making the Covenant, showing that his promises were absolutely certain.
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  Speaker 1: But Sarai grew impatient waiting for God's promise. She suggested
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  Speaker 1: that Abram have a child through her Egyptian servant, Hagar.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord has kept me from having children, Go sleep
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  Speaker 1: with my slave. Perhaps I can build a family through her.
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  Speaker 1: Abram agreed, and Hagar became pregnant. This decision caused problems. Immediately,
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  Speaker 1: Hagar began to despise Sarai, and Sarai treated her harshly.
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  Speaker 1: Hagar ran away into the desert, where an angel of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord found her by a spring. The angel told
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  Speaker 1: her to return and submit to promising that her son
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  Speaker 1: would have many descendants. She was told to name him Ishmael,
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  Speaker 1: which means God hears. When Abram was ninety nine years old,
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  Speaker 1: God appeared to him again with an even more specific promise.
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  Speaker 1: No longer will you be called Abram. Your name will
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  Speaker 1: be Abraham, for I have made you a father of
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  Speaker 1: many nations. God also changed Sarahi's name to Sarah, meaning princess,
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  Speaker 1: and promised that she would have a son within a year.
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  Speaker 1: Abraham found this hard to believe and laughed, thinking, will
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  Speaker 1: a son be born to a man a hundred years old?
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  Speaker 1: Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?
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  Speaker 1: But God confirmed his promise. Yes, but your wife Sarah
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  Speaker 1: will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac.
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  Speaker 1: I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting
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  Speaker 1: covenant for his descendants after him. Sure enough, Genesis chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty one tells us Now the Lord was gracious to
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  Speaker 1: Sarah as he had said, And the Lord did for
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  Speaker 1: Sarah what he had a promised. Sarah became pregnant and
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  Speaker 1: bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at
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  Speaker 1: the very time God had promised him. Abraham named the
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  Speaker 1: boy Isaac, which means laughter, because both he and Sarah
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  Speaker 1: had laughed at God's promise. When Isaac was born, Sarah said,
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  Speaker 1: God has brought me laughter. And everyone who hears about
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  Speaker 1: this will laugh with me. Who would have said to
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  Speaker 1: Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne
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  Speaker 1: him a son in his old age. The impossible had happened.
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  Speaker 1: The promise was beginning to come true. As Isaac grew up,
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  Speaker 1: tensions arose in Abraham's household. Sarah noticed Ishmael mocking Isaac
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  Speaker 1: during a celebration and demanded that Abraham send Hagar and
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  Speaker 1: Ishmael away, get rid of that slave woman and her son,
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  Speaker 1: for that woman's son will never share in the inheritance
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  Speaker 1: with my son Isaac. She insisted. This troubled Abraham greatly
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  Speaker 1: because Ishmael was also his son, but God told him,
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  Speaker 1: do not be so distressed about the boy and your
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  Speaker 1: slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it
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  Speaker 1: is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. God
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  Speaker 1: promised to make Ishmael into a nation too, but Isaac
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  Speaker 1: would carry on the Covenant line. Years later, God tested
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  Speaker 1: Abraham's faith in the most difficult way possible. Genesis chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty two records then God said, take your son, your
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  Speaker 1: only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the
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  Speaker 1: region of Mariah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering
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  Speaker 1: on a mountain. I will show you. This command seemed
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  Speaker 1: to contradict everything God had promised about Isaac, but Abraham
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  Speaker 1: obeyed without question. Early the next morning, he prepared for
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  Speaker 1: the journey, taking Isaac, two servants, and wood for the sacrifice.
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  Speaker 1: After three days of travel, they reached the place God
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  Speaker 1: had indicated. Abraham told his servants stay here with the
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  Speaker 1: donkey while I and the boy go over there. We
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  Speaker 1: will worship, and then we will come back to you.
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  Speaker 1: As they walked up the mountain, Isaac asked, Father, the
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  Speaker 1: fire and wood are here, but where is the lamb
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  Speaker 1: for the burnt offering. Abraham replied, with faith filled words,
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  Speaker 1: God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering,
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  Speaker 1: my son. When they reached the top, Abraham built an altar,
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  Speaker 1: arranged the wood, and bound Isaac on top of it.
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  Speaker 1: Just as Abraham raised the knife, the Angel of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord called out Abraham, Abraham, do not lay a hand
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  Speaker 1: on the boy. Do not do anything to him. Now
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  Speaker 1: I know that you fear God, because you have not
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  Speaker 1: withheld from me your son, your only son Abram. Raham
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  Speaker 1: looked up and saw a ram caught in a thicket
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  Speaker 1: by its horns. He sacrificed the ram instead of Isaac.
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  Speaker 1: The angel spoke again, I swear by myself, declares the
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  Speaker 1: Lord that because you have done this and have not
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  Speaker 1: withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless
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  Speaker 1: you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars
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  Speaker 1: in the sky and as the sand on the sea shore.
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  Speaker 1: When Isaac grew up, Abraham sent his servant to find
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  Speaker 1: a wife for him from among his relatives. The servant
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  Speaker 1: prayed for guidance and met Rebeccah at a well. She
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  Speaker 1: showed kindness by giving him water and watering his camels.
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  Speaker 1: When he learned she was from Abraham's family, he knew
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  Speaker 1: God had answered his prayer. Rebeccah agreed to marry Isaac,
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  Speaker 1: and Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah,
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  Speaker 1: and he married Rebeccah. So she became his wife, and
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  Speaker 1: he loved her. Isaac and Rebeccah had twin sons after
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  Speaker 1: twenty years of marriage. Before they were born, the babies
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  Speaker 1: jostled each other within her, and God told Rebecca two
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  Speaker 1: nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within
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  Speaker 1: you will be separated. One people will be stronger than
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  Speaker 1: the other, and the older will serve the younger. The
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  Speaker 1: first baby was born red and hairy, so they named
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  Speaker 1: him Esau. The second came out grasping Esau's heel, so
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  Speaker 1: they called him Jacob, which means he grasps the heel
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  Speaker 1: or deceiver. As they grew up, Esau became a skillful
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  Speaker 1: hunter who loved the outdoors, while Jacob was a quiet
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  Speaker 1: man who stayed among the tents. One day, Esau came
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  Speaker 1: home from hunting, exhausted and hungry. Jacob was cooking stew,
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  Speaker 1: and Esau begged for some. Jacob saw an opportunity. First,
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  Speaker 1: sell me your birthright. Esau, thinking only of his immediate hunger,
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  Speaker 1: said what good is the birthright to me? So he
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  Speaker 1: sold his inheritance as the firstborn for bowl of stew. Later,
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  Speaker 1: when Isaac was old and nearly blind, he wanted to
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  Speaker 1: bless Esau, but Rebecca overheard and helped Jacob deceive his father.
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  Speaker 1: She prepared food the way Isaac liked it, put goatskins
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  Speaker 1: on Jacob's hands and neck to make him feel hairy
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  Speaker 1: like Esau, and dressed him in Esau's clothes. When Jacob
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  Speaker 1: brought the food to his father, Isaac blessed him, thinking
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  Speaker 1: he was Esau. When Esau discovered what had happened, he
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  Speaker 1: was furious and planned to kill Jacob. Rebecca warned Jacob,
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  Speaker 1: who fled to her brother Laban's house in Haron on
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  Speaker 1: the e way. God appeared to Jacob in a dream
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  Speaker 1: at Bethel, showing him a ladder reaching to heaven with
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  Speaker 1: angels going up and down on it. God promised, I
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  Speaker 1: am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and
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  Speaker 1: the God of Isaac. I will give you and your
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  Speaker 1: descendants the land on which you are lying. Jacob worked
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  Speaker 1: for Laban for twenty years, marrying both of Laban's daughters,
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  Speaker 1: first Leah, then Rachel. Through these wives and their servants,
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  Speaker 1: Jacob had twelve sons, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naftali,
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  Speaker 1: gad Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. These twelve sons
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  Speaker 1: would become the fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: When Jacob finally returned to Canaan, he wrestled with a
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  Speaker 1: mysterious man all night by the Jabbok river. The man
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  Speaker 1: touched Jacob's hip and dislocated it, but Jacob wouldn't let
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  Speaker 1: go until he received a blessing. The man said, your
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  Speaker 1: name will no longer be Jacob but Israel, because you
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  Speaker 1: have struggled with God and with humans, and have overcome.
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  Speaker 1: From that day forward, Jacob was called Israel, and his
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  Speaker 1: descendants became known as the Israelites. Among Jacob's twelve sons,
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  Speaker 1: Joseph stood out as his father's favorite. Genesis Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: seven tells us that Israel loved Joseph more than all
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  Speaker 1: his children because he was the son of his old age,
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  Speaker 1: and he made him a coat of many colors. This
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  Speaker 1: special treatment made his older brothers jealous and resentful. Joseph
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  Speaker 1: had dreams that made the situation worse. In his first dream,
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  Speaker 1: he saw himself and his brothers binding sheaves of grain
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  Speaker 1: in a field. His sheaf stood upright while his brother's
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  Speaker 1: sheaves bowed down to it. When he told his brothers
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  Speaker 1: about this dream, they hated him even more. His second
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  Speaker 1: dream was about the sun, moon, and eleven stars bowing
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  Speaker 1: down to him. Even Jacob was troubled by this dream
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  Speaker 1: and rebuked Joseph, asking what is this dream you had?
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  Speaker 1: Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come
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  Speaker 1: and bow down to the ground before you? But Jacob
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  Speaker 1: kept the matter in mind, wondering what these dreams might mean.
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  Speaker 1: One day, Jacob sent Joseph to check on his brothers,
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  Speaker 1: who were pasturing flocks near Shechem. When the brothers saw
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  Speaker 1: Joseph coming from a distance, they plotted against him. Here
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  Speaker 1: comes that dreamer, they said to each other. Come now,
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  Speaker 1: let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns,
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  Speaker 1: and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll
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  Speaker 1: see what comes of his dreams. But Reuben, the oldest brother,
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  Speaker 1: convinced them not to kill Joseph. Instead, they threw him
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  Speaker 1: into an empty cistern. When a caravan of Ishmaelite traders
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  Speaker 1: passed by on their way to Egypt, Judah suggested they
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  Speaker 1: sell Joseph rather than kill him. What will we gain
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  Speaker 1: if we kill our brother and cover up his blood. Come,
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  Speaker 1: let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our
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  Speaker 1: hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our
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  Speaker 1: own flesh and blood. They sold Joseph for twenty shekels
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  Speaker 1: of silver. To cover up their crime, they killed a
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  Speaker 1: goat and dipped Joseph's colorful coat in its pla blood.
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  Speaker 1: When they showed it to Jacob, he concluded that a
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  Speaker 1: wild animal had killed his beloved son. It is my
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  Speaker 1: son's robe. Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has
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  Speaker 1: surely been torn to pieces. Jacob mourned for many days,
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  Speaker 1: refusing to be comforted. Meanwhile, the traders took Joseph to
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  Speaker 1: Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: and captain of the guard. But the Lord was with
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  Speaker 1: Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the
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  Speaker 1: house of his Egyptian master. Potiphar noticed that everything Joseph
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  Speaker 1: did succeeded, so he put him in charge of his
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  Speaker 1: entire household. However, Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Joseph. Day
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  Speaker 1: after day she asked him to sleep with her, but
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  Speaker 1: Joseph refused. How then could I do such a wicked
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  Speaker 1: thing and sin against God? He asked. One day, when
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  Speaker 1: no one else was in the house, she grabbed his
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  Speaker 1: cloak and demanded his sleep with her. Joseph ran away,
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  Speaker 1: leaving his cloak in her hands. Angry at being rejected,
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  Speaker 1: Potiphar's wife falsely accused Joseph of trying to assault her.
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  Speaker 1: She showed the cloak to her husband as evidence. Potiphar
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  Speaker 1: became furious and had Joseph thrown into prison, but even
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  Speaker 1: there the Lord was with him. He showed him kindness
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  Speaker 1: and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. Soon,
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  Speaker 1: the warden put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners.
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  Speaker 1: While in prison, Joseph interpreted dreams for two of Pharaoh's
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  Speaker 1: former servants, the cupbearer and the Baker. He told the
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  Speaker 1: cupbearer he would be restored to his position, and the
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  Speaker 1: baker that he would be executed. Both interpretations came true
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  Speaker 1: exactly as Joseph had said. Two years later, Pharaoh had
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  Speaker 1: troubling dreams that none of his wise men could interpret.
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  Speaker 1: The cup bearer finally remembered Joseph and told Pharaoh about him.
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh immediately sent for Joseph, who explained that both dreams
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  Speaker 1: had the same meaning. God has revealed to Pharaoh what
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  Speaker 1: he is about to do. The seven good cows are
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  Speaker 1: seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are
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  Speaker 1: seven years. It is one and the same dream. Joseph continued,
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  Speaker 1: seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt, but seven years of famine will follow them.
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  Speaker 1: Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and
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  Speaker 1: the famine will ravage the land. He advised Pharaoh to
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  Speaker 1: appoint some one to collect grain during the good years,
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  Speaker 1: to prepare for the famine. Pharaoh was so impressed that
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  Speaker 1: he said to his officials, can we find any one
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  Speaker 1: like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?
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  Speaker 1: He appointed Joseph as second in command over all Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: You shall be in charge of my palace, and all
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  Speaker 1: my people are to submit to your orders. Only with
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  Speaker 1: respect to the throne. Will I be greater than you.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph was thirty years old when he entered Pharaoh's service.
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  Speaker 1: During the seven years of Abundance, he collected enormous amounts
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  Speaker 1: of grain and stored it in cities throughout Egypt. When
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  Speaker 1: the famine came, it affected not only Egypt, but the
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  Speaker 1: surrounding countries as well. People from many nations came to
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  Speaker 1: Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, including his own family
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  Speaker 1: back in Canaan. Now we moved to the Book of Exodus,
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  Speaker 1: where God's chosen people faced their darkest hour before experiencing
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  Speaker 1: the most powerful display of divine intervention in history. This
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  Speaker 1: is the story of liberation, law and learning to trust
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  Speaker 1: God in the wilderness. Years had passed since Joseph's death,
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  Speaker 1: and a new king arose over Egypt, who did not
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  Speaker 1: know Joseph. The Israelites had grown into a mighty nation,
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  Speaker 1: filling the land with their numbers. This worried the new
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  Speaker 1: pharaoh greatly. In Exodus one nine to ten, he told
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  Speaker 1: his people, look, the people of the children of Israel
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  Speaker 1: are more and mightier than we a come. Let us
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  Speaker 1: deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen
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  Speaker 1: in the event of war that they also join our
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  Speaker 1: enemies and fight against us, and so go up out
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  Speaker 1: of the land. The Egyptians made the Israelites lives bitter
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  Speaker 1: with hard bondage. They forced them to build treasure cities
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  Speaker 1: for Pharaoh, making bricks and working in the fields under
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  Speaker 1: cruel taskmasters. But the more they were afflicted, the more
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  Speaker 1: they multiplied and grew. Pharaoh then commanded every Hebrew boy
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  Speaker 1: to be thrown into the river, but the daughters could live.
