WEBVTT - #965 - Exodus 1-2:7 - Birth of Moses

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine to sixty five. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible Study Podcast begins a study of the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Exodus. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Christensen. I know I said I was going to

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<v Speaker 1>study Leviticus, but we're going to do that sometime later.

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<v Speaker 1>First we're going to do the Book of Exodus, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you why right after a word from this sponsor.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was planning, as I said, of doing Exodus

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<v Speaker 1>or Leviticus, but was leaning towards Leviticus. And I had

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<v Speaker 1>a number of people ask me to do at the

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<v Speaker 1>Book of Exodus, and I am going to do that

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<v Speaker 1>because it really is one of the major stories of

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<v Speaker 1>the Old Testament upon which everything keeps looking back on,

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<v Speaker 1>except for obviously the Book of Genesis that I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>covered yet on the Bible Study Podcast. I really haven't

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<v Speaker 1>covered that whole book. If you wonder why I hesitate,

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<v Speaker 1>Either book that I start is probably a year long study,

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<v Speaker 1>as the study of Luke was. I actually did fifty

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<v Speaker 1>two different episodes on Luke and they came out weekly,

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<v Speaker 1>So you do the math. It took a year to

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<v Speaker 1>walk through the Gospel of Luke, we're probably talking about

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<v Speaker 1>a year or so to walk through either of these books.

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<v Speaker 1>I will do Leviticus at some time later. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if it'll be the next thing I do. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>decide that a year from now. But first let's jump

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<v Speaker 1>into Exodus one the Israelites oppressed. These are the names

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<v Speaker 1>of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob,

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<v Speaker 1>each with his family Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Isakar

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<v Speaker 1>Zebulon and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. The

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<v Speaker 1>descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all. Joseph was already

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<v Speaker 1>in Egypt, so let's pause here for a second. We're

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<v Speaker 1>continuing on a story that was started in the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Genesis. And if you go back to the study

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<v Speaker 1>we did on Genesis, or just open up your Bible

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<v Speaker 1>to the Genesis, you'll get the story of Joseph and

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<v Speaker 1>his amazing technicolor dream code if you do the Broadway

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<v Speaker 1>version of it. But Joseph and his coat of many colors,

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<v Speaker 1>who he's one of twelve brothers, and his brothers are

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<v Speaker 1>jealous of him and they sell him into slavery into Egypt,

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<v Speaker 1>where he rises to prominence because he can interpret dreams

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<v Speaker 1>and helps Egypt get through a terrible, terrible famine and

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<v Speaker 1>becomes second in charge, second only to Pharaoh. And because

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<v Speaker 1>of this terrible famine, his family, his eleven brothers and

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<v Speaker 1>his father end up moving to Egypt, and they settle

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<v Speaker 1>in Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And that's where

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<v Speaker 1>our story starts. But this is a number of years later,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll find out how many in a little bit here. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

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<v Speaker 1>But the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful. They multiplied greatly, increased

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<v Speaker 1>in numbers, and became soon numerous that the land was

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<v Speaker 1>filled with them. Then a new king, to whom Joseph

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<v Speaker 1>meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. Look, he said

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<v Speaker 1>to his people, the Israelites had become far too numerous

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<v Speaker 1>for us. Come. We must deal shrewdly with them, or

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<v Speaker 1>they will become even more numerous. And if war breaks out,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll join our enemies fight against us and leave the country.

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<v Speaker 1>So they put slave masters over them to oppress them

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<v Speaker 1>with forced labor, and they built Pithon and Rameses as

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<v Speaker 1>store cities for pharaoh. But the more they were oppressed,

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<v Speaker 1>the more they multiplied and spread. So the Egyptians came

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<v Speaker 1>to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly. They made

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<v Speaker 1>their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar,

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<v Speaker 1>and with all kinds of work in the fields, and

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<v Speaker 1>in their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. So

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<v Speaker 1>at this point the Israelites have become slaves in Egypt. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>remember they were never a nation when they moved into Egypt,

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<v Speaker 1>they were seventy people. But they've now become so numerous

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<v Speaker 1>that they're a threat to the nation they'rein, or at

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<v Speaker 1>least that's how this new pharaoh, this new king perceives them.

