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 We are back in our series in the book of Exodus.

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 So if you would please turn in your Bibles to book of Exodus.

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 If you don't have a copy of a Bible, you could raise your hand

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 and one of our greeters will bring you a copy you can use while you're here.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 in my own strength I am not up to the task of preaching your holy and authoritative word.

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 Please empower me by your spirits this morning

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 and incline all of our hearts and ears to you

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 so that we may see the wondrous things in your law.

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 So that we may see how your word points to Jesus and his gospel.

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 So that we might be built up as your people

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 and made more like Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

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 Please do all that

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 in your sovereign grace.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand for the reading of God's word if you are able.

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 I'll be reading from Exodus chapter 21

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 verses 1 to 11.

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 Exodus 21 verses 1 to 11.

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 Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.

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 When you buy a Hebrew slave,

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 he shall serve six years

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 and in the seventh he shall go out free

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 for nothing.

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 If he comes in single,

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 he shall go out single.

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 If he comes in married,

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 then his wife shall go out with him.

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 If his master gives him a wife

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 and she bears him sons or daughters,

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 the wife and her children shall be her masters

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 and he shall go out alone.

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 But if the slave plainly says,

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 I love my master,

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 my wife,

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 and my children,

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 I will not go out free.

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 Then his master shall bring him to God

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 and he shall bring him to the door

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 or the doorpost

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 and his master shall bore his ear through

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 with an owl

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 and he shall be his slave forever.

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 When a man sells his daughter as a slave,

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 she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

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 If she does not please her master

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 who has designated her for himself,

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 then he shall let her be redeemed.

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 He shall have no right to sell her

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 to a foreign people

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 since he has broken faith with her.

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 If he designates her for his son,

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 he shall deal with her as with the daughter.

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 If he takes another wife to himself,

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 he shall not diminish her food,

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 her clothing,

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 or her marital rights.

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 And if he does not do these three things for her,

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 she shall go out for nothing

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 without payment of money.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 We've been away from the book of Exodus

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 for a little while

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 because of Advent and Christmas

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 when we're in the book of John.

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 So let me just remind you

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 where we left off in our series.

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 We just finished going through

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 the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20,

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 the Ten Words,

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 or the Decalogue,

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 the words that Lord Yahweh himself

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 spoke to his people.

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 And after the Ten Commandments,

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 it says in chapter 20,

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 verses 18 to 21,

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 that the Israelites were afraid

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 and trembled as they saw God appear

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 and speak from the heavens,

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 from the thunderers and flashes of lightning.

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 And so they stood far off, it says,

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 from God's revelation of himself, appearance.

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 And they said to Moses,

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 you speak to us,

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 and then we will listen.

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 But do not let God speak to us,

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 lest we die.

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 And so that's kind of where we left off.

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 Because of this,

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 Moses then leaves the people behind

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 and then draws near to God alone,

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 starting in verse 22.

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 And then the Lord addresses Moses individually

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 and instructs him

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 what he should relay to the Israelites

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 when he returns to the camp.

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 And so that's where we are.

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 And what follows is Moses' instruction,

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 the instruction that he received

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 from the Lord individually,

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 that kind of fleshes out

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 the Ten Commandments in greater detail.

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 And Exodus 24, 3,

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 so this whole section lasts

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 from 20, 22 to 23, 33.

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 And after this section,

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 which is known as the Book of the Covenant,

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 Exodus 24, 3 refers back to these

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 as the words of the Lord

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 and all the rules.

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 So to give you an example

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 how these flesh out the Ten Commandments,

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 for example,

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 the Sixth Commandment of the Ten Words

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 said you shall not kill.

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 But what if you kill someone accidentally?

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 What if you injure someone in a brawl

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 and that person dies a few days after the fight?

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 Are you still responsible for that person's death?

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 What if the ox you own gores and kills someone?

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 Are you still responsible for that person's death?

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 What if the fight is between a master and a slave?

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 What if, you know,

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 who is the master still responsible?

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 What if there's collateral damage?

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 So all of these kind of practical questions,

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 these next few chapters of Exodus answered.

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 Similarly, the Eighth Commandment says,

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 you shall not steal.

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 But what if the owner of the property

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 catches the thief who has broken into his house

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 and gets into a tussle

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 and unintentionally strikes him dead?

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 Is he liable for murder?

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 What about letting your ox

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 kind of wander into someone's field

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 and eat the grass there?

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 Is that considered stealing?

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 So all of these complex and practical questions

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 are answered in Exodus 21 and following.

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 So if the Ten Commandments were a flyover,

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 the 20-22 to 23-33 are the rules and the words

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 where the rubber meets the road.

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 It's still not intended to be exhaustive,

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 but it is representative.

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 And it is specific enough to set precedents

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 and patterns for God's people to follow.

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 The Ten Commandments,

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 together with these more detailed rules,

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 compose what Exodus 24-7 refers to

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 as the book of the covenant, as I mentioned.

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 And there are a couple important things,

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 general principles about the book of the covenant

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 that I want to mention before we start.

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 First, the book of the covenant teaches us

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 that this book is covenantal.

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 God's word is covenantal.

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 It's not just a compendium of laws to follow.

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 It's a relationship-forming

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 and covenant-forging document.

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 It's meant to bring us into relationship with God,

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 to worship him and to love him

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 and to walk with him.

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 That's what the Bible is.

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 So when you read your Bible in the morning,

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 you're not just checking off a box.

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 You're checking in,

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 in a relationship you have with the Lord.

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 And this is important

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 because if you don't have a right relationship with God,

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 you can't live rightly in society

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 or relate rightly to your neighbors.

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 Think about it this way.

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 If you worship money or success rather than God,

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 you will trample upon others to get ahead.

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 You will not love your neighbor as yourself.

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 If you love sex or pleasure more than God,

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 you will use and manipulate

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 and abuse others to pleasure yourself.

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 If you worship a tribal God

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 or an ethnic God or a national God,

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 then you will seek the interests of your own tribe

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 at the expense of others.

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 It will cause division.

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 It will not help you to love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Only when you worship the one true God

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 who has commanded us to love him with our whole heart

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 and to love our neighbor as ourselves

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 can we truly embrace all of our neighbors.

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 This is why a just society can only be established

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 on the foundation of true worship.

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 That's why the Ten Commandments begins with worship.

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 The second thing that the Book of the Covenant teaches us

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 is that God cares about all of life.

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 The nitty-gritty details of this passage

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 shows us that God is not bored with our day-to-day life

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 and he just pays attention to us on Sunday mornings

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 when we're worshiping him

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 and then rest of the week he turns away

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 and doesn't really care about what happens.

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 That's not what God is like.

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 He cares about our day-to-day life,

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 how we behave, how we speak, how we even think.

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 And so this is a challenge to us.

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 Some of us have a minimum requirement attitude

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 when it comes to following God.

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 If God's law doesn't speak specifically

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 and explicitly about something,

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 well, then I'm off the hook.

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 I can do whatever I want in that arena.

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 That's not how we live.

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 We flirt with sin and we skirt the edges of permissibility.

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 But instead of doing that,

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 we should have a maximal obedience mentality

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 and bring the whole of Scripture to bear

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 on every aspect of our lives.

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 We should try to live at the center of God's will

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 instead of skirting the edges of permissibility.

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 In August of this year,

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 a man who was hiking in Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire,

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 died because he went off trail

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 and fell off a steep edge of a slope.

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 Sin brings death and separation from God.

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 And God has given his word to protect us

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 and guide us to keep us within his covenant.

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 So why would we flirt with death?

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 Why would we want to get as close

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 to the edge of the precipice as possible?

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 Instead, we should keep our eyes fixed

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 on the trail markings of God's word

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 and keep on the path right on the center.

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 Over the next four or five weeks,

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 we'll go through these rules and words

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 of the book of the covenant.

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 And I've entitled this mini-series

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 Just Laws for a Fallen World.

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 And as we're going through it,

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 I want you to keep a few things in mind.

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 One is that these laws were given

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 to govern a sinful society.

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 So there are concessions to human wickedness

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 that do not reflect God's creation ideals.

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 For example, in Matthew 19,

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 when the Pharisees asked Jesus

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 why he prohibits divorce when Moses permitted it,

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 Jesus answers,

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 because of your hardness of heart,

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 Moses allowed you to divorce your wives.

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 But from the beginning, it was not so.

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 So in God's creation ideal,

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 there would be no divorce at all.

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 But because of the hardness of human heart,

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 Moses gave concessions in the law of God

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 to govern a sinful people.

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 Similarly, in our passage this morning,

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 there are provisions for slaves,

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 although it's a very different kind of slavery

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 than what we're familiar with in our history.

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 Nonetheless, this is still not part

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 of God's creation ideal.

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 There are no slaves in the Garden of Eden.