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  Speaker 1: During this dark time, a Levite woman gave birth to
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  Speaker 1: a son. When she could no longer hide him, she
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  Speaker 1: took a basket made of bullrushes, covered it with tar
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  Speaker 1: and pitch, put the child in it, and placed it
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  Speaker 1: among the reeds by the river's bank. Pharaoh's daughter came
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  Speaker 1: down to wash at the ris and found the basket
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  Speaker 1: as recorded in Exodus two six. When she opened it,
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  Speaker 1: she saw the child and behold the baby wept, so
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  Speaker 1: she had compassion on him and said, this is one
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  Speaker 1: of the Hebrew's children. The baby's sister quickly offered to
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  Speaker 1: find a Hebrew woman to nurse the child. Pharaoh's daughter agreed,
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  Speaker 1: unknowingly hiring the baby's own mother. She named him Moses,
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  Speaker 1: saying she drew him out of the water. Moses grew
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  Speaker 1: up in Pharaoh's house, but never forgot his true identity.
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  Speaker 1: One day, he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and
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  Speaker 1: killed the Egyptian, hiding his body in the sand. The
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  Speaker 1: next day, when he tried to settle a dispute between
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  Speaker 1: two Hebrews, one asked him, who made you a prince
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  Speaker 1: and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill
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  Speaker 1: me as you killed the Egyptian. Moses realized his deed
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  Speaker 1: was known and fled to the land of Midian when
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh sought to kill him. Moses settled in Midian, married Zippora,
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  Speaker 1: and became a shepherd for his father in lawd Jethro.
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  Speaker 1: For forty years, he tended flocks in the wilderness, far
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  Speaker 1: from the cries of his enslaved people. One ordinary day,
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  Speaker 1: while leading the flock to the backside of the desert
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  Speaker 1: near Horeb, the Mountain of God, everything changed. The Angel
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of
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  Speaker 1: fire from the midst of a bush. Moses looked, and
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  Speaker 1: the bush burned with fire, but was not consumed. He
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  Speaker 1: said to himself, I will now turn aside and see
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  Speaker 1: this great sight. Why the bush does not burn. When
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  Speaker 1: the Lord saw that, he turned aside to look, God
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  Speaker 1: called to him from the midst of the bush and
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  Speaker 1: said Moses Moses, and Moses answered, here, I am God
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  Speaker 1: commanded in Exodus three five. Do not draw near this place.
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  Speaker 1: Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where
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  Speaker 1: you stand is holy ground. Then he declared, I am
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  Speaker 1: the God of your Father, the God of Abraham, the
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  Speaker 1: God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid
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  Speaker 1: his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord revealed his heart for his suffering people. I
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  Speaker 1: have surely seen the oppression of my people who are
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  Speaker 1: in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their
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  Speaker 1: task masters. For I know their sorrows, so I have
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  Speaker 1: come down to deliver them out of the hand of
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  Speaker 1: the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land
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  Speaker 1: to a good and large land, to a land flowing
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  Speaker 1: with milk and honey. God commissioned Moses to go to
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: Moses immediately began making excuses. Who am I that I
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  Speaker 1: should go to Pharaoh? He asked. God assured him, I
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  Speaker 1: will certainly be with you. When Moses asked what he
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  Speaker 1: should say when the people asked for God's name, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord answered in Exodus three fourteen, I am who I am.
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  Speaker 1: Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I
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  Speaker 1: AM has sent me to you. Moses continued his protests,
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  Speaker 1: claiming the people wouldn't believe him. God gave him three
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  Speaker 1: miraculous signs. His rod would turn into a serpent, his
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  Speaker 1: hand would become leprous and then be healed, and water
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  Speaker 1: from the river would turn to blood on dry land. Still,
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  Speaker 1: Moses complained, O, my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither
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  Speaker 1: before nor since you have spoken to your servant. But
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  Speaker 1: I am slow of speech and slow of tongue. God's
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  Speaker 1: anger kindled against Moses, but he appointed Aaron, Moses's brother,
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  Speaker 1: to be his spokesman Moses and Aaron came before Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: with God's message, let my people go, that they may
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  Speaker 1: hold a feast to me in the wilderness. But Pharaoh's
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  Speaker 1: response revealed his hardened heart. In Exodus five two, he declared,
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  Speaker 1: who is the Lord that I should obey his voice
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  Speaker 1: to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: nor will I let Israel go. Instead of releasing the Israelites,
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh made their burdens heavier. He commanded that they no
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  Speaker 1: longer be given straw to make bricks, but must gather
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  Speaker 1: their own straw while maintaining the same quota. The people
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  Speaker 1: turned against Moses and Aaron, crying out that they had
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  Speaker 1: made their situation worse. God then began to demonstrate his
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  Speaker 1: power through ten devastating plagues. First, Aaron struck the waters
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt with his rod, and all the water turned
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  Speaker 1: to blood. The fish died, the river stank, and the
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  Speaker 1: Egyptians couldn't drink from their water sources. But Pharaoh's magicians
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  Speaker 1: did the same with their enchantments, and his heart remained hard.
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  Speaker 1: Seven days later, Aaron stretched out his hand over the
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  Speaker 1: waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land.
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  Speaker 1: They were in houses, bed chambers, beds, ovens, and kneading bulls.
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, begging them to remove the frogs,
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  Speaker 1: promising to let the people go, But when the frogs
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  Speaker 1: died and were gathered in heaps, making the land stink,
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh hardened his heart again. The third plague brought lice
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  Speaker 1: from the dust of the earth, covering both man and beast.
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  Speaker 1: This time, Pharaoh's magicians couldn't replicate the miracle and told Pharaoh,
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  Speaker 1: this is the finger of God, but Pharaoh's heart remained hard.
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  Speaker 1: The fourth plague sent swarms of flies throughout Egypt, but
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  Speaker 1: God made a distinction and no flies appeared in Goshen,
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  Speaker 1: where the Israelites lived. The fifth plague killed all the
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  Speaker 1: live stock of Egypt, but none of the Israelites animals died.
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  Speaker 1: The sixth plague brought painful boils on man and beast
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  Speaker 1: throughout Egypt. The magicians couldn't even stand before Moses because
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  Speaker 1: of the boyls, as recorded in Exodus nine twelve. But
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  Speaker 1: the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did
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  Speaker 1: not heed them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
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  Speaker 1: The seventh plague brought devastating hail mixed with fire God
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  Speaker 1: worn through Moses in Exodus nine eighteen to nineteen. Behold tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: about this time, I will cause very heavy hail to
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  Speaker 1: rein down, such as has not been in Egypt since
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  Speaker 1: its founding until now. Therefore, send now and gather your
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  Speaker 1: live stock and all that you have in the field,
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  Speaker 1: for the hail shall come down on every man and
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  Speaker 1: every animal which is found in the field and is
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  Speaker 1: not brought home, and they shall die. Some Egyptians feared
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  Speaker 1: God's word and brought their servants and live stock inside,
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  Speaker 1: but others left them in the field. The eighth plague
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  Speaker 1: brought locusts that ate every herb and fruit that the
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: hail had left. Pharaoh's servants pleaded with him, how long
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  Speaker 1: shall this man be a snare to us? Let the
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  Speaker 1: men go that they may serve the Lord their God.
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  Speaker 1: Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed? But
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  Speaker 1: when Moses and Aaron were brought back, Pharaoh would only
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  Speaker 1: allow the men to go, not the families. The ninth
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  Speaker 1: plague covered Egypt with thick darkness for three days. People
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  Speaker 1: couldn't see each other or leave their homes, but the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites had light in their dwellings. Pharaoh called Moses and
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  Speaker 1: agreed to let all the people go if they left
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  Speaker 1: their flocks and herds behind. Moses refused, saying they kneeded
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: there animals for sacrifices. Finally, God announced the tenth and
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  Speaker 1: most terrible plague through Moses in Exodus eleven four to six.
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  Speaker 1: Thus says the Lord, about midnight, I will go out
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  Speaker 1: into the midst of Egypt, and all the first born
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first
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  Speaker 1: born of Pharaoh, who who sits on his throne, even
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  Speaker 1: to the first born of the female servant, who is
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  Speaker 1: behind the hand mill, and all the first born of
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: the animals. Then there shall be a great cry throughout
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  Speaker 1: all the land of Egypt, such as was not like
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: it before, nor shall be like it again. Before the
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: final plague, God gave Moses and Aaron detailed instructions for
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  Speaker 1: a special meal that would become Israel's most important celebration.
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  Speaker 1: In Exodus twelve three, he commanded speak to all the
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: congregation of Israel, saying, on the tenth of this month,
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  Speaker 1: every man shall take for himself a lamb according to
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  Speaker 1: the house of his father, A lamb for a household.
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  Speaker 1: The lamb had to be without blemish, a male of
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: the first year. On the fourteenth day of the month,
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  Speaker 1: at twilight, they were to kill the lamb and take
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: some of its blood to put on the two doorposts
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  Speaker 1: and the lintel of their houses. That night, they would
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  Speaker 1: eat the lamb roasted with fire, along with unleavened bread
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  Speaker 1: and bitter herbs. God instructed them to eat it in haste,
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  Speaker 1: with their belts fastened, sandals on their feet, and staff
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  Speaker 1: in hand, for it was the Lord's passover. God explained
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  Speaker 1: the significance in Exodus twelve twelve thirteen. For I will
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  Speaker 1: pass through the land of Egypt on that night and
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  Speaker 1: will strike all the first born in the land of Egypt,
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: I will execute judgment. I am the Lord. Now the
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: blood shall be a signed for you on the houses
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  Speaker 1: where you are. And when I see the blood, I
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: will pass over you, and the plague shall not be
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: on you to destroy you. When I strike the land
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt at midnight, the Lord struck all the first
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  Speaker 1: born in Egypt from Pharaoh's first born who sat on
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  Speaker 1: his throne to the first born of the captive in
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  Speaker 1: the dungeon, and all the first born of live stock.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: Pharaoh rose in the night, along with all his servants
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  Speaker 1: and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry
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  Speaker 1: in Egypt, for there was not a house where there
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  Speaker 1: was not one dead. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron by
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  Speaker 1: knight and said, rise, go out from among my people,
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  Speaker 1: both you and the children of Israel, and go serve
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  Speaker 1: the Lord as you have said. Also, take your flocks
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: and your herds as you have said, and be gone
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  Speaker 1: and bless me. Also. The Egyptians urged the people to
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  Speaker 1: hurry and leave the land, for they said, we shall
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  Speaker 1: all be dead. The Israelites asked their Egyptian neighbors for
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  Speaker 1: articles of silver, gold, and clothing. The Lord had given
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: they granted their request. In this way, they plundered the Egyptians.
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  Speaker 1: About six hundred thousand men on foot besides children, went
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  Speaker 1: up from Egypt, along with a mixed multitude and very
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: much live stock. God led them by the way of
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: the wilderness toward the Red Sea. He went before them
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  Speaker 1: by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the
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  Speaker 1: way and by night in a pillar of fire to
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  Speaker 1: give them light so they could travel day and night.
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: When Pharaoh heard that the people had fled, his heart
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: and his servants hearts were turned against the people. They said,
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  Speaker 1: why have we done this that we have let Israel
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  Speaker 1: go from serving us? Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took
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  Speaker 1: his people with him, six hundred choice chariots and all
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: the chariots of Egypt, with captains over everyone. The Egyptians
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  Speaker 1: pursued them and overtook them camping by the sea. When
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: the Israelites saw the Egyptians marching after them, they were
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: greatly afraid and cried out to the Lord. They complained
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: to Moses, because there were no graves in Egypt, have
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: you taken us away to die in the wilderness. Moses
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  Speaker 1: answered the people in Exodus fourteen thirteen to fourteen. Do
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  Speaker 1: not be afraid. Stand still and see the salvation of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, which he will accomplish for you today. For
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: the Egyptians, whom you see today, you shall see again
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: you shall hold your peace. The Angel of God moved
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  Speaker 1: from before the camp of Israel and went behind them.
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: The pillar of cloud went from before them and stood
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  Speaker 1: behind them, coming between the camp of the Egyptians and
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  Speaker 1: the camp of Israel. Moses stretched out his hand over
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  Speaker 1: the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: back by a strong east wind all that night, making
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: The children of Israel went into the midst of the
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  Speaker 1: sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: After the miraculous crossing, Moses and the children of Israel
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: sang a song of victory to the Lord. They declared
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: in Exodus fifteen one two. I will sing to the Lord,
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: for he has triumphed gloriously the horse and its rider
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  Speaker 1: he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my
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  Speaker 1: strength and song, and he has become my salvation. He
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  Speaker 1: is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God,
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  Speaker 1: and I will exalt him. Moses led Israel from the
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  Speaker 1: Red Sea into the wilderness of sr They went three
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: days in the wilderness and found no water. When they
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: came to Marah, they couldn't drink the waters because they
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: were bitter. The people complained against Moses, saying, what shall
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: we drink. Moses cried out to the Lord, and the
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: the waters, the waters were made sweet. They came to Elim,
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees,
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: and they camped there by the waters. Then they journeyed
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: from Elim and came to the wilderness of Sin. The
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: whole congregation of Israel complained again, this time about food.
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: They said to Moses and Aaron in Exodus six three, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: that we had died by the hand of the Lord
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the
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  Speaker 1: pots of meat, and when we ate bread to the full.
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  Speaker 1: For you have brought us out into this wilderness to
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  Speaker 1: kill this whole assembly with hunger. The Lord told Moses
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  Speaker 1: he would rain bread from heaven for them. The people
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  Speaker 1: were to go out and gather a certain quota every day,
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  Speaker 1: and on the sixth day they would gather twice as much.
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: That evening, quail came up and covered the camp, and
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: in the morning dew lay all around the camp. When
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: the dew lifted, there were small round substances on the
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: ground as fine as frost. The children of Israel said
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  Speaker 1: to one another. What is it? Moses told them, this
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: God commanded them to gather an omer for each person
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  Speaker 1: in their tent. Some gathered much, some little, But when
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: they measured it, those who gathered much had nothing left over,
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: and those who gathered little had no lack. Moses told
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  Speaker 1: them not to leave any until morning, but some didn't
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  Speaker 1: listen and kept part of it. It bred worms and
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: stank every morning they gathered it, and when the sun
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  Speaker 1: became hot, it melted. The Israelites called the bread manner,
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  Speaker 1: and it was like white coriander seed, and its taste
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: was like wafers made with honey. They ate manna forty
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  Speaker 1: years until they came to the border of Canaan. The
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: congregation journeyed from the wilderness of Sin and camped in Refidim,
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: but there was no water for the people to drink.
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: The people contended with Moses and said, give us water
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: that we may drink. Moses said to them, why do
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: you contend with me? Why do you tempt the Lord?
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: But the people thirsted there for water and complained, saying,
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: why is it you have brought us up out of
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: Egypt to kill us and our children and our live stock.
