1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and when the children of Israel cried 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othnil, the 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: son of Canaz, Caleb's younger brother, Judges three nine. Dear God, 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: as I meditate on to day's reading of Judges two 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: to three, I ask Lord that you make me like 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: the mighty men and women of Judges who were used 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: to deliver your children from the hands of the enemy. 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: Quicken my heart and strengthen my hands so that I 10 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: can take on the honor of being used to bring 11 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: freedom and break through to those who are hurting and 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: in bondage. Raise me up like Othnil. Let your spirit 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: come upon me as I continue to win battles and 14 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: take territory for your kingdom. Next, I thank you that 15 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: you are giving me the boldness of Ehud, so that 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: I can face my oppressor head on and without fear. 17 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Give me divine strategy to day so that I know 18 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: where my enemy's weak points are. Thank you for inside 19 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: information that will insure the victory for me and for 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: all of your children. Shout out loud and declare that 21 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: you have given us complete victory over all of our enemies. 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: Thank you for rest and restoration in Jesus name. Amen, 23 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: thank you for making prayer a priority in your day. 24 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: To learn more about the Bible, stay tuned for today's story, 25 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: brought to you by Bible in a Year dot Com. 26 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: Rescuing Judges. The generation of Joshua had passed and Israel 27 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: made a home for themselves in their new land. The 28 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: gods of the other kingdoms surrounding Israel made their way 29 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 2: into their hearts, and they turned their backs on God. 30 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: In this story, we will learn how God heard the 31 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: cries of Israel as he did once in Egypt, only 32 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 2: now instead of sending Moses, he sent his judges, mighty 33 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 2: heroes of great courage. Inspired by the Book of Judges. 34 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the 35 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In today's reading, we concluded 36 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 3: the story of Job and learned how God restored Job 37 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 3: to health and wealth, giving him more than even he 38 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 3: had lost. Today we returned to the story of Israel. 39 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 3: The hearts of God's people have turned to other gods, 40 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 3: and rather than influencing the culture around them, they were 41 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 3: letting the pagan co the unbelieving cultures shape and corrupt them. 42 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 3: Soon they find themselves enslaved again. It is the result 43 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 3: of their unfaithfulness to God and their forgetful hearts. But 44 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 3: as we'll learn again today, God is not about to 45 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 3: abandon his children. He will hear their cries and come 46 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 3: to their rescue just in time. So let's listen now 47 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: to today's reading. 48 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: Truth had been forsaken, The generation that fought for the 49 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: Promised Land had passed away. God's mighty acts had been 50 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: buried and forgotten with the past. Now Israel lived in comfort, 51 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: sinning on the graves of those who bled before them. 52 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: Israel abandoned the Lord and adopted the gods of the natives. 53 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: Since they forsook God, all their military exploits went without victory. 54 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: In vain, they marched to conquer new lands, but they 55 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: were left with heartache and bloodshed. Israel rail spiraled into 56 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 2: a whirlpool of defeat. They had forgotten that Israel's strength 57 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: was not in their military might, but in the sovereignty 58 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 2: of God. Weakened and distressed, Israel was vulnerable to outside attacks. 59 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: Other nations would descend upon the people and plunder them. 60 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: Women and children were stolen in the dead of night. 61 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: Homes were set ablaze, and their food and livestock was taken. 62 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 2: So God raised up mighty men and women of valor, 63 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 2: those who would save them and bring them out of oppression. 64 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 2: Yet Israel would not bow to them. They hoared themselves 65 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: to other gods and did only what seemed right in 66 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: their own eyes. Yet God would not relent in his 67 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 2: compassion over his people. When Israel descended into destruction and slavery, 68 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 2: God would send his heroes to save them. After delving 69 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 2: deep into the worship of other gods, Israel found themselves 70 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: overcome by Kushan, the king of Mesopotamia. Kushan's army took 71 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 2: Israel by force, and God's people found themselves once again 72 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: in slaves. For eight years, they sat under the cruel 73 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 2: reign of Mesopotamia. The people of Israel cried out to God, 74 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: begging him to save them, as he had thousands of 75 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: times before. God did not ignore their cries. He raised 76 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: up his first judge, Othnil, the nephew of Caleb. The 77 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: spirit of God was with Othnil the same burning intensity 78 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 2: Joshua once had came upon him. Othnil gathered men from 79 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: all over Israel to raise a resistance. For weeks, he plotted, schemed, 80 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 2: and strategized. Othnil was a man a few words. He 81 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: was a man of the sword and exactly what Israel needed. 