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  Speaker 1: Picture this, two million slaves breaking free from the world's
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  Speaker 1: superpower in a single night. Imagine the sea splitting in half,
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  Speaker 1: bread falling from heaven, and a mountain literally on fire
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  Speaker 1: with God's presence. The Book of Exodus isn't just another
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  Speaker 1: Bible story. It's the greatest liberation narrative ever told and
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  Speaker 1: the foundation stone of Biblical faith. Here God transforms from
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  Speaker 1: a distant promise into an active deliverer, revealing his character
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  Speaker 1: through miracles that define nature itself. This is where the
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  Speaker 1: Ten Commandments thunder from Sinai, where the passover Lamb foreshadows
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  Speaker 1: Christ's sacrifice, and where God's glory descends to dwell among
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  Speaker 1: his people. Every prophecy about Jesus, every symbol of salvation,
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  Speaker 1: every pattern of worship finds its origin in these explosive
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  Speaker 1: forty chapters. Exodus reveals why God chows Israel, how he
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  Speaker 1: keeps his promises, and what it truly means to be redeemed.
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  Speaker 1: Prepare to witness the book that shaped civilization and still
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  Speaker 1: transforms lives today. Years had passed since Joseph saved Egypt
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  Speaker 1: from famine. A new king rose to power who didn't
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  Speaker 1: know Joseph's story. The Israelites had grown from a small
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  Speaker 1: family into a huge nation. Chapter one, verse seven tells
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  Speaker 1: us the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became
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  Speaker 1: exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't just normal growth. This was explosive multiplication that
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  Speaker 1: caught everyone's attention. The transformation was remarkable. What started as
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  Speaker 1: seventy people who came to Egypt with Jacob had become
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands. They filled entire regions of Egypt. Their
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  Speaker 1: children were strong, their families were large, and their numbers
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  Speaker 1: kept growing. It was as if God had turned on
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  Speaker 1: some supernatural blessing that made them multiply faster than any
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  Speaker 1: other people grew group in history. The new pharaoh looked
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  Speaker 1: at these people and got scared. What if they joined
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  Speaker 1: Egypt's enemies during a war. What if they decided to
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  Speaker 1: leave and take their skills with them. His fear turned
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  Speaker 1: into action. Chapter one, verse ten records his worried thoughts, come,
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  Speaker 1: we must deal shrewdly with them, or they will become
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  Speaker 1: even more numerous, and if war breaks out, we'll join
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  Speaker 1: our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country. This
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  Speaker 1: pharaoh didn't remember how Joseph had saved Egypt from seven
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  Speaker 1: years of famine. He didn't care that the Israelites had
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  Speaker 1: been peaceful neighbors for generations. All he could see was
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  Speaker 1: a potential threat growing stronger every day. His advisers probably
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  Speaker 1: whispered in his ear about the dangers of having such
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  Speaker 1: a large foreign population in their land. Vere makes people
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  Speaker 1: do terrible things. Pharaoh's solution was simple but cruel, turn
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites into slaves. He appointed slave masters over them
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  Speaker 1: and gave them backbreaking work. They built entire cities for Pharaoh,
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  Speaker 1: including Pithom and Rameses. The work was hard, the hours
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  Speaker 1: were long, and the treatment was harsh. Chapter one, verse
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  Speaker 1: eleven tells us they put slave masters over them to
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  Speaker 1: oppress them with forced labor. The Egyptians made their lives
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  Speaker 1: bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar, and with
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of work in the fields. But something amazing happened.
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  Speaker 1: The harder the Egyptians worked them, the more the Israelites multiplied.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter one, verse twelve shows this supernatural phenomenon. But the
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  Speaker 1: more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread.
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  Speaker 1: So the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. God's blessing
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  Speaker 1: on his people couldn't be stopped by human cruelty. This
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  Speaker 1: made Pharaoh even more afraid. He decided to get creative
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  Speaker 1: with his cruelty. Chapter one, verse sixteen shows his next
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  Speaker 1: next evil plan. He told the Hebrew midwives, when you
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  Speaker 1: are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool,
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  Speaker 1: if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him,
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  Speaker 1: but if it is a girl, let her live. He
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  Speaker 1: wanted to wipe out an entire generation of Hebrew boys
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  Speaker 1: before they could even walk, but God had other plans.
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  Speaker 1: Two Hebrew midwives, Shiprah and Poor, chose to fear God
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  Speaker 1: more than Pharaoh. They refused to kill the babies. When
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh questioned them, they gave him a clever excuse found
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  Speaker 1: in chapter one, verse nineteen. Hebrew women are not like
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  Speaker 1: Egyptian women. They are vigorous and give birth before the
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  Speaker 1: midwives arrive. God blessed these brave women for their courage.
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  Speaker 1: These women understood something important. There are times when obeying
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  Speaker 1: God means disobeying human authority. They risk their lives to
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  Speaker 1: save innocent babies. Chapter one, verse twenty shows how God
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  Speaker 1: rewarded their faithfulness. So God was kind to the midwives,
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  Speaker 1: and the people increased and became even more numerous. Not
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  Speaker 1: only did God protect them, but he continued to bless
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites with even more children. Pharaoh's frustration grew. He
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  Speaker 1: made his final desperate command in chapter one, verse twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: Every Hebrew boy that is born, you must throw into
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  Speaker 1: the nile, but let every girl live. This was genocide,
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  Speaker 1: the planned destruction of an entire people. Pharaoh had escalated
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  Speaker 1: from forced labor to systematic murder. Every Egyptian citizen was
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  Speaker 1: now commanded to become part of this horrible plan. Right
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of this horror, a baby was born
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  Speaker 1: who would change everything. Chapter two, verse two tells us
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  Speaker 1: about this special child. She became pregnant and gave birth
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  Speaker 1: to a son. When she saw that he was a
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  Speaker 1: fine child, she hid him for three months. This baby
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  Speaker 1: was Moses, though don't learn his name yet. There was
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  Speaker 1: something special about this child that made his parents willing
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  Speaker 1: to risk everything to keep him alive. The parents belonged
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  Speaker 1: to the tribe of Levi, and they had faith that
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  Speaker 1: God would protect their son. For three months, they managed
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  Speaker 1: to keep the baby hidden, but babies grow and they
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  Speaker 1: get louder. Eventually hiding became impossible. They had to make
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  Speaker 1: the hardest decision any parent could face. His mother couldn't
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  Speaker 1: hide him anymore, listened to her desperate plan in chapter two,
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  Speaker 1: verse three, But when she could hide him no longer,
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  Speaker 1: she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it
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  Speaker 1: with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in
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  Speaker 1: it and put it among the reeds along the bank
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  Speaker 1: of the Nile. She was following Pharaoh's command. Technically, she
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  Speaker 1: was putting her son in the nile, but she was
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  Speaker 1: also trying to save his life. This wasn't just throwing
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  Speaker 1: a baby into the river. She carefully water proof the
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  Speaker 1: basket with tar and pitch, just like Noah had done
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  Speaker 1: with the ark. She placed it strategically among the reeds,
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  Speaker 1: where it would be protected but also visible to the
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  Speaker 1: right person. Moses's mother was taking a calculated risk based
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  Speaker 1: on faith in God's protection. God had arranged for the
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  Speaker 1: right person to be in the right place at the
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  Speaker 1: right time. Chapter two, verse five shows us the miracle.
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  Speaker 1: Then Pharaoh's daughter went down to the Nile to bathe,
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  Speaker 1: and her attendants were walking along the river bank She
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  Speaker 1: saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female
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  Speaker 1: slave to get it. The very daughter of the man
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  Speaker 1: trying to kill Hebrew babies found this Hebrew baby. When
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  Speaker 1: she opened the basket, the baby was crying. Something touched
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  Speaker 1: her heart. Chapter two, verse six tells us she felt
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  Speaker 1: sorry for him. This is one of the Hebrew babies,
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  Speaker 1: she said. Even though she knew this child was supposed
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  Speaker 1: to die by her father's command, she chose mercy over law.
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  Speaker 1: Moses' sister, Miriam, who had been watching from near by,
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  Speaker 1: quickly offered to find a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby.
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  Speaker 1: The princess agreed, and amazingly, Moses's own mother became his
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  Speaker 1: paid nurse. Chapter two, verse ten shows how Moses got
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  Speaker 1: his name. When the child grew older, she took him
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  Speaker 1: to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named
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  Speaker 1: him Moses, saying I drew him out of the water.
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  Speaker 1: The name Moses means drawn out, and it would prove
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  Speaker 1: to be prophetic. This child, who was drawn out of water,
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  Speaker 1: would one day draw his entire nation out of slavery.
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  Speaker 1: Moses grew up in Pharaoh's palace, but he never forgot
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  Speaker 1: his true identity. Chapter two, verse eleven shows us a
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  Speaker 1: moment that changed his life. One day, after Moses had
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  Speaker 1: grown up, he went out to where his own people
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  Speaker 1: were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw
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  Speaker 1: an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
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  Speaker 1: The sight of injustice stirred something deep inside him. Moses
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  Speaker 1: looked around to make sure no one was watching, then
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  Speaker 1: killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
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  Speaker 1: But secrets have a way of coming out. The next day,
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  Speaker 1: when Moses tried to break up a fight between two Hebrews,
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  Speaker 1: one of them challenged him with the words found in
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  Speaker 1: chapter two, verse fourteen, Who made you ruler and judge
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  Speaker 1: over us? Are you thinking of killing me? As you
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  Speaker 1: killed the Egyptian? Moses realized his secret was out. When
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh heard about the murder, he tried to kill Moses,
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  Speaker 1: but Moses ran away to the land of Midian, where
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  Speaker 1: he married a woman named Zippora and became a shepherd.
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  Speaker 1: For forty years, he lived a quiet life, far from
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  Speaker 1: the palace and the problems of Egypt. He probably thought
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  Speaker 1: his days of trying to help his people were over,
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  Speaker 1: but God was just getting started. Chapter three, verse one
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  Speaker 1: sets the scene for one of the most important moments
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  Speaker 1: in history. Now, Moses was tending the flock of Jethro,
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  Speaker 1: his father in law, the priest of Midian, and he
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  Speaker 1: led the flock to the far side of the wilderness
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  Speaker 1: and came to Horeb, the Mountain of God. It was
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  Speaker 1: just another ordinary day of shepherding until Moses saw something
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  Speaker 1: that shouldn't have been possible. Chapter three, verse two describes
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  Speaker 1: the miracle there. The Angel of the Lord appeared to
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  Speaker 1: him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses
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  Speaker 1: saw that though the bush was on fire, it did
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  Speaker 1: not burn up. Fire that didn't destroy. This was clearly supernatural.
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  Speaker 1: Moses's curiosity got the better of him, and he decided
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  Speaker 1: to investigate. As he got closer, God spoke to him.
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  Speaker 1: The voice from the bush gave him a command in
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  Speaker 1: chapter three, verse five, do not come any closer. Take
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  Speaker 1: off your sandals, for the place where you mus standing
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  Speaker 1: is holy ground. Moses was standing before the God of
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  Speaker 1: his father's and he was terrified. He hid his face
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  Speaker 1: because he was afraid to look at God. Then God
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  Speaker 1: revealed his mission. Chapter three, verse seven contains God's heart
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  Speaker 1: for his people. I have indeed seen the misery of
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  Speaker 1: my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out
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  Speaker 1: because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about
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  Speaker 1: their suffering. God had been watching and listening all along.
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  Speaker 1: He was ready to act, and he wanted Moses to
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  Speaker 1: be his instrument of deliverance. Moses's response wasn't what you
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  Speaker 1: might expect from a hero. Instead of jumping at the
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  Speaker 1: chance to save his people, he started making excuses. His
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  Speaker 1: first objection came in chapter three, verse eleven. Who am
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  Speaker 1: I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites out of Egypt. Moses felt completely inadequate for such
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  Speaker 1: a huge task. God's answer was simple but powerful, found
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  Speaker 1: in chapter three, verse twelve. I will be with you,
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  Speaker 1: and this will be the sign to you that it
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  Speaker 1: is I who have sent you. When you have brought
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  Speaker 1: the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on
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  Speaker 1: this mountain. God wasn't asking Moses to do this alone.
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  Speaker 1: He would be right there with him every step of
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  Speaker 1: the way. But Moses wasn't convinced. He had another worry.
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  Speaker 1: In chapter three, verse thirteen, Suppose I go to the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites and say to them, the God of your father's
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  Speaker 1: has sent me to you, and they ask me, what
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  Speaker 1: is his name? Then what shall I tell them? Moses
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  Speaker 1: wanted to know exactly who was sending him on this
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  Speaker 1: impossible mission. God's answer revealed his eternal nature. Chapter three,
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  Speaker 1: verse fourteen contains one of the most important statements in
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  Speaker 1: all of scripture. God said to Moses, I am who
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  Speaker 1: I am. This is what you are to say to
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites. I Am has sent me to you. This
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just a name, It was a declaration of God's eternal,
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  Speaker 1: unchanging existence. Moses still wasn't ready to say yes. In
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  Speaker 1: chapter four, verse one, he voiced another fear, What if
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  Speaker 1: they do not believe me or listen to me and
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  Speaker 1: say the Lord did not appear to you. Moses was
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  Speaker 1: worried about credibility. How could he prove that God had
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  Speaker 1: really spoken to him. God gave Moses three miraculous signs
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  Speaker 1: to convince the people. First, his staff would turn into
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  Speaker 1: a snake and back again. Second, his hand would become
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  Speaker 1: leprous and then be healed. Third, if they still didn't believe,
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  Speaker 1: he could turn nile water into blood. These weren't just tricks,
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  Speaker 1: they were supernatural proofs of God's power. Even with these
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  Speaker 1: amazing signs. Moses tried one more excuse. Chapter four, verse
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  Speaker 1: ten shows his final objection, pardon your servant, Lord, I
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  Speaker 1: have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since
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  Speaker 1: you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of
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  Speaker 1: speech and tongue. Moses was convinced he wasn't a good
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  Speaker 1: enough speaker for such an important job. God's patience was remarkable,
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  Speaker 1: but his answer was firm. Chapter four, verse eleven reminds
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  Speaker 1: Moses of a basic truth. Who gave human beings their mouths?
