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#985 - Exodus 28 – Priestly Garments · The Bible Study Podcast

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Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine eighty five. Today,
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Speaker 1: The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Book
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Speaker 1: of Exodus with chapter twenty eight. Welcome to the Bible
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Speaker 1: Study Podcast. I'm your host, Chris Kristensen. This is the
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Speaker 1: third of a DIY chapter We're going to have some
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Speaker 1: more later on, and the first of two chapters about priests.
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Speaker 1: We may cover both today, we'll have to see how
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Speaker 1: it goes. But first a word from this sponsor. We
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Speaker 1: start out with the priestly garments Chapter twenty eight. Have Arin,
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Speaker 1: your brother brought to you among the Israelites, along with
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Speaker 1: his sons Nadab and Abie, who Elizar and Ethamar, so
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Speaker 1: that they may serve me as priests. Make sacred garments
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Speaker 1: for your brother Erin to give him dignity on honor.
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Speaker 1: Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given
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Speaker 1: wisdom in such matters, that they are to make garments
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Speaker 1: for Aarin for his consecrations, so that he may serve
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Speaker 1: me as priest. These are the garments they are to make,
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Speaker 1: a breast piece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic,
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Speaker 1: a turban, and a sash. They are to make these
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Speaker 1: sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so
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Speaker 1: that they may serve me as priests have them. Use
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Speaker 1: gold and blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
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Speaker 1: So we're going to make some things for Aaron to
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Speaker 1: wear that he can have dignity, so he's going to
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Speaker 1: look like a high priest. One of the things I
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Speaker 1: didn't say last time when we were talking about the
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Speaker 1: tabernacle blue, purple, and scarlet. These would be more expensive dyes,
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Speaker 1: especially purple. The Phoenicians actually get their name from a
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Speaker 1: purple dye that comes from sea snails, and this is
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Speaker 1: so expensive that it's really reserved as a royal color,
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Speaker 1: or in this case a priestly color. The ephod. Make
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Speaker 1: the ephod of gold and of blue, purple and silver
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Speaker 1: yarn and a finely twisted linen, the work of skilled hands.
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Speaker 1: It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two
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Speaker 1: of its corners so it can be fastened. Its skillfully
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Speaker 1: woven waistband is to be like it, of one piece
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Speaker 1: with the ephod and made of gold and with purple,
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Speaker 1: blue and scarlet yarn, and with finally twisted linen. Take
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Speaker 1: two onyx stones engrave on them. The name of the
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Speaker 1: sons of Israel in the order of their birth, six
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Speaker 1: names on one stone and the remaining six on the other.
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Speaker 1: Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the
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Speaker 1: two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal.
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Speaker 1: Then mount the stones in gold philigree settings and fasten
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Speaker 1: them onto the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial
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Speaker 1: stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear
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Speaker 1: the names on his shoulders as a memorial before the Lord.
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Speaker 1: Make gold filigree settings and two braided chains of pure
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Speaker 1: gold like a rope, and attach the chains to the settings.
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Speaker 1: So Erin is to wear this garment here at epod.
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Speaker 1: It is really just a robe that is a special
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Speaker 1: robe here, but it has these two stones on one
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Speaker 1: oner eather shoulder with each with the names of six
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Speaker 1: tribes of Israel or six of the Suns. And you
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Speaker 1: inscribe it like you would do a seal. That is
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Speaker 1: a seal that you would use with sealing wax, not
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Speaker 1: the pinniped that we're talking about there. And so we're
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Speaker 1: gonna make this fancy garment for Aaron. And then the
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Speaker 1: breast piece fashion a breastpiece for making decisions. The work
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Speaker 1: of skilled hands. Make it like the epot of gold,
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Speaker 1: and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finally
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Speaker 1: twisted linen. It is to be square, a span long
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Speaker 1: and a span wide, and folded double. Then mount four
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Speaker 1: rows of precious stones on it. The first four shall
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Speaker 1: be Carnelian, chrysolite, and beryl. The second row shall be turquoise, lapis,
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Speaker 1: lazuli an emerald. The third row shall be jacinth agate
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Speaker 1: and amethyst. The fourth row show be topaz onyx and jasper.
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Speaker 1: Mount them in gold filigree settings. There are to be
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Speaker 1: twelve stones, one for each of the names of the
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Speaker 1: Sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the
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Speaker 1: name of one of the twelve tribes. From the breast piece,
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Speaker 1: make braided chains of pure gold like a rope. Make
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Speaker 1: two gold rings for it, and fasten them to two
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Speaker 1: corners of the breast piece. Fasten the two gold chains
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Speaker 1: to the rings at the corners of the breast piece,
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Speaker 1: and the other ends of the chains to the two settings.