82 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 2: Othnil stood at the top of a valley in front 83 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 2: of Kushan's army. Weeks of preparing had led him to 84 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,679 Speaker 2: this moment. The air was cold, and the piercing wind 85 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 2: of win winter blew from the north. Othnil was silent 86 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 2: as lightning. With thousands of Israelite soldiers behind him, Othnil 87 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: stormed the city of their oppressors. Blood scattered across the 88 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 2: sky above them. Israel had its first taste of true 89 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: victory in years. They were free. God had gone before them, 90 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 2: and Othnil was judge over Israel for forty years until 91 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 2: he died. After forty years of peace. Under Othnil's leadership, 92 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: the people of Israel fell prey to their old devices. 93 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 2: Slowly and gradually, their old idolatry crept back into their 94 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 2: lives and hearts. They let their guard down and became 95 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 2: complacent while Israel rested, feasted among idols, and enjoyed their 96 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 2: new found freedom. King Eglon from Moab gathered the Ammonites 97 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: and the Amalekites to overtake Israel. He succeeded, and for 98 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 2: eighteen years, his cruelty and greed plagued the Hebrew people 99 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 2: like a sickness. The people of Israel cried out again 100 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 2: to God, not knowing that he was already raising up 101 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: a young man named Ahud from the tribe of Benjamin. 102 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: He was a left handed man, which was uncommon and 103 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: looked down upon in his time. Yet his skill as 104 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: a warrior and master of deception were exactly what the 105 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 2: people of Israel needed, so God provided. It was tradition 106 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 2: for the people of Israel to pay a tribute to 107 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: King Eglon in his palace. These tributes were large platters 108 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: of food, filled with meats, cheeses, and grains. For Egglon 109 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: was a large and slothful man. He gorged on Israel's 110 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 2: offerings and grew fat in both mass and confidence. The 111 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 2: people sent a hood to pay the tribute. With a 112 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: double edged sword strapped to his right thigh, a Hood 113 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: brought in the tribute. Hail the king, he said, I 114 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 2: have brought you your tribute. A Hood then leaned over 115 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: to the King's and whispered, I have secret news from 116 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 2: some spies. 117 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: In Israel. 118 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: My King Eglon's interest and concern rose. He shewed away 119 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 2: his guards and rose from his seat to speak with 120 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: a heard. As Eglon rose from his seat, Eyhard unstrapped 121 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 2: the sword from his thigh and lodged it into Eglon's 122 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: gigantic stomach. In one motion, Eglon's fat wrapped around the 123 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: blade and closed it into his belly. Entrails and dung 124 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 2: came spewing out of Eglon as he fell to the 125 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 2: floor and died. They had drug the king's massive body 126 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 2: into his restroom. The guards heard a noise and entered 127 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: into the king's chambers. They heard a stirring in the 128 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 2: lavatory and did not want to bother the king while 129 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 2: he was relieving himself. While they delayed, Ehd escaped through 130 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 2: the hole where the excrement was released and crawled to safety. 131 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 2: Moments later, the guards opened the doors to see the 132 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 2: king dead on the floor. Ayhard ran past the temples 133 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 2: to sarrive. When he arrived at the right spot, he 134 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 2: sounded a trumpet that echoed throughout the entire hill country 135 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: as one wave. The Israelite army emerged from the horizon 136 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 2: and ran behind Ahud. They followed him, and he had 137 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: let out a battle cry, saying, follow me, for the 138 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 2: Lord has given them into our hand. Aherd's left handed 139 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 2: swings tore apart the flesh of the Moabite army. One 140 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: by one they fell, and hope in God was restored. 141 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 2: Ten thousand Moabites fell that day, all of them strong 142 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: and able bodied soldiers. No one escaped. For eight years, 143 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 2: Ay had protected the people of Israel, and there was 144 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 2: peace in the land. Yet danger and temptation lurked around 145 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 2: every corner. Ah had understood, just as well as God 146 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 2: that the peace would not last. Soon Israel would haul 147 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 2: itself to other idols again, and God, as a faithful group, 148 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:09,359 Speaker 2: would do anything to protect them. 149 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 3: In today's reading, in God's Word, we begin with a 150 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 3: new generation of Israelites. This generation is different from those 151 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: who followed Joshua. Joshua's people were gone, But now the 152 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 3: people who have been living in comfort became complacent. They 153 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 3: turned to false God's idols. They allowed the world around 154 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 3: them to infiltrate their daily lives. And the God of 155 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 3: their fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the 156 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 3: God of Moses and Joshua. These were a distant memory. 