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05-DEU/03.usfm

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 \v 16 I allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the southern part of Gilead, extending south to the Arnon River. The middle of the river is the southern boundary. The northern boundary is the Jabbok River, which is part of the border of region of Ammon.
 
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-\v 17 The border extends from the plain along the east side of the Jordan valley, from Kinnereth in the north (known as the Sea of Galilee), to the Sea of Arabah (known as the Dead Sea) in the south, and to the slopes of Mount Pisgah on the east.
+\v 17 The border extends from the plain along the east side of the Jordan valley, from Chinnereth in the north (known as the Sea of Galilee), to the Sea of Arabah (known as the Dead Sea) in the south, and to the slopes of Mount Pisgah on the east.
 
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16-NEH/12.usfm

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 \v 12 Joiakim was the leader of all the priests. There were the leaders of the families of priests:
-\li1 Meraiah, from the family of Seraiah,
-\li1 Hananiah, from the family of Jeremiah,
+\li1 Meraiah, of the family of Seraiah,
+\li1 Hananiah, of the family of Jeremiah,
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-\v 13 Meshullam, from the family of Ezra,
-\li1 Jehohanan, from the family of Amariah,
+\v 13 Meshullam, of the family of Ezra,
+\li1 Jehohanan, of the family of Amariah,
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-\v 14 Jonathan, from the family of Malluch,
-\li1 Joseph, from the family of Shecaniah.
+\v 14 Jonathan, of the family of Malluch,
+\li1 Joseph, of the family of Shecaniah.
 
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-\v 15 More leaders were, Adna, from the family of Harim,
-\li1 Helkai, from the family of Meremoth,
+\v 15 More leaders were Adna, of the family of Harim,
+\li1 Helkai, of the family of Meremoth,
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-\v 16 Zechariah, from the family of Iddo,
-\li1 Meshullam, from the family of Ginnethon,
+\v 16 Zechariah, of the family of Iddo,
+\li1 Meshullam, of the family of Ginnethon,
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-\v 17 Zicri, from the family of Abijah.
-\li1 There was also a leader from the family of Miniamin,
-\li1 Piltai, from the family of Moadiah.
+\v 17 Zicri, of the family of Abijah.
+\li1 There was also a leader of the family of Miniamin.
+\li1 Piltai, of the family of Moadiah.
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-\v 18 Shammua, from the family of Bilgah,
-\li1 Jehonathan, from the family of Shemaiah,
+\v 18 Shammua, of the family of Bilgah,
+\li1 Jehonathan, of the family of Shemaiah,
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-\v 19 Mattenai, from the family of Joiarib,
-\li1 Uzzi, from the family of Jedaiah,
+\v 19 Mattenai, of the family of Joiarib,
+\li1 Uzzi, of the family of Jedaiah,
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-\v 20 Kallai, from the family of Sallu,
-\li1 Eber, from the family of Amok,
+\v 20 Kallai, of the family of Sallu,
+\li1 Eber, of the family of Amok,
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-\v 21 Hashabiah, from the family of Hilkiah,
-\li1 and Nethanel, from the family of Jedaiah.
+\v 21 Hashabiah, of the family of Hilkiah,
+\li1 and Nethanel, of the family of Jedaiah.
 
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-\v 22 During time when Eliashib led the Levites, this is a list of them all: Elisahib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were the leaders of all the priests. They wrote the names of the families who were descendants of Levi. When Darius was the king of Persia, the priests were responsible for recording who were the heads of families.
-\v 23 They wrote the names of the leaders of the families who were descendants of Levi in the book of the annals. They recorded the events until the time Eliashib's grandson Johanan was the leader of all the priests.
+\v 22 During time when Eliashib led the Levites, this is a list of them all: Elisahib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were the leaders of all the priests. They wrote the names of the families who were descendants of Levi. When Darius was king of Persia, the priests were responsible for recording who were the heads of families.
+\v 23 They wrote the names of the leaders of the families who were descendants of Levi in the book of the annals. They recorded the events until the time that Eliashib's grandson Johanan was the leader of all the priests.
 
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-\v 24 These are the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers who stood across from them to praise and give thanks to God. They did that just as King David, the man who served God, had instructed them.
+\v 24 These were the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers who stood across from them to praise and give thanks to God. They did that just as King David, the man who served God, had instructed them.
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 \v 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers. They stood guard at the storerooms close to the gates of the temple.
 \v 26 They did that work during the time of Joiakim son of Jeshua and the grandson of Jehozadak, during the time of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest. Ezra also knew the Jewish laws very well.

