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01-GEN/01.usfm

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 \v 26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
-\f + \ft Some ancient copies have: "...Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."\f* 
+\f + \ft Some ancient copies have: \fqa ...Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. \fqb \f* 
 \v 27 God created man in his own image. In his own image he created him. Male and female he created them.
 
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01-GEN/30.usfm

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 \v 5 Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
-\v 6 Then Rachel said, "God has listened to me. He has certainly heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.
+\v 6 Then Rachel said, "God has judged in my favor. He has listened to my prayer and given me a son." For this reason she called his name Dan.
 
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 \v 7 Bilhah, Rachel's servant, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

01-GEN/31.usfm

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 \v 24 Now God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good or bad."
 \v 25 Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country. Laban also camped with his relatives in the hill country of Gilead.
-\f + \ft Some modern versions have: "Laban also camped in the hill country of Gilead." \f*
+\f + \ft Some modern versions have: \fqa Laban also camped in the hill country of Gilead.\fqb \f*
 
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 \v 26 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you deceived me and carried away my daughters like prisoners of war?

02-EXO/12.usfm

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 \v 5 Your lamb or young goat must be without blemish, a one-year-old male. You may take one of the sheep or goats.
 \v 6 You must keep it until the fourteenth day of that month. Then the whole assembly of Israel must kill these animals at twilight.
-\v 7 You must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on top of the door frame of the houses in which you will eat the meat.
+\v 7 You must take some of the blood and put it on the two side doorposts and on the tops of the doorframes of the houses in which you will eat the meat.
 \v 8 You must eat the meat that night, after first roasting it over a fire. Eat it with bread made without yeast, along with bitter herbs.
 
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 \v 43 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Here is the rule for the Passover: no foreigner may share in eating it.
-\v 44 However, every Israelites' slave, bought with money, may eat it after you have circumcised him.
+\v 44 However, every Israelite's slave, bought with money, may eat it after you have circumcised him.
 
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 \v 45 Foreigners and hired servants must not eat any of the food.

02-EXO/26.usfm

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-\v 7 You must make curtains of goats' hair for a tentlike covering over the tabernacle. You must make eleven of these curtains. 
+\v 7 You must make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle. You must make eleven of these curtains. 
 \v 8 The length of each curtain must be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain must be four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains must be of the same size.
 \v 9 You must join five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other. You must double over the sixth curtain in the front of the tent.
 
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 \v 10 You must make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain that joins the second set.
-\v 11 You must make fifty bronze clasps and put them into the loops. Then you must join the tentlike covering together so that it may be one.
+\v 11 You must make fifty bronze clasps and put them into the loops. Then you join the tent together so that it may be one piece.
 
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 \v 12 The leftover half curtain, that is, the overhanging part remaining from the tent's curtains, must hang at the back of the tabernacle.

02-EXO/34.usfm

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 \v 27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write down these words, for I pledge myself to these words I have spoken, and have made a covenant with you and Israel."
-\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
+\v 28 Moses was there with Yahweh for forty days and nights; he did not eat any food nor drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
 
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02-EXO/36.usfm

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-\v 14 Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tentlike covering over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.
+\v 14 Bezalel made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven of these curtains.
 \v 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain was four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains was of the same size.
 \v 16 He joined five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other.
 \v 17 He made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain that joined the second set.
 
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-\v 18 Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join the tentlike covering together so that it might be one.
+\v 18 Bezalel made fifty bronze clasps to join tent together so that it might be one piece.
 \v 19 He made for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, another covering of fine leather to go above that.
 
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02-EXO/40.usfm

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 \v 17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
 \v 18 Moses set up the tabernacle, put its bases in place, set up its boards, attached its bars, and set up its pillars and posts.
-\v 19 He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put the tentlike covering over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
+\v 19 He spread the covering over the tabernacle and put tent over it, as Yahweh had commanded him.
 \v 20 He took the covenant decrees and put them into the ark. He also placed the poles on the ark and put the atonement lid on it.
 
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03-LEV/20.usfm

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 \v 6 The person who turns to those who talk with the dead, or to those who talk with spirits so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people.
 \v 7 Therefore dedicate yourselves to Yahweh and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God.
-\f + \ft Several modern versions have: "...Because I, Yahweh your God, am holy." \f*
+\f + \ft Several modern versions have: \fqa ...Because I, Yahweh your God, am holy \fqb \f*
 
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05-DEU/34.usfm

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 \v 4 Yahweh said to him, "This is the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have allowed you to look at it with your eyes, but you will not go over there."
-\v 5 So Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there in the land of Moab, as the word of Yahweh promised.
+\v 5 So Moses the servant of Yahweh, died there in the land of Moab, as the word of Yahweh promised.
 \v 6 Yahweh buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no one knows where his grave is to this day.
  
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06-JOS/01.usfm

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-\v 1 Now it came about after the death of Moses, the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' chief assistant, saying,
+\v 1 Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' chief assistant, saying,
 \v 2 "Moses, my servant, is dead. Now therefore, arise, cross over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them—to the people of Israel.
 \v 3 I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will walk. I have given it to you, just as I promised to Moses.
 
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 \v 12 To the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
-\v 13 "Call to mind the word that Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded you when he said, 'Yahweh your God is giving you rest, and he is giving you this land.'
+\v 13 "Call to mind the word that Moses the servant of Yahweh, commanded you when he said, 'Yahweh your God is giving you rest, and he is giving you this land.'
 