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 There are no slaves in the new heaven and new earth.

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 But in a fallen world where the ground is cursed

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 and there is pain in our work,

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 as it says in Genesis 3,

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 some people fall into poverty

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 and are reduced into servitude.

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 This is not God's ideal,

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 but these legal provisions exist

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 as a safety net for people

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 who fall into those conditions in this world.

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 Second, these are rules and regulations

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 that are historically and culturally situated

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 for Jews living in 15th century BC

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 in the ancient Near East

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 under a theocratic government.

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 So we can't lift these laws out of context

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 and apply it straight to our 21st century AD

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 American context.

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 Nevertheless, there are principles of justice here

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 in all these passages that are timeless and relevant.

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 And then third,

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 because we are regularly bombarded

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 with unsubstantiated claims

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 about how regressive and barbaric the Bible is

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 and especially the Old Testament is,

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 by osmosis we sometimes assimilate these suspicions

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 and a sense of embarrassment

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 about passages like this,

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 about God's word.

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 And we come to a section like this

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 warily and sheepishly.

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 But such thoughts and attitudes,

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 I want to exhort you,

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 are not fitting.

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 It's unbecoming of our faith

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 in God's holy and authoritative word.

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 I want to challenge you this morning

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 as we explore these rules

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 that govern Israel as a society.

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 Approach the text with faith,

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 seeking comprehension,

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 instead of with suspicion,

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 seeking corroboration.

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 Instead of playing a game of gotcha

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 with God's word,

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 listen and read with humility

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 and seek to trust and obey.

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 When you do that,

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 you'll be struck by the wisdom

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 and justice of God's laws.

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 That was a longer than usual introduction.

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 But let's jump into the text,

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 Exodus 21, 1-11.

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 This passage deals with the proper treatment

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 of Hebrew slaves.

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 And it teaches us that

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 as those who have been redeemed

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 from our harsh slavery,

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 we should treat every laborer

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 with human dignity.

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 I'm going to talk first

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 about verses 1-6,

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 which talks about the servitude of labor,

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 and then about verses 7-11,

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 which speaks to the servitude of marriage.

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 But before, just notice,

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 take a scan the passage, your page,

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 and notice where this passage is situated.

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 There are several laws,

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 sets of laws that are addressed here.

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 Here we find the laws, labor laws,

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 and then we find after that,

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 personal injury laws,

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 in verses 33 to chapter 22, verse 15.

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 And then, you know,

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 we find property laws.

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 Sorry, property laws is the,

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 later on, 21, 33 to 22, 15.

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 And so, notice that these laws

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 about Hebrew slaves

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 are first not found in the section

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 dealing with property.

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 Because the Bible sees slaves as humans

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 and not as property,

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 as things to own.

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 Now, it says in verse 2 to 3,

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 when you buy a Hebrew slave,

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 he shall serve six years,

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 and in the seventh,

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 he shall go out free for nothing.

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 If he comes in single,

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 he shall go out single.

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 If he comes in married,

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 then his wife shall go out with him.

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 Whenever we hear in English

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 the word slave or slavery,

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 we have a visceral reaction to it

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 because we automatically associate it

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 with the transatlantic slave trade

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 and the kind of slavery

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 that our country was involved in.

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 But immediately in these verses,

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 we see that the slavery in view here

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 is very unlike the kind of slavery

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 that we know of.

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 Why?

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 Because there's a defined term limit.

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 Right from the onset

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 of one's own subjection to slavery,

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 there's a limit.

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 The Hebrew slave was to serve six years,

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 and in the seventh year,

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 he goes out free for nothing.

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 No payment or redemption price necessary.

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 Unlike American chattel slavery,

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 where slaves were considered

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 permanent movable property of the owner,

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 a Hebrew slave was guaranteed manumission

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 in the seventh year.

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 This goes beyond our passage,

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 but if you look ahead a little bit

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 in verse 16,

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 it gives us another important detail

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 about slavery in Israel.

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 It says,

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 whoever steals a man and sells him

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 and anyone found in possession of him

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 shall be put to death.

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 This verse explicitly prohibits

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 it prohibits enslaving someone

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 through trafficking and kidnapping,

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 which is what the transatlantic slave trade

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 was all about.

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 In fact,

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 it specifies that Israelites

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 cannot even be found in possession

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 of a slave that someone else kidnapped.

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 So if you were found with the slave

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 in your possession under your authority,

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 you were punishable by this law.

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 Both the seller of kidnapped slaves

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 and buyer of kidnapped slaves

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 were sentenced to death.

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 Furthermore,

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 slaves,

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 according to the Bible,

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 were protected from abusive treatment.

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 So later in 26 to 20,

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 verses 26 and 27,

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 it says that if the master

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 damages a slave's eye

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 or knocks out his tooth,

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 the slave was to go free.

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 Not only that,

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 a runaway slave

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 was granted refugee status

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 all throughout the land of Israel

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 because the Bible assumes

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 that a slave would not run away

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 unless he was mistreated.

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 Deuteronomy 23,

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 15 to 16 says this,

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 you shall not give up

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 to his master a slave

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 who has escaped

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 from his master to you.

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 He shall dwell with you

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 in your midst,

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 in the place

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 that he shall choose

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 within one of your towns,

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 wherever it suits him.

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 You shall not wrong him.

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 So not only did the Bible

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 not expect well-treated slaves

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 to run away,

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 it expected that some

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 would want to remain

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 a slave of the master forever.

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 So there is a process

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 that's defined

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 in verses 4 to 6

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 for a slave who insists

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 on remaining

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 in the service of his master,

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 even after the six years

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 of service is up.

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 As you can see

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 from these details

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 and provisions,

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 this so-called slavery

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 in Israel was nothing

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 like the institution of slavery

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 that we are familiar with.

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 It's a sad historical reality

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 that some so-called Christians

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 were complicit

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 in our nation's sin

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 of enslaving black people

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 because if they

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 had only went

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 to the actual passages

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 dealing with the treatment

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 of slaves,

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 they would have seen

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 how plainly their practice

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 was out of line.

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 To give you an example

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 of how weak

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 the pro-slavery argument

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 by so-called Christians were,

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 Josiah Priest's book,

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 Slavery as it Relates

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 to the African Race,

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 defends slavery

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 using Genesis 9,

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 where one of Noah's three sons,

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 Ham,

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 is cursed for staring

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 at the nakedness

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 of his father.

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 Priest argues

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 that Ham,

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 whose descendants

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 were the Canaanites,

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 he was cursed.

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 He says that Ham was black

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 when there is

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 absolutely nothing

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 in the text

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 that remotely suggests that.

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 How can Ham be black

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 if his biological brothers

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 Sham and Japheth are not?

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 It makes no sense.

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 That's how flimsy

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 the argument

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 for pro-slavery argument is

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 according to these

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 so-called Christians.

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 In contrast,

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 there were Christian abolitionists

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 back then

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 who made substantial

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 and robust

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 biblical arguments

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 like George Bourne

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 who wrote

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 The Book

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 and Slavery Irreconcilable,

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 and by the book

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 he means the Bible.

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 George B. Cheever

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 who wrote books

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 like God Against Slavery

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 and The Freedom

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 and the Duty of the Pulpit

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 to Rebuke It

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 as a Sin Against God.

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 He wrote another book

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 entitled The Guilty of Slavery

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 and the Crime of Slaveholding

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 demonstrated from

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 the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures.

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 I love the title

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 of the sermon,

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 or it's not a sermon,

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 a speech he gave,

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 The Fire and Hammer

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 of God's Word

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 Against the Sin of Slavery.

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 Those who used the Bible

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 to justify the kidnap-sourced,

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 racist, abuse-laced,

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 and greed-driven slavery

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 from the 16th to 19th centuries

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 did so not because of the Bible,

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 but in spite of the Bible's

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 clear teaching against it.

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 They did not submit

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 to the will of God

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 revealed in Scriptures.

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 They arrogated the Scriptures

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 for their own agenda

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 and incorrectly

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 and inappropriately used it

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 to justify their sinful,

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 selfish desires.

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 This is a cautionary tale for us.

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 We need to make sure

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 that the way we are

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 wielding Scripture,

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 the text of Scripture,

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 is not merely a pretext

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 for our own agenda.

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 Are you actually submitted

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 to the Word of God?

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 Or are you superimposing

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 the spirit of the times,

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 the prevailing opinions

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 of the day,

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 your own priorities

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 and preferences

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 upon the Word of God?

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 So if slavery in the Bible times

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 was not like the slavery

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 in our day,

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 then what was it like?

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 The slavery in view here

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 is more like

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 the medieval indentured servitude.

