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🗓️ 16 August 2024
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:07.0 | Today we have another flashback to a previous king. In fact, much of the rest of |
0:17.6 | Jeremiah will take us back and forth in the timeline, so try to hold the order loosely. |
0:21.9 | I know that can be chronologically frustrating, |
0:24.0 | but the commentaries assure me that all of this is actually intentional. |
0:28.0 | For instance, the last thing we read about yesterday was Judah's unfaithfulness, |
0:32.0 | and today we open with a story about the |
0:34.0 | the Juda's unfaithfulness, and today we opened with a story about the strict |
0:34.7 | obedience of the Rehibites. |
0:36.7 | Commentators think God really wanted to highlight the contrast between the two, |
0:40.7 | so he had Baruch put the story side by side. |
0:43.2 | If you don't recognize the name Rehibites, don't worry, we haven't met them before. |
0:47.4 | Technically, we've met their ancestors, though. |
0:49.7 | They're descendants of the Kenites. |
0:51.7 | They're all nomads and even though they're not technically part of the Israelites, |
0:55.3 | they've lived alongside the Israelites for a long time and some of them seem to be |
0:59.6 | followers of Yahwe. God tells Jeremiah to invite them to the temple and offer them wine, but they all |
1:05.4 | refuse because a long time ago one of their ancestors commanded that their family limit |
1:10.0 | their possessions and avoid alcohol altogether. |
1:13.0 | And they'd been honoring this command for over 200 years. |
1:16.4 | They have a heritage of obedience that puts Israel's to shame. |
1:20.8 | God tells Jeremiah to point this out to both groups of people. |
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