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: With thirst, Moses cried out to the Lord, what shall
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: I do with this people? They are almost ready to
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  Speaker 1: stone me. The Lord said to Moses in Exodus seventeen six, Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb,
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  Speaker 1: and you shall strike the rock, and water will come
• 51:10
  Speaker 1: out of it that the people may drink. Moses did
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: so in the sight of the elders of Israel. He
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: called the name of the place Massa and Marribah because
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: of the contention of the children of Israel and because
• 51:24
  Speaker 1: they tempted the Lord. In the third month after leaving Egypt,
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: the Israelites came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: before the mountain. Moses went up to God, and the
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, thus you
• 51:39
  Speaker 1: shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: children of Israel you have seen what I did to
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  Speaker 1: the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagle's wings
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  Speaker 1: and brought you to myself. Now, therefore, if you will
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  Speaker 1: indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you
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  Speaker 1: shall be a special treasure to me above all people,
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: for all the earth is mine, and you shall be
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  Speaker 1: to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
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  Speaker 1: Moses came and called for the elders of the people
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  Speaker 1: and laid before them all these words. All the people
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: answered together and said, all that the Lord has spoken,
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: we will do. The Lord told Moses to consecrate the
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: people for two days, and on the third day the
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: Lord would come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight
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  Speaker 1: of all the people. On the third day, in the morning,
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: there were thunderings and lightnings and a thick cloud on
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: the mountain. The sound of the trumpet was very loud,
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: so that all the people in the camp trembled. Moses
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: brought the people out of the camp to meet with God,
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Mount
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: Sinai was completely in smoke because the Lord descended upon
• 52:51
  Speaker 1: it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. When the
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: blast of the trumpets sounded long and became louder and louder,
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. The Lord
• 53:07
  Speaker 1: came down upon Mount Sinai on the top of the
• 53:10
  Speaker 1: mountain and called Moses to the top. God spoke all
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: these words in Exodus twenty one to seventeen, giving the
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: ten commandments. I am the Lord your God, who brought
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  Speaker 1: you out of the land of Egypt, out of the
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me.
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  Speaker 1: You shall not make idols. You shall not take the
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: name of the Lord your God in vain. Remember the
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  Speaker 1: Sabbath day to keep it holy honor your father and
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  Speaker 1: your mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery.
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  Speaker 1: You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness
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  Speaker 1: against your neighbor. You shall not covet. When all the
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  Speaker 1: people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: the trumpet, and the mountains smoking, they trembled and stood
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  Speaker 1: good far off. They said to Moses, you speak with us,
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: and we will hear. But let not God speak with
• 54:08
  Speaker 1: us lest we die. Moses said to the people, do
• 54:11
  Speaker 1: not fear, for God has come to test you, and
• 54:14
  Speaker 1: that his fear may be before you, so that you
• 54:17
  Speaker 1: may not sin. Moses delayed coming down from the mountain.
• 54:21
  Speaker 1: After receiving detailed instructions about the tabernacle and the law.
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: The people grew restless and gathered together to Aaron, saying
• 54:29
  Speaker 1: in Exodus thirty two one, come make us gods that
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  Speaker 1: shall go before us. For as for this Moses, the
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: we do not know what has become of him. Aaron
• 54:44
  Speaker 1: told them to break off the golden ear rings from
• 54:47
  Speaker 1: their wives, sons, and daughters and bring them to him.
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: He received the gold from their hand, fashioned it with
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. The people declared,
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: this is your God, O Israel, that brought you out
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  Speaker 1: of the land of Egypt. Aaron built an altar before
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  Speaker 1: it and proclaimed tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: They rose early the next day, offered burnt offerings and
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: peace offerings, and sat down to eat and drink. Then
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: rose up to play. The Lord said to Moses, go
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  Speaker 1: get down, for your people, whom you brought out of
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have turned
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them.
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  Speaker 1: They have made themselves a molded calf and worshiped it
• 55:34
  Speaker 1: and sacrificed to it. God's anger burned against them, and
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: he said he would consume them and make a great
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: nation from Moses. Instead, Moses pleaded with the Lord his God,
• 55:46
  Speaker 1: and said, in Exodus thirty two eleven to twelve, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: you have brought out of the land of Egypt with
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: great power and with a mighty hand. Why should they
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: the Egyptians speak and say he brought them out to
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  Speaker 1: harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to
• 56:06
  Speaker 1: consume them from the face of the earth. Turn from
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  Speaker 1: your fierce wrath and relent from this harm to your people.
• 56:14
  Speaker 1: Moses reminded God of his promises to Abraham, Isaac and Israel.
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: The Lord relented from the harm he said he would
• 56:22
  Speaker 1: do to his people. Moses turned and went down from
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in
• 56:29
  Speaker 1: his hand, written on both sides by the finger of God.
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: When he came near the camp and saw the calf
• 56:35
  Speaker 1: and the dancing, his anger became hot, and he cast
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: the tablets out of his hands and broke them. At
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: the foot of the mountain. He took the calf, burned
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: it in the fire ground it to powder, scattered it
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  Speaker 1: on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: Moses said to Aaron, what did this people do to
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: you that you have brought so great a sin upon them.
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: Aaron maid excuses, claiming the people were set on evil,
• 57:04
  Speaker 1: and that he simply threw the gold into the fire
• 57:07
  Speaker 1: and the calf came out. Moses saw that the people
• 57:11
  Speaker 1: were unrestrained and stood in the entrance of the camp, saying,
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: whoever is on the Lord's side, come to me. All
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: the sons of Levi gathered to him. The next day,
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: Moses said to the people, you have committed a great sin.
• 57:27
  Speaker 1: So now I will go up to the Lord. Perhaps
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: I can make atonement for your sin. Moses returned to
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: the Lord and said, O, these people have committed a
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: great sin and have made for themselves a god of gold. Yet,
• 57:41
  Speaker 1: now if you will forgive their sin, but if not,
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: I pray blot me out of your book which you
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: have written. The Lord told Moses to depart and lead
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: the people to the land he had promised, but he
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: would not go up in their midst lest he consume them,
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: for they were a stiff necked people. When the people
• 57:59
  Speaker 1: heard the bad news, they mourned, and no one put
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  Speaker 1: on his ornaments. Moses took his tent and pitched it
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: the Tabernacle of Meeting. Everyone who sought the Lord went
• 58:13
  Speaker 1: out to the Tabernacle of Meeting. Moses entered the tabernacle,
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: and the pillar of Cloud descended and stood at the
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: door while the Lord talked with Moses. The Lord spoke
• 58:25
  Speaker 1: to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to
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  Speaker 1: his friend. Moses made a bold request in Exodus thirty
• 58:32
  Speaker 1: three eighteen, please show me your glory. God replied that
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  Speaker 1: he would make all his goodness pass before Moses and
• 58:40
  Speaker 1: proclaim the name of the Lord, but Moses could not
• 58:43
  Speaker 1: see his face and live. After Moses received the second
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: set of tablets, he gathered all the congregation of Israel
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: and told them about God's instructions for building the tabernacle.
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: He said in Exodus thirty five four five, this is
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: the thinging which the Lord commanded, saying, take from among
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  Speaker 1: you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: the Lord, gold, silver, and bronze. The people responded with
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: generous hearts. Every man and woman whose heart was willing
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  Speaker 1: brought bracelets, ear rings, rings, necklaces, and all jewelry of gold.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone who could contribute blue purple and scarlet thread, fine linen,
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  Speaker 1: goat's hair, ramskins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood
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  Speaker 1: brought them. The rulers brought onyx stones and stones to
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: be set in the ephod and breastplate, spices and oil
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  Speaker 1: for the light and anointing oil. God had filled Bezelel
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  Speaker 1: with the spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and
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  Speaker 1: all manner of workmanship to design artistic works in gold, silver, bronze,
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  Speaker 1: cutting jewels, carving wood, wood, and all manner of artistic workmanship.
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  Speaker 1: He also gave skill to a holyab and others to
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  Speaker 1: do all the work of the sanctuary. The skilled workers
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  Speaker 1: made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen
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  Speaker 1: and blue purple and scarlet thread with artistic designs of cherubim.
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: They made curtains of goat's hair for the tent over
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: the tabernacle, covering of ramskins dyed red, and covering of
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: badger skins. Above that, they made boards for the tabernacle
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: of acacia wood standing upright overlaid with gold. They constructed
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat, the table
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: of showbread, the golden lampstand, the altar of incense, the
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: altar of burnt offering, the bronze laver, and the court
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: around the tabernacle. They made the holy garments for Aaron
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: and his sons, exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses.
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: Moses examined all the work, and indeed they had done
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 1: it as the Low had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
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  Speaker 1: Then the Lord spoke to Moses in Exodus forty two,
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  Speaker 1: on the first day of the first month, you shall
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  Speaker 1: set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. Moses
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  Speaker 1: did according to all that the Lord commanded him. On
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  Speaker 1: the first day of the first month of the second year,
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  Speaker 1: the tabernacle was raised up. Moses set up the tabernacle,
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  Speaker 1: fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars,
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  Speaker 1: and raised up its pillars. He spread out the tent
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  Speaker 1: over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent
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  Speaker 1: on top of it. He put the testimony into the ark,
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  Speaker 1: set the mercy seat on top of the ark, brought
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  Speaker 1: the ark into the tabernacle, and hung up the veil
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  Speaker 1: to screen the ark of the testimony. Moses set the
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  Speaker 1: table in the tabernacle, arranged the bread in order on
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  Speaker 1: it before the Lord. Put the lamp stand in the
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  Speaker 1: tabernacle and lit the lamps before the Lord. Put the
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  Speaker 1: gold altar in the tabernacle before the veil, burned sweet
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  Speaker 1: incense on it, hung up the screen at the door
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  Speaker 1: of the tabernacle, put the altar of burnt offering before
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  Speaker 1: the door, set the laver between the tabernacle and the altar,
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  Speaker 1: and put water there for washing. When Moses had finished
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  Speaker 1: the work, the cloud covered the Tabernacle of Meeting, and
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  Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses was
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  Speaker 1: not able to enter the Tabernacle of Meeting because the
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  Speaker 1: cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: filled the tabernacle. The final verses of Exodus record in
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  Speaker 1: Exodus forty thirty six to thirty eight, whenever the cloud
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  Speaker 1: was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of
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  Speaker 1: Israel would go onward in all their journeys. But if
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  Speaker 1: the cloud was not taken up, then they did not
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  Speaker 1: journey till the day that it was taken up, For
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  Speaker 1: the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day,
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  Speaker 1: and fire was over it by night, in the sight
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  Speaker 1: of all the House of Israel throughout all their journeys.
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  Speaker 1: Now we turn to the books of Leviticus and Numbers,
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  Speaker 1: where God teaches his people how to worship him properly
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  Speaker 1: and walk with him through the wilderness. These books show
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  Speaker 1: us God's holiness, his detailed care for his people, and
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  Speaker 1: the consequences of both obedience and rebellion. During their long
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  Speaker 1: journey to the Promised Land. The Lord called to Moses
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  Speaker 1: from the Tabernacle of Meeting and spoke to him about
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  Speaker 1: the offerings his people should bring. God established five main
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  Speaker 1: types of sacrifices, each with its own purpose and specific instructions.
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  Speaker 1: The first was the burnt offering described in Leviticus one
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  Speaker 1: three four. If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of
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  Speaker 1: the herd, let him offer a male without blemish. He
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  Speaker 1: shall offer it of his own free will at the
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  Speaker 1: door of the Tabernacle of Meeting before the Lord. Then
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  Speaker 1: he shall put his hand on the head of the
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  Speaker 1: burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf.
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  Speaker 1: To make atonement for him. The person bringing the offering
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  Speaker 1: would kill the animal and the priests would sprinkle its
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  Speaker 1: blood all around on the altar. They would cut the
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  Speaker 1: animal into pieces, wash the inner parts and legs with water,
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  Speaker 1: and burn everything on the altar. The Lord declared in
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  Speaker 1: Leviticus one nine, it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering
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  Speaker 1: made by fire, a sweeter aroma to the Lord. The
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  Speaker 1: grain offering came next, made of fine flour with oil
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  Speaker 1: and frankincense, as stated in Leviticus two one two. When
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  Speaker 1: any one offers a grain offering to the Lord, his
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  Speaker 1: offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour
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  Speaker 1: oil on it and put frankincense on it. Then he
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  Speaker 1: shall bring it to aaron's sons the priests, one of
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  Speaker 1: whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour
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  Speaker 1: and oil, with all the frankincense, and the priest shall
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  Speaker 1: burn it as a memorial on the altar. An offering
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  Speaker 1: made by fire, a sweeter roama to the Lord. Part
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  Speaker 1: of this offering belonged to the priests, but no grain
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  Speaker 1: offering could be made with leaven or honey, and every
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  Speaker 1: grain offering had to be seasoned with salt. The peace
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  Speaker 1: offering allowed the worshiper to eat part of the sacrifice
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  Speaker 1: in fellowship with God and others. Leviticus three one explains
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  Speaker 1: when his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering,
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  Speaker 1: if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female,
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  Speaker 1: he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. The
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  Speaker 1: fat portions and certain organs were burned on the altar,
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  Speaker 1: while the breast and right thigh went to the priests.
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  Speaker 1: The rest could be eaten by the worshiper and his family,
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  Speaker 1: but it had to be consumed within specific time limits.
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  Speaker 1: The sin offering dealt with unintentional sins and ceremonial uncleanness.
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  Speaker 1: God gave different instructions depending on who committed the sin.
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  Speaker 1: Leviticus four twenty seven to twenty eight addresses common people.
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  Speaker 1: If any one of the common people sins unintentionally by
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  Speaker 1: doing something against any of the commandments of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty,
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  Speaker 1: or if his sin which he has committed comes to
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  Speaker 1: his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a
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  Speaker 1: kid of the goats a female without blemish for his
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  Speaker 1: sin which he has committed. The priest would put some
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  Speaker 1: blood on the horns of the altar of burnt offering
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  Speaker 1: and pour the rest at its base. The trespass offering,
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  Speaker 1: also called the guilt offering, required not only a sacrifice,
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  Speaker 1: but also restitution plus twenty percent to the person wronged.
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  Speaker 1: Leviticus five fifteen sixteen states if a person commits a
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  Speaker 1: trespass and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, then he shall bring to the Lord
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  Speaker 1: as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks,
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  Speaker 1: with your valuation in shekels of silver according to the
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  Speaker 1: shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering, and he
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  Speaker 1: shall make restitution for the harm that he has done
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  Speaker 1: in regard to the holy thing, and shall add one
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  Speaker 1: fifth to it and give it to the priest. God
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  Speaker 1: also gave specific instructions about how these offerings should be
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  Speaker 1: prepared and offered. The fire on the altar was never
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  Speaker 1: to go out, as commanded in Leviticus six twelve thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning
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  Speaker 1: on it. It shall not be put out, And the
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  Speaker 1: priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay
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  Speaker 1: the burnt offering in order on it, and he shall
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  Speaker 1: burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. A
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  Speaker 1: fire shall always be burning on the altar. It shall
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  Speaker 1: never go out. The priests had their own portions from
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  Speaker 1: these offerings. The grain offerings remainder belonged to Aaron and
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  Speaker 1: his sons, to be eaten as unleavened bread in a
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  Speaker 1: holy place. The sin offerings meat was to be eaten
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  Speaker 1: by the priests in the court of the tabernacle, but
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  Speaker 1: if any blood was brought inside the holy place, that
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  Speaker 1: entire animal had to be burned outside the camp. Moses
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  Speaker 1: gathered all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle
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  Speaker 1: of meeting to consecrate Aaron and his sons as priests,
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  Speaker 1: as the Lord had commanded in Leviticus eight five to six.