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 Usually, the Jews

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 sold themselves

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 or their family members

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 into slavery

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 due to financial crisis

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 of some kind

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 because of their dire poverty,

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 because they can't provide

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 for their own family,

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 or because they have accumulated

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 insurmountable debt.

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 In a society

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 that did not have

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 state-funded welfare programs,

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 this was the way

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 that Israelites

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 took care of

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 the poorest

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 and most vulnerable

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 members of their society.

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 When the poor

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 entered into this form

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 of indentured servitude,

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 they were guaranteed

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 employment and provisions.

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 It's not all that different

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 from modern-day

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 contractual employment.

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 For example,

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 Boston Red Sox,

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 all-star shortstop,

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 Xander Bogarts,

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 maybe you guys

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 don't know about him.

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 He just signed

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 an 11-year,

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 $280 million contract

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 with the San Diego Padres

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 last month.

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 To be sure,

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 Hebrew slaves

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 didn't get paid that well.

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 Some of them

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 were pretty well off,

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 but probably not

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 that well off.

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 But it's similar

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 because the owner

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 of the San Diego Padres,

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 he's called an owner,

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 Peter Seidler.

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 He owns the entire team

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 and all of its players.

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 He owns the rights

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 to Xander Bogarts

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 for 11 years.

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 That's a lot more than six.

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 And so that Bogarts

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 is legally forbidden

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:11.460
 from playing baseball

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 for anyone else

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 unless Peter Seidler

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 decides to sell his rights

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 to another owner.

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 It's not all that different.

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 And some slaves

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.279
 back in the Old Testament times

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.839
 did actually accumulate

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 quite a bit of wealth.

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 For example,

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 in Genesis 13-2,

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 it says Abraham

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 was very, very rich

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.600
 in livestock,

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 in silver, and in gold.

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 He was the top 1%

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 of his generation.

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 And then we see

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.759
 in Genesis 15-2

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 that before Abraham

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 had Isaac,

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 that the heir of his house

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 was Eliezer of Damascus,

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:41.980
 his slave.

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:44.240
 He was in line.

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.220
 He was the heir apparent

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.559
 to take over all of

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.880
 Abraham's estates.

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 So some of these slaves

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 did quite well for themselves.

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 Or take the example

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 of military service nowadays.

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 My brother-in-law

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 serves in the Navy

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:57.079
 and we like to tease him,

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 tell him that he's

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.579
 a slave of the government

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 because the U.S. government

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 paid for his studies

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.200
 at the U.S. Naval Academy.

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 And because he did

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.920
 an extra stint here at MIT,

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.059
 also paid for

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.740
 by the government,

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 he owes them seven years.

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 I think actually maybe now six.

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 Six years of his life

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 in service to the U.S. military.

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 And it's not always

00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.240
 pleasant service.

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 He has to spend

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:21.259
 seven months out of the year

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 in the cramped quarters

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 of a submarine.

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 And he lives

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.680
 for all those months

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.860
 apart from his wife,

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.000
 my sister.

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 And so if he refuses

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.880
 to do this service,

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.340
 he has to repay

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:34.420
 back to the government

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.920
 every single penny

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.820
 that they gave him

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:38.059
 for all of his schooling,

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.299
 which he obviously

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.299
 cannot afford to do.

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 So he's effectively

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:43.220
 enslaved to the government

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.180
 for the next six,

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 seven years.

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 It's very similar

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.820
 to the servitude of labor

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.380
 we're seeing

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 in verses one to six.

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 The terms for

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.420
 this servitude of labor

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.500
 are very straightforward

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.500
 unless the slave

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 has family.

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 And verses three to four

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 teach Israelites

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 what to do

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.720
 in such cases.

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 It says,

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 if the slave comes in single,

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 he shall go out single.

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 If he comes in married,

00:23:04.860 --> 00:23:05.340
 then his wife

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 shall go out with him.

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:07.320
 If his master

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 gives him a wife

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.000
 and she bears him

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.779
 sons or daughters,

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.759
 the wife and her children

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.559
 shall be our masters

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 and he shall go out alone.

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 So some of it's straightforward.

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.559
 If he comes single,

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.220
 he goes out single.

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.680
 If he came with his own wife,

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 then he leaves with his wife.

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.440
 But if the master

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:23.359
 gives him his wife

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:25.480
 and she bears him children

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.899
 during his time of servitude,

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.500
 then his wife and children

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 stay with the master.

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:32.559
 Now, this seems wrong

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:34.039
 to 21st century Americans

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.220
 on several levels.

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 But that's because

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.380
 we don't understand

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.600
 ancient Near Eastern culture.

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.019
 We need to remember

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:41.120
 that it's the duty

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.860
 of loving,

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:43.380
 responsible parents

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.960
 to provide a wife

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.579
 or a husband

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.279
 for their children.

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.480
 For example,

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.000
 one of my neighbors

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.539
 is a Muslim man

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.360
 from Saudi Arabia

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.799
 and he told me proudly

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.279
 about how his mother

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.180
 went and picked

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.279
 his wife for him.

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.180
 He didn't even know

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.759
 who she was

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.660
 until they got married.

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.339
 And they're still

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.000
 happily married

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.980
 and they have two kids.

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:04.160
 And so arranged marriages

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.839
 are not necessarily evil

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:07.140
 if it happens

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.759
 with the consent

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.759
 of the parties involved.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:13.700
 And so in this situation,

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.019
 by giving a wife

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.700
 to his servant,

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.599
 the master is acting

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.960
 like a loving father

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.839
 to his servant.

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:22.140
 And also in the culture

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.740
 of this time,

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.860
 the man seeking

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.720
 to marry a woman

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.880
 had to bring

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.640
 a costly betrothal present

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.940
 to the woman's family.

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:29.940
 The man seeking

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.480
 to marry the woman,

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.400
 what some people call

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.440
 a bright price,

00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:33.300
 though I don't like

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:34.280
 that expression

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:35.000
 because it makes

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.640
 the marriage sound

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.680
 so transactional

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.640
 and financial.

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.740
 The betrothal present

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:41.180
 was a pledge

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.900
 of the man's

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.240
 serious commitment

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.780
 to marry the woman.

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:46.740
 But the debt slave,

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.980
 the indentured servant,

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.740
 obviously does not have

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.080
 that kind of money.

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.560
 So it's a large sum

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.860
 of money

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.440
 and it's because

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.220
 all the labor

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.160
 that he's currently doing

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.240
 is to repay his debts

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.880
 so he can get out

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:59.019
 of his slavery.

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:01.299
 So this is very similar

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.379
 to Jacob's situation

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.460
 in Genesis 29.

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.460
 He has no money

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.480
 but he really,

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.079
 really wants

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.019
 to marry Rachel.

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.779
 So what does he do?

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.220
 He says,

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.379
 I will work for you

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.940
 for nothing

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.480
 for seven years.

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.160
 She's even more

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.799
 than six years.

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.079
 So he's basically

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.379
 Laban's slave,

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.759
 servant for that year

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.660
 so that he could earn,

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.619
 he could have

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.759
 the money,

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.180
 the wealth,

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.900
 betrothal present

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.420
 for Rachel.

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.680
 And here in Exodus 21,

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.339
 because the man

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.660
 is already a debt slave,

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:28.600
 he doesn't have the money.

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.500
 That means the master

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.460
 is responsible

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:34.019
 for paying this betrothal present

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.500
 for this female slave

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.080
 that he's bringing

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:37.740
 as a wife to his servant.

00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:39.740
 And so because

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.540
 both the wife

00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:41.100
 and the children

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:42.180
 she brings forth

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.080
 are a value

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:44.100
 that the master

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:45.360
 provided for the servant,

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.540
 he can't just

00:25:46.540 --> 00:25:47.360
 take off with them

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:48.660
 until his wife's

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.500
 six years of service

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.040
 to the master

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.900
 is also completed.

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.140
 To illustrate,

00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:53.180
 if you get a job

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.779
 as a field technician

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.660
 for Comcast,

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:57.180
 I don't know

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.880
 if this is still true,

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.680
 but they will give you

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.620
 a service vehicle.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.840
 But when you quit

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.920
 your job,

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.920
 you have to return

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.240
 the service vehicle

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.200
 because it was given

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.880
 for you

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.820
 to fulfill

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.580
 your responsibilities

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.200
 and duties

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.920
 for your job.

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.880
 And so the slave likewise,

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.700
 the servant likewise,

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:14.220
 has to leave

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.100
 his wife behind

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:16.500
 and his children behind

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.640
 until they themselves

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.140
 are freed.

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.500
 And so the man

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.420
 has several options.

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.960
 Option one is

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.860
 if after he earns

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.320
 his freedom,

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.560
 he can stay

00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:27.160
 in the area

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.259
 close to his family

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.240
 and then when

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.300
 their term of service

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:30.920
 is over,

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.759
 he can take them

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.420
 and go wherever

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.000
 he pleases.