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Speaker 1: Attach them to the shoulder pieces at the ethod at
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Speaker 1: the front. Make two gold rings and attach them to
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Speaker 1: the other two corners of the breastpiece. On the inside
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Speaker 1: edge next to the ephod. Make two more gold rings
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Speaker 1: and attach them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces
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Speaker 1: on the front of the epod, close to the seam
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Speaker 1: just above the waist band of the ephod. The rings
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Speaker 1: of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings
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Speaker 1: of the epod with blue cords connecting to it at
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Speaker 1: the waistband, so that the breast piece will not swing
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Speaker 1: out from the e Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place,
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Speaker 1: he will bear the aims of the Sons of Israel
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Speaker 1: over his heart on the breast piece of decision as
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Speaker 1: continuing memorial before the Lord. Also put the Urim and
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Speaker 1: Thunim in the breast piece so that they may be
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Speaker 1: over Aaron's heart whenever he enters the presence of the Lord.
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Speaker 1: Thus Erin will bear the means of making decisions for
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Speaker 1: the Israelites over his heart before the Lord. Okay, so
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Speaker 1: he's got this over garment that is over his heart.
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Speaker 1: It's again got precious stones. It's got the names of
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Speaker 1: the twelve tribes on it. So he's got them over
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Speaker 1: his heart. As he comes into the holiest of holies
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Speaker 1: again once a year in the date of atonement, and
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Speaker 1: then He's also going to have the urum and the Thunim,
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Speaker 1: which we haven't talked about. But these are basically something
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Speaker 1: like dice that will be used for making decisions. So
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Speaker 1: you basically throw them down and based on what they say,
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Speaker 1: you get a answer from God and the ideas that
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Speaker 1: he's carrying these as well as he goes in. We
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Speaker 1: don't really have a description of what they look like,
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Speaker 1: but we know their purpose. Their purpose is to determine
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Speaker 1: the will of God. I assume you throw them, and
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Speaker 1: therefore you can tell, for instance, what the answer is,
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Speaker 1: and they'll use it later on in this book, but
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Speaker 1: we don't really get a good description of it. Other
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Speaker 1: priestly garments make the robe of the epot entirely a
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Speaker 1: blue cloth with an opening for the head in its center.
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Speaker 1: There will be a woven edge like a collar around
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Speaker 1: this opening so that it will not tear. Make pomegranates
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Speaker 1: a blue, purple and scarlet yarn around the hem of
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Speaker 1: the robe, with gold bells between them. The gold bells
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Speaker 1: and pomegranates are to alternate around the hem of the robe.
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Speaker 1: Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of
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Speaker 1: the bells will be heard when he enters the holy
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Speaker 1: place before the Lord, and when he comes out, so
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Speaker 1: that he will not die, make a plate of pure
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Speaker 1: gold and engrave on it as on a seal holy
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Speaker 1: to the Lord. Fasten a blue cord to it, and
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Speaker 1: attach it to the turban. It is to be on
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Speaker 1: the front of the turban. It will be on Erin's forehead,
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Speaker 1: and he will bear the guilt involved in the sacred
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Speaker 1: gifts the Israelites consecrate. Whatever their gifts may be, it
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Speaker 1: will be on Erin's forehead continually, so that they will
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Speaker 1: be acceptable to the Lord. We have the tunic of
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Speaker 1: fine linen, and make the turban of fine linen. The
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Speaker 1: sash is to be the work of an embroiderer. Make tunics, sashes,
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Speaker 1: and caps for Aaron's sons, to give them dignity and honor.
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Speaker 1: After you put these clothes on your brother, Aaron and
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Speaker 1: his sons, annoint and ordain them, consecrate them so that
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Speaker 1: they may serve me as priests. Make linen undergarments as
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Speaker 1: a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to
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Speaker 1: the thigh. Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever
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Speaker 1: they enter the tent of Meaning or approach the altar
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Speaker 1: to minister in the holy place so that they will
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Speaker 1: not incur guilt and die. This is to be a
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Speaker 1: lasting ordinance for Arin and his descendants. One interesting thing
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Speaker 1: here is we're getting these description of what to put
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Speaker 1: on it put on a pomegran that's put on a
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Speaker 1: bell's we understand why the bells are there to alert
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Speaker 1: your presence so that you don't die. That seems like
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Speaker 1: a good thing. We don't know why palmegrant it's. It
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Speaker 1: doesn't say there was a artistic choice on the behalf
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Speaker 1: of God. I do not know, but that's the instruction.
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Speaker 1: I'm going to leave the next chapter, the Consecration of
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Speaker 1: the Priests, till next week because it's a longer chapter here.
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Speaker 1: But basically, Erin has special garments. The priests have special
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Speaker 1: garments because they have this special role. And remember that
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Speaker 1: one twelfth of the people, the people of Erin, will
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Speaker 1: have this role in perpetuity. Is the plan here as
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Speaker 1: they stand at Mount Sinai that this is to be
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Speaker 1: the priests. They're not going to have a portion in
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Speaker 1: terms of a land that they're going to be given
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Speaker 1: like the others, but instead they're going to have levite
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Speaker 1: cities and they're going to be the sons of Levite
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Speaker 1: there of God and special role and special garments. With that,
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