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 \v 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock will stay in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan. But your fighting men will go over with your brothers and help them

06-JOS/05.usfm

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 \v 1 As soon as all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were along the coast of the Great Sea, heard that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan until the people of Israel had crossed over, their hearts melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.
-\f + \ft Some modern versions have: "until the people of Isreal had crossed over," and others have, "until we had crossed over." The Hebrew text has "we," but a note in the margin instructs readers to say "they." Translators can decide for themselves. \f*
+\f + \ft Some modern versions have: \fqa until the people of Isreal had crossed over,\fqb and others have, \fqa until we had crossed over.\fqb The Hebrew text has \fqa we, \fqb but a note in the margin instructs readers to say \fqa they. \fqb Translators can decide for themselves. \f*
 
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06-JOS/08.usfm

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 \v 30 Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
-\v 31 just as Moses, the servant of Yahweh had commanded the people of Israel, as it was written in the book of the law of Moses: "An altar from uncut stones, on which no one has wielded an iron tool." And he offered on it burnt offerings to Yahweh, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
+\v 31 just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded the people of Israel, as it was written in the book of the law of Moses: "An altar from uncut stones, on which no one has wielded an iron tool." And he offered on it burnt offerings to Yahweh, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
 \v 32 And there in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses.
 
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06-JOS/09.usfm

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 \v 3 When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
 \v 4 they acted with a cunning plan. They went as messengers. They took worn-out sacks and put them on their donkeys. They also took old wine skins that were worn, torn, and had been repaired. 
-\f + \ft Instead of "They went as messengers," some versions have, "They got provisions ready." \f*
+\f + \ft Instead of \fqa They went as messengers, \fqb some versions have, \fqa They got provisions ready. \fqb \f*
 \v 5 They put old and patched sandals on their feet, and dressed in old, worn-out clothing. All the bread in their food supply was dry and moldy. 
 
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06-JOS/11.usfm

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 \v 11 They attacked with the sword every living creature that was there, and he set them apart to be destroyed, so there was not any living creature left alive. Then he burned Hazor.
 
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-\v 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings. He also captured all their kings and attacked them with the sword. He completely destroyed them with the sword, just as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, had commanded.
+\v 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings. He also captured all their kings and attacked them with the sword. He completely destroyed them with the sword, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh, had commanded.
 \v 13 Israel did not burn any of the cities built on mounds, except Hazor. It alone Joshua burned. 
 
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06-JOS/12.usfm

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 \v 5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all Bashan, to the border of the people of Geshur and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, to the border of Sihon, king of Heshbon.
 
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-\v 6 Moses, the servant of Yahweh, and the people of Israel had defeated them, and Moses, the servant of Yahweh, gave the land as a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
+\v 6 Moses the servant of Yahweh, and the people of Israel had defeated them, and Moses the servant of Yahweh, gave the land as a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
 
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06-JOS/19.usfm

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-\v 49 When they finished the allocation of the land as inheritance, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among themselves to Joshua son of Nun.
-\v 50 By command of Yahweh they gave him the city for which he asked, Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the city and lived there.
+\v 49 When they finished the allocation of the land as an inheritance, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among themselves to Joshua son of Nun.
+\v 50 By the command of Yahweh they gave him the city for which he asked, Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the city and lived there.
 
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06-JOS/21.usfm

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 \v 2 They said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, "Yahweh commanded you by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to live in, with the pasturelands for our livestock."
 
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-\v 3 So by command of Yahweh, the people of Israel gave out of their inheritance the following cities, including their pasturelands, to the Levites.
+\v 3 So by the command of Yahweh, the people of Israel gave out of their inheritance the following cities, including their pasturelands, to the Levites.
 
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06-JOS/22.usfm

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 \v 1 At that time Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
-\v 2 He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded you; you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
-\v 3 You have not deserted your brothers during any of these many days or at this present day. Instead, you have been careful to obey the instructions of the commandments of Yahweh your God.
+\v 2 He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you. You have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
+\v 3 You have not deserted your brothers these many days, down to this present day. And you have fulfilled the duties required by the commandments of Yahweh your God.
 
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 \v 4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, just as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land you own, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you on the other side the Jordan.

08-RUT/02.usfm

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 \v 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was supervising the reapers, "What man does this young woman belong to?"
 \v 6 The servant supervising the reapers answered and said, "It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab.
 \v 7 She said to me, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers.' So she came here and has continued from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house."
-\f + \ft Some modern versions read, "Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves of grain after the reapers." \f*
+\f + \ft Some modern versions read, \fqa Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves of grain after the reapers. \fqb \f*
 
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08-RUT/03.usfm

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 \v 3 Therefore, wash yourself, anoint yourself, put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor. But do not make yourself known to the man until he finishes eating and drinking.
-\f + \ft The Hebrew text has, "Put on your best piece of clothing." However, a marginal note instructs readers to read, "Put on your best clothes." Translators are free to choose for themselves. \f* 
+\f + \ft The Hebrew text has, \fqa Put on your best piece of clothing. \fqb However, a marginal note instructs readers to read, \fqa Put on your best clothes. \fqb Translators are free to choose for themselves. \f* 
 \v 4 And make sure, when he lies down, that you remember the place where he lies down so that later you can go to him, uncover his feet, and lie down there. Then he will tell you what to do."
 \v 5 Ruth said to Naomi, "I will do everything you say."
 

09-1SA/01.usfm

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 \v 1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim of the Zuphites, of the hill country of Ephraim; his name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
-\f + \ft Some modern versions have "Ramathaim Zophim," but it is understood that "Zophim" really refers to the region in which the clan descended from Zuph resided. \f*
+\f + \ft Some modern versions have \fqa Ramathaim Zophim, \fqb but it is understood that \fqa Zophim \fqb really refers to the region in which the clan descended from Zuph resided. \f*
 \v 2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
 
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 \v 26 She said, "Oh, my master! As you live, my master, I am the woman who stood here next to you praying to Yahweh.
 \v 27 For this child I prayed and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.
 \v 28 I have given him to Yahweh; as long as he lives he is lent to Yahweh." And he worshiped Yahweh there.
-\f + \ft Some modern versions have, "And they worshiped Yahweh there." \f*
+\f + \ft Some modern versions have, \fqa And they worshiped Yahweh there. \fqb \f*
 
 
 