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.440
 So in this case,

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.140
 obviously he wouldn't

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.840
 be able to live

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.620
 at the master's house

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.660
 on the master's dime

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.100
 because he's not

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.940
 working for him anymore.

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.279
 Option two,

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.740
 after he earns

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.380
 his freedom,

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.620
 he can work hard

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.680
 and save money

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.400
 so that he can go

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.680
 and redeem his wife

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.300
 and children

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:48.320
 before their time

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.180
 of service is up.

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.519
 Then he can take them

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.200
 and go wherever

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.759
 he wants.

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.120
 Option three,

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.860
 when the master

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:55.060
 offered him a wife,

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.740
 he could have said,

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.059
 no thank you,

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.200
 I will get a wife

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.700
 for myself

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.539
 after my time

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.399
 of servitude is over.

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.679
 He could have just

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:03.679
 waited a few years

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:04.279
 to get married

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.000
 and avoided this

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.019
 scenario altogether.

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.519
 Option four,

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.359
 he can stay

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.139
 with his master

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.980
 if he likes him

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.579
 and commit to

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.339
 lifelong service.

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.980
 So it's not like

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.919
 he doesn't have options.

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.639
 And this fourth option

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.659
 is specifically addressed

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.819
 in verses five to six.

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.480
 But if the slave

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.200
 plainly says,

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.399
 I love my master,

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.019
 my wife,

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.539
 and my children,

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:22.919
 I will not go free,

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.940
 then his master

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.519
 shall bring him

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.960
 to God

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.800
 and he shall bring him

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:26.279
 to the door

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.940
 or the doorpost

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.500
 and his master

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:29.039
 shall bore his ear

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.940
 through with and all

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.920
 and he shall be

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.900
 his slave forever.

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:34.600
 This probably happened

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.180
 more often

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:36.460
 than we might expect.

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.279
 If the master

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:39.019
 cares about his servant

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.279
 enough

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.060
 and has good enough

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.539
 of a relationship

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.100
 with his servant

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.220
 to get him a wife,

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.000
 then it's probably

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.640
 already evidence

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.640
 of a strong bond

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.259
 between them,

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.120
 between a father

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.620
 and a son.

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.620
 And so there was

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.900
 probably an implicit

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.940
 expectation

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:52.540
 that the servant

00:27:52.540 --> 00:27:53.660
 would stay

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.700
 beyond this term

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:56.640
 and that's probably

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.540
 why this provision

00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:58.680
 is also here.

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.640
 It's kind of like

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:02.960
 when Tom Brady

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.680
 was still here,

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.680
 I don't know

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.280
 if you guys remember

00:28:05.280 --> 00:28:06.140
 serving as a quarterback

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:07.160
 for the New England Patriots.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.860
 He served

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:09.160
 the New England Patriots

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:10.100
 for 20 years

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:11.500
 and he was a very

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.580
 loyal servant

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.280
 of the team,

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.640
 of owner Robert Kraft.

00:28:15.280 --> 00:28:15.740
 In fact,

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:17.180
 he always waxed eloquently

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.480
 about how much

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.400
 he loved the owner,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.079
 Robert Kraft.

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.120
 This is what he said

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.360
 on the radio in 2018,

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.440
 New England Sports Radio.

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.360
 Mr. Kraft has been

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.400
 like a second father

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.519
 to me in so many ways.

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.720
 He's been part of

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.680
 so many important events

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.200
 in my life.

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.120
 He was at my wedding.

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.799
 I love him like a dad.

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.079
 He's always around.

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.099
 He does a great job.

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.259
 There's a lot to manage

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.140
 when you own a team.

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.240
 There's a lot going on.

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.460
 He gives contributions

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.120
 to our team.

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.200
 He provides great guidance

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.819
 and leadership.

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.579
 He really cares so much

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.019
 about us

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.579
 and provides us

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.299
 with facilities,

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.440
 all the food,

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.019
 everything.

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.720
 He's a very giving man.

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.519
 He does a lot

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.180
 for our community.

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.160
 His foundation

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.920
 does a lot

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.440
 for our community

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.400
 and I can't obviously

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.279
 say enough good things

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.740
 about him

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.779
 and what our relationship

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.379
 has been

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.259
 and what it will

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.119
 always be.

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.379
 That's why

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.720
 many years

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.279
 Tom Brady

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.139
 took a contract,

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.180
 took less money

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.960
 than he is worth

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.859
 to stay with

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.740
 the New England Patriots.

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.519
 He stayed with it

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.259
 for 20 years

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.559
 and it was a fruitful

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.039
 partnership.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.240
 They won six Super Bowls

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.920
 together and made

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.700
 a lot of money

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:15.180
 until 2020

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.460
 when he left.

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.660
 Which I'm not

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.400
 at all bitter about.

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.160
 Anyway,

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.299
 so if the slave

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.099
 loves his master

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.079
 and wife and children

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.460
 and wants to stay

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.000
 in servitude

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.700
 to his master,

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.559
 he can't.

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.059
 The expression

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.660
 forever

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:31.740
 doesn't literally

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.779
 mean forever

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.619
 because neither

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.079
 the master

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.700
 nor the slave

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.619
 live forever.

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.460
 It just means

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.960
 that there's no

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.460
 defined term limit.

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.639
 It's hard to tell

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.279
 whether that means

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.359
 lifetime of the master

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.079
 or the lifetime

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.799
 of the servant.

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.720
 My guess is that

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.639
 it is intentionally

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.220
 ambiguous,

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.480
 whichever occurs

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.060
 first.

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.440
 So if the master

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.800
 dies,

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.380
 the slave is

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.980
 free to go

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:52.160
 or if he dies,

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.240
 obviously his term

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.140
 of service is over.

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.940
 And so in either case,

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.780
 boring his ear

00:29:57.780 --> 00:29:58.680
 through with an awl

00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:00.020
 marks his servitude

00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:01.240
 because the ear

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.360
 represents listening

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:03.480
 and hearing,

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.060
 obeying.

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.940
 So if that's the

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.700
 servitude of labor,

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.880
 verses 7 to 11

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.759
 speak of a different

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.700
 kind of servitude.

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.860
 It says in verse 7,

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:12.039
 when a man sells

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.479
 his daughter

00:30:12.479 --> 00:30:13.059
 as a slave,

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:14.359
 she shall not

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.139
 go out as

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:16.000
 the male slaves

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.259
 do.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.500
 Now, the idea

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.979
 of a man

00:30:18.979 --> 00:30:19.799
 selling his daughter

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.500
 as a slave

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.500
 seems appalling

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.139
 to us,

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.339
 but this is not

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.139
 the same thing

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.759
 that happens

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.500
 in countries

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.319
 like Cambodia

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.199
 and Bangladesh

00:30:27.199 --> 00:30:27.919
 and Pakistan

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:29.179
 or another country

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.279
 where sex trafficking

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.459
 is an acute problem.

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.479
 In those countries,

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.279
 tragically,

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:35.240
 sometimes poor

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.479
 parents are

00:30:36.479 --> 00:30:37.439
 hounded by loan

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.539
 sharks and pimps

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.759
 into selling

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.740
 their minor daughters

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.539
 into slavery.

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.700
 Those kind of

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.659
 tragic situations

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:46.379
 would never happen

00:30:46.379 --> 00:30:47.700
 under these

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.579
 biblical guidelines

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.879
 because these

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.819
 rules are here

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.420
 in place

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.119
 to help

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.240
 poor families

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.899
 like that.

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:54.920
 Rather,

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.899
 what's in view here

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.839
 is a poor father

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.680
 who cannot provide

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.599
 for his own family

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.279
 and so he sells

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.139
 his daughter to a man

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:01.440
 not to be his

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.240
 sex slave

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.799
 but to be his

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.519
 wife.

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.000
 Let me prove

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.059
 this point to you.

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.220
 We know this

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.819
 because the Hebrew

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:10.920
 word translated

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.779
 slave here

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.940
 is not the same

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.400
 word that is

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.360
 translated slave

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:15.380
 earlier in verse 1.

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.220
 This particular word

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.980
 is used only

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.660
 to refer to

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.559
 female slaves

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:21.480
 and there are

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.299
 two Hebrew words

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.900
 that refer to

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:24.059
 female slaves.

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.240
 The first word

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.259
 is shifa

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.920
 and refers to

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.839
 a slave woman

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.740
 or maid servant

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.259
 who is sexually

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:34.440
 out of limits,

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.220
 off limits

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.660
 and serves

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.360
 exclusively

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.839
 the woman

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.400
 of the house,

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.539
 a maid servant.

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:41.299
 The second word

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.100
 is ama

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:43.720
 and it refers

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.720
 to a slave woman

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.620
 who is designated

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.799
 to be a man's

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.220
 secondary wife

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.620
 or a concubine.