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  Speaker 1: Moses said to the congregation, this is what the Lord
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  Speaker 1: commanded to be done. Then Moses brought Aaron and his
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  Speaker 1: sons and washed them with water. Moses put the tunic
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  Speaker 1: on Aaron, girded him with the sash, clothed him with
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  Speaker 1: the robe, put the ethod on him, and girded him
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  Speaker 1: with the intricately woven band of the ephod. He put
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  Speaker 1: the breastplate on him and placed the Urim and Thummim
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  Speaker 1: in the breastplate. Moses set the turban on Aaron's head
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  Speaker 1: and put the golden place the Holy crown on the
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  Speaker 1: front of the turban. Then Moses took the anointing oil
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  Speaker 1: and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it,
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  Speaker 1: and consecrated them. He sprinkled some oil on the altar
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  Speaker 1: seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and
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  Speaker 1: the laver and its base. He poured anointing oil on
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  Speaker 1: Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him. Moses brought
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  Speaker 1: aaron sons, put tunics on them, girded them with sashes,
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  Speaker 1: and put hats on them. As the Lord had commanded.
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  Speaker 1: He brought the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron
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  Speaker 1: and his sons laid their hands on its head. Moses
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  Speaker 1: killed it, took the blood, put it on the horns
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  Speaker 1: of the altar with his finger, purified the altar, poured
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  Speaker 1: the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated
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  Speaker 1: it to make atonement for it. The room for the
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  Speaker 1: burnt offering came next, followed by the second ram, the
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  Speaker 1: Ram of consecration. Moses took some of its blood and
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  Speaker 1: put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on
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  Speaker 1: the thumb of his right hand, and on the big
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  Speaker 1: toe of his right foot. He did the same for
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  Speaker 1: Aaron's sons. Moses declared in Leviticus eight thirty three thirty four,
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  Speaker 1: and you shall not go out of the door of
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  Speaker 1: the Tabernacle of Meeting for seven days until the days
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  Speaker 1: of your consecration are ended. For seven days, he shall
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  Speaker 1: consecrate you as he has done this day. So the
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  Speaker 1: Lord has commanded to do to make atonement for you.
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  Speaker 1: On the eighth day, Moses called Aaron and his sons
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  Speaker 1: and the elders of Israel. Aaron offered his sin offering
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  Speaker 1: and burnt offering, then offered the people's offerings. When Aaron
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  Speaker 1: had finished making offerings, he lifted his hand toward the
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  Speaker 1: people and blessed them. Moses and Aaron went into the
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  Speaker 1: Tabernacle of Meeting, came out, and blessed the people, as
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  Speaker 1: recorded in Leviticus nine twenty three to twenty four. Then
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  Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people,
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  Speaker 1: and fire came out from before the Lord and consumed
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  Speaker 1: the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When
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  Speaker 1: all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on
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  Speaker 1: their faces. A tragedy struck when Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abi,
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  Speaker 1: who each took his censer, put fire in it, put
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  Speaker 1: incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: which he had not commanded them. Fire went out from
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  Speaker 1: the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Moses said to Aaron in Leviticus ten three, this is
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  Speaker 1: what the Lord spoke, saying, by those who come near me,
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  Speaker 1: I must be regarded as holy, and before all the
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  Speaker 1: people I must be glorified. Aaron held his peace. God
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  Speaker 1: then spoke directly to Aaron about the priest's responsibilities, saying
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  Speaker 1: in Leviticus ten nine tooot eleven, do not drink wine
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  Speaker 1: or intoxicating drink you nor your sons with you when
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  Speaker 1: you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die.
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  Speaker 1: It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations that
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  Speaker 1: you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean
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  Speaker 1: and clean, and that you may teach the children of
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  Speaker 1: Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to
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  Speaker 1: them by the hand of Moses. The Lord gave detailed
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  Speaker 1: laws about clean and unclean animals, animals that both chew
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  Speaker 1: the cud, and have split hoofs could be eaten, but
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  Speaker 1: those with only one of these characteristics were forbidden. In
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  Speaker 1: the waters, only creatures with fins and scales were permitted.
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  Speaker 1: Many birds were specifically forbidden, along with most insects except locusts, grasshoppers,
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  Speaker 1: and crickets. God also established laws about childbirth, skin diseases,
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  Speaker 1: and milled you in houses and clothing. When someone was
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  Speaker 1: healed of leprosy, there was a specific cleansing ceremony involving
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  Speaker 1: two live clean birds cedar, wood, scarlet and hisop. The
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  Speaker 1: priest would kill one bird over running water in an
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  Speaker 1: earthen vessel, then dip the living bird, along with the
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  Speaker 1: other materials, in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times
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  Speaker 1: on the person being cleansed. The most solemn day of
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  Speaker 1: the year was the day of Atonement. Only on this
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  Speaker 1: day could the high priest enter the most holy place.
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  Speaker 1: Arin had to offer a sin offering for himself first,
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  Speaker 1: then cast lots over two goats brought by the people,
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  Speaker 1: as described in Leviticus sixteen eight ten. Then Aaron shall
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  Speaker 1: cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the
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  Speaker 1: Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron
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  Speaker 1: shall bring the goat on which the Lord's lot fell
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  Speaker 1: and offer it as a sin offering. But the goat
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  Speaker 1: on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall
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  Speaker 1: be presented alive before the Lord to make a tone
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  Speaker 1: upon it and to let it go as the scapegoat
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  Speaker 1: into the wilderness. After making atonement in the most holy place,
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Place and the Altar, Aaron would lay both
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  Speaker 1: his hands on the head of the live goat and
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  Speaker 1: confess over it all the iniquities and transgressions of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The goat would then be sent away into the wilderness
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  Speaker 1: by the hand of a suitable man, bearing all their
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  Speaker 1: iniquities to an uninhabited land. God established laws that went
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  Speaker 1: far beyond ceremonial matters, touching every aspect of daily life.
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  Speaker 1: He began with strict instructions about where sacrifices could be offered.
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  Speaker 1: Leviticus seventeen three to four states, whatever man of the
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  Speaker 1: House of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or
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  Speaker 1: goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the
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  Speaker 1: camp and does not bring it to the door of
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  Speaker 1: the tabernacle of meeting to offer an offering to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Before the tabernacle of the Lord the guilt of bloodshed
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  Speaker 1: shall be imputed to that man he has shed blood,
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  Speaker 1: and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
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  Speaker 1: The prohibition against eating blood was absolute. God declared in
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  Speaker 1: Leviticus seventeen eleven, for the life of the flesh is
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  Speaker 1: in the blood, and I have given it to you
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  Speaker 1: upon the altar to make atonement for your souls. For
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  Speaker 1: it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
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  Speaker 1: Any person who ate an animal that died naturally or
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  Speaker 1: was torn by beasts had to wash his clothes, bathe
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  Speaker 1: in water, and be unclean until evening. God then addressed
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  Speaker 1: sexual morality with clear boundaries. The fundamental principle was stated
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  Speaker 1: in Leviticus eighteen six. None of you shall approach any
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  Speaker 1: one who is near of kin to him to uncover
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  Speaker 1: his nakedness. I am the Lord. Specific relationships were forbidden,
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  Speaker 1: including parents, siblings, chillchildren, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, and in laws.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord also forbade homosexual relations and bestiality. These laws
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  Speaker 1: weren't arbitrary rules, but reflected God's character. He explained in
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  Speaker 1: Leviticus eighteen twenty four twenty five, do not defile yourselves
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  Speaker 1: with any of these things, For by all these the
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  Speaker 1: nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.
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  Speaker 1: For the land is defiled. Therefore I visit the punishment
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  Speaker 1: of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out
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  Speaker 1: its inhabitants. The famous command to love one's neighbor came
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  Speaker 1: in this context of holy living. Leviticus nineteen eighteen declares
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  Speaker 1: you shall not take vengeance nor bear any grudge against
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  Speaker 1: the children of your people, but you shall love your
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  Speaker 1: neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. This wasn't isolated,
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  Speaker 1: but part of a comprehensive system of justice and mercy.
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  Speaker 1: God commanded honest business practices. Leviticus nineteen thirty five thirty
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  Speaker 1: six states you shall do no injustice in judgment in
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  Speaker 1: measurement of length, weight, or volume. You shall have honest scales,
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  Speaker 1: honest weights, an honest epher, and an honest hin. I
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  Speaker 1: am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of
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  Speaker 1: the land of Egypt. Stealing, lying, and swearing falsely were forbidden.
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  Speaker 1: The treatment of the poor and disadvantaged revealed God's heart
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  Speaker 1: for justice. When harvesting fields, farmers were commanded in Leviticus
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  Speaker 1: nineteen nine to ten, when you reap the harvest of
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  Speaker 1: your land. You shall not wholly reap the corners of
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  Speaker 1: your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
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  Speaker 1: And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you
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  Speaker 1: gather every grape of your vineyard. You shall leave them
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  Speaker 1: for the poor and the stranger. I am the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: your God. God established city of refuge for those who
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  Speaker 1: killed someone accidentally, and specific penalties for various crimes. Murder
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  Speaker 1: required the death penalty, but there were distinctions between intentional
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  Speaker 1: and unintentional killing. Leviticus twenty four seventeen states clearly, whoever
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  Speaker 1: kills any man shall surely be put to death, but
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  Speaker 1: God also provided justice for lesser offenses. If a man
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  Speaker 1: causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so
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  Speaker 1: shall it be done to him fracture for fracture, eye
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  Speaker 1: for eye, tooth for tooth. The sabbath year came every
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  Speaker 1: seventh year when the land was to rest. Leviticus twenty
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  Speaker 1: five four explains, but in the seventh year there shall
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  Speaker 1: be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a
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  Speaker 1: sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field
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  Speaker 1: nor prune your vineyard. Whatever grew of itself could be eaten,
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  Speaker 1: but there was to be no formal cultivation. The year
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  Speaker 1: of Jubilee occurred every fiftieth year, bringing freedom and restoration,
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  Speaker 1: as proclaimed in Leviticus twenty five ten. And you shall
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  Speaker 1: consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout all the
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  Speaker 1: land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee
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  Speaker 1: for you, and each of you shall return to his possession,
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  Speaker 1: and each of you shall return to his family. Hebrew
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  Speaker 1: slaves were freed and ancestral lands returned to their original families.
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  Speaker 1: God promised blessings for obedience, but also warned of consequences
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  Speaker 1: for disobedience. The blessings included rain in season, abundant harvests,
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  Speaker 1: peace in the land, and God's presence among them, but
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  Speaker 1: the curses for disobedience were severe disease, famine, wild beasts, war,
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  Speaker 1: and ultimately exile from the land. In the second year
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  Speaker 1: after the exodus, on the first day of the second month,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord spoke to Moses in the will elderness of
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  Speaker 1: Sinai in the Tabernacle of Meeting. He commanded Moses in
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  Speaker 1: numbers one, two, three, take a census of all the
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  Speaker 1: congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by
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  Speaker 1: their father's houses, according to the number of names every
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  Speaker 1: male individually from twenty years old and above all who
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  Speaker 1: are able to go to war in Israel, You and
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  Speaker 1: Aaron shall number them by their armies. God appointed one
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  Speaker 1: leader from each tribe to help with the census. From
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  Speaker 1: Reuben came Elizur, the son of Shedur, from Simeon, Shalumiel,
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  Speaker 1: the son of Zurishadai from Judah, Nashon the son of
• 1:20:39
  Speaker 1: Aminadab from Mysakar, Nethanil, the son of Zuar from Zebulun
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  Speaker 1: Eliab the son of Helon from Ephraim, Elishama the son
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  Speaker 1: of Amihud from Nassah, Gamaliel the son of Pedazur from
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Abidan the son of Gideoni from dan Ahiza the
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  Speaker 1: son of Vamishadai from Asher, Pajiel the son of Okran
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  Speaker 1: from gad Eliasaf the son of Dowel, and from Naftali
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  Speaker 1: Ahira the son of Innan. The census revealed the military
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  Speaker 1: strength of each tribe. Judah was the largest with seventy
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  Speaker 1: four thousand, six hundred men, followed by Dan with sixty
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  Speaker 1: two thousand, seven hundred and Naftali with fifty three thousand,
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  Speaker 1: four hundred. The smallest was Manassa with thirty two thousand,
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  Speaker 1: two hundred. The total number of men twenty years old
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  Speaker 1: and above who were able to go to war was
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  Speaker 1: six O three thousand, find fifty. However, the tribe of
• 1:21:35
  Speaker 1: Levi was not numbered among them. The Lord spoke to
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  Speaker 1: Moses in numbers one forty nine to fifty, saying, only
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  Speaker 1: the tribe of Levi, you shall not number nor take
• 1:21:45
  Speaker 1: a census of them among the children of Israel. But
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  Speaker 1: you shall appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony,
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  Speaker 1: over all its furnishings, and over all things that belonged
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  Speaker 1: to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings.
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  Speaker 1: They shall attend to it and camp around the tabernacle.
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  Speaker 1: God then gave specific instructions for the arrangement of the camp.
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  Speaker 1: The tabernacle was at the center, with the Levites camping
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  Speaker 1: around it. The twelve tribes were arranged in four groups
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  Speaker 1: of three tribes, each positioned on the four sides of
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  Speaker 1: the camp. Numbers two point two states every one of
• 1:22:23
  Speaker 1: the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard,
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  Speaker 1: beside the emblems of his father's house. They shall camp
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  Speaker 1: some distance from the tabernacle of meeting. On the east side,
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  Speaker 1: toward the sunrise was the standard of Judah's forces led
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  Speaker 1: by Nashon the son of Aminadab, with Judah camped Isakar
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  Speaker 1: under Nathaniel the son of Zuar, and Zebulun under Eliab
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  Speaker 1: the son of Helen. The total number in Judahs camp
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  Speaker 1: was one hundred and eighty sixty four hundred, and they
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  Speaker 1: were to break camp first. On the south side was
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  Speaker 1: the standard of Reuben's forces, led by by Ilizur, the
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  Speaker 1: son of Shadur, with Reuben camped Simeon under Shalumil the
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  Speaker 1: son of Zurishadai, and Gad under Iliasaf the son of Ruel.
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  Speaker 1: The total number in Reuben's camp was one hundred fifty
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  Speaker 1: one thousand, four fifty, and they were to move out second.