17-EST/02.usfm

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 \v 5 At that time there was a Jew living in the city of Susa, whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair who was the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, and he was a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 
-\v 6 Many years before that, Nebuchadnezzar, who had been king of Babylonia, took Mordecai and brought him from Jerusalem to Babylon. This was at the same time that he took away King Jehoiachin from Judah and many others.
+\v 6 Many years before that, Nebuchadnezzar, who had been king of Babylonia, had taken Mordecai and brought him from Jerusalem to Babylon. This was at the same time that he took away King Jehoiachin from Judah, along with many others.
 
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 \v 7 Mordecai was caring for his cousin, whose Hebrew name was Hadassah. She had a beautiful face and a lovely figure, and she was called Esther. After her father and mother died, Mordecai took care of Esther as though she were his own daughter.

17-EST/09.usfm

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 \v 23 So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days every year.
 \v 24 They would remember how Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, became an enemy of all the Jews. They would remember how he had made an evil plan to kill the Jews, and that he had thrown lots to find a day to crush and destroy them.
-\v 25 They would remember that when Esther told the king about Haman's plan, the king arranged that the evil plan that Haman had made to kill the Jews would come back on his own head, and that he would be killed instead of the Jews, and that Haman and that his sons would be hanged.
+\v 25 They would remember that when the king learned about Haman's plan, he arranged that the evil plan to kill the Jews would result instead in Haman's own destruction, that Haman would be killed in place of the Jews, that he and that his sons would be hanged.
 
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 \v 26 Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur (the lots that they threw). So that is what was written in this letter, what they had seen, and what had happened to them.

18-JOB/15.usfm

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 \q2 and even their shadows will disappear from the earth.
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 \v 30 They will not escape from the darkness of death;
-\q2 they will be like trees whose branches burn up,
-\q2 and whose blossoms blow away in the wind.
+\q2 they will be like trees whose branches burn up.
+\q2 When God gives the command, they will die.
 
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18-JOB/17.usfm

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-\v 11 My time to live is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I planned to do;
-\q2 I have not been able to accomplish anything that I desired.
+\v 11 My time to live is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I planned to do.
+\q2 As for the things I have most desired, there is no hope of them happening.
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 \v 12 My friends do not know when it is night and when it is day;
 \q2 when it is night, they claim that it is daylight;
-\q2 when it is becoming dark, they claim it is becoming light.
+\q2 when it is becoming dark, they claim that it is getting light.
 
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18-JOB/30.usfm

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-\v 22 You allow the wind to lift me up and blow me away,
-\q2 and you make a violent storm destroy me.
+\v 22 You allow the wind to lift me up and blow me away;
+\q2 and you make a violent storm blow me around.
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 \v 23 I know that you will cause me to die,
 \q2 which is what happens to everyone who is alive.

19-PSA/018.usfm

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-\v 13 Then Yahweh shouted loudly from the sky, and to his enemies, it sounded like thunder.
+\v 13 Then Yahweh shouted loudly from the sky, and to his enemies, it sounded like thunder. Yahweh, the Supreme God, rained hailstones on them and caused lightning to flash against them.
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 \v 14 He shot his arrows at them and caused them to scatter; his flashes of lightning caused them to become very confused.
 

19-PSA/055.usfm

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 \q2 where my enemies could not strike me like a strong wind and rainstorm."
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-\v 9 Lord, confuse my enemies and cause their plans to fail
-\q2 because I see them acting violently and causing violence in the city of Jerusalem.
+\v 9 Lord, confuse my enemies and cause their plans to fail.
+\q2 I saw them hurting others by their violence and causing riots throughout the city.
 
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19-PSA/060.usfm

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-\v 2 When the enemy defeated us, it was as though you made a big earthquake in which the ground split open.
-\q1 So now, just as you can cause the cracks in the land to disappear,
-\q2 help our army to be strong again,
+\v 2 It was as though you made a big earthquake in which the ground split open.
+\q1 So now, make us strong again,
 \q2 because it is as though our country is falling apart.
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 \v 3 You have caused us, your people, to suffer very much;
-\q2 it is as though you had forced us to drink strong wine that caused us to stagger around after we became drunk.
+\q2 it is as though you had taken away our strength by making us drink strong wine.
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19-PSA/073.usfm

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 \q1 you will get rid of those who abandon you.
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 \v 28 But as for me, it is wonderful to be near to God
-\q2 and to be protected by Yahweh
+\q2 and to have Yahweh protect me
 \q2 and to proclaim to others all that he has done for me.
 