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:51.100
 This is why

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:52.339
 Sarai's maid servant

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.880
 Hagar

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.900
 is called

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.839
 a shifa,

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.079
 a maid servant

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:57.360
 because she is

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.480
 exclusively reserved

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.220
 for Sarai

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.299
 and it's not

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.579
 until Sarai

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.779
 gives her

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.519
 to Abraham

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.839
 as his wife

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.819
 that she is now

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.900
 available to Abraham

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.920
 as a wife

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.799
 and she did this,

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.880
 Sarai did this

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.319
 so that she might

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.779
 have children

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.259
 through Hagar.

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.940
 Very similar

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.000
 situation with

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.860
 Leah and Rachel

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.980
 and their maid servants

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.860
 Zilpah and Bilah.

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:19.259
 Now in contrast,

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.079
 when a Levite

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.620
 is traveling

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:22.599
 through a city

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.779
 with his concubine,

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.279
 his secondary wife

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.180
 in Judges 19,

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.640
 he refers to

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.600
 his female servant

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.820
 as Amah,

00:32:30.280 --> 00:32:31.160
 not as a shifa

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.520
 because she is

00:32:32.520 --> 00:32:33.140
 his wife

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.600
 and the passage

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.660
 calls the Levite

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.620
 her husband.

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:37.820
 Similarly,

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.800
 in 1 Kings 1,

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.680
 Bathsheba,

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:41.120
 who is King David's

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.520
 wife,

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.900
 refers to herself

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.500
 as an Amah,

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:46.200
 not as a shifa.

00:32:47.020 --> 00:32:47.660
 I'm getting all

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.120
 these details

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:50.060
 to prove to you

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.600
 that the word

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.700
 translated slave

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.140
 here refers

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.980
 specifically

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.060
 to a slave woman

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.840
 who is designated

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.840
 to be the master's

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.340
 wife.

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.980
 This is why

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.980
 later in verse 10

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.400
 it says,

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.259
 if he takes

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.520
 another wife

00:33:02.520 --> 00:33:03.420
 to himself,

00:33:04.020 --> 00:33:04.900
 he shall not

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:06.000
 diminish her food,

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.600
 her clothing,

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:08.080
 or her marital rights.

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.759
 This provision

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:11.180
 for the event

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.660
 that the man

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.480
 takes another wife

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.160
 confirms that

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.240
 this female servant

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.020
 is in fact

00:33:15.020 --> 00:33:15.920
 designated to be

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.759
 his wife.

00:33:17.800 --> 00:33:18.560
 And this is

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.520
 precisely why

00:33:19.520 --> 00:33:20.560
 it says in verse 7

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.220
 that she shall

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.240
 not go out

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.860
 as the male slaves

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:25.259
 do after six years

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.020
 of servitude.

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.740
 It's not because

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.400
 she's a woman

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.440
 and women

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.160
 have less rights

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.579
 than men.

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:31.940
 It's because

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.920
 she's not an

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.759
 ordinary servant

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.079
 but his wife

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.079
 who has far

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.980
 greater privileges

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.900
 and responsibilities.

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.420
 And that's why

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.059
 if you look at

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:41.240
 a parallel passage

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.740
 to this

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:43.019
 in Deuteronomy 15,

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:43.839
 12 to 18,

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.259
 it specifically notes

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.000
 that both male

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.139
 and female slaves

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.920
 go free

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.180
 after six years

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.740
 of service.

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:51.079
 it's only

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:52.180
 the female slave

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.000
 designated to be

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.880
 the man's wife

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.740
 that does not

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.299
 go free

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.140
 after six years.

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:58.079
 So when a man

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.720
 sells his daughter

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.279
 as a slave

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.039
 due to financial

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.519
 hardship,

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.799
 the family receives

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.579
 money in lieu

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.680
 of the betrothal present

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.759
 and this obviously

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.839
 helps the struggling

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:07.180
 family but now

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.759
 the daughter

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.500
 is no longer

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:10.199
 under the protection

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.320
 of her father

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.860
 and is potentially

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.679
 in a vulnerable

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.239
 situation

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.099
 and that's why

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.780
 God gives

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.519
 these laws

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.579
 for her protection.

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.799
 verse 8

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.380
 is one of those

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.980
 guardrails.

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.179
 If she does not

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.019
 please her master

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.779
 who has designated

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.579
 her for himself

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.619
 then he shall

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.219
 let her be

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.940
 redeemed.

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.380
 He shall have

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.219
 no right

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:30.059
 to sell her

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.539
 to a foreign

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.960
 people

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:32.239
 since he has

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.599
 broken faith

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.340
 with her.

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.179
 The master

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.980
 has designated

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.799
 her to be

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.440
 his wife

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.319
 but sometime

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.519
 after purchasing

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.079
 her rights

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.900
 he decides

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:43.159
 that he no longer

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.099
 wants to take her

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.039
 as his wife.

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.360
 In that case

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.480
 he has no right

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.239
 to sell her

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.079
 to a foreign

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.699
 people

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.919
 but must let

00:34:50.919 --> 00:34:51.299
 her be

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:52.079
 redeemed

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:54.059
 by non-foreign

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.359
 people

00:34:54.359 --> 00:34:54.879
 a non-foreign

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.159
 family

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.839
 meaning her

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.379
 family

00:34:56.379 --> 00:34:57.399
 her kin

00:34:57.399 --> 00:34:59.259
 she was given

00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.019
 up by her father

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.399
 to be his

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:01.199
 master's wife

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.799
 not to be

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.539
 passed around

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.339
 to other people

00:35:04.339 --> 00:35:05.439
 so if he

00:35:05.439 --> 00:35:06.059
 doesn't want

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.919
 her for himself

00:35:06.919 --> 00:35:07.519
 then he must

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.339
 let her kin

00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:09.379
 redeem her.

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.539
 That's what

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.979
 this passage

00:35:10.979 --> 00:35:11.359
 says.

00:35:11.459 --> 00:35:12.119
 In some cases

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.019
 the master

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.819
 might designate

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.339
 the woman

00:35:14.339 --> 00:35:15.039
 not for himself

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.479
 but to be

00:35:15.479 --> 00:35:16.459
 his son's wife

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:18.039
 and that's

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.559
 what verse 9

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.139
 has in view

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:21.159
 and once again

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.639
 this shows

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.340
 that this woman's

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.099
 status is more

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.980
 than a workslave

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.400
 it says

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.480
 if he designates

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.300
 her for his son

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:27.300
 he shall deal

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.699
 with her

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.500
 as with

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.980
 a daughter.

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.780
 If he gives

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.639
 her to his son

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.380
 as a wife

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.500
 she should no longer

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:36.880
 be regarded

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.840
 as a servant

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.420
 but as his

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.360
 own daughter.

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.039
 Just because

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.579
 she came

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.119
 from a poor

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.679
 family

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.380
 doesn't mean

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.780
 that you can

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.340
 treat her

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.260
 like dirt.

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.079
 She is

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.220
 someone else's

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.860
 precious

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.640
 daughter

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:51.380
 and now

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.960
 it is your

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.640
 job to

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.039
 treat her

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.519
 like one.

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.079
 That's what

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.960
 God says

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.220
 here.

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.300
 Then verses

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.039
 10 to 11

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.320
 provide guidelines

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.740
 for it

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.480
 for if and when

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.000
 a man takes

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.400
 an additional

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.720
 wife.

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.900
 While polygamy

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.720
 is not God's

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.660
 ideal as clearly

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:04.120
 taught in

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.620
 Genesis 2

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:05.019
 24

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:06.300
 it was already

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.200
 a reality

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:08.100
 in the ancient

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:08.680
 Near East

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.480
 and knowing

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.980
 the hardness

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.519
 of man's

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.820
 hearts

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.460
 God gives

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.100
 this law

00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:12.680
 to govern

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:13.420
 those sinful

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.260
 people in a

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.860
 fallen world.

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.680
 It says

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:15.960
 if he

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.600
 takes another

00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:17.039
 wife to

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.460
 himself

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.059
 he shall

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.680
 not diminish

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.180
 her food

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.700
 her clothing

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.019
 or her

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.740
 marital rights

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.440
 and if he

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.059
 does not do

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.539
 these things

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.860
 for her

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.180
 she shall

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.519
 go out

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.059
 for nothing

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.700
 without payment

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.180
 of money.

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.800
 So if he

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.220
 chooses to

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.920
 take another

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.400
 wife

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:29.400
 he must

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.280
 not reduce

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:31.079
 his concubine

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.720
 his secondary

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.559
 wife's food

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.160
 clothing

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:34.200
 or marital

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.660
 rights.