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  Speaker 1: Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight
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  Speaker 1: or makes them blind? Is it not I? The Lord?
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  Speaker 1: The God who created mouths, could certainly help Moses know
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  Speaker 1: what to say. God's patience had limits. When Moses suggested
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  Speaker 1: in chapter four, verse thirteen that God should send some
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  Speaker 1: one else, the Lord became angry. But even in his anger,
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  Speaker 1: God provided a solution. He told Moses that his brother
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  Speaker 1: Aaron was already on his way to meet him, and
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  Speaker 1: Aaron would be moses spokesman. The reunion between the brothers
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  Speaker 1: after forty years was emotional. Chapter four, verse twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: tells us the Lord said to Aaron, go into the wilderness.
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  Speaker 1: To meet Moses. So he met Moses at the Mountain
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  Speaker 1: of God and kissed him. Aaron had no idea what
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  Speaker 1: God had planned, but he was about to become part
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  Speaker 1: of the greatest rescue mission in history. Moses told Aaron
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  Speaker 1: everything God had said and showed him the miraculous signs.
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  Speaker 1: Together they traveled to Egypt to begin their mission. Chapter four,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty nine describes their first step. Moses and Aaron
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  Speaker 1: brought together all the elders of the Israelites. These were
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  Speaker 1: the leaders of the Hebrew people, and they needed to
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  Speaker 1: be convinced. First, Aaron spoke for Moses, telling the elders
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  Speaker 1: everything God had said. Then Moses performed the signs God
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  Speaker 1: had given him. Chapter four, verse thirty one shows the
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  Speaker 1: peoples response, and they believed. And when they heard that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery,
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  Speaker 1: they bowed down and worshiped. The people were ready. Now
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  Speaker 1: came the hard part. Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: with a simple request found in chapter five, verse one.
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  Speaker 1: This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says,
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  Speaker 1: Let my people go so that they may hold a
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  Speaker 1: festival to me in the wilderness. They weren't asking for
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  Speaker 1: permanent freedom yet, just a three day religious celebration. Pharaoh's
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  Speaker 1: response was exactly what you'd expect from someone who thought
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  Speaker 1: he was a god himself. Chapter five, verse two records
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  Speaker 1: his arrogant reply, who is the Lord that I should
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  Speaker 1: obey him and let Israel go? I do not know
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, and I will not let Israel go. Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: had just declared war on the God of Israel. Moses
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  Speaker 1: and Aaron tried to reason with him, explaining in chapter five,
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  Speaker 1: verse three, that the God of the Hebrews has met
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  Speaker 1: with us. Now let us take a three day journey
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  Speaker 1: into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our god,
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  Speaker 1: or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.
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  Speaker 1: They were trying to warn Pharaoh about what might happen
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  Speaker 1: if he refused, but Pharaoh wasn't interested in warnings. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he made life harder for the Israelites. Chapter five, verse
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  Speaker 1: seven shows his cruel response, you are no longer to
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  Speaker 1: supply the people with straw for making bricks. Let them
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  Speaker 1: go and gather their own straw. The Israelites had to
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  Speaker 1: work just as hard, but now had to find their
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  Speaker 1: own materials too. The Israelite foremen were furious they had
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  Speaker 1: been beaten because they couldn't meet their impossible quotas. Chapter uber,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty one shows their anger toward Moses and Aaron.
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  Speaker 1: May the Lord look on you and judge you. You
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  Speaker 1: have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials, and
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  Speaker 1: have put a sword in their hand to kill us.
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  Speaker 1: The rescue mission seemed to be making things worse, not better.
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  Speaker 1: Moses was devastated. He went back to God with his
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  Speaker 1: complaint in chapter five, verse twenty two, Why Lord, why
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  Speaker 1: have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why
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  Speaker 1: you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to
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  Speaker 1: speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people,
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  Speaker 1: and you have not rescued your people at all. Moses
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  Speaker 1: felt like a failure. God's response in chapter six revealed
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  Speaker 1: his bigger plan. Chapter six, verse one contains a promise
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  Speaker 1: that would change everything. Now you will see what I
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  Speaker 1: will do to Pharaoh. Because of my mighty hand, he
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  Speaker 1: will let them go. Because of my mighty hand, he
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  Speaker 1: will drive them out of his country. God was about
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  Speaker 1: two demonstrate his power in ways that would shock the world.
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  Speaker 1: Then God re minded Moses of his covenant with Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob. Chapter six, verse four shows the scope
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  Speaker 1: of God's promise. I also established my covenant with them
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  Speaker 1: to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided
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  Speaker 1: as foreigners. This wasn't just about freedom from slavery. This
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  Speaker 1: was about fulfilling promises made centuries earlier. God revealed more
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  Speaker 1: of his character to Moses. Chapter six, verse six contains
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  Speaker 1: multiple promises. Therefore, say to the Israelites, I am the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and I will bring you out from under the yoke
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  Speaker 1: of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves
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  Speaker 1: to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched
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  Speaker 1: arm and with mighty acts of judgment. God was about
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  Speaker 1: to show everyone exactly who he was, but the people
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  Speaker 1: had lost hope. Chapter six, verse nine shows their discouragement.
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  Speaker 1: Moses reported this the Israelites, but they did not listen
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  Speaker 1: to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: people are too tired and hurt to believe in good news.
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  Speaker 1: God told Moses to go back to Pharaoh again, but
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  Speaker 1: Moses had his own doubts. Chapter six, verse twelve shows
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  Speaker 1: his reasoning. If the Israelites will not listen to me,
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  Speaker 1: Why would Pharaoh listen to me? Since I speak with
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  Speaker 1: faltering lips. Moses was still worried about his speaking ability.
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  Speaker 1: God's answer was to give Moses and Aaron a clear
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  Speaker 1: command found in chapter six, verse thirteen. Now the Lord
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  Speaker 1: spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh,
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  Speaker 1: king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites out of Egypt. There was no room for doubt.
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  Speaker 1: This was a direct order from God. Moses was eighty
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  Speaker 1: years old and Aaron was eighty three when they stood
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  Speaker 1: before Pharaoh the second time. Chapter seven, verse one reveals
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  Speaker 1: God's strategy. Then the Lord said to Moses, see, I
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  Speaker 1: have made you like God to Pharaoh and your brother
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  Speaker 1: Aaron will be your prophet. Moses would represent God's authority
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  Speaker 1: and Aaron would be his spokesman. God made it clear
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  Speaker 1: that this wouldn't be easy. Chapter seven, verse three contains
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  Speaker 1: both a warning and a promise. But I will harden
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders
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  Speaker 1: in Egypt, he will not listen to you. God was
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  Speaker 1: going to use Pharaoh's stubborn heart to display his power
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  Speaker 1: to the world. When Moses and Aaron appeared before Pharaoh again.
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  Speaker 1: He demanded proof of their divine authority. Chapter seven, verse
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  Speaker 1: nine shows he wanted to see a miracle. When Pharaoh says,
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  Speaker 1: to you perform a miracle, then say to Aaron, take
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  Speaker 1: your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it
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  Speaker 1: will become a snake. God was ready to provide the proof.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron threw down his staff and it became a snake,
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  Speaker 1: but Pharaoh wasn't impressed. Chapter seven, verse eleven tells us
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  Speaker 1: he summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians
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  Speaker 1: also did the same things by their secret arts. Egypt
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  Speaker 1: had its own version of supernatural power, and they seemed
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  Speaker 1: to match God's miracle, but God's power was superior. Chapter seven,
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  Speaker 1: verse twelve shows the outcome. Each one threw down his
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  Speaker 1: staff and it became a snake, but Aaron's staff swallowed
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  Speaker 1: up their staffs. God's snake ate the magician's snakes, proving
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  Speaker 1: that his power was greater than theirs. Still Pharaoh refused
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  Speaker 1: to listen. Chapter seven, verse thirteen tells us, Yet Pharaoh's
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  Speaker 1: heart became hard and he would not listen to them,
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  Speaker 1: just as the Lord had said the contest between God
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  Speaker 1: and Pharaoh was just beginning. God told Moses to meet
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh by the Nile River the next morning. Chapter seven,
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  Speaker 1: verse seventeen contains the warning for the first plague. This
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  Speaker 1: is what the Lord says. By this, you will know
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  Speaker 1: that I am the Lord. With the staff that is
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  Speaker 1: in my hand, I will strike the water of the Nile,
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  Speaker 1: and it will be changed into blood. The Nile was
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  Speaker 1: sacred to the Egyptians. God was about to attack their
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  Speaker 1: most important resource. Aaron stretched out his staff over the
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  Speaker 1: waters of Egypt, and everything changed. Chapter seven, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: describes the miracle. Moses and Aaron did just as the
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  Speaker 1: Yule Lord had commanded. He raised his staff in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water
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  Speaker 1: of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood.
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  Speaker 1: The river that gave life to Egypt became a source
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  Speaker 1: of death. The blood plague was devastating. Chapter seven, verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty one shows the complete scope. The fish in the
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  Speaker 1: Nile died and the river smelt so bad that the
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  Speaker 1: Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everyone in Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: The entire water system of Egypt was contaminated, but again,
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh's magicians seemed to match the miracle. Chapter seven, verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty two tells us the Egyptian magicians did the same
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  Speaker 1: things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh's heart became hard.
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  Speaker 1: He would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as
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  Speaker 1: the Lord had said. Pharaoh used this as an excuse
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  Speaker 1: to ignore God's power. The Egyptians had to dig along
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  Speaker 1: the Nile for drinking water. For seven days, they lived
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  Speaker 1: with the consequences of Pharaoh's ardheart. Then God sent Moses
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  Speaker 1: back with a new warning about frogs. Chapter eight, verse
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  Speaker 1: two contains God's second ultimatum. If you refuse to let
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  Speaker 1: them go, I will send a plague of frogs on
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  Speaker 1: your whole country. This wasn't going to be a few
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  Speaker 1: frogs by the river. This was going to be an invasion.
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  Speaker 1: When Pharaoh refused again, Aaron stretched out his staff over
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  Speaker 1: the waters. Chapter eight, verse three describes what happened. So
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  Speaker 1: Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: and the frogs came up and covered the land. Frogs
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  Speaker 1: were everywhere in houses, bedrooms, beds, ovens, and kneading troughs.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, the magicians duplicated the miracle, Chapter eight, verse
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  Speaker 1: seven tells us the magicians did the same things by
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  Speaker 1: their secret arts. They also made frogs come up on
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  Speaker 1: the land of Egypt, but making more frogs wasn't helpful
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  Speaker 1: when the country was already overrun with them. This time,
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh seemed to crack under the pressure. Chapter eight verse
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  Speaker 1: eight shows his desperate plea. Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron
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  Speaker 1: and said, pray to the Lord to take the frogs
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  Speaker 1: away from me and my people, and I will let
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  Speaker 1: your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord. He
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  Speaker 1: was ready to negotiate. Moses gave Pharaoh the honor of
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  Speaker 1: choosing when the frogs would die. Chapter eight, verse ten
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  Speaker 1: shows Pharaoh's response tomorrow and Moses agreed. The next day,
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  Speaker 1: all the frogs died, and the Egyptians piled them into heaps.
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  Speaker 1: The land stank from all the dead frogs. But as
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  Speaker 1: soon as the crisis passed, Pharaoh changed his mind again.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eight, verse fifteen tells us when Pharaoh saw that
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  Speaker 1: there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not
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  Speaker 1: listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh's pattern of promising and then breaking his word had begun.
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  Speaker 1: God's patience was wearing thin. Without any warning to Pharaoh,
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  Speaker 1: he told Arin to strike the dust of the ground.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eight, verse seventeen shows the result. They did this,
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  Speaker 1: and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff
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  Speaker 1: and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on.
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  Speaker 1: People and animals all the us throughout the land of
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  Speaker 1: Egypt became nats. This plague was immediate and unavoidable. This time,
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  Speaker 1: something different happened. Chapter eight, verse eighteen tells us the
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  Speaker 1: magicians tried to produce nats by their secret arts, but
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  Speaker 1: they could not. For the first time, Egypt's magicians met
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  Speaker 1: a miracle they couldn't duplicate. They had to admit defeat.
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  Speaker 1: The magician's confession in chapter eight, verse nineteen was significant.
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  Speaker 1: The magicians said to Pharaoh, this is the finger of God.
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  Speaker 1: Even Egypt's spiritual leaders recognized that they were facing divine
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  Speaker 1: power beyond their ability to match or understand, but Pharaoh's
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  Speaker 1: heart remained hard. God wasn't finished showing Egypt who was
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  Speaker 1: really in charge. Chapter eight, verse twenty shows the next warning.
