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Speaker 1: Well, hello and good morning friends and faithful listeners, and

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for tuning into the Bible Explain podcast.

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Speaker 1: On this absolutely lovely, lovely morning, We're going to be

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Speaker 1: talking about three chapters of the Bible today, first, Chronicles

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Speaker 1: twenty four through twenty six, and we will be talking

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Speaker 1: more about the Levites. And at this point you might

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Speaker 1: be like, Jen, how much more can we talk about

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Speaker 1: the Levites? Oh, we can talk about them more. We're

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Speaker 1: going to get into the ins and out to the

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Speaker 1: Levitical clan, but this time we're going to be going

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Speaker 1: a lot more in depth as to who the Levites

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Speaker 1: were and why they were so important both in the

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Speaker 1: days of the scriptures but also nowadays as well. Stay

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Speaker 1: tuned for that discussion. So where I live, I'm starting

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Speaker 1: and I'm beginning to embrace it. You know, I can

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Speaker 1: I'm embracing the fall weather. So I have my nice

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Speaker 1: from my window here. So yes, unfortunately winter is coming.

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Speaker 1: Fall used to be my favorite holiday back before I

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Speaker 1: was an adult, you know, because all kids love the snow.

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Speaker 1: But then once you're actually in the snow as an adult,

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Speaker 1: like to know where you live and whether you have

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Speaker 1: hear about all of that. You're going to find my

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Speaker 1: contact information listed in the description of this episode, So

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Speaker 1: answer that question, what is your favorite season? But today,

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Speaker 1: that there were three divisions of the Levites. So the

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Speaker 1: not every single Levite was a priest, but every priest

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Speaker 1: That was all dictated by God back in the wilderness

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Speaker 1: So the Levites were very very important because they basically

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Speaker 1: this guy named obed Edom, where God blessed obed Edom

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Speaker 1: Here's what it says in verse twenty nine of the Isarites,

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Speaker 1: that makes sense. So, yes, all of these divisions were

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Speaker 1: that is why the levitical priests were so important. They

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Speaker 1: know they're important even today, though this structure has been

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Speaker 1: which is super cool, and that kind of shows that,

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Speaker 1: in my mind, God is not done with the Levites yet,

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Speaker 1: Levites are going to play, i believe, a very important

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Speaker 1: think it's really cool that the Levites still know who

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Speaker 1: I don't know. But anyway, faithful listeners, I hope that

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Speaker 1: the Babylonians let the Israelites come back to their land,

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Speaker 1: that's why the Chronicler was so focused on making sure

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Speaker 1: and serve in the position that they were supposed to

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Speaker 1: serve in. Anyway, faithful listeners, I hope you all have

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Speaker 1: a fantastic and wonderful, wonderful rest of your day. I

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Speaker 1: will see you guys tomorrow as we discuss first Thessalonians

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Speaker 1: chapter three, and speaking of the Second Coming, which it

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Speaker 1: especially as we move into Thessalonians three and four. Faithful listeners,

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Speaker 1: I'll see you guys tomorrow six am, or whenever you

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Speaker 1: choose to wake up and listen. Until then, happy listening,

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Speaker 1: and God bless