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.920
 Marital rights

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.860
 probably refers

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.620
 to the wife's

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:38.500
 right to sleep

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.200
 with her husband

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.920
 and bear

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.500
 children

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.380
 in his name.

00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:42.820
 The possibility

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.660
 that a man

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.880
 might deprive

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.640
 his wife

00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:46.460
 of marital

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.800
 rights

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.860
 reminds me

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.440
 of the sad

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.880
 situation

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.380
 in Genesis

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.180
 30.

00:36:50.580 --> 00:36:50.880
 Some of you

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.360
 might remember

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.860
 this where

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.400
 Leah

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.960
 Jacob's wife

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.420
 barters

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.460
 away

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.200
 mandrakes

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.660
 which were

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.840
 herbal medicine

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.720
 that was

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.200
 believed to

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:01.380
 help women

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.120
 bear children.

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:03.400
 She barters

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.059
 away the

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.640
 mandrakes

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:05.720
 for the right

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.320
 to sleep

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.380
 with her own

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.019
 husband for

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.660
 one night

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:10.200
 because Jacob

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.880
 was also married

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.320
 to Rachel

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.760
 and Rachel

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.280
 was his

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.519
 favored wife.

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.300
 So it seems

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:15.000
 like the situation

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.519
 was that he

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.519
 was not sleeping

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.220
 with Leah

00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:17.820
 at all

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.660
 and sleeping

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.180
 every day

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.780
 with Rachel

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.920
 and depriving

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.860
 her of her

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.640
 marital rights.

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.880
 And so here

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.180
 he's saying

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.940
 that the master

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.079
 may not do

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.420
 that.

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:30.780
 So if you

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.720
 withhold any

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.280
 of these three

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.920
 things from her

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.579
 food,

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.180
 clothing,

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.800
 or marital

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.119
 rights

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.960
 and the right

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.200
 to bear

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.579
 children

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.140
 comes with

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.640
 that because

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.140
 women in

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.680
 those days

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.780
 were considered

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.800
 honor to be

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.300
 able to bear

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.780
 children

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.860
 and depriving

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.360
 her of that

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.660
 would have

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.300
 been a great

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:45.000
 disservice to

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.220
 her.

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.680
 If you deprive

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.200
 the woman

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.820
 of any of

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.100
 that,

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.700
 then she

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.080
 shall go

00:37:49.080 --> 00:37:49.539
 out for

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.160
 nothing

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:51.080
 without payment

00:37:51.080 --> 00:37:52.120
 of money.

00:37:53.060 --> 00:37:53.960
 So by this

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.120
 point,

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:54.780
 hopefully you

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.380
 have a better

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.760
 understanding

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.340
 of what slavery

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.720
 among the

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.420
 ancient Israelites

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.220
 looked like,

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.900
 but you might

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.580
 still be wondering

00:37:59.580 --> 00:38:00.160
 what all of

00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:00.580
 these laws

00:38:00.580 --> 00:38:01.220
 have to do

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.180
 with us

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:03.600
 since we

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:03.900
 don't have

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.500
 any servants

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.420
 or slaves.

00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:06.220
 How does

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.700
 this passage

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:07.500
 apply to us?

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:08.820
 This passage

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.400
 teaches us

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.720
 that God

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.399
 cares about

00:38:10.399 --> 00:38:11.000
 justice,

00:38:11.879 --> 00:38:12.579
 about giving

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.399
 people what

00:38:13.399 --> 00:38:13.899
 is due

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.359
 to them.

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.539
 We might

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.879
 not have

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.359
 servants,

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.939
 but some

00:38:16.939 --> 00:38:17.219
 of you

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.799
 do have

00:38:17.799 --> 00:38:18.299
 people who

00:38:18.299 --> 00:38:18.899
 report to

00:38:18.899 --> 00:38:19.119
 you,

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:19.899
 who work

00:38:19.899 --> 00:38:20.639
 for you,

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.480
 people who

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.899
 are under

00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:22.619
 your authority.

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.919
 And if you

00:38:23.919 --> 00:38:24.319
 do not,

00:38:24.379 --> 00:38:24.699
 you might

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.279
 in the future.

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.480
 This passage

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.079
 teaches us

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.719
 to love

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.480
 such people

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.859
 as our

00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:29.179
 neighbors,

00:38:29.859 --> 00:38:30.359
 to treat

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:31.059
 them well,

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.559
 men like

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.259
 sons and

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.899
 women like

00:38:33.899 --> 00:38:34.379
 daughters.

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.739
 Don't think

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.219
 of them as

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.079
 pawns you

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:38.079
 can sacrifice

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.719
 to advance

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.099
 your own

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.459
 agenda.

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.839
 Don't think

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.119
 of them

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.980
 as workhorses

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.199
 that you

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.759
 can drive

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.179
 and drive

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.659
 and drive

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.379
 until they

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.859
 drop.

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.739
 They are

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.519
 humans,

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.799
 not tools.

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.980
 Give them

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.459
 their fair

00:38:50.459 --> 00:38:51.659
 wages and

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.079
 reasonable

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.699
 hours.

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.419
 Implement

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.399
 policies that

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:54.859
 give what

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.419
 is due

00:38:55.419 --> 00:38:55.980
 both to

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.500
 the employer

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.939
 and to

00:38:56.939 --> 00:38:57.459
 the employee.

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:59.019
 Invest in

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.519
 your workers.

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.739
 Don't exploit

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.219
 them just

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.659
 because you

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.039
 have the

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.559
 power to.

00:39:03.959 --> 00:39:04.579
 But there's

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.139
 another layer

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.480
 of meaning

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.799
 in this

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.500
 passage also.

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.340
 the reason

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.079
 why laws

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.639
 about slaves

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.380
 occupy such

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.880
 a prominent

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.400
 place in

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.659
 the book

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:10.900
 of the

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.179
 covenant

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.840
 right here

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.039
 in the

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.320
 beginning

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:13.239
 is that

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.780
 the Jews

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.440
 themselves

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.039
 were once

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.619
 oppressed

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.239
 as slaves

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:16.679
 in Egypt.

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.800
 So this

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.400
 is God's

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.820
 way of

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.699
 telling them

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:21.219
 don't treat

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:22.099
 anyone

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:23.619
 the way

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.360
 you were

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.079
 treated as

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.719
 slaves in

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.059
 Egypt.

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.619
 Notice

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.340
 also that

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.820
 the rules

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.239
 governing

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.619
 slaves begin

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:32.539
 and end

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.960
 with the

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.340
 provisions

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.880
 for when

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.380
 they go

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.900
 free.

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:36.500
 verse 2

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:36.980
 it says

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.260
 when you

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.559
 buy a

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.740
 Hebrew

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.059
 slave

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.180
 you

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.320
 shall

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.579
 serve

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:38.880
 six

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.160
 years

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:39.320
 and

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.500
 the

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.920
 seventh

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.400
 he

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.860
 shall

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.300
 go

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.720
 out

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.139
 free

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.440
 for

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.800
 nothing.

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.200
 A

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.420
 nearly

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.820
 identical

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.300
 expression

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.700
 is found

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:45.840
 in

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.380
 verse 11

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.180
 and if

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.619
 he does

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.019
 not do

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.260
 these

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:48.460
 things

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.780
 for her

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:48.920
 he

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.180
 shall

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:49.400
 go

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.680
 out

00:39:49.680 --> 00:39:50.019
 for

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.559
 nothing

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.880
 without

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.240
 payment

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.440
 of

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.720
 money.

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.780
 In

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.160
 both

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.619
 cases

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:53.860
 of

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.480
 servitude

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.039
 there

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.340
 is a

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.740
 movement

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.320
 toward

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.860
 freedom.

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.059
 There

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.160
 are

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:57.559
 provisions

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:57.820
 for

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.220
 freedom.

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:58.920
 In

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.340
 all

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:00.039
 cases

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.639
 except

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.260
 for

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.860
 when a

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.139
 servant

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.599
 woman is

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.000
 taken

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.039
 was

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.599
 required

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.860
 to

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.220
 free

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.400
 the

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:06.619
 Hebrew

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:06.960
 slaves

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.240
 after

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.579
 six

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:07.940
 years.

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:08.680
 And

00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:08.840
 this

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.079
 begs

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.200
 the

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.599
 question

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.180
 why?