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  Speaker 1: Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as
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  Speaker 1: he goes to the river and say to him. This
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  Speaker 1: is what the Lord says, let my people go, so
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  Speaker 1: that they may worship me. This time, God was going
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  Speaker 1: to make a clear distinction. Chapter eight verse twenty one
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  Speaker 1: contains a promise that would change everything. If you do
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  Speaker 1: not let my people go, I will send swarms of
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  Speaker 1: flies on you and your officials, on your people, and
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  Speaker 1: into your houses. But then came the game changing part.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eight verse twenty two shows God's protection plan. But
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  Speaker 1: on that day, I will deal differently with the land
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  Speaker 1: of Goshen, where my people live. No swarms of flies
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  Speaker 1: will be there. When Pharaoh refused again, the flies came
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  Speaker 1: exactly as God had promised. Chapter eight verse twenty four
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  Speaker 1: describes the invasion, and the Lord did this. Dense swarms
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  Speaker 1: of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses
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  Speaker 1: of his officials. Throughout Egypt, the land was ruined by
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  Speaker 1: the flies, but in Goshen, where the Israelites lived, there
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a single fly. Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron
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  Speaker 1: and offered a compromise. Chapter eight verse twenty five shows
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  Speaker 1: his first attempt at negotiation. Go sacrifice to your God
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  Speaker 1: here in the land, but Moses refused. This compromise, knowing
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  Speaker 1: that Egyptian worship and Hebrew worship couldn't mix. Chapter eight,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty six shows Moses reasoning that would not be right.
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  Speaker 1: The sacrifices we offer the Lord, our God would be
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  Speaker 1: detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that
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  Speaker 1: are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us.
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  Speaker 1: Moses knew that true worship required complete separation from Egyptian influence.
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh agreed to let them go, but only if Moses
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  Speaker 1: would pray for the flies to be removed. Moses prayed,
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  Speaker 1: and God removed every single fly, but once again. Chapter eight,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty two shows Pharaoh's broken promise, but this time
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  Speaker 1: also fared. Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let
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  Speaker 1: the people go. The fifth plague struck without warning. Chapter nine,
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  Speaker 1: verse three describes God's judgment on Egypt's live stock. The
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  Speaker 1: hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on
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  Speaker 1: your live stock in the field, on your horses, donkeys,
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  Speaker 1: and camels, and on your cattle, flocks and herds. This
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  Speaker 1: plague would hit Egypt's economy hard. Chapter nine, verse six
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  Speaker 1: shows the complete devastation, and the next day the Lord
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  Speaker 1: did it. All the live stock of the Egyptians died,
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  Speaker 1: but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: even sent people to check on the Israelite animals, and
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  Speaker 1: they found that God's word was true, Yet his heart
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  Speaker 1: remained hard. The sixth plague came without any warning. Chapter nine,
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  Speaker 1: verse eight shows God's instructions to Moses, take handfuls of
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  Speaker 1: soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into
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  Speaker 1: the air in the presence of Pharaoh. This simple act
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  Speaker 1: would bring painful boils on every person and animal in Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter nine, verse ten describes what happened. So they took
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  Speaker 1: soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed
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  Speaker 1: it into the air, and festering boils broke out on
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  Speaker 1: people and animals. The pain was so severe that even
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  Speaker 1: the magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of their boils.
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  Speaker 1: God gave Pharaoh one more chance before unleashing the seventh plague.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter nine, verse thirteen shows Moses delivering God's most serious warning.
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  Speaker 1: Yet get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and
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  Speaker 1: say to him, this is what the Lord, the God
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  Speaker 1: of the Hebrews says, let my people go, so that
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  Speaker 1: they may worship me. Chapter nine, verse sixteen contains God's
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  Speaker 1: purpose statement, but I have raised you up for this
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  Speaker 1: very purpose, that I might show you my power and
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  Speaker 1: that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
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  Speaker 1: God wasn't just rescuing Israel. He was demonstrating his supremacy
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  Speaker 1: to the entire world. The warning for the Seventh plague
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  Speaker 1: was specific and terrifying. Chapter nine, verse eighteen describes what
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  Speaker 1: was coming. Therefore, at this time tomorrow, I will send
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  Speaker 1: the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt from
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  Speaker 1: the day it was founded till now. A God even
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  Speaker 1: gave the Egyptians a chance to protect themselves. Some Egyptians
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  Speaker 1: were starting to fear God's word. Chapter nine, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: shows this growing respect. Those officials of Pharaoh who feared
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  Speaker 1: the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves
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  Speaker 1: and their livestock inside Maudi, but others ignored the warning
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  Speaker 1: and left their servants and animals in the fields. When
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  Speaker 1: the hail came, it was unlike anything Egypt had ever seen.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter nine, verse twenty three describes the supernatural storm. When
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  Speaker 1: Moses stretched out his staff toward a the sky. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to
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  Speaker 1: the ground if the hail was mixed with fire. Chapter nine,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty five shows the complete devastation throughout Egypt. Hale
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  Speaker 1: struck everything in the fields, both people and animals. It
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  Speaker 1: beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.
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  Speaker 1: Only in Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.
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  Speaker 1: This time, Pharaoh seemed genuinely shaken. Chapter nine, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven records his confession. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron.
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  Speaker 1: This time I have sinned, he said. The Lord is
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  Speaker 1: in the right, and I and my people are in
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  Speaker 1: the wrong. For the first time, Pharaoh admitted that he
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  Speaker 1: was fighting against God. Sure enough, as soon as the
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  Speaker 1: hail stopped, Pharaoh changed his mind again. Chapter nine, verse
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  Speaker 1: thirty four shows his predictable response. When Pharaoh saw that
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  Speaker 1: the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again.
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  Speaker 1: He and his officials hardened their hearts. God sent Moses
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  Speaker 1: back with a new warning about locusts. Chapter ten, verse
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  Speaker 1: four describes the eighth plague. If you refuse to let
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  Speaker 1: them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: These wouldn't be ordinary locusts. They would eat everything the
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  Speaker 1: hail had left behind. Even Pharaoh's own officials were getting scared.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter ten, verse seven shows their desperate plea, how long
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  Speaker 1: will this man be a snare to us? Let the
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  Speaker 1: people go so that they may worship the Lord their god.
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  Speaker 1: Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined? When
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh refused to let everyone go, God sent the locusts.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter ten, verse thirteen describes their arrival. So Moses stretched
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  Speaker 1: out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an
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  Speaker 1: east wind blow across the land all that day and
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  Speaker 1: all that night. By morning, the wind had brought the locusts.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter ten, verse fifteen shows the complete destruction. They covered
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  Speaker 1: all the ground until it was black. They devoured all
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  Speaker 1: that was left after the hail, everything growing in the
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  Speaker 1: fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained
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  Speaker 1: on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, Pharaoh begged Moses to pray for relief. Chapter ten,
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  Speaker 1: verse seventeen shows his desperate words, Now forgive my sin
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  Speaker 1: once more, and pray to the Lord your god to
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  Speaker 1: take this deadly plague away from me. Moses prayed, and
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  Speaker 1: God sent a strong west wind that carried all the
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  Speaker 1: locusts into the Red Sea, but Pharaoh's heart remained unchanged.
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: Chapter ten verse twenty tells the familiar story. But the
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  Speaker 1: Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not let the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites go. Egypt was in ruins, but Pharaoh still wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: surrender to God's will. The ninth plague came without warning.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter ten verse twenty one shows God's simple command, stretch
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  Speaker 1: out your hand toward the sky, so that darkness may
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  Speaker 1: spread over Egypt, darkness that can be felt. This wasn't
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  Speaker 1: ordinary darkness, it was supernatural and thick. Chapter ten verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty two describes this terrifying plague. So Moses stretched out
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  Speaker 1: his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all
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  Speaker 1: Egypt for three days. People couldn't see each other or
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  Speaker 1: move around, but chapter ten verse twenty three shows God's
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  Speaker 1: continued protection. Yet all the Israelites had light in the
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  Speaker 1: places where they lived. After three days of supernatural darkness,
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh called Moses one more time. Chapter ten verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: four shows his final compromise. Offer go worship the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: even your women and children. May go with you, only
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  Speaker 1: leave your flocks and herds behind. Pharaoh was willing to
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  Speaker 1: let the people go, but he wanted to keep their wealth.
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  Speaker 1: Moses refused this compromise too. Chapter ten, verse twenty six
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  Speaker 1: shows his firm response, our live stock too must go
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  Speaker 1: with us. Not a hoof is to be left behind.
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  Speaker 1: We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: our god, and until we get there, we will not
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  Speaker 1: know what we are to use to worship the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Pharaoh's anger finally exploded. Chapter ten verse twenty eight shows
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  Speaker 1: his rage, get out of my sight. Make sure you
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  Speaker 1: do not appear before me again. The day you see
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  Speaker 1: my face, you will die. Pharaoh was cutting off all
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  Speaker 1: communication and threatening Moses his life. Moses accepted this challenge
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  Speaker 1: with the warning of his own. Chapter ten, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: nine contains his final words to Pharaoh, just as you say,
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  Speaker 1: I will never appear before you again. This was the
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  Speaker 1: end of their negotiations. The next time they met it
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  Speaker 1: would be in very different circle ccumstances. But God wasn't
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  Speaker 1: finished with his warnings. Chapter eleven, verse one shows God
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  Speaker 1: preparing Moses for the final plague. I will bring one
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  Speaker 1: more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he
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  Speaker 1: will let you go from here, and when he does,
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  Speaker 1: he will drive you out completely. God gave Moses specific
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  Speaker 1: instructions about asking the Egyptians for gold and silver. Chapter eleven,
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  Speaker 1: verse two shows this unusual command, tell the people that
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  Speaker 1: men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for
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  Speaker 1: articles of silver and gold. After all the plagues, the
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  Speaker 1: Egyptians would be willing to give the Israelites anything. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: eleven verse three shows how the Egyptian's attitude toward Moses
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  Speaker 1: had changed. The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt
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  Speaker 1: by Pharaoh's officials and by the people. The man Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: wanted to kill was now respected throughout Egypt. Moses delivered
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  Speaker 1: God's final warning to Pharaoh. Chapter eleven, verse four contains
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  Speaker 1: the announcement of the tenth plague. This is what the
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: Lord says about midnight, I will go throughout Egypt. Would
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  Speaker 1: this plague would be different from all the others. It
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  Speaker 1: would strike at the heart of every Egyptian family. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: eleven verse five describes the scope of this final judgment.
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  Speaker 1: Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn
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  Speaker 1: son of Pharaoh who sits on the throne, to the
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  Speaker 1: firstborn son of the female slave who is at her
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  Speaker 1: hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.
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  Speaker 1: But God promised that his people would be completely protected.
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: Chapter eleven, verse seven shows the clear distinction. But among
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites, not a dog will bark at any person
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  Speaker 1: or animal. Then you will know that the Lord makes
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  Speaker 1: a distinction between in Egypt and Israel. Moses warned Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: that this plague would bring complete surrender. Chapter eleven, verse
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  Speaker 1: eight contains his final prophecy. All these officials of yours
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  Speaker 1: will come to me, bowing down before me and saying,
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  Speaker 1: go you and all the people who follow you. After that,
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  Speaker 1: I will leave. Before the final plague struck, God gave
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  Speaker 1: Moses detailed instructions for a ceremony that would protect the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites and become a permanent reminder of their rescue. Chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 1: verse one shows the importance of this moment. The Lord
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  Speaker 1: said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, this month is
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  Speaker 1: to be for you, the first month, the first month
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  Speaker 1: of your year. Chapter twelve, verse three contains God's specific
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  Speaker 1: instructions tell the whole community of Israel that on the
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  Speaker 1: tenth day of this month, each man is to take
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  Speaker 1: a lamb for his family, one for each household. This
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just any lamb. It had to meet God's exact requirements.
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  Speaker 1: The lamb had to be perfect without any defects. Chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 1: verse five shows these requirements. The animals you choose must
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  Speaker 1: be year old males without defect and you may take
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  Speaker 1: them from the sheep or the goats. These lambs would
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  Speaker 1: take the place of the firstborn sons who were about
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  Speaker 1: to die. In Egypt, the innocent would die for the guilty.
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  Speaker 1: The families had to care for these lambs for four days.
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  Speaker 1: Then came the crucial moment. Chapter twelve verse six gives
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  Speaker 1: the timing take care of them until the fourteenth day
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  Speaker 1: of the month, when all the members of the community
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  Speaker 1: of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. Every Israelite family
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  Speaker 1: would kill their lamb at exactly the same time. The
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  Speaker 1: blood was the most important part. Chapter twelve verse seven
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  Speaker 1: shows what they had to do. Then they are to
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  Speaker 1: take some of the blood and put it on the
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  Speaker 1: sideides and tops of the door frames of the houses
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: where they eat the lambs. The blood would mark which
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: houses belonged to God's people. God explained exactly how to
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  Speaker 1: prepare and eat the lamb. Chapter twelve, verse eight gives
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  Speaker 1: the instructions. That same night, they are to eat the
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  Speaker 1: meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs and
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  Speaker 1: bread made without yeast. Nothing could be left until morning.
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  Speaker 1: It all had to be consumed that night. Chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 1: verse eleven shows how they were supposed to eat this meal.
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  Speaker 1: This is how you are to eat it, with your
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  Speaker 1: cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet,
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  Speaker 1: and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste.
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  Speaker 1: It is the Lord's pass over. They had to be
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  Speaker 1: ready to leave Egypt immediately after the meal. God revealed
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  Speaker 1: the purpose of the blood on the door frames. Chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 1: verse twelve explains what would happen that night. On that
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  Speaker 1: same night, I will pass through Egypt and strike down
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  Speaker 1: every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will
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  Speaker 1: bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Chapter twelve, verse thirteen contains the promise that
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  Speaker 1: would save Israel's children. The blood will be a sign
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  Speaker 1: for you on the houses where you are, and when
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  Speaker 1: I see the blood, I will pass over you. No
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  Speaker 1: destructive plague will touch you. When I strike Egypt, the
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  Speaker 1: blood of the Lamb would be the difference between life
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  Speaker 1: and death. The Passover night changed everything. Chapter twelve, verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine describes what happened at midnight. At midnight, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the
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  Speaker 1: firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on the throne, to the
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  Speaker 1: firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and
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  Speaker 1: the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 1: verse th thirty shows the immediate result. Pharaoh and all
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  Speaker 1: his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night,
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  Speaker 1: and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was
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  Speaker 1: not a house without someone dead. The cry of grief
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  Speaker 1: that went up from Egypt was unlike anything they had
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  Speaker 1: ever experienced. Pharaoh's resistance finally broke completely. Chapter twelve, verse
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  Speaker 1: thirty one shows his desperate surrender. During the night, Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: summoned Moses and Aaron and said, up, leave my people,
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  Speaker 1: You and the Israelites go worship the Lord as you
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  Speaker 1: have requested. The proud king, who had said I do
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  Speaker 1: not know the Lord was now begging God's servants to leave.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twelve, verse thirty two shows how completely Pharaoh had
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  Speaker 1: given up. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said,
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  Speaker 1: and go, and also bless me. The man who had
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  Speaker 1: threatened to kill Moses was now asking for Moses his blessing.