09-1SA/10.usfm

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 \v 26 Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went some strong men, whose hearts God had touched.
 \v 27 But some worthless men said, "How can this man save us?" These people despised Saul and did not bring him any gifts. But Saul kept silent.
-\f + \ft Some modern versions add to this verse the following paragraph: "Nahash king of the Ammonites had severely oppressed the Gadites and Reubenites. He dug out the right eye of each man and did not allow anyone to rescue Israel. Across the Jordan River was left no Israelites whose right eye Nahash king of the Ammonites had not dug out. But seven thousand men had escaped from the Ammonites and had gone into Jabesh Gilead." \f*
+\f + \ft Some modern versions add to this verse the following paragraph: \fqa Nahash king of the Ammonites had severely oppressed the Gadites and Reubenites. He dug out the right eye of each man and did not allow anyone to rescue Israel. Across the Jordan River was left no Israelites whose right eye Nahash king of the Ammonites had not dug out. But seven thousand men had escaped from the Ammonites and had gone into Jabesh Gilead. \fqb \f*
 
 
 

09-1SA/20.usfm

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 \v 41 As soon as the young man was gone, David stood up from behind the mound, lay facedown on the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept together, with David weeping the more.
-\f + \ft The Hebrew text reads, "David came out from beside the south." Modern versions interpret this passage in different ways, because the original text is difficult to understand. \f*
+\f + \ft The Hebrew text reads, \fqa David came out from beside the south. \fqb Modern versions interpret this passage in different ways, because the Hebrew text is difficult to understand. \f*
 \v 42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh and said, 'May Yahweh be between you and me, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'" Then David stood up and left, and Jonathan returned to the city.
 
 

09-1SA/22.usfm

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 \v 3 Then David went from there to Mizpeh in Moab. He said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother go out with you until I know what God will do for me."
-\f + \ft Some ancient versions have, "Please let my father and my mother stay with you," and some modern versions read this way. \f*
+\f + \ft Some ancient versions have, \fqa Please let my father and my mother stay with you, \fqb and some modern versions read this way. \f*
 \v 4 He left them with the king of Moab. His father and mother stayed with him the whole time that David was in his stronghold.
 \v 5 Then the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in your stronghold. Leave and go into the land of Judah." So David left there and went into the forest of Hereth.
 

09-1SA/27.usfm

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 \v 8 David and his men attacked various places, making raids on the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, as far as the land of Egypt. They had been living there in the land from ancient times.
-\f + \ft "Instead of "the Girzites, " found in the Hebrew text, some modern versions have "the Gizrites," which is found in the margin of the Hebrew text. \f*
+\f + \ft \fq Instead of "the Girzites, \fqb found in the Hebrew text, some modern versions have \fqa the Gizrites, \fqb which is found in the margin of the Hebrew text. \f*
 \v 9 David attacked the land and saved neither man nor woman alive; he took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing; he would return and come again to Achish.
 
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10-2SA/21.usfm

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 \v 18 It came about after this that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob, when Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of the Rephaim.
-\f + \ft Instead of "Gob" in the Hebrew text, some versions have "Gezeth" or "Gezer." \f*
+\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Gob \fqb in the Hebrew text, some versions have \fqa Gezeth \fqb or \fqa Gezer. \fqb \f*
 \v 19 It came about again in a battle with the Philistines at Gob, that Elhanan son of Jari the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
 
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10-2SA/22.usfm

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 \v 11 He rode on a cherub and flew.
 \q He was seen on the wings of the wind.
-\f + \ft Some versions have, "He flew on the wings of the wind." \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa He flew on the wings of the wind. \fqb \f*
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 \v 12 And he made darkness a tent around him,
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10-2SA/23.usfm

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 \v 8 These are the names of David's elite soldiers: Jeshbaal the Hachmonite was the leader of the elite soldiers. He killed eight hundred men on one occasion.
-\f + \ft Instead of "Jeshbaal," some versions have "Josheb Basshebah," "Jashobeam," "Ishbaal," or Ishbosheth." These all are probably forms of the same name. \f*
+\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Jeshbaal\fqb , some versions have \fqa Josheb Basshebah \fqb , \fqa Jashobeam \fqb , \fqa Ishbaal \fqb , or \fqa Ishbosheth \fqb. These all are probably forms of the same name. \f*
 
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11-1KI/02.usfm

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 \v 26 Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your own fields. You are worthy of death, but I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father and suffered in every way my father suffered."
-\f + \ft Some versions have, "...the ark of Yahweh...." \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa ...the ark of Yahweh.... \fqb \f*
 \v 27 So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
 
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11-1KI/04.usfm

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 \v 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha, were secretaries. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder.
 \v 4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the army. 
 Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
-\f + \ft Some versions treat "Zadok and Abiathar were priests" as a later addition to the text. \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions treat \fqa Zadok and Abiathar were priests \fqb as a later addition to the text. \f*
 
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11-1KI/07.usfm

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 \v 7 Solomon built the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of justice. It was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
-\f + \ft Some versions have, "It was covered with cedar from the floor to the rafters." \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa It was covered with cedar from the floor to the rafters. \fqb \f*
 
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 \v 8 Solomon's house in which he was to live, in another courtyard within the palace grounds, was similarly designed. He also built a house like this for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken as a wife.

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 \v 8 How blessed are your wives, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom.
-\f + \ft Some versions read "How blessed are your men." Important ancient translations, however, have "How blessed are your wives." Many think it is probable that "women" was misread as "men," because the Hebrew words are very similar. \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions read \fqa How blessed are your men. \fqb Important ancient translations, however, have  \fqa How blessed are your wives. \fqb Many think it is probable that \fqa women \fqb was misread as \fqa men \fqb , because the Hebrew words are very similar. \f*
 \v 9 May Yahweh your God be praised, who has taken pleasure in you, who placed you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, he has made you king, for you to do justice and righteousness!"
 
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12-2KI/14.usfm

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 \v 20 They brought him back on horses, and he was buried with his ancestors in the city of David.
-\v 21 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
-\v 22 It was Uzziah who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.
+\v 21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
+\v 22 It was Azariah who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.
 
