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 # behold
 
-This marks the beginning of another event in the larger story. It may involve different people than the previous events. Your language may have a way of doing this.
+Here this word introduces a surprising event. Your language may have a way of doing this.
 
 # sinners
 
-people who did not obey the law of Moses but committed what others thought were very bad sins
+people who did not obey the law of Moses and committed what others thought were very bad sins