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  Speaker 1: Fear had completely replaced pride. The Egyptians were so eager
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  Speaker 1: to see the Israelites leave that they gave them whatever
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  Speaker 1: they asked for. Chapter twelve, verse thirty five describes this
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  Speaker 1: amazing turnaround. The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked
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  Speaker 1: the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
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  Speaker 1: After years of forced labor, the slaves were becoming wealthy.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twelve, verse thirty six shows God's justice in action.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people,
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  Speaker 1: and they gave them what they asked for. So they
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  Speaker 1: plundered the Egyptians. Egypt was paying back wages for centuries
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  Speaker 1: of slave labor. The Israelites left Egypt that very night.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twelve, verse thirty seven gives us the incredible numbers.
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  Speaker 1: The Israelites journeyed from Ramases to Sukoth, there were about
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  Speaker 1: six hundred thousand men on foot besides wit, women and children,
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  Speaker 1: including families, there were probably over two million people leaving
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  Speaker 1: Egypt at once. Chapter twelve, verse forty one shows the
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  Speaker 1: exact timing of their departure, at the end of the
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  Speaker 1: four hundred thirty years to the very day, all the
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  Speaker 1: Lord's divisions left Egypt. God's timing was perfect. They left
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  Speaker 1: exactly when he had promised Abraham centuries earlier. But freedom
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  Speaker 1: came with new responsibilities. Chapter thirteen, verse one shows God's
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  Speaker 1: first command to the free nation. The Lord said to Moses,
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  Speaker 1: consecrate to me every firstborn mail, the first offspring of
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  Speaker 1: every womb among the Israelites, belongs to me, whether human
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  Speaker 1: or animal. The firstborn who had been saved by the
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  Speaker 1: passover Lamb now belonged to God. Moses explained this law
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  Speaker 1: to the people as they traveled. Chapter thirteen, verse eight
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  Speaker 1: shows how they were to teach their children on that day,
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  Speaker 1: Tell your son, I do this because of what the
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  Speaker 1: Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: Every generation needed to know the story of their rescue.
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  Speaker 1: God personally led them on their journey. Chapter thirteen verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty one describes his visible presence. By day, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to
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  Speaker 1: guide them on their way, and by night in a
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  Speaker 1: pillar of fire to give them light, so that they
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  Speaker 1: could travel by day or night. God wasn't sending them away,
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  Speaker 1: He was going with them. God led the Israelites on
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  Speaker 1: a route that seemed to make no sense. Chapter fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse one shows his surprising direction. Tell the Israelites to
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  Speaker 1: turn back and in camp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol
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  Speaker 1: and the Yen Sea. They are to encamp by the
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  Speaker 1: sea directly opposite bial Zephyon. Instead of heading straight to Canaan,
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  Speaker 1: God led them toward the Red Sea. Chapter fourteen, verse
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  Speaker 1: three reveals God's strategy. Pharaoh will think the Israelites are
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  Speaker 1: wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.
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  Speaker 1: God was setting a trap and Pharaoh was about to
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  Speaker 1: walk right into it. When Pharaoh heard where the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: were camped, his attitude changed completely. Chapter fourteen, verse five
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  Speaker 1: shows his regret. When the King of Egypt was told
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  Speaker 1: that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed
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  Speaker 1: their minds about them and said, what have we done.
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  Speaker 1: We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter fourteen, verse six describes Pharaoh's military preparation. So he
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  Speaker 1: had his chariot made ready and took his army with him.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't just a few soldiers. Pharaoh was bringing his
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  Speaker 1: entire military force to recapture the Israelites. Chapter fourteen, verse
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  Speaker 1: seven shows the size of Egypt's army. He took six
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  Speaker 1: hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other
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  Speaker 1: chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. Egypt's
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  Speaker 1: most elite military units were pursuing the escaped slaves. When
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites saw the Egyptian army approaching, they panicked. Chapter fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse ten describes their terror as Pharaoh approached. The Israelites
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  Speaker 1: looked up and there were the Egyptians marching after them.
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  Speaker 1: They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. Their
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  Speaker 1: panic turned to anger against Moses. Chapter fourteen, verse eleven
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  Speaker 1: shows their bitter complaint. They said to Moses, was it
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  Speaker 1: because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought
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  Speaker 1: us to the desert to die? What have you done
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  Speaker 1: to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Moses responded
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  Speaker 1: with incredible faith and calm. Chapter fourteen, verse thirteen contains
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  Speaker 1: his reassuring words. Moses answered, the people, do not be afraid.
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  Speaker 1: Stand firm, and you will see the deliverance the Lord
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  Speaker 1: will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today, you
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  Speaker 1: will never see again. Chapter fourteen, verse fourteen shows Moses's
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  Speaker 1: confidence in God's power. The Lord will fight for you.
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  Speaker 1: You need only to be still. The battle belonged to God,
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  Speaker 1: not to them. They didn't need to fight, They just
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  Speaker 1: needed to watch God work. God told Moses exactly what
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  Speaker 1: to do. Chapter fourteen, verse sixteen contains the incredible command,
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  Speaker 1: raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the
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  Speaker 1: sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can
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  Speaker 1: go through the sea on dry ground. God was about
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  Speaker 1: to do something that had never been done before. Then
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  Speaker 1: Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the
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  Speaker 1: impossible happened. Chapter fourteen, verse twenty one describes the miracle.
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  Speaker 1: Then stretched out his hand over the sea, and all
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  Speaker 1: that night the Lord drove the sea back with a
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  Speaker 1: strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The
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  Speaker 1: waters were divided. Chapter fourteen, verse twenty two shows the
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  Speaker 1: result and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,
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  Speaker 1: with a wall of water on their right and on
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  Speaker 1: their left. Two million people walked across the bottom of
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  Speaker 1: the sea with walls of water held back by God's power.
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  Speaker 1: The Egyptians, blinded by their hatred and greed, charged into
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  Speaker 1: the sea after the Israelites. Chapter fourteen, verse twenty three
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  Speaker 1: describes their pursuit. The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh's
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  Speaker 1: horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea.
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  Speaker 1: Egypt's entire military force entered the path that God had
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  Speaker 1: created for his people. But God wasn't finished with his miracle.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter fourteen, verse twenty four shows what happened at dawn
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  Speaker 1: during the last watch of the night. The Lord looked
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  Speaker 1: down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the
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  Speaker 1: Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. God's presence brought
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  Speaker 1: panic to egypt supposedly invincible army. Chapter fourteen, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: five describes the chaos. He jammed the wheels of their
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  Speaker 1: chariots so that they had difficulty driving, and the Egyptians said,
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  Speaker 1: let's get away from the Israelites. The Lord is fighting
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  Speaker 1: for them against Egypt. Egypt's soldiers finally understood that they
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  Speaker 1: were fighting against God himself. When all the Israelites had
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  Speaker 1: safely crossed to the other side, God told Moses to
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  Speaker 1: stretch out his hand again. Chapter fourteen, verse twenty six
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  Speaker 1: contains the final command. Then, the Lord said to Moses,
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  Speaker 1: stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the
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  Speaker 1: waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots
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  Speaker 1: and horsemen. Chapter fourteen, verse twenty seven describes the complete destruction.
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  Speaker 1: Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at
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  Speaker 1: daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians
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  Speaker 1: were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into
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  Speaker 1: the sea. The entire Egyptian army was swallowed by the waters.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter fourteen, verse twenty eight shows the totality of God's victory.
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  Speaker 1: The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen,
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  Speaker 1: the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: into the sea. Not one of them survived. The most
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  Speaker 1: powerful military in the world was completely destroyed in a
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  Speaker 1: single moment. When the Israelites saw their enemies dead on
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  Speaker 1: the shore, their fear turned to worship. Chapter fourteen verse
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  Speaker 1: thirty one describes their response. And when the Israelites saw
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  Speaker 1: the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians,
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  Speaker 1: the people feared the Lord and put their trust in
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  Speaker 1: him and in Moses, hiservant. This victory demanded a song
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  Speaker 1: of celebration. Chapter fifteen, verse one shows Moses leading the
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  Speaker 1: nation in worship. Then Moses and the Israelites sang this
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  Speaker 1: song to the Lord. I will sing to the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: for he is highly exalted, both horse and driver. He
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  Speaker 1: has hurled into the sea. Chapter fifteen, verse two contains
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  Speaker 1: Israel's declaration of faith. The Lord is my strength and
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  Speaker 1: my defense. He has become my salvation. He is my God,
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  Speaker 1: and I will praise him, my father's God, and I
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  Speaker 1: will exalt him. The God of their ancestors had proven
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  Speaker 1: that he was still the same powerful deliverer. The song
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  Speaker 1: celebrated God as a warrior. Chapter fifteen, verse three proclaims
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  Speaker 1: the Lord is a warrior. The Lord is his name.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't the image of God that egypt expected. Their
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  Speaker 1: gods were distant and weak, but Israel's God fought for
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  Speaker 1: his people. Chapter fifteen, verse six praises God's incredible power.
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  Speaker 1: Your right hand Lord was majestic in power. Your right hand,
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  Speaker 1: Lord shattered the enemy. The same hand that had created
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  Speaker 1: the world had just destroyed Egypt's army. Chapter fifteen, verse
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  Speaker 1: eighteen ends with a declaration of God's eternal reign. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord reigns forever and ever. This victory wasn't just about
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  Speaker 1: escaping Egypt. It was about establishing God's kingdom on earth. Miriam,
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  Speaker 1: Moses's sister, led the women in their own celebration. Chapter fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty shows her leadership. Then Miriam, the prophet, Aaron's sister,
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  Speaker 1: took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women
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  Speaker 1: followed her with timbrels and dancing. Chapter fifteen, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: one records Miriam's song. Miriam sang to them, sing to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, for he is highly exalted, both horse and driver.
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  Speaker 1: He has hurled into the sea. The celebration continued as
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  Speaker 1: the people marveled at what God had done. After three
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  Speaker 1: days of traveling through the desert, reality set in. The
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  Speaker 1: celebration ended when they reached Mara and discovered a serious problem.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter fifteen, verse twenty three describes their crisis. When they
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  Speaker 1: came to Mara, they could not drink its water because
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  Speaker 1: it was bitter. That is why the place is called Mara.
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  Speaker 1: The people's faith evaporated quickly. Chapter fifteen, verse twenty four
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  Speaker 1: shows how fast their attitude changed. So the people grumbled
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  Speaker 1: against Moses, saying, what are we to drink? The same
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  Speaker 1: people who had just sung praises to God were now
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  Speaker 1: complaining against his servant. Moses didn't argue with the people.
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  Speaker 1: He went straight to God with the problem. Chapter fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty five shows his response. Once then, Moses cried
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  Speaker 1: out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a
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  Speaker 1: piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and
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  Speaker 1: the water became fit to drink at Mara. God gave
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  Speaker 1: them a promise with a condition. Chapter fifteen, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: six contains both elements. He said, if you listen carefully
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  Speaker 1: to the Lord, your God and do what is right
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  Speaker 1: in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands
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  Speaker 1: and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on
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  Speaker 1: you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians,
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  Speaker 1: for I am the Lord who heals you from Marah.
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  Speaker 1: They traveled to Alim, where they found relief. Chapter fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty seven describes this oasis then they came to Elim,
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  Speaker 1: where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and
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  Speaker 1: they camped there near the water. God provided exactly what
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  Speaker 1: they needed, abundant water and shade, but the relief at
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  Speaker 1: Elim was Temporarychapter sixteen verse one shows their continued journey.
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  Speaker 1: The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came
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  Speaker 1: to the desert of sin which is between Elim and Sinai,
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  Speaker 1: on the fifteenth day of the second month. After they
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  Speaker 1: had come out of Egypt, hunger became their new crisis.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixteen verse two describes their complaint in the desert.
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  Speaker 1: The whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The pattern
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  Speaker 1: was repeating. When faced with difficulty, they blamed their leaders
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  Speaker 1: instead of trusting God. Chapter sixteen verse three shows how
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  Speaker 1: quickly they forgot their slavery. The Israelites said to them,
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  Speaker 1: if only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: there we sat around pots of meat and ate all
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  Speaker 1: the food we wanted. But you have brought us out
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  Speaker 1: into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.
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  Speaker 1: God heard their complaints and responded with grace instead of judgment.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixteen, verse four contains his promise. Then, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: said to Moses, I will rain down bread from heaven
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  Speaker 1: for you. The people are to go out each day
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  Speaker 1: and gather enough for that day. In this way, I
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  Speaker 1: will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.