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  Speaker 1: The tabernacle of meeting was to move out with the
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  Speaker 1: camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps.
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  Speaker 1: Numbers two seventeen explains, as they camp, so they shall
• 1:23:28
  Speaker 1: move out everyone in his place by their standards. On
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  Speaker 1: the west side was the standard of Ephraim's forces led
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  Speaker 1: by Elishama the son of Amihud, with Ephraim camped Manasse
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  Speaker 1: under Gamaliel the son of Pedazur, and Benjamin under Abidan
• 1:23:47
  Speaker 1: the son of Gideoni. The total number in Ephraim's camp
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  Speaker 1: was one hundred eighty one hundred, and they were to
• 1:23:54
  Speaker 1: move out. Third, on the north side was the standard
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  Speaker 1: of Dan's forces, led by ahi Z the son of Amishadai,
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  Speaker 1: with Dan camped Asher under Pagiel the son of Okran,
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  Speaker 1: and Naftali under Ahira, the son of Innan. The total
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  Speaker 1: number in Dan's camp was one hundred and fifty seventhy
• 1:24:12
  Speaker 1: six hundred, and they were to move out. Last, God
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  Speaker 1: then gave Moses a separate census of the Levites, numbers
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  Speaker 1: three point six to eight records the Lord's command, bring
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  Speaker 1: the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron
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  Speaker 1: the Priest, that they may serve him. And they shall
• 1:24:30
  Speaker 1: attend to his needs and the needs of the whole
• 1:24:32
  Speaker 1: congregation before the Tabernacle of Meeting, to do the work
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 1: of the tabernacle. Also they shall attend to all the
• 1:24:40
  Speaker 1: furnishings of the Tabernacle of Meeting, and to the needs
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 1: of the children of Israel to do the work of
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: the tabernacle. The Levites were divided into three main family groups.
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  Speaker 1: The sons of Gershen were responsible for the tabernacle, tent covering,
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  Speaker 1: screen for the door of the tabernacle, screen for the court,
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  Speaker 1: and all the cords. The sons of Kohath cared for
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  Speaker 1: the ark, table, lamp stand, altars, utensils of the sanctuary
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  Speaker 1: and the screen all the holy things. The sons of
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  Speaker 1: Murari handled the boards of the tabernacle, bars, pillars, sockets,
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  Speaker 1: and all related work. When the Israelites reached the border
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 1: of the Promised Land at Kadesh Barnea, the Lord spoke
• 1:25:27
  Speaker 1: to Moses in numbers thirteen one two, saying, send men
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  Speaker 1: two spy out the land of Canaan, which I am
• 1:25:36
  Speaker 1: giving to the children of Israel. From each tribe of
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 1: their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a
• 1:25:43
  Speaker 1: leader among them. Moses sent twelve men, one from each tribe.
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  Speaker 1: From Judah. He sent Caleb, the son of Ja'fannah, to
• 1:25:52
  Speaker 1: promefriem Hoshea, the son of Nun, whom Moses called Joshua,
• 1:25:57
  Speaker 1: from Benjamin Palti, the son of Rafu, from Zebulun, Gadiel,
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  Speaker 1: the son of Sodi, from Manasseh Gadi, the son of Susi,
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  Speaker 1: from dan Amiel the son of Gemali, from Asher Saith
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  Speaker 1: the Sun of Michael, from Naftali Nabi the son of Vovsi,
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  Speaker 1: from God Guel the son of Machi, from Reuben Shamur
• 1:26:20
  Speaker 1: the son of Zachar, from Simeon Shaffat the son of Hori,
• 1:26:23
  Speaker 1: and from Isakar Igal the son of Joseph. Moses commanded
• 1:26:28
  Speaker 1: them in numbers thirteen or seventeen to twenty, go up
• 1:26:32
  Speaker 1: this way into the south, and go up to the mountains,
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  Speaker 1: and see what the land is like, whether the people
• 1:26:37
  Speaker 1: who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many,
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  Speaker 1: whether the land they dwell in is good or bad,
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  Speaker 1: whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds,
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  Speaker 1: whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 1: are forests there or not. Be of good courage and
• 1:26:54
  Speaker 1: bring some of the fruit of the land. The spies
• 1:26:58
  Speaker 1: spent forty days exploring the land, and they went up
• 1:27:01
  Speaker 1: through the south and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 1: and Talmai, the descendants of Anak lived. They came to
• 1:27:09
  Speaker 1: the valley of Eshkol and cut down a branch with
• 1:27:12
  Speaker 1: one cluster of grapes, which they carried between two men
• 1:27:15
  Speaker 1: on a pole. They also brought pomegranates and figs. When
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: they returned to Moses, Aaron and all the congregation at Kadesh,
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  Speaker 1: they showed them the fruit of the land and reported
• 1:27:27
  Speaker 1: in numbers thirteen twenty seven to twenty eight, we went
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  Speaker 1: to the land where you sent us. It truly flows
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 1: with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless,
• 1:27:39
  Speaker 1: the people who dwell in the land are strong. The
• 1:27:42
  Speaker 1: cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 1: descendants of Anak. There. Ten of the spies continued with
• 1:27:51
  Speaker 1: a discouraging report. The Amalekites dwell in the land of
• 1:27:56
  Speaker 1: the south, the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the ama Rites
• 1:28:00
  Speaker 1: dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the
• 1:28:03
  Speaker 1: sea and along the banks of the Jordan. But Caleb
• 1:28:07
  Speaker 1: quieted the people before Moses and said, let us go
• 1:28:10
  Speaker 1: up at once and take possession, for we are well
• 1:28:14
  Speaker 1: able to overcome it. The other spies contradicted him, saying
• 1:28:18
  Speaker 1: in numbers thirteen thirty one thirty three, we are not
• 1:28:21
  Speaker 1: able to go up against the people, for they are
• 1:28:24
  Speaker 1: stronger than we. The land through which we have gone
• 1:28:27
  Speaker 1: as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 1: all the people whom we saw in it are men
• 1:28:34
  Speaker 1: of great stature. There we saw the giants, The descendants
• 1:28:38
  Speaker 1: of Anak came from the giants, and we were like
• 1:28:41
  Speaker 1: grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in
• 1:28:44
  Speaker 1: their sight. The congregation lifted up their voices and cried,
• 1:28:49
  Speaker 1: and the people wept. That night, all the children of
• 1:28:52
  Speaker 1: Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, if only we
• 1:28:56
  Speaker 1: had died in the land of Egypt, or if only
• 1:28:59
  Speaker 1: we had died in this wilderness, Why has the Lord
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  Speaker 1: brought us to this land to fall by the sword,
• 1:29:06
  Speaker 1: that our wives and children should become victims. Would it
• 1:29:10
  Speaker 1: not be better for us to return to Egypt? They
• 1:29:13
  Speaker 1: even said to one another, let us select a leader
• 1:29:16
  Speaker 1: and return to Egypt. Moses and Aaron fell on their
• 1:29:20
  Speaker 1: faces before all the assembly. Joshua the son of Nun
• 1:29:24
  Speaker 1: and Caleb, the son of Jeffuna tore their clothes and
• 1:29:27
  Speaker 1: spoke to all the congregations, saying, in numbers fourteen seventy nine,
• 1:29:32
  Speaker 1: the land we passed through to spy out is an
• 1:29:34
  Speaker 1: exceedingly good land. If the Lord delights in us, then
• 1:29:38
  Speaker 1: he will bring us into this land and give it
• 1:29:41
  Speaker 1: to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the
• 1:29:49
  Speaker 1: people of the land, for they are our bread. Their
• 1:29:52
  Speaker 1: protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us.
• 1:29:57
  Speaker 1: Do not fear them. But all the congregations said to
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: stone them with stones. Then the glory of the Lord
• 1:30:04
  Speaker 1: appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children
• 1:30:07
  Speaker 1: of Israel. The Lord said to Moses in numbers fourteen
• 1:30:11
  Speaker 1: eleven twelve, how long will these people reject me? And
• 1:30:15
  Speaker 1: how long will they not believe me? With all the
• 1:30:17
  Speaker 1: signs which I have performed among them, I will strike
• 1:30:20
  Speaker 1: them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will
• 1:30:24
  Speaker 1: make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
• 1:30:27
  Speaker 1: Moses interceded for the people, pleading with God to pardon
• 1:30:30
  Speaker 1: them according to the greatness of his mercy. The Lord
• 1:30:34
  Speaker 1: responded in numbers fourteen twenty twenty three. I have pardoned
• 1:30:39
  Speaker 1: according to your word. But truly, as I live, all
• 1:30:44
  Speaker 1: the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
• 1:30:48
  Speaker 1: Because all these men who have seen my glory and
• 1:30:51
  Speaker 1: the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness,
• 1:30:54
  Speaker 1: and have put me to the test now these ten times,
• 1:30:57
  Speaker 1: and have not heeded my voice. They certainly they shall
• 1:31:00
  Speaker 1: not see the land of which I swore to their fathers,
• 1:31:03
  Speaker 1: nor shall any of those who rejected me see it.
• 1:31:08
  Speaker 1: Only Caleb and Joshua would enter the promised land from
• 1:31:11
  Speaker 1: their generation. The Lord declared in numbers fourteen twenty eight
• 1:31:16
  Speaker 1: to thirty five that the adies people would wander in
• 1:31:20
  Speaker 1: the wilderness for forty years, one year for each day
• 1:31:24
  Speaker 1: the spies had explored the land. All those twenty years
• 1:31:27
  Speaker 1: old and above who had complained would die in the wilderness,
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: except for Caleb and Joshua. During the wilderness wandering, a
• 1:31:36
  Speaker 1: serious challenge arose to Moses and Aaron's leadership. Cora, a Levite,
• 1:31:41
  Speaker 1: joined with Dthan and a Biham from the tribe of Reuben,
• 1:31:46
  Speaker 1: along with two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation,
• 1:31:49
  Speaker 1: well known men of renown. Numbers sixteen three records their accusation.
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: They gathered together against Moses and Aaron and said to them,
• 1:32:00
  Speaker 1: you take too much upon yourselves. For all the congregation
• 1:32:04
  Speaker 1: is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is
• 1:32:07
  Speaker 1: among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the
• 1:32:10
  Speaker 1: assembly of the Lord. When Moses heard this, he fell
• 1:32:14
  Speaker 1: on his face. Then he spoke to Corah and all
• 1:32:16
  Speaker 1: his company, saying, in number sixteen five seven, tomorrow morning,
• 1:32:21
  Speaker 1: the Lord will show who is his and who is holy,
• 1:32:24
  Speaker 1: and will cause him to come near to him, that
• 1:32:26
  Speaker 1: one whom he chooses, he will cause to come near
• 1:32:29
  Speaker 1: to him. Do this, take senses, Corah and all your company,
• 1:32:34
  Speaker 1: put fire in them, and put incense in them before
• 1:32:37
  Speaker 1: the Lord tomorrow, and it shall be that the man
• 1:32:40
  Speaker 1: whom the Lord chooses is the holy one. You take
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 1: too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi. Moses said
• 1:32:49
  Speaker 1: further to Corah, Is it a small thing to you
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 1: that the God of Israel has separated you from the
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: Congregation of Israel to bring you near to himself to
• 1:33:00
  Speaker 1: do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord, and
• 1:33:03
  Speaker 1: to stand before the congregation to serve them, And that
• 1:33:07
  Speaker 1: he has brought you near to himself. You and all
• 1:33:10
  Speaker 1: your brethren, the sons of Levi with you, And are
• 1:33:14
  Speaker 1: you seeking the priesthood? Also? Moses sent to call Dathan
• 1:33:18
  Speaker 1: and Abiram, but they refuse to come up, saying in
• 1:33:22
  Speaker 1: numbers sixteen thirteen to fourteen, is it a small thing
• 1:33:27
  Speaker 1: that you have brought us up out of a land
• 1:33:29
  Speaker 1: flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness,
• 1:33:32
  Speaker 1: that you should keep acting like a prince over us. Moreover,
• 1:33:36
  Speaker 1: you have not brought us into a land flowing with
• 1:33:38
  Speaker 1: milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards.
• 1:33:44
  Speaker 1: Will you put out the eyes of these men, we
• 1:33:46
  Speaker 1: will not come up. Moses became very angry and said
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 1: to the Lord, do not respect their offering. I have
• 1:33:55
  Speaker 1: not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt
• 1:33:58
  Speaker 1: one of them. The next morning, wing Moses told Cora
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  Speaker 1: to appear before the Lord with his two hundred and
• 1:34:04
  Speaker 1: fifty followers, each with his censer filled with incense. When
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  Speaker 1: they assembled at the door of the Tabernacle of Meeting,
• 1:34:12
  Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
• 1:34:16
  Speaker 1: The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, separate yourselves
• 1:34:20
  Speaker 1: from among this congregation, that I may consume them in
• 1:34:23
  Speaker 1: a moment. But Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
• 1:34:27
  Speaker 1: and said o God, the God of the spirits of
• 1:34:30
  Speaker 1: all flesh, shall one man sin and you be angry
• 1:34:34
  Speaker 1: with all the congregation. The Lord told Moses to have
• 1:34:37
  Speaker 1: the congregation move away from the tents of Cora, Dothan,
• 1:34:41
  Speaker 1: and Abiram. Moses went to Dothan and Abiram, followed by
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  Speaker 1: the elders of Israel. He warned the congregation in numbers
• 1:34:49
  Speaker 1: sixteen twenty six, depart now from the tents of these
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  Speaker 1: wicked men. Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed
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  Speaker 1: in all their sins. MoES is then declared in numbers
• 1:35:01
  Speaker 1: sixteen twenty eight thirty. By this you shall know that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord has sent me to do all these works,
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  Speaker 1: for I have not done them of my own will.