157 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 3: As always, rebellion and unbelief have consequences. God had warned 158 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 3: them that if they turned from him, they would not 159 00:10:54,640 --> 00:11:00,199 Speaker 3: experience victory, but only the bitterness and the brokenness of defeat. 160 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 3: And that's exactly what they experienced. In loss after loss 161 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 3: after loss, they became weaker and weaker as a nation. 162 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 3: Even though God sent them a godly leader, the Israelites 163 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 3: persisted in their rebellion until they were overcome by the 164 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 3: king of Mesopotamia, Khushan, and then the people were once 165 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 3: again under the rule of another. They were slaves in 166 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 3: a pagan nation. This was the price to be paid 167 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 3: for their sins against God. But God would not abandon 168 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 3: his people, and when they cried out to him, he 169 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 3: brought a mighty warrior, a judge named Athonil. He was 170 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 3: the nephew of Caleb, and he burned with zeal, a 171 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 3: zeal for God and a zeal for the people of God. 172 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 3: And so God began the time of the Judges. Athoniel 173 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 3: raised up an army, and under God's protection, he led 174 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 3: them to victory over Khushan's army. They were once again free, 175 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 3: and for the next generation, this man led the people 176 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 3: as God's appointed judge. But as it happened after Joshua died, 177 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 3: once Athonil was gone, the people rebelled against God again 178 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 3: and so began a tragic pattern of turning from God 179 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 3: facing defeat, turning back to God for help and God helping. 180 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 3: The words in Judges three twelve signal the refrain that 181 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 3: will repeat itself too many times in the years to come. 182 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 3: And the people of Israel again did what was evil 183 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 3: in the sight of the Lord. Rescue, rebellion, repentance, and return. 184 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 3: Before we too quickly judge the Israelites for their unfaithfulness, 185 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 3: let's consider how often we do the same thing. When 186 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 3: we allow other gods to take over our hearts and 187 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 3: our minds idols of the heart, we get caught up 188 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 3: in the world and rebel against God. But here's what 189 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 3: we know. Because of what Jesus Christ has done for 190 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 3: us on the cross and by the power of his resurrection, 191 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 3: God can redeem us, renew us, and restore us. When 192 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 3: we repent of our sin and return to him, God 193 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 3: will respond and receive us. Because of what Christ has 194 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 3: done for us, we do need to remember that there 195 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 3: are consequences to our sins, and so when the people 196 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 3: once again turned against God again, and again they were 197 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: conquered by another nation. They cried out to God and 198 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 3: God brought them a new judge, Ehud. Ehud courageously faced 199 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 3: the king of Moab and put him to the sword 200 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 3: before leading an army against ten thousand Moabite men, killing 201 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 3: them all. Once again, faith in God and hope for 202 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 3: the future was restored, But once again this would be 203 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 3: only temporary, as the people would turn away. They would 204 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 3: often lose their faith and their faithfulness. But God was 205 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 3: faithful to his people and he wouldn't not abandoned them. 206 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 3: And it's a wonderful promise to know that God loves you, 207 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 3: that his plans for your life, even when you fail, 208 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 3: when you are fickle, and when you fall, If you 209 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 3: will return to Him and receive Him through his son 210 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 3: Jesus Christ, you can be forgiven and God will lift 211 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 3: you up. Dear God, thank you for your patience with us. 212 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 3: When our hearts fall away and stray, and our attentions 213 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 3: drifts to the gods of this world. Help us to 214 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 3: come back to you and to cry out to You 215 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 3: for your undending mercy and grace. We know this grace, 216 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 3: this mercy is available because of your son Jesus, who 217 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 3: died on the cross for our sins and rose again 218 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 3: that we may have eternal life. It is at his 219 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 3: name that we pray. Amen. Thank you for listening to 220 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 3: today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm pastor Jack Graham 221 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 3: from Dallas, Texas. 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