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  Speaker 1: That evening, God sent quail to cover their camp. Chapter sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirteen describes this provision. That evening quail came and
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  Speaker 1: covered the camp, and in the morning there was a
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  Speaker 1: layer of dew around the camp. God provided meat, exactly
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  Speaker 1: as he had promised. When the dew evaporated, something amazing
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  Speaker 1: appeared on the ground. Chapter sixteen, verse fourteen describes this
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  Speaker 1: new food. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like
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  Speaker 1: frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. The
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  Speaker 1: Israelites had never seen anything like it before. Chapter sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse fifteen shows their confusion. When the Israelites saw it,
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  Speaker 1: they said to each other, what is it? For they
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  Speaker 1: did not know what it was. Moses said to them,
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  Speaker 1: it is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.
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  Speaker 1: This supernatural food would sustain them for the next forty years.
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  Speaker 1: Moses gave them specific instructions about gathering this bread from heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixteen, verse sixteen contains God's rules. This is what
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  Speaker 1: the Lord has commanded. Everyone is to gather as much
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  Speaker 1: as they need. Take an omer for each person you
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  Speaker 1: have in your tent. God wanted them to trust him
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  Speaker 1: for daily provision, not hoard for the future. The people
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  Speaker 1: called this supernatural food manna. Chapter sixteen, verse thirty one
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  Speaker 1: describes what it was like. The people of Israel called
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  Speaker 1: the bread manner. It was white like coriander seed and
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  Speaker 1: tasted like wafers made with honey. God had given them
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  Speaker 1: food that was both nutritious and delicious. The journey continued,
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  Speaker 1: but the people's complaints didn't step. They left the desert
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  Speaker 1: of Sin and set up camp at Refidim, but there
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  Speaker 1: was no water for them to drink. Chapter seventeen, verse
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  Speaker 1: one shows their situation. The whole Israelite community set out
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  Speaker 1: from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place
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  Speaker 1: as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there
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  Speaker 1: was no water for the people to drink. The lack
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  Speaker 1: of water quickly turned into another crisis. The same people
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  Speaker 1: who had just received manner from heaven were now angry
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  Speaker 1: about water. Chapter seventeen, verse two describes their confrontation with Moses.
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  Speaker 1: So they quarreled with Moses and said, give us water
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  Speaker 1: to drink. Moses replied, why do you quarrel with me?
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  Speaker 1: Why do you put the Lord to the test. But
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  Speaker 1: the people were desperate and thirsty. Their desperation made them
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  Speaker 1: forget all the miracles they had seen. Chapter seventeen verse
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  Speaker 1: three shows how extreme their complaint became. But the people
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  Speaker 1: were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses.
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  Speaker 1: They said, why did you bring us up out of
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 1: Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die
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  Speaker 1: of thirst. Moses was getting overwhelmed by the constant complaints.
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  Speaker 1: He cried out to God for help, and his prayer
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  Speaker 1: in chapter seventeen, verse four shows his desperation. Then Moses
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  Speaker 1: cried out to the Lord, what am I to do
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  Speaker 1: with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.
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  Speaker 1: The people were so angry they were ready to kill
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  Speaker 1: their leader. God had a solution that would demonstrate his
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  Speaker 1: power once again. Chapter seventeen verse five contains his specific instructions.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord answered, Moses, go out in front of the people,
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  Speaker 1: take with you some of the elders of Israel, and
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  Speaker 1: take in your hand the staff with which you struck
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  Speaker 1: the nile and go. Moses was to use the same
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: staff that had brought plagues on Egypt. God told Moses
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  Speaker 1: exactly where to go and what to do. Chapter seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: verse six shows the amazing promise, I will stand there
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  Speaker 1: before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock,
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  Speaker 1: and water will come out of it for the people
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  Speaker 1: to drink. God himself would be present at this miracle.
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  Speaker 1: Standing by the rock. Moses followed God's instructions exactly. He
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  Speaker 1: took the elders as witnesses and struck the rock with
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  Speaker 1: his staff. Water poured out of solid stone, enough for
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 1: over two million people and their animals to drink. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: seventeen verse six confirms the miracle. So Moses did this
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  Speaker 1: in the sight of the elders of Israel. Moses gave
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  Speaker 1: this place two names that reflected what had happened there.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter seventeen verse seven explains the significance. And he called
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  Speaker 1: the place Massa and Merribah because the Israelites quarreled and
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  Speaker 1: because they tested the Lord, saying is the Lord among
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  Speaker 1: us or not? These names meant testing and quarreling, reminding
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  Speaker 1: future generations of this moment of doubt. While Israel was
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  Speaker 1: still camped at Rephidim, they faced their first military attack
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  Speaker 1: since leaving Egypt. The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: without warning. Chapter seventeen, verse eight describes this unprovoked assault.
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  Speaker 1: The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Refidim. Moses
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  Speaker 1: immediately organized a defense, but he did something unusual. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of leading the battle himself, he sent Joshua while he
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  Speaker 1: went to a hilltop to pray. Chapter seventeen, verse nine
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  Speaker 1: shows Moses' strategy. Moses said to Joshua, choose some of
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  Speaker 1: our men and go out to fight the Amalekites tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: I will take my position on top of the hill
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  Speaker 1: with the staff of God in my hands. The battle
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  Speaker 1: that followed revealed something ami amazing about the power of prayer.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter seventeen, verse eleven describes what happened. As long as
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  Speaker 1: Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but
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  Speaker 1: whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. The
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  Speaker 1: outcome of the physical battle depended on Moses's spiritual intercession.
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  Speaker 1: But Moses was human and his arms got tired from
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  Speaker 1: holding them up all day. Chapter seventeen, verse twelve shows
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  Speaker 1: how Aaron and Her helped him. Moses hands grew tired,
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  Speaker 1: so they took a stone and put it under him,
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  Speaker 1: and he sat on it. Arin and Her held his
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  Speaker 1: hands up, one on one side, one on the other,
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  Speaker 1: so that his hands remained steady until sunset. With Moses's
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  Speaker 1: hands supported in prayer, Joshua and his army were able
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  Speaker 1: to completely defeat the Amalekites. Chapter seventeen, verse thirteen confirms
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  Speaker 1: the victory. So Joshua overcame the Amalek army with the sword.
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  Speaker 1: This was Israel's first military victory, and it came through
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  Speaker 1: a combination of faithful fighting and faithful praying. God told
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  Speaker 1: Moses to write down what had happened as a permanent reminder.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter seventeen, verse fourteen contains this important command. Then the
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  Speaker 1: Lord said to Moses, write this on a scroll as
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  Speaker 1: something to be remembered, and make sure that Joshua hears it,
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  Speaker 1: because I will completely blot out the name of Amelek
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  Speaker 1: from under heaven. This wasn't just a battle report, It
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  Speaker 1: was a prophecy of future judgment. Moses built an altar
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  Speaker 1: to commemorate God's help in this victory. Chapter seventeen verse
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  Speaker 1: fifteen shows his response. Moses built an altar and called
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  Speaker 1: it the Lord is My Banner. The name reflected how
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  Speaker 1: God had given them victory like a military banner leading
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  Speaker 1: them into battle. Chapter seventeen, verse sixteen contains moses declaration
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  Speaker 1: about this ongoing conflict. He said, because hands were lifted
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  Speaker 1: up against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will
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  Speaker 1: be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.
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  Speaker 1: This attack on God's people was an attack on God himself.
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  Speaker 1: News of Israel's miraculous escape from Egypt spread throughout the region.
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  Speaker 1: Moses father in lawd Jethro, heard about everything God had
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  Speaker 1: done and came to visit Moses in the wilderness. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: eighteen verse one describes his arrival. Now, Jethro, the priest
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  Speaker 1: of Midian and father in law of Moses, heard of
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  Speaker 1: everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel,
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  Speaker 1: and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: Jethro brought moses wife, Zipporah, and their two sons, who
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  Speaker 1: had apparently been staying with him during the exodus. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: eighteen verse two shows this family reunion. After Moses had
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  Speaker 1: sent away his wife Zipporah, his father in law Jethro,
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  Speaker 1: received her and her two sons. When Jethro arrived at
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  Speaker 1: the camp, Moses told him everything that had happened. Chapter eighteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse eight describes their conversation. Moses told his father in
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  Speaker 1: law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and
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  Speaker 1: the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and about all the hardships
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  Speaker 1: they had met along the way, and how the Lord
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  Speaker 1: had saved them. Jethro was amazed by what he heard
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  Speaker 1: and praised God for his mighty works. Chapter eighteen, verse
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  Speaker 1: ten shows his response. He said, praise be to the
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  Speaker 1: Lord who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians
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  Speaker 1: and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the
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  Speaker 1: hand of the Egyptians. Even this Midianite priest recognized the
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  Speaker 1: greatness of Israel's God. Chapter eighteen, verse eleven shows Jethro's
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  Speaker 1: growing understanding. Now I know that the Lord is greater
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  Speaker 1: than than all other gods, for he did this to
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  Speaker 1: those who had treated Israel arrogantly. The plagues had shown
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  Speaker 1: God's supremacy over all Egyptian deities. The next day, Jethro
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  Speaker 1: watched Moses work and saw a serious problem. Moses was
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  Speaker 1: trying to judge every dispute among two million people by himself.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen, verse thirteen describes what Jethro observed. The next day,
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  Speaker 1: Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people,
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  Speaker 1: and they stood around him from morning till evening. Jethro
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  Speaker 1: realized this system wouldn't work. Chapter eighteen, verse seventeen shows
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  Speaker 1: his wise counsel. Moses's father in law replied, what you
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  Speaker 1: are doing is not good. You and these people who
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  Speaker 1: come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work
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  Speaker 1: is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
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  Speaker 1: Jethro suggested a solution that would help Moses and serve
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  Speaker 1: the people better. Eight eighteen, verse twenty one contains his advice.
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  Speaker 1: But select capable men from all the people, men who
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  Speaker 1: fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and appoint
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  Speaker 1: them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. Moses
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  Speaker 1: listened to his father in law's wisdom and implemented the
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  Speaker 1: new system. Chapter eighteen, verse twenty four shows moses humility.
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  Speaker 1: Moses listened to his father in law and did everything
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  Speaker 1: he said. Pride didn't prevent Moses from accepting good advice,
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  Speaker 1: even from someone outside Israel. Three months after leaving Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites arrived at Mount Sinai. Chapter nineteen verse one
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  Speaker 1: marks this important moment. On the first day of the
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  Speaker 1: third month after the Israelites left Egypt, on that very
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  Speaker 1: day they came to the desert of Sinai. This mountain
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  Speaker 1: would become the most important place in their journey. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: nineteen verse tis two describes their arrival. After they set
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  Speaker 1: out from Refidim, they entered the desert of Sinai and
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  Speaker 1: Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain.
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  Speaker 1: The entire nation was gathered before the mountain, where God
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  Speaker 1: would reveal himself in a new way. God called Moses
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  Speaker 1: up the mountain to give him a message for the people.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter nineteen verse three shows this special summons. Then Moses
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  Speaker 1: went up to God, and the Lord called to him
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  Speaker 1: from the mountain and said, this is what you are
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  Speaker 1: to say to the descendants of Jacob, and what you
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  Speaker 1: are to tell the people of Israel. God reminded Moses
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  Speaker 1: of what he had done for Israel and what he
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  Speaker 1: wanted their relationship to be. Chapter nineteen verse four contains
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  Speaker 1: God's tender words, you yourselves have seen what I did
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  Speaker 1: to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagle's wings
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  Speaker 1: and brought you to myself. God had rescued them not
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  Speaker 1: just from slavery, but for a special relationship with him.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter nineteen verse five shows God's amazing offer to Israel. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then
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  Speaker 1: out of all nations, you will be my treasured possession.
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  Speaker 1: Although the whole earth is mine. You will be for
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  Speaker 1: me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. God
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  Speaker 1: was offering to make them his special people among all
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  Speaker 1: the nations of the earth. When Moses brought this message
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  Speaker 1: to the people, their response was immediate and unanimous. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: nineteen verse eight records their commitment. The people all responded, together,
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  Speaker 1: we will do everything the Lord has said. So Moses
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  Speaker 1: brought their answer back to the Lord. They agreed to
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  Speaker 1: the covenant without even knowing what it would require. God
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  Speaker 1: told Moses to prepare the people for a direct encounter
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  Speaker 1: with him. Chapter nineteen verse ten contains the preparation instructions,
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  Speaker 1: and the Lord said to Moses, go to the people
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  Speaker 1: and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their
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  Speaker 1: clothes and be ready by the third day, because on
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  Speaker 1: that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai
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  Speaker 1: in the sight of all the people. The mountain was
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  Speaker 1: to be treated as holy ground during God's visit. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: nineteen verse twelve shows the strict boundaries put limits for
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  Speaker 1: the people around the mountain and tell them be careful
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  Speaker 1: that you do not approach the mountain or touch the
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  Speaker 1: foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be
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  Speaker 1: put to death. This wasn't a casual meeting. This was
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  Speaker 1: the Holy God revealing himself to sinful people. On the
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  Speaker 1: third day, God came down on Mount Sinai in a
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  Speaker 1: display of power that terrified the people. Chapter nineteen verse
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  Speaker 1: sixteen describes the awesome scene on the morning of the
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  Speaker 1: third day. There was thunder and lightning, with a thick
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  Speaker 1: cloud over the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone in the camp trembled. Chapter nineteen verse eighteen shows
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  Speaker 1: the mountain itself responding to God's presence. Mount Sinai was
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  Speaker 1: covered with smoke because the Law descended on it in fire.
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  Speaker 1: The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,
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  Speaker 1: and the whole mountain trembled violently. The very earth shook.
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  Speaker 1: When God came down. From this terrifying display of power,
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  Speaker 1: God spoke the Ten Commandments. Chapter twenty verse one introduces
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  Speaker 1: these fundamental laws, and God spoke all these words. These
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  Speaker 1: weren't suggestions or guidelines. These were direct commands from the
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  Speaker 1: creator of the universe. Chapter twenty verse three contains the
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  Speaker 1: first commandment, you shall have no other gods before me.