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12-2KI/15.usfm

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-\v 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began the reign of Uzziah son of Amaziah king of Judah.
-\v 2 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign. He reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
+\v 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began the reign of Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah.
+\v 2 Azariah was sixteen years old when he began to reign. He reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
 \v 3 He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, and doing as Amaziah had done.
 
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 \v 6 As for the other matters concerning Uzziah, all that he did, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah?
-\v 7 So Uzziah slept with his ancestors; they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David. Jotham, his son, became king in his place.
+\v 7 So Azariah slept with his ancestors; they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David. Jotham, his son, became king in his place.
 
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-\v 8 In the thirty-eighth year of Uzziah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months.
+\v 8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months.
 \v 9 He did evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
 
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 \v 16 Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were there, and the borders around Tirzah, because they did not open up the city to him. So he attacked it, and he ripped open all the pregnant women in that village.
 
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-\v 17 In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah began the reign of Menahem son of Gadi over Israel; he reigned ten years in Samaria.
+\v 17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah began the reign of Menahem son of Gadi over Israel; he reigned ten years in Samaria.
 \v 18 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. For his whole life, he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
 
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-\v 23 In the fiftieth year of Uzziah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned two years.
+\v 23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned two years.
 \v 24 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. He did not leave behind the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he had caused Israel to sin.
 
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-\v 27 In the fifty-second year of Uzziah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned twenty years.
+\v 27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned twenty years.
 \v 28 He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
 
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-\v 32 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, began the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah.
+\v 32 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, began the reign of Jotham son of Azariah, king of Judah.
 \v 33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah; she was the daughter of Zadok.
 
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-\v 34 Jotham did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. He followed the example of all his father Uzziah had done.
+\v 34 Jotham did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh. He followed the example of all his father Azariah had done.
 \v 35 However, the shrines were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines. Jothan built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
 \v 36 As for the other matters concerning Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in The Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah?
 

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 \v 3 It was certainly at the mouth of Yahweh that this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, because of the sins of Manasseh, all that he did,
-\f + \ft Some versions read, "It was certainly because of the wrath of Yahweh." \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa It was certainly because of the wrath of Yahweh. \fqb \f*
 \v 4 and also because of the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. Yahweh was not willing to pardon that.
 
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 \v 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
 \v 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
 \v 4 The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
-\f + \ft Some versions omit "The sons of...," but others include this expression. \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions omit \fqa The sons of... \fqa , but others include this expression. \f*
 
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 \v 5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
 \v 6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
-\f + \ft Some versions have "Diphath" instead of "Riphath." However, "Diphath" was probably a mispelling. Many ancient copies correct it to "Riphath" in order to make it agree with the same name in Gen. 10:2. \f*
+\f + \ft Some versions have \fqa Diphath \fqb instead of \fqa Riphath \fqb . However, \fqa Diphath \fqb was probably a mispelling. Many ancient copies correct it to \fqa Riphath \fqb in order to make it agree with the same name in Gen. 10:2. \f*
 \v 7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
 
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 \v 4 These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. He then ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
-\v 5 These four sons, by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel, were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
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+\v 5 These four sons, by Bathshua daughter of Ammiel, were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
+\f + \ft Some versions have \fqa Bathseba \fqb instead of \fqa Bathshua \fqb . \f*
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-\q Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
+\q Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
+\f + \ft ULB and UDB harmonize \fqa Elishama \fqb and \fqa Eliphelet \fqb to \fqa Elishua \fqb and \fqa Elpelet \fqb , as do some other versions. \f*
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 \v 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
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 \v 20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.
 
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-\v 21 The descendants of Shelah, a son of Judah, were Er father of Lecah, Laadah father of Mareshah and originator of the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,
+\v 21 The descendants of Shelah, a son of Judah, were Er father of Lecah, Laadah father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,
 \v 22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who had property in Moab, but who returned to Bethlehem. (This information is from ancient records.)
 \v 23 Some of these people were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.
 

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-\v 20 Abishai, brother of Joab, was captain over the three. He once used his spear against three hundred and killed them. He was often mentioned along with the three soldiers.
-\v 21 Of the three, he was most honored and became their captain. However, his fame did not equal the fame of the three most famous soldiers.
+\v 20 Abishai brother of Joab, was captain over the Three. He once used his spear against three hundred and killed them. He is mentioned along with the Three.
+\v 21 Of the Three, he was given double honor and became their captain. Even though he was not one of them. 
 
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13-1CH/18.usfm

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 \v 14 David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and righteousness to all his people.
 \v 15 Joab son of Zeruiah was the commander of the army, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder.
-\v 16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was scribe.
+\v 16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was scribe.
 \v 17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites, and David's sons were the king's leading advisors.
 
 

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 \v 2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses.
-\v 3 So Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the shrine that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of Yahweh, had made in the wilderness.
+\v 3 So Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the shrine that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh, had made in the wilderness.
 \v 4 But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place that he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
 \v 5 In addition, the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh; Solomon and the assembly went to it.
  

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 \v 13 Asa slept with his ancestors; he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
-\v 14 They buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had dug out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by skilled perfumers. Then they made a very great fire in his honor.
+\v 14 They buried him in his own tomb, which he had dug out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by skilled perfumers. Then they made a very great fire in his honor.
 
 
 

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 \v 5 He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and he said to them, "Go out every year to the cities of Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God. Make sure that you start right away." The Levites did nothing at first.
  
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-\v 6 So the king called for Jehoiada, the high priest, and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of Yahweh, and by the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the covenant decrees?"
+\v 6 So the king called for Jehoiada, the high priest, and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses the servant of Yahweh and by the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the covenant decrees?"
 \v 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God and had given all the holy things of the house of Yahweh to the Baals.
  
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-\v 1 Why are the nations in rebellion,
-\q and the peoples conspire in vain?
+\v 1 Why are the nations in turmoil,
+\q and why do the peoples make plots that will fail?
 \q
 \v 2 The kings of the earth take their stand together
 \q and the rulers conspire together
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-\v 12 Give true allegiance to his son so that he will not be angry with you, and so you will not die
-\q when his anger quickly ignites.
-\q Blessed are all those who take shelter in him.
+\v 12 Kiss the son or he will be angry with you, 
+\q2 and you will die in the way when his anger burns for just a moment.
+\q How blessed are all those who seek refuge in him.
 
