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Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen, thank you for making prayer a priority

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Speaker 2: The Ten Commandments. In our last story, we learned about

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Speaker 2: God's continued provision as he quenched Israel's thirst for water.

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Speaker 2: We learned about God's protection as he gave them victory

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible

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Speaker 3: in a Year. In yesterday's episode, we learned of the

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Speaker 3: first military victory of the Israelites. God was giving them

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Speaker 3: Three months since they exited the land of Egypt and

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Speaker 3: escaped Pharaoh. They've been through a lot already, and today

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Speaker 3: we'll hear God wants again confirm his promises to them.

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Speaker 3: They are about to be a holy nation set apart

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Speaker 3: and us rules for living the Ten Commandments. Let's listen

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Speaker 3: now to today's story.

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Speaker 2: Three months had passed since the exodus from Egypt. God

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Speaker 2: galvanizing force of God united the people of Israel. They

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Speaker 2: save them from the Egyptians. If you obey my commands

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Speaker 2: among all people groups, for all the earth is mine,

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Speaker 2: and you shall be my holy nation. So Moses went

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Speaker 2: He spoke, saying, I am the Lord, your God. I

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Speaker 2: Remember the Sabbath day, keep it special and holy. Labor

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Speaker 2: Enjoy me. You know your children, servants or live stock

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Speaker 2: You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery. You

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Speaker 2: was always God's desire to dwell with his children since

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Speaker 2: build a tabernacle so he might live among them, a

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Speaker 2: said and built him a tabernacle, a tent for him

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Speaker 2: It included the ark of the Covenant, mercy seat, table

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Speaker 3: It's been three months since they escaped Pharaoh and his armies.

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Speaker 3: God's presence and provisions was never far away. He provided water,

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Speaker 3: Now they've arrived at a beautiful place, a lush pasture

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Speaker 3: remind the people of all that he had done for them,

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Speaker 3: how he had delivered them from the Egyptians, carrying them

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Speaker 3: The promises He's made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were

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Speaker 3: Moses delivered the message, and the people responded by flocking

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Speaker 3: his provision is gratitude and praise, worship and adoration. God

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Speaker 3: in our own power we cannot approach him. God wants

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Speaker 3: his children to draw near, but because of his sin,

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Speaker 3: we are separated from God. It is only through the

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Speaker 3: blood of Jesus Christ, God's son, who would die on

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Speaker 3: are able now to approach the throne of God. The

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Speaker 3: presence of God in his holiness with boldness. The foot

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Speaker 3: but Moses and Aaron were called up higher, up to

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Speaker 3: the mountain, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, rules for

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Speaker 3: This is the way we walk with God. This is

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Speaker 3: people to build a tabernacle to worship him. This dwelling

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Speaker 3: his people, and the tabernacle would be carried everywhere they

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Speaker 3: one day be replaced when God's spirit would come upon

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Speaker 3: those who followed him through his son Jesus. Because now

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Speaker 3: we are the permanent home of God. Too soon, though,

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Speaker 3: the people will turn and break the first commandment, and

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Speaker 3: thank you for this important, vital passage of scripture, reminding

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Speaker 3: us that you dwell among us, that your presence is

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Speaker 3: always near to us through Jesus Christ. May we worship

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Speaker 3: you and adore you always through your son Jesus Christ. Amen.

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