 

19-PSA/084.usfm

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 \v 5 How fortunate are those whom you make strong,
-\q1 those who desire very much to make the trip to Mount Zion.
+\q1 those who desire very much to make the trip up to Mount Zion.
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-\v 6 While they travel through the dry Baca Valley,
+\v 6 While they travel through the dry Valley of Tears,
 \q1 you cause it to become a place where there are springs of water,
-\q2 where the rains in the autumn fill the valley with pools of water.
+\q2 where the rains in the autumn fill the valley with water, a blessing from you.
 
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20-PRO/10.usfm

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 \v 10 The one who winks his eye signals others to help him do something that is wrong, 
 \q2 and a fool will be ruined because he talks too much. 
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-\v 11 A person who does right is like a fountain that gives life;
+\v 11 A person who does right is like a spring that gives life-saving water;
 \q2 but the wicked person hides his brutality by his words. 
 
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20-PRO/21.usfm

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 \v 29 The wicked man acts as if he were strong, 
-\q2 but an honest man tells the truth and thinks before he acts. 
+\q2 but an honest man has thought about what to do and is certain about it. 
 
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20-PRO/22.usfm

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 \v 28 The ancient boundary stones show where the property lines are. Do not take them away or move them. 
 Your ancestors put them there. Leave them alone.
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-\v 29 One who learns a trade and is skillful at it; he will stand before kings.
-\q2 Because of his achievements he distinguishes himself 
-\q2 as a person whom kings respect.
+\v 29 One who learns a trade and is skillful at it will become a servant of kings.
+\q2 Because of his achievements he will not serve mere ordinary people.
 
 
 

26-EZK/26.usfm

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 \v 7 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say is going to happen: From the east, I am going to bring the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, with his army to attack Tyre. They will bring horses and chariots, and men who ride the horses and men who drive the chariots; it will be a huge army.
-\v 8 In the battles in the small villages on the coast, their soldiers will kill many people with their swords. Then they will set up machines to batter the wall around the city of Tyre. They will build a dirt ramp up to the top of the wall, and they will all hold up shields to protect themselves from arrows being shot from the ground.
+\v 8 In the battles in the small villages on the coast, their soldiers will kill many people with their swords. Then they will build up walls outside the city of Tyre. They will build a dirt ramp up to the top of the wall, and they will all hold up shields to protect themselves from arrows being shot from the ground.
 
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 \v 9 The king will direct the soldiers who operate the rams to batter the wall, and those who will use iron bars to tear down the towers in the wall.

26-EZK/32.usfm

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-\v 22 The corpses of the people of Assyria and their army will also be there. They will be surrounded by corpses of others whom their enemies killed.
-\v 23 Their graves will be there in the deep pit, and corpses of soldiers of their army will lie around their graves. Corpses of all those who had terrified so many others will also be there, for their enemies will have killed them, too.
+\v 22 The dead of the people of Assyria and their army will also be there. They will be surrounded by the dead of others whom their enemies killed.
+\v 23 Their graves will be there in the deep pit, and the dead soldiers of their army will lie around their graves. The dead of all those who had terrified so many others will also be there, for their enemies will have killed them, too.
 
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-\v 26 Corpses of all the soldiers of the lands of Meshech and Tubal will be there, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of their servants. While they were alive, they also caused people in many places to be terrified. They are uncircumcised people whom their enemies will have killed.
-\v 27 They will lie there beside the uncircumcised warriors who have died. Their shields will be with their bodies, and their swords will lie under their heads. While they were alive, they terrified many people on the earth.
+\v 26 The dead of all the soldiers of the lands of Meshech and Tubal will be there, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of their servants. While they were alive, they also caused people in many places to be terrified. They are uncircumcised people whom their enemies will have killed.
+\v 27 They will not lie there beside the uncircumcised warriors who have gone to the grave highly honored with their shields over their bodies and their swords under their heads. While they were alive, they terrified many people on the earth.
 
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26-EZK/36.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh said to Ezekiel, "Son of man, give a message to the hill country and mountains in Israel just as if they were people. Tell them to listen to my message for them.
-\v 2 This is it: the enemies of Israel, those people groups who live nearby, are now very happy, because they are saying that Jerusalem has been destroyed, so the hill country and mountains of Israel will now belong to them.
+\v 2 This is it: the enemies of Israel, those people groups who live nearby, are now very happy, because they are saying that Jerusalem has been destroyed, so the ancient mountains of Israel will now belong to them.
 \v 3 So you, Ezekiel, must tell the mountains of Israel what I, the Lord Yahweh, am saying to them: 'Armies of other nations attacked you from every direction, and everyone has left you. Those foreign armies are now in your land. They have spoken very maliciously about your people, the Israelites, and have told all kinds of lies about them.
 
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