 
 

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 \v 9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
 \q their inward being is wicked;
-\q their throat is an open sepulchre;
+\q their throat is an open tomb;
 \q they flatter with their tongue.
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 \v 10 Declare them guilty, God;

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-\v 5 You terrified the nations with your battle cry; 
+\v 5 You rebuked the nations; 
 \q you have destroyed the wicked;
-\q you have blotted out their memory forever.
+\q you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
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 \v 6 The enemy crumbled like ruins 
 \q when you overthrew their cities.

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 \v 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains also trembled
 \q and were shaken because God was angry.
 \q
-\v 8 Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it.
+\v 8 Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it.
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 \q Give me neither poverty nor riches,
 \q just give me the food I need. 
 \q
-\v 9 For if I have too much, I will deny you and say, "Who is Yahweh?"
-\q Or if I become poor, I will and steal
-\q and profane the name of my God.
+\v 9 For if I have too much, I would deny you and say, "Who is Yahweh?"
+\q Or if I become poor, 
+\q I would steal and profane the name of my God.
 
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-\v 1 In the thirtieth year, the fourth month, and the fifth day of the month, it came about that I was living among the captives by the Chebar canal. The heavens opened, and I saw visions of God!
+\v 1 In the thirtieth year, the fourth month, and the fifth day of the month, it came about that I was living among the captives by the Chebar Canal. The heavens opened, and I saw visions of God!
 \v 2 On the fifth day of that month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin,
-\v 3 the word of Yahweh came with power to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal; the hand of Yahweh came upon him there.
+\v 3 the word of Yahweh came with power to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal; the hand of Yahweh came upon him there.
 
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 \v 19 Whenever the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them. When the living creatures rose up from the earth, the wheels also rose up.
 \v 20 Wherever the Spirit moved, they moved to where where the Spirit had gone; the wheels rose up beside them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
-\v 21 Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels also moved; and when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; when the creatures rose up from the earth, the wheels rose up beside them, since the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
+\v 21 Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels also moved; and when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; when the creatures rose up from the earth, the wheels rose up beside them, since the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
 
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 \v 14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went with bitterness in my spirit's rage, for the hand of Yahweh was powerfully pressing on me!
-\v 15 So I went to the captives at Tel Abib who lived along the Chebar canal, and I stayed there among them for seven days, overwhelmed in amazement.
+\v 15 So I went to the captives at Tel Abib who lived along the Chebar Canal, and I stayed there for seven days, overwhelmed in amazement among them.
 
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 \v 22 So the hand of Yahweh was on me there, and he said to me, "Arise! Go out into the plain, and I will speak with you there!"
-\v 23 I arose and went out into the plain, and there the glory of Yahweh was staying, like the glory that I had seen beside the Chebar canal; so I fell on my face.
+\v 23 I arose and went out into the plain, and there the glory of Yahweh was staying, like the glory that I had seen beside the Chebar Canal; so I fell on my face.
 
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 \v 13 Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when their dead lie among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill—on all the mountain peaks, and under every flourishing tree and thick oak—the places where they burned incenses to all their idols.
-\v 14 I will display my power and make the land desolate and a waste, from the wilderness to Diblah, throughout all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."
+\v 14 I will strike with my hand and make the land desolate and a waste, from the wilderness to Diblah, throughout all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."
 
 
 

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-\v 20 They took jeweled ornaments in their pride and they formed idolatrous figures depicting their abominations—their detestable acts they performed with them, 
+\v 20 They took jeweled ornaments in their pride and they formed idolatrous figures depicting their abominations and their detestable things they made with them, 
 \q therefore, I am making these things unclean to them.
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 \v 21 And I will give those things into the hand of strangers as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as plunder, 

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 \v 5 Then he spoke to the others within my hearing, "Pass through the city after him and kill! Do not let your eyes have compassion, and do not spare 
-\v 6 either old man, young man, virgin, little children or women. Kill all of them! But do not approach any man who has the mark on his head. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the older men that were in front of the house.
+\v 6 either old man, young man, virgin, little children or women. Kill all of them! But do not approach any man who has the mark on his head. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders that were in front of the house.
 
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-\v 15 Then the cherubim—these were the living creatures that I had seen by the Chebar canal—rose up.
+\v 15 Then the cherubim—these were the living creatures that I had seen by the Chebar Canal—rose up.
 \v 16 Whenever the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; and whenever the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise up from the earth, the wheels did not turn. They still stayed beside them.
-\v 17 When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
+\v 17 When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
 
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-\v 20 These were the living creatures that I had seen below the God of Israel by the Chebar canal, so I knew that they were cherubim!
+\v 20 These were the living creatures that I had seen below the God of Israel by the Chebar Canal, so I knew that they were cherubim!
 \v 21 They had four faces each and four wings each, and the likeness of human hands under their wings;
-\v 22 and the likeness of their faces was like the faces that I had seen in the vision at the Chebar canal, and each of them went straight ahead.
+\v 22 and the likeness of their faces was like the faces that I had seen in the vision at the Chebar Canal, and each of them went straight ahead.
 
 
 

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-\v 15 "Son of man, your brothers! Your brothers! The men of your clan and all the house of Israel! All of them of whom it is said by those living in Jerusalem, 'They are far away from Yahweh! This land was given to us as our possession!'
+\v 15 "Son of man, your brothers! Your brothers! The men of your clan and all the house of Israel! All of them are those of whom it is said by those living in Jerusalem, 'They are far away from Yahweh! This land was given to us as our possession!'
 