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.480
 The

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.760
 answer

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:11.960
 is

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.260
 given

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.720
 in

00:40:12.720 --> 00:40:13.079
 a

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.400
 parallel

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:13.780
 passage

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:13.960
 in

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.320
 Deuteronomy

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.820
 15

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.180
 12

00:40:15.180 --> 00:40:15.340
 to

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.660
 15

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:15.820
 it

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.039
 says

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.740
 if

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:16.900
 your

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.420
 brother

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.160
 a

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:18.559
 Hebrew

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.000
 man

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.260
 or

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.400
 a

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.660
 Hebrew

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:20.019
 woman

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.500
 is

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.840
 sold

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.079
 to

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.360
 you

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.780
 he

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:21.980
 shall

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.300
 serve

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:22.420
 you

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.700
 six

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.059
 years

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.240
 and

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.400
 the

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.720
 seventh

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.079
 year

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.300
 you

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.639
 shall

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:24.900
 let

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.039
 him

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.240
 go

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.559
 free

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:25.860
 from

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.099
 you

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.980
 and

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.160
 when

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.300
 you

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.500
 let

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.599
 him

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.760
 go

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:27.980
 free

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.240
 from

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.180
 and

00:40:35.180 --> 00:40:35.420
 out

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.519
 of

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.660
 your

00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:35.880
 wine

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.240
 press

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:36.840
 as

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:36.980
 the

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.220
 Lord

00:40:37.220 --> 00:40:37.360
 your

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:37.599
 God

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.780
 has

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:38.079
 blessed

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.400
 you

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.680
 you

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.000
 shall

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.300
 give

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.480
 to

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.720
 him

00:40:39.720 --> 00:40:40.840
 you

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.200
 shall

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:41.639
 remember

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:41.980
 that

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.400
 you

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.660
 were

00:40:42.660 --> 00:40:42.820
 a

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.099
 slave

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.220
 in

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.320
 the

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:43.519
 land

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.639
 of

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.000
 Egypt

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.599
 and

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:44.760
 the

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:45.059
 Lord

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.380
 your

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.820
 God

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.639
 redeemed

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:46.980
 you

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.880
 therefore

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.700
 I

00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:49.380
 command

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.800
 you

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.280
 this

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.800
 today

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:52.539
 the

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.099
 reason

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.420
 why

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.720
 God

00:40:53.720 --> 00:40:54.300
 commands

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.519
 the

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.019
 manumission

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.559
 of all

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.820
 Hebrew

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.200
 slaves

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.340
 in

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.480
 the

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.720
 seventh

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:57.059
 year

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.660
 is

00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:57.840
 that

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.360
 all

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:58.820
 Israelites

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.099
 were

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.440
 once

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.900
 slaves

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.059
 in

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:00.400
 Egypt

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:00.740
 but

00:41:00.740 --> 00:41:01.300
 God

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:02.099
 already

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.960
 redeemed

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.260
 them

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.900
 he

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.400
 already

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.880
 paid

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.079
 the

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.440
 ransom

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.000
 price

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:07.039
 for

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.220
 their

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:07.579
 freedom

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:11.820
 and

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.119
 because

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.720
 God

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:12.920
 has

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.360
 purchased

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:13.599
 them

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.760
 for

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:14.440
 himself

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.260
 they

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.360
 are

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:15.539
 now

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:15.720
 to

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:16.000
 serve

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.340
 God

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:16.500
 and

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.639
 they

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:16.740
 are

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:17.099
 not

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.260
 to

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.400
 be

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.820
 permanently

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.480
 reduced

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.000
 to

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.460
 servitude

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.679
 to

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:20.019
 man

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:21.519
 this

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:21.659
 is

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.000
 why

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.380
 while

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:22.740
 most

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:22.840
 of

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:22.920
 the

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.340
 protections

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.760
 for

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.280
 slaves

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:24.460
 that

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.639
 I

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.079
 talked

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.260
 about

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:25.440
 this

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.659
 morning

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.039
 apply

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.199
 it

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.539
 also

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.760
 to

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.139
 non

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:27.460
 Hebrew

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:28.000
 slaves

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.880
 one

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.639
 notable

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.179
 distinction

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.500
 between

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.800
 Hebrew

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.099
 slaves

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:31.220
 and

00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:31.420
 non

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.619
 Hebrew

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.039
 slaves

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.500
 was

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:32.639
 the

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:32.880
 non

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.139
 Hebrew

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.519
 slaves

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:33.820
 did

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.199
 not

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.519
 go

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:34.980
 free

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.500
 on

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.619
 the

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:35.860
 seventh

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.139
 year

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:37.260
 why

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:38.199
 because

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.539
 God

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.719
 had

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:38.960
 not

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.440
 redeemed

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.679
 them

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.739
 this

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:40.900
 was

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.079
 one

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.199
 of

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.500
 God's

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:41.739
 way

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:41.880
 of

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.579
 distinguishing

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:43.019
 those

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.260
 who

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.500
 had

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.719
 been

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.219
 redeemed

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.579
 and

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:44.760
 those

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:44.900
 who

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.039
 had

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.380
 not

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.679
 been

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.219
 redeemed

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:47.679
 and

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:47.980
 that

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.659
 distinction

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:49.019
 is

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.219
 there

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.460
 to

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.820
 point

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.099
 to

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.280
 a

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.599
 deeper

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:51.380
 spiritual

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.900
 reality

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:53.360
 some

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:53.519
 of

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:53.659
 you

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.039
 probably

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.380
 think

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.519
 that

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.579
 you

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:54.679
 have

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:54.860
 never

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.079
 been

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.440
 enslaved

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.719
 to

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.039
 anyone

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:57.119
 but

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.239
 the

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.480
 truth

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.619
 is

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:57.739
 that

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:57.840
 we

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:57.960
 were

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.139
 all

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.460
 once

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:58.879
 slaves

00:41:58.879 --> 00:41:59.359
 in

00:41:59.359 --> 00:41:59.480
 the

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.799
 spiritual

00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:00.079
 realm

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.259
 when

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.539
 Jesus

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.940
 taught

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.219
 that

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.420
 the

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.299
 Jews

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:03.500
 in

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.739
 John

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:03.940
 8

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.599
 if

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:04.719
 you

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:05.079
 abide

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.259
 in

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:05.400
 my

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.779
 word

00:42:05.779 --> 00:42:06.059
 and

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.199
 you

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.319
 are

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:06.619
 truly

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:06.819
 my

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.219
 disciples

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.480
 and

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.579
 you

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:07.699
 will

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:07.940
 know

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.139
 the

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.379
 truth

00:42:08.379 --> 00:42:08.519
 and

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.639
 the

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:08.859
 truth

00:42:08.859 --> 00:42:09.099
 will

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.500
 set

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.779
 you

00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:10.259
 free

00:42:10.259 --> 00:42:10.719
 that

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:11.019
 Jesus

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.339
 taught

00:42:11.339 --> 00:42:11.539
 the

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:11.879
 Jews

00:42:11.879 --> 00:42:12.619
 and

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:12.819
 the

00:42:12.819 --> 00:42:13.139
 Jews

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.839
 understandably

00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:14.379
 responded

00:42:14.379 --> 00:42:14.559
 in

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:15.059
 confusion

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.859
 well

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:16.379
 we

00:42:16.379 --> 00:42:16.599
 have

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.119
 never

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.460
 been

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.179
 slaves

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.519
 to

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.960
 enslave

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.119
 to

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.440
 anyone

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:20.139
 how

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.319
 is

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.440
 it

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.599
 that

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:20.779
 you

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.039
 say

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.239
 you

00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:21.379
 will

00:42:21.379 --> 00:42:21.739
 become

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:22.119
 free

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:23.059
 and

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.219
 then

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:23.440
 Jesus

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.799
 says

00:42:23.799 --> 00:42:24.139
 truly

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.460
 truly

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:24.679
 I

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:24.880
 say

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.019
 to

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.340
 you

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:26.199
 everyone

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.639
 who

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.400
 practices

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.940
 sin

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.659
 is a

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.299
 slave

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:29.519
 to

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:29.820
 sin

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.440
 the

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.820
 slave

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.019
 does

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.219
 not

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.599
 remain

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:31.759
 in

00:42:31.759 --> 00:42:31.880
 the

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.119
 house

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.500
 forever

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:32.759
 the

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.119
 son

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.519
 remains

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:33.900
 forever

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.380
 so

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:34.460
 if

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.639
 the

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:34.980
 son

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.340
 sets

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.500
 you

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.000
 free

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.500
 you

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.860
 will

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.199
 be

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:37.699
 free

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:38.519
 indeed

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:40.299
 living

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:40.920
 however

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.320