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 1: If these men die naturally like all men, or if
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  Speaker 1: they are visited by the common fate of all men,
• 1:35:16
  Speaker 1: then the Lord has not sent me. But if the
• 1:35:19
  Speaker 1: Lord creates a new thing, and the earth opens its
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  Speaker 1: mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them,
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 1: and they go down alive into the pit, then you
• 1:35:29
  Speaker 1: will understand that these men have rejected the Lord. As
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  Speaker 1: soon as Moses finished speaking these words, the ground split
• 1:35:39
  Speaker 1: apart under them. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed
• 1:35:42
  Speaker 1: them up with their households, and all the men with Corah,
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  Speaker 1: along with all their goods. They went down alive into
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  Speaker 1: the pit, and the earth closed over them. They perished
• 1:35:54
  Speaker 1: from among the assembly. All Israel around them fled at
• 1:35:57
  Speaker 1: their cry, fearing the earth might follow them too. Fire
• 1:36:01
  Speaker 1: came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred
• 1:36:04
  Speaker 1: and fifty men who were offering incense. The Lord told
• 1:36:07
  Speaker 1: Moses to have Eliezar the priest, gather the censes and
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  Speaker 1: scatter the fire, then hammer the censes into plates as
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  Speaker 1: a covering for the altar. Numbers sixteen forty explains this
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  Speaker 1: was to be a memorial to the children of Israel
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  Speaker 1: that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron
• 1:36:27
  Speaker 1: should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that
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  Speaker 1: he might not become like Corah and his companions. The
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  Speaker 1: next day, all the congregation complained against Moses and Aaron, saying,
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  Speaker 1: you have killed the people of the Lord. When they
• 1:36:45
  Speaker 1: gathered against Moses and Aaron, they looked toward the tabernacle
• 1:36:49
  Speaker 1: of meeting, and the cloud covered it, and the glory
• 1:36:52
  Speaker 1: of the Lord appeared. A plague began among the people,
• 1:36:56
  Speaker 1: but Aaron quickly ran into the midst of the congregation
• 1:37:00
  Speaker 1: with his censer, made atonement for the people, and stood
• 1:37:04
  Speaker 1: between the dead and the living. The plague stopped, but
• 1:37:08
  Speaker 1: fourteen teen seven hundred people died, besides those who died
• 1:37:13
  Speaker 1: in the incident of Corah. To settle the question of
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  Speaker 1: priesthood once and for all, the Lord told Moses to
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  Speaker 1: have each tribal leader bring a rod with his name
• 1:37:22
  Speaker 1: written on it. Aaron's name was written on the rod
• 1:37:25
  Speaker 1: of Levi. Moses placed them in the tabernacle of meeting
• 1:37:28
  Speaker 1: before the testimony. The Lord said, in numbers seventeen five,
• 1:37:33
  Speaker 1: and it shall be that the rod of the man
• 1:37:35
  Speaker 1: whom I choose will blossom. Thus I will rid myself
• 1:37:38
  Speaker 1: of the complaints of the children of Israel which they
• 1:37:41
  Speaker 1: make against you. The next day, Moses went into the
• 1:37:45
  Speaker 1: tabernacle and found that Aaron's rod had not only budded,
• 1:37:49
  Speaker 1: but had also blossomed and yielded ripe almonds. Moses brought
• 1:37:54
  Speaker 1: out all the rods, and each man took his rod.
• 1:37:58
  Speaker 1: The Lord told Moses to Putarans rod back before the testimony,
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  Speaker 1: to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that
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  Speaker 1: their complaints might cease. The Congregation of Israel came into
• 1:38:11
  Speaker 1: the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the
• 1:38:14
  Speaker 1: people stayed in Kadesh. Their Miriam died and was buried
• 1:38:19
  Speaker 1: once again. There was no water for the congregation, and
• 1:38:22
  Speaker 1: they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. The people contended
• 1:38:27
  Speaker 1: with Moses and spoke in numbers twenty three to five, saying,
• 1:38:31
  Speaker 1: if only we had died when our brethren died before
• 1:38:35
  Speaker 1: the Lord, Why have you brought up the Assembly of
• 1:38:38
  Speaker 1: the Lord into this wilderness that we and our animals
• 1:38:42
  Speaker 1: should die here? And why have you made us come
• 1:38:45
  Speaker 1: up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place.
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  Speaker 1: It is not a place of grain or viigs, or
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  Speaker 1: vines or pomegranates, nor is there any water to drink.
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  Speaker 1: Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly
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  Speaker 1: to the door of the tabernacle meeting, and they fell
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  Speaker 1: on their faces. The glory of the Lord appeared to them,
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  Speaker 1: and the Lord spoke to Moses in numbers twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: to eight, saying, take the rod, you and your brother Aaron.
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  Speaker 1: Gather the congregation together, speak to the rock before their eyes,
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  Speaker 1: and it will yield its water. Thus you shall bring
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  Speaker 1: water for them out of the rock and give drink
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  Speaker 1: to the congregation and their animals. Moses took the rod
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  Speaker 1: from before the Lord as he commanded him. Moses and
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  Speaker 1: Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and Moses
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  Speaker 1: said to them, here, now, you rebels, must we bring
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  Speaker 1: water for you out of this rock. Then Moses lifted
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  Speaker 1: his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod,
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  Speaker 1: and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their animals drank.
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  Speaker 1: But the Lord was not pleased with Moses and Aaron's actions.
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  Speaker 1: He spoke to them in numbers twenty twelve, saying, because
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  Speaker 1: you did not believe me to hallow me in the
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  Speaker 1: eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not
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  Speaker 1: bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
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  Speaker 1: This was the water of Meribah. Because the children of
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  Speaker 1: Israel contended with the Lord and he was hallowed among them.
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  Speaker 1: Moses had failed to follow God's specific instruction to speak
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  Speaker 1: to the rock. Instead, he struck it in anger and
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  Speaker 1: took credit for the miracle, asking must we bring water
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  Speaker 1: for you out of this rock. His disobedience and failure
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  Speaker 1: to honor God before the people cost him the privilege
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  Speaker 1: of entering the promised land. Soon after this incident, Aaron
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  Speaker 1: died on Mount how. The Lord had told Moses and
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  Speaker 1: Aaron in numbers twenty twenty four, Aaron shall be gathered
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  Speaker 1: to his people, for he shall not enter the land
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  Speaker 1: which I have given to the children of Israel, because
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  Speaker 1: you rebelled against my word. At the water of Meribah,
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  Speaker 1: Moses took Arin and his son Eliezer up to Mount
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  Speaker 1: how in the sight of all the congregation. He stripped
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  Speaker 1: Aaron of his garments and put them on Eliezer. His son.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and
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  Speaker 1: Moses and Eliezon came down from the mountain. When all
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  Speaker 1: the congregations saw that Aaron was dead, all the House
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  Speaker 1: of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days. As the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: continued their journey, they grew discouraged because of the way
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  Speaker 1: the people spoke against God and against Moses in numbers
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  Speaker 1: twenty one five, saying why have you brought us up
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  Speaker 1: out of Egypt to die in the wilderness. For there
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  Speaker 1: is no food and no water, and our soul loathes
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  Speaker 1: this worthless bread. Because of their complaints, the Lord sent
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  Speaker 1: fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people,
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  Speaker 1: so that many of the people of Israel died. The
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  Speaker 1: people came to Moses and said, we have sinned, for
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  Speaker 1: we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray
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  Speaker 1: to the Lord that he take away the serpents from us.
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  Speaker 1: So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord said to
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  Speaker 1: Moses in numbers twenty one eight to nine, make a
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  Speaker 1: fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and it
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  Speaker 1: shall be that everyone who is bitten when he looks
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  Speaker 1: at it, shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent
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  Speaker 1: and put it on a pole, and so it was.
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  Speaker 1: If a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at
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  Speaker 1: the bronze serpent, he lived. The Israelites then traveled through
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  Speaker 1: various territories, sometimes fighting battles when passage was denied. They
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  Speaker 1: defeated Saihon, king of the Amorites, and og king of Bashan,
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  Speaker 1: taking possession of their lands. When they camped in the
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  Speaker 1: plains of Moab beside the Jordan across from Jericho, Balak,
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  Speaker 1: the king of Moab, became terrified. Balak said to the
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  Speaker 1: elders of Midian in numbers twenty two four. Now this
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  Speaker 1: company will lick up everything around us as an ox
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  Speaker 1: licks up the grass of the field. So Balak sent
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  Speaker 1: messengers to Balam, the son of Beor, with money for divination, saying, look,
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  Speaker 1: a people has come from Egypt. See they cover the
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  Speaker 1: face of the earth and are settling next to me. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: please come at once curse this people for me, for
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  Speaker 1: they are too mighty for me. God came to Balam
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  Speaker 1: and said, who are these men with you? Balam explained
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  Speaker 1: about Balak's request. God told Balam in numbers twenty two twelve,
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  Speaker 1: you shall not go with them. You shall not curse
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  Speaker 1: the people, for they are blessed. Balam refused Baalak's first messengers,
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  Speaker 1: but when more honorable princes came with promises of great honor,
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  Speaker 1: Balam sought God again. God told Balem he could go,
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  Speaker 1: but only speak what God told him. Balem saddled his
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  Speaker 1: donkey and went with the princes of Moab. But God's
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  Speaker 1: anger was aroused because he went and the Angel of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord stood in the way as an adversary against him.
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  Speaker 1: The donkey saw the angel standing in the way with
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  Speaker 1: his drawn sword and turned aside into the field. Balam
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  Speaker 1: struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road.
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  Speaker 1: The angel stood in a narrow path between vineyards with
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  Speaker 1: walls on both sides. When the donkey saw the angel,
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  Speaker 1: she pushed herself against the wall and crushed Balem's foot
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  Speaker 1: against the wall, so he struck her again. The angel
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  Speaker 1: moved further and stood in a narrow place where there
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  Speaker 1: was no way to turn either right or left. When
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  Speaker 1: the donkey saw the angel, she lay down under Balam,
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  Speaker 1: and his anger was aroused, so he struck the donkey
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  Speaker 1: with his staff. Then the Lord opened the mouth of
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  Speaker 1: the donkey, and she said to Balam in numbers twenty
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  Speaker 1: two twenty eight, what have I done to you that
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  Speaker 1: you have struck me these three times? Balem said to
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  Speaker 1: the donkey, because you have abused me, I wish there
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  Speaker 1: were a sword in my hand, for now I would
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  Speaker 1: kill you. The donkey pointed out that she had always
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  Speaker 1: been faithful to him and had never acted this way before.
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  Speaker 1: Then the Lord opened Balem's eyes and he saw the
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  Speaker 1: Angel of the Lord standing in the way with his
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  Speaker 1: drawn sword in his hand. Balam bowed his head and
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  Speaker 1: fell flat on his face. The angel said to him,
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  Speaker 1: why have you struck your donkey. These three times. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I have come out to stand against you, because your
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  Speaker 1: way is perverse. Before me, the donkey saw me and
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  Speaker 1: turned aside from me these three times. If she had
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  Speaker 1: not turned aside from me, surely I would also have
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  Speaker 1: killed you by now, and let her live. Balam confessed
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  Speaker 1: his sin and offered to return home, but the angel
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  Speaker 1: told him to go with the men, speaking only what
• 1:45:53
  Speaker 1: God would tell him. When Balem met Balak, the King
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  Speaker 1: took him to high places to see the people of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Three times Balack asked Balam to curse Israel, and three
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  Speaker 1: times Balam could only bless them instead. In his first oracle,
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  Speaker 1: Balam declared in numbers twenty three nine to ten, for
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  Speaker 1: from the top of the rocks I see him, and
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  Speaker 1: from the hills I behold him lo a people dwelling alone,
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  Speaker 1: not reckoning itself among the nations, who can count the
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  Speaker 1: dust of Jacob or number one fourth of Israel. Let
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  Speaker 1: me die the death of the righteous, and let my
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  Speaker 1: end be like his. In his second oracle, Balam proclaimed
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  Speaker 1: in numbers twenty three nineteen twenty. God is not a
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  Speaker 1: man that he should lie, nor a son of man
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  Speaker 1: that he should repent. Has he said, and will he
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  Speaker 1: not do? Or has he spoken, and will he not
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  Speaker 1: make it good? Behold, I have received a command to
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  Speaker 1: bless he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. In
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  Speaker 1: his third oracle, Balem spoke even more powerfully, in numbers
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  Speaker 1: twenty four five nine, How lovely are your tents, o Jacob,
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  Speaker 1: your dwellings, oh Israel, like valleys that stretch out, like
• 1:47:10
  Speaker 1: gardens by the river side, like aloes planted by the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: like cedars beside the waters. He shall pour water from
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  Speaker 1: his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters.
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  Speaker 1: His king shall be higher than a gog, and his
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  Speaker 1: kingdom shall be exalted. God brings him out of Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: He has strength like a wild ox. He shall consume
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  Speaker 1: the nations his enemies. He shall break their bones and
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  Speaker 1: pierce them with his arrows. He bows down, He lies
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  Speaker 1: down as a lion, and as a lion who shall
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  Speaker 1: rouse him? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed
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  Speaker 1: is he who curses you. Balak's anger was aroused against Balem,
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  Speaker 1: and he struck his hands together. But Balem gave one
• 1:47:56
  Speaker 1: final prophecy about a future ruler, saying in numbers twees
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  Speaker 1: twenty four seventeen. I see him, but not now. I
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  Speaker 1: behold him, but not near. A star shall come out
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  Speaker 1: of Jacob. A scepter shall rise out of Israel and
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  Speaker 1: batter the brow of Moab and destroy all the sons
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  Speaker 1: of Tumult. Though Balam couldn't curse Israel, he apparently gave
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  Speaker 1: Baylak advice on how to cause them to sin. The
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  Speaker 1: Israelites began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab,
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  Speaker 1: who invited them to the sacrifices of their gods. The
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  Speaker 1: people ate and bowed down to their gods. Israel was
• 1:48:34
  Speaker 1: joined to Bahal of Peor, and the Lord's anger was
• 1:48:38
  Speaker 1: aroused against Israel. The Lord said to Moses, take all
• 1:48:42
  Speaker 1: the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before
• 1:48:45
  Speaker 1: the Lord out in the sun, that the fierce anger
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord may turn away from Israel. A plague
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  Speaker 1: began among the people because of their sin. When an
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  Speaker 1: Israelite man brought a Midian Nite woman into the camp
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  Speaker 1: in the sight of Moses and all the congregation, fini
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  Speaker 1: Has the sun of Beliozar took a javelin in his
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  Speaker 1: hand went after the man into the tent and thrust
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  Speaker 1: both of them through. The plague was stopped, but twenty
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  Speaker 1: four thousand had died. We now come to the Book
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  Speaker 1: of Deuteronomy, where Moses delivers his final speeches to the
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  Speaker 1: people of Israel on the plains of Moab, just before
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  Speaker 1: they enter the Promised Land. This book contains moses last
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  Speaker 1: words of instruction, warning and blessing as he prepares a
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  Speaker 1: new generation to inherit what their parents had forfeited through unbelief.
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  Speaker 1: In the fortieth year, on the first day of the
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  Speaker 1: eleventh month, Moses spoke to all Israel, according to all
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord had given him as commandments to them.
• 1:49:49
  Speaker 1: He began by reminding them of their journey, saying in
• 1:49:52
  Speaker 1: Deuteronomy one six to eight, the Lord our God spoke
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  Speaker 1: to us in Horeb, saying, you have dwelt long inenugh
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  Speaker 1: at this mountain, Turn and take your journey, and go
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  Speaker 1: to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring
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  Speaker 1: places in the plain, in the mountains and in the
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  Speaker 1: lowland in the south, and on the sea shore, to
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  Speaker 1: the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, as far
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  Speaker 1: as the Great River, the river Euphrates. See I have
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  Speaker 1: set the land before you go in and possess the
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  Speaker 1: land which the Lord swore to your father's. Moses recalled
• 1:50:30
  Speaker 1: how he had appointed judges to help him lead the people,
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  Speaker 1: telling them in Deuteronomy to one sixteen to seventeen, hear
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  Speaker 1: the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a
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  Speaker 1: man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.
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  Speaker 1: You shall not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear
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  Speaker 1: the small as well as the great. You shall not
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  Speaker 1: be afraid in any man's presence, for the judgment is God's.