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 \v 9 They put him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon. 
-\q they brought him into mountain fortresses so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
+\q They brought him into mountain fortresses so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
  
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-\v 10 Your mother was like a vine planted in your blood beside the water. 
+\v 10 Your mother was like a vine planted in your blood \f + \ft Scholars disagree about whether the words should be "in your blood" as it is in the ancient Hebrew text, or "in your vineyard" as it is some later Hebrew manuscripts. Some scholars believe that "in your blood" is a scribal error in the Hebrew. You may want to choose the wording that is used in the majority language Bible in your area.\f* beside the water. 
 \q she was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundance of water.
 \q
-\v 11 She had strong branches for ruler's scepters, 
+\v 11 She had strong branches for rulers' scepters, 
 \q and her heights were exalted among the branches of the thicket.
  
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 \v 21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Behold! It is not bound up and able to receive medicine; no one can put a bandage on it, so it will not be strong enough to grasp a sword.
  
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-\v 22 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold Pharaoh, the king of Egypt! For I will break his arm, both the strong one and the broken one, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
+\v 22 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold, I am against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt! For I will break his arm, both the strong one and the broken one, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
 \v 23 Then I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
 \v 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and place my sword in his hand so that I might destroy Pharaoh's arms. He will groan before the king of Babylon with the groans of a dying man. 
  

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 \v 3 Behold! Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, a forested canopy, and great height!
-\q And its tree top was up above the branches.
+\q And its tree top was among the clouds.
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 \v 4 Many waters made it tall; the deep waters made it huge. Rivers flowed all around its area,
 \q for their channels stretched out to all the trees in the field.
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 \v 11 I therefore gave him over into the hand of the mightiest ruler of nations! This ruler acted against him and drove him away because of his wickedness!
  
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-\v 12 Foreigners who were the terror of all the nations cut him off and then abandoned him. His branches fell off onto the mountains and into the valleys, and his boughs were broken in all the streams on the earth. Then all the nations on earth went out from his shade and left him.
+\v 12 Foreigners who were the terror of all the nations cut him off and then abandoned him. His branches fell off onto the mountains and into the valleys, and his boughs were broken in all the ravines on the earth. Then all the nations on earth went out from his shade and left him.
  
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 \v 1 Then it happened in the twelfth month of the twelfth year, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
-\v 2 "Son of man, lift up a lament concerning Pharaoh, the king of Egypt; say to him, 'You are like a young lion among the nations,
+\v 2 "Son of man, lift up a lament concerning Pharaoh the king of Egypt; say to him, 'You are like a young lion among the nations,
 \q like a monster in the seas; you churn up the water,
 \q you stir up the waters with your feet and muddy their waters!
  
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 \v 24 Elam is there with all her servants! Her graves surround her; all of them were killed!
 \q Those who fell by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised to the lowest parts of the earth,
-\q who brought their terrors on the land of the living and who now carry their own shame with them, they are going down to the pit!
+\q who brought their terrors on the land of the living and who now carry their own shame with them, together with the ones going down to the pit!
 \q
-\v 25 They set a bedroll for Elam and all her servants in the midst of the killed; her graves surround her!
-\q All of them are uncircumcised, those killed by the sword, those who brought their terrors to the land of the living!
+\v 25 They set a bedroll for Elam and all her servants in the midst of the slain; her graves surround her!
+\q All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, because they had brought their terrors on the land of the living!
 \q So they carry their own shame with them, together with the ones going down to the pit among all those who have been killed, those who are going down to the pit. Elam is among all those who were killed.
  
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 \v 27 You will say this to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, surely the ones in the ruins will fall by the sword, and I will give those in the fields to the living creatures as food, and those in fortresses and in caves will die of plagues.
 \v 28 Then I will turn the land into a desolation and a horror, and the pride of its might will end, for the mountains of Israel will be deserted, and there will be no one to pass through them.'
-\v 29 So they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the land a desolation and a horror because of all the disgusting things that they have done.
+\v 29 So they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the land a desolation and a horror because of all the abominations that they have done.
  
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 \v 11 For the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I myself will seek out my flock and I will look after them,
 \v 12 like a shepherd seeking his flock on the day he is within the midst of his scattered flock. Thus I will seek my flock, and I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on the day of clouds and darkness.
-\v 13 Then I will bring them out from among the peoples; I will gather them from the lands and bring them to your land. I will put them in pastures on the mountainsides of Israel, by the streams, and in every settlement in the land.
+\v 13 Then I will bring them out from among the peoples; I will gather them from the lands and bring them to their land. I will put them in pastures on the mountainsides of Israel, by the streams, and in every settlement in the land.
  
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 \v 14 I will put them in good pastures; the high mountains of Israel will be their grazing places. They will lie down there in good places for grazing, in abundant pastures, and they will graze on the mountains of Israel.
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 \v 27 Then the trees of the field will produce their fruit, and the earth will yield its produce. My sheep will be secure in their land; then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I break the bars of their yoke, and when I rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
  
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-\v 28 They will no longer be plunder for the nations, and the wild animals on the earth will no longer devour them! For they will live securely, and they will not be afraid.
+\v 28 They will no longer be plunder for the nations, and the wild animals on the earth will no longer devour them! For they will live securely, and no one will frighten them.
 \v 29 For I will create a peaceful planting place for them so they will no longer be starved with hunger in the land, and the nations will not bring insults against them.
  
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 \v 4 I will make your cities ruins, and you yourself will become desolate; then you will know that I am Yahweh.
 \v 5 Because you have always been hostile to the people of Israel, and because you poured them out into the hands of the sword at the time of their distress, at the time their punishment was at its greatest—
-\v 6 therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will prepare you for bloodshed, and bloodshed will chase after you! Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
+\v 6 therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will prepare you for bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you! Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
  
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-\v 7 I will make Mount Seir a desolation—a desolation when I cut off from it anyone who passes through and returns again.
+\v 7 I will make Mount Seir a complete desolation when I cut off from it anyone who passes through and returns again.
 \v 8 And I will fill its mountains with its dead. Your high hills and valleys and all of your streams—those killed by the sword will fall in them.
 \v 9 I will make you a perpetual desolation. Your cities will not be inhabited, but you will know that I am Yahweh.
  