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  Speaker 1: This established the foundation of all relationship with God. He
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  Speaker 1: alone was to be worshiped and obeyed. The second commandment
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  Speaker 1: prohibited making idols. Chapter twenty verse four states you shall
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  Speaker 1: not make idols or any likeness of what is in
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  Speaker 1: heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the
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  Speaker 1: water under the earth. God could not be represented by
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  Speaker 1: human made objects. The third commandment protected God's name from misuse.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty verse seven declares you shall not misuse the
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  Speaker 1: name of the Lord, your God, for the Lord will
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  Speaker 1: not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. God's name
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  Speaker 1: was to be treated with reverence and respect. After giving
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  Speaker 1: the Ten Commandments, God provided Moses with detailed civil laws
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  Speaker 1: to govern daily life in Israel. These laws would help
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  Speaker 1: them live together as God's people. Chapter twenty one, verse
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  Speaker 1: one introduces these regulations. These are the laws you are
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  Speaker 1: to set before them. The first laws dealt with Hebrew servants.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty one, verse two shows God's concern for fair treatment.
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  Speaker 1: If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve
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  Speaker 1: you for six years, but in the seventh year he
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  Speaker 1: shall go free without paying anything. Even servitude had limits,
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  Speaker 1: No Hebrew could be enslaved permanently. God made special provisions
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  Speaker 1: for servants who chose to stay with kind masters. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, verse five describes this option. But if the
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  Speaker 1: servant declares, I love my master and my wife and
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  Speaker 1: children and do not want to go free, then his
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  Speaker 1: master must take him before the judges. Love, not force,
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  Speaker 1: could create a permanent relationship. Laws about violence showed God's
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  Speaker 1: concern for protecting the innocent. Chapter twenty one, verse twelve
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  Speaker 1: established a basic principle. Any one who strikes a person
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  Speaker 1: with a fatal blow is to be put to death.
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  Speaker 1: Murder required the ultimate penalty because life was sacred, but
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  Speaker 1: God distinguished between intentional murder and accidental killing. Chapter twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirteen shows his mercy. However, if it is not
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  Speaker 1: done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to
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  Speaker 1: flee to a place I will designate. Cities of refuge
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  Speaker 1: would protect those who killed accidentally. Special laws protected the
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  Speaker 1: most vulnerable members of society. Chapter twenty one, verse seventeen
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  Speaker 1: shows the seriousness of dishonoring parents. Anyone who curses their
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  Speaker 1: father or mother is to be put to death. The
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  Speaker 1: family structure was fundamental to God's design for society. Laws
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  Speaker 1: about personal injury established the principle of proportional justice. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, verse twenty four contains the famous phrase I
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  Speaker 1: for eye, tooth for tooth, hand four hand, foot for foot.
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  Speaker 1: Punishment should fit the crime, not exceed it or fall
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  Speaker 1: short of it. God's laws covered every aspect of life,
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  Speaker 1: including property rights and moral behavior. Chapter twenty two, verse
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  Speaker 1: one establishes the principle of restitution. Whoever steals an ox
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  Speaker 1: or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must
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  Speaker 1: pay back five head of cattle for the ox and
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  Speaker 1: four sheep for the sheep. Thieves had to restore more
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  Speaker 1: than they stole. The laws protected people's right to defend
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  Speaker 1: their property. Chapter twenty two, verse two shows when force
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  Speaker 1: was justified. If a thief is caught breaking in at
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  Speaker 1: night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is
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  Speaker 1: not guilty of bloodshed. People could protect their homes from intruders,
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  Speaker 1: but different rules applied in daylight when the threat was
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  Speaker 1: less severe. Chapter twenty two, verse three makes this distinction.
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  Speaker 1: But if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty
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  Speaker 1: of bloodshed. Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but
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  Speaker 1: if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay
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  Speaker 1: for their theft. Social responsibility was emphasized in laws about
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  Speaker 1: helping others. Chapter twenty two, verse twenty one commands do
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  Speaker 1: not mistreat or oppress a foreigner. For you were foreigners
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  Speaker 1: in Egypt. Israel's own experience of oppression should make them
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  Speaker 1: compassionate to others. Special protection was given to widows and orphans.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty two, verse twenty two shows God's concern. Do
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  Speaker 1: not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. Those
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  Speaker 1: without natural protectors were under God's special care. Money lending
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  Speaker 1: was regulated to prevent exploitation. Chapter twenty two, verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: five prohibits usury. If you lend money to one of
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  Speaker 1: my people among you who is needy. Do not not
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  Speaker 1: treat it like a business deal. Charge no interest. Helping
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  Speaker 1: the poor shouldn't become a way to get rich. God
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  Speaker 1: prohibited consulting mediums and practicing witchcraft. Chapter twenty two, verse
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  Speaker 1: eighteen states clearly do not allow a sorceress to live.
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  Speaker 1: Any attempt to contact spiritual powers other than God was
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  Speaker 1: forbidden and punishable by death. God established three annual festivals
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  Speaker 1: that would mark Israel's religious calendar and strengthen their covenant
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  Speaker 1: relationship with him. Chapter twenty three, verse fourteen introduces these
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  Speaker 1: celebrations three times a year. You are to celebrate a
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  Speaker 1: festival to me. The first festival was the Festival of
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  Speaker 1: unleavened Bread, commemorating their escape from Egypt. Chapter twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse fifteen gives the details. Celebrate the Festival of unleavened Bread.
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  Speaker 1: For seven days, eat bread made without yeast, as I
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  Speaker 1: commanded you do this at the appointed time in the
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  Speaker 1: month of Avive, for in that month you came out
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt. The second festival celebrated the harvest of the
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  Speaker 1: first crops. Chapter twenty three, verse sixteen describes the festival
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  Speaker 1: of Harvest. Celebrate the festival of harvest with the first
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  Speaker 1: fruits of the crops you sow in your field. This
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  Speaker 1: would remind them that God provided their food. The third
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  Speaker 1: festival marked the end of the agricultural year. Chapter twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse sixteen also mentions the Festival of in gathering. Celebrate
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  Speaker 1: the festival of in gathering at the end of the
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  Speaker 1: year when you gather in your crops from the field.
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  Speaker 1: This was a time of thanksgiving for God's provision throughout
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  Speaker 1: the year. God commanded that all males appear before him
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  Speaker 1: during these festivals. Chapter twenty three, verse seventeen states three
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  Speaker 1: times a year, all the men are to appear before
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  Speaker 1: the Sovereign Lord. These were optional celebrations, but required gatherings
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  Speaker 1: for worship. God promised to drive out the nations from
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  Speaker 1: the promised land gradually. Chapter twenty three, verse twenty nine
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  Speaker 1: shows his wisdom in this. But I will not drive
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  Speaker 1: them out in a single year, because the land would
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  Speaker 1: become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
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  Speaker 1: The conquest would take time for practical reasons. Chapter twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty explains God's timing. Little by little, I will
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  Speaker 1: drive them out before you until you have increased enough
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  Speaker 1: to take possession of the land. God's plan considered Israel's
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  Speaker 1: ability to settle and manage the territory. God warned Israel
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  Speaker 1: about the danger of compromise with pagan nations. Chapter twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty two contains a strict prohibition, do not make
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  Speaker 1: a covenant with them or with their gods. Any agreement
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 1: with idle worshiping peoples would lead Israel away from God.
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  Speaker 1: The reason for this separation was spiritual protection. Chapter twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty three explains, do not let them live in
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  Speaker 1: your land, or they will cause you to sin against me,
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  Speaker 1: because the worship of their gods will certainly be a
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  Speaker 1: snare to you. Tolerance of false religion would become a trap.
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  Speaker 1: Moses came down from the mountain and told the people
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  Speaker 1: everything God had said. Their response was immediate and unanimous.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty four, verse three records their commitment. When Moses
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  Speaker 1: went and told the people all the Lord's words and laws,
• 1:23:37
  Speaker 1: they responded with one voice, everything the Lord has said,
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  Speaker 1: we will do. Moses wrote down all of God's words
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  Speaker 1: to create a permanent record. Chapter twenty four, verse four
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  Speaker 1: shows his careful documentation. Moses then wrote down everything the
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  Speaker 1: Lord had said. He got up early the next morning
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  Speaker 1: and built an altar at the foot of the mountain
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  Speaker 1: and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes
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  Speaker 1: of Israel. The covenant ceremony involved young men making sacrifices.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty four, verse five describes their role. Then he
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  Speaker 1: sent young Israelite men and they offered burnt offerings and
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  Speaker 1: sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. These
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  Speaker 1: sacrifices would seal the agreement between God and his people.
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  Speaker 1: Moses divided the blood from the sacrifices into two parts
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  Speaker 1: for the ceremony. Chapter twenty four, verse six shows his preparation.
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  Speaker 1: Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls,
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  Speaker 1: and the other half he splashed against the altar. The
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  Speaker 1: blood represented life and would bind both parties to keep
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  Speaker 1: the covenant. Moses read the entire Covenant to the people
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  Speaker 1: one more time. Chapter twenty four, verse seven records this
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  Speaker 1: final reading. When he took the book of the Covenant
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  Speaker 1: and read it to the people, they responded, we will
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  Speaker 1: do everything the Lord has said. We will obey. Even
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  Speaker 1: after hearing all the requirements, they committed to obedience. The
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  Speaker 1: blood covenant was sealed when Moses sprinkled blood on the people.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty four, verse eight describes this solemn moment. Moses
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  Speaker 1: then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said,
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  Speaker 1: this is the blood of the covenant that the Lord
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  Speaker 1: has made with you. In accordance with all these words,
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  Speaker 1: the covenant was now officially in effect. Moses, Aaron, and
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  Speaker 1: seventy elders were invited up the mountain for a special
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  Speaker 1: meal in God's presence. Chapter twenty four, verse nine describes
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  Speaker 1: this honor. Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the
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  Speaker 1: seventy elders of Israel went up and saw the God
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  Speaker 1: of Israel. They actually saw God and lived to tell
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  Speaker 1: about it. Two twenty four, verse eleven shows the remarkable
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  Speaker 1: nature of this encounter. But God did not raise his
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  Speaker 1: hand against these leaders of the Israelites. They saw God,
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  Speaker 1: and they ate and drank in God's presence. They shared
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  Speaker 1: a covenant meal, celebrating their new relationship. God called Moses
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  Speaker 1: up the mountain alone for a longer stay. Chapter twenty four,
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  Speaker 1: verse twelve contains this special invitation. The Lord said to Moses,
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  Speaker 1: come up to me, on the mountain and stay here,
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  Speaker 1: and I will give you the tablets of Stone with
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  Speaker 1: the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.
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  Speaker 1: God would give Moses the law written by his own hand.
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  Speaker 1: Moses left Joshua part way up the mountain and continued
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  Speaker 1: alone to meet with God. Chapter twenty four, verse thirteen
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  Speaker 1: shows Moses's obedience. Then Moses set out with Joshua his aid,
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  Speaker 1: and Moses went up on the mountain of God. This
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  Speaker 1: would be the beginning of forty days in God's presence.
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  Speaker 1: The people watched as God's glory covered the mountain like
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  Speaker 1: a cloud. Chapter twenty four, verse fifteen describes what they
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  Speaker 1: saw when Moses went up on the mountain. The cloud
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  Speaker 1: covered it. God's presence was visible to everyone in the camp.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty four, verse sixteen shows how long God's glory
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  Speaker 1: remained and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai.
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  Speaker 1: For six days, the cloud covered the mountain, and on
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  Speaker 1: the seventh day, the Lord called to Moses from within
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  Speaker 1: the cloud. God's timing was deliberate, even his calling of
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  Speaker 1: Moses followed the pattern of six days of waiting and action.
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  Speaker 1: On the seventh to the people watching from below, God's
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  Speaker 1: glory looked like consuming fire. Chapter twenty four, verse seventeen
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  Speaker 1: describes their perspective to the Israelites, the glory of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord looked like a consuming fire. On top of the mountain,
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  Speaker 1: they could see that Moses was in the presence of awesome,
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  Speaker 1: overwhelming power. Moses entered the cloud and stayed on the
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  Speaker 1: mountain for forty days and nights. Chapter twenty four, verse
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  Speaker 1: eighteen concludes, Then Moses entered the cloud as he went
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  Speaker 1: on up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain
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  Speaker 1: forty days and forty nights. For more than a month,
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  Speaker 1: Moses would be alone with God, receiving detailed instructions for
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  Speaker 1: Israel's worship and life. While Moses was alone with God
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  Speaker 1: on Mount Sinai, the Lord began revealing his plans for
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  Speaker 1: a portable sanctuary where he would dwell among his people.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty five, verse eight shows God's heart behind this project.
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  Speaker 1: Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I
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  Speaker 1: will dwell among them. This wasn't just a building. It
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  Speaker 1: was God's way of staying close to Israel during their journey.
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  Speaker 1: God gave Moses incredibly detailed instructions for every part of
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  Speaker 1: this holy tent. Chapter twenty five, verse nine emphasizes the
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  Speaker 1: importance of following the exact pattern. Make this tabernacle and
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  Speaker 1: all its furnishings exactly like the pattern. I will show you.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing could be left to human imagination or creativity. Everything
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  Speaker 1: had to match God's perfect design. The most sacred item
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  Speaker 1: would be the Ark of the Covenant, a wooden box
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  Speaker 1: covered with pure gold. Chapter twenty five, verse ten gives
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  Speaker 1: the precise measurements. Have them make an arc of acacia
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  Speaker 1: wood two and a half cubits long, a cubit and
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  Speaker 1: a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
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  Speaker 1: This chest would hold the stone tablets with the ten commandments.
