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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings chapters

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9 and 10. Chapter 9 And it came to pass, when

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Solomon had finished building the house of the

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Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's

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desire, which he wanted to do, that the Lord

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appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had

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appeared to him at Gibeon. And the Lord said

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to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication

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that you have made before me. I have consecrated

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this house which you have built to put my name

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there forever, and my eyes and my heart will

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be there perpetually. Now if you walk before

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me as your father David walked, in integrity

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of heart and in uprightness, to do according

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to all that I have commanded you, and if you

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keep my statutes and my judgments, then I will

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establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel

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forever, as I promised David your father, saying,

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You shall not fail to have a man on the throne

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of Israel. But if you or your sons at all turn

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from following me and do not keep my commandments

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and my statutes which I have said before you,

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but go and serve other gods and worship them,

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Then I will cut off Israel from the land which

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I have given them, and this house which I have

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consecrated for my name I will cast out of my

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sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword

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among all peoples. And as for this house which

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is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be

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astonished and will hiss, and say, Why has the

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Lord done thus to this land and to this house?

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Then they will answer, because they forsook the

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Lord their God, who brought their fathers out

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of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other

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gods, and worshipped them, and served them. Therefore

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the Lord has brought all this calamity on them.

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Now it happened at the end of twenty years, when

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Solomon had built the two houses, the house of

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the Lord and the king's house. Hereon the king

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of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress

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and gold, as much as he desired. that King Solomon

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then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of

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Galilee. Then Hiram went from Tyre to see the

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cities which Solomon had given him, but they

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did not please him. So he said, What kind of

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cities are these which you have given me, my

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brother? And he called them the land of Kabul,

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as they are to this day. Then Hiram sent the

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king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

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And this is the reason for the labor force which

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King Solomon raised, to build the house of the

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Lord, his own house, the Milo, the wall of Jerusalem,

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Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. Pharaoh king of Egypt

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had gone up and taken Gezer and burnt it with

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fire, had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in

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the city, and had given it as a dowry to his

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daughter, Solomon's wife. And Solomon built Gezer,

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lower Beth Hebron, Balat, and Tadmor in the wilderness,

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in the land of Judah. All the storage cities

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that Solomon had, cities for his chariots, and

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cities for his cavalry. and whatever Solomon

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desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and

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in all the land of his dominion. All the people

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who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,

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Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children

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of Israel, that is, their descendants, who were

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left in the land after them, whom the children

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of Israel had not been able to destroy completely,

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from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it

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is this day. But of the children of Israel, Solomon

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made no forced laborers, because they were men

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of war and his servants, his officers, his captains,

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commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

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Others were chiefs of the officials who were

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over Solomon's work, 550, who ruled over the

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people who did the work. But Pharaoh's daughter

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came up from the city of David to her house,

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which Solomon had built for her. Then he built

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the Milo. Now three times a year Solomon offered

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burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar

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which he had built for the Lord, and he burned

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incense with them on the altar that was before

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the Lord, so he finished the temple. King Solomon

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also built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which

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is near Eilat on the shore of the Red Sea, in

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the land of Edom. Then Hiram sent his servants

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with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work

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with the servants of Solomon. And they went to

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Ophir and acquired four hundred and twenty talents

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of gold from there and brought it to king Solomon.

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Chapter 10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard

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of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of

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the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

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She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue.

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with camels that bore spices, very much gold

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and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon,

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she spoke with him about all that was in her

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heart. So Solomon answered all her questions.

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There was nothing so difficult for the king that

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he could not explain it to her. And when the

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queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon,

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the house that he had built, the food on his

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table, the seating of his servants, the service

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of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers,

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and his entryway by which he went up to the house

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of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

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Then she said to the king, It was a true report

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which I heard in my own land about your words

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and your wisdom. However, I did not believe the

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words until I came and saw with my own eyes,

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and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom

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and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard.

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Happy are your men, and happy are these your

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servants, who stand continually before you and

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hear your wisdom. Blessed be the Lord your God,

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who delighted in you, setting you on the throne

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of Israel, because the Lord has loved Israel

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forever. Therefore he made you king, to do justice

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and righteousness. Then she gave the king one

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hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in

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great quantity, and precious stones. There never

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again came such abundance of spices as the queen

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of Sheba gave to king Solomon. Also the ships

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of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought

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great quantities of almog wood and precious stones

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from Ophir. And the king made steps of the almug

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wood for the house of the Lord and for the king's

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house, also harps and stringed instruments for

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singers. There never again came such almug wood,

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nor has the like been seen to this day. Now King

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Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired,

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whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had

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given her according to the royal generosity.

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So she turned and went to her own country, she

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and her servants. The weight of gold that came

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to Solomon yearly was 666 talents of gold. Besides

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that, from the traveling merchants, from the

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income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia,

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and from the governors of the country. And King

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Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold.

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600 shekels of gold went into each shield. He

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also made 300 shields of hammered gold. Three

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minas of gold went into each shield. The king

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put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory

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and overlaid it with pure gold. The throne had

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six steps, and the top of the throne was round

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at the back. There were armrests on either side

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of the place of the seat, and two lions stood

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beside the armrests. Twelve lions stood there,

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one on each side of the six steps. Nothing like

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this had been made for any other kingdom. All

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King Solomon's drinking vessels were gold. and

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all the vessels of the house of the forest of

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Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for

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this was accounted as nothing in the days of

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Solomon. For the king had merchant ships at sea

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with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years

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the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver,

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ivory, apes, and monkeys. So king Solomon surpassed

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all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon

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to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his

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heart. Each man brought his present, articles

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of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices,

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horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.

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And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. He

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had 1 ,400 chariots and 12 ,000 horsemen, whom

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he stationed in the chariot cities and with the

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king at Jerusalem. The king made silver as common

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in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees

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as abundant as the sycamores which are in the

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lowland. Also Solomon had horses imported from

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Egypt and Keveh. The king's merchants bought

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them in Keveh at the current price. Now a chariot

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that was imported from Egypt cost 600 shekels

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of silver and a horse 150 and thus through their

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agents they exported them to all the kings of

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the Hittites and the kings of Syria. I hope you

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enjoyed today's reading as much as I did. And

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I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow to

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continue on our journey. God bless you and have

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a great day.