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-\v 10 You have said, "These two nations and these two lands will become mine, and we will possess them," when Yahweh was present with them.
+\v 10 You have said, "These two nations and these two lands will become mine, and we will possess them," even when Yahweh was present with them.
 \v 11 Therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—So I will do according to your anger and according to your jealousy that you had in your hatred of Israel, and I will show myself to them when I judge you.
 
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-\v 11 And God said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the entire house of Israel. Behold! They are saying, 'Our bones have dried up, and our hope is gone. We are cut off for destruction!'
+\v 11 And Yahweh said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the entire house of Israel. Behold! They are saying, 'Our bones have dried up, and our hope is gone. We are cut off for destruction!'
 \v 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will open your graves and lift you out from them, my people! And I will bring you back to the land of Israel!
  
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 \v 25 They will live in the land that I have given to my servant Jacob, where your fathers had stayed. They will live in it forever—they, their children, and their grandchildren, for David my servant will be their chief forever.
  
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-\v 26 I will establish a covenant of peace with them. It will be an eternal covenant with them. I will take them and multiply them and set my holy place in their midst forever.
+\v 26 I will establish a covenant of peace with them. It will be an eternal covenant with them. I will establish them and multiply them and set my holy place in their midst forever.
 \v 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people!
 \v 28 Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh, who dedicates Israel to myself, when my holy place is in their midst forever!'"
  

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 \v 1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity at the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured—on that same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me and took me there.
-\v 2 God brought me in visions to the land of Israel. He brought me to rest on a very high mountain; to the south were what appeared to be buildings of a city.
+\v 2 In visions from God he brought me to the land of Israel. He brought me to rest on a very high mountain; to the south were what appeared to be buildings of a city.
  
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-\v 3 Then he brought me there. Behold, there a man appeared who looked like bronze. A linen cord and a measuring stick were in his hand, and he stood in the city gate.
+\v 3 Then he brought me there. Behold, a man appeared who looked like bronze. A linen cord and a measuring stick were in his hand, and he stood in the city gate.
 \v 4 The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and listen with your ears, and fix your mind on all that I am revealing to you, for you were brought here so I could reveal them to you. Report everything that you will see to the house of Israel."
  
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 \v 2 Behold! The glory of the God of Israel came from the east; his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory!
  
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-\v 3 And it was like the vision that I saw when he had come to destroy the city, and like the vision that I saw at the Chebar canal—and I fell to my face!
+\v 3 And it was like the vision that I saw when he had come to destroy the city, and like the vision that I saw at the Chebar Canal—and I fell to my face!
 \v 4 So the glory of Yahweh came to the house by way of the gate that opened to the east.
 \v 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court. Behold, the glory of Yahweh was filling the house!
  

44-JHN/19.usfm

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 \v 23 After the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares; a share for each soldier, and the tunic. Now the tunic was without seams, woven completely from the top.
 \v 24 Then they said to each other, "Let us not tear it apart, but instead let us cast lots for it to decide whose it will be." This happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled that said,
-\q "They divided my garments among themselves,
-\q and they cast lots for my clothing."
+\q "They divided my garments among themselves;
+\q they cast lots for my clothing."
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67-REV/01.usfm

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \v 7 Look, he is coming with the clouds;
 \q2 every eye will see him, 
 \q including those who pierced him. 
-\q2 And all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. 
+\q2 And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. 
 \m
 Yes, Amen.
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67-REV/04.usfm

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 \v 3 The one who was sitting on it looked like jasper and carnelian. There was a rainbow around the throne. The rainbow looked like an emerald.
 
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-\v 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, dressed with white garments, with gold crowns on their heads. 
+\v 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, dressed with white garments, with golden crowns on their heads. 
 \v 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and crashes of thunder. Seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, lamps that were the seven spirits of God.
 
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-\v 1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was wrapped in a cloud, and there was a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire.
+\v 1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, and there was a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire.
 \v 2 He held a little scroll in his hand that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
 
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-\v 3 Then he shouted in a loud voice like a roaring lion. When he shouted, the seven thunders roared.
-\v 4 When the seven thunders roared, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Keep secret what the seven thunders said. Do not write it down."
+\v 3 Then he shouted in a loud voice like a roaring lion. When he shouted, the seven thunders spoke out with their sounds.
+\v 4 When the seven thunders spoke out, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Keep secret what the seven thunders said. Do not write it down."
 
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-\v 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and the earth, raised his right hand to heaven
-\v 6 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and all that is in it, the earth and all that is on it, and the sea and all that is in it, and the angel said, "There will be no more delay.
+\v 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and the earth, raised his right hand to heaven.
+\v 6 He swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and all that is in it, the earth and all that is on it, and the sea and all that is in it, and the angel said, "There will be no more delay.
 \v 7 But on the day when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, then the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he proclaimed to his servants the prophets."
 
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 \v 8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city (which is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt) where their Lord was crucified.
-\v 9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language, and nation will look at their bodies and they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.
+\v 9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language, and nation will look at their bodies. They will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.
 
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 \v 10 Those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate. They will even send gifts to one another because these two prophets tormented those who lived on the earth.
 \v 11 But after three and a half days a breath of life from God will enter them, and they will stand on their feet. Great fear will fall on those who see them.
-\v 12 Then they will hear a loud voice from heaven say to them, "Come up here!" And they will go up into heaven in a cloud, while their enemies look on.
+\v 12 Then they will hear a loud voice from heaven say to them, "Come up here!" Then they will go up into heaven in a cloud, while their enemies look on.
 
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 \v 13 At that hour there will be a major earthquake, and a tenth part of the city will collapse. Seven thousand people will be killed in the earthquake, and the survivors will be terrified and give glory to the God of heaven.