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  Speaker 1: The ark would have a special golden cover called the
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  Speaker 1: Mercy Seat, where God would meet with Moses. Chapter twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty two contains this amazing promise. There above the
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  Speaker 1: cover between the two cherubim that are over the Ark
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  Speaker 1: of the Covenant law, I will meet with you and
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  Speaker 1: give you all my commands for the Israelites. God would
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  Speaker 1: literally come down to speak with his servant. Inside the
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  Speaker 1: tabernacle would be a golden table for bread and a
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  Speaker 1: seven branched lamp stand called the Menorah. Chapter twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty shows the purpose of the table. Put the
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  Speaker 1: bread of the Presence on this table to be before
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  Speaker 1: me at all times. This bread would represent the twelve
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  Speaker 1: tribes of Israel, always in God's sight. The lampstand had
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  Speaker 1: to be made from one solid piece of pure gold
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  Speaker 1: with intricate decorative work. Chapter twenty five, verse thirty one
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  Speaker 1: describes its beauty. Make a lamp stand of pure gold,
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  Speaker 1: hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flower
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  Speaker 1: like cups, buds, and blossoms of one piece. With them,
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  Speaker 1: this golden manora would provide the only light inside the
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  Speaker 1: holy a place. The tabernacle itself would be made of
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  Speaker 1: fine curtains and coverings. Chapter twenty six, verse one describes
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  Speaker 1: the inner curtains. Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of
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  Speaker 1: finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn with
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  Speaker 1: cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker. These beautiful
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  Speaker 1: curtains would create a holy space worthy of God's presence.
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  Speaker 1: The entire structure had to be portable, since Israel would
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  Speaker 1: be traveling through the wilderness for years. Chapter twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: verse fifteen shows how the frame was designed. Make upright
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  Speaker 1: frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. These wooden frames
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  Speaker 1: could be taken apart and reassembled whenever the camp moved.
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  Speaker 1: A thick curtain would separate the Most Holy Place from
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the tabernacle. Chapter twenty six, verse thirty
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  Speaker 1: three explains its purpose. Hang the curtain from the clasps
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  Speaker 1: and place the arc of the Covenant law behind the curtain.
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  Speaker 1: The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the most
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  Speaker 1: Holy Place. Only the high priest could go behind this
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  Speaker 1: hurtan and only once a year. God chose Aaron and
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  Speaker 1: his sons to serve as priests, the only people allowed
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  Speaker 1: to offer sacrifices and enter the Holy Place. Chapter twenty eight,
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  Speaker 1: verse one shows this divine selection. Have Aaron, your brother,
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  Speaker 1: brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his
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  Speaker 1: sons Nadab and abee who Eliazar and Ithamar, so they
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  Speaker 1: may serve me as priests. This wasn't a job they
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  Speaker 1: could apply for, it was a calling from God. The
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  Speaker 1: priests would wear special garments that reflected the glory and
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  Speaker 1: beauty of their sacred role. Chapter twenty eight, verse two
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  Speaker 1: describes the purpose of these clothes. Make sacred garments for
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  Speaker 1: your brother Aaron, to give him dignity and honor. Every
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  Speaker 1: piece of clothing had spiritual significance and had to be
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  Speaker 1: made exactly according to God's instructions. The most orton piece
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  Speaker 1: was the ephod, a sleeveless garment worn over the priest's robe.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty eight, verse six gives details about its construction.
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  Speaker 1: Make the ephod of gold and of blue purple and
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  Speaker 1: scarlet yarn and of finely twisted linen, the work of
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  Speaker 1: skilled hands. This wasn't ordinary clothing. It was a work
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  Speaker 1: of art created for worship. Attached to the ephod would
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  Speaker 1: be a breastpiece containing twelve precious stones, each representing one
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  Speaker 1: of the tribes of Israel. Chapter twenty eight, verse fifteen
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  Speaker 1: describes this sacred item. Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions,
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  Speaker 1: the work of skilled hands. Make it like the ephod,
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  Speaker 1: of gold and of blue purple and scarlet yarn and
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  Speaker 1: of finely twisted linen. When the high priest wore this,
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  Speaker 1: he literally carried all of Israel on his heart before God.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty eight, verse twenty one show how each tribe
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  Speaker 1: was represented. There are to be twelve stones, one for
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  Speaker 1: each of the names of the sons of Israel, each
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  Speaker 1: engraved like a seal, with the e name of one
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  Speaker 1: of the twelve tribes. God wanted to make sure no
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  Speaker 1: tribe was forgotten when the priest came before him. The
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  Speaker 1: priest would also wear a golden plate on their forehead
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  Speaker 1: with a sacred inscription. Chapter twenty eight, verse thirty six
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  Speaker 1: describes this holy crown. Make a plate of pure gold
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  Speaker 1: and engrave on it as on a seal, wholly to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. This reminded everyone, including the priest himself, that
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  Speaker 1: he was set apart for God's service. The consecration ceremony
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  Speaker 1: for the priests would involve sacrifices, anointing with oil, and
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  Speaker 1: seven days of preparation. Chapter twenty nine, verse one introduces
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  Speaker 1: this sacred ritual. This is what you are to do
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  Speaker 1: to consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
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  Speaker 1: Take a young bull and two rams without defect. These
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  Speaker 1: animals would be sacrificed to make the priests ceremonially clean.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty nine, verse seven shows the anointing process. Take
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  Speaker 1: the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on
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  Speaker 1: his head. This oil would set Arn apart as the
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  Speaker 1: high priest, the only person authorized to enter the Most
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  Speaker 1: Holy Place on behalf of all Israel. The priests would
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  Speaker 1: offer sacrifices every morning and evening on behalf of the people.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty nine, verse thirty eight establishes this daily routine.
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  Speaker 1: This is what you are to offer on the altar
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  Speaker 1: regularly each day two lambs a year old. These constant
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  Speaker 1: sacrifices would maintain the relationship between God and his people.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to the major pieces of furniture, God specified
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  Speaker 1: several other important items for worship. The altar of incense
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  Speaker 1: would be placed in front of the curtain that separated
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Place from them Most Holy Place Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: verse one describes this sacred furnishing. Make an altar of
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  Speaker 1: acacia wood for burning incense. The sweet smelling smoke would
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  Speaker 1: rise up like prayers before God. This altar was much
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  Speaker 1: smaller than the bronze altar outside, but just as important
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  Speaker 1: for worship. Chapter thirty verse two gives its dimensions. It
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  Speaker 1: is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide,
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  Speaker 1: and two cubits high. Its horns of one piece with
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  Speaker 1: it erin would burn incense on this altar every morning
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  Speaker 1: and evening when he tended the lamps. Chapter thirty verse
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  Speaker 1: six shows where this altar was positioned. Put the altar
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  Speaker 1: in front of the curtain that shields the ark of
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  Speaker 1: the Covenant Law before the atonement cover that is over
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  Speaker 1: the tablets of the Covenant Law, where I will meet
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  Speaker 1: with you. The incense would create a fragrant cloud in
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  Speaker 1: the presence of God. God outside the tabernacle, between the
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  Speaker 1: tent and the bronze altar would be a large bronze
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  Speaker 1: basin for washing. Chapter thirty verse eighteen describes this essential item.
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  Speaker 1: Make a bronze basin with its bronze stand for washing,
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  Speaker 1: place it between the tent of meeting and the altar,
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  Speaker 1: and put water in it. The priests had to wash
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  Speaker 1: their hands and feet before approaching God. Chapter thirty verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty shows how critical this washing was. Whenever they enter
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  Speaker 1: the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so
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  Speaker 1: that they will not die. Also, when they approach the
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  Speaker 1: altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: they shall wash their hands and feet so that they
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  Speaker 1: will not die. Cleanliness wasn't just preferred, It was a
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  Speaker 1: matter of life and death. God also gave Moses the
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  Speaker 1: recipe for wholly anointing oil that would be used to
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  Speaker 1: consecrate the tabernacle and everything in it. Chapter thirty verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty three lists the expensive ingredients. Take the following fine spices,
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  Speaker 1: five hundred shekels of liquid mirh half as much of
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  Speaker 1: fragrant cinnamon, two hundred and fifty shekels of fragrant calamus.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't ordinary oil. It was a sacred blend that
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  Speaker 1: could never be used for anything else. Chapter thirty verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty five describes how this oil was to be prepared.
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  Speaker 1: Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend,
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  Speaker 1: the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred
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  Speaker 1: anointing oil. This oil would make everything it touched wholly
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  Speaker 1: set apart exclusively for God's service. God also provided instructions
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  Speaker 1: for making sacred incense with a specific recipe. Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty four lists the ingredients. Then, the Lord said
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  Speaker 1: to Moses, take fragrant spices, gum, resin on niche and galbanum,
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  Speaker 1: and pure frank incense, all in equal amounts. Like the
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  Speaker 1: anointing oil, this incense was sacred and could never be
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  Speaker 1: duplicated for personal use. The penalty for making counterfeit holy
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  Speaker 1: oil or incense was severe. Chapter thirty, verse thirty three
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  Speaker 1: contains this stern warning. Whoever makes perfume like it and
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  Speaker 1: puts it on any one other than a priest must
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  Speaker 1: be cut off from their people. God's holiness demanded that
• 1:39:29
  Speaker 1: sacred things remain sacred. God didn't leave the construction of
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  Speaker 1: the tabernacle to chance or amateur builders. He specifically chose
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  Speaker 1: and equipped men with supernatural skill for this sacred work.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty one, verse uto introduces the chief craftsman. See,
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  Speaker 1: I have chosen Bezeleel, son of Uri, the son of
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  Speaker 1: her of the tribe of Judah. This man would oversee
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  Speaker 1: the entire construction project. Chapter thirty one, verse three shows
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  Speaker 1: how God equipped Bezelel for this enormous task. And I
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  Speaker 1: have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom,
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  Speaker 1: with understanding, with knowledge, and with all kinds of skills.
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  Speaker 1: These weren't natural talents. They were supernatural gifts from God.
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  Speaker 1: For building his sanctuary, Bezelel would be assisted by another
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  Speaker 1: specially gifted craftsman. Chapter thirty one, verse six introduces his partner. Moreover,
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  Speaker 1: I have appointed a holy AB's son of a he
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  Speaker 1: Summach of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also,
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  Speaker 1: I have given ability to all the skilled workers to
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  Speaker 1: make everything I have commanded you. God made sure there
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  Speaker 1: would be enough skilled hands for every aspect of the work.
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  Speaker 1: These men would be responsible for creating everything according to
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  Speaker 1: God's exact specifications. Chapter thirty one, verse seven lists some
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  Speaker 1: of their responsibilities, the ten of meeting the ark of
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  Speaker 1: the Covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and
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  Speaker 1: all the other furnishings of the tent. Every single item
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  Speaker 1: had to be perfect, just as God had designed it.
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  Speaker 1: But even while giving instructions for this holy work, God
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  Speaker 1: reminded Moses about the importance of the Sabbath day. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty one, verse thirteen contains this crucial reminder, say to
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites, you must observe my Sabbaths. This will be
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  Speaker 1: a sign between me and you for the generations to come,
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  Speaker 1: so you may know that I am the Lord who
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  Speaker 1: makes you holy. The Sabbath command was so important that
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  Speaker 1: it applied even to the construction of God's own sanctuary.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty one, verse fifteen emphasizes this point. For six
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  Speaker 1: days work is to be done, but the seventh day
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  Speaker 1: is a day of Sabbath rest wholly to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to
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  Speaker 1: be put to death. Even sacred work had to stop
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  Speaker 1: for God's day of rest. Chapter thirty one, verse seventeen
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  Speaker 1: explains why the Sabbath was so significant. It will be
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  Speaker 1: a sign between Me and the Israelites forever. For in
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  Speaker 1: six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.
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  Speaker 1: The Sabbath reminded people that God was the creator of everything.
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  Speaker 1: When God finished giving Moses all these detailed instructions, he
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  Speaker 1: gave him something incredible. Chapter thirty one, verse eighteen describes
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  Speaker 1: this amazing moment. When the Lord finished speaking to Moses
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  Speaker 1: on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of
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  Speaker 1: the Covenant Law, the tablets of Stone, inscribed by the
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  Speaker 1: Finger of God. These weren't human copies, They were written
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  Speaker 1: by God himself. While Moses was receiving God's perfect plans
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  Speaker 1: on the mountain, disaster was brewing in the camp below.
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  Speaker 1: The people grew impatient waiting for Moses to return, and
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  Speaker 1: made a terrible decision. Chapter thirty two, verse one shows
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  Speaker 1: their faithless demand. When the people saw that Moses was
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  Speaker 1: so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered
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  Speaker 1: around Aaron and said, come make us gods who will
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  Speaker 1: go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought
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  Speaker 1: Hosap out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened
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  Speaker 1: to him. Aaron, who should have stood firm against this rebellion,
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  Speaker 1: gave in to the pressure. Chapter thirty two, verse two
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  Speaker 1: shows his tragic compromise. Aaron answered them, take off the
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  Speaker 1: gold ear rings that your wives, your sons, and your
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  Speaker 1: daughters are wearing, and bring them to me. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: leading the people in faith, Aaron helped them create an idol.
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  Speaker 1: The people eagerly brought their gold jewelry, and Aaron melted
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  Speaker 1: it down to make a golden calf. Chapter thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: verse four describes this shocking moment. He took what they
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  Speaker 1: handed him and made it into an idol, cast in
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  Speaker 1: the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool.