 you

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:41.679
 want

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.279
 and

00:42:42.279 --> 00:42:42.679
 sinning

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:42.920
 as

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.179
 much

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.320
 as

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.460
 you

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.779
 want

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.380
 is

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.659
 not

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:44.940
 a

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.360
 freedom

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:46.199
 but

00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:46.360
 a

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.900
 slavery

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:48.099
 sin

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.920
 sullies

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.099
 our

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.440
 hands

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.779
 it

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.539
 dulls

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:50.699
 our

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:51.519
 consciences

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.420
 sin

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:52.900
 grows

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.180
 in

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:53.780
 strength

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:54.160
 until

00:42:54.160 --> 00:42:54.480
 it

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.019
 controls

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.260
 us

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.440
 and

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:55.860
 masters

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.380
 us

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:57.900
 sin

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.180
 keeps

00:42:58.180 --> 00:42:58.380
 us

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:59.059
 enslaved

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.340
 in

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.500
 the

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.860
 cages

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.340
 of

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.960
 guilt

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:01.460
 and

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:01.860
 shame

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.940
 guilt

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.260
 is

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:03.480
 our

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.019
 sense

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.180
 of

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.039
 condemnation

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.360
 because

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.519
 of

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:05.680
 our

00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:05.980
 sin

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.539
 and

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:06.940
 shame

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.099
 is

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.240
 our

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:07.480
 sense

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.660
 of

00:43:07.660 --> 00:43:08.400
 alienation

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.820
 from

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.160
 God

00:43:09.160 --> 00:43:09.460
 and

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:09.720
 others

00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.019
 because

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.200
 of

00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:10.360
 our

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.680
 sins

00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:12.139
 we

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:12.300
 were

00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:12.700
 all

00:43:12.700 --> 00:43:13.059
 once

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.420
 trapped

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:13.619
 in

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:13.880
 that

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.320
 we

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:14.480
 were

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:14.900
 all

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.380
 once

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.360
 laboring

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.059
 under

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:18.180
 insurmountable

00:43:18.180 --> 00:43:18.460
 debt

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.619
 and

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:18.820
 think

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:18.980
 about

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.180
 how

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:19.579
 frightening

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:19.880
 that

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:20.260
 is

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:21.000
 no

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.139
 matter

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.440
 how

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.740
 much

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:21.900
 you

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:24.960
 will

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.240
 repay

00:43:25.240 --> 00:43:25.440
 this

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:25.599
 debt

00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:25.920
 and

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.380
 eventually

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.780
 the

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.000
 loan

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.420
 sharks

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:27.920
 come

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.160
 and

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:30.079
 they

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:30.200
 will

00:43:30.200 --> 00:43:30.480
 take

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.039
 everything

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.200
 that

00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:31.619
 belongs

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:31.760
 to

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.260
 you

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:32.280
 and

00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:32.320
 that's

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:32.539
 where

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.000
 sin

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.480
 slavery

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:33.680
 to

00:43:33.680 --> 00:43:33.960
 sin

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:34.320
 leads

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:34.480
 to

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.900
 death

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.420
 and

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:35.559
 to

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.139
 damnation

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:36.320
 and

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.800
 eternal

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.340
 separation

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:37.619
 from

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:37.920
 God

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.340
 and

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:38.740
 that's

00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:38.880
 the

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.139
 heavy

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:39.519
 burden

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:39.720
 of

00:43:39.720 --> 00:43:39.940
 death

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.079
 that

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.180
 we

00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:40.320
 were

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:40.740
 all

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:41.200
 carrying

00:43:41.200 --> 00:43:42.880
 and

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.360
 that's

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.599
 why

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:43.920
 God

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.360
 sent

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:44.559
 his

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:44.800
 only

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:45.200
 son

00:43:45.200 --> 00:43:45.579
 Jesus

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:45.840
 to

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:46.200
 redeem

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:46.680
 us

00:43:46.680 --> 00:43:47.420
 he

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:47.760
 sent

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.240
 Jesus

00:43:48.240 --> 00:43:48.539
 and

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:48.880
 Jesus

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.360
 came

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:49.760
 and

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:49.920
 in

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.220
 one

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:50.619
 fell

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.039
 soup

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.300
 by

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.900
 paying

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.159
 the

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:52.579
 price

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:52.820
 for

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:53.099
 our

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.460
 sins

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:54.159
 paying

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.480
 our

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:54.880
 debt

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.179
 on

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:55.360
 the

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.880
 cross

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.420
 with

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.579
 his

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:56.920
 own

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:57.460
 life

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.759
 Jesus

00:43:58.759 --> 00:43:59.679
 freed

00:43:59.679 --> 00:43:59.920
 us

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.079
 of

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.300
 that

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.619
 debt

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.699
 erased

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:02.159
 it

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:03.480
 clean

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:03.980
 slate

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:10.159
 that's

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:10.659
 what

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:10.880
 this

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.199
 passage

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:11.539
 ultimately

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:11.880
 points

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.159
 to

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:14.980
 Jesus

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.799
 death

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:16.039
 on

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.159
 the

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:16.399
 cross

00:44:16.399 --> 00:44:16.679
 paid

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:17.159
 all

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.460
 our

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:17.619
 debt

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:17.759
 of

00:44:17.759 --> 00:44:17.980
 sins

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.099
 so

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.179
 we

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:18.259
 are

00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:18.440
 no

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:18.739
 longer

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:19.319
 slaves

00:44:19.319 --> 00:44:21.279
 and

00:44:21.279 --> 00:44:21.399
 it

00:44:21.399 --> 00:44:21.519
 is

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:21.739
 our

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.019
 duty

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.159
 and

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:22.579
 responsibility

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:22.920
 to

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.500
 proclaim

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:25.480
 this

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:26.539
 news

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:26.699
 of

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.599
 emancipation

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.579
 to

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:28.859
 all

00:44:28.859 --> 00:44:29.239
 those

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:29.420
 in

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.539
 our

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:29.879
 lives

00:44:29.879 --> 00:44:32.779
 so

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:32.899
 I

00:44:32.899 --> 00:44:33.059
 hope

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.259
 you

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:34.779
 feel

00:44:34.779 --> 00:44:35.500
 the

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.779
 visceral

00:44:35.779 --> 00:44:36.099
 force

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.219
 of

00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:36.480
 this

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:36.779
 as

00:44:36.779 --> 00:44:37.379
 Martin Luther

00:44:37.379 --> 00:44:37.659
 King

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:37.940
 Jr.

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.219
 said

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:38.339
 in

00:44:38.339 --> 00:44:38.480
 his

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:38.799
 speech

00:44:38.799 --> 00:44:39.379
 free

00:44:39.379 --> 00:44:39.739
 at

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:40.119
 last

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:40.159
 last

00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:41.259
 free

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:41.779
 at

00:44:41.779 --> 00:44:42.199
 last

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:43.239
 thank

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:43.799
 God

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.279
 almighty

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:45.480
 we

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.619
 are

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:45.859
 free

00:44:45.859 --> 00:44:46.059
 at

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:46.420
 last

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.980
 let's

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.279
 pray

00:44:47.279 --> 00:44:56.119
 father

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:57.539
 thank

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:57.679
 you

00:44:57.679 --> 00:44:57.900
 for

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.119
 your

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:58.359
 love

00:44:58.359 --> 00:44:58.559
 for

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:58.859
 us

00:44:58.859 --> 00:45:02.159
 and

00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:02.380
 thank

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:02.500
 you

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:02.659
 for

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:02.940
 your

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:04.000
 compassion

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:05.380
 and

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:05.799
 mercy

00:45:05.799 --> 00:45:06.199
 that

00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:06.339
 when

00:45:06.339 --> 00:45:06.460
 you

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:06.799
 saw

00:45:06.799 --> 00:45:07.059
 us

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.219
 in

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.380
 our

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 debt

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 of

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 sin

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 you

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 could

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 have

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 in

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 your

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 righteousness

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 and

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 in

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 your

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 justice

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 turned

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 away

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 from

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 us

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 and

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 said

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 well

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 they

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 brought

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 it

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 upon

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 themselves

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 they

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 deserve

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 it

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 because

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 we

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 did

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 deserve

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 it

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 but

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 father

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 you

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 were

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 merciful

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 and

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 you

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 were

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 compassionate

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 and

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 you

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 said

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 your

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 only

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 son

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 Jesus

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 and

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 you

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 paid

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 the

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 most

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 precious

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 price

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 and

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 gave

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 him

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 as

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 the

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 ransom

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 price

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 for

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 our

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 freedom

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 so

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 that

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 now

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 we

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 have

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 your

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 spirit

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 now

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 free

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 indeed

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 thank

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 you

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 for

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:42.719
 this

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:42.980
 freedom

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 lord

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 we

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:45.739
 love

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 you

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 and

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 now

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 with

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 our

00:45:48.819 --> 00:45:49.159
 freedom

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:49.420
 lord

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:49.599
 we

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:49.980
 live

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.179
 for

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.420
 you

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:52.039
 help

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 us

00:45:52.339 --> 00:45:52.659
 to

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:52.799
 do

00:45:52.799 --> 00:45:53.059
 that

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:54.119
 in

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:54.380
 Jesus

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:54.659
 name

00:45:54.659 --> 00:45:54.819
 we

00:45:54.819 --> 00:45:55.039
 pray

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:56.199
 amen