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<v Speaker 1>In terms of what time frame we're talking about, this

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<v Speaker 1>is most likely the pharaoh here being Ramses, the second

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<v Speaker 1>or the nineteenth dynasty pharaoh in the New Kingdom. And

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<v Speaker 1>we say that because of that of those treasure cities

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<v Speaker 1>that were built, and this would be the Ramses of

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<v Speaker 1>Abu Simbal. If you're in Egypt, there's not Egyptian history

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<v Speaker 1>to corroborate with that, and so take that with a

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<v Speaker 1>grain of salt. The King of Egypt said to the

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<v Speaker 1>Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiprah and Pua, when you

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<v Speaker 1>were helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool,

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<v Speaker 1>if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him,

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<v Speaker 1>but if it is a girl, let her live. Then

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<v Speaker 1>the midwives, however, feared God and did not do what

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<v Speaker 1>the King of Egypt had told them to do. They

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<v Speaker 1>let the boys live. Then the King of Egypt some

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<v Speaker 1>of the midwives and ask them, why have you done this?

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<v Speaker 1>Why have you let the boys live? Then midwives answered Pharaoh,

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<v Speaker 1>Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. They are vigorous

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<v Speaker 1>and give birth before the midwife arrives. So God was

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<v Speaker 1>kind to the midwives, and the people increased and became

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<v Speaker 1>even more numerous. And because the midwives feared God, he

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<v Speaker 1>gave them families of their own. Then Pharaoh gave this

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<v Speaker 1>order to all his people. Every Hebrew boy that is born,

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<v Speaker 1>you must throw into the nile, but let every girl live.

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<v Speaker 1>So things have gotten really bad here where They're gotten

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<v Speaker 1>to the point where they are so afraid of these

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<v Speaker 1>people and how numerous they're becoming. They want to kill

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<v Speaker 1>all the boys that are born. And that leads right

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<v Speaker 1>into the story of Moses. So we're gonna move on

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<v Speaker 1>into chapter two, the Birth of Moses. Now, a man

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<v Speaker 1>of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and

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<v Speaker 1>she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When

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<v Speaker 1>she saw that he was a fine child, she hid

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<v Speaker 1>him for three months, But when she could hide him

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<v Speaker 1>no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and

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<v Speaker 1>coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the

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<v Speaker 1>child in it and put it among the reeds along

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<v Speaker 1>the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a

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<v Speaker 1>distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh's

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<v Speaker 1>daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her

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<v Speaker 1>attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the

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<v Speaker 1>basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to

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<v Speaker 1>get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He

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<v Speaker 1>was crying, and she felt sorry for him. This is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the Hebrew babies, she said. Then his sister

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<v Speaker 1>asked Pharaoh's daughter, shall I go and get one of

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<v Speaker 1>the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you? Yes, Goo,

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<v Speaker 1>she answered, So the girl went and got the bait

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<v Speaker 1>baby's mother. Pharaoh's daughter said to her, take this baby

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<v Speaker 1>and nurse her for me, and I will pay you.

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<v Speaker 1>So the woman took the baby and nursed him. When

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<v Speaker 1>the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter

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<v Speaker 1>and he became her son. She named Moses, saying I

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<v Speaker 1>drew him out of the water, and Moses sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>the Hebrew word for to draw out. So because the

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<v Speaker 1>boys are being targeted by Pharaoh, we see that first

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<v Speaker 1>Moses is being hidden by his mother, and at some

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<v Speaker 1>point she doesn't think she can hide him any longer,

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<v Speaker 1>so she puts him in this basket, but sends along

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<v Speaker 1>his sister, and we are not told her name here,

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<v Speaker 1>but we know that her name was Miriam. We will

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<v Speaker 1>meet her later on. He has an older brother as well,

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<v Speaker 1>who is not included in this account, but will be

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<v Speaker 1>meeting him pretty soon. And the sister is watching this

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<v Speaker 1>basket keeping an eye on him when Pharaoh's daughter comes.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is where everything changes for Moses. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you've ever seen the movie A Prince of Egypt, this

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<v Speaker 1>is how Moses becomes a Prince of Egypt. This is

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<v Speaker 1>how he is raised not as a slave, as a

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<v Speaker 1>Hebrew slave, but raised in Pharaoh's court, raised as Pharaoh's

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<v Speaker 1>daughter's son. Now Pharaoh has a lot of daughters and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of wives, so it doesn't mean that he's

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<v Speaker 1>heir to the throne or anything like that, but it

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<v Speaker 1>is a very different change in position. It all happens

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<v Speaker 1>because Pharaoh's daughter stumbles across this child and the sister,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think the sister is the one who really

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<v Speaker 1>is smart in this. Shall I get you one of

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<v Speaker 1>the Hebrew women to nurse well, gets his mother. So

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<v Speaker 1>the mother nurses Moses, and when he is weaned, apparently

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<v Speaker 1>brings this baby back to Pharaoh's daughter and he becomes

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<v Speaker 1>her son. And so he is going to grow up

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<v Speaker 1>in the palace, although we're going to see very very

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<v Speaker 1>little of that. We're going to see what happens instead

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<v Speaker 1>next week when we continue the story. But with that,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have any questions, send an email to Chris

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