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  Speaker 1: He reminded them of the mission of the Twelve Spies
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  Speaker 1: and how their fathers had rebelled at Kadesh Barnea. Moses
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  Speaker 1: declared in Deuteronomy one thirty two thirty three. Yet for
• 1:51:08
  Speaker 1: all that you did not believe the Lord your God,
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  Speaker 1: who went in the way before you to search out
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  Speaker 1: a place for you to pitch your tents, to show
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  Speaker 1: you the way you should go, in the fire by
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  Speaker 1: night and in the cloud by day. Because of their unbelief,
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  Speaker 1: God had sworn that none of that generation would see
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  Speaker 1: the good land except Caleb, the son of Ja'fanna. Moses
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  Speaker 1: told them in Deuteronomy one thirty seven thirty eight. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord was also angry with me for your sakes, saying,
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  Speaker 1: even you shall not go in there. Joshua, the son
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  Speaker 1: of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there.
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  Speaker 1: Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
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  Speaker 1: Moses recounted their victories over Sihon, king of Heshbon, and
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  Speaker 1: og king of Bashan, giving the conquered territories to the
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  Speaker 1: tribes of Reuben Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh.
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  Speaker 1: He charged Joshua at that time, saying, in Deuteronomy three
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  Speaker 1: twenty one twenty two, your eyes have seen all that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord your God has done to these two kings.
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  Speaker 1: So will the Lord do to all the kingdoms to
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  Speaker 1: which you cross over. You must not fear them, for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord your God himself fights for you. Moses pleaded
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  Speaker 1: with the Lord to let him cross over and see
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  Speaker 1: the good land, but God refused because of the people's sake.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord told him in Deuteronomy three twenty seven, go
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  Speaker 1: up to the top of Pisgah and lift your eyes
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  Speaker 1: toward the west, the north, the south, and the east.
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  Speaker 1: Behold it with your eyes for you shall not cross
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  Speaker 1: over this Jordan. He urged the people to keep gods
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  Speaker 1: commandments carefully, saying in Deuteronomy four six eight, therefore be
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  Speaker 1: careful to observe them, for this is your wisdom and
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  Speaker 1: your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will
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  Speaker 1: hear all these statutes, and say, surely, this great nation
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  Speaker 1: is a wise and understanding people. For what great nation
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  Speaker 1: is there that has God so near to it, as
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  Speaker 1: the Lord our God is to us for whatever reason
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  Speaker 1: we may call upon him? And what great nation is
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  Speaker 1: there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are
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  Speaker 1: in all this law. Moses called all Israel and said
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  Speaker 1: to them, here, o Israel, the statutes and judgments which
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  Speaker 1: I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn
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  Speaker 1: them and be careful to observe them. He reminded them
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord had made a covenant with them at Horeb,
• 1:53:41
  Speaker 1: Speaking to them face to face from the midst of
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  Speaker 1: the fire on the mountain, Moses restated the ten commandments,
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  Speaker 1: beginning in Deuteronomy five six seven. I am the Lord
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  Speaker 1: your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: out of the house of bondage. You shall have no
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  Speaker 1: other gods before me. He continued with the prohibitions against idols,
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  Speaker 1: taking God's name in vain, and the command to keep
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  Speaker 1: the Sabbath day holy. The commandment to honor father and
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  Speaker 1: Mother was given, that your days may be long, and
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  Speaker 1: that it may be well with you in the land
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  Speaker 1: which the Lord your God is giving you. The prohibitions
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  Speaker 1: against murder, adultery, stealing, false witness, and coveting completed the
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  Speaker 1: ten Words. When the people heard the voice of God
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  Speaker 1: from the midst of the darkness while the mountain burned
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  Speaker 1: with fire, they were afraid and asked Moses to speak
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  Speaker 1: with God for them. Moses told them in Deuteronomy five
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine, oh that they had such a heart in
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  Speaker 1: them that they would fear me and always keep all
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  Speaker 1: my commandments, that it might be well with them and
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  Speaker 1: with their children forever. Moses then delivered one of the
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  Speaker 1: most important passages in all scripture. He declared in due
• 1:55:00
  Speaker 1: Deuteronomy six tatter four to nine, Here o Israel, the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the
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  Speaker 1: Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
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  Speaker 1: and with all your strength. And these words which I
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  Speaker 1: command you today shall be in your heart. You shall
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  Speaker 1: teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of
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  Speaker 1: them when you sit in your house, when you walk
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  Speaker 1: by the way, when you lie down, and when you
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  Speaker 1: rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on
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  Speaker 1: your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
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  Speaker 1: You shall write them on the doorposts of your house
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  Speaker 1: and on your gates. Moses warned them about the danger
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  Speaker 1: of forgetting God when they entered the land in Deuteronomy
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  Speaker 1: six ten to twelve. He said, so it shall be
• 1:55:50
  Speaker 1: when the Lord your God brings you into the land
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  Speaker 1: of which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac
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  Speaker 1: and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which
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  Speaker 1: you did not build, houses full of all good things
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  Speaker 1: which you did not fill, hewn out wells which you
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  Speaker 1: did not dig, vineyards, and olive trees which you did
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  Speaker 1: not plant. When you have eaten and are full, then
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  Speaker 1: beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you out
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  Speaker 1: of the land of Egypt. From the house of Bondage.
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  Speaker 1: Moses told the people that when the Lord brought them
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  Speaker 1: into the land, he would cast out seven nations greater
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  Speaker 1: and mightier than they. The Hittites Gergoshites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizites, Hivites,
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  Speaker 1: and Jebusites. He commanded in Deuteronomy Zevenpond two two four.
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  Speaker 1: And when the Lord your God delivers them over to you,
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  Speaker 1: you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall
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  Speaker 1: make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them,
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  Speaker 1: nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not
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  Speaker 1: give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter
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  Speaker 1: for your son, for they will turn your sons away
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  Speaker 1: from following me to serve other gods. Instead, they were
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  Speaker 1: to destroy the pagan altars, break down their sacred pillars,
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  Speaker 1: cut down their wooden images, and burn their carved images
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  Speaker 1: with fire. Moses explained in Deuteronomy seven to six, for
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  Speaker 1: you are a holy people to the Lord your God.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord your God has chosen you to be a
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  Speaker 1: people for himself, a special treasure above all the peoples
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  Speaker 1: on the face of the earth. God had not chosen
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  Speaker 1: them because they were more numerous than other peoples, for
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  Speaker 1: they were the least of all peoples. Rather, as Moses
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  Speaker 1: declared in Deuteronomy seven eight to nine, but because the
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  Speaker 1: Lord loves you, and because he would keep the oath
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  Speaker 1: which he swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought
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  Speaker 1: you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from
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  Speaker 1: the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh, king
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt. Therefore, know that the Lord your God, he
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  Speaker 1: is God, the faithful God, who keeps cover and mercy
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  Speaker 1: for a thousand generations with those who love him and
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  Speaker 1: keep his commandments. Moses warned them not to fear these nations,
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  Speaker 1: but to remember what the Lord had done to Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: and all Egypt. He promised in Deuteronomy seven twenty to
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  Speaker 1: twenty one. Moreover, the Lord your God will send the
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  Speaker 1: hornet among them, until those who are left who hide
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  Speaker 1: themselves from you are destroyed. You shall not be terrified
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  Speaker 1: of them, for the Lord your God, the Great and
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  Speaker 1: awesome God, is among you. He reminded them of God's
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  Speaker 1: care during their forty years in the wilderness, saying in
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  Speaker 1: Deuteronomy eight two four. And you shall remember that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord your God led you all the way these forty
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  Speaker 1: years in the wilderness to humble you and test you
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  Speaker 1: to know what was in your heart, whether you would
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  Speaker 1: keep his commandments or not. So he humbled you, allowed
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  Speaker 1: you to hunger, and fed you with manner, which you
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  Speaker 1: did not know, nor did your fathers know that he
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  Speaker 1: might make you know that man shall not live by
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  Speaker 1: bread alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of the Lord. Your garments did not
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  Speaker 1: wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these
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  Speaker 1: forty years. Moses gave a stern warning about the danger
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  Speaker 1: of pride and self sufficiency in Deuteronomy eight seventeen eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: He said, then you say in your heart, my power
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  Speaker 1: and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.
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  Speaker 1: And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it
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  Speaker 1: is he who gives you power to get wealth, that
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  Speaker 1: he may establish his covenant which he swore to your father's,
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  Speaker 1: as it is this day. He reminded them of the
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  Speaker 1: Golden Calf incident and how he had interceded for them.
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  Speaker 1: Moses declared in Deuteronomy nine four to six, do not
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  Speaker 1: think in your heart after the Lord your God has
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  Speaker 1: cast them out before you, saying, because of my righteousness,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord has brought me in to possess this land.
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  Speaker 1: But it is because of the wickedness of these nations
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord is driving them out from before you.
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  Speaker 1: It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness
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  Speaker 1: of your heart, that you go in to possess their land.
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  Speaker 1: But because of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: your God drives them out from before you, and that
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  Speaker 1: he may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to
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  Speaker 1: your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Therefore, understand that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord your God is not giving you this good
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  Speaker 1: land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are
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  Speaker 1: a stiff necked people. Moses gave specific instructions for worship
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  Speaker 1: in the Promised Land. He commanded in Deuteronomy twelve two
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  Speaker 1: to three, you shall utterly destroy all the places where
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  Speaker 1: the nations which you shall dispossess served them gods, on
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  Speaker 1: the high mountains and on the hills, and under every
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  Speaker 1: green tree. And you shall destroy their altars, break their
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  Speaker 1: sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire. You
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  Speaker 1: shall cut down the carved images of their gods and
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  Speaker 1: destroy their names from that place. Instead, they were to
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  Speaker 1: worship only at the place the Lord would choose, Moses
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  Speaker 1: said in Deuteronomy twelve five tuck seven. But you shall
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  Speaker 1: seek the place where the Lord your God chooses out
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  Speaker 1: of all your tribes to put his name for his
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  Speaker 1: dwelling place, and there you shall go. There you shall
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  Speaker 1: take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave
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  Speaker 1: offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your free will offerings,
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  Speaker 1: and the first born of your herds and flocks. And
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  Speaker 1: there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and
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  Speaker 1: you shall rejoice in all to which you have put
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  Speaker 1: your hand, you and your households in which the Lord
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  Speaker 1: your God has blessed you. Moses warned against following false
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  Speaker 1: prophets or dreamers who would try to turn them away
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  Speaker 1: from the Lord. In Deuteronomy thirteen one to three. He said,
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  Speaker 1: if there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer
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  Speaker 1: of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
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  Speaker 1: and the sign or the wonder comes to pass of
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  Speaker 1: which he spoke to you, saying, let us go after
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  Speaker 1: other gods which you have not known, and let us
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  Speaker 1: serve them. You shall not listen to the words of
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  Speaker 1: that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord
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  Speaker 1: your God is testing you to know whether you love
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  Speaker 1: the Lord your God with all your heart and with
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  Speaker 1: all your soul. God established dietary laws distinguishing between clean
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  Speaker 1: and unclean animals. The people could eat animals that both
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  Speaker 1: chew the cud and have cloven hoofs, fish with fins
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  Speaker 1: and scales, and certain birds, but many creatures were forbidden.
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  Speaker 1: Moses instituted the year of release, commanding in Deuteronomy fifteen
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  Speaker 1: one to two, at the end of every seven years,
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  Speaker 1: you shall grant a release of debts. And this is
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  Speaker 1: the form of the release. Every creditor who has lent
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  Speaker 1: anything to his neighbor shall release it. He shall not
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  Speaker 1: require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it
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  Speaker 1: is called the Lord's release. He also commanded kindness to
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  Speaker 1: the poor, saying in Deuteronomy fifteen seven to date, if
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  Speaker 1: there is among you a poor man of your brethren
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  Speaker 1: within any of the gates in your land which the
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  Speaker 1: Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden
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  Speaker 1: your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.
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  Speaker 1: But you shall open your hand wide to him, and
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  Speaker 1: willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrew servants were to be released in the seventh year,
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  Speaker 1: and when released, they were not to be sent away
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  Speaker 1: empty handed. Moses commanded in Deuteronomy fifteen thirteen fourteen and
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  Speaker 1: when you send him away free from you, you shall
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  Speaker 1: not let him go away empty handed. You shall supply
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  Speaker 1: him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and
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  Speaker 1: from your wine press, from what the Lord your God
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  Speaker 1: has blessed you with you shall give to him. God
• 2:04:14
  Speaker 1: established three annual feasts, the feast of unleavened bread, the
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  Speaker 1: Beast of weeks, and the feast of Tabernacles. Moses declared
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  Speaker 1: in Deuteronomy sixteen sixteen to seventeen, three times a year,
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  Speaker 1: all your males shall appear before the Lord your God
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  Speaker 1: in the place which he chooses, at the feast of
• 2:04:33
  Speaker 1: unleavened bread, at the feast of weeks, and at the
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  Speaker 1: feast of Tabernacles, And they shall not appear before the
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  Speaker 1: Lord empty handed. Every man shall give as he is able,
• 2:04:45
  Speaker 1: according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which
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  Speaker 1: he has given you. Moses gave instructions about future leadership
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  Speaker 1: in Israel. When the people would desire a king like
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  Speaker 1: other nations, God had specific requirements. In Deuteronomy seventeen fourteen
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  Speaker 1: to fifteen, Moses said, when you come to the land
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  Speaker 1: which the Lord your God is giving you, and possess
• 2:05:11
  Speaker 1: it and dwell in it, and say, I will set
• 2:05:14
  Speaker 1: a king over me, like all the nations that are
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  Speaker 1: around me. You shall surely set a king over you.
• 2:05:19
  Speaker 1: Whom the Lord your God chooses. One from among your brethren,
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  Speaker 1: you shall set as king over you. You may not
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  Speaker 1: set a foreigner over you who is not your brother.
• 2:05:30
  Speaker 1: The king was not to multiply horses, wives, or silver
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  Speaker 1: and gold for himself. Most importantly, he was to write
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  Speaker 1: for himself a copy of the law and read it
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  Speaker 1: all the days of his life, as commanded in Deuteronomy
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  Speaker 1: seventeen nineteen to twenty. And it shall be with him,
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  Speaker 1: and he shall read it all the days of his life,
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  Speaker 1: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God,
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  Speaker 1: and be careful to observe all the words of this
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  Speaker 1: law and these statutes, that his heart may not be
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  Speaker 1: lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside
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  Speaker 1: from the commandment to the right hand or to the left,
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  Speaker 1: and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom
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  Speaker 1: he and his children in the midst of Israel. Moses
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  Speaker 1: explained the inheritance of the Levites, saying in Deuteronomy eighteen
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  Speaker 1: one to two, the priests the Levites, all the tribe
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  Speaker 1: of Levi shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel.
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  Speaker 1: They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by
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  Speaker 1: fire and his portion. Therefore they shall have no inheritance
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  Speaker 1: among their brethren. The Lord is their inheritance. As he
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  Speaker 1: promised them, The people were strictly forbidden from practicing the
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  Speaker 1: occult arts of the surrounding nations. Moses commanded in Deuteronomy
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  Speaker 1: eighteen to ten to twelve, there shall not be found
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  Speaker 1: among you any one who makes his son or his
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  Speaker 1: daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft,
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  Speaker 1: or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
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  Speaker 1: or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist,
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  Speaker 1: or one who calls up the dead. For all who
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  Speaker 1: do these things are an abomination to the Lord. And
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  Speaker 1: because of these abominations, the Lord your God drives them
• 2:07:14
  Speaker 1: out from before you. Instead of seeking guidance from such sources,
• 2:07:20
  Speaker 1: God promised to raise up prophets from among them. Moses
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  Speaker 1: declared in Deuteronomy eighteen fifteen, the Lord your God will
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  Speaker 1: raise up for you a prophet like me from your
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  Speaker 1: midst from your brethren him. You shall hear this prophet
• 2:07:34
  Speaker 1: would speak God's words, and whoever would not hear his
• 2:07:38
  Speaker 1: words would be held accountable. Moses gave a test for
• 2:07:42
  Speaker 1: distinguishing true prophets from false ones in Deuteronomy eighteen twenty
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  Speaker 1: one twenty two. He said, and if you say in
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  Speaker 1: your heart, how shall we know the word which the
• 2:07:52
  Speaker 1: Lord has not spoken? When a prophet speaks in the
• 2:07:56
  Speaker 1: name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen
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  Speaker 1: or come to pass, that is the thing which the
• 2:08:02
  Speaker 1: Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously,
• 2:08:06
  Speaker 1: you shall not be afraid of him. When the Lord
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  Speaker 1: cut off the nations and the Israelites displace them, they
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  Speaker 1: were to set apart three cities of refuge in their land,
• 2:08:15
  Speaker 1: Moses explained in Deuteronomy nineteen four to six. And this
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  Speaker 1: is the case of the man slayer, who flees there
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  Speaker 1: that he may live. Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, not
• 2:08:27
  Speaker 1: having hated him in time past, as when a man
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  Speaker 1: goes to the woods with his neighbor to cut timber,
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  Speaker 1: and his hand swings a stroke with the axe to
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  Speaker 1: cut down the tree, and the head slips from the
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  Speaker 1: handle and strikes his neighbor, so that he dies, he
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  Speaker 1: shall flee to one of these cities and live lest
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  Speaker 1: the Avenger of Blood. While his heart is hot, pursue
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  Speaker 1: the man slayer and overtake him because the way is long,
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  Speaker 1: and kill him, though he was not deserving of death,
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  Speaker 1: since he had not hated the victim in time past.
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  Speaker 1: If the Lord enlarge their territory as he had promised,
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  Speaker 1: they were to add three more cities. But if someone
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  Speaker 1: hated his neighbor, lay in wait for him, attacked him,
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  Speaker 1: and killed him, then fled to one of these cities,
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  Speaker 1: the elders of his city were to send and bring
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  Speaker 1: him back to be delivered to the Avenger of Blood.
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  Speaker 1: Moses established the law of witnesses, stating in Deuteronomy nineteen fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: one witness shall not rise against a man concerning any
• 2:09:29
  Speaker 1: iniquity or any sin that he commits. By the mouth
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  Speaker 1: of two or three witnesses, the matter shall be established.
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  Speaker 1: If a false witness rose against someone, both parties were
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  Speaker 1: to stand before the Lord, before the priests and judges.
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  Speaker 1: If the witness was found to be false, he would
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  Speaker 1: receive the punishment he had intended for the accused when
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  Speaker 1: going to war against enemies. The priests were to speak
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  Speaker 1: to the people and say in Deuteronomy twenty three, for
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  Speaker 1: here o Israel, to day you go out to battle
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  Speaker 1: against your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do
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  Speaker 1: not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified
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  Speaker 1: because of them. For the Lord your God is he
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  Speaker 1: who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies,
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  Speaker 1: to save you. The officers were to dismiss from battle
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  Speaker 1: anyone who had built a new house but not dedicated it,
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  Speaker 1: planted a vineyard but not eaten of it, was betrothed
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  Speaker 1: to a woman but not married her, or was fearful
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  Speaker 1: and faint hearted. When besieging a city, they were first
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  Speaker 1: to proclaim peace to it. If it accepted peace, all
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  Speaker 1: its people would become forced laborers. If it refused, they
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  Speaker 1: would besiege it, and when the Lord delivered it into
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  Speaker 1: their hands, they would kill every male with the sword. However,
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  Speaker 1: regarding the cities of the peoples whose land God was
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  Speaker 1: giving them, they were to save nothing alive that breathed,
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  Speaker 1: but utterly destroy the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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  Speaker 1: So these nations wouldn't teach them to follow their abominations.
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  Speaker 1: Moses gave laws for unsolved murders. When someone was found
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  Speaker 1: slain in the land and it was not known who
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  Speaker 1: killed him, the elders and judges were to measure the
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  Speaker 1: distance to the surrounding cities. The elders of the nearest
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  Speaker 1: city would take a heifer that had never worked or
• 2:11:29
  Speaker 1: pulled a yoke, bring it to a valley with running water,
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  Speaker 1: and break the heifer's neck. There, the elders would wash
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  Speaker 1: their hands over the heifer and declare in Deuteronomy twenty
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  Speaker 1: one seven to eight, our hands have not shed this blood,
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  Speaker 1: nor have our eyes seen it. Provide atonement o Lord,
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  Speaker 1: for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do
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  Speaker 1: not lay innocent blood to the charge of your people Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Thus the guilt of innocent blood would be purged from
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  Speaker 1: among them. Moses gave detailed laws governing social relationships and
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  Speaker 1: moral conduct. If someone found his brother's ox or sheep
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  Speaker 1: going astray, he was not to ignore it, but bring
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  Speaker 1: it back. The same applied to donkeys, clothing, or anything lost.
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  Speaker 1: They were to help their brother recover it. Women were
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  Speaker 1: not to wear men's clothing, nor men wear women's clothing.
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  Speaker 1: For this was an abomination to the Lord. If someone
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  Speaker 1: found a bird's nest with the mother sitting on young
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  Speaker 1: ones or eggs, they could take the young, but had
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  Speaker 1: to let the mother go free. That it may be
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  Speaker 1: well with you, and that you may prolong your days.
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  Speaker 1: Marriage laws were strictly regulated. If a man took a
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  Speaker 1: wife and later claimed she was not a virgin, her
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  Speaker 1: parents could bring evidence to the city elders. If the
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  Speaker 1: man's charges were false, he would be fined and could
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  Speaker 1: never divorce her. But if the charges were true, the
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  Speaker 1: woman would be stoned for bringing disgrace on her father's house.
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  Speaker 1: Adultery was punishable by death for both parties. If a
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  Speaker 1: man was found lying with a woman married to a husband,
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  Speaker 1: both were to die. If a man found a betrothed
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  Speaker 1: virgin in the city and lay with her, both were
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  Speaker 1: to be stoned, she because she didn't cry out in
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  Speaker 1: the city, and he because he humiliated his neighbour's wife.
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  Speaker 1: Certain people were excluded from the assembly of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: as stated in Deuteronomy twenty three one to three. He
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  Speaker 1: who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter
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  Speaker 1: the assembly of the Lord. One of illegitimate birth shall
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  Speaker 1: not enter the assembly of the Lord, even to the
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  Speaker 1: tenth generation. None of his descendants shall enter the assembly
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter
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  Speaker 1: the assembly of the Lord, even to the tenth generation.
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  Speaker 1: None of their descendants shall enter the assembly of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord forever. Moses commanded kindness to escaped slaves, saying in
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  Speaker 1: Deuteronomy twenty three fifteen to sixteen, you shall not give
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  Speaker 1: back to his master the slave who has escaped from
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  Speaker 1: his master to you. He may dwell with you in
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  Speaker 1: your midst, in the place which he chooses, within one
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  Speaker 1: of your gates, where it seems best to him. You
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  Speaker 1: shall not oppress him. Interest was not to be charged
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  Speaker 1: to fellow Israelites, though it could be charged to foreigners.
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  Speaker 1: Vows made to the Lord had to be kept promptly.
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  Speaker 1: When entering a neighbor's vineyard, one could eat grapes, but
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  Speaker 1: not take any away. In a grain field, one could
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  Speaker 1: pluck heads of grain by hand, but not use a sickle.
• 2:14:43
  Speaker 1: Divorce laws were established. If a man found some uncleanness
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  Speaker 1: in his wife and gave her a certificate of divorce
• 2:14:50
  Speaker 1: and she became another man's wife, her first husband could
• 2:14:54
  Speaker 1: not take her back if the second husband divorced her
• 2:14:57
  Speaker 1: or died, for she had been dif filed. Moses commanded
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  Speaker 1: the people to remember what Amelek did to them on
• 2:15:05
  Speaker 1: their way out of Egypt. How he attacked the stragglers
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  Speaker 1: when they were faint and weary, not fearing God. When
• 2:15:14
  Speaker 1: the Lord gave them rest from their enemies in the
• 2:15:16
  Speaker 1: Promised Land, they were to blot out the remembrance of
• 2:15:19
  Speaker 1: Amelek from under heaven. In chapters twenty seven to thirty,
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  Speaker 1: Moses described the ceremony that would take place when they
• 2:15:27
  Speaker 1: entered the land. Six tribes would stand on Mount Gerizim
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  Speaker 1: to bless the people, and six tribes on Mount Ebal
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  Speaker 1: to pronounce curses. The Levites would proclaim curses upon various sins,
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  Speaker 1: and all the people would say amen to each one.
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  Speaker 1: Moses set before them the choice between life and death,
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  Speaker 1: blessing and cursing. He declared in Deuteronomy thirteen nineteen to twenty.
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  Speaker 1: I call heaven and earth as witnesses to day against
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  Speaker 1: you that I have set before you life and death,
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  Speaker 1: blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life, that both you and
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  Speaker 1: your descendants may live, that you may love the Lord
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  Speaker 1: your God, that you may obey his voice, and that
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  Speaker 1: you may cling to him, for he is your life
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  Speaker 1: and the length of your days, and that you may
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  Speaker 1: dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
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  Speaker 1: to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give them. Moses continued
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  Speaker 1: speaking to all Israel, saying in Deuteronomy thirty one one two,
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  Speaker 1: I am one hundred and twenty years old to day
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  Speaker 1: I can no longer go out and come in. Also,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord has said to me, you shall not cross
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  Speaker 1: over this Jordan. He assured them that the Lord their
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  Speaker 1: God would cross over before them and destroy the nations,
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  Speaker 1: and Joshua would cross over before them, as the Lord
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  Speaker 1: had said. Moses called Joshua and said to him in
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  Speaker 1: the sight of all Israel in Deuteronomy thirty one seven eight,
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  Speaker 1: be strong and of good courage, for you must go
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  Speaker 1: with this people to the land which the Lord has
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  Speaker 1: sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall
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  Speaker 1: cause them to inherit it. And the Lord, he is
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  Speaker 1: the one who goes before you, He will be with you.
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  Speaker 1: He will not leave you nor forsake you. Do not
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  Speaker 1: fear nor be dismayed. Moses wrote this law and delivered
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  Speaker 1: it to the priests and all the elders of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: He commanded that every seven years, during the feast of Tabernacles,
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  Speaker 1: in the year of Release, they should read this law
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  Speaker 1: before all Israel in their hearing, so that they might
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  Speaker 1: hear and learn and fear the Lord their God. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord told Moses that his death was near and called
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  Speaker 1: him and Joshua to the Tabernacle of Meeting. God warned
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  Speaker 1: that after moses death, the people would rise and play
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  Speaker 1: the harlot with foreign gods, forsaking him and breaking his covenant. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: Moses was to write a song and teach it to
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  Speaker 1: the children of Israel as a witness against them. Moses
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  Speaker 1: spoke the words of this song in the hearing of
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  Speaker 1: all the assembler of Israel. The song recounted God's faithfulness
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  Speaker 1: and Israel's future unfaithfulness, beginning in Deuteronomy thirty two three four.
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  Speaker 1: For I proclaim the name of the Lord, ascribe greatness
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  Speaker 1: to our God. He is the Rock. His work is perfect,
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  Speaker 1: for all his ways are justice. A God of truth
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  Speaker 1: and without injustice, Righteous and upright is he. Before his death,
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  Speaker 1: Moses blessed the tribes of Israel He began his blessing
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  Speaker 1: in Deuteronomy thirty three two to three, saying, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: came from Sinai and dawned on them. From Seyr. He
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  Speaker 1: shone forth from Mount Paran, and he came with ten
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  Speaker 1: thousands of saints. From his right hand came a fiery
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  Speaker 1: law for them. Yes, he loves the people. All his
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  Speaker 1: saints are in your hand. They sit down at your feet.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone receives your words. Moses blessed each tribe individually, speaking
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  Speaker 1: of their future. In Heerans and Roll for Judah, he said,
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  Speaker 1: hear Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him to
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  Speaker 1: his people. Let his hands be sufficient for him, and
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  Speaker 1: may you be a help against his enemies. For Benjamin,
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  Speaker 1: the beloved of the Lord, shall dwell in safety by
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  Speaker 1: him who shelters him all the day long, and he
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  Speaker 1: shall dwell between his shoulders. Then Moses went up from
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  Speaker 1: the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top
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  Speaker 1: of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. The Lord showed
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  Speaker 1: him all the land Jiliad, as far as Dan, all Naftali,
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  Speaker 1: the land of Ephraim and Manasse, all the land of Judah,
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  Speaker 1: as far as the western sea, the south and the
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  Speaker 1: plain of the Valley of Jericho, as far as Zoar.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord said to him in Deuteronomy thirty four four,
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  Speaker 1: this is the land of which I swore to give Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob, saying I will give it to your descendants.
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  Speaker 1: I have caused you to see it with your but
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  Speaker 1: you shall not cross over there. So Moses, the servant
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab,
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  Speaker 1: according to the word of the Lord. He buried him
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  Speaker 1: in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite beth Peor,
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  Speaker 1: but no one knows his grave to this day. Moses
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  Speaker 1: was one hundred and twenty years old when he died.
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  Speaker 1: His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.
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  Speaker 1: The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains
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  Speaker 1: of Moab. Thirty days now. Joshua, the son of None,
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  Speaker 1: was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had
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  Speaker 1: laid his hands on him. So the children of Israel
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  Speaker 1: heeded him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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  Speaker 1: The book concludes in Deuteronomy thirty four ten twelve. But
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  Speaker 1: since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet
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  Speaker 1: like Moses. Whom the Lord knew face to face, in
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  Speaker 1: all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him
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  Speaker 1: to do in the land of Egypt before Pharaoh, before
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  Speaker 1: all his servants, and in all his land, and by
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  Speaker 1: all that mighty power, and all the great terror which
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  Speaker 1: Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. If this
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