67-REV/12.usfm

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 \v 7 Now there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought back.
 \v 8 But the dragon was not strong enough to win. So there was no longer any place in heaven for him and his angels.
-\v 9 The great dragon—that old serpent called the devil or Satan who deceives the whole world—was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
+\v 9 The great dragon—that old serpent called the devil or Satan, who deceives the whole world—was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
 
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 \v 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven:

67-REV/13.usfm

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 \v 13 It performed mighty miracles. It even made fire come down on the earth from heaven in front of people.
-\v 14 By the signs it was permitted to do, it deceived those who lived on the earth. It told them to make an image in honor of the beastthat had the sword wound but lived.
+\v 14 By the signs it was permitted to do, it deceived those who lived on the earth. It told them to make an image in honor of the beast that had the sword wound but lived.
 
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 \v 15 It was permitted to give breath to the beast's image so that the image would even speak and cause all who refused to worship the beast to be killed.

67-REV/14.usfm

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 \v 6 I saw another angel flying in midair, who had the eternal message of good news to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
-\v 7 He called out with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory. For the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him, the one who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters."
+\v 7 He called out with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory. For the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him, the one who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water."
 
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
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-\v 14 I looked and I saw there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a Son of Man. He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
+\v 14 I looked, and there was a white cloud. Seated on the cloud was one like a son of man. He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
 \v 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud: "Take your sickle and start to reap. For the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe."
 \v 16 Then the one who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
 

67-REV/15.usfm

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 \q For you alone are holy.
 \q2 All nations will come 
 \q2 and worship before you
-\q because your righteous acts have been revealed."
+\q because your righteous deeds have been revealed."
 
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 \v 6 Out of the most holy place came the seven angels holding the seven plagues. They were clothed with pure, bright linen and had golden sashes around their chests.
 
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-\v 7 One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.
+\v 7 One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
 \v 8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power. No one could enter it until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

67-REV/16.usfm

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 \m
 \v 7 I heard the altar reply, 
 \q "Yes, Lord God Almighty,
-\q2 your judgments are true and just."
+\q2 your judgments are true and righteous."
 
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 \v 14 For they are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs. They were going out to the kings of the whole world in order to gather them together for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
 
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-\v 15 "Look! I am coming as a thief! Blessed is the one who keeps watching, keeping his garments on so that he will not go out naked and they see his shameful condition.")
+\v 15 ("Look! I am coming as a thief! Blessed is the one who keeps watching, keeping his garments on so that he will not go out naked and they see his shameful condition.")
 \v 16 They brought them together at the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew.
 
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-\v 1 One of the seven angels who had been holding the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the condemnation of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,
-\v 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and on whose wine of her sexual immorality the earth's inhabitants became drunk."
+\v 1 One of the seven angels who had been holding the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the condemnation of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters.
+\v 2 It is with her that the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. It is with the wine of her sexual immorality that the earth's inhabitants became drunk."
 
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-\v 3 The angel carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.
+\v 3 Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.
 \v 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet and was adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She was holding in her hand a golden cup full of detestable things and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
 \v 5 On her forehead was written a name having a secret meaning: "Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."
 
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 \v 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the believers and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
-\v 7 But the angel said to me, "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the meaning of the woman and of the beast that is carrying her (the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns).
+\v 7 But the angel said to me, "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the meaning of the woman and of the beast that is carrying her, the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns.
 
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 \v 8 The beast you saw existed, does not exist now, but is about to come up from the bottomless pit. Then it will go on to destruction. Those who live on the earth, those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world—they will be astounded when they see the beast that existed, does not exist now, but is about to come.

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 \v 7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, 
 \q2 give her just as much torture and grief. 
 \q For she says in her heart, 
-\q2 'I am seated like a queen; 
+\q2 'I am seated as a queen; 
 \q I am not a widow, 
 \q2 and I will never see mourning.'
 \q
-\v 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: 
+\v 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will come: 
 \q2 death, mourning, and famine. 
 \q She will be consumed by fire, 
 \q2 for the Lord God is mighty, and he is her judge."

67-REV/19.usfm

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 \q2 and his bride has made herself ready.
 \q
 \v 8 She was permitted to be dressed 
-\q2 in bright and clean fine linen
-\q (for fine linen is the righteous acts of holy people)."
+\q2 in bright and clean fine linen"
+\q (for fine linen is the righteous acts of holy people).
 
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-\v 11 Then I saw heaven open, and I looked and there was a white horse. The one riding it is called faithful and true. It is with justice that he judges and wages war.
+\v 11 Then I saw heaven open, and I looked and there was a white horse. The one riding it is called faithful and true. It is with justice that he judges and makes war.
 \v 12 His eyes are like a fiery flame, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
 \v 13 He wears a robe that was dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.
 
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 \v 14 The armies of heaven were following him on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
 \v 15 Out of his mouth goes a sharp sword with which he strikes down the nations, and he will rule them with an iron rod. He tramples in the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
-\v 16 He has written on his robe and on his thigh a name: "King of kings and Lord of lords."
+\v 16 He has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."
 
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-\v 19 I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies. They were gathering in order to wage war with the one who rode the horse and with his army.
+\v 19 I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies. They were gathering in order to make war with the one who rode the horse and with his army.
 \v 20 The beast was captured and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence. With these signs he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
 
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 \v 20 the fifth was onyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, the eighth was beryl, the ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was amethyst.
 
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-\v 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was made from a single pearl. The streets of the city were pure gold, like clear glass.
+\v 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was made from a single pearl. The streets of the city were pure gold, appearing like clear glass.
 \v 22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
 
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 \v 26 They will bring the splendor and the honor of the nations into it, 
-\v 27 and nothing unclean will ever enter into it. Neither will anyone who commits anything shameful or deceitful enter, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
+\v 27 and nothing unclean will ever enter into it. Neither will anyone who commits anything shameful or deceitful enter, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

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 \v 18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written about in this book.
 \v 19 If anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are written about in this book.
-\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa God will take away his share in the book of life and in the holy city that are written about in this book. \fqb \f*
+\f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa God will take away his share in the Book of Life and in the holy city that are written about in this book. \fqb \f*
 
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