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  Speaker 1: Then they said, these are your gods, Israel, who brought
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  Speaker 1: you up out of Egypt in one day. They had
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  Speaker 1: forgotten the true God who had performed so many miracles
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  Speaker 1: for them. Aaron made the situation even worse by building
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  Speaker 1: an altar and declaring a festival. Chapter thirty two, verse
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  Speaker 1: five shows his complete failure of leadership. When Aaron saw this,
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  Speaker 1: he built an altar in front of the calf and
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  Speaker 1: announced tomorrow there will be a festival. To the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: he was trying to mix worship of the true God
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  Speaker 1: with worship of an idol. The next day, the people
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  Speaker 1: held their pagan celebration with wild abandon Chapter thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: verse six describes their shameful behavior. So the next day
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  Speaker 1: the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented
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  Speaker 1: fellowship offerings. Afterward, they sat down to eat and drink
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  Speaker 1: and got up to indulge in revelry. There worship had
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  Speaker 1: become a drunken party up on the mountain. God told
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  Speaker 1: Moses exactly what was happening in the camp. Chapter thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: verse seven shows God's anger. Then the Lord said to Moses,
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  Speaker 1: go down, because your people, whom you brought up out
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt, have become corrupt. God was so angry that
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  Speaker 1: he referred to them as moses people, not his own.
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  Speaker 1: God's anger burned hot against their rebellion. Chapter thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: verse ten reveals the full extent of his wrath. Now
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  Speaker 1: leave me alone, so that my anger may burn against them,
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  Speaker 1: and that I may destroy them. Then I will make
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  Speaker 1: you into a great nation. God was ready to start
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  Speaker 1: over with Moses alone. When Moses came down from the
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  Speaker 1: mountain carrying the stone tablets, he heard the noise of
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  Speaker 1: the wild celebration. Chapter thirty two, verse nineteen describes his
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  Speaker 1: reaction when Moses approached the camp and saw the calf
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  Speaker 1: and the dancing. His anger burned, and he threw the
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  Speaker 1: tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces. At
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  Speaker 1: the foot of the mountain, the tablets written by God's
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  Speaker 1: own finger were shattered, symbolizing the broken covenant. Moses immediately
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  Speaker 1: took action to stop the idolatry. Chapter thirty two, verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty shows his decisive response. And he took the calf
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  Speaker 1: the people had made and burned it in the fire.
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  Speaker 1: Then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water,
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  Speaker 1: and made the Israelites drink it. The golden God they
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  Speaker 1: had worshiped became bitter medicine they had to swallow. Moses
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  Speaker 1: confronted Aaron about his role in this disaster. Chapter thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty one shows Moses pointed question. He said to Aaron,
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  Speaker 1: what did these people do to you that you led
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  Speaker 1: them into such great sin. Aaron's response was pathetic. He
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  Speaker 1: tried to blame the people and make the golden calf
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  Speaker 1: sounded like an accident. The situation was so serious that
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  Speaker 1: Moses had to call for people to choose sides. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty two, verse twenty six shows his challenge. So he
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  Speaker 1: stood at the entrance to the camp and said, whoever
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  Speaker 1: is for the Lord, come to me, and all the
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  Speaker 1: Levites rallied to him. The tribe of Levi proved their
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  Speaker 1: loyalty to God and would later be rewarded with the priesthood.
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  Speaker 1: Moses gave the Levites a difficult command to restore order
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  Speaker 1: in the camp. Chapter thirty two, verse twenty seven contains
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  Speaker 1: his hard instructions. Then he said to them, this is
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  Speaker 1: what the Lord, the God of Israel, says. Each man
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  Speaker 1: strap a sword to his side, go back and forth
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  Speaker 1: through the camp from one end to the other, each
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  Speaker 1: killing his brother and friend and neighbor. About three thousand
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  Speaker 1: people died that day for their rebellion. The next day,
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  Speaker 1: Moses went back up the mountain to intercede for the people.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty two, verse thirty one shows his desperate prayer.
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  Speaker 1: So Moses went back to the Lord and said, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: what a great sin these people have committed. They have
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  Speaker 1: made themselves gods of gold. Moses was heartbroken over Israel's failure.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty two, verse thirty two reveals the depth of
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  Speaker 1: moses love for his people. But now please forgive their sin.
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  Speaker 1: But if not, then blot me out of the book
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  Speaker 1: you have written. Moses was willing to give up his
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  Speaker 1: own salvation if it would save Israel. This was the
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  Speaker 1: heart of a true shepherd. God's response showed both justice
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  Speaker 1: and mercy. Chapter thirty two, verse thirty three contains his reply.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord replied to Moses, whoever has sinned against me,
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  Speaker 1: I will blot out of my book. God would punish
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  Speaker 1: the guilty, but he wouldn't destroy the entire nation because
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  Speaker 1: of their sin. God said he wouldn't travel with them
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  Speaker 1: personally to the promised land. Chapter thirty three, verse three
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  Speaker 1: shows this heartbreaking decision. Go up to the land flowing
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  Speaker 1: with milk and honey, But I will not go with
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  Speaker 1: you because you are a stiff necked people, and I
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  Speaker 1: might destroy you on the way. They could have the land,
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  Speaker 1: but not God's presence. This news devastated the people. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty three, verse four describes their mourning. When the people
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  Speaker 1: heard these distressing words, they began to mourn, and no
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  Speaker 1: one put on any ornaments. They finally realized what they
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  Speaker 1: had lost through their rebellion. Moses set up a tent
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  Speaker 1: outside the camp where he could meet with God. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty three, verse seven describes this special place. Now, Moses
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  Speaker 1: used to take a tent and pitch it outside the
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  Speaker 1: camp some distance away, calling it the Tent of meet.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent
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  Speaker 1: of meeting outside the camp. God would meet with Moses there,
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  Speaker 1: but not in the camp with the people. Chapter thirty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse eleven shows the intimate relationship Moses had with God.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord would speak to Moses face to face as
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  Speaker 1: one speaks to a friend. Even though God was angry
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  Speaker 1: with Israel, he still maintained his close relationship with Moses.
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  Speaker 1: Moses boldly asked God to show him his glory. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty three, verse eighteen contains this remarkable request. Then Moses said,
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  Speaker 1: now show me your glory. Moses wanted to see God
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  Speaker 1: as he really was in all his divine majesty. God
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  Speaker 1: agreed to reveal himself, but with limitations. Chapter thirty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty explains why. But he said, you cannot see
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  Speaker 1: my face, for no one may see me and live.
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  Speaker 1: Even Moses, who spoke with God face to face, couldn't
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  Speaker 1: look directly at God's face and survive. Chapter thirty three,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty three describes how God would reveal himself to Moses.
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  Speaker 1: Then I will remove my hand and you will see
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  Speaker 1: my back, but my face must not be seen. Moses
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  Speaker 1: would see God's glory, but only from behind. After God
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  Speaker 1: had passed by, God told Moses to prepare new stone
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  Speaker 1: tablets to replace the ones that had been broken. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty four, verse one contains this instruction. The Lord said
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  Speaker 1: to Moses, chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones,
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  Speaker 1: and I will write on them the words that were
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  Speaker 1: on the first tablets which you broke. God was giving
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  Speaker 1: them another chance. Moses went up Mount Sinai again, carrying
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  Speaker 1: the blank tablets. Chapter thirty four, verse four describes his obedience.
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  Speaker 1: So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first
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  Speaker 1: one and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: as the Lord had commanded him, and he carried the
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  Speaker 1: two stone tablets in his hands. When God came down
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  Speaker 1: and passed in front of Moses, he proclaimed his own character.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty four, verse six contains this amazing self revelation,
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  Speaker 1: and he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger,
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  Speaker 1: abounding in love and faithfulness. This wasn't just God's name,
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  Speaker 1: it was his nature. Chapter thirty four, verse seven continues
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  Speaker 1: this revelation, maintaining love to thousands and forgiving wickedness, rebellion,
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  Speaker 1: and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.
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  Speaker 1: He punishes the children and their children for the sin
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  Speaker 1: of the parents to the third and fourth generation. God
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  Speaker 1: was both merciful and just. Moses immediately fell down and worshiped,
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  Speaker 1: then begged God to go with them despite their failures.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty four, verse nine shows his humble PLEA Lord,
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  Speaker 1: if I have found favor in your eyes, he said,
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  Speaker 1: then let the Lord go with us. Although this is
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  Speaker 1: a stiff necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin
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  Speaker 1: and take us as your inheritance. God agreed to renew
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  Speaker 1: the covenant, but with stern warnings about avoiding idolatry. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty four, verse ten contains his promise. Then the Lord said,
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  Speaker 1: I am making a covenant with you before all your people.
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  Speaker 1: I will do wonders never before done in any nation
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  Speaker 1: in all the world. The people you live among will
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  Speaker 1: see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: will do for you. When Moses came down from the
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  Speaker 1: mountain this time, his face was shining so brightly that
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  Speaker 1: the people were afraid to come near him. Chapter thirty four,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty describes this souper natural glow. When Aaron and
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  Speaker 1: all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and
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  Speaker 1: they were afraid to come near him. Being in God's
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  Speaker 1: presence had left a visible mark on Moses. Moses had
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  Speaker 1: to wear a veil over his face when he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: speaking God's words to the people. Chapter thirty four, verse
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  Speaker 1: thirty three shows this necessity. When Moses finished speaking to them,
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  Speaker 1: he put a veil over his face. The glory of
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  Speaker 1: God was too much for the people to look at directly.
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  Speaker 1: With the covenant renewed, Moses gathered the people to begin
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  Speaker 1: building the tabernacle according to God's instructions. Chapter thirty five,
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  Speaker 1: verse four shows his appeal. Moses said to the whole
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  Speaker 1: Israelite community, this is what the Lord has commanded from
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  Speaker 1: what you have taken offering for the Lord. Everyone who
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  Speaker 1: is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering.
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  Speaker 1: The construction would depend on voluntary gifts, not forced contributions.
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  Speaker 1: The response was overwhelming. Chapter thirty five, verse twenty one
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  Speaker 1: describes the people's generosity, and everyone who was willing and
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  Speaker 1: whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting,
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  Speaker 1: for all its service, and for the sacred garments there
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  Speaker 1: hearts had been changed by God's mercy. People brought gold, silver, bronze,
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  Speaker 1: fine fabrics, animal skins, precious stones, and spices. Chapter thirty five,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty two shows their enthusiasm. All who were willing,
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  Speaker 1: men and women alike, came and brought gold, jewelry of
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  Speaker 1: all kinds, brooches, ear rings, rings, and ornaments. They all
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  Speaker 1: presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: The same gold that had been used for the Golden
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  Speaker 1: Calf was now being given for God's sanctuary. The skilled workers,
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  Speaker 1: led by Besilsl and a Hooliab, began their sacred work.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty six, verse one describes their divine enablement. So
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  Speaker 1: bezeleel Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord
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  Speaker 1: has given skill and ability to know how to carry
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  Speaker 1: out all the work of constructing the sanctuary, are to
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  Speaker 1: do the work just as the Lord has commanded. The
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  Speaker 1: people brought so much material that the workers had to
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  Speaker 1: tell them to stop. Chapter thirty six, verse six shows
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  Speaker 1: this amazing problem. Then Moses gave an order, and they
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  Speaker 1: sent this word throughout the camp. No man or woman
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  Speaker 1: is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary,
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  Speaker 1: and so the people were restrained from bringing more. For
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  Speaker 1: once God's people had given too much rather than too little.
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  Speaker 1: The workers carefully crafted every item according to God's exact specifications.
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  Speaker 1: They made the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars,
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  Speaker 1: and all the other furnishings with incredible skill and attention
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  Speaker 1: to detail. Chapter thirty nine, verse forty three shows Moses's inspection.
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  Speaker 1: Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done
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  Speaker 1: it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed
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  Speaker 1: them when everything was completed, Moses set up the tabernacle
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  Speaker 1: on the first day of the first month of the
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  Speaker 1: second year after leaving Egypt. Chapter forty verse seventeen marks
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  Speaker 1: this historic moment. So the tabernacle was set up on
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  Speaker 1: the first day of the first month in the second year,
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  Speaker 1: exactly one year after the first passover, God would have
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  Speaker 1: his dwelling place among his people. Moses arranged everything in
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  Speaker 1: its proper place, the ark behind the curtain, the table
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  Speaker 1: and lampstand in the holy place, the altars in their positions.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter forty verse thirty three shows the completion. Then Moses
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  Speaker 1: set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar, and
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  Speaker 1: put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
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  Speaker 1: And so Moses finished the work. As soon as Moses
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  Speaker 1: finished setting up the tabernacle, something magnificent happened. Chapter forty
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty four describes this climactic moment. Then the cloud
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  Speaker 1: covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord filled the tabernacle. God had come home to live
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  Speaker 1: among his people. The glory was so intense that even
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  Speaker 1: Moses couldn't enter. Chapter forty verse thirty five shows the
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  Speaker 1: overwhelming presence. Moses could not enter the tent of meeting
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  Speaker 1: because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord filled the tabernacle. The same God who
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  Speaker 1: had appeared in fire on Mount Sinai now dwelt in
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  Speaker 1: the beautiful sanctuary his people had built for him. From
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  Speaker 1: that day forward, the cloud would guide Israel's journey. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: forty verse thirty six describes this divine guidance in all
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  Speaker 1: the travels of the Israelites. Whenever the cloud lifted from
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  Speaker 1: above the tabernacle, they would set out. When God moved,
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  Speaker 1: they moved. When He stayed, they stayed. Chapter forty verse
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  Speaker 1: thirty eight concludes the book of Exodus with this beautiful picture.
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  Speaker 1: So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle
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  Speaker 1: by day, and fire was in the cloud by night.
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  Speaker 1: In the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels,
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  Speaker 1: the God who had rescued them from Egypt would be
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  Speaker 1: with them every step of